"Let us enjoy this Dark Game."
Yup… Great. Heard about that.
With this shitty deck. I am completely cooked.
The tomb around us is slowly replaced by a sort of endless void in all directions; it closes around us in the shape of a sphere. Though it no longer looks like a sphere when we're surrounded by it, it feels like... that, just an infinite void.
My thoughts are interrupted by the Terminal on my arm speaking, but its voice sounds glitched. Plus, it switches into the Duel Disk form on itself.
[Dark Duel Start]
[Relinquished Emperor VS Yoshiro Yuta]
[Turn 1]
[Yoshiro Yuta's Turn]
[Main Phase 1]
I see the Relinquished Emperor draw 5 cards, his starting hand, from his shadowy Deck. He has some sort of purple Duel Disk as well, but it feels off... Wait, Relinquished Emperor? Is he no longer an Emperor? Stop, Yuta, focus! That doesn't matter.
I draw 5 cards from my Deck, I hope I don't get way too unlucky. Hmm, yes, I can work with this. I look back at my opponent, who doesn't seem to react in any way.
I can't read his face to see if he got a good hand because his face is covered with bandages.
It's fine, I decide to start playing.
"I Activate my Spell Card 'Toon Table of Contents', which allows me to Add 'Toon Bookmark' from my Deck to my Hand."
[Toon Table of Contents, Spell Card]
[Add 1 "Toon" card from your Deck to your hand.]
I grab the Toon Bookmark card as the Duel Disk automatically releases it.
I hear the Emperor mutter something, though I am too far to hear it. Did he recognise my Archetype? No, no way, no one knows this Archetype.
"I Activate my Spell Card 'Toon Bookmark', which allows me to Add 'Shadow Toon' from my Deck to my Hand."
[Toon Bookmark, Spell Card]
[Add 1 "Toon World", or 1 card that mentions it, from your Deck to your hand, except "Toon Bookmark".]
I expect the Emperor to have strong cards, so Shadow Toon will be useful. Now, I can actually activate the core card of my deck, which I actually have in my Hand.
"By paying 1000 Life Points, I activate 'Toon World'"
[Toon World]
[Activate this card by paying 1000 LP.]
"Ngh..." The cost of activating the card actually hurts me. Wait, right, fuck. In Dark Games, all damage you take is real. Dang, I'm really cooked, since my Archetype makes me pay LP constantly.
I look at my hand again. 'Toon Rollback', 'Toon Masked Sorcerer', and 'Toon Cannon Soldier'. Toon Monsters cannot attack the turn they're summoned, which means that 'Toon Rollback' is not useful, and both of my monsters will also be useless...
I decide it's better to Set Toon Masked Sorcerer since I doubt it will be able to survive one turn on the field.
"I Set a Monster in face-down defense position and End my Turn"
[Monster Set in Face-Down Defense Position in Yuta's Third Monster Zone]
[End Phase]
[Turn 2]
[Relinquished Emperor's Turn]
[Draw Phase]
I see the Emperor draw a Card, and once again, I cannot read his face because of the bandages covering it.
[Standby Phase]
[Main Phase 1]
"I Normal Summon 'Predaplant Ophyris Scorpio'." The Emperor says as he calmly places the monster on his side of the field.
['Predaplant Ophyris Scorpio' Normal Summoned in Face-Up Attack Position in Emperor's Third Monster Zone]
['Predaplant Ophyris Scorpio', Dark Monster]
[Level 4/Plant/Effect]
[1200 ATK/800 DEF]
"I activate 'Predaplant Ophyris Scorpio''s effect to Special Summon 'Predaplant Darligntonia Cobra' from my Deck in Face-Up Attack Position by sending 'Golden-Eyes Idol' from my Hand to the Graveyard."
['Predaplant Ophyris Scorpio']
[If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 monster from your hand to the GY; Special Summon 1 "Predaplant" monster from your Deck, except "Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio".]
Is he using a Predaplant Archetype Deck?
['Predaplant Darligntonia Cobra' Special Summoned in Face-Up Attack Position in Emperor's Fourth Monster Zone]
['Predaplant Darligntonia Cobra', Dark Monster]
[Level 3/Plant/Effect]
[1000 ATK/1500 DEF]
"Now, I activate 'Predaplant Darligntonia Cobra''s effect to add the 'Super Polymerization' from my Deck to my Hand." The way he speaks, so calmly... It's as if he knows exactly what his Deck does. But, didn't he just materialize it when he started the Dark Game?
['Predaplant Darligntonia Cobra', Dark Monster]
[If this card is Special Summoned by the effect of a "Predaplant" monster: You can add 1 "Polymerization" Spell Card or "Fusion" Spell Card from your Deck to your hand.]
['Super Polymerization', Quick Play Spell]
The Emperor grabs the spell card without looking.
I've heard about that spell, it allows him to Fusion by using cards both on my side of the field and his side of the field. Now I'm sure, this is his Archetype. An archetype that uses this combo to add 'Super Polymerization' to the hand and then summon powerful Fusion Plant Monst-
"I activate 'Interrupted Kaiju Slumber', destroying all monsters on the field. Then, I Special Summon 'Jizukiru, the Star Destroying Kaiju' in Face-Up Attack Position on my side of the field and 'Thunder King, the Lightningstrike Kaiju' in Face-Up Attack Position on your side of the field!"
['Interrupted Kaiju Slumber', Spell Card]
[Destroy as many monsters on the field as possible, then Special Summon in Attack Position, 2 "Kaiju" monsters with different names from your Deck (1 on each side), but they cannot change their battle positions, and must attack, if able.]
['Jizukiru, the Star Destroying Kaiju' Special Summoned in Face-Up Attack Position in Emperor's Second Monster Zone]
['Jizukiru, the Star Destroying Kaiju', Light Monster]
[Level 10/Machine/Effect]
[3300 ATK/2600 DEF]
['Thunder King, the Lightningstrike Kaiju' Special Summoned in Face-Up Attack Position in Yuta's Fourth Monster Zone]
['Thunder King, the Lightningstrike Kaiju', Light Monster]
[Level 9/Thunder/Effect]
[3300 ATK/2100 DEF]
What? Why would he destroy my monster and give me a stronger one!? And he also destroyed his own Plant monster. Kaijus? Did he make a mistake? This doesn't make any sense!
I look at him and realise he's grinning. Well, I can't see it through his bandages... But I still know it!
Immediately after thinking he's nuts, he speaks to me.
"I'm only getting started, kid."
"I activate 'Pre-Preparation of Rites', this Spell Card allows me to add 'Black Illusion Ritual' and 'Relinquished' from my Deck to my Hand." He grabs both cards in the air. Dude, he gotta stop aura farming.
[Pre-Preparation of Rites, Spell Card]
[Add 1 Ritual Spell from your Deck to your hand, and add 1 Ritual Monster from your Deck or GY to your hand whose name is mentioned on that Ritual Spell.]
"I activate 'Relinquished Fusion', banishing 'Relinquished' from my hand and 'Golden-Eyes Idol' from my Graveyard."
['Relinquished Fusion', Spell Card]
[Fusion Summon 1 "Eyes Restrict" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, by banishing materials from your hand, field, and/or GY.]
"Behold! I Special Summon 'Millennium-Eyes Restrict' in Face-Up Attack Position!"
['Millennium-Eyes Restrict' Special Summoned in Face-Up Attack Position in Emperor's Third Monster Zone]
['Millennium-Eyes Restrict', Dark Monster]
[Level 1/Spellcaster/Effect/Fusion]
[0 ATK/0 DEF]
Millennium-Who? That thing has 0 ATK and 0 DEF, and it's Level 1! What the heck is it supposed to do?
Great, I'm facing a clown. Thanks for the free 3300 ATK monster and putting down 0 ATK monsters on your field.
"Don't be fooled by this ancient monster's stats; its effect allows it to equip your monsters and copy their attack and defense."
Oh. Okay. That makes sense. I guess he's not that stupid.
"However! Before that, Golden-Eyes Idol's effect activates once it is Banished! Your Kaiju is absorbed into my Fusion Monster! I equip 'Thunder King, the Lightningstrike Kaiju' to 'Millennium-Eyes Restrict'! "
['Golden-Eyes Idol', Dark Monster]
[If this card is banished, or sent to the GY by card effect: You can target 1 Effect Monster your opponent controls; equip that Effect Monster to 1 "Eyes Restrict" or "Relinquished" monster you control that cannot be Normal Summoned.]
[While equipped by this effect, that monster gains ATK equal to the ATK of the equipped monster.]
['Millennium-Eyes Restrict', Dark Monster]
[3300 ATK, 0 DEF]
He's getting more and more aggressive the more he goes into his combo. I guess the momentum is real, and I don't blame him for getting involved in it... Y'know, I'd just wish I got a hand as good as the one he got.
At least he revealed his card's effect to me without even using it.
"I end my Main Phase 1 and start my Battle Phase."
[Battle Phase]
So, I have no Trap Cards set down, 7000 LP, and I'm facing two monsters with 3300 ATK... Yup, I'm cooked.
"'Millennium-Eyes Restrict' and 'Jizukiru, the Star Destroying Kaiju', obliterate that foolish kid!"
I try to block the attacks with my arms. I know it won't do much, but I'd rather do that than just open my arms and take the hits straight on.
The Millennium-Eyes Restrict uses the power of the thunder kaiju it absorbed, shooting a powerful thunder at me.
It burns my skin, it hurts. The pain is too much, and I fall on one knee. I bite my tongue and prepare myself for the second hit.
The 'Star Destroying' attacks right after, I guess I am a Star, heh-
"NGHh!!"
I will not scream in pain, I will not lie on the ground. No, I can't allow myself to do that.
[7000 LP --> 4700 LP --> 400 LP]
If I die down here, how will my brother survive? Who will work his ass off in the slums to make sure he has food to survive?
"I-It's still... Not... Over!"
"Impressive, you got guts... Or, perhaps, lack a brain."
[End Phase]