Chapter 161. Spright's Twin Accomplices! Knightmare Gryphon and Artifact Scythe Lockdown!
The song just kept getting catchier!..
Voices from quite a few Duelists even started coming through in the chat!
Sei Yuki of the main world twitched at the corner of his mouth.
Back when he first heard that song himself!
How to put it?
First came a round of complaints.
But after closing it, he found himself unconsciously humming it!
Later on he just slid into depravity!
A banger!
An absolute banger!
Otherwise why would all these veteran Duelists in front of him be humming along!
Spright Player: "Ahem! Got a little carried away singing earlier."
Spright Player: "Let's get back to Spright's deckbuilding."
Spright Player: "After all, the pool of Level 2s is very well stocked."
"Besides the earlier Frog Engine, Diva Engine, and so on."
"There's also the Live☆Twin engine!"
"Of course! Before the explanation!"
"Let's revisit Spright + Frogs."
"Setting aside the previous lines, we can even use Swap Frog to make a board!"
"If the opponent tosses Maxx 'C'!"
"We can build a compromise board off Swap Frog."
"For example, discard a 'Diva' to Special Summon Swap Frog, then send Dupe Frog from the Deck to the Graveyard!"
"Bounce Swap Frog back to the hand, then Normal Summon it again to send another Swap Frog!"
"That way, Dupe Frog in the Graveyard can banish a Swap Frog to Special Summon itself!"
"With 2 cards, Xyz into Gigantic Spright!"
"Stopping there is already enough interaction!"
"Then, Swap Frog can also bounce a monster on the field!"
"So, if we want even more disruption going first—"
"We can even use Gigantic Spright to pull Maxx 'C' from the Deck!"
"Swap Frog helps us pick 'C' back up!"
"That's right, you heard me!"
"We can search the hand trap Maxx 'C'!"
"Primal! Absolutely primal!"
...
Indeed!
So freaking disgusting!
Hearing this, everyone's understanding of Spright + Frogs—
Duelists across the worlds finally saw it clearly!
The value of tutoring Maxx 'C'—what does that mean!
Who doesn't know?
Other people have to draw into their hand traps!
But you Spright!
Gigantic Spright plus Swap Frog and you just search it!
Going first—
You've got a guaranteed Maxx 'C' to interrupt!
"That's right! Way too primal! How is this a Duel? You're basically wearing victory on your face!"
"Exactly! No wonder Toadally Awesome and company had to be Forbidden later! I finally get it!"
"Man, comparing people just makes you mad, comparing Decks shows a huge gap!"
"Say no more, I thought my Axe monsters were invincible, and now you tell me there's stuff like this..."
The group chat instantly erupted into wave after wave of discussion.
They were utterly tilted by this "tutor the 'C'" line.
And in the short video, Spright's legend continued!
Spright Player: "You think picking back up Maxx 'C' is the ceiling?"
Spright Player: "Dead wrong! It can even pick up Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring!"
Spright Player: "Yes, you heard that right!"
"Normal Summon Deep Sea Diva to pull Deep Sea Diva!"
"Use 2 cards to Link Summon 'the water machine,' that is, Crystron Halqifibrax!"
"And that card—sigh."
"It can pull Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring from the Deck!"
"Same idea afterwards: Gigantic Spright lines into Swap Frog."
"Swap Frog bounces Ash Blossom back to our hand."
"And that completes tutoring Ash Blossom!"
Good grief!
More and more primal!
You can even line into Ash Blossom now?
With that thought!
Halqifibrax's demise made the other Duelists understand even more!
It would have been weird if Halqifibrax hadn't been Forbidden!
Spright Player: "Alright, with that in mind, let's summarize."
Spright Player: "Toadally Awesome's three-way negate is absurd."
Spright Player: "The consistency is high."
"The build tolerates a ton of hand traps!"
"You can slot multiple splash engines without bricking, and the Extra Deck is very accommodating."
"After understanding Spright + Frogs!"
"Let's look at the next hot Spright shell!"
"'Spright Live☆Twin'!"
"That is, Spright + Live☆Twin. First, let's see the key Twin cards!"
Card 1! Live☆Twin Ki-sikil!
LIGHT / Cyberse
Level 2 / 500/0
You can only use this card name's 1st effect once per turn.
Effect 1: If this card is Normal or Special Summoned and you control no other monsters, you can Special Summon 1 "Lil-la" monster from your hand or Deck.
Effect 2: While this card is in the Monster Zone, each time an opponent's monster declares an attack, you gain 500 LP.
Card 2! Live☆Twin Lil-la!
DARK / Cyberse
Level 2 / 500/0
You can only use this card name's 1st effect once per turn.
Effect 1: If this card is Normal or Special Summoned and you control no other monsters, you can Special Summon 1 "Ki-sikil" monster from your hand or Deck.
Effect 2: While this card is in the Monster Zone, your opponent must pay 500 LP to declare an attack.
Card 3! Live☆Twin Ki-sikil Frost!
LIGHT / Aqua
Level 2 / 500/0
The Special Summon with this card name's 1st effect can only be done once per turn, and the 2nd effect can only be used once per turn.
1: If you control a "Lil-la" monster, you can Special Summon this card from your hand.
2: If your opponent adds a card(s) from the Deck to the hand by a card effect, and you control an "Evil★Twin" monster, you can banish this card from your Graveyard; draw 1 card.
Card 4! Live☆Twin Lil-la Treat!
DARK / Zombie
Level 2 / 500/0
The Special Summon with this card name's 1st effect can only be done once per turn, and the 2nd effect can only be used once per turn.
1: If you control a "Ki-sikil" monster, you can Special Summon this card from your hand.
2: If your "Evil★Twin" monster battles and you or your opponent takes battle damage, you can banish this card from your Graveyard, then target 1 opponent's monster; it loses ATK equal to that battle damage.
Card 5! Evil★Twins Ki-sikil & Lil-la!
DARK / Fiend
Level 8 / 2200/2200
Cannot be Normal Summoned. Must first be Special Summoned from your hand or Graveyard by Tributing 2 Link Monsters.
You can only use this card name's 1st effect once per turn.
1: If this card is Special Summoned: If your opponent controls 3 or more cards, they must send cards they control to the Graveyard so they control exactly 2.
2: While there is a "Ki-sikil" monster and a "Lil-la" monster in your Graveyard, this card gains 2200 ATK/DEF.
Just like the Frog Engine!
The number of monsters you run for Live☆Twin isn't that many!
And aside from the 5th card!
All the others are Level 2s!
Fully satisfying Spright's Special Summon conditions!
But just looking at these few monsters—
Veterans across the Duel Worlds were blank and bewildered!
Huh?
At a glance, Live☆Twin doesn't seem as strong as Frogs, right?
So why can it collude with Spright just the same?
And it's Ki-sikil this, Lil-la that!
What, Spright is breaking into showbiz now?
In the 5D's world.
Yusei Fudo, Jack, and Crow looked thoughtfully at the Live☆Twin shell before them.
At first glance.
It seemed like the payoff was uniquely on advantage-gain triggers.
But with a closer look, you could sense how terrifying this shell is!
A single Live☆Twin! Already equals +1 in monster count!
And!
The shell seems to have a bit of a loop built into it?
And each loop lets your resources keep rolling?
Spright Player: "The focus for the low-levels is Ki-sikil and Lil-la."
Spright Player: "Normal Summon one, and it pulls the other!"
Spright Player: "The Level 8 Evil★Twins is just a power/advantage top-off."
"For the low-level Twins, just know Lil-la pulls Ki-sikil."
"Ki-sikil pulls Lil-la, that's all."
"Next, let's see the Link-2 Twin monsters!"
Evil★Twin Ki-sikil (Link-2)
Attribute: LIGHT
Type: Fiend
ATK: 1100
[Arrows: —]
Materials: 2 monsters, including a "Ki-sikil" monster
"I'll call the Ki-sikil Link 'Big Red'!"
"1: If Special Summoned, and you have a Lil-la on field, draw 1."
"2: Quick Effect on either player's turn to Special Summon a 'Lil-la' from Graveyard if you don't control one; self-restriction after activation—this turn, you can only Special Summon Fiend monsters from the Extra Deck."
"Next is the 'Big Blue' Lil-la!"
Evil★Twin Lil-la (Link-2)
Attribute: DARK
Type: Fiend
ATK: 1100
[Arrows: —]
Materials: 2 monsters, including a "Lil-la" monster
"1: If Special Summoned and you have a Ki-sikil on field, you can destroy a card."
"2: Quick Effect to Special Summon a 'Ki-sikil' from Graveyard if you don't control one; same self-restriction!"
"Seen this way, it's easy to understand!"
"Little Red and Little Blue, Big Red and Big Blue."
"That's our Twin engine!"
"Next we add the partners Artifact Scythe and Artifact Dagda!"
"To lock the opponent on their turn!"
"Or pair I:P Masquerena into Knightmare Gryphon!"
"To lock monster effects!"
"That's the role of the Twin shell."
"And that's Spright + Live☆Twin's strength, right?"
With those cards introduced and explained afterwards—
Duelists across the worlds finally wore knowing expressions!
But they were still confused!
Artifact Scythe's effect triggers when it is Special Summoned during the opponent's turn...
For the rest of that turn, your opponent cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck.
In other words, it locks the opponent's Extra Deck summons!
And Knightmare Gryphon's effect is: while it's in the Monster Zone, Special Summoned monsters on the field cannot activate their effects unless they are Link Monsters.
In other words, it locks monster effects!
But here's the problem!
How do you execute that combo?
That's what left the veterans confused!
Fortunately, the short video still had a part explaining the Twin-shell combo!
After watching it! They were left in stunned silence!
Spright Player: "You've all understood the Spright core."
Spright Player: "So I'll explain the Twin shell!"
Spright Player: "Single- and double-Twin lines!"
"For example, when we have Live☆Twin Lil-la in hand!"
"We Normal Summon Lil-la!"
"Lil-la's effect: Special Summon Live☆Twin Ki-sikil Frost from the Deck!"
"Use 2 cards to Xyz Overlay!"
"Gigantic Spright!"
"Gigantic's effect: detach Frost as material!"
"Special Summon Spright Blue from the Deck!"
"Activate Blue to search Spright Jet!"
"Special Summon Jet; its effect searches Spright Starter!"
"Then use Blue and Gigantic to Link Summon Artifact Dagda!"
"Activate the Spell 'Starter'!"
"Chain Link 2: activate Dagda to set Artifact Scythe from the Deck!"
"Starter resolves to Special Summon Spright Red or Spright Carrot!"
"I'll pull Carrot!"
"After paying 1000 LP!"
"Link Spright Carrot and Dagda to make Spright Elf!"
"Elf's effect revives Live☆Twin Ki-sikil Frost from the Graveyard!"
"Link Spright Jet and Frost into Evil★Twin Ki-sikil!"
"Activate Evil Ki-sikil to Special Summon Live☆Twin Lil-la from the Graveyard!"
"Link Evil Ki-sikil and Lil-la into Evil★Twin Lil-la!"
"Activate Evil Lil-la to Special Summon Evil Ki-sikil from the Graveyard!"
"Evil Ki-sikil's effect: draw 1!"
"Link Evil Ki-sikil and Evil Lil-la again into Evil Ki-sikil!"
"Then on the opponent's turn!"
"CL1: Evil Ki-sikil activates! Special Summon Evil Lil-la!"
"CL2: Spright Elf activates to Special Summon Spright Carrot from the Graveyard."
"Evil Lil-la's effect destroys the set Artifact Scythe from earlier."
"Scythe's effect Special Summons itself in Defense and locks the opponent out of the Extra Deck for the turn."
"That's Spright + Live☆Twin's line."
???
Can't understand!
Totally can't understand!
After that whole sequence!
All the veterans across every world were left slack-jawed!
What was that?
Spright + Frogs was pretty easy to grasp!
Why did it get so hard to understand when it came to this Twin build!
Completely stupefied!
Yes!
In the DM world.
Yugi Muto and Seto Kaiba were already lost.
Even the Pharaoh, Atem within, had to knit his brows and carefully parse the Twin shell!
These two engines each run their own development.
But in the midst of it, their linkage—
Just happens to produce incredibly strong combo lines!
Is that the Twin's weird way of thinking?
They didn't get it anyway!
And they couldn't bring themselves to like it at all!
Frog engine is still the best!
Spright Player: "If we open both the Twin and Spright pieces together."
Spright Player: "Then we can build the maximum board!"
Spright Player: "That is, use I:P Masquerena to make Knightmare Gryphon!"
"Of course."
"The more important partner for Spright!"
"Is still the Frog engine."
"This direction is the post-Toadally-Forbidden deckbuilding idea!"
"If Toadally Awesome, Halqifibrax, and Union Carrier were all still legal!"
"The Twin shell wouldn't be shining like this!"
In the VRAINS world.
After understanding, Yusaku Fujiki, the Revolver, and Spectre couldn't help but take a deep breath!
Holy heck!
There are Link-2 monsters this strong!
The tutoring, the synergy, the combos!
The Twin shell is absolutely a great helper for supplementing Link count in a Link-2-based Deck!
Especially the draw resources!
And the popping resources!
All solid advantage boosts!
Live☆Twin! Not bad at all!
It even has its own unique dueling ideas and techniques!
But Yusaku Fujiki and the others also realized the Twin shell's issue!
If you open too many Twin pieces!
You'll start leaking resources....
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