"Not bad."
Oyama straightened up and said loudly.
"But my year's worth of training hasn't been in vain either! It's my turn!" Oyama declared, "The effect of the Continuous Magic 'Mortal's Will', during the draw phase if a Normal Monster is drawn, reveal it to the opponent to draw another card.
The card I drew... is Draw Man!" (Original Card)
It's also a monster used by Oyama in the anime, a 2-star Mortal Bone with 900 Attack Power.
"Therefore, accepting the effect of 'Mortal's Will', draw a card from the Card Deck!"
Oyama drew again.
"This time, I drew the Normal Monster 'Demon Lizard Hero'!"
Turns out he hit it again.
"I'll draw another card!"
Oyama drew once more.
"This time, I drew the second 'Draw Man', and I'll draw another one..."
"..."
So by leveraging the effect of 'Mortal's Will', Oyama drew seven cards in one go, all Mortal Bones.
Finally, on the eighth card, he didn't draw a Mortal Bone. This time, he drew an anime-original card, Oyama's Soul Card, the level three Effect Monster 'Card Drawing Machine'.
"Finally stopped..."
Marufuji Sho wiped his sweat.
It's terrifying...
"But even if you drew so many cards, they're all Normal Monsters, right?" Hayato said, "Having so many Normal Monsters in hand isn't that useful..."
But his question was quickly answered.
"It's the Card Drawing Machine," Asuka said in a deep voice, "The last Monster he drew is 'Card Drawing Machine'. When successfully summoned, you can shuffle any number of cards from your hand back into the deck, gaining 500 Attack Power for each one."
An anime-original card, Taira Oyama's Soul Card and trump card.
[Card Drawing Machine, 3 stars, Attack Power ?
Effect: Upon summoning, shuffle any number of cards from your hand back into the deck, and this card's Attack Power becomes that number x 500. Additionally, when this card destroys an opponent's Attack Position monster in battle, that opponent's monster does not go to the graveyard but is shuffled to the bottom of the deck.]
Everyone was shocked.
So there's a combo like this?
At first glance, drawing a bunch of Mortal Bones with 'Mortal's Will' to hand seems useless, but if you pair it with this monster, shuffling all seven Mortal Bones back into the deck in one go, wouldn't this 3-star monster's Attack Power soar to 3500?
Higher than the legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon!
"Hahaha, not bad!" Oyama laughed, "Now let me show you the power of my Soul Card!
I'll Normal Summon..."
"Before that, activate the Cover Card, Trap Card 'Light of the Desert'," Yugen said, "Turn all monsters on my field to face-up Defense Position."
Oyama frowned: "Trying to switch to Defense Position to withstand the attack?"
Or is it...
"All monsters on my field now become face-up Defense Position, including the covered monster, which also flips," Yugen said, "The card I had covered is... 'Transformation Pot'!"
The pot with a mischievous grin flipped onto the field, exerting its divine might.
"Transformation Pot's effect, upon flipping, both players discard all cards in their hand, then draw five cards each."
Oyama was taken aback.
"I see. By using Transformation Pot's effect to discard all my hand cards at once, I can no longer use the combo with 'Card Drawing Machine'."
But then he smirked, his lips curling slightly.
"But so what? My power to draw cards is absolute. The five new cards I draw will also form a winning combo..."
"Sorry, that won't be happening."
Yugen snapped his fingers.
"Chain another Cover Card, Trap Card 'Battlefront Return'!
Special Summon a monster from my graveyard in face-up Defense Position.
The card I'll bring back from the graveyard is..."
A card popped up from his graveyard.
"Temple Guardian!"
[Temple Guardian, Defense Power 1900]
Oyama: "?"
What is this thing?
Calling out a wall with 1900 Defense Power specifically, does it have any effect?
He quickly realized.
Yugen smiled and explained, "Temple Guardian, as long as this card exists face-up on the field, the opponent cannot draw cards outside of the draw phase."
Oyama pondered for a moment.
Wait, let me sort this out.
Transformation Pot's effect, both sides discard all cards, then draw five new cards.
Temple Guardian, as long as it's on the field, prevents the opponent from drawing cards...
Oyama: "..."
Nani???
The onlookers gasped.
This move is...
Complete hand destruction!
"Exactly, accepting Transformation Pot's effect means you must discard all cards in your hand, but you can't draw new cards,"
Yugen said while chuckling and drawing from his deck.
"And according to Transformation Pot's effect, I draw five cards."
Taira Oyama: "......"
Crowd: "..."
After a moment of silence, Hayato said: "Uh... how do I put it? This is really... a strong combo."
"Yeah...yeah," Marufuji Sho agreed.
Looking at Yugen with an increasingly fearful gaze.
As expected, Yugen's duels are terrifying.
He always finds flashy new ways to render his opponent unable to duel...
Oyama was already in a semi-comatose state.
With a large hand of cards, he had just drawn to his heart's content, but before they even warmed his hand, they had all been discarded with a crash into the grave. Then, the Temple Guardian's imposing presence seemed to put an invisible shackle on his deck in the Duel Disc.
Every card was securely locked in the deck.
He could no longer hear the deck's voice.
Oyama opened his mouth, full of bitterness, unable to speak.
He wanted to think of a way out with his year-long honed invincible Divine Drawing Power.
But he couldn't do it.
Because he couldn't draw any cards, not even a chance to use his Divine Drawing skills.
So he racked his brains, seeking any remaining possibility, thinking of strategies to defeat his opponent, but all that echoed in his mind was one word——
——Give up.
How can I play with no cards?
You tell me how can I duel without cards?
"How did it come to this..."
A savage man lost his dream and mumbled to himself.
"I worked so hard, reaching this long-cherished realm. Dueling is about card drawing, card drawing skill should decide everything.
Why... How is this fair...???
Recalling the hard training over the past year, all the resentment and unwillingness, combined with the complete lockdown by the current scenario, the savage Oyama was almost about to shed tears of grievance...
The onlookers were speechless.
Though they should be on Yugen's side, surprisingly they began to sympathize a bit with the savage opponent...
"If you're not planning to do anything, then it's my turn again."
Yugen smiled.
"My turn, draw."
Even though he now has six cards in hand, plenty of room for maneuver. But he's kind-hearted, the opponent obviously has no solutions left, so he decided to cut to the chase and end the opponent's agony sooner rather than later.
"Then, change the monsters on my field to Attack Position." Yugen waved a hand, "Then 'Dragonbone Ghost', 'Elemental Hero Bubbleman', and 'Temple Guardian', direct attack on Oyama."
[Dragonbone Ghost, Attack Power 2400]
[Elemental Hero Bubbleman, Attack Power 800]
[Temple Guardian, Attack Power 1100]
A direct hit knocked Oyama to the ground, eyes blank, unresponsive.
[Oyama, LP 3200→LP 0]