"It's my turn."
The trump card, The Winged Dragon of Ra, was directly kicked out of this game by Masked Hero Dark Claw. The ancient Pharaoh still didn't seem surprised.
He merely raised his hand, and a new tablet descended before him. After just a glance, he immediately chose to activate it.
"Magic card 'Card of Sanctity'." The tablet flipped in front of him, a beam of light shot into the sky and transformed into six new tablets that fell before him.
Card of Sanctity allows both players to draw cards from their decks until they each have six cards in hand.
Youyu also drew six cards, and then waved his hand: "'Masked Hero Dark Claw's' subsequent effect. When the opponent adds a card from their deck to their hand outside of the draw phase, once per turn, randomly select one card from the opponent's hand and banish it from the game!
Dark Law!"
Dark Claw spread its five fingers wide and suddenly struck through the air. Five black slashes flew through the air, shooting straight toward a tablet in the Pharaoh's hand!
"It can even banish the opponent's cards from their hand?" Jonouchi exclaimed, "This hero is so strong!"
But the Pharaoh did not let this move succeed. He simply stretched out his hand, and the tablet before him quickly flipped open, releasing a majestic power in an instant.
The Dark Hero that was attacking hesitated for a moment as a small goblet suddenly appeared before him. Hesitant, he couldn't resist the temptation of the fine wine, raised the goblet, and drank it down in one go—although Youyu couldn't understand how the wine passed through the black, hard armor.
In any case, Dark Claw drank the fake wine, the goblet clanged as it hit the ground, and it wobbled unsteadily, causing the dark domain to instantly collapse.
Forbidden Chalice, a monster on the field gains 400 attack points and has its effects negated until the end of the turn.
[Masked Hero Dark Claw, ATK 2400 → ATK 2800]
"Use another magic, summon 'Pot of Avarice'." The Nameless Pharaoh said, "Return five sealed monster tablets from the graveyard, and then gain two new tablets."
Pot of Avarice shuffles five monsters from the graveyard back into the deck and draws two cards.
The five tablets to be shuffled back appeared above the Pharaoh's field in turn, namely Illusionist, Watapon, Hanewata, Obelisk the Tormentor, and another card, Dark Magician Girl, discarded to the graveyard by 'Graceful Charity'.
(Dark Magician Girl: Master's everyday stuff getting discarded.JPG)
The five tablet images dispersed and transformed into golden light, shooting into the Pharaoh's gleaming dueling disc. Then, two golden beams shot into the sky, transforming into tablets that fell one on the left and one on the right.
"Pot of Greed."
The Pharaoh's Pot of Avarice transitioned into a Pot of Greed, letting him draw cards with delight.
"Witch of the Black Forest, summon."
The Pharaoh said succinctly, and a long-haired witch clad in a black robe stood on his field.
[Witch of the Black Forest, ATK 1100]
"Quick-Play Magic - Dimension Magic, using the soul of Witch of the Black Forest as a sacrifice to activate!"
Dimension Magic can be activated when there is a Spellcaster-Type monster on your field. Sacrifice one monster on your field to special summon a Spellcaster-Type monster from your hand, then destroy one monster on your opponent's field.
"The legendary immortal of the magic world, the Pharaoh's strongest servant." The Nameless Pharaoh raised his arm, "Dark Magician, summon!"
The sacrificial array spread across the ground, with black flames dancing along the edge of the array. The robed witch shot into the array, and the Dark Magician emerged from the surging whirlpool of magic power, his black boots hitting the ground with a face like iron.
[Dark Magician, ATK 2500]
Moreover, the subsequent effect of "Dimension Magic" can also destroy an opponent's monster. An alloy coffin suddenly rose behind Liquid Soldier, unceremoniously sealing him within. The chains tightened, binding the coffin securely, and with a boom, both coffin and soldier exploded into fragments.
"Witch of the Black Forest, ability activate." The Pharaoh continued, "When she is sent from the field to the graveyard, she calls upon a new tablet."
Witch of the Black Forest lets you add a monster with 1500 or less DEF from your deck to your hand when sent from the field to the graveyard.
"Come back to me once again." The Pharaoh said, "The creature I choose is, 'Watapon'."
This time, 'Watapon,' shuffled back into the deck by 'Pot of Avarice,' quickly descended again as a tablet. Needless to say, this monster's ability was of course triggered once more.
Watapon can be special summoned directly if added to the hand from the deck by a magic, trap, or monster effect.
[Watapon, Defense 300]
Should I say it's truly worthy of being called the Pharaoh? In an instant, he reorganized his lineup and swiftly laid out the field.
Looking at the remaining tablets in the hands of the spiky-haired Pharaoh, Youyu couldn't help but feel a sense of foreboding.
The Winged Dragon of Ra has already been removed from the game by Dark Claw, but Obelisk the Tormentor has been shuffled back into the deck, and it might have been drawn into his hand again. Not to mention, the Slifer the Sky Dragon, which also sleeps within his deck, might already have been drawn by now.
Previously, Yugi mistakenly thought "Masked Hero Dark Claw" was specifically printed by Youyu to counter the Winged Dragon of Ra. Although this was not the case, knowing that the opponent might use the Three Egyptian Gods, Youyu, of course, prepared a special countermeasure.
The animated effects of the Three Egyptian Gods are strong, but a common characteristic they share is being card drags. Summoning with three tributes means occupying the precious Normal Summon resource for one turn.
Special Summon three tributes, and then use those three tributes to Normal Summon the Egyptian God. From such a general situation, the descent of the Egyptian God requires occupying at least four summoning opportunities.
This is one of the breakthroughs Youyu found.
"Flip Cover Card!" Youyu raised his hand, "Continuous Trap - Summon Limit! As long as this trap is on the field, each player can only perform a maximum of two summons or special summons per turn!"
"Beautiful!" Yugi couldn't contain his voice.
"Oh wow, Youyu is indeed impressive! With only two summoning opportunities, he has effectively sealed the possibility of summoning a god!" Jonouchi added.
"Yes." Yugi said, "I knew Youyu wasn't just an ordinary Duelist. He indeed had a strategy planned against the Egyptian Gods!"
At the same time, Yugi made a mental note of this "Summon Limit."
Because this was a strategy he had not thought of in the thousands of simulations of taking down the Three Egyptian Gods he had done so far.
At this moment, seeing Youyu using Dark Claw's effect to remove the fake deceased bird and forcibly reduce summoning times through the Summon Limit to prevent the Egyptian God's descent, Yugi felt that his thinking had been greatly expanded.
So it turns out the Three Egyptian Gods could be countered in such a way!
But would the Nameless Pharaoh really be stymied by this?
The answer, of course, is no.
"Quick-Play Magic - Turn Leap." (Animation Card)
The tablet flipped open, and the sealed Magic Power was released. A giant Time Wheel appeared in mid-air, its pointer spinning frantically.
This Quick-Play Magic, Turn Leap, advances three turns, calculated based on the player's own turns.
No wonder it's known as the world of fake cards and Forbidden Cards are commonplace in DM; as soon as something is drawn, it turns out to be something unscientific like this. Jumping three turns ahead naturally refreshes and resets the limitations of the Summon Limit, granting the Pharaoh two more summoning permissions.
"The opponent has two monsters on the field now," Jonouchi clenched his fist, "With two summoning opportunities, it's just right to summon another Egyptian God."
But the reality once again proved that the King's duel is a realm unattainable by mortals.
The King's duel always exceeds the limits of imagination!
Just when "Turn Leap" was activated and before the effect could take place, the Pharaoh promptly waved his hand again.
The trap tablet that was covered up in the last turn immediately flipped up, towering before Youyu.
That trap was... Summon Countdown!
Continuous Trap - Summon Countdown, can be activated when the opponent activates Magic or Trap. You can send this face-up trap card to the Graveyard, and based on the number of turns it existed face-up on the field, you can summon monsters from your hand as Normal Summons up to that number of turns. (Animation Card)
Exactly the card Dark Yugi used in the final battle of Yu-Gi-Oh! DM.
Indeed, the key to this trap is that the monsters summoned according to its effect are treated as Normal Summons.
In other words, even the Egyptian Gods are no exception!
"Magic - 'Turn Leap,' time passed to three turns into the future." The Pharaoh declared coldly, "Then the 'Summon Countdown' triggers. Because time leap has accelerated to three turns thereafter, I can summon up to three new acolytes onto the field."
He raised his arm high, and two tablets before him soared into the sky. The tablets flipped, and red and blue beams of light penetrated the heavens!
"Descend!" The Pharaoh's tone suddenly rose, "Slifer the Sky Dragon! Obelisk the Tormentor! Summoned simultaneously!!!"