Wanna Duel? I've Got the Pharaoh's Deck! [16]

4★ + 4★ = 8★

A second flash of Synchro light flared beneath the cloudless sky, resonating in harmony with the crimson glow of the girl’s eyes. A furious dragon’s roar split the air as a pair of devilish wings spread wide. Wreathed in blazing crimson flame and pure battle spirit, a hellish dragon descended with a thunderous roar.

[Red Dragon Archfiend | Level 8 | DARK | Dragon | Synchro | ATK: 3000 / DEF: 2000]
Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters

“Wha… that’s [Red Dragon Archfiend]!?”

Yuuhi stared in awe at the massive dragon casting its shadow over him, the sheer force radiating from its body shaking him to his core.

So it wasn’t just Black Rose…

“I never said [Black Rose Dragon] was my only ace,” Yuki said, clearly reading his thoughts. “No matter the Duel, I win with all of them together.”

“I Set two cards. Then [Red Dragon Archfiend’s] mandatory effect activates—at the end of the turn, destroy all my monsters that didn’t attack this turn. But since I have no other monsters, the effect fizzles.”

“Then I activate the effect of [Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis] in the Graveyard. I banish [Angel Trumpeter], and Special Summon this card in Defense Position.”

[Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis | Level 8 | FIRE | Plant | ATK: 2200 / DEF: 0]

From the ashes of a fallen comrade, a phoenix-like blossom burst forth at Yuki’s feet. In the blink of an eye, it bloomed into a towering monster.

Yuuhi recognized it immediately—one of the infamous cards on the OCG banlist, a ticking time bomb if ever there was one.

“Nothing else to do. End of turn.”

She’d reinforced her board with one last move, and now it was Yuuhi’s time to shine.

“My turn. Draw!”

With a practiced flick, he drew his card and flipped it for both Yuki and Mai to see.

“I drew the Normal Monster [Gaia the Fierce Knight]! That triggers [Heart of the Underdog]! Since I drew a Normal Monster during my Draw Phase, I get to draw one more card!”

Seeing no response from Yuki’s Set cards, Yuuhi reached for his Deck again.

The sunlight gleamed off another yellow-bordered Normal Monster—identical to Gaia.

“Next is [Queen’s Knight]. Draw one. Then [Summoned Skull], draw one. [Alpha the Magnet Warrior], draw one. [Jack’s Knight], draw one.”

“Whoa… that’s…” Mai blinked.

With Gaia as the catalyst, Yuuhi had triggered a crazy chain of draws, his hand ballooning to more than seven times its original size in mere seconds.

Even though most of them were vanillas, the sheer spectacle was staggering.

Enough to make someone question if he really didn’t have Feel.

“Well, Yuki?” Mai teased, smiling at her club president. “Still think that Duel with me was just a fluke?”

“…The Duel isn’t over yet. It’s too early to judge,” Yuki replied stiffly—clearly rattled, but refusing to back down.

“Besides, most of those cards are just useless Normal Monsters. Having more of them doesn’t mean anything.”

“True,” Mai agreed. “A big hand is only scary if it’s got quality. And his hand’s looking pretty… plain.”

“Then I’ll just turn these into useful resources.”

It wasn’t Mai who said it—but Yuuhi himself.

After drawing [Jack’s Knight], he finally stopped. No more vanillas. It was time for Main Phase 1.

“I Set one card. Then I activate [Card Destruction]!”

[Card Destruction (Spell): Each player discards their entire hand, then draws the same number they discarded.]

“You’ve got zero cards in hand, Yuki. So only I apply the effect—discard five, draw five!”

Turning a weakness—too many vanillas—into an advantage, Yuuhi ditched his entire hand and replenished it with five new cards. His hand now reloaded, he tapped his Duel Disk again:

“Next, I activate [Monster Reborn]! I Special Summon [Alpha the Magnet Warrior] from the Graveyard!”

[Alpha the Magnet Warrior | Level 4 | EARTH | Rock | ATK: 1400 / DEF: 1700]

A gleaming circle of light flared open, and the masked Magnet Warrior reappeared on the field, its distinctive U-shaped magnet face intact.

Yuki raised an eyebrow. “You revived a low-level vanilla instead of [Summoned Skull]?”

[Summoned Skull] was a well-known beatstick—2500 ATK for a single tribute. In lower-tier Duel formats, it was once hailed as the “King of Single Tribute.”

On paper, it was clearly the better target.

“Because I have this card.”

Yuuhi slotted another spell into his Duel Disk. A flash of green responded to his declaration.

“I activate the Spell Card—[Ties of the Brethern]!”

[Ties of the Brethern – Pay 1000 LP. Select 1 face-up Level 4 monster you control. Special Summon 2 Level 4 monsters of the same Type from your hand or Deck. They cannot attack or be tributed.]

“I pay 1000 LP and select Alpha. He’s a Rock-Type. So I Special Summon [Beta the Magnet Warrior] and [Gamma the Magnet Warrior] from my Deck!”

[Beta the Magnet Warrior | Level 4 | EARTH | Rock | ATK: 1700 / DEF: 1600]
[Gamma the Magnet Warrior | Level 4 | EARTH | Rock | ATK: 1500 / DEF: 1800]

As Yuuhi’s LP dropped to 3200, two more Magnet Warriors appeared beside Alpha, flanking him with synchronized precision.

“Three Level 4 monsters? He’s aiming for an Xyz Summon?”

It was clear that Yuuhi’s version of the card was different from the official one, but that didn’t matter now.

Yuki narrowed her eyes, speculating. If he could perform Fusion without Feel, maybe Xyz wouldn’t be beyond him either…

“No,” Yuuhi shook his head. “My Deck doesn’t contain any Xyz Monsters. I can’t Xyz Summon.”

“Then…?”

“So I’m going to combine the Magnet Warriors.”

Yuuhi pulled the three monsters from his field and slammed a new card onto his Duel Disk. “Fusion Summon! Appear—[Valkyrion the Magna Warrior]!!”

As he shouted their names—Alpha, Beta, Gamma—the trio disassembled into parts and recombined under a new blueprint, forming a single, imposing warrior even mightier than [Red Dragon Archfiend].

[Valkyrion the Magna Warrior | Level 8 | EARTH | Rock | ATK: 3500 / DEF: 3850]
Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must first be Special Summoned by tributing 1 each of “Alpha,” “Beta,” and “Gamma” from your hand or field.

“With this, I’ve got enough firepower to take down [Red Dragon Archfiend]. Battle Phase!”

Yuuhi thrust his arm forward, commanding his one-man army to strike—

“Valkyrion, attack [Red Dragon Archfiend]!”

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T/N: ugh i give up on the cards ill just rely on Ali, if its wrong teehee

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