Vampire’s Curse: "..."
He never imagined that some rando he bumped into on the road would open with a play this heavy.
Lullaby of Obedience, snatching his namesake straight from his Deck—just hearing that was busted enough. The only thing worse would be the Lullaby of Obedience + Thunder King combo.
"Well? Choose," Kira tilted his head.
The vampire shot him a look, then muttered, sullen, after a moment.
"I choose... to Special Summon myself to your field."
"Ahaha, how courteous."
Kira smiled and caught the golden light that shot out of his opponent’s Deck between his index and middle finger.
"In that case, I’ll just have to accept your fealty, reluctantly.
Come, Vampire’s Curse—Special Summon to my field!"
As the card slapped down, the vampire’s projected avatar shot across and landed before Kira, manifesting as another Vampire’s Curse that now stood facing its original.
[Vampire’s Curse, ATK 2000]
Watching their lord betray himself, the vampire grunts clicked their tongues and sneaked glances at their commander’s face. It was pale to begin with, but now it was so dark it looked like ink might drip off.
"Battle," Kira said. "Thunder King, attack Vampire Bat."
Vampire’s Curse’s face hardened, his voice turning hoarse and cold. "If you dare covet the power of our bloodline, you’d better be worthy of it.
I activate my set card—the Trap Card: Malevolent Catastrophe!"
Mm?
Kira raised a brow.
That card destroys all Spell/Traps on attack declaration—no, that’s the printed version. This one—Marik used it in the anime—its effect was...
"When the opponent declares an attack, destroy all monsters on the field!"
Vampire’s Curse flung his arms wide and roared.
"So every monster on the field—including myself—is destroyed!"
A purple-black vortex yawned open; waves of erasure washed across the field. The monsters on both sides were sucked in and, after futile struggling, annihilated.
"Whoa, ruthless—even to yourself," Kira chuckled.
"Traitors to His Highness must all die," the vampire aristocrat said proudly, chin lifted. "Myself included."
"His Highness?"
That caught Kira’s ear.
"And the great bloodline does not die. No matter how many times, as long as there is fresh, delicious blood, we will rise from our coffins anew—even against lowly lackeys of the Supreme King!"
"The Vampire Bat on my field has an effect. When this card would be destroyed, I can send another copy from my Deck to the Graveyard and make its destruction negated!" (anime-only card)


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