Chapter 35. Additional Commentary 3! Fusion End-Board Suppression!
Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring!
A near-universal tech card that almost every Deck runs!
Only now did they notice how important this card is!
And—
This card!
It even happens to be a Level 3 Tuner!
With this card in the mix, Dark Magician going into Synchro plays becomes possible!
Likewise—
By pairing it with that card's effect, you can even treat Dark Magician as a Level 7 Tuner for the summon!
Then, with a pair of Level 7s stacked, making Number 89: Diablosis the Mind Hacker is just a matter of course!
Now it all connects!
Compared to making its own Rank 7 Dark Magician Xyz, the Dark Magician Deck really might be better off making Number 89 instead!
…
5D's world.
Even these Synchro Duelists couldn't help feeling a little sentimental after seeing the Synchro Monster Chaos Angel.
Because they had never seen a Level 10 Synchro Monster like that!
You have to know—the higher the Level, the harder it is to make a Synchro!
Under Riding Duel rules, they would keep climbing step by step to reach high-Level Synchros.
Like 3 plus 2 for Level 5, 5 plus 2 for Level 7, 7 plus 2 for Level 9—lines like that.
That is the charm of Synchro Decks!
"A Level 10 Synchro, huh? Yusei, I wonder what other Synchros exist in that advanced world."
"I'm finding this more and more interesting."
"I hope we get to see some truly strong Synchros too!"
Jack Atlas squinted at the Riding Duel screen.
Expectation and longing spilled out from his heart.
What he wanted to see was—
More, and more, Synchro cards.
"Just wait."
"We still haven't seen a Deck that centers on Synchro yet."
"If possible, I hope that after Dark Magician we get Stardust Dragon."
Yusei Fudo looked at the Stardust Dragon gracing his Deck.
In his mind, the bond between the Tuner and Stardust Dragon surfaced.
As one of the faces of Synchro,
What lies ahead for Stardust Dragon?
...
Back to the main world.
The Dark Magician video was about to reach its end.
What remained were Fusion and Link.
The video creator quickly moved into the closing segment.
30-Year-Old Dark Magician: "You've all seen the power of Number 89 and Chaos Angel."
30-Year-Old Dark Magician: "Aren't these cards several times better than Dark Magician's in-archetype options?"
30-Year-Old Dark Magician: "That said, the Dark Magician Fusions themselves are still solid."
30-Year-Old Dark Magician: "Beyond the staple Dark Magician the Dragon Knight, with Secrets of Dark Magic we can also make many other Fusion Monsters!"
"For example—this monster! The Dark Magicians!"
[Card Name: The Dark Magicians (Level 8)]
[Attribute: DARK]
[Type: Spellcaster]
[ATK/DEF: 2800/2300]
Dark Magician! A teacher-and-student duo?
What the heck?
Is this Fusion Monster—?!
A Fusion of Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl?!
Staring at the artwork, Yugi Muto immediately filled with question marks!
Only after reading the effects did Yugi arrive at a first assessment of this card's power!
Effect 1!
Once per turn, when a Spell/Trap Card or effect is activated, you draw 1 card.
If you draw a Spell/Trap, you can Set it.
And if that Set card is a Quick-Play Spell or a Trap, you can even activate it the turn it was Set.
A strong effect that fills a Duel with unknown possibilities!
Yugi and the Pharaoh both showed knowing smiles!
This effect!
Couldn't be more tailor-made for them!
No—
It's practically designed for their "top-deck miracle"!
And Effect 2!
If this card is destroyed, you can Special Summon 1 "Dark Magician" and 1 "Dark Magician Girl" from your hand, Deck, or Graveyard.
An even more outrageous revival effect!
Other cards revive just one!
But this thing's parting shot—
Brings back the teacher and the student together!
Don't be fooled by Dark Magician not being an explosive combo line!
When it comes to Fusion end-boards,
Each piece pulls its weight!
30-Year-Old Dark Magician: "Run 1–2 copies of the teacher-student Fusion.
The main point is its first effect as interaction."
30-Year-Old Dark Magician: "Of course, if your opponent doesn't care about your interruptions, drawing can be high-variance.
Without 'top-deck miracles' I don't recommend relying on it, haha."
30-Year-Old Dark Magician: "Next is a must-include: Master of Chaos!"
[Card Name: Master of Chaos (Level 8)]
[Attribute: DARK]
[Type: Spellcaster]
[ATK/DEF: 3000/2500]
"This isn't hard to summon—just Dark Magician plus 1 'Chaos' or 'Black Luster Soldier' Ritual Monster!"
"For this card name's 1, 2, and 3 effects, each can be used once per turn."
"Among the three, the key is the synergy between Effects 1 and 2!"
"Effect 1: On Fusion Summon, revive a LIGHT or DARK monster from your Graveyard."
"Effect 2: Tribute 1 LIGHT and 1 DARK to banish all monsters your opponent controls!"
"Note—this is non-targeting banish and it doesn't destroy to clear the board. The value is extremely high! I'll say it again—the value is extremely high!"
"As for Effect 3, if destroyed by battle or card effect, it recovers a Spell from your Graveyard."
"In short—drop this in a grind state and you'll definitely catch the opponent off guard!"
"..."
Silence.
All six Duel Worlds fell quiet again!
Because this Fusion Monster appeared—
And it instantly stunned both the old guard of the original era and the Duelists of later eras into speechlessness!
No way!
All these Dark Magician Extra Deck cards are seriously strong!
Whether it's Dark Magician the Dragon Knight,
The teacher-student Fusion above, or this LIGHT-and-DARK Master of Chaos,
Their power is all safely in the above-average tier!
It's just—
About those LIGHT and DARK materials…
Does the Dark Magician build even have any LIGHT monsters in it?
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