Episode 33: Luck of the Draw

Meanwhile, while Yuni was dueling Cinder and Frostbite, Brutus and Tori are walking through Downtown Domino. Brutus is saying, "I didn't mean to offend Yuni or anything with that comment about him attracting weird stuff. I was just making a joke."

Tori says, "I'm sure it wasn't that bad, it was just bad timing, that's all. I hope he can get a good break though. Who knows, maybe he really is a magnet for weird stuff and he won't even be able to manage to have a normal duel."

"That would suck. Just because I said it, doesn't mean I meant it. You were right though, he does need some downtime from this stuff. Speaking of that, I could use a dueling break of my own. Let's look for someone to duel."

Tori thinks for a second. "Alright, let's take a look."

Brutus and Tori continue to walk through the city. They stumble upon a large crowd of people circled around something."

Tori wonders, "Hmm…I wonder what's going on here."

Brutus says, "Let's check it out, maybe someone's dueling."

Tori and Brutus squeeze their way into the crowd. In the center is a man dressed in a black suit with combed back brown hair. He's shuffling a deck. He says in a showman's voice, "Alright folks, let's play another game. You, in the black," he points to a man wearing a black t-shirt, holds up a deck of Duel Monsters cards, and shuffles them, "I want you to draw the top card off of this deck. I will than draw another card. The person with a higher attack monster wins twenty credits from the other, spells and traps count as zero attack. You up for the bet?"

The man nods. "Let's do it." The man draws the top card and reveals it. "Ha, I got the Barrel Dragon! He's got 2600 attack points! Beat that."

The first man says, "Alright, let's do this." He draws a card. "I drew Dark Master - Zorc. He's got 2700 attack points. I win."

Brutus says excitedly, "That looks pretty fun."

Tori taps a girl standing next to her. "Excuse me ma'am, who is that guy?"

The girl says shocked, "You've never heard of Chance Gambit before!? He's world famous for being one of the luckiest men alive. They say that he's never been beat in a game of chance."

Tori questions, "If that's so, then why did that guy take that bet so willingly?"

"It's considered an honor just to gamble against him. It's like a prize in itself."

"Interesting."

Chance says, "How about double or nothing? And I'll make it interesting. I'll let you draw two cards, and I'll only draw one. If the combined attack of your monsters can beat mine, I'll pay you double, if I win, you pay me double."

The man jumps at the opportunity and says, "Alright, let's do it. I have a good feeling about this one and I like those odds."

Chance shuffles the deck and holds it up. "Your draw."

The man picks the top two cards. "I got Jurai Gumo with 2200 attack points, and Roulette Barrel with 1000 attack points. That's a total of 3200 attack! Bet you can't beat that!"

Chance says calmly, "Let's find out." He draws. "I drew Embodiment of Luck, with 3700 attack points. Looks like I win again. Oh well." The man reluctantly hands over 40 credit coins Chance looks at the audience. "Alright, who wants to participate in my next game?"

Tori says, "I don't know what fool would want to play one of this guy's games."

Brutus shouts excitedly, "Oh, oh, pick me, pick me! I want to play!"

Tori shakes her head. "Apparently this kind of fool."

Chance says, "Alright then, you, the tall guy."

Brutus shouts, "All right!" and runs up to the center. "What game do you've got for me?"

Chance looks at Brutus. "So you've got yourself a Duel Gauntlet. You must be a duelist, right?"

Brutus says, "Sure am!"

Chance says, "Then why don't we have a duel?"

Brutus gets hyped up and says, "I'm always looking for people to duel! Let's do it."

Chance puts on a Duel Gauntlet and attaches a deck box. Brutus does the same. The crowd surrounding the two back away to allow adequate dueling space. The duel computer says, "Official World of Duel Tournament duel now commencing. Brutus Marc: 701 points vs. Chance Gambit: 777 points. Scanning decks…decks accepted. Commence dueling."

Chance says, "To stay in the spirit of things, why don't we flip a coin to determine who goes first?"

Brutus says, "Alright, I'm up for that."

An AR generated coin appears in Chance's hand, the heads side shows a Kuriboh, and the tails side shows a Millennium Eye. "I call heads." He flips the coin. He holds it to reveal that it landed on heads. "Looks like I get to go first." Chance draws. "First I'll set a card and then I activate Lucky Summon! This card allows me to flip a coin once per turn, if I call it right, I can special summon a level seven monster from my hand. If I call it wrong, I have to destroy the card. Also, if I use its effect, whether I succeed or not, I can't normal summon that turn. I'll use it's effect and call heads." A giant coin appears, it has the same design as before, and flips itself. It lands on heads. "Wonderful. How lucky can one guy get? I now summon Master Gambler (Dark/Level 7/Warrior/Effect/ATK 2700/DEF 700)." The monster summoned is a man wearing a flashy white and black stripped suit and a black fedora cap. In its hand is a coin, which it continuously flips. "My master gambler allows me to flip a coin once per turn, if I call it correctly, you take 1,000 points of damage. If I fail to call it, I take 1,000 points of damage. I think I'll call tails this time." Master Gambler flips its coin. It lands on tails. "And it's good. Go Master Gambler, show him what you have up your sleeves!" Master Gambler holds up his arms and out of his sleeves flies hundreds of playing cards, all of which are aces, that fly at Brutus (Brutus' LP: 3000).

The entire crowd watching, except Tori, cheers for Chance.

Chance says, "And with that, I'll end my turn (Chance's hand: 3)."

Brutus draws and says, "You don't intimidate me. You pulled off a couple of lucky moves, but that doesn't make you a good duelist. I'll show what makes a good duelist. I summon Chainsaw Insect (Earth/Level 4/Insect/Effect/ATK 2400/DEF 0). I'll equip my monster with Axe of Fools. This card gives my monster 1000 extra attack points, but negates its effect. I'm not complaining about that last part though." Chainsaw Insect takes hold of the axe using its chainsaw mandibles (ATK: 3400). "Now that I control the most powerful monster on the field, I'll have my insect attack your Master Gambler." Chainsaw Insect scuttles over to Chance's monster and slashes at it with its axe (Chance's LP: 3300).

Tori starts to cheer for Brutus, but when no one else joins in, she slowly stops, and then laughs awkwardly. Everyone stares at Tori.

Brutus says, "Thanks for your support Tori, but don't worry about it. I don't need it. I think that I'll set a card and end my turn (Brutus' hand: 3)."

Chance draws. "I activate my facedown card, Lucky Chance! This continuous trap card allows to draw a card every time I call a coin toss accurately. Speaking of coin tosses, I'll activate Lucky Summon. I think I'll call tails." The giant coin flips, and lands on tails. "Lucky me. I can now draw a card due to Lucky Chance. Also, I can now summon Crazy Roulette (Dark/Level 7/Fiend/Effect/ATK 0/DEF 3600) in defense mode." A giant roulette wheel with a fiendish face on the center appears on the field. "Crazy Roulette can only be summoned by the effect of Lucky Summon, but it's worth it. It's effect gets pretty complicated though. Once per turn, I can assign a number, one through six, to every card on the field, and/or to both players. I must assign every number to something, and if there aren't enough things to target, I must assign something two numbers. Let's settle that problem. I assign your Chainsaw Insect as one, Axe of Fools as two, your facedown card as three, you as four, my Lucky Summon as five, and Lucky Chance as six." The numbers on Crazy Roulette change to one through six and the number declared by Chance is projected on top of the corresponding target. "Now I get to spin my roulette, and if it lands on the number of a card, it gets destroyed. If it lands on the number of one of us, that person takes 1000 points of damage. Let's do this, go Crazy Roulette, Spin of Destruction!" A ball appears inside of the roulette and it begins spinning. The wheel slowly slows.

Brutus thinks, Come on, land on a five or six. Five or six. The roulette almost stops. It lands on six. Brutus shouts, "Yeah, that's it!" Just then the wheel turns one more, landing on one. Brutus shouts in despair, "No!"

Chance says, "Too bad. Looks like Lady Luck's still on my side." A beam of energy shoots out of Crazy Roulette and destroys Chainsaw Insect. "With that, I'll set a card and I think that I'm satisfied with that turn (Chance's hand: 3)."

Brutus draws and says, "You may get lucky, but what happens when you get unlucky? You'll lose. I plan to be a facilitator of that bad luck. I summon Ill-Fated Fiend (Dark/Level 4/Fiend/Effect/ATK 2400/DEF 0)." The monster is a fiendish creature that looks like it has had its share of bad luck. It looks ragged and beat-up. "This monster may be unlucky, but hopefully that bad luck will rub off onto you. I activate Power Wave! Since I control a level four monster with more than 2000 attack, I can destroy a monster you control. I'll destroy your Crazy Roulette." A massive surge of energy emerges from Ill-Fated Fiend and destroys Crazy Roulette. "Now, Ill-Fated Fiend, attack directly!"

Chance reveals his facedown and says, "Not so fast. I am activating Shield of Chance! Now if I can call a coin flip correctly, I can negate an attack. I call heads." The giant coin flips and lands on heads. "Oh how lucky can one guy get? Your attack is negated." The giant coin props up and blocks the attack made by Ill-Fated Fiend.

Brutus says, "Normally if my monster attacks, its effect would destroy it, but since you negated its attack, it gets to stick around a little longer. You leave me with little choice than to set a card and end my turn (Brutus' hand: 1)."

Chance draws and laughs. "Do you now understand the predicament that you're in? My luck is too much for you. And things only get stepped up from here. I activate Lucky Summon and call tails." The coin flips and lands on tails. "Perfect. First I'll draw due to Lucky Chance, then I'll summon another copy of my Crazy Roulette. I also activate Game of Chance. This card has us both draw and reveal the top card of our decks. Whoever gets the monster with the highest attack is allowed to summon it. Are you ready to try this?"

Brutus says determined, "I'm always ready." He thinks, Little does this guy know, my deck is loaded up with mega-powerful monsters.

"Alright then. You draw first."

Brutus draws, and a projection of the card he drew appears. A look of satisfaction crosses Brutus' face. "I drew Brutal Massive Dragon! He's got 2800 attack points! I'd wish you good luck in getting something better, but I'd rather not."

Chance says, "I don't need your wishes." Chance draws. "I drew Ultimate Gambler, with 3000 attack points. Looks like I win this little game. Now since I won, I can summon Ultimate Gambler (Light/Level 7/Warrior/Effect/ATK 3000/DEF 2700)." Another gambling monster appears on the field, this one holds a die. "I activate the effect of Ultimate Gambler, which allows me to declare a number between one and six, then I roll a die and if the number matches what I rolled, I can draw that many cards, but if I get any other number, then I have to discard cards equal to the number I declared. Also, whether the effect works or not, I can't attack the turn I use this effect. I think three's my lucky number." The gambler tosses it die, and as it rolls, it grows bigger. The now giant die lands on three. "What do you know, I get to draw three cards. Now I'll activate Jackpot!. Since I control two level seven monsters, I can special summon another level seven monster from my hand. I'll summon another copy of Master Gambler. Now I overlay my three level seven monster and build the Overlay Network. I Xyz summon Lady Luck (Light/Rank 7/Fairy/Xyz/ATK 700/DEF 700)!" Out of the Overlay Network emerges a female being of light. It is dressed in an elegant white gown, and has a staff with a giant die on the tip. "I end my turn (Chance's hand: 4)."

Brutus draws. "You rely too much on luck. What happens if that luck fails you? You'll be completely helpless. And I'm not completely without luck myself. Your card allowed me to draw my Brutal Massive Dragon, which is exactly what I needed to turn this duel around. I'll first activate my facedown, Call of the Haunted, allowing me to special summon Chainsaw Insect from my graveyard. Now I'll tribute my Ill-Fated Fiend in order to summon Brutal Massive Dragon (Earth/Level 6/Dragon/Effect/ATK 2800/DEF 0)!" Brutus' massive, armored, spiked dragon appears on the field. "In order for it to attack, I must first tribute a level four or lower monster with 2000 or more attack, but it does gain half of that monster's attack. I now tribute Chainsaw Insect (ATK: 4000). Now Brutal Massive Dragon, attack with Brutal Bombardment!"

Chance interrupts, "Before that, allow me to explain the effect of Lady of Luck. If it attacks or is attacked, I can remove an Overlay Unit in order to roll a die, and get a different effect depending of the number I rolled. A one negates the attack. A two makes it so that she can't be destroyed and I take no damage. A three destroys the monster she's battling. A four destroys all cards on the field. A five makes her attack equal to double the attack of the monster she's battling. And a six has her gain attack equal to the opponent's monster's attack. Go now, Roll of Fate!" Lady of Luck raises her staff and absorbs an overlay unit through it. A giant die appears and rolls. It lands on a two. "It looks like she can't be destroyed by battle, and I take no battle damage." Brutus' monster fires its spikes like missiles at Lady of Luck, but nothing happens upon impact.

Brutus mumbles under his breath, "You just got lucky, that's all."

Chance asks, "Isn't that the point?"

Brutus gives him a stare of dislike. "I set a card and end my turn (Brutal Massive Dragon's ATK: 2800) (Brutus' hand: 0)."

Chance draws. "I think your luck has run out. It's time to end this. Lady of Luck, attack Brutal Massive Dragon now. Which means I can activate the effect of Lady of Luck" The monster absorbs another Overlay Unit and rolls another die. It lands on five. "Wonderful, a five! That means that my attack becomes double of yours (ATK: 5600). Now Lady of Luck, launch your attack, Luck Wave!" Lady of Luck launches a magical attack.

Brutus says, "I'm not done fighting yet! I activate Brutal Force! If you attack one of my monsters, that monster can't be destroyed by battle and you take the same amount of damage that I take!" Lady of Luck's attack hits Brutal Massive Dragon, and Brutal Massive Dragon launches an attack at Chance (Brutus' LP: 200) (Chance's LP: 500).

"Brutus, you are a respectable duelist, but you can't overcome my luck. It's just too much for you to handle! I'll just set a card and end this turn (Chance's hand: 4)."

Brutus responds, "We'll see about that." Brutus thinks, It's all up to this draw. It's my luck versus his. Whoever gets luckier this turn will probably be the winner. Brutus draws. What a twist of fate. Let's test my luck. He says aloud, "This duel will all come down to the card I just drew. Are you ready to test your luck against mine?"

Chance says, "You trying to tell me that you are going to gamble against me? That is one of the silliest things I've ever heard."

"Well then, it seems like you have nothing to lose. Let's do this. I activate Power Gamble! This card allows us both to roll a die, and whoever gets the higher roll inflicts damage to the opponent equal to the result of the roll times 300."

Chance says, "I can't believe you would throw away your chances at winning like this. Your mistake."

Two dice roll. It appears that they travel in slow motion. Brutus thinks, Come on, come on, come on! If I want to win, I'll have to roll at least a two, and he has to roll something less than whatever I roll. Come on dice, give me what I need! Slowly but surely the dice stop. Brutus' lands on six and Chance's on five. Brutus shouts aloud, "Alright! I knew my luck would come through!"

Chance looks dumbfounded. He says in shock, "Bu…but how!? I have never lost a bet in my life! My luck is infallible! This is impossible!"

Brutus says, "Well you better believe it! Because you've got 1800 points of damage heading your way!" A ray of energy shoots at Chance from the die (Chance's LP: 0).

The computer says, "Brutus Marc wins. For overcoming an extremely lucky opponent, Brutus has been awarded with 532 points, for a total of 1,233 points. For showing extreme luck, Chance has been awarded with 130 points, for a total of 907 points."

Somewhere along the line, the entire crowd had stopped cheering for Chance and started to cheer for Brutus. Tori runs over and hugs him. She says, "That was a great duel Brutus. I didn't think you had it in you."

Brutus says, "Yeah, neither did I."

Chance walks over to Brutus. Brutus says, "Hey, I'm sorry I had to ruin your lucky streak."

Chance says, "No, you were right. I relied to much on luck. Maybe from this point on, I should try to increase my skill also. Thank you for showing me that."

Brutus says happily, "Anytime."

Suddenly storm clouds cover the sky, and thunder sounds in the distance. Everyone looks up, and sees that above a tall building in the distance is a giant monster. Everyone points at it, and murmurs, wondering about what it might be.

Brutus says, "Whoa, that's an awesome monster."

Tori looks concerned. She says, "I think that that might be a Yugohan Lord!"

Brutus says, "But, I thought only Yuni had one of those."

Tori says, "I thought so too, but apparently we were wrong. Come on, it could be something relating to Yuni!" Tori and Brutus run off towards the skyscraper.