Chapter 29. Coffin and Dragon Mutually Protect the Going-First Board! A God-Tier Resistance Board!
GX world was baffled at the same time.
In the 5D's world, quite a few Duelists were also dumbfounded.
Seeing yet another system centered on Normal Monsters show up.
They almost thought that that higher world's Normal-Monster-centric system was the true glory deck.
"Wait, what? Another Normal-centric system? What is 'Dark Magician'?"
"No idea. Looks like there aren't many Monster Cards, and Spells/Traps take up a lot."
"Seems this system relies heavily on Spells/Traps! The Extra Deck also looks crucial."
"It's running Synchro, and Link, and Xyz, and Fusion. I get it now—the Extra Deck is the main course!"
"...…"
Voices from the surrounding Duelists came one after another.
Their discussion made it clear they were getting interested in this system.
Having witnessed the Blue-Eyes White Dragon system that centered on Normal Monsters.
This world's protagonist, Yusei Fudo, would not underestimate this system.
Likewise.
Akiza Izinski and Jack Atlas were the same.
At this moment, all of them watched with utmost seriousness for the upcoming Dark Magician combo walkthrough.
...
ZEXAL world.
Yuma Tsukumo and Astral, however, were especially focused on a few Xyz cards in this system.
"They're not 'Number' cards?"
"These Xyz we can confirm."
"No, wait—there are 'Number' cards!"
"Yuma! Look at which Number that is!"
Astral suddenly pointed in alarm at the Dark Magician Extra Deck's black-framed card.
Yuma Tsukumo rubbed his eyes.
He really did spot a black-framed Xyz "Number" card in that Extra Deck.
Those—
The "Number" Xyz cards they had been desperately pursuing.
That world—
It has them too?
Could it be—
They also had to go to that world to collect the "Numbers"?
"It's Number 11!"
"Number 11: Big Eye!"
"And also?"
"Number 89!"
"Number 89: Diablosis the Mind Hacker!"
"This Dark Magician actually includes the power of 'Number' cards!"
After recognizing the Numbers, Yuma Tsukumo's expression grew even more grave.
On their side, there wasn't only one "Number," was there?
...…
30-Year-Old Dark Magician: "Having seen the build, the next segment is a few combo explanations for the Dark Magician system."
30-Year-Old Dark Magician: "As everyone knows, in the current environment for Dark Magician—setting aside your own bricking without synergy and the opponent's hand-trap disruption—"
"The ideal board, the biggest one, is the mutual-protection going-first board, namely Eternal Soul and the Dragon Knight protecting each other."
"Let's first take a look at what this so-called mutual-protection position is."
"It involves just 2 cards."
"One is Eternal Soul, a.k.a. the 'coffin.'"
"One is Dark Magician the Dragon Knight."
"Let's first see what effect Eternal Soul provides."
[Continuous Trap Card: Eternal Soul]
[Effect: You can only use the following effect of "Eternal Soul" once per turn.]
[You can activate 1 of these effects:]
[1. Special Summon 1 "Dark Magician" from your hand or GY.]
[2. Add 1 "Dark Magic Attack" or "Thousand Knives" from your Deck to your hand.]
[Every "Dark Magician" in your Monster Zone is unaffected by your opponent's card effects.]
[If this face-up card leaves the field: Destroy all monsters you control.]
"Three effects—one search or revival."
"The second one grants god-like resistance."
"The third is a negative effect—if it leaves the field, it's guaranteed to blow up all of your own monsters."
"Reward and risk coexist, right?"
"So here's the problem—how do we find a way to protect this Eternal Soul?"
"Naturally, you pair it with this ace, Dark Magician the Dragon Knight."
[Card Name: Dark Magician the Dragon Knight (Level 8)]
[Attribute: DARK]
[Type: Dragon]
[ATK/DEF: 3000/2500]
1st effect:
As long as this card is on the field or in the GY, its name becomes "Dark Magician."
Simply put, it counts as Dark Magician.
2nd effect:
As long as this card is in the Monster Zone, your Spells/Traps cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects, and your opponent cannot target them with card effects.
Simply put, it protects your Spells/Traps—granting destruction protection and targeting protection.
30-Year-Old Dark Magician: "With just these two simple cards, you can form the mutual-protection setup."
30-Year-Old Dark Magician: "Take a moment to savor it."
...…
With this key mutual-protection card revealed—
After the video blogger finished speaking—
Duelists across the six Duel Worlds were momentarily stunned.
Their confused gazes swept back and forth over the so-called "fake card" Eternal Soul and this Dark Magician the Dragon Knight.
But after reading Dark Magician the Dragon Knight's effects—
And then combining them with Eternal Soul's effects—
Not only the old-guard veterans, even Duelists from the latest Duel Worlds couldn't sit still.
No way.
There's actually such an infuriating combo.
Isn't this—literally invincible.
Dark Magician the Dragon Knight counts as "Dark Magician."
Eternal Soul protects "Dark Magician" from any of the opponent's effects.
And Dark Magician the Dragon Knight, in turn, can protect Eternal Soul.
What's outrageous is—
This protection isn't just some simple protection.
It can be compared to god-tier resistances.
DM world's old guard.
Seto Kaiba was numb, and Yugi Muto was numb too.
Thinking back to those earlier remarks about Dark Magician being weak—
In the eyes of those old-guard veterans—
They had already vanished without a trace.
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