"Battle Phase!" Tomoki declared.
"Summoned Skull, attack the Set monster!"
The demon spread its wings, unleashing endless lightning. Thunder crackled in the black clouds, roaring like golden dragons. The attack crashed down on Kira’s Set monster.
Boom!
The Set card flipped, the monster’s image vanishing instantly, obliterated by lightning.
"My Set ’Magical Merchant’ activates," Kira said. "When flipped, I reveal cards from the top of my deck until I reveal a Spell or Trap. That card is added to my hand, the rest go to the graveyard."
"Ah, a search effect," Tomoki said, unconcerned.
Kira flipped seven cards in a row, then showed the seventh: "I add the Spell Card ’Reasoning’ to my hand, the rest go to the graveyard."
Six cards hit the graveyard.
Tomoki frowned slightly.
Reasoning also reveals from the top until a summonable monster appears, similar to Magical Merchant.
Is this guy searching for a specific combo?
"But now you have no wall monsters," Tomoki said. "So, ’Skull Archfiend of Lightning,’ direct attack!"
The thunderclouds surged again, lightning gathering in Skull Archfiend of Lightning’s hand like a javelin and launching at Kira.
"I activate my Set card," Kira said. "Trap Card, ’Dimensional Prison.’ When an opponent’s monster attacks, it’s banished."
A dimensional rift appeared, blocking Skull Archfiend of Lightning’s fierce attack.
"Dimensional Prison also targets, so because of ’Metalsilver Armor,’ you can only target Skull Archfiend of Lightning." Tomoki smiled. "But, Skull Archfiend of Lightning’s effect also activates.
Demon’s Roulette!"
A sphere with numbers 1–6 floated above Tomoki’s hand, fire igniting at 1 and spinning clockwise.
"If it lands on 1, 3, or 6, Dimensional Prison is negated and destroyed."
The fire spun like a windmill, then slowed and stopped at 3.
"Hahaha, it’s 3," Tomoki grinned. "So ’Dimensional Prison’ is negated and destroyed!"
Skull Archfiend of Lightning roared, lightning shattering the dimensional barrier. Even that could not withstand the demon’s power and quickly exploded.
"The attack continues!"
Boom!
Lightning struck, the entire arena trembling under its force. The air rang with thunder, and data streams exploded from Kira’s avatar, causing a brief glitch as he lost LP equal to Skull Archfiend of Lightning’s attack.
[Kira, LP 4000 → LP 1500]
Kira steadied himself, calmly taking the damage, and smiled. "As expected from a Mr. Professional—what an effective combo."
Tomoki clearly enjoyed the praise, standing tall. "Of course. Don’t feel bad. I’m a pro, after all. It’s normal to feel the pressure.
Don’t stress, just do your best."
He drew another card.
"I Set a card and end my turn."
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