A National Championship duel? As the video blogger dropped this even more interesting news, the duelists of the six worlds all looked on with grim expressions! If it was a National Championship, then it was a duel similar to the KC Cup, right? And the prestige of that was undoubtedly much greater than any regional tournament!
With this question in mind, the short video blogger, "Exodia's Binding Play," quickly gave an explanation!
Exodia's Binding Play: "This National Championship is called YCS, which stands for Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series! It's an official national-level tournament, sometimes even organized at the state level! It's one of the largest TCG tournaments. It's equivalent to the Duelist Cup National Championship in our country. And in such a tournament, in the year 3202, two players brought us a very interesting and exciting duel! The player JustinS (the mermaid) was an optimistic young man, and the deck he used was Tearlaments. The player JeffreyL (Exodia) was an optimistic uncle, said to have gotten into Duel Monsters to accompany his son. The deck he used was the protagonist of our video! Exodia!!!"
The more they listened, the more the duelists of the six worlds felt that something was wrong. In a tournament of this level, someone actually brought a fun deck to compete? Wait? Was he crazy? Was this JeffreyL not afraid of losing the match?
DM World
Kaiba snorted coldly and quickly expressed his opinion. "If it were the KC Cup, and someone used a fun deck to compete, I believe they would be mocked by many people. But, if it's Exodia..." At this point, Kaiba stopped. Yes. If it was Exodia, even with the fun deck strategies from before, no one would say anything if he lost. At least, it was a deck where winning one match was satisfying for a day.
"Kaiba, aren't you curious about Tearlaments?" Yugi keenly noticed the strange point in this duel. "Since a duel like this would become a hot topic in that world, doesn't that mean that this Tearlaments is a very terrifying deck?"
Exodia was a fun deck in Yusei Hoshi's world. So a fun deck dueling a fun deck wouldn't have much of a highlight. Then there was only one possibility! Exodia defeated the competitive deck Tearlaments! And the method was! Assembling the Forbidden One in one turn!!! And the answer was indeed as Yugi had guessed.
Exodia's Binding Play: "So what exactly happened in this duel? Let's continue watching, and everyone will understand. First, a foreword for the players who don't know. Tearlaments, in the meta at that time, was arguably in a league of its own. You could say it was an absolute Tier 0 deck. I won't talk about Tearlaments for now. Our video's theme is Exodia, so let's see how the Exodia player, JeffreyL, defeated the powerful and beautiful Tearlaments."
As the video blogger's voice fell, the screen immediately switched to the tournament venue. A few foreigners who looked a bit like Bandit Keith were starting the duel with happy smiles. And the Tearlaments player, JustinS (the mermaid), had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem. Amidst the laughter, he seemed to be full of confidence with Tearlaments in his hand. JeffreyL (Exodia), on the other hand, took out his reading glasses and put them on. With Ignister Exodia in hand, he didn't seem to be afraid of the meta-defining Tearlaments before him.
As the duel was about to begin, both players' Life Points were 8000! First turn, JeffreyL (Exodia)! Opening hand of 5 cards! The combo began immediately!
JeffreyL (Exodia): "My turn, I Normal Summon Neo-Spacian Connector! According to its effect, I Special Summon Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin from my deck. I activate Dolphin's effect, I discard Fire Flint Lady. Now, let me see your hand."
As JustinS revealed his hand: Field Spell Primeval Planet Perlereino! Monster card Kelbek the Ancient Vanguard! Monster card Shaddoll Squamata! Monster card Danger! Mothman!! Monster card Danger!? Bigfoot!! Seeing these cards, JeffreyL showed a slightly grave expression. No monster with 800 ATK or less, the effect failed. But even if he could destroy something, he wouldn't dare to!
JeffreyL (Exodia): "Alright then, I'll link Aqua Dolphin and Connector! Here I'll summon this Link monster! Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights!!! I activate its effect, when this card is Link Summoned, I can add one Warrior monster from my deck to my hand. This turn, I cannot Normal or Special Summon monsters with the same name as that monster, nor can I activate their monster effects. I choose to add Ignis Knight Templar!!!" (Note: Card names are fan-translations, Igknight Crusader)
The search for a Pendulum monster immediately made the duelists of the ARC-V world tremble! Even though they already knew this deck would rely on Pendulum from the build, the moment a Pendulum monster was actually searched, they still felt无比shocked! As expected! In this higher world, Pendulum was nothing special! Yuya Sakaki, Declan Akaba, and Gong Strong looked at each other and remained silent, continuing to watch how this Pendulum deck, Ignister Knights, would help with the Exodia search!
JeffreyL (Exodia): "Next I'll activate Isolde's second effect. I'll send the Equip Spell "Infernoble Arms - Durendal" from my deck to the Graveyard. And Special Summon the Level 1 "Infernoble Knight - Renaud" from my deck! Renaud's effect, I'll add the Durendal from my Graveyard back to my hand!"
JustinS (the mermaid): "Hold on! I activate the effect of Kelbek the Ancient Vanguard in my hand! I'll bounce your Isolde and Special Summon Kelbek in Defense Position."
JustinS was not worried at first. But seeing the opponent's board develop to this point, he still had to interrupt.
JeffreyL (Exodia): "Hahaha, alright, alright. Then I'll equip Durendal to Renaud. Durendal's effect, I'll search for Ignis Phoenix, the Dracoslayer from my deck! Durendal self-destructs, then I'll activate the Spell card Instant Fusion! I can pay 1000 LP. Special Summon one Level 5 or lower Fusion monster from my Extra Deck as a Fusion Summon. Fusion Summon, Flame Swordsman! Then I'll activate the Spell card Instant Contact! Fusion Summon, Elemental HERO Flame Wingman - Infernal Rage! Then, I'll link Flame Wingman and Flame Swordsman! Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights! Come forth!"
Again?! At this moment, not only the opponent, JustinS, but also the surrounding spectators, other players, and judges were all a bit confused. This guy! What was he trying to do?
JeffreyL (Exodia): "I place Scale 7 Ignis Knight Templar in my left Pendulum Zone! I place Scale 7 Ignis Phoenix, the Dracoslayer in my right Pendulum Zone! Because Isolde's restriction only applies to monster effects, not Pendulum effects! Templar's effect, I destroy my Pendulum Zone cards, and search for Igknight Paladin from my deck! Ignis Phoenix's effect, if this card on the field is destroyed by battle or card effect, I can Special Summon one Igknight Champion from my deck as a Tuner! I'll Synchro Summon the Level 6 Tuner Igknight Champion and the Level 1 "Infernoble Knight - Renaud"! PSY-Framelord Zeta!!! (Text error, likely different Synchro) Zeta's effect, I'll add Ignis Knight Templar back to my hand. I place Scale 3 Igknight Paladin on the left! I place Scale 7 Ignis Knight Templar on the right! I'll Link Summon with Zeta and Isolde! Beyond the Pendulum! Beyond's effect, I'll search for Harmonizing Magician from my deck! I'll open the scales! Pendulum Summon! Ignis Phoenix, the Dracoslayer! Pendulum Summon! Harmonizing Magician! Pendulum Summon! Igknight Champion!"
"...."
Baffled. In one word, baffled. After seeing this, the duelists of the six worlds felt like their brain cells were completely insufficient! Pendulum Summon! They thought they had a rough understanding that they could be placed as Spells/Traps, and then they had two effects! But now, to Pendulum Summon so many cards at once! What kind of play was this?! Could Pendulum Summoning be played like this??? Except for the ARC-V world, the other five worlds were already staring with dumbfounded expressions. And this! The show was just getting started!
JeffreyL (Exodia): "Harmonizing's effect, I'll summon Purple Poison Magician from my deck! I'll overlay Purple Poison Magician and Harmonizing Magician! Two Level 4 monsters! Overlay into Timestar Magician!!! Timestar's effect, I detach a material. Search for Exodia the Forbidden One from my deck!!!"
With JeffreyL finally showing his true colors, the entire deck's synergy with Exodia was linked at this moment! The previously smiling JustinS's face turned pale.
JustinS (the mermaid): "What??? You can do that???"
Before JustinS could recover, an even more terrifying Exodia combo continued!
JeffreyL (Exodia): "I activate Igknight Paladin's effect. I destroy my entire Pendulum Zone, but Timestar Magician's effect activates. I can send one Spellcaster monster from my deck to the Graveyard instead. The one I send is! Summoner Monk!!! (Text error, likely a specific searcher) Then! I'll link Timestar and Beyond! Link Summon Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians! Selene's effect, place 5 Spell Counters! Then its effect again, remove 3 counters, revive Summoner Monk from the Graveyard! Link Monk and Selene into Cross-Sheep! Monk's effect, I search for Right Leg of the Forbidden One from my deck! I contact fuse Igknight Champion and Ignis Phoenix, the Dracoslayer! Fusion Summon Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer in the zone the sheep points to. Sheep's effect, revive Monk! Link Monk and Sheep into a second Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians! Monk's effect, I search for Left Leg of the Forbidden One from my deck! Selene's effect, add counters, remove counters to revive Monk. I'll link Ignister Prominence with Monk and Selene! A third Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians! Monk's effect, I search for Right Arm of the Forbidden One from my deck! Selene's effect, add counters, remove counters to revive Monk. I'll link Selene and Monk into Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess! Monk's effect, I search for Left Arm of the Forbidden One! Game, over."
As his voice fell, JeffreyL revealed the five pieces of Exodia he had assembled in his hand. A stampede of a thousand horses was running through the heart of the Tearlaments player, JustinS. The mighty Tearlaments deck... was actually FTK'd by a fun Exodia deck?! Huh? This has to be a joke!!! Not only was JustinS dumbfounded, but from the short video, you could see that the other players at this time were also at a loss for words! Tearlaments, the meta-defining deck, got wrecked by Exodia?! Holy cow! You wouldn't even dare to dream of this! Was there something wrong with JustinS's build? Or was his luck just that bad?
With a series of repeated Link summons, and the insane use of Monk's effect to search for the pieces, the duelists of the six worlds were completely shattered! What was any of this? How was this even done? Who thought of this? A deck that had nothing to do with Exodia! Or rather, an archetype cobbled together from bits and pieces, could actually assemble all the pieces of Exodia in one turn in such a way?!
DM World
Solomon Muto almost coughed up blood! His beloved Exodia... could actually be assembled in such a way! Yugi and the Pharaoh took a sharp breath! Two people with no shortage of dueling sense, at this moment, felt like they were looking at university-level advanced mathematics with an elementary school student's mindset! In three words, they didn't get it! In five words, they didn't get it at all!!! Pegasus and Kaiba had already dropped their previously slightly disdainful emotions. This world... was too terrifying!
GX World
The entire Duel Academy fell into silence after seeing the final scene. It was as if every student and teacher had forgotten how to speak. It wasn't until the cheers from the short video that they started to go crazy!
"This strategy! Did anyone understand it? Are there any geniuses here?!"
"I don't get it, I don't get it at all! I just know! That uncle named JeffreyL is so damn cool!"
"Precisely searching for Exodia! Repeatedly using Monk! I'm calling it, that's amazing!"
"So the meta-defining Tearlaments mentioned in the video didn't even get to do anything!"
"...."
While some were amazed by the Exodia player's skill, others began to doubt the strength of the Tearlaments clan! This deck... was it really strong? They didn't know if Yusei Hoshi could find a Tearlaments video for them to see later! This so-called meta-defining deck... what was it all about! To not even be able to beat Exodia! Could this deck just be overhyped?
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