Very well, now the only card that big bro can play is gone too.
The Four-eyed Demon's eyes were all red.
"Roar!!!"
The Four-eyed Demon raised his head and howled wildly.
"I will kill you! I will kill you!"
The roar was deafening, as if the whole venue was shaking. All the underlings were trembling, retreating for fear of being caught in big bro's wrath.
"No need to get so worked up during a duel."
Yugen, facing the demon boss's fury, remained calm, smiling as he continued to raise his hand.
"Due to the effect of 'Great Cold Qi', the four cards in your hand this turn cannot be activated or set. So I'll assume your turn is over?"
Four-eyed Demon: "..."
"No objections, then it's settled." Yugen said, "My turn, draw card.
First, activate the Magic Card 'Angel's Charity', draw three cards from the deck, then discard two cards."
Yugen drew two cards and discarded them, but one card quickly re-entered the play.
"One of the discarded cards is the Magic Card 'Card of Compensation', which allows me to draw two cards from the deck when sent from the hand to the graveyard."
He then drew another card from his hand.
"Next, activate the Magic Card 'Mischievous Twin Fairies', pay 1000 Life Points to randomly discard a card from the opponent's hand. Then the opponent chooses another card to discard."
[Yugen, LP 4000 → LP 3000]
Yugen casually selected a card from the opponent's hand. Four-eyed big bro gritted his teeth, and after almost breaking his molars, he slowly chose a card from his hand.
The red and blue little demons flew out, each with a number 1 and 2 on their heads. The two demons cheekily took his two hand cards away.
Resources -2, leaving only two cards in his hand. The demon's four eyes widened in anguish.
Damn it, not letting me set cards last turn was just to destroy my hand this turn...
"Then the monster on the field is flipped."
Yugen flipped the covered monster on the Duel Disc to attack position. It's a craftsman with red skin and a hammer in hand.
"Master Craftsman Kotetsu, when flipped, allows me to add an Equipment Magic Card from the deck to my hand.
I'll add this card to my hand..."
Yugen pulled out a card he searched from his deck.
"The Equipment Magic 'Thief's Smoke Jade'."
The Four-eyed Demon had never heard of this thing. But judging from this man's dueling performance so far, big bro had a feeling that it's definitely not something good...
"Normally summon 'Iron Knight - Jia Fried'."
[Iron Knight - Jia Fried, Attack Power 1800]
"Then activate the Equipment Magic 'Thief's Smoke Jade', equipping it to 'Iron Knight - Jia Fried'." Yugen said, "However, the effect of Iron Knight itself. When this card is equipped with an Equipment Card, that Equipment Card is destroyed immediately.
Therefore, according to Iron Knight's own effect, 'Thief's Smoke Jade' is destroyed."
All the demons: "?"
The demons were puzzled again. Knowing that his monster can't be equipped, why equip it?
If it were at the start of last turn's duel, the Four-eyed Demon might have already started mocking the opponent for forgetting effects and lousy play. But after enduring last turn's torment, big bro no longer dared to underestimate this person, and instinctively felt there must be a trick behind any incomprehensible play.
"Thief's Smoke Jade, activate its effect." Yugen smiled, "When this card equipped to a monster is destroyed by another card's effect, I can look at the opponent's hand... and choose one to discard."
Four-eyed Demon: "!!!"
Again?
No way, I was already seen through before, is it coming again...
Iron Knight and Thief's Smoke Jade, their effects just happen to form a combo for checking the opponent's hand and precisely cutting a card. As imagined, this combo was naturally absorbed by the 'Iron Knight Butterfly Short' deck back in the day, as an alternate tactic when the Butterfly Short infinite loop couldn't be achieved.
The precise card discard is still a powerful disruption, paving the way for an infinite loop one-turn kill.
But compared to Butterfly Short, the Iron Knight Smoke Jade combo doesn't impact competitive play as much, so although this combo always existed, this old card quietly settled in the card pool for twenty years without attracting much attention.
Until later, a new deck archetype called "Flame Paladin" emerged, pulling this overlooked old card from twenty years ago into the limelight, eventually resulting in its infamy.
Another hand card was blasted, the demon's four eyes fixed on his last remaining card, almost filled with tears.
He felt like he hadn't even done anything, the duel barely even started, and he was already left with just one card in bewilderment...
"Magic Card 'Armed Regeneration'." Yugen said, "Allows me to equip an Equipment Card from either my or my opponent's graveyard to a monster on my field."
It's also a Magic Card from the DM side story, which only became a physical card nearly twenty years later. However, the original version was a Normal Magic, the physical card was changed to a Speed Attack Magic.
The demon boss's eyelids twitched, his breathing quickened again: "The Equipment Card in the graveyard... could it be!?"
"Exactly, I'm equipping 'Thief's Smoke Jade' to Iron Knight Jia again."
Yugen pulled out the card returned from the graveyard, smiling slightly.
"Then Iron Knight Jia's effect, Thief's Smoke Jade is destroyed again. So according to 'Thief's Smoke Jade's' effect, I check your hand again, and choose one to discard...
...of course, after three views, there's nothing new to see. I'll just discard your last card."
Four-eyed Demon: "..."
Very well, now he doesn't even have a single card left.
"Then Iron Knight Jia and Master Craftsman Kotetsu, direct attack." Yugen commanded.
Iron Knight and Kotetsu charged out successively, piercing blades and hammers pounding on the demon's head.
[Four-eyed Demon, LP 4000 → LP 1700]
The two monsters took turns, making the Four-eyed Demon's eyes spin, almost shedding tears of humiliation.
It wasn't just physical pain, but also mental.
He had never had such a strong desire to feel involved in a duel as he did today.
Please, let me play a card...
"Set a cover card on the field, turn ends." Yugen declared.
The Four-eyed Demon took a deep breath, got back up.
It's not over yet.
His Life Points were still there, the duel was not over.
Nothing else matters.
At least strive to play a card?
"My turn, draw card!"
All four of the demon's eyes suddenly lit up.
Very good!
"Activate the Magic Card 'Pot of Greed'!" the Four-eyed Demon announced, "Draw two cards from the deck!"
Drawing two more cards might bring a chance to counterattack...
"Then activate the cover card." Yugen stated, "Trap Card - Trap in the Darkness. When my Life Points are below 3000, I pay 1000 Life Points to gain the effect of a Trap Card in my graveyard, and then banish that Trap Card from the game."
[Yugen, LP 3000 → LP 2000]
Four-eyed Demon: "?"
At this critical moment? Gaining the effect of a Trap in the graveyard?
What exactly is he trying to gain...
"Therefore, I let 'Trap in the Darkness' gain the effect of 'Elf Mirror' in the graveyard." Yugen smiled.
The Trap Card in the back transformed with a golden glow, becoming an image of Elf Mirror. The elf appeared, holding a circular mirror in its hand, reflecting the image of "Pot of Greed".
The Four-eyed Demon's eyelid twitched.
This development, could it be... could it...
His breathing was rapid, throat dry, his face gradually turning from shock realizing the problem to despair...
"Indeed, 'Elf Mirror' can transfer a Magic effect from one player to another." Yugen smiled, "Therefore, I transfer your 'Pot of Greed' effect to myself.
So I draw two cards from the deck."
Yugen drew two cards, then smiled and made a gesture of "please go ahead."
"Come on, it's still your turn. Please continue."
Four-eyed Demon: "Ahhhhh!!!!!"
Still empty-handed, empty field, while his opponent drew two cards.
How the heck do I continue like this?
The damn Elf Mirror, really screwed me over. I take your Great Cold Qi, you take my Pot of Greed?
What kind of demon could come up with such a hellish tactic?
"Not planning to continue? Then it's my turn again, draw card." Yugen casually waved his hand.
"Then, Iron Knight Jia direct attack."
The Iron Knight's blade slashed down, ending the Four-eyed Demon's futile rage, slicing him to the ground face-up.
[Four-eyed Demon, LP 1700 → LP 0]