Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 1154

Chapter 1154: Chapter 1154: Mutual Defense

"You wanted to know what my Temple of the Kings did?"

Kira grinned.

"Well, now you know.

Continuous Spell—’Temple of the Kings.’ As long as this card is on the field, the controller can activate any of their trap cards during the turn they’re set." (old effect)

This overpowered effect is long gone from modern Yugioh, watered down by the "once per turn" clause. But back in the day, Shrine allowed incredible trap dominance—a must-have for any "stall" deck.

The Enforcer was in shock. Even though his face was obscured, his eyes betrayed a mix of anger and disbelief.

He quickly understood the implication.

If traps can be activated the turn they’re set, then what were once delayed defensive tools are now instant—almost like spell-speed 2 hand-traps.

And for the Scrap-Iron Series, which reset after triggering, this meant there was absolutely no practical limit to their use.

If Scrap-Iron Scarecrow is on the field—you could never land an attack. If Scrap-Iron Barricade is in play, all of Kira’s monsters were essentially immune to destruction by effects.

No restriction, a perfect iron wall!

The Enforcer’s mouth twitched.

He couldn’t break through or bomb them away.

And that damned submarine...

Looking at Submarineroid sitting defensively on Kira’s field, he felt a headache incoming.

The opponent’s defense was nearly impenetrable, and that sub could ping him for 800 each turn. Left unchecked, he’d die by a thousand cuts—especially if things remained even as they were.

Worse, he was sure Kira had more combos up his sleeve—after all, this was only the beginning: those resettable trap pits, Marshmallow for stall, Submarineroid for chip damage, combined with the Shrine meant for trap optimization...

It was easy to imagine: the longer this dragged on, the deeper he’d be mired in endless traps. Things would only grow more dire.

The Enforcer scowled at his hand.

No breakthrough for now... Fine. He’d play it safe.

"I set a card, turn end," he said grimly.

Kira: "My turn. Draw."

He drew, took a glance at his new card, but had no intention of summoning more monsters or expanding his field. He simply switched Submarineroid from defense to attack.

"Switch Submarineroid to Attack Position."

[Submarineroid, DEF 1800 → ATK 800]

"Battle—Submarineroid, direct attack!"

The invincible submarine burrowed underground, about to strike.

Here we go again!

Even the immobilized President Clark, watching the duel, was speechless.

What is this deck, anyway?

Scrap-Iron Scarecrow plus Barricade, complete lockdown on attacking and monster removal, and every turn, a humiliating 800-point slap...

Honestly, it was sort of impressive.

And compared to getting wiped out by a flashy boss monster, this kind of slow, grinding defeat felt like death by a thousand cuts—not painful each turn, but plenty of time to savor your approaching doom.

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