"I end my turn. Let's see your Phantom Beasts win now," Chris chuckled.
Pan quickly softly uttered a quick prayer, before drawing his next card (2). He took a moment before actually looking at it, but then his face lit up. "I'm sorry, you won't be able to see that happen! Since I have three Beast Soul Swaps in my graveyard—"
Sarah interrupted Pan. "You don't have three Beast Soul Swaps in your graveyard, cheater!" Sarah screamed.
"Actually, I do," Pan confidently stated. "The first I used, so it was sent to the graveyard. The second was sent to the graveyard by Phantom Beast Shadow-Gazelle. The last was just discarded for Hallowed Life Barrier."
"Fine," Sarah pouted.
"Now then, as I was saying, I activate the spell Beast Spirit Swap (1)!" Pan smiled.
"What's so special about Beast Spirit Swap?" Chris asked. "What does it let you do that will win you the duel?"
"Why, this card," Pan explained, grinning ear to ear, "Let's me switch to another deck."
Hello everyone! Still no update gaps... that's a good sign:-D
Chaos: Except you'd have to run beasts and beast spirit swap, and you wouldn't be able to use it against rfg, and it would be a dead draw in the opening of the duel
Kairune: But cliffies make the world go round! Without cliffies, you guys would be too bored and content :-P
ForensicDuelist4137: Hm? What about MTG? o.O And it's okay about now reviewing :-D Just do it now!! (deathglare)
katrianna: It's not really broken. It's beast soul swap, so it's not like you can just put it into any deck. Plus, it returns all of your opponent's cards to their deck, so they don't deck out, and they can draw more cards. And yeh, it's 4 :-D As for One Piece, is it that Skypiea arc? 'cause I watch the english dub, and that's where they are now... so I guess I'll see it soon if that's what your talking about (except for the fact that the one piece episodes go so slowly! Nothing happens! TT)
Pumpkid: Aw, Phantom Beasts were that obvious? Oh well... let's see... I don't think this new deck will be too obvious :-D Except that you can just scroll down and see it right now xD
Die Hard Kaizer: lmao... at ur name... lol, no offense... It's just... xDD Besides, mustang is stupid ).) He's a bad version of FMA-Mustang. Cain is where the party's at :-D oh, and some of the phantom beasts are tcg; cross-wing, rock-lizard, wild-horn, and thunder-pegasus
redgirl90: Yami will go last, since he's the best duelist, and the last person they face will the strongest
Anyway... no, I won't spoil it. Enjoy!!
RER!
Oh, and OCG names are used here because (a) they're better than TCG names and (b) I wrote it before the english names came out
EDIT (11/24/07): I put in the card of the day in this chapter and last chapter that I had forgotten xD Sorry 'bout that
Chapter 42: Twinheaded Beast
"Another deck?!" Chris exclaimed.
"That's right," Pan smirked as he returned all his cards to his deck, and then slid it out of the deck slot. He took out another deck and slid it into his duel disk. "The Phantom Beasts are usually strong enough, but I have this deck for my most powerful opponents," he explained as he drew a new hand (5). "Beast Spirit Swap also lets you return your graveyard to your deck and draw more cards."
Chris did just that, looking over his new hand (5) and his field, consisting of Familiar Knight (1200/1400) and Saint Knight Ishuzark (2300/1800).
"Since I'm running low on points, I use the spell Perfect Charity (4)!" Pan shouted. "We get points equal to the amount of points you have now!" Chris' points doubled, while Pan's points increased from an eighth to half of his original points.
Chris: 6600; Pan: 4200
"Now that I've recovered, it's time for my field spell: Dungeon of the Gladial-Beast – Colosseum (3)!" Pan laughed as the forest transformed into a large, stone colosseum. Sam, Sarah, Kengake, and Takashi were in the stands, while Pan and Chris were on the arena floor. The arena floor was littered with boulders that had glowing green lines, and a medium-sized green crystal was in the center.
"The Gladial-Beasts?" Sam murmured.
"What's wrong, Sam?" Sarah asked. "What do the Gladial-Beasts do?"
"They are an extremely rare and powerful group of monsters," Sam grimly stated. "Chris is going to have a tough time winning. They all have a common ability, which you should see soon."
"I use my last spell card for this turn, Card Trader (2). And now it's time for my first contender: Gladial-Beast – Dichaeri (1;1600/1200)!" Pan shouted as his creature appeared. It was a large, humanoid bull with purple fur. It wore silver armor, and had silver gauntlets. "Dichaeri, attack!"
The bull rammed forward, right through Familiar Knight, into Chris.
Chris: 6200; Pan: 4200"You've activated Familiar Knight's effect!" Chris declared. "Now we can each summon a level four monster from our hand. I choose Mystic Swordsman LV4 (4;1900/1600)."
"I don't have any in my hand," Pan said as a younger form of Chris' signature monster appeared. "Anyway, the same match-ups are boring, so let's bring out a different gladiator! By simply returning Dichaeri to my deck, I can summon Gladial-Beast – Hoplomus (700+100/2100+300+100)!"
"Why does Hoplomus have such a high defense?" Chris asked as Dichaeri and the gem in the center of the arena began to glow. When the glowing subsided, a new Gladial-Beast appeared. It was a rhinoceros with heavy steel armor, surrounded by a ring of floating steel shields.
"First, Hoplomus gained 300 defense from his own effect," Pan explained. "Then Colosseum gained a counter when Dichaeri returned to my deck, and Gladial-Beasts gain 100 attack and defense for each counter on Colosseum!"
"Is that the Gladial-Beasts' special effect?" Sarah asked Sam.
Sam nodded, "Yes; when they battle, they return to the deck and bring out another. As long as Pan's monsters aren't destroyed when they battle, he has access to every single monster in his deck."
"And every time he does that, his monsters will get stronger," Sarah realized.
"Draw (5)!" Chris shouted, beginning his turn. Neither Saint Knight Ishuzark nor Mystic Swordsman LV4 is strong enough to defeat Hoplomus. I can't go on the offensive until I take care of Hoplomus. "I set a card (4) and end," Chris sighed.
Is that card a defensive card or something to take out Hoplomus? Pan wondered as he drew (2). A man appeared from Card Trader, so Pan gave the man a card, and the man gave a card back.
"I summon back Gladial-Beast – Dichaeri (1)!" Pan shouted as the purple bull reappeared, and his attack slightly increased to 1700. "Next I activate Armaments of the Gladial-Beast – Gladius (0)!" A small ornate sword appeared in Dichaeri's hands, boosting his power to 2000. "Dichaeri, attack Mystic Swordsman LV4 with Gladius Gash!"
The monster ran forward, but suddenly Mystic Swordsman LV4's sword began to glow. Mystic Swordsman LV4 was able to destroy Dichaeri with the power boost. "My set card was Blast With Chain, which increases the attack of a monster by 500!" Chris explained. "I was going to use it on Saint Knight Ishuzark, but now was also an appropriate time to use it."
Chris: 6200; Pan: 3800"I didn't see that coming," Pan admitted, laughing. "It's your move."
"Not so fast!" Chris shouted. "Mystic Swordsman LV4 destroyed Dichaeri in battle, so I can summon Mystic Swordsman LV6 (3;2300/1700). Now I'll draw (4)." Chris smiled as one of his most powerful monsters appeared.
'I'm glad to be back,' Mystic Swordsman LV6 said.
'Hopefully I'll figure out a way to defeat Hoplomus without Blast With Chain,' Chris sighed as he looked over his hand. "I set a card to replace Blast With Chain (3) and end."
"I'm disappointed; I didn't think that a single defense monster would be too much for you," Pan sighed as he drew (1).
"I know," Takashi snorted, mostly to himself. "Hoplomus is no match for my Blue-Eyes White Crystal Dragon."
"Chris will figure something out," Kengake told Takashi. "All he needs is some sort of monster destruction, or an attack-increasing card."
"But Pan might win before Chris can get those," Takashi reminded Kengake.
"I use the spell card Pot of Greed (0)! Now I can draw two cards (2)." Pan quickly looked at his new cards, and slid one into his duel disk. "Time for another continuous spell, Recycling Rewards (1)!"
"What does that do?" asked Chris as a large blue recycling behind Pan. It had the symbol of recycling, the three white arrows, on its side.
"You'll see soon," Pan smirked. "I'll set my other card (0) and end."
"I pass," Chris sighed after drawing (4).
"I draw (1), and use the effect of Card Trader!" Pan shouted as the man reappeared. The top arrow on Recycling Rewards then began to glow. "I summon Gladial-Beast – Bestorourii (0;1500+100/800+100) in defense mode and end."
A green bird covered in armor appeared, kneeling in defense. Its wings were curled in front of it for protection. It also had small guns attacked to its gauntlets.
Chris drew (5), and immediately activated his new card (4). "I use my own Pot of Greed, so I can also draw two cards (6)! Now I attack Bestorourii with Saint Knight Ishuzark!"
The holy knight jumped forward and tried to destroy the bird, but a priestess appeared in front of Pan's monster, stopping the attack.
"That was one of your favorite cards, Waboku, so I won't bother explaining it to you," Pan laughed. "And since Bestorourii just battled, I activate his effect!" The crystal in the center of the Colosseum glowed slightly brighter as Bestorourii disappeared. Suddenly, a strange blue humanoid fish erupted out of the ground below Saint Knight Ishuzark, destroying him. The fish had red fins and light blue armor, and two large jets mounted on each shoulder. A second arrow on Recycling Rewards also began to glow.
"This is Gladial-Beast – Murmillo (800+200/400+200), and he destroys one of your monsters whenever he's summoned!"
"Then I set a monster (5) and end," Chris declared as the horizontal card backing appeared.
"These Gladial-Beasts really are powerful," Sarah said. "They all have powerful effects, and thanks to the field spell, they just keep on getting stronger!"
"And we still haven't seen what Recycling Rewards can do," Kengake pointed out. "Two of the arrows have already been activated."
"I draw (1), and use Card Trader!" Pan shouted. He exchanged the sole card in his hand with another card in his deck, and the final arrow on Recycling Rewards lit up.
"Here it comes," Sam anxiously said.
"Now I activate the effect of Recycling Rewards!" Pan shouted. "By removing three counters… I can draw a card!"
"That's it?" Sarah asked as Pan drew a card (2). "That doesn't seem too great."
"In this deck it's extremely powerful, idiot," Takashi sneered. "Pan can constantly return cards to his deck with his Gladial-Beasts and Card Trader, so he'll be able to draw a lot of cards. He may have exhausted his hand, but he'll get it back rather quickly."
"I switch Murmillo to defense mode, and equip him with Armaments of the Gladial-Beast – Manica (1) to end my turn," Pan announced. Murmillo placed its fins in front of itself, and red armor materialized over its right fin.
"I draw (6), and attack with Mystic Swordsman LV6!" Chris shouted. Chris' warrior tried to destroy Murmillo with his sword, but Murmillo stopped the attack by blocking it with his new armor.
"Too bad you didn't know that Manica protects the equipped monster from battle," Pan chuckled. "And since Murmillo battled, I can return him to my deck to summon Gladial-Beast – Laquer (1800+300+300/400+300)!" The blue fish disappeared, and a red muscular lion appeared in its place. It wore orange armor, and had a ring of fire around its waist, boosting its power to 2400. Hoplomus' defense increased to 2700.
"Oh, and since Murmillo returned to my deck, Manica returns to my hand (2) instead of being sent to the graveyard," Pan explained.
"I'll end my turn," Chris sighed, looking at his set monster and trap.
"Draw (3)!" Pan shouted, and the cloaked man materialized, exchanging a card with Pan, causing another arrow on the giant recycling bin to light up. "I summon Gladial-Beast – Secutor (2;400+300/300+300)!" A small cute reptile appeared, wearing blue armor. He had a large cannon (for his size) on each soldier. "Laquer, attack Mystic Swordsman LV6!" The tiger roared, and slashed through Chris' monster with his sharp claws. He then continued and attacked Chris, slightly ripping his clothes.
Chris: 6100; Pan: 3800"Next I use the spell card Gladial Switch (1)! This allows me to immediately swap Laquer for Murmillo again!" Murmillo reappeared, smashing through Chris' set monster, and Recycling Reward's third arrow lit up. Murmillo was in defense mode again.
"No! My Armored Knight (500/2000)!" Chris exclaimed. I didn't even get to use his effect.
"Don't worry, Murmillo can't attack this turn. Of course, that doesn't apply to Secutor." Secutor's power slightly increased to 800, and then he used his cannons to attack Chris.
Chris: 5300; Pan: 3800"Now that Secutor has battled, I return him to my deck to bring back Laquer!" Pan shouted as the tiger reappeared, but this time with even more power. The first arrow on the recycling bin began to glow even brighter than before. "I activate Recycling Rewards, so by removing three counters I draw one card (2)." Two of the arrows stop glowing, while the first arrow's glow just diminished.
"Anyway, to finish my turn, I'll equip Murmillo with Manica again (1)." Laquer had 2600 attack, Murmillo had 900 defense, and Hoplomus had 2900 defense.
Looking over Pan's small army, Chris drew a card (7). "It may be difficult to me to defeat your monsters in battle, but with effects are a completely different story! I discard a card from my hand (6) to activate Lightning Vortex (5)!" Large bolts of lightning obliterated all of Pan's monsters.
"Now that you're open, I summon Blade Knight (4;1600/1000) and attack directly!" The warrior materialized and raced towards Pan. He slashed at Pan with his sword, knocking Pan back a few feet.
Chris: 5300; Pan: 2200"I'll end my turn," Chris happily said.
"Don't worry, there are always a supply of gladiators!" Pan laughed as he drew (2). "It is always easy to get more," he said as he used Card Trader, getting a second counter on Recycling Rewards. "I use the spell card Gladial Return (1)! First Hoplomus, Laquer, and Murmillo return to my deck, second I get to draw a card (2), third Recycling Rewards gets three more counters, and fourth I'll remove those to draw another card (3)!"
"See? I told you Recycling Rewards would be powerful in this deck," Takashi said. "With it, Gladial Return allowed him to draw an extra card and return monsters to his deck."
"And I'm not done with using Recycling Rewards this turn!" Pan shouted the small audience. "I use the spell card Resting Gladial-Beast (2). All I have to do is return the two Gladial-Beasts in my hand to my deck (0), and then I get to draw three cards (3)! Plus, Recycling Rewards now has four counters, so I'll remove three to draw (4)!"
"Are you done with all this drawing?" Chris moaned.
"Yes, this hand is suitable," Pan grinned. "I summon Gladial-Beast – Dichaeri (3)!" For the third time in the duel the purple bull appeared. Now it had 2100 attack from the glowing green gem in the colosseum. "Dichaeri, attack Blade Knight!"
"I chain my set Mystical Space Typhoon!" Chris shouted. "This will destroy your field spell, so both of our monsters will be destroyed!"
"Not exactly," Pan smirked. "Dungeon of the Gladial-Beast – Colosseum has one last effect: by discarding another copy of Colosseum from my hand (2) I can protect my Colosseum on the field!"
Chris growled as Dichaeri destroyed his monster. These Gladial-Beasts are stronger than the Phantom Beasts. The Gladial-Beasts have draw power and field presence.
Chris: 4800; Pan: 2200
"Dichaeri returns to my deck, and now I summon Gladial-Beast – Alexander (2400/600)!" Recycling Rewards' second arrow began to glow.
"Why isn't his attack increasing?" Chris asked as the muscular lion appeared. He had shining gold armor, and two metallic wings.
"Alexander is unaffected by spell cards," Pan explained. "Anyway, I'll set a card (1) to end."
Chris silently drew a card (5). "I set a monster (4) and another card (3) to end my turn."
"Going on the defensive, are we?" Pan asked as he drew (2). He used Card Trader, like every turn, giving Recycling Rewards the third counter necessary for its effect, which Pan promptly activated (3). "Alexander, attack Chris' set monster!"
"Alexander might be unaffected by spell cards, but trap cards are a different story! I activate Sakurestu Armor, which will destroy Alexander!" Chris shouted as his set Sangan (1000/600) appeared and was covered in the demonic armor.
"Nice try, but that won't work," Pan declared. Alexander slashed at Sangan twice: the first time to destroy the armor, and the second time to destroy Sangan itself. "My set trap is Parry, which allows me to negate any trap card by returning a Gladial-Beast in my hand to my deck (2)." Recycling Rewards top arrow was activated yet again.
"I can still activate Sangan's effect, so a weak monster is added to my hand (4)," Chris said.
"I swap Alexander for Secutor, equip him with Manica (1), and end," Pan bluntly said. The small reptile appeared again, with 1000 defense points, and red armor materialized on its right arm.
"Then it's my draw (4)!" Chris shouted. "I summon the monster I got with Sangan, Warrior Lady of the Wasteland (3;1100/1200), in defense mode." A woman with blond hair and leather armor appeared, kneeling in defense. "I set two traps (1) and end."
Pan drew a card (2) and used Card Trader, giving Recycling Rewards a third counter, so Pan drew again (3). "Pay attention, because this might get confusing," Pan warned. "First I activate another Gladial-Switch (2), so Secutor returns to my deck, and in exchange I get two copies of Gladial-Beast – Hoplomus, and Recycling Rewards gets a counter!" Two identical rhinoceroses appeared in attack mode, each with 1600 attack and 3100 defense. The gem in Colosseum was glowing extremely brightly.
"Next I activate the spell card Quick Attack, so one of my Hoplomi will be able to destroy your Warrior Lady of the Wasteland!" Pan's first Hoplomus charged forward, straight through Chris' monster.
"When Warrior Lady of the Wasteland is destroyed, I can bring out a monster from my deck, as long as it doesn't have more than 1500 attack, and it's an earth warrior. I choose Toy Warrior (1500/1000)!" Chris shouted as a mannequin in a soldier outfit materialized.
"Don't forget: since a monster was summoned from the deck, my field spell gets a tenth counter!" Pan shouted. "Even my weakest monster, Secutor, will have 1400 attack! Anyway, I'll get an eleventh counter by returning Hoplomus for Gladial-Beast – Spartychus (2200+1100/600+1100)."
A brown dinosaur with matching brown armor appeared, roaring as its power increased. A card popped out of Pan's deck into his hand (3) as Recycling Reward's second activated. "When Spartychus is summoned I can add Armaments of the Gladial-Beast – Halberd to my hand."
"So are you going to end your turn, now that you can't attack?" Chris asked.
"Not yet," Pan chuckled. "I'm going to win this turn! The Neo-Spacians are famous for their ability to Contact Fuse, but they aren't the only ones! By returning Spartychus and Hoplomus to my deck, giving Recycling Rewards two more counters, I can Gladial-Fuse Gladial-Beast – Geordias (2600+1100/1500+1100)!"
Geordias was Pan's largest monster so far. It was a gigantic black rhino with ornate black armor. He had two strange metallic wings on his back, and he held a giant axe.
"It's so strong!" Sarah exclaimed as Geordias absorbed the glow from Colosseum's gem, so its attack increased to 3700 and its defense to 2600.
"I told you the Gladial-Beasts were powerful," Sam said. "Believe or not, there's a second fusion that's even more powerful."
"It doesn't matter how strong Geordias is," Chris said. "It's your Main Phase 2, so you can't attack."
"Actually, I can," Pan chuckled. "I have the spell card Replay (2), and by discarding two cards (0) I can replay my Battle Phase!
"But first I'll use Recycling Rewards to draw a card (1)," Pan said. He immediately activated his new card (0). "I use Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy the face-down on… the right."
Chris growled as the small gust of wind appeared, blowing away his set Mirror Force.
"Looks like I picked the right one!" Pan laughed. "Gladial-Beast – Geordias, attack Toy Warrior! End this duel!" Geordias' axe was so long that Geordias didn't need to move to destroy Toy Warrior.
Chris: 2600; Pan: 2200"I haven't lost yet!" Chris shouted.
"Actually, you have," Pan confidently declared. "Geordias has another effect: whenever he destroys a monster in battle, you lose points equal to his defense! That's 2600 points of damage, the exact number of points you have!"
Geordias suddenly appeared in front of Chris. He attacked Chris with his large axe, which sent Chris flying backwards, but didn't cut him.
"CHRIS!" Sarah screamed as Chris was flung backwards into one of the wall of the Colosseum. He limply fell to the ground as a small cloud of dust covered him.
Chris: 0; Pan: 2200
I'm sorry for the cliffie... plz don't kill me
Card of the Day
Dungeon of the Gladial-Beast - Colosseum
Field Spell
When a monster is Special Summoned from the Deck, place 1 counter on this card. "Gladial-Beast" Monsters gain 100 ATK and DEF for each counter on this card. When this card would be destroyed by a card effect, if you discard a "Dungeon of the Gladial-Beast - Colosseum", this card is not destroyed.
Original Cards
Beast Spirit Swap; Spell; Activate only when you have three "Beast Soul Swap" in your graveyard. Add all of your cards that are in your hand, on your field, in your graveyard, and removed from play to your deck. Switch your deck with another deck and draw 5 cards. Your opponent may add as many cards as he/she wants in his/her graveyard to his/her deck, and then draw cards until he/her holds 5 cards in his/her hand.
Saint Knight Ishuzark; level 6; Warrior/Effect/LIGHT; 2300/1800; A monster this card destroys in battle is removed from play instead of being sent to the graveyard.
NOTE: This is an OCG card.
Perfect Charity; Spell; Both players gain Life Points equal to your opponent's Life Points.
Recycling Rewards; Continuous Spell; Every time a card is returned to your deck, put 1 counter on this card. Remove 3 counters from this card to draw 1 card.
Gladial-Switch; Quick-Play Spell; Select 1 "Gladial-Beast" monster you control. Activate its effect now and return it to your deck and summon another "Gladial-Beast" monster from your deck with a different name than the returned monster. The summoned monster cannot attack this turn.
Armored Knight; level 4; Warrior/Effect/EARTH; 500/2000; When this card in defense mode would be destroyed, you can keep this card on the field. If you choose to do this, decrease the original DEF of this card by 1500 for the remainder of the duel. You can only activate this effect once per duel.
Quick Attack; Spell; Select 1 monster you control that is not allowed to attack this turn. During this turn, the selected monster may attack.
Toy Warrior; level 4; Warrior/EARTH; 1500/1000
Replay; Spell; Activate only during your Main Phase 2 by discarding 2 cards. You may replay your Battle Phase this turn. Any monsters that have already attacked this turn cannot attack again.
Next Time: HERO Flash!!
