This chapter is a continuation of the previous chapter. Read the last chapter before reading this one.
It's early morning at the Shindou residence. Alex sits on the floor in her room looking through her deck, deciding what cards she should use against Yusuke later in the day. As she's doing this, her mom, Tokoha, walks in the room. "Alex, breakfast is ready."
"I'll eat later mom. I have to finish my deck before my big fight later." She tells her and Tokoha smiles.
"You know Alex, sometimes I can really see your father in you." She says sitting down next to her.
"How so?"
"Your father was also like this, always wanting to spend as much time as possible on his deck before a big match." Tokoha smiles as she picks up one of Alex's cards, "he'd spend hours, always looking for the perfect deck. Only to end up right back where he started with his original deck." She giggles at this.
"Wait, so you're telling me that dad won all his matches with the same deck he's always used?" Alex asks in shock.
"He would add in some new cards from time to time, but it was mostly the same all the time." Tokoha says, "What I'm saying is, you shouldn't pressure yourself too much. If you just believe in yourself, and in your Vanguard, I'm sure you can defeat Yusuke."
Alex looks down at the Korona card in her hand and puts on a smile, "Yeah." She nods and picks up her cards and arranges them into a deck. "Thank you, mom." Alex puts her arms around her and hugs her tightly.
"You're welcome Alex." She says and hugs back as a slight tear falls from her eye. "Now come on, breakfast is getting cold."
"Yeah." The two of them then get up and head for the table for breakfast.
Opening Theme – ZERO! (Devil is a Part-Timer opening)
Drive 10 – The Road to Legend
Later that day at Card Capital 2, Alex walks through the door to see Kazuma and Taiyou at the counter. "Hey Alex." Taiyou greets her.
"Where's Yusuke?" Alex asks.
"They're running a little late." Kazuma explains.
"Alex!" she hears someone call her name. She looks over to see Yui, Rina, Koharu, and Yuto there waiting for her.
"Everyone…" Alex mutters and runs over to greet them, "what are you all doing here?"
"We came to watch the fight. Why else?" Yui tells her.
"You sure are lucky Alex, getting to fight a pro fighter like Yusuke." Yuto says with jealously.
"We wouldn't miss this for anything." Koharu tells her.
"Koharu!" Alex exclaims, "Is everything ok? I feel like I haven't seen you in forever."
"Yes, everything's fine. You shouldn't worry about me Alex." She replies and Alex nods, but as Alex looks away, Koharu frowns as she holds her stomach with anxiety.
"Alex." Rina calls out, "Don't lose today. You got that?"
"Don't worry, I won't." Alex replies back with a thumbs up.
Meanwhile, at the hospital, Yusuke looks over Stella's sister Rin, sound asleep in her bed and gently strokes her head, "We'll be back as soon as possible ok?" Yusuke mutters to her and then walks out of the room.
Much later, Yusuke finally arrives at Card Capital 2. "Sorry for the wait Alex. Are you ready?" He asks.
"You know it!" Alex replies with energy, but she looks up to see the rest of Team Exodus behind him, "Wait! What are you guys doing here?"
"We came to watch the fight of course." Saki answers.
"It's not often Yusuke challenges a random person to a card fight," Yuji explains, "it's clear he saw something in you, so I want to see what he saw."
Alex's eyes then light up with excitement again, "Ok!" she says.
"Looks like it's about to begin." Taiyou say to Kazuma.
"Yeah." Kazuma replies and tenses up, "I hope you have what it takes Alex…" he says in his mind.
Everyone then gathers around a fight table in the back of the shop. Yusuke and Alex shuffle each other's deck and set their starting Vanguards. "Here we go…" Yuto mutters. Yui clinches her hands together, and Rina and Koharu watch with anxiety, even if they don't show it. Yuji and Saki watch with anticipation.
Finally, Alex and Yusuke reach for their Vanguards and declare… "Stand up… VANGUARD!"
"Steam Maiden, Ayncia (G0/5000)!" Alex declares.
"Crimson Devil, Isen (G0/5000)." Yusuke declares, then extends a hand to Alex, "Why don't you go first?"
Without responding, Alex simply draws her first card. "My turn." she says, "Ride! Steam Lynx Anbu (G1/7000)! I activate Ayncia's skill." Alex looks at five cards from her deck and adds Korona to her hand. "I call Steam Fighter Memenne (G1/6000) and end my turn."
"My turn." Yusuke declares as Yuji and Saki watch on, "Ride! Forsaken Knight Crest (G1/7000). Crest's skill! Your Steam Fighter Memenne cannot use its AUTO abilities during your next turn." Alex clicks her teeth in annoyance, "I call Hellhound Cerberus (G1/11000), and due to Isen's skill in the soul, add 1000 power to all Shadow Servant and Shadow Lord units (7000-8000) (11000-12000). Boosted by Cerberus, Crest attacks your Vanguard (8000-20000)!"
"No guard."
"Drive check (Critical)." Yusuke holds up his trigger with a crooked smile, "I got a Critical Trigger (20000-30000/Crit 1-2)." (Alex: [][]). "At the end of my turn, Cerberus goes into my Soul.
"My turn! Draw!" Alex declares with a serious face, "Ride! Lost Break Dragon (G2/10000)! Lost Break's skill. I bind Gun-Bezel Dragon from my hand and draw a card (BZ G0-2) (10000-13000). I call Steam Hunter Kishla (G2/9000-11000) and Steam Maiden Elal (G1/7000-9000). Elal's skill! I bind Susuda and add 3000 power to Memenne (6000-9000) (BZ G2-4)."
"Alex seems really focused today." Yui observes.
"What would you expect? She's up against a champion," Yuto replies, "she's got to stay on her toes." As he says this, Yui looks back with concern.
"Boosted by Memenne, Lost Break attacks (13000-22000)! Drive Check (Draw/Sentinel). Draw Trigger. Power to Kishla (11000-21000) and draw a card." (Yusuke: []). "Boosted by Elal, Kishla attacks your Vanguard!" (Yusuke: [][]). "I end my turn."
"My turn. Ride! Forsaken Rider, Oden (G2/10000-11000)! Oden's skill ([X][]). I can call a Shadow Servant from my deck and then I soul charge 1 for each grade of that unit. I call Forsaken Mage Ein (G2/10000-11000), soul charge 2 (Soul 3-5). Using the skill of Dimension Creeper in the soul ([X][X]), soul charge 3 (Soul 5-8). I call Abyss Dweller (G1/7000-8000) and Shadow Succubus (G1/7000-8000). Boosted by Shadow Succubus, Odin attacks (11000-19000)!"
"Guard (10000+10000=20000)!" Alex declares.
"Drive Check (none)." Yusuke frowns at the result and Alex sighs in relief, "Boosted by Abyss Dweller, Ein attacks the Vanguard (11000-19000)!" (Alex: [][][]). "I end my turn."
Alex looks at her small hand and draws her card, "My turn." She examines her options, and slightly stresses before pulling out her ace, "Ride! My Vanguard! High Steam Maiden Korona (G3/12000)! I activate Memenne's skill! I draw a card and discard High Steam Maiden Elul X. Since I discarded a Grade 3, Korona, Memenne, and Elal all gain 5000 power (12000-17000) (6000-11000) (9000-11000-14000). I call Steam Hunter Lippitt over Kishla (G2/10000). I bind a card from my drop zone and she gains 3000 power (10000-13000) (BZ G4-7) (14000-17000). Next I call Steam Hunter Feena (G1/7000) and Steam Scara Nanum (G3/12000)! Feena's skill! Add 3000 power (7000-10000)!"
Board State
(G2/13000) (G3/17000) (G3/12000)
(G1/17000) (G1/11000) (G1/10000)
"Let's battle! Boosted by Elal, Lippitt attacks the Vanguard (13000-30000)!" (Yusuke: [X][X][]). "Korona's skill ([X][][])! I bind Lippitt and call Grand Strike Dragon in her place (G3/13000)! Grand Strike's skill! If the total grade of all my units and bind zone cards is twelve or more, Grand Strike gains 10000 power (13000-23000)! Next, boosted by Memenne, Korona attacks the Vanguard (17000-28000)!"
"Guard (15000+15000)." Yusuke declares.
"Twin Drive (Critical/none). Critical Trigger! All effects to Nanum (12000-22000/Crit 1-2)! Grand Strike now attacks (Yusuke: [X][X][][]). Boosted by Feena, Nanum attacks the Vanguard (22000-32000/Crit 2)!"
"If this attack hits, Alex will win." Koharu comments.
"Go Alex!" Yui cheers.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Alex screams as her Vanguard attacks. After the smoke clears on the field, Alex's face turns to horror.
"Complete Guard." Yusuke says as his unit sits on the board blocking Korona's attack.
Alex clicks her teeth in frustration and anger, "I end my turn… Grandstrike is bound and I call Lippitt from my bind zone." Alex sighs in frustration, "I couldn't finish it…" she thinks to herself.
"Stand and draw." Yusuke states as he begins his turn and smirks at the card he drew, "You've done good so far Alex," he compliments her, "but I'm afraid this is where it ends."
"Here it comes…" Rina mutters.
"Rise up, my avatar, the reincarnation of evil! Ride! Lord of Eternal Darkness, Kaos (G3/13000)!"
"That's the card that beat Kazuma!" Yui exclaims.
"That beat Mr. Shouji?!" Koharu exclaims in shock.
"Oh yeah, you weren't there the other day." Rina tells her.
"What can that card do if it was able to defeat Mr. Shouji?" Koharu asks.
"I think it would be best if you just watch." Yuto tells her and Kazuma nods in agreement.
"I activate Isen's skill in my soul. I call him from my soul and soul charge 1 (G0/5000) (Soul 9-8-9). I activate Dimension Creeper's skill in my soul ([X][X][X][]) Soul Charge 3 (Soul 9-8-11). I use that same skill again on my second Dimension Creeper ([X][X][X][X]) (Soul 11-10-13). I call Forsaken Angel Orphan (G2/9000) and Forsaken Pirate Jacko (G1/7000). Jacko's skill! If Kaos is my Vanguard, Soul Charge 1 and add 3000 power (7000-10000) (Soul 13-14). Next I use the skill of the Jacko in my Soul (Soul 14-13) Counter Charge 1 ([X][X][X][]). Abyss Dweller's skill! Send to the soul and add 3000 power to the Vanguard (Soul 13-14) (13000-16000)."
Board State
(G2/9000) (G3/16000) (G2/10000)
(G1/10000) (G0/5000) (XXXX)
"I activate Kaos's Cataclysm ([X][X][X][X])! Your front right rear circle is now unusable! And any card on it is excluded from the game!" Yusuke clinches his fist as the hologram of Lippitt sinks into a dark vortex beneath her. "Let's battle. Boosted by Jacko, Orphan attacks the Vanguard (9000-19000)!"
"No guard…" Alex mutters (Alex: [X][][][]).
"Orphan's skill! Send him to the soul and Nanum loses 5000 power until the end of your next turn (G3/12000-7000) (Soul 14-15). When I have 15 cards in the soul, Kaos gains 15000 power and 1 Critical (16000-31000/Crit 1-2)!" Alex grits her teeth. "Boosted by Isen, Kaos attacks the Vanguard (31000-36000/Crit 2).
"Complete Guard!" Alex declares.
"Twin Drive!" Yusuke declares as he vigorously flips over two cards (Draw/Critical). "Double Trigger!"
"No way!" Alex exclaims.
"All effects to Ein (10000-30000/Crit 1-2). Ein now attacks your Vanguard! Due to her skill, Soul Charge 1 (Soul 15-16).
"Guard (15000+10000)!" Alex declares as she throws her cards down and begins panting.
Yusuke smirks with amusement as he says, "I end my turn."
"Stand and draw." Alex says with a serious face as she begins her turn.
"Hey guys…" Yuto mutters to the side, "is it just me, or does Alex seem… different than normal?"
"What do you mean?" Koharu asks.
"Well, from what I've seen of her, she's usually a lot more cheerful than this, even in dire situations.
"Now that you mention it… she does seem kind of different." Yui mutters and Rina clutches her arms as they're crossed.
"Korona's Soul Drive activates!" Korona's hologram glows a bright blue light as mechanical wings appear on her back and her dual-blades become longer (BZ G10-6)(G3-4/12000-15000/drive 2-3). "Generation… Soul Stride ([X][X][][])(Soul 3-1)! Interdimensional Dragon, Mechwind Dragon (GX/25000)! Using Memenne's skill! I discard and draw. Next I activate Nanum's Soul Drive (BZ: G6-7) (G3-4/7000-9000). I call Steam Maiden Millia over Feena (G1/7000)!"
Board State
(XXXX) (GX/25000) (G4/9000)
(G1/12000) (G1/6000) (G1/7000)
"Battle! Boosted by Memenne, Mechwind attacks the Vanguard (25000-31000)! Mechwind's skill! I bind the top card of my deck face down, then one of my rear-guards gains 2000 power for each face up grade in my bind zone."
"Hmm…" Yusuke says he rubs his chin.
"The total grade of the cards in my bind zone is 7, so add 14000 power Nanum (9000-23000)!"
"Complete Guard!" Yusuke declares.
A smirk comes over Alex's face "Alright! He has barely anything to defend with, if I can get a critical trigger here, I can win! Triple Drive (none/Draw/none)!" Alex is both shocked and disappointed to not get a critical trigger. "Power to Nanum and draw a card. Boosted by Millia, Nanum attacks Ein (23000-30000)." The attack connects and Ein is retired. "I end my turn. At the end of the battle, Millia binds a card from my drop zone and the card retired with Mechwind also flips back over." When Alex flips over the card bound with Mechwind, she notices it's a Critical Trigger and the face of despair comes over her. "You have got to be kidding me!" she complains. (BZ: G7-10).
"Don't feel too bad Alex. Things like that happen all the time." Yusuke tries to comfort her, "I can't tell you how many times I was almost done in because I Soul Charged a card I didn't want." But Alex tunes him out, still in despair that she didn't win that turn.
"Am I not good enough? Can I actually beat him? No! I have to! If I want to have a chance at becoming a champion! I have to win!" Alex thinks to herself. Meanwhile, the others watch her despair.
"Alex…" Yui mutters.
"Stand and draw." Yusuke declares, "You've fought a good fight Alex, but let's start wrapping this up." Yusuke takes out 5 cards from his soul and holds them up (Soul 16-11) I activate Kaos's Soul Drive!" As he declares this, Kaos's body is enshrouded by a black mist as his metallic wings grow larger with dark energy connecting them and his eyes, hair, and jacket go black. "Kaos gains 3000 power, 1 grade, and 1 drive (G3-4/13000-16000/drive 2-3)." Yusuke then takes a card from his G-Zone and holds it up, "Now I'll show you true despair! Liberating the Generation Zone! (Soul 11-8)"
"He's got one too?!" Yui exclaims.
"It's not that uncommon," Taiyou explains, "while Soul Strides are rare, they can be found in packs like any other card." But Yui still looks concerned.
A black mist forms around Kaos as more wings sprout from the inside, "Lord of Chaos, let the darkness consume your world and pave the way for eternal revolution! Generation Soul Stride!" Yusuke slams the card onto the table and the mist explodes revealing Kaos, with longer wings, and now dressed a black-colored demon lord attire, "Lord of the Darkened World, Kaos ZERO (GX/30000)!" Alex flinches back in suspense. "Kaos ZERO's skill! Cataclysm! Exclude Nanum. I call Forsaken Knight Oden (G2/10000) and Devoid Cerberus (G1/8000)! Cerberus's skill! Soul Charge 1 (Soul 8-9). Odin's skill! I call Lord of Eternal Darkness Kaos and Soul Charge 3 (G3/13000) (Soul 9-12)."
Board State
(G3/13000) (GX/30000) (G2/10000)
(G1/7000) (G0/5000) (G1/8000)
"Time I finish this. Boosted by Cerberus, Odin attacks the Vanguard (10000-18000)!"
Alex looks at her hand in a panic and throws down a card, "Guard (5000)!"
"Come on Alex…!" Yui pleads and Rina clutches her arms tighter.
"Boosted by Isen, Kaos ZERO attacks your Vanguard (30000-35000)! Kaos ZERO's skill! For every card in my soul, he gains 2000 power."
"What?!" Alex exclaims (35000-59000).
"And, if the total number of cards in the soul is 10 or more, you can't use Sentinel units."
"Not even Sentinels?!" Yuto exclaims.
Alex watches as Kaos flies toward Korona at a break-neck speed. Alex looks at her hand cards, then lowers her hand when she realizes it's hopeless… "No guard…"
Yusuke raises an eyebrow to her response, "You do realize if I pull one Critical Trigger, it's all over right?" he questions, but Alex doesn't respond. "Triple Drive (none/none/Critical). Critical Trigger. All effects to Kaos ZERO (59000-69000/Crit 1-2)." The attack connects with Korona and the board is filled with holographic smoke.
"damage check…" Alex says in despair as she reaches for her deck. She flips over the first card (none). (Alex: [X][X][][][]). "I keep losing… I'm just not good enough… I'll never be like my dad at this rate…" These negative thoughts flood Alex's mind, until someone busts in.
"I'VE HAD ENOUGH!" A loud voice shouts out making Alex perk up. She looks over to see Rina standing on her feet with a serious and angry expression on her face, "Alex! Why have you been so gloomy this entire fight?! Aren't you normally all happy and cheerful when fighting your opponents?! What happened?!"
"Rina…" Alex mutters, "I… I didn't want to lose this fight… it was my one glimmer of hope into becoming a champion. I… I'm just not good enough… and this fight as made me realize… maybe I'm not cut out for being a champion if I have to fight opponents like this…"
"So what if Yusuke is strong and you lost?! That doesn't give you an excuse to be all gloomy about it!" Rina exclaims and steps forward, "You showed me just how fun the game of Vanguard can be. That's what it's supposed to be about right?! Not caring if you win or lose, just having fun!"
"Rina…" Alex mutters.
"So what if you can't beat Yusuke, or anyone for that matter! It doesn't mean your dream's over! It just means you have to try harder! You taught me these things, so you should know very well what I'm trying to say!" Alex is silent for a moment and hangs her head for a minute before Rina comes back and says, "What would your father think if he saw you like this?"
The words resonate with Alex. She looks up to see an image of her father standing before her with sad look on his face. "Y-You're right…" she replies, "My father wouldn't be happy with me if he saw me in my gloomy state. Vanguard's supposed to be fun, not about winning or losing. My father taught me that." She looks up to see her father standing before her again, but this time he looks happy. "I still want to become a champion like my father, but this time I won't let anything stand in my way! If I lose, I'll just keep training and bounce back harder than before."
All of Alex's friends crack a smile at her conviction, and so does Rina "That's the Alex I know."
Even Yusuke, Yuji, and Saki all smile at her resolve. "At least you understand the importance of Vanguard. Win or lose, all that matters is that you have fun, and keep working as hard as you possibly can to fulfil your dream." Yusuke tells her.
Alex nods. "Yusuke, I may have lost, but I'll keep fighting harder and harder, until the day I'm standing where my father once stood!" Alex shouts these words as she flips over her second card (Heal). Everyone stares in complete shock at the card she drew, "H… Heal… Trigger…" Everyone then smiles at Alex and she smiles back, "Power to Korona and heal 1 damage!" (15000-25000) (Alex: [X][][][][]). The smoke on the board clears and Korona stands up, injured, but not broken.
"Huh… I'm impressed. Your imagination is truly something. Kaos doesn't have enough power to damage Korona, even with the boost from Jacko, so I end my turn.
"Go Alex!" Yui cheers.
"Finish it this turn!" Yuto cheers as well.
"It's my turn! Stand and draw!" Alex looks at the card she drew and smiles. Liberating… the Generation Zone! Alex takes cards from her bind zone whose total grades equal 3 and puts them in the drop zone (BZ: G10-7). Alex imagines herself flying through a starry vortex with a light at the end. "My potential is limitless! Together with my partner, I will reach the future I always dreamed of!" Alex makes a fist and thrusts it toward the light and shouts, "Generation… SOUL STRIDE!" the light grows bigger before enveloping her. Back in reality, Korona disappears and in her place, a new dragon with wings the hands of a clock on its back and wielding guns in its hands, appears instead "Interdimensional Dragon, Time Buster Dragon (GX/24000)! Activating skill! I look at the top 4 cards of my deck and call a unit among them. I call High Steam Maiden Korona, then if Korona is its heart card, I can bind the rest of the cards (BZ: 7-8-11-13). Next I use Time Buster's other skill ([X][X][X][][])! If the total grade of all units in my bind zone is 12 or more, all of my Soul Drive units can activate their Soul Drive the same turn!"
"What?!" Yusuke exclaims.
"Korona's Soul Drive activates (G3-4/12000-15000)! Next I call Steam Lynx Anbu over Memenne (G1/7000)!"
Board State
(G4/15000) (GX/24000) (XXXX)
(G1/14000) (G1/7000) (G1/7000)
"Let's go! Boosted by Anbu, Time Buster attacks your Vanguard! Anbu's skill! I discard the last card in my hand and both her and Time Burst gain 1000 powr for each grade face up in my bind zone (7000-20000) (24000-37000-57000). Time Buster's final skill ([X][X][X][X][])! When he attacks, I can send one of your rear-guards to the bottom of the deck. I send Ein! Now you can't intercept. GO TIME BUSTER!"
"I guard (15000+15000+10000+10000)!" Yusuke declares using up pretty much everything in his hand.
"Triple Drive (none/none/Draw). Draw Trigger! Power to Time Buster (57000-67000)!" Time Buster fires its guns with tremendous force and shatters Yusuke's shield (Yusuke: [X][X][X][X][]). Alex looks down at Korona standing beside Time Buster, "Let's do this, partner." She says, "Boosted by Elal, Korona attacks your Vanguard (15000-29000)! Let's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Korona flies toward Kaos and swings her swords at him and he makes no attempt to block her. Korona cuts right through Kaos and the holograms disappear. Everyone looks at Yusuke's damage… (Yusuke: [X][X][X][X][][]).
"S-Six damage…?" Koharu mutters.
"I… I won…" Alex mutters and her face lights up with joy, "I… I WON! I beat Yusuke Katsunori!" she jumps for joy and Yui surprises her hugging her from behind.
"Alex! That was amazing! I knew you could do it!" she exclaims in happiness and all of Alex's friends come over to celebrate as well.
Yusuke looks down at his field with a smile on his face as his other two teammates come behind him and place a hand on each of his shoulders. "You fought well Yusuke." Yuji tells him.
"Yeah." Yusuke replies and holds his head high. They walk over to Alex and her friends as they're celebrating and calls her out, "Alex." They all look at him and he extends a hand to Alex, "That was a great fight. I haven't felt a defeat that honorable since I lost to your father's team. You beat me fair and square."
Alex stares for a minute, then smiles and shakes his hand back, "And it was an honor to fight you as well." She replies to him.
"Now, about that quest." He tells her.
"Oh yeah!" Alex remembers and pulls out her phone with the FICA app running. Yusuke signs off on the quest and Alex's point count shoots up putting her at Grade 2, and already half way to Grade 3.
"Alex! You made it!" Yui exclaims with excitement.
"Yeah… I'm finally grade 2." Alex states and her smile grows bigger, "I can't thank you enough Yusuke!"
"Don't mention it." He replies to her.
Meanwhile, Rina watches these events unfold with a smile, but quickly looks down and turns it to a frown, "Alex has a good sense of where she wants to go, but… what about me…? What's in the future for me…?" she asks herself.
Later, Team Exodus leaves the card shop, walking down the street. "That was a great fight," Yuji says with his hands behind his head, "wanna go get something to eat?"
"Fine by me, but you've got to pay remember?" Yusuke tells him with a smug face and Yuji's face shrinks a little.
"Damn it… you're right…" Yuji replies.
"Yusuke?" Saki gets his attention, "I'm curious. You had enough shield to guard that last attack from Korona. Why didn't you?"
"After seeing that one girl give Alex resolve, it reminded me a lot of Alex's father, and how he saved me from a dark place…" he explains and both Yuji and Saki smile. "I didn't feel like shutting her down after that scene."
"You know, you may irritate me sometimes, but you do have a good heart Yusuke." Yuji tells him and Yusuke smiles back. Just then, they hear someone behind him.
"HEY!" they turn around to see Kazuma running after them.
"Kazuma? What's wrong?" Yuji asks.
"I need you guys to come with me. There are some things we need to discuss." He says in a serious tone and all three of them look concerned…
Ending Theme – Itsuka Sekai ga Kawaru made (Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet ED)
[Next Time]
Alex: After defeating Yusuke, Kazuma and the others decide to hold a party for me to celebrate my coming of Grade 2. Yui & Rina come too! Next time on Vanguard X, "Formation of a Team"! Don't miss it!
Alex & Rina's Card Corner
Alex: Hello everyone, and Happy New Year!
Rina: It's hard to believe it's already 2020.
Alex: I know, 2019 went by so fast. Well I hope everyone's had a good year so far, and with that, let's get on with today's featured card! It's my winning card, Interdimensional Dragon, Time Buster Dragon!
Grade X / Triple Drive / 24000 Power / Gear Chronicle / Gear Dragon
Rina: You can perform a Soul Stride with it by sending cards from your bind zone to the drop zone whose total grades equal 3 or more.
Alex: And when you do Stride it, it lets you call a unit from among the top 4 cards of your deck.
Rina: Normally you'd put those cards back on top and shuffle your deck, but if Korona is its heart card, you can bind them instead, giving you more cards and grades in your bind zone.
Alex: It has another skill by paying 2 Counter Blasts and having a grand total of 12 or more grades face-up in your bind zone, it can also allow all Soul Drive rear-guards to use their Soul Drives the same turn they're placed.
Rina: It's third and final skill allows you to Counter Blast 1 to send an opponent's unit to the bottom of the deck when it attacks.
Alex: So what do you think? You like this card?
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Alex: Just paste this link into your internet browser without spaces. We look forward to seeing you there!
Rina: In the meantime, always remember…
Alex & Rina: Stand up the Vanguard!