Chapter 27. Eldlich Falls! Is Dark Magician Sweeping In?
Sei Yuki thought of how he used to open up Master Duel in high spirits just to play a match.
But when he ran into Eldlich going first and got locked out, his good mood collapsed in an instant.
When he himself played Eldlich and trapped other people, though, that tangy satisfaction felt completely different.
All one can say is: you can dislike Eldlich, but when you're the one piloting Eldlich, you won't dislike it!
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VRAINS world.
After watching the entirety of Eldlich, Yusaku Fujiki finished compiling the possible boards Eldlich could make, as well as calculating what the Set back row might be.
The more he organized it, the more he realized how terrifying this strategy was.
And that was—there were just too many variations in the Trap back row.
Because of that, when facing Eldlich, and the opponent Sets five cards at once, it's truly too hard to deal with!
"Yusaku, if we want to counter this Underworld-style strategy, what should we do to break this stalemate?"
"Have you come up with anything?"
Skye Zaizen blinked her bright eyes as she looked at Yusaku Fujiki.
In their VR world, even though Link Monster strategies don't particularly fear interruptions, being interrupted over and over will still blow up your mindset.
At least her Trickstar deck wouldn't want to face this kind of build.
It's just too miserable.
"Mm, it's not impossible to counter."
"First breaking point: they're going second, you're going first."
"As long as you establish your own board first, their interruptions won't do much."
"Second breaking point: run more back-row removal."
"For example, this card—Hey, Trunade!"
"It returns all Set cards to the hand, making it easy to clear Eldlich's back row!"
"That way, our odds of winning go up."
"Third breaking point: play it by ear."
"After all, you can't control what's in your hand."
"You can only improvise."
"...."
After Yusaku Fujiki's analysis, Theodore Hamilton twitched at the corner of his mouth.
He wanted to refute it, but didn't know how.
On second thought, it didn't sound wrong.
Duels are ever-changing, and any single card can lead to a different outcome.
It's really hard to say whether you can break Eldlich or not when you face it.
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5D's world.
Like Yusaku Fujiki, Yusei Fudo was also analyzing.
After calmly thinking it through, Yusei's solution was roughly the same as Yusaku's.
But there was one difference.
Yusei found an interesting line!
"Maybe Akiza Izinski was right."
"We can go for disruption."
"Simply put, deck disruption."
"Remember Masked HERO Dark Law from earlier in the HERO strategy?"
After Yusei posed the question, the surrounding Duelists all jolted!
A line immediately surfaced!
That's right! Masked HERO Dark Law!
If there's an effect on the field like Masked HERO Dark Law's, then Eldlich—how would it dare to keep sending cards to the Graveyard so casually?
The moment they go to the Graveyard, they get banished!
Without resources, a one-and-done Eldlich—what's there to be afraid of?
What's more! In these higher worlds, Life Points seem to be fixed at 8000!
So getting OTK'd in one go isn't actually that easy!
"As expected of Yusei!"
"Banishing is indeed a method."
"I've got another one—burn."
"We don't attack; we play a grim burn plan."
"Use burn effects to get ahead of Eldlich and finish them off!"
Luna chuckled, her eyes flashing.
And there really are quite a few burn archetypes.
It's just that they haven't scrolled across them yet.
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Duel Monsters world.
Unlike the other worlds, the first-generation old guard cared more about the Eldlich strategy itself than about finding countermeasures.
Every Eldlich board state was carved deep into the minds of the first-generation veterans.
Even Seto Kaiba, who watched the whole video in one breath, couldn't help but feel a bit emotional.
From Blue-Eyes White Dragon, to HERO, and finally to Eldlich, he had seen far too many existences that exceeded comprehension.
By comparison, their old-era decks—perhaps none of them could be put up against the high-level world decks shown by Sei Yuki?
Yugi Muto: "Mr. Sei Yuki, this video is about over. Could you look for material on Dark Magician-related deck builds?"
Yugi Muto: "To be frank, I have a friend—you may already know—Pharaoh Atem."
Yugi Muto: "I'd like to learn about how Dark Magician developed in your world."
In the main world, Sei Yuki saw Yugi Muto's bullet-comment message pop up in the group.
Dark Magician, huh?
If it really is Yugi Muto, then it's worth taking a look at this soul deck.
Dark Magician isn't like Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
Blue-Eyes is at least a deck a diehard Dragon-deck fan can play.
But Dark Magician—it's probably a deck only true-love players stick with, right?
At least Sei Yuki really hasn't played much Dark Magician.
Sei Yuki: "If it's Mr. Yugi Muto, Dark Magician is no problem. I'll look around for you."
Yugi Muto: "Much appreciated, Mr. Sei Yuki. If possible, Magnet Warriors, Gandora, and so on are fine too."
Sei Yuki: "Leave it to me."
After that exchange, Weevil Underwood, Mai Valentine, Rex Raptor, and Maximillion Pegasus all stiffened!
So people from that high-level world are really this easy to talk to?
He actually agreed?
Is Dark Magician about to sweep in?
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