Chapter 139. The Fate of Number 7: Lucky Straight! A Helpless Finale on the Deck's Last Card.
Seeing a single hand trap stall the opponent and win back a turn, quite a few of the old-guard duelists let out a slow, steady breath.
With that "big backside" on the field, a Dragon Ruler deck without effect destruction simply couldn't punch through.
What's more, even if it could, that monster was currently immune to everything.
It was extremely hard to answer.
Was he just going to end the turn?
No—wait—looks like Ws Roaring Bro still had a Main Phase 2!
Only then did the veterans realize how serious the situation was.
Ws Roaring Bro didn't intend to end it like this!
He needed to put down a card that could actually preserve his board.
Otherwise, next turn… who knew how things would go?
In the short video, as everyone expected, Ws Roaring Bro didn't end immediately.
Ws Roaring Bro: "My Main Phase 2!"
Ws Roaring Bro: "I activate the effect of Lightning, Dragon Ruler of Drafts, banishing itself and Reactan, Dragon Ruler of Pebbles!"
Ws Roaring Bro: "I Special Summon Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms from my Deck!"
"I overlay my three Level 7 Dragon Rulers to construct an Xyz Network!"
"I Xyz Summon this Rank 7 monster!"
"Let's go!"
"Number 7: Lucky Straight!"
The judge and his opponent, Joker, both blinked when they saw that Xyz.
What?
Someone actually brought this card?
No way.
You're kidding, right?
Isn't this the card people pull out as a good-luck charm during exams for a laugh?
After all, its effect is pure gambling!
It has no hard activation count; you roll two dice.
If the total is 7, you choose one of three options.
Option 1: Send all other cards on the field to the Graveyard.
Option 2: Special Summon one monster from your hand or from either Graveyard to your field.
Option 3: Draw 3 cards from your Deck, then discard 2 cards from your hand.
Whichever you pick, they're all extremely strong.
Otherwise, you just gain ATK equal to the highest die result × 700.
One pip is 700 ATK.
So the minimum is 700, and the maximum is 4200!
Right now, he had three materials stacked!
Was he… about to roll the dice?
Ws Roaring Bro: "I activate Number 7: Lucky Straight!"
Ws Roaring Bro: "I believe Yu-Gi-Oh! is fun!"
Ws Roaring Bro: "And Lady Luck will smile on me!"
"I'm rolling the dice!"
"Give me a 6!"
"If possible, make the total 7… 280…"
The pair of fateful dice arced into the air.
One die: 5.
The other die: 2.
Holy—!
What was that?!
A success on the first try?
Hit everything at once?
Seeing this, Joker and the judge were dumbfounded.
That luck!
He really was blessed by the goddess!
The two dice totaled 7!
That satisfied the condition for the "choose 1 of 3" effect.
And the 5 pip translated to…
3500 ATK!
In this board state, 3500 ATK was extremely high.
Plenty to hold the field.
Ws Roaring Bro: "Five-two start."
Ws Roaring Bro: "I choose to draw 3 and discard 2!"
Ws Roaring Bro: "I activate the Quick-Play Spell Super Rejuvenation from my hand!"
"I draw 4 cards!"
"I end my turn!"
Joker: "Pretty good luck."
Joker: "My turn! Draw!"
Joker: "I activate the effect of Lightning, Dragon Ruler of Drafts, sending it and Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms to the Graveyard!"
"I Special Summon my last Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms from the Deck!"
"The effect of Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders in the Graveyard—banish Lightning, Dragon Ruler of Drafts and Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms to Special Summon!"
"Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders and Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms overlay!"
"I Xyz Summon a second Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack!"
"I activate Dracossack, detach 1 material, and generate 2 Tokens!"
"Dracossack activates again to destroy itself and your Colossal Fighter together!"
Destroying Colossal Fighter was clearly to avoid its undead-like persistence.
When it's destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, it can Special Summon 1 Warrior-Type monster from either Graveyard to your field.
If he kept choosing his own, destroying it by battle would be meaningless.
Joker: "The Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms in my Graveyard triggers—banish the two Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack that built up in the Graveyard, then it leaps back!"
Joker: "The effect of Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls! Banish Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms and Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders from the Graveyard to Special Summon!"
"Overlay the two once more!"
"I Xyz Summon Number 11: Big Eye!"
"I activate its effect, detaching 1 material!"
"I take control of your Number 7: Lucky Straight!"
"Give me a moment to think."
"....."
At this point, Joker stopped progressing his plays.
In the video, he sank into thought.
That sudden pause stunned duelists from every world.
Huh?
Why start thinking now?
How could a pro from the higher world be stalling like this?
Just swing and it's over, right?
The board was so far ahead.
Why the grim face?
What was going on?
Maximillion Pegasus: "Good—no wonder he's a pro.
I think pros in every world have noticed it.
He can't OTK."
Aster Phoenix: "Right.
Number 7: Lucky Straight is at 3500 ATK, and —'s ATK is 1600.
After Number 11: Big Eye uses its effect, it can't attack.
Not enough."
Yuma Tsukumo: "Whoa! You're right! 3500 plus 1600 is exactly 5100! And his LP is 5200!"
Yusaku Fujiki: "If he attacks now, the opponent will be locked at 100 LP.
He's thinking about how to make up the last 100 damage."
Kite Tenjo: "Roaring Bro really is blessed by Lady Luck!
A 5-2 roll totaled 7 and also left him exactly at 100 LP!
If it had been a 6, he'd have lost this turn!"
The group chat immediately dove into a deep discussion of why the pro duelist Joker suddenly paused.
The more they talked, the more they realized—
This Roaring Bro not only top-decked like a madman, his luck was absurd.
A 5-2 roll totaled 7 yet left a dramatic, maddening shortfall of exactly 100 damage, forcing Joker to think.
To break through, he had to find that missing 100!
There was only one way.
Use Number 7: Lucky Straight again!
Right.
Number 7: Lucky Straight still had 2 materials.
That meant two more tries.
If Joker rolled a 6 on either die, he could claim victory on the spot!
Two tries, two dice each time, wanting at least one 6—
No need to say how low that probability is.
Gamble?
Was it his turn to gamble?
Joker: "Since you could roll what you needed…"
Joker: "I believe I can too."
Joker: "I activate Number 7: Lucky Straight!"
"I roll two dice!"
"Come on!"
First chance!
The dice land—
A 3.
And a 2.
Miss!
"Activate again!"
"I roll again!"
"This time, give me a 6!"
Second chance!
The dice land—
Both are 3!
It's over.
Absolutely over.
Seeing that, Joker's eyes went dark.
His opponent, Roaring Bro, smiled.
I gave you a shot.
You couldn't make it work?
Joker: "Looks like my luck fell a little short."
Joker: "No matter.
I still have to play it out.
I enter the Battle Phase!"
"2100 direct!"
"1600 direct!"
"Total damage is 3700!"
"I end my turn."
Ws Roaring Bro: "My turn, draw."
Ws Roaring Bro: "I suppose this is the fate of a duel!"
Ws Roaring Bro: "I activate the effect of Stream, Dragon Ruler of Droplets in my hand, sending itself and Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms to the Graveyard to Special Summon Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls from the Deck!"
"The Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls in my Graveyard activates, banishing Stream, Dragon Ruler of Droplets and Reactan, Dragon Ruler of Pebbles to Special Summon!"
"Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms activates in the Graveyard, banishing Dragunity Phalanx and Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos to Special Summon!"
"Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos adds the Level 1 Tuner Flamvell Guard from my Deck!"
"I Normal Summon Flamvell Guard!"
"I Synchro Summon with Tidal and Flamvell Guard, both Level 7!"
"My turn now!"
"Crimson Blader!"
"I enter the Battle Phase!"
"Crimson Blader destroys your Number 7: Lucky Straight!
Take 700!"
"Crimson Blader effect!
During your next turn, you cannot Summon or Special Summon Level 5 or higher monsters."
"Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls destroys your Token—take 1000 LP!"
"Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms destroys your other Token!"
"My Main Phase 2!"
"I overlay Tidal and Tempest to build an Xyz Network!"
"I Xyz Summon my last Extra Deck copy of Number 11: Big Eye!"
"I activate Big Eye, detach 1 material!"
"Your Number 11: Big Eye—I'll be taking it!"
"I set 1 card and end my turn."
With a single counterattack, Roaring Bro leveraged the Dragon Rulers to the limit and seized absolute advantage.
Seeing this, many old-guard duelists drew a sharp breath.
So this is the power of Dragon Rulers?
Even at the very end, the deck can scrape together Graveyard resources and brute-force its Extra Deck ace onto the field.
This engine really is ridiculous.
It treats the Graveyard like a second Deck!
At this point, both decks seemed nearly out of gas.
Even if it didn't end by reducing LP to 0, it might end by decking out.
Joker: "My turn, I draw 1 card!"
Ws Roaring Bro: "I flip the Trap Eradicator Epidemic Virus!"
"This card tributes a DARK monster with 2500 or more ATK, then declares Spell or Trap on activation.
We check the opponent's on-field Spells/Traps, their hand, and all cards they draw for the next three turns (counted by the opponent's turns), and destroy all cards among them of the declared type."
"I tribute Number 11: Big Eye!"
"I declare Spells!"
In the next instant, Joker's Heavy Storm, Seven Star Sword, Super Rejuvenation, and so on were all sent to the Graveyard!
At that point, Joker's defeat was sealed.
Under that Trap, he had no resources left.
Even if those Spells were useful, his Deck had only one card remaining.
Was it… already over?!
Joker: "I end my turn."
Ws Roaring Bro: "My turn, draw!"
Ws Roaring Bro: "It seems this duel is fated to end."
"I activate Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms in the Graveyard, banishing Burner, Dragon Ruler of Sparks and Lightning, Dragon Ruler of Drafts to Special Summon!"
"Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls activates in the Graveyard, banishing another Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls and Flamvell Guard to Special Summon!"
"I overlay the two!"
"Gaia Dragon, the Thunder Charger!"
"I enter the Battle Phase!"
"Gaia Dragon, the Thunder Charger pierces through your Token—take 2600!"
"2800 direct!"
Joker: "I activate Swift Scarecrow!"
Joker: "I discard it; negate the attack and end the Battle Phase."
Ws Roaring Bro: "I end my turn."
Joker: "My turn.
I draw… the last card in my Deck."
Joker: "....."
Joker: "I concede."
An uproar!
The whole venue erupted!
Only after drawing the very last card of his Deck did Joker declare the duel over.
Joker's helplessness was on full display.
From the opening triple "Roar" top-decks that robbed him of early tempo,
to the midgame where Number 7: Lucky Straight's 5-2 roll piled on maximum pressure,
to Joker's own two chances with Lucky Straight that whiffed the winning 6 twice—
From start to finish, this duel was a persistent pro duelist fighting against a pro with absolutely absurd luck.
In that moment, the judge and spectators in the video looked on Joker with sympathy.
"This guy's luck was brutal—two tries and couldn't roll a 6!
That's rough!"
"Mainly the opponent was insane!
Who top-decks three 'Roar' cards from outside the system?"
"Amazing! Absolutely amazing!
That final gamble!
I guess the Number 7 I pray to not flunk my exams actually works!"
"Ahem—never thought someone would still carry Number 7!
That kind of deck bond and understanding runs deep!"
On-screen bullet comments and chatter from the crowd kept flooding the venue.
Veterans and duelists in other worlds couldn't help but sigh.
Yugi Muto: "They're both admirable duelists.
Their deck understanding runs deep!"
Jaden Yuki: "It's a shame, but luck is part of strength.
Duels are never one hundred percent pure skill.
We can't ignore luck."
Yusei Fudo: "Agreed.
Like Dark Magician of Chaos—some people are lucky enough to open five cards, while others might roll dice and never hit the right pip."
Joey Wheeler: "Ahem!
I've got something to say there.
I'm blessed by Lady Luck myself.
If you want good luck, you need firm belief and…."
The group chat quickly erupted into a lively discussion of the Dragon Ruler mirror's final result.
Their takeaway, more or less, was this:
Luck accounts for about thirty percent of a duel's victory.
Without that thirty percent, even if you play Tearlaments, your mills might all be a pile of hand traps.
Main World.
Sei Yuki had already finished playing that ten-year-old Worlds match short.
The follow-up started right away.
No doubt about it—
It was the short video explaining the history of Dragon Rulers.
Title:
"The Rise and Fall of the Ultra-Meta Dragon Rulers! From 'Dragons Conquer the World' to 'The Whole Family on the List'—How Did They Survive?"
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