Attacking all monsters on the field—of course that wording isn't rules‑legal; strictly speaking it can't be done. But everyone present understands what Fake Jack means.
Red Lotus Demon Dragon's Monster Effect, "Demon Meteor", is the ability that when it attacks a Defense Position monster, it can destroy all Defense Position monsters on the opponent's field.
Right now on Yugen's field he has the Death Frog that was forcibly switched to Defense last turn and Electronic Fish People Gunner—there actually used to be "Exchange Frog" as well, but Exchange Frog was Revived by the effect of the Continuous Trap "Restricted Revival." When a monster revived by Restricted Revival is changed to Defense Position, it self‑destructs, so Yugen only has two monsters left on his field.
Plus the two Derivatives Jack just gifted him with "Gift of Resurrection," that makes a total of four monsters.
Red Lotus Demon Dragon throws its head back with a deafening roar, its amber slit pupils suddenly contracting into dangerously thin lines. It spreads its lava wings that blot out the sky, jets of flame gushing skyward from every gap between its scales.
"Absolute Powerforce!"
With Fake Jack's bellow, blazing red light erupts from the joints of the demon dragon's spine, and twelve molten chains shoot out from the void, as if simultaneously shackling all four monsters on Yugen's field.
A spiraling pillar of deep‑crimson breath meets its first target and instantly triggers a chain reaction. The monsters being melted through don't even have time to scream before they're reduced to a storm of embers in the spreading inferno.
Four monsters, in an instant, reduced to ashes!
"Lastly, I activate my cover card, Trap Card 'Destruction God's Lineage'!" Fake Jack laughs. "In the turn when Defense Position monsters on the opponent's field are destroyed, I target one Level 8 monster on my own field.
This turn, that monster can make up to a number of attacks equal to the number of Defense Position monsters that were destroyed!" (Original card effect)
True Jack grits his teeth. "As expected, the imposter even copies the combos of Jack Atlas..."
This was a combo Jack often used back when he was King. Gift of Resurrection revives a Tuner from the Graveyard, making it easy to Synchro Summon Red Lotus Demon Dragon while also leaving two Defense Position Derivatives on the opponent's field, which pairs perfectly with Red Lotus Demon Dragon's ability to "destroy all Defense Position monsters."
Add "Destruction God's Lineage" to that and you can convert the destruction of Defense Position monsters into extra attack counts. This way, Red Lotus Demon Dragon swinging two or three times in a single turn is no big deal, and it can casually finish the opponent off.
"Therefore, this turn Red Lotus Demon Dragon can attack four times!" Fake Jack shouts. "Die!
First strike!"
Yugen: "Then I activate my cover card, Trap Card 'Super Z Stamina Enhancer'. When I take over 3000 points of battle damage, I can restore 4000 Life Points."
[Yugen, LP4000 → LP8000 → LP5000]
"Heh, so you had that kind of defensive option hidden away? But Kida! Red Lotus Demon Dragon still has three attacks left—that's more than enough!"
Fake Jack roars.
"Second strike..."
Yet before Red Lotus Demon Dragon's second combo blast can be unleashed, a blinding white flash detonates on the field, forcing everyone to squint shut.
"The hell... nani!?"
When Fake Jack opens his eyes again, he sees only that the phase display on the D-Wheel has already switched to "End of Turn."
What's going on?
My turn ended? How did I not know?
Then he spots the Trap that just activated on Yugen's field.
"Sorry, I also activated Trap Card 'Flash Bomb' just now." Yugen smiles. "Flash Bomb can only be activated when the opponent's direct attack succeeds; it forcibly jumps straight to the End Phase of this turn."
"Tch..."
Forcing the opponent's turn to end, huh.
Which means he doesn't even get to set anything up in Main Phase 2 for the next turn...
Well, whatever. The effect of "Harmony Counterattack" is still in play; next turn the opponent can't even Summon monsters, so there's nothing to be afraid of...
"My turn, draw." Yugen says. "First, Killer Snake in my Graveyard returns to my hand during the Standby Phase."
"Next I activate Magic Card 'Adversity's Treasure Scroll'. Since the opponent has a Special Summoned monster on the field and I have no monsters, I draw two cards from my Card Deck."
Fake Jack sneers. "Struggle all you like. But right now you can't even Summon monsters..."
"That's not necessarily true." Yugen says lazily. "I activate Speed Attack Magic 'Turn Leap'. Both players maintain the current field state, and the turn jumps ahead by three turns. If this card is activated as part of a chain, it can negate that other effect." (Original Card)
This was Muto Yuugi's Magic Card in the original, and later became the design prototype for the Golden Cabinet Card Deck's "Silence of Time - Turn Silence."
Fake Jack: "!"
The turn just leapt ahead by three, so naturally the restriction preventing monster Summons has been lifted...
Fake Jack grits his teeth.
"Tch, but taking down my Red Lotus Demon Dragon isn't going to be that easy..."
"Is that so?" Yugen chuckles. "In your eyes, that already counts as the realm of a King? Then that kind of King is really cheap."
Fake Jack: "What are you trying to say?"
"Nothing, just observing that someone who's never seen a true summit is really quick to feel self‑satisfied." Yugen says mildly. "Let me show you what a real peak looks like.
I Normal Summon 'Rescue Cat'."
[Rescue Cat, Attack Power 300]
"Rescue Cat's effect: send this card to the Graveyard, and Special Summon two Beast Race monsters of Level 3 or lower from the Card Deck.
I Special Summon the Level Three 'Sword Fighting Beast - Shield Battle', and the Level Three Adjusted Monster 'X-Swordsman Elburn'."
[Sword Fighting Beast - Shield Battle, Attack Power 1600]
[X-Swordsman Elburn, Attack Power 1600]
"Level Three Adjusted Monster 'Sword Fighting Beast - Elburn', Level Three 'Sword Fighting Beast - Shield Battle', Star-Tuning!"
[3 + 3 = 6]
"Polar starlight condenses on the blade's edge, a winter spear that pierces the heavens! Synchro Summon—
—Level 6, Ice Barrier Dragon - Light Spear Dragon!!!"
This time there are no accidents, no interference; Light Spear Dragon arrives on the field without a hitch.
[Ice Barrier Dragon - Light Spear Dragon, Attack Power 2300]
Both Jacks' expressions changed slightly.
Rescue Cat can transform itself into two Level 3 monsters. So as long as you pick one Level 3 Tuner and one non-Tuner, it's easy to Synchro Summon a Level 6 monster.
So as long as you draw Rescue Cat, it basically equals "Normal Summon Light Spear Dragon". This monster that looks unimpressive at first glance is actually terrifyingly strong.
And that's only the beginning.
Yugen continued: "Activate the Equipment Magic Card 'Premature Burial'. I pay 800 Life Points to Special Summon 'Rescue Cat' from the Graveyard."
[Yugen, LP5000 → LP4200]
[Rescue Cat, Attack Power 300]
"Continuous Magic 'Survival Treasure Scroll'. I revived a monster from the Graveyard, so I draw 1 card from my Card Deck."
Yugen drew a card.
"Next I activate the effect of 'Ice Barrier Dragon - Light Spear Dragon'. I discard any number of cards from my hand, and then bounce the same number of cards on the field back to their owners' hands."
The Fake Jack's face tightened.
Could he be planning to bounce away his own Tamashi Red Lotus Demon Dragon...
Yugen: "I discard 1 card from my hand and bounce the 'Premature Burial' on the field back to my own hand."
Fake Jack: "!"
Right, Premature Burial only says "when this card is destroyed, the equipped monster is destroyed". It doesn't say the equipped monster is destroyed when this card is returned to the hand...
"Activate the effect of 'Rescue Cat' once again." Yugen said. "I send Rescue Cat to the Graveyard and Special Summon 'X-Swordsman Elburn' and 'Sword Fighting Beast - Shield Battle' from my Card Deck."
"Then I activate 'Premature Burial' from my hand again, pay 800 Life Points, and revive 'Rescue Cat' from the Graveyard."
"Effect of 'Survival Treasure Scroll': I draw 1 card from my Card Deck."
"Effect of Light Spear Dragon: I discard 1 card from my hand and bounce 'Premature Burial' back to my own hand."
"Then activate 'Premature Burial' again..."
The Fake Jack was already dumbfounded.
The True Jack was dumbfounded as well.
This, this, this...
Premature Burial revives Rescue Cat, Rescue Cat transforms into Light Spear Dragon, Light Spear Dragon recycles Premature Burial, Premature Burial revives Rescue Cat again...
Oh right, and every time Rescue Cat is revived, Survival Treasure Scroll draws a card, perfectly offsetting Light Spear Dragon's cost of discarding a card from the hand.
So you're running a perpetual motion machine here, huh!?
Once this combo is online, in theory as long as he has enough field space, Yugen could move his entire Graveyard onto the field.
Of course, by this point, anyone with eyes could see that the Fake Jack was already a dead man. The only difference was what manner of death Yugen intended to give him.
And Yugen had just said he'd show him a realm he'd never seen before.
Perfect chance for Yugen to test the fruits of what he'd gained in the Synchro Dimension these last few days.
"Level Three, Adjusted Monster 'X-Swordsman Elburn'!
Add the two Level Three 'Sword Fighting Beast - Shield Battle' monsters, Star-Tuning!"
[3 + 3 + 3 = 9]
As the Ice Crystal Star Ring solidified in midair, the entire battlefield was plunged into instant deathly silence. The three monsters turned into auroras of deep blue and silver-white and shot straight into the heavens.
"O Holy Spear released by the Destruction God, at this moment, pierce the City of Demons to its core! Synchro Summon! Ice Barrier Dragon - Trident Dragon!"
With the summoning chant, the Star Ring suddenly burst into a blinding blue-white radiance, and a blizzard of ice crystal dust fell from the sky.
When Trident Dragon slowly descended from the heart of the snowstorm, even time itself seemed frozen. Its entire body was clad in armor carved from millennial glacial ice, and the left dragon head suddenly spewed a breath of Absolute Zero.
[Ice Barrier Dragon - Trident Dragon, Attack Power 2700]
The entire field seemed frozen for miles around, the biting chill so real that Jack felt his body freezing solid, and he looked in bewilderment at this overwhelming dragon: "This dragon, could it be..."
A thought flashed through his mind.
Yugen was now a bearer of the "Dragon Head Seal", one of their companion Dragon Sealers. And Dragon Sealers should all have a dragon that represents them personally.
The "Ice Barrier Dragon" series—Light Spear Dragon just now, and now Trident Dragon—could they be...
"Effect of Trident Dragon." Yugen said. "When this card is successfully Synchro Summoned, I banish 1 card each from the opponent's hand, field, and Graveyard from the game!"
Red Lotus Demon Dragon, locked in a posture of spewing flame, was instantly frozen. Its magma-like scales emitted a teeth-grating cracking sound as they crystallized. The central dragon head of Trident loosed a hollow cry, and a card in the Fake Jack's Graveyard shattered within the ice crystals. The right dragon head fixed its gaze on the opponent's trembling right hand, and a card in his hand turned to ice dust and scattered before anyone could see what it was.
By the time Trident Dragon fully unfurled its crystal wings, the frozen Red Lotus Demon Dragon had become a transparent ice sculpture, then vanished from the battlefield like a phantom.
Fake Jack: "My Red Lotus Demon Dragon... impossible, how could this be..."
"That's what I've been saying. The peak you thought you'd reached... is just this level of stuff. To have only this much and still call yourself King—that's the funniest part of all."
Yugen chuckled softly.
"Light Spear Dragon, Trident Dragon—attack the Fake King directly!"
The triple dragon roars of Trident Dragon overlapped into a threefold sonic boom, the blizzard spiraling inward around the D-Wheel. The left dragon head's frost breath froze the engine into an ice sculpture, while the right dragon head delivered the finishing blow, a breath of Absolute Zero crystallizing the entire vehicle along with the cockpit.
The icebound Wheel of Fortune toppled at once, spinning as it crashed toward the edge of the track.
Fake Jack: "Aaaaah——"
[Fake Jack, LP3600 → LP0]