At this moment, the duelists from the six worlds finally understood!
So that was the purpose of [Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon]!
With a similar line of play, whether you made [Arsenal Falcon] or [Flare Metal Dragon] first didn't change the end board much. It was still [The Phantom Knights of Rusty Bardiche] + [Raidraptor - Arsenal Falcon] + a set [Rank-Up-Magic - The Phantom Knights of Launch]!
The only difference was that the end board now had an additional [Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon]!
And [Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon] combined with the Rank-Up-Magic could then be used to go into a Rank 8 monster!
Which meant summoning [D/D/D Duo-Dawn King Kali Yuga]!
ARC-V World
Having heard the entire strategy, Yuya Sakaki, Zuzu Boyle (Hiiragi Yuzu), and Gong Strong (Gongenzaka Noboru) from the Standard Dimension were at a loss for words.
At first, they thought the Red-Eyes deck construction was just a joke. A clown deck throwing in so many non-archetype cards. What good could possibly come of it?
Well, now the three of them were the clowns!
All those non-archetype cards could actually function like that in a Red-Eyes deck?
What the hell?!
This was just ridiculous!
But the one who was most tilted wasn't them. It was Declan Akaba (Akaba Reiji), the user of the D/D/D deck.
"What is he saying?"
"My ace monster, [D/D/D Duo-Dawn King Kali Yuga]! It can be used in a Red-Eyes deck?!"
"Heh heh heh! How interesting!" he scoffed. "Does he even understand what D/D/D is?"
Declan was tilted and started to vent.
Seeing this, Yuya Sakaki couldn't help but chuckle. It seemed it wasn't just other decks' support cards; even Declan Akaba's ace monster had become someone else's boss monster.
Main World
Yusei Hoshi had already earned an extra 2000 points, enough to unlock the 5D's World. But now was not the time.
Because the next short video was precisely the introduction to "Red-Dad," a.k.a. [Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon]!
Yusei Hoshi: "Ahem! To my friends in the DM world, don't be so hasty."
Yusei Hoshi: "You thought Red-Eyes was finished? You thought Dark Magician was finished?"
Yusei Hoshi: "Actually, no. There's a short video here that I believe will move you when you see it."
Yusei Hoshi: "You could say this card ushered in a whole new era."
DM World
Seeing Yusei Hoshi finally interacting with them, the DM characters were a bit disoriented by his cryptic words.
Yugi Muto: "Mr. Hoshi, what do you mean by that? Is there an even stronger card?"
Maximillion Pegasus: "Mr. Hoshi, my boy, could it be that your Higher World has created another card on par with the Egyptian Gods?"
Seto Kaiba: "Hmph. A bunch of nobodies. What kind of sparks can fly between two mediocre monsters?"
Joey Wheeler: "Mr. Hoshi, please don't keep us in suspense! Let's see it!"
As an explosion of discussion erupted in the DM world, the next short video's curtain was raised.
Short Video: "The Day Red-Dad Was Born! Heralding the Ascension of the New Sword Emperor!"
Red-Dad YYDS: "Welcome, duelists, to the video."
Red-Dad YYDS: "I believe any duelist still watching this video must hold a deep sense of longing and respect for Red-Dad."
Red-Dad YYDS: "In this video, I will explain from beginning to end the events surrounding Red-Dad's birth and what happened afterward."
"First, let's start from the day the news was released."
"The year was 2019."
"In this year, K-Snake (slang for Konami) released an incredible number of ridiculously strong cards!"
"Let's not even talk about things like [Mystic Mine], [Knightmare Gryphon], or [Dingirsu, the Orcust of the Evening Star]."
"Let's not even mention [Lightning Storm] or [Gizmek Kaku, the Supreme Shining Sky Stag]!"
"Let's just talk about October 15th of that year!"
"K-Snake announced the completion of a brand new card! And this one... had a much more interesting origin."
"On this day, the card that would become the root of all evil was released!"
"That is! Red-Dad!"
"[Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon]!!!"
[Card Name: Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon (Level 8)]
[Attribute: DARK]
[Type: Spellcaster]
[ATK/DEF: 3000/2500]
[Effect: "Dark Magician" + "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" or 1 Dragon Effect Monster]
[①: Cannot be destroyed by card effects. Neither player can target this card with card effects.]
[②: During your Main Phase: You can destroy 1 monster your opponent controls, and if you do, inflict damage to your opponent equal to its original ATK. You can use this effect a number of times per turn up to the number of Normal Monsters used as Fusion Material for this card.]
[③: Once per turn, when a card or effect is activated (Quick Effect): You can discard 1 card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card, and if you do that, this card gains 1000 ATK.]
Brand new card information appeared!
At first, the video's content was still a bit fuzzy for the duelists of the six worlds. But the moment this card appeared...
The DM world went crazy!
The GX world was dumbfounded!
The 5D's world began to ponder.
The ZEXAL world became serious!
Every dimension in the ARC-V world was stunned!
The VRAINS world grew solemn!
This card! Forget everything else, just look at the materials!
Weren't those the two vanilla monsters! Dark Magician and Red-Eyes Black Dragon!
Wait a minute!
Something's not right!
A Fusion of two Normal Monsters! And the card name has the "Red-Eyes" archetype!
Holy crap!
This card can be summoned with [Red-Eyes Fusion]!
You can summon this 3000 ATK "Red-Dad" ace monster with a single card!
No, wait!
3000 ATK is normal for a boss monster! But these effects!
They're too broken!
Effect ①: Effect destruction immunity and targeting immunity!
Effect ②: Non-targeting destruction that also burns for damage!
Effect ③: It's an omni-negate! And the disgusting part is that it permanently gains 1000 ATK!
Before the duelists of the six worlds could truly grasp the terror of this card, Red-Dad YYDS continued his explanation!
Red-Dad YYDS: "This root of all evil... I still remember when this card first appeared. It was already crowned as the new 'Sword Emperor' card."
Red-Dad YYDS: "Let me first explain what 'Sword Emperor' means. 'Sword Emperor' isn't a title for a single card. It's a designation. When a card earns this title, it represents an acknowledgment of its power! For example, a single card so strong that many decks, even an entire deck, can't deal with it. But you can easily get rid of it with a Kaiju (slang: 'sea turtle'). A card like that can earn the 'Sword Emperor' title."
"The 'Sword Emperor' of the old era was [Master Peace, the True Dracoslaying King]!"
[Card Name: Master Peace, the True Dracoslaying King (Level 8)]
[Attribute: LIGHT]
[Type: Wyrm]
[ATK/DEF: 2950/2950]
[Effect: To Tribute Summon this card face-up, you can Tribute Continuous Spell/Trap Card(s) you control, as well as monsters.]
[①: This card, Tribute Summoned using a monster(s), a Spell(s), and a Trap(s), is unaffected by card effects of the same original type(s) as the Tributed cards.]
[②: Once per turn, during either player's turn, if this Tribute Summoned card is on the field: You can banish 1 Continuous Spell/Trap from your Graveyard, then target 1 other card on the field; destroy it.]
Sword Emperor? Old Sword Emperor?
Huh? What was all this?
The duelists of the six worlds hadn't even recovered from the shock of Red-Dad, and now they were thrown into the information of this card that was already on the banlist!
After reading the effect, all six worlds fell silent!
Easy to summon!
Absurd protection! If you use a monster, a spell, AND a trap as tribute, its immunity is maxed out! In the old era, you wouldn't even know what card to use to break it! And what's disgusting is the second effect, a Quick Effect to destroy a card!
Combined, it was no wonder this card became Forbidden! It still hasn't been released!
Similarly, the duelists of the six worlds noticed that both Red-Dad and this old "Sword Emperor" were marked as Forbidden.
While they were confused about the Higher World's banlist, they were even more curious about one thing:
How did Red-Dad replace this card to become the new "Sword Emperor"?
The answer was revealed immediately.
Red-Dad YYDS: "When this card appeared, the community was already preparing for the new Sword Emperor's ascension. But there were two camps. At the time, many people thought [Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon] was 'average,' 'okay,' or 'what's the point if you have to run bricks.' These opinions were common."
"Of course, for everyone who thought it couldn't take the throne, there were those who believed it could."
"'With this level of power, what's wrong with running two bricks?'"
"But no matter how they argued, there's one card that must be mentioned! [Predaplant Verte Anaconda]!!!"
[Card Name: Predaplant Verte Anaconda (Link-2)]
[Attribute: DARK]
[Type: Plant]
[ATK: 500]
[Arrows: Bottom-Left, Bottom-Right]
[Effect: 2 Effect Monsters]
[You can only use each of this card name's effects once per turn.]
[①: You can target 1 face-up monster on the field; it becomes DARK Attribute until the end of this turn.]
[②: You can pay 2000 LP and send 1 "Fusion" or "Polymerization" Normal or Quick-Play Spell from your Deck to the GY; this effect becomes that Spell's effect when that card is activated. You cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn after this effect resolves.]
"With this card, we just need two monsters to make Anaconda. Then, Anaconda pays 2000 LP to copy [Red-Eyes Fusion] from the deck. And then, Red-Dad hits the field. Yes, it's that simple."
DM World Duelists: "???"
GX World Duelists: "???"
5D's World Duelists: "???"
ARC-V World, Fusion Dimension
Yuri almost fell out of his seat!
What the hell? Predaplant?!
Huh? Is that a Predaplant card?
That card... isn't that part of his Predaplant archetype? It even has a Link monster?
What he couldn't have imagined was that this card had become a generic engine for other decks!
What kind of joke was this?!
"Fine! So that's how they're playing!" Yuri seethed. "Heh heh heh, interesting! So interesting! So, Anaconda copies Red-Eyes Fusion to summon this new Sword Emperor, is that it?!"
Indeed. The moment this card's information was revealed, every duelist in every world understood its meaning!
Summoning Red-Dad had become an incredibly low-cost affair!
But was that the only reason it was so strong?!
Certainly not. Far from it.
Red-Dad YYDS: "Anaconda... sadly, it also became a Forbidden card. Let's not talk about it; it's a tearful story. Anaconda was actually innocent. The real powerhouse was the new Sword Emperor, [Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon]!"
"I still remember the day the new Sword Emperor came out, how many players crashed the servers trying to play with this card! Some wanted to prove it could ascend as the new Sword Emperor. Others wanted to prove it was just a hyped-up piece of garbage. Unfortunately, a few days of testing proved it!"
"Putting other decks aside, just the Altergeist deck had an incredibly difficult time dealing with Red-Dad! Sky Strikers? Just watch. Red-Dad will wait for you to make your Knightmare Phoenix, and then... without it, how does a Sky Striker deck get over Red-Dad? Other decks? I'm sorry to say, they all started including Red-Dad."
"After that, the opposition camp vanished into thin air. So, what exactly makes Red-Dad so strong?"
The video narrator cleared his throat and continued.
Even though the duelists of the six worlds already understood this card's terror, just hearing the names of these unfamiliar deck archetypes was enough to disorient them!
VRAINS World
The user of the Altergeist deck, Ema Bessho (Ghost Gal), almost lost her temper!
"This guy is so arrogant! My entire Altergeist family can't get past this so-called 'Sword Emperor'? Hey! I'll show you! The power of Altergeist!" Ema vented her frustration.
Indeed! Red-Dad was strong! But her Altergeists weren't weak either!
"Calm down," Yusaku Fujiki said, holding her back. "Forget about whether your deck is strong or not for a second. Ask yourself honestly: what do you have to break through [Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon]?"
After that soul-searching question, Ema fell silent.
Thinking it over carefully... her Altergeist cards, whether it was her ace monster [Altergeist Memorygant] or the trap card [Altergeist Protocol], couldn't counter this super fusion monster.
Was this... the truth?
Red-Dad YYDS: "Now, let's talk about its power level! First, its three effects. Just reading them, we can already see its strength. Innate protection, built-in destruction and burn, and a three-way negate that boosts its own ATK. These are the obvious strengths."
"But upon analysis... First, its summoning method is simple. You just need [Red-Eyes Fusion] for a one-card summon. And the methods to search Red-Eyes Fusion, whether it's Anaconda, [Red-Eyes Insight], or even [Black Metal Dragon], are all available."
"Secondly, its effects. The second and third effects say 'once per turn,' but they don't say 'this card's name can only be used once per turn'! This means if you summon two Red-Dads... just think about it. What top-tier deck can withstand that barrage of negates, destruction, and burn damage?"
"Finally, it doesn't matter if it gets dealt with. [Red-Eyes Fusion] can easily summon another one! If that fails, we can use [Red-Eyes Wyvern]! Because if [Red-Eyes Wyvern] is in the Graveyard and we haven't Normal Summoned, we can banish it to revive a Red-Eyes monster."
"And then..."
The thorough explanation and analysis made the duelists of the six worlds explode!
So! The previous deck videos were just appetizers! The main course was always saved for last!
DM World
Yugi Muto and Joey Wheeler looked at each other, then broke into smiles.
What they were smiling about wasn't the terror of Red-Dad, but the fact that their friendship could fuse into such a powerful card!
Was this... the power of friendship?!
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