Chapter 109. Supplemental Notes on the Egyptian Gods! Blue-Eyes White Dragon vs. Dark Magician — A Classic Match!
The short video had already reached its end.
But the shock brought by Holactie the Creator of Light lingered on for a long time.
Across the six Duel Worlds,
setting aside the veteran Duelist worlds that were still immersed in awe of Holactie,
the remaining three Duel Worlds watched the final sequence with the Egyptian God Cards and the closing Judgment victory after retrieving Holactie,
and every Duelist could no longer stay calm.
So this is a god?
This is what is called the Divine-Beast?
Power that surpasses all other Types?
ZEXAL World.
Yuma Tsukumo slowly exhaled.
His entire worldview regarding monsters had been shattered long ago.
If they hadn't mentioned beforehand that the DIVINE Attribute and the Divine-Beast Type existed,
he wouldn't have believed it even if you beat it into him—
that there were actually gods among Monster Cards!
And just when he thought
the three Egyptian Gods were the limit,
another one popped up—Holactie the Creator of Light!
A god that can only be Special Summoned by offering the three Egyptian Gods as Tributes!
That's ridiculous!
"Yuma, it seems our vision was too narrow."
"I thought the power of the Number Xyz was already the world's ceiling."
"But now, I was completely wrong!"
Astral's eyes were full of shock,
and there was resignation in his voice.
"Number cards? Astral, you're right."
"Number cards are nothing before gods!"
"Even weakened gods—
that majesty and divine wrath are things Numbers can't compare to!"
Thinking back on how terrifying it already was to see the three Egyptian Gods descend in a mere video,
Yuma Tsukumo simply couldn't imagine how overwhelming the gods' presence would be in reality.
ARC-V World.
Yuya Sakaki, Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri—
the four protagonists of the four dimensions—were all struck speechless.
For once, none of them heard the others' voices.
If the short video hadn't ended,
they might even have forgotten that their souls coexisted.
"It's over? The video's over? The three Egyptian Gods—just like that?"
"Just the weakened three are already this terrifying! I don't dare imagine what they'd be like without the nerfs!"
"You mean the Duelists of the DM World? Their world is terrifying! They only had Fusion Summoning back then,
and yet they had the Egyptian God Cards!"
"Indeed—unbelievable. The Duelists of the DM World and GX World seem very familiar with the God Cards."
Very soon, Yuya Sakaki and the others' souls erupted into a heated discussion.
At first, they had looked down a bit on the "boomer" DM and GX Worlds.
I mean, what era is this, and their summoning methods were still stuck at Fusion only?
But now—
the descent of the three Egyptian Gods made them look at those worlds with new respect.
As for Zarc, he almost cried himself dizzy in the restroom.
His ace monsters had nowhere near the presence of a God Card, okay!?
VRAINS World.
News about gods was rare in the Link World.
So after seeing the God Cards appear,
Yusaku Fujiki, Takeru Homura, Aoi Zaizen, Akira Zaizen, and the others wore extremely grave expressions.
They had never seen a terrifying Monster Card like Holactie the Creator of Light.
Its terror was completely different from Exodia the Forbidden One,
and also not the same as the earlier "special victory" of that "catastrophe lion."
It was a feeling that was hard to put into words.
"So this is… a god?"
"Even if its power and summoning conditions are extremely exacting,
and far from as straightforward as our Link monsters,"
"still…"
Yusaku Fujiki muttered, a trace of envy slipping through.
If only there were a Link-era god.
"However, I'm curious—these nerfed gods seem to have different kinds of support."
"Especially those Trap Cards.
People from the DM World looked really surprised."
Akira Zaizen narrowed his eyes; he had long noticed that in the higher world setting,
the Egyptian Gods had a support system that appeared different from the DM World's.
Or rather—
perhaps Duelists in the DM World didn't know that gods even had Spell/Trap support.
Duelists in the DM World were also noticing this.
In the Main World,
Sei Yuki quickly received questions and doubts from the DM World.
Seto Kaiba: "Mr. Yuki! It looks like the God Cards have some kind of support.
Do gods in the higher world possess power we're unaware of?"
Ishizu Ishtar: "If the gods were nerfed, then they must have received power in a different form.
Mr. Yuki, please don't keep this from us."
Yugi Muto: "Yes, Mr. Yuki.
Those Trap Cards—I'm certain we've never seen them!"
Marik Ishtar: "It felt 'kimoji' after watching—
but Mr. Yuki, I want to know more about the gods' hidden power."
(*Note: here "kimoji" is used as slang for a thrilling, tingling feeling.)
Sei Yuki smiled to himself after reading the DM World's questions.
They were probably reacting to several Trap Cards that assisted the summoning of the God Cards.
Sei Yuki: "Everyone, no need to rush!
I'll give you a simple supplemental explanation."
Sei Yuki: "First, the God Cards each have their own support suites,
and it's not just the three Egyptian Gods plus Holactie the Creator of Light anymore!"
"Let's take a quick look at this short video."
As soon as he finished, he pulled up another short video.
A few cards shown within instantly made the old-guard Duelists feel "broken."
Slifer the Sky Dragon—
Quick-Play Spell "Thunderforce Attack"!
Destroy all face-up monsters your opponent controls.
If activated during your own Main Phase,
draw a number of cards equal to the monsters destroyed and sent to your opponent's Graveyard by this effect.
Obelisk the Tormentor—
Quick-Play Spell "Fist of Fate"!
Target 1 of your opponent's Effect Monsters; negate its effects and destroy it,
and the effects of monsters with the same original name are also negated this turn.
If you activated it during your Main Phase, destroy all Spell/Trap Cards your opponent controls as well.
The Winged Dragon of Ra—
Quick-Play Spell "Blaze Cannon"!
Upon activation and until the end of the turn, Ra gains three effects—
and this card's activation and effect cannot be negated.
(1) Ra is unaffected by your opponent's card effects.
(2) When Ra declares an attack, Tribute any number of your other monsters that haven't declared attacks this turn, and Ra gains ATK equal to their combined original ATK until the end of the turn.
(3) After damage calculation when Ra attacks, send all monsters your opponent controls to the Graveyard.
Each Egyptian God's signature techniques had corresponding cards.
And that wasn't the limit.
There were also "Ancient Chant," "Millennium Revelation," "Soul Energy MAX!!," "The Breaking Ruin God," "Soul Crossing," and so on—
a full suite of support for the God Cards.
They even effectively lowered the difficulty of summoning the gods.
But in exchange, the gods' strength was distributed into multiple cards.
For example, "Ancient Chant" searches Ra and enables an additional Normal Summon,
while "Soul Crossing" lets you Tribute your opponent's monsters to Tribute Summon a god.
At this,
the Duelists of the DM World could no longer hold it in.
"Whoa! So many support cards for the gods! I thought the gods had fallen!
Turns out there's a ton of powerful cards!"
"No way, so many 'customs'? Doesn't that make summoning gods way easier?"
"Even so, I still prefer our version of the three Egyptian Gods. No support needed—
once they hit the field, in most cases it's checkmate."
"Agreed. I'd rather not need support and just have all the good effects on the gods themselves!"
Very quickly, DM World Duelists began to chatter at once.
Even this simple batch of supplemental cards was enough to shock them speechless.
After their astonishment,
Yugi Muto, Seto Kaiba, and the others calmed down.
Sharding the gods' power across multiple support cards
looks strong on paper, but actually deals a fatal blow to the gods themselves.
Those aren't the gods they want.
Main World.
After the brief supplement on God Cards,
Sei Yuki started looking for the next short video.
After filtering out the pure meme content,
there were also some "classic recreations."
He pondered for a moment and picked a video of Blue-Eyes White Dragon vs. Dark Magician.
Decision made.
The title appeared:
"Blue-Eyes White Dragon vs. Dark Magician!
A Fated Duel Beyond All Doubt!"
Blue-Eyes White Dragon?
Dark Magician?
A fated duel?
Seeing the title,
Seto Kaiba and Yugi Muto looked at each other.
In that instant, memories of their past Duel rose up within them.
They are rivals, but also the best of opponents—
a fact both Kaiba and Yugi can't deny.
And now, this video appeared.
Could it be that in the higher world, there are Duelists with a relationship like theirs?
Inside the short video,
Duel details appeared.
"Blue-Eyes Waddodragon" vs. "Underworld Cousin."
Both players at 8000 LP.
Underworld Cousin won the toss and took the first turn.
Blue-Eyes Waddodragon would go second.
Underworld Cousin: "Okay, we're playing Dark Magician this time!
Judging from the opponent's name, odds are it's 'Old Kaiba'!"
Underworld Cousin: "Won rock-paper-scissors—my first turn!"
Underworld Cousin: "I Set 1 card.
My turn is over."
Blue-Eyes Waddodragon: "My turn! Draw!"
Blue-Eyes Waddodragon: "I reveal Blue-Eyes White Dragon to Special Summon Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon!"
"I go straight to the Battle Phase!"
"Direct attack! You lose 3000 LP!"
"I Set 1 card!"
"My turn is about to end!"
After the hit, Underworld Cousin was down to 5000 LP.
A back-and-forth as simple as could be—
the Duel field felt like old-school King of Games era.
Precisely because it felt so "classical,"
many Duelists exchanged puzzled looks.
Where's the combo line? Where are the negates?
Can neither Deck develop?
Is this Duel deliberately slowed down?
No—there's no comparison without contrast!
Both Decks are too weak!
Far behind the previous engines like Utopia, Tearlaments, and Photon/Galaxy.
In contrast, the earlier videos made them sigh—
as expected, Tearlaments is way too strong!
What even are "Dark Magician" and "Blue-Eyes"?
Underworld Cousin: "In your End Phase, I activate a Quick-Play Spell.
'Scapegoat.'
I Special Summon four Tokens. These Tokens cannot be Tributed for a Tribute Summon."
Underworld Cousin: "My turn, draw!
Use two Tokens to Link Summon I:P Masquerena!
Use two more Tokens to Link Summon Aussa the Earth Charmer, Immovable!
Then I use I:P Masquerena and Aussa to Link Summon!
Check the arrows—Link-4!
Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax!"
"Next, I activate the Spell 'Card Destruction!'
We both discard our entire hands and draw the same number of cards!"
Blue-Eyes Waddodragon discarded three Blue-Eyes White Dragons and one Dragon Spirit of White.
Seeing that immaculate hand—
a diehard Dragon-deck fan.
A terrifying total of 32 Levels' worth of big monsters in hand!
Underworld Cousin's mouth twitched.
No wonder this guy's first turn was just one Alternative and one Set going second.
So he was channeling Seto Kaiba!
Opening triple Blue-Eyes—just unbeatable!
And it wasn't just the triple Blue-Eyes—
there was also a Dragon Spirit of White in hand!
Is this what they call "sticky white on the fingertips"?
Even Duelists from the DM World were dumbfounded.
Seto Kaiba himself flinched seeing the opponent, like him, open with Blue-Eyes White Dragon in hand without shuffling.
Meanwhile, other Duelists stared strangely at the Blue-Eyes player.
He and the President—same lineage?
To manage an opening hand of three Blue-Eyes White Dragons?
Terrifying indeed!
Underworld Cousin: "I had four in hand, so I draw four new cards as well!
I activate the Spell 'That Grass Looks Greener.'
I send cards from the top of my Deck to the Graveyard until my Deck has the same number of cards as yours."
"Then I Normal Summon Magician's Rod.
On effect, I search Eternal Soul from my Deck."
"I activate the effect of Magicians' Souls in my hand.
Send Apprentice Illusion Magician from my Deck to the Graveyard, then send Souls itself to the Graveyard—"
"Arise from the Graveyard, my most faithful servant—
Dark Magician!"
"Battle Phase!
I use Avramax to attack your Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon!"
Blue-Eyes Waddodragon: "I flip my Trap—'The Ultimate Creature of Destruction!'
This turn, my Blue-Eyes is unaffected by other cards' effects.
It cannot be destroyed by battle,
and any monster that battled a Blue-Eyes is destroyed at the end of the Damage Step."
Underworld Cousin: "So what? Damage still goes through!
And because I used I:P as material, Avramax can't be destroyed! I keep attacking!"
Underworld Cousin: "Activate Avramax's effect—its ATK rises by 3000!
You take 3000 damage!
Main Phase 2, I Set 2 cards!
My turn ends!"
After this exchange,
Underworld Cousin's advantage grew and grew.
Meanwhile, the Blue-Eyes player had only 5000 LP left.
Neck and neck—
but that wasn't the point.
The point was the cards That Grass Looks Greener had just milled.
They made Duelists from all worlds jolt upright.
DM World.
"Slifer the Sky Dragon?"
"Trap Card 'Revival of the Sky God'?"
"Trap Card 'Magic Deflector'?"
"Huh? What's going on? Those are the God Cards we just saw in the prior Duel!"
"All of those were milled by 'Grass'?"
Yugi Muto was stunned again.
He thought the God Cards were already yesterday's topic—
but they reappeared before his eyes!
But something felt off… If this is a fated duel,
could it be…?
"Partner, if nothing goes wrong, the God Cards may descend again."
"The Other Me—do you mean Obelisk the Tormentor and Slifer the Sky Dragon?"
Yugi Muto and the spirit within him, Pharaoh Atem, thought of the same scene at the same time—
Slifer the Sky Dragon vs. Obelisk the Tormentor!
Yes—that classic moment!
Could these two be about to recreate the Duel he and Seto Kaiba once fought?
Seto Kaiba had the same thought.
But his mind, by now, was no longer on the video.
Back then, when each of them held a God Card, how glorious they had been…
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