"Now, ’Doomdog Octhros’’s effect," Kira said unhurriedly. "If this card is sent from the field to the GY, add one Level 8 Fiend from your Deck to your hand."
Mello blinked.
A Level 8 Fiend? But your Volcanics are all Pyro...
Then Kira casually revealed the card in his hand.
He added "Lava Golem" from the Deck to his hand.
Mello: ...
Are you kidding me...
You’ve got a second copy of that thing?
Faced with Mello’s man-eating glare, Kira was perfectly frank.
"What? It’s not some limited-edition rare. I like it, so I run a second. Problem?"
Mello: ...
He had nothing to say.
So Kira openly added Lava Golem to his hand—basically telling him face-up that no matter what fancy plays you make, next turn I’m eating you alive.
Mello let out a long breath.
It’s fine. Still manageable.
He glared.
"You’ll need to have a next turn first—battle!
Gladiator Beast Gyzarus, direct attack—"
Gyzarus’s wings spread in a roar that shook the sky. A violent whirlwind formed; countless tiny steel feathers flashed with razor light, like ten thousand arrows unleashed.
But that furious strike never got through. The green tempest, a force that could rend steel, smashed into an electromagnetic barrier that seemed to split the world in two. Every steel feather rebounded the instant it touched the field, unable to budge it.
Mello: "Why!?"
The guy’s field was clean—nothing left at all...
"In my GY—’Electromagnetic Turtle,’" Kira chuckled. "Banish it to forcibly end the Battle Phase once."
Mello was about to lose it.
No battle. Again no battle.
If it were a trap that negated attacks, he could have blown it up beforehand—but this damned turtle hides in the afterlife. You can’t even defuse this pitfall...
Mello bared his teeth.
Damn it—why is it so hard to even initiate battle against this guy?
The Battle Phase was forcibly ended, so his Andabata and Gyzarus follow-up effects naturally couldn’t trigger.
And the opponent still had Lava Golem in hand.
"No. I won’t let you run wild," Mello growled. "Continuous Spell—’Prohibition’!
Declare a card that cannot be used for the rest of this duel!
I declare... Lava Golem!"
This time Kira almost burst out laughing.
Seriously, man? You hate my big boy that much?
Prohibition has seen meta play as a generic tech, a side-deck surprise against certain decks by naming key pieces.
But to target my big boy with that is just...
He didn’t even know what to say.
"I set one card. Turn end," Mello said.
"My turn. Draw."
Kira narrowed his eyes at his hand, then smiled slightly.


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