Chapter 1123 - 1096: All-Draw Deck Construction
"Transformed Warrior: Recorder, attack the Air Circulation Machine!"
The Recorder, having transformed into robot form, staggered as it rushed towards the Circulation Machine. The two robots quickly engaged, exchanging blows amidst a shower of sparks and flying parts.
It took just a moment for the Air Circulation Machine to be torn to pieces, its parts exploding everywhere, and it wasn’t clear where the fan on its forehead landed. Finally, with a loud bang, it exploded into shambles.
"The Monster Effect of the Air Circulation Machine," Yugen said calmly, "When the Air Circulation Machine is destroyed, I draw a card from my deck."
Yugen drew a card.
The bespectacled elementary student beside him murmured, "Drawing cards again..."
Indeed, this silver-haired uncle seemed like he was searching for something.
But Leo, completely engrossed in his brilliant tactics, didn’t have that feeling at all and continued, "Now your field is empty!
And my battle continues!
When Transformed Warrior: Recorder is on the field in attack position, it can attack twice per battle phase! Go, Recorder’s direct attack!"
The Recorder robot flew across the now empty front field, delivering a steel punch directly at Yugen.
[Yugen, LP4000 → LP2800]
"I did it! I did it!"
Leo jumped with excitement.
"I dealt great damage!"
Yugen also smiled in encouragement, "You’re quite good."
But he then changed his tone.
"However, at this time, my Cover Card also activates.
The Trap Card ’Damage Capacitor.’ When I take battle damage, I can discard one card from my hand to activate it. Then, I Special Summon one monster from my deck in attack position whose Attack Power is less than the damage taken."
A card automatically ejected from Yugen’s deck.
"I Special Summon ’Treasure-Hunting Panda’ in attack position from my deck."
A round-bodied panda leapt onto Yugen’s field, with a large paw pressing down on the hat on its forehead, and its spherical belly looked like the buttons might burst at any moment.
[Treasure-Hunting Panda, Attack Power 1100]
Leo: "Using my attack to summon a monster, uncle, that’s pretty clever!"
He hadn’t thought much about it, but his bespectacled classmate found it even stranger.
"If the panda had been summoned when Power Tool Dragon attacked initially, couldn’t it have blocked one more attack from the Recorder?"
The bespectacled elementary student mumbled quietly.
"But no, before that, Power Tool Dragon’s attack had already dealt a huge damage of 3200 points, and if the Damage Capacitor had been activated then, a monster with 3000 Attack Power could have been summoned without conditions, stopping Leo’s subsequent attacks..."
Yet this person specifically summoned the panda only at the end... Does this monster have any special features?
During the end phase of Leo’s turn, the Transformed Warrior: Recorder summoned by Waste Box self-destructed and returned to the graveyard.
"My turn, draw a card."
Yugen glanced at the drawn card and revealed it.
"Activating the Magic Card ’Dark Temptation.’
Draw two cards from the deck, then banish an Dark Attribute monster from your hand from the game. If there are no Dark Attribute monsters in hand, banish all your hand cards from the game."
Leo was shocked, "If there are no Dark Attributes in hand, wouldn’t this card be a disaster?"
The bespectacled elementary student squinted, "Couldn’t you just not activate it if there’s no Dark Attribute?"
Leo scratched his head, "Ahaha, that’s true..."
Yugen drew two cards and then showed the Dark Attribute monster "Three-eyed Monster" in his hand, banishing it from the game.
"Next, activate the Magic Card ’Purgatory of Nothingness.’ If you have more than three cards in hand, draw one card from the deck. But as the cost, discard all cards in hand at the end of the turn."
Leo x Bespectacled Elementary Student: "!"
Both were shocked.
Discard all cards at the end of the turn... This is almost a desperate draw, to draw cards at such a cost?
"Set one card in the backfield," Yugen said, "Then activate the Speed Attack Magic ’Chambering,’ shuffle all cards from your hand back into the deck, then redraw the same number of cards."
Yugen shuffled back all his hand cards and drew anew.
"Next, activate ’Treasure-Hunting Panda’s’ Monster Effect."
Yugen pointed to the panda that had flown out from his deck in the previous turn.
"Banish up to three Magic and Trap Cards face-down from the graveyard, then Special Summon an Ordinary Monster from the deck whose level equals the number of banished cards."
This effect doesn’t limit once per turn, and by now, Yugen’s graveyard already contained a considerable number of Magic Traps.
"I banish the Trap Card ’Sacrificial Treasure Scroll’ from the graveyard. Since only one card is banished, I Special Summon a Level 1 Ordinary Monster from the deck.
Come forth! Special Summon ’White Bone!’"
Everywhere you could see was wandering White Bone, a skeletal body draped in tattered robes, looking weak and unfit for combat.
[White Bone, Defense Power 200]
"Continuing by banishing ’Purgatory of Nothingness’ from the graveyard," Yugen said, "activate Treasure-Hunting Panda’s effect for the second time. Special Summon White Bone Mark II from the deck."
[White Bone, Defense Power 200]
"Next, ’Dark Temptation’ banished from the game, Special Summoning White Bone Mark III from the deck."
[White Bone, Defense Power 200]
Leo was bewildered, and couldn’t help but say, "But uncle, even if you bring out more of these... They’re still only Level 1 Ordinary Monsters.
Using those won’t take down my Power Tool Dragon."
Power Tool Dragon was proud, brandishing the drill in its hand.
"It seems so."
Yugen chuckled and continued.
"Then I activate the Magic Card ’Horse Bone’s Price,’ send monsters on the field that are not Effect Monsters to the graveyard, draw two cards, and send one of the White Bones to the graveyard to draw two cards."
Yugen drew two cards.
"Then activate ’Treasure-Hunting Panda’s’ Monster Effect. Banish the Trap Card ’Damage Capacitor’ from the graveyard, Special Summon a Level 1 Ordinary Monster from the deck.
I Special Summon ’Thousand-Eyed Evil Cult God!’"
[Thousand-Eyed Evil Cult God, Attack Power 0]
"Thousand-Eyed Evil Cult God is a Mage Race monster, so I can equip this card to it," Yugen said, "Equip Magic ’Magical Wand’ onto Thousand-Eyed Evil Cult God.
This card can only equip Mage Race monsters, increasing the equipped monster’s Attack Power by 500.
Then send Magical Wand and the equipped monster to the graveyard, draw two cards. I’ll send Magical Wand and Thousand-Eyed Evil Cult God to the graveyard, and draw two cards."
"Purgatory of Nothingness, draw another card."
"Activate Treasure-Hunting Panda’s effect again, Special Summon Thousand-Eyed Evil Cult God. Equip Magical Wand, then send Magical Wand and Thousand-Eyed Evil Cult God to the graveyard, draw two cards."
"Activate Horse Bone’s Price, send the second White Bone to the graveyard, draw two cards."
"..."
In the next minute, Yugen basically continued to repeat similar actions. A series of relentless card draws and operations that left Leo and the bespectacled elementary student watching in awe.
Leo watched wide-eyed as the silver-haired uncle’s not particularly thick deck rapidly dwindled, down to seemingly just a few cards left.
This person, within one turn... almost emptied out his deck?
Without cards, wouldn’t he lose?
So far, it seemed that most of the drawn cards were either aimed at accelerating card draw, or illogical creatures like Thousand-Eyed Evil Cult God and White Bone, which Treasure-Hunting Panda could easily search and send to the graveyard via specific Magic Cards, but the ultimate goal remained card draw.
His entire deck seemed to have been sent to the graveyard, apparently designed purely for drawing cards.
So the question arises: how does he plan to win?
But as Yugen’s deck hit bottom, the answer quickly came to light.
"Finally, I want to activate the effect of this card in my hand..."
Yugen slowly revealed a card in his hand.
"Sleeping Giant - Gudong!"