Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 531

Chapter 531: Chapter 531: Alchemical Assault

"Continuous Trap ’Elemental Absorber’!" Lyman said. "Banish 1 monster from your hand; while this card is on the field, all opponent’s monsters with the same Attribute as the banished monster have their attacks negated." (anime effect)

In practice, there’s little difference between the anime and the real card—just minor details. The anime says "the opponent’s monster’s attack is negated," while the printed card says "they cannot declare attacks."

If anything, the real card is a tad stronger. By the anime wording, monsters unaffected by traps should ignore it, but as a player-effect that forbids declaring attacks, even the most immune boss can’t punch through.

"I banish the DARK ’Luna the Dark Spirit’ from my hand," Lyman said. "All DARK monsters’ attacks are negated."

The monster in his hand vanished into an alchemical vortex of energy. A massive whirl of darkness manifested within the Absorber, guarding him. D.D. Survivor was blown back by the gale before it could even approach and had to retreat.

"Then I’ll skip battle, set two, and end my turn," Kira smiled. "Impressive, professor."

It wasn’t flattery; he meant it.

Any physical-card player looking at Lyman’s deck would call it unbelievably bricky—simply inhuman to pilot.

First, his core must be "Chaos Distill." There’s no way to search it, and all his Alchemic Beasts can only be summoned while Chaos Distill exists on the field. In other words, without it he’s dead in the water; he must open it.

And just drawing Chaos Distill isn’t enough—he also needs the specific Spells to Special Summon each Alchemic Beast. He runs six different-Attribute Beasts—EARTH, WATER, FIRE, WIND, LIGHT, DARK—none can be Normal Summoned, and each needs its own specific Spell to Special Summon.

So he needs Chaos Distill and the exact Spell to bring out the Beast. And since those Spells usually summon from the Deck, drawing the Beasts themselves is dead weight, wasting hand size.

Then there’s "Elemental Absorber," too.

It’s obviously amazing against mono-Attribute decks. Against Cyber Dragon, banish a LIGHT and Elemental Absorber shuts down the whole deck’s attacks.

But Lyman used Absorber even against Jaden’s Elemental HEROes.

Jaden’s HERO low-levels are almost all different Attributes—each HERO a different type. Yet Lyman somehow always had a monster of the Attribute Jaden drew, locking out EARTH, WATER, FIRE, WIND, all of them.

HERO mini-hands are already bricky; Lyman’s is no less so. Their duel was less deck versus deck and more raw topdecking prowess.

Maybe pure topdecking is the ultimate realm of alchemy.

All the more proof that Lyman is on another level from the other Shadow Riders. To pilot such a finicky deck with ease—he’s absolutely top tier.

"My turn. Draw," Lyman said. "Spell Card ’Pot of Greed’—I draw two."

"At this moment, I activate Continuous Trap ’Appropriate,’" Kira said. "When your card effect draws, I can activate this. Then, each time you draw outside your Draw Phase, I also draw two."

Lyman was unfazed. "Next, from my hand, Spell ’Steel Lamp.’

If ’Chaos Distill’ is on the field, Special Summon ’Alchemy Beast - Salamandra the Steel’ from hand or Deck!"

Chaos Distill roared back to life. Flames shot skyward and shaped into a flying fire dragon.

[Alchemy Beast - Salamandra the Steel, ATK 500]

"Then Spell ’Bronze Scale,’" Lyman said. "Also only while Chaos Distill exists: Special Summon ’Alchemy Beast - Ouroboros the Bronze’ from the Deck!"

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