"Continuous Magic - Power of Four!" The newly appeared Magic Card on Xue Lang's field instantly established an absolute advantage, "Alright, now you have five cards in hand, hurry up and discard one."
The Rare Card Hunter from Ghouls looked at his five cards in hand, gritted his teeth in frustration.
This kid, is this card freshly printed? Really targeting right on the spot?
But anger aside, the game must go on. The Rare Card Hunter reluctantly picked a card from his five-card hand and sent it to the graveyard.
"My turn ends."
The opponent's "Giant Soldier of Stone" on the field has a defense of 2000 points. Xue Lang hasn't drawn a card that can deal with this Normal Monster yet, so he can only end his turn.
Power of Four is an animated Continuous Magic Card that hasn't been released as a physical card. Its only appearance was in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX in the hands of Ed Phoenix, and the opponent was also using Dark Great Mage.
Though not physically realized, the game Linked World created this card. This game likes to produce some senseless, completely useless animated cards, seemingly to fill the card pool, giving you the illusion of an extensive and rich card pool...
Youyu poured tens of thousands of Crystal Stones into the System Card Pool, and from it came several of these things.
At the time, Youyu's first reaction was to feel he'd drawn a useless card, ready to toss it aside in the corner to collect dust. But then he thought — huh? I remember the animation showed Ghouls having a Rare Card Hunter who specializes in old Exodia?
Wouldn't this thing trap him dramatically?
Thus, Xue Lang ended up having this senseless card...
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Episode 144, Amon, a Duelist using Dark Great Mage, already had four pieces of Exodia, and the fifth was placed at the top of the deck due to a card effect. Just needed to draw the card next turn to achieve Dark Great Mage's instant victory.
Ed activated the Magic Card "Power of Four" in that turn. In the next turn, Amon, although drawing the fifth piece into his hand, was forced to bury it in the graveyard due to Power of Four's effect, preventing Exodia the Dark Great Mage from appearing.
This part of the animation reveals that the victory condition for Dark Great Mage must occur after resolving effects like "Power of Four". Before effect resolutions end, even if you gather all five pieces, Dark Great Mage will not be summoned.
Of course, Ed didn't know the opponent was using Dark Great Mage before the duel began. So, this card can be understood as something he created on the spot; otherwise, there's no reason why someone using a Pure Hero Deck would include such senseless stuff...
At this moment, the Rare Card Hunter clutched a "Left Arm of the Forbidden One", and had just discarded a "Left Arm of the Forbidden One" to the graveyard, only to draw another "Left Arm of the Forbidden One" this turn. Three were stuck together...
The Rare Card Hunter had the urge to rip this card apart.
Hell! What kind of luck is this? I've drawn three copies of the Left Arm, what use is that?
It's not like President Haima's Blue-Eyes White Dragon; glue them together with 502, and you can reliably summon Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon... what am I supposed to do with three of Exodia's Left Arms?
Summon it to slap the opponent in the face?
Now the Rare Card Hunter's hand consists of three different pieces of Exodia plus a duplicate Left Arm, which is a complete hand disaster...
The Rare Card Hunter was troubled for a while and finally abandoned the enticing thought of "summoning the Left Arm to slap the opponent", reluctantly declaring the end of his turn.
Now he could only hope the fool on the opposite end doesn't summon a Monster with more than 2000 attack points next turn...
"My turn, draw!" As Xue Lang's turn came, he drew a card and laughed, "Here it is! I tribute 'Marauding Captain' to Tribute Summon 'Judge Man'!"
On the field, the brave warrior wielding a longsword was transformed into starlight and dissipated, as a new card was projected onto the field. An old man with fangs, a white beard, emerged from the card, dressed in judge-like robes and a cape.
[Judge Man, Attack Points 2200]
Although it has 2200 attack points, it's a Normal Monster, but with a level of 6 only requiring one tribute. Even though it's disliked, new players like Xue Lang have limited options, so he carried this card.
The Rare Card Hunter's expression changed drastically.
Crap! It exceeds the Giant Soldier of Stone's defense!
"Judge Man, destroy Giant Soldier of Stone!"
The High-Level Monster with 2200 attack points flew across the field, easily breaking the defensive position of the Giant Soldier of Stone. The Monster's body shattered into countless stones, meaning the Rare Card Hunter's only protective line was broken.
"Marauding Captain! Direct attack!"
The remaining Captain rushed forward, alternating his longswords, and with a flash, the image sharply cut through the Rare Card Hunter.
[Rare Card Hunter, LP 4000 → LP 2800]
"Good! Keep it up like this!" Xue Lang smugly said, "Set a card, end turn!"
"Damn it!"
The Rare Card Hunter, gritting his teeth, glanced at his four pieces and then at the two Monsters on Xue Lang's field, feeling utterly defeated...
He even felt like he could surrender this time...
But at the same time, he knew that the moment he chose to give up, the thing Marik had planted in his brain would immediately respond, mixing everything in his head into a paste.
Damn it! How come someone is carrying such a senseless Continuous Magic?
He's utterly fallen into this trap!
No way back, he can only forge ahead!
"Draw!"
Looking at the drawn card, the Rare Card Hunter's eyes, full of despair, rekindled a glimmer of hope...
"Magic Card - Mystical Space Typhoon!" He quickly played the newly drawn card, "This card can destroy a Magic Trap Card on the field! I destroy 'Power of Four'!"
The green Magic Card appeared on the field, unleashing a storm that blasted towards the opposing field, accurately tearing the Continuous Magic beside Xue Lang into pieces.
Good! Breaking that pesky Magic Card means there's still hope!
As long as next turn he can draw cards like Pot of Greed or Graceful Charity—anyway, he's got plenty of these cards in his deck—perhaps he could pull off a comeback...
But firstly, he must survive the next turn.
Rare Card Hunter: "Defense position summon 'Left Arm of the Forbidden One'!"
Of course, it's not really summoned to slap the opponent, but if he doesn't summon a Monster to act as a wall, then next turn he's surely doomed.
In this way, if Xue Lang can't summon a new Monster next turn, he still has a chance to turn the tables.
However, unexpectedly, Xue Lang jumped up and exclaimed, "Ha! That might not be the case!"
Though it doesn't mean much, he simply wants to say this phrase during the duel—because it's cool! It raises the style points!
"Open Set Card!" Xue Lang's enthusiastic gesture nearly strained his waist, "Trap Card - Chain Exclusion! Can be activated when a Monster with attack below 1000 is summoned, destroys the summoned Monster and removes it from play!
And! If the opponent's hand or deck contains cards with the same name, they are all removed from play!
So take all the 'Left Arm of the Forbidden One' from your field and deck and get rid of them!"
"Pfft!"
The Rare Card Hunter tilted his head back, spurting a mouthful of blood three feet far.