C3, Resonance's effect—I target one of my banished Trap Cards and return it to my hand.
I return the banished Claw Sound to my hand.
C2, Sirene's effect—she and the Mud Dragon of the Swamp King, which was just milled by Narcissus Mermaid, are fused to form.
Dark World Dragon God King Grapha.
C1, Shaddoll Beast's effect—I draw one card."
"Alright, I'm done. You may continue~."
You Ye looked at Norden, a teasing smile all over his face.
Seeing that unmistakably ill-intentioned grin, Norden spoke coldly:
"Don't think you've already won.
You Special Summoned four times just now—I drew four more cards because of that."
"I activate the effect of Snake-Eye Small Purple (Snake-Eye White Banner) from my hand.
As long as a FIRE monster is on the field, this card can Special Summon itself from the hand without timing restrictions."
"I use the Executioner and Snake-Eye Small Purple as Link Arrow material—
Link Summon, Link-2: S:P Little Knight."
"Little Knight's effect, since I used a monster from the Extra Monster Zone as material—
I target your Grapha and banish it!"
"I chain C2, Grapha's effect.
Little Knight's effect is changed into: I discard one card from my hand."
You Ye immediately chained.
Norden did not continue chaining—
because even if Little Knight was banished, it wouldn't matter.
Chain resolution (last in, first out):
C2 Grapha's effect resolves successfully
C1 Little Knight's effect changes into You Ye discarding Transaction Rollback
After the resolution, Norden calmly continued:
"I activate the Quick-Play Spell from my hand,
'Sinful Spoils of Hunting – Devil's Game.'
Effect 1, once per turn:
Add one Diabellstar monster from your Deck or GY to your hand.
I add Diabellstar the Black Witch from my Deck."
"Now the GY effect of Devil's Game, once per turn:
During my Main Phase, I can banish this card from the GY,
target one of my banished Sinful Spoils Spell/Trap Cards other than itself,
return it to the bottom of the Deck, then draw one card."
"I banish Devil's Game, target Original Sinful Spoils – Snake-Eye, return it to the bottom of the Deck, and draw one!"
"I activate the Quick-Play Spell Snake-Eye Chase Play, effect 1.
Once per turn, I can take a Diabellstar monster from my hand, Deck, or GY
and place it face-up in its owner's Spell & Trap Zone as a Continuous Spell."
"I place Diabellstar the Black Witch from my GY."
"Then I set three cards and enter the End Phase."
"In the End Phase, the second effect of Snake-Eye Chase Play in the GY activates.
Once per turn, I banish it, target one monster treated as a Continuous Spell on my field,
and Special Summon it."
"I Special Summon Diabellstar the Black Witch in Defense Position."
"My hand exceeds six cards.
I discard Diabellstar the Black Witch and the Field Spell Snake-Eye Temple."
Norden, despite Special Summoning Diabellstar in the End Phase, remained completely calm and declared:
"Turn end."
"My turn. Draw."
You Ye drew a card.
The moment You Ye drew, Norden moved immediately.
As a clever Elf, he would never wait for You Ye to reach Main Phase and take initiative.
"During your Draw Phase, I flip my set card and activate
Betrayal of Sinful Spoils – Forest Wolf!"
"I send one Diabellstar monster from my hand or face-up field to the GY.
I send the Black Witch from my field,
and target your Grapha—
Its effects are negated!"
"As expected—it's Forest Wolf," You Ye said.
"Yes. Are you going to use Grapha to negate?" Norden asked.
Unsurprised at being read, Norden continued:
He hadn't searched Forest Wolf earlier, but instead wanted—
Setting three cards at the end already implied Forest Wolf was there.
You Ye, glanced at the two remaining face-down cards and smiled.
"If you want me to use it, then I'll use it."
"C2, Grapha's effect—
Forest Wolf's effect becomes: I discard one card."
Seeing this, Norden's smile widened as he immediately flipped another card.
"C3, Infinite Impermanence!
I target your Grapha!"
"This turn, You Ye, you have no Spell/Trap negation left—
You can't stop my Impermanence!"
"So you calculated Snow being banished, forced Grapha's pseudo-negate,
and then chained Impermanence together with Forest Wolf in the same column?"
Seeing Impermanence and Forest Wolf aligned vertically, You Ye understood instantly.
"But who told you I don't have Called by the Grave?"
"Me? I didn't."
"C4, I activate Crossout Designator,
banishing the last Infinite Impermanence from my Deck!"
You, Ye, smiled faintly and placed Called by the Grave into his Spell & Trap Zone.
"You can run two Crossouts?" Norden exclaimed.
Even Cao Gu and the others were stunned.
Running three Solemn Judgments was already incredible—
But Crossout Designator at two copies or more was something they had only heard of in King-level duels.
"C5, I chain my second Infinite Impermanence,
targeting your Grapha again!"
Norden immediately chained—
He absolutely could not allow Grapha's once-per-turn pseudo-omni-negate to resolve.
"As expected," You Ye muttered.
Chain resolution:
C5 Infinite Impermanence resolves, Grapha's effects negated, column negated
C4 Crossout Designator negates Impermanence for the turn
C3 Infinite Impermanence is negated
C2 Grapha's effect is negated; You Ye discards Claw Sound
C1 Forest Wolf resolves successfully
After the chain, Norden said calmly:
"I won't activate Black Witch's effect to Special Summon from the GY.
I won't give you a chance to trigger Resonance."
You, Ye, nodded and moved on.
Main Phase 1
"I activate the Field Spell Primeval Planet Pearl World."
"You're not searching.
C2, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring—
I negate your search."
Norden showed no hesitation.
At this point, You Ye's remaining face-downs were known,
And with plenty of hand traps left, Ash was an easy commit.
Chain resolution:
C2 Ash Blossom resolves
C1 Pearl World's search is negated
"Then I enter the Battle Phase."
The instant You Ye declared it, pain filled Norden's aged face.
"You saw through my Nibiru and Effect Veilers, didn't you?"
He had five cards in hand:
One Nibiru, two Effect Veilers.
But both could only be used in the Main Phase—
And by entering Battle Phase directly, You Ye invalidated all three.
"Yes," You Ye replied calmly.
"Don't forget—whose deck your Snake-Eye build came from."
Norden fell silent, then nodded slowly.
He knew it was true.
Before entering the Battle Phase, he used one Veiler anyway.
"I activate Effect Veiler from my hand,
targeting your Kaleido-Heart—its effects are negated until the end of the turn."
"It's just a desperate patch," You Ye commented.
"One early Veiler won't save you this turn."
"That's not necessarily true," Norden shot back.
"You can't break my board."
"Oh?" You Ye, smiled oddly. "Why do you think so?"
"I have Flame Dragon and Little Knight on the field,
And Princess in the GY is ready to revive.
You only have an effect-negated Kaleido-Heart, Grapha, and Red Mermaid.
You can't OTK me in Battle Phase."
"You still haven't learned from last turn," You Ye said with a smile.
"What haven't I learned?" Norden frowned.
"Let me remind you—
Wheelchair Tearlaments aren't strongest at the start of a duel."
"They're strongest—
in the endgame."
Norden froze.
When he noticed You Ye's Deck was down to barely ten cards,
and thought about Main Phase 2,
then looked at Resonance and Red Mermaid on the field—
Cold sweat poured down his back.
"Consistency…
Your Tearlaments count is low, so early on it's unstable."
"But now your Deck is thin.
Every mill is almost guaranteed value."
"You went to Battle Phase because you knew
I already used Little Knight's banish—
And Flame Dragon plus any one of your monsters already gives lethal damage!"
"You finally understand," You Ye smiled.
"Correct answer.
And your backrow—just one Wanted—
can't stop what's coming."
"If you were more familiar with Tearlaments,
Or if your Wanted hadn't been placed in the same column as Impermanence instead of my Elegy,
You might have stopped me."
"What a shame."
Norden's face darkened.
He had only thought about Impermanence columns—
Who could've expected Tearlaments' native red trap zone setup?
"I activate Elegy's effect.
I target your Flame Dragon, negate its effects,
then send one Tearlaments monster to the GY."
"Will you use Little Knight?" You, Ye, asked calmly.
"…No."
Using it would give you lethal damage immediately.
"Then I send Kaleido-Heart to the GY.
Its effect—Special Summon itself, then mill one."
"I miss Merrli.
Merrli's effect activates,
and Resonance chains as C2."
"C3, Princess's GY effect—
I target my Flame Dragon and your Kaleido-Heart, destroy them,
Then Special Summon Princess!"
Chain resolution:
C3 Flame Dragon & Kaleido-Heart destroyed; Princess Special Summoned
C2 Merrli fuses with Narcissus Mermaid → Rulkallos Mermaid
C1 Resonance mills three
"I activate the effect of Sirene milled by Resonance!"
"C2, Flame Dragon's effect from the GY—
I Special Summon Snake-Eye Small Purple and Snake-Eye Small Blue."
Chain resolution:
C2 Small Purple & Small Blue are Special Summoned
C1 Sirene fuses with Red Mermaid → Narcissus Mermaid
"Narcissus Mermaid's effect—
I can add a Tearlaments card to hand or send it to the GY."
"C2, Small Blue searches a Level 1 FIRE monster.
C3, Small Purple sends itself and Snake-Eye Temple to the GY
to Special Summon a Snake-Eye monster from the Deck."
Chain resolution:
C3 Snake-Eye Big Flame Demon is Special Summoned
C2 Small Blue adds Snake-Eye Ember Phosphor
C1 Narcissus Mermaid sends Little Mermaid to the GY
"Little Mermaid's effect—Fusion Summon!"
"C2, Ember Phosphor Special Summons itself."
Chain resolution:
C2 Ember Phosphor Special Summoned
C1 Little Mermaid + Narcissus Mermaid → Predaplant Dragostapelia
"You have no more chains, right?" You Ye asked with a smile.
Norden looked at Pearl World.
He knew what was coming.
"Because Little Mermaid returned to the GY,
Pearl World activates—
I target your Big Flame Demon and destroy it."
That was the final explosion.
No further chains.
The duel was decided.
"Victory is decided.
Looks like I win."
With Resonance reducing Norden's monsters by 500 ATK, and Pearl World boosting Tearlaments by 500—
Damage calculation was absolute.
Norden said nothing.
As an Old God-tier existence, his calculation was flawless.
He had lost.
"I attack your Little Knight with Grapha.
I attack your Princess with Rulkallos Mermaid!"
Black flames and a single decisive slash.
Norden LP: 3200 → 0
Duel End.
Winner: You Ye.