“Gozaburo!” said Alister. It’s time for you to pay for taking Mikey away from me! (Note: Mikey is Alister’s Brother.)

            “Fine, and when I win, I keep your brother,” said Gozaburo.

            “If I win, you give him back,” said Alister. I’ll start off with The Thing in the Crater (1000/1200) in Defense Mode and end my turn.

            “I activate Card Destruction, discarding the cards in our hands to the Graveyard and drawing the same number of cards discarded from our decks,” said Gozaburo. Excellent, the last piece of Exodia, once this is in the Graveyard, I can summon Exodia Necross. I set one monster in Defense Mode and end my turn.

            “I sacrifice my Thing in the Crater to summon Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch (2400/1000) in Attack Mode,” said Alister. It’s all over for you! By summoning Thestalos, I get to randomly discard one of your cards to the Graveyard. I choose that one!

            “No! Not Exodia Necross!” said Gozaburo. I needed that card to win this duel! Now, the monster’s level times 100 points is inflicted to your lifepoints. So since that was a 4-star monster, you lose 400 lifepoints. Gozaburo’s lifepoints drop to 3600. Thestalos, destroy his face down card! The face down Exodia the Forbidden One (1000/1000) is destroyed. Then, I set one card face down and end my turn.

            “I activate Monster Reincarnation,” said Gozaburo. By discarding one card, I can retrieve one monster back to my hand from the Graveyard. I choose Exodia Necross. Then, I activate Contract with Exodia to summon Exodia Necross since the Exodia pieces are in the Graveyard. Rise my mighty Exodia Necross (1800/0) in Attack Mode! During my turn, my Exodia Necross gains 500 ATK points and can’t be destroyed by Monster, Spell or Trap cards. That ends my turn.

            “I summon Blazing Inpachi (1850/0) in Attack Mode,” said Alister. Thestalos, attack his Necross! Gozaburo’s lifepoints drop to 3000 and Exodia Necross stays on the field by its effect. Blazing Inpachi, it’s your turn, attack his Exodia Necross! Gozaburo’s lifepoints drop to 2950. Then, I activate Backfire, which inflicts 500 lifepoints to you whenever my Fire monsters are destroyed. That ends my turn.

            “Say goodbye to your Inpachi,” said Gozaburo. Necross’ ATK rises to 2300 by its effect. Exodia Necross, destroy his Blazing Inpachi! Blazing Inpachi is destroyed and Alister’s lifepoints drop to 3550. Gozaburo’s lifepoints drop to 2450 by Backfire’s effect. That ends my turn.

            “I summon Solar Flare Dragon (1500/1000) in Attack Mode,” said Alister. Then, I activate Burning Spear, raising my Firestorm Monarch’s ATK by 400 but its DEF drops to 200. Thestalos’ stats become (2800/800). Thestalos, attack his Exodia Necross! Gozaburo’s lifepoints drop to 1950. That ends my turn. Gozaburo’s lifepoints drop to 1450 by Solar Flare Dragon’s effect.   

            “How did I lose lifepoints?” asked Gozaburo.

            “My monster inflicts 500 lifepoints to your lifepoints at the end of my turn,” said Alister.

            “Time for me to damage your lifepoints,” said Gozaburo. Exodia Necross’ ATK rises to 2800. Exodia Necross, destroy his Solar Flare Dragon! Solar Flare Dragon is destroyed and Alister’s lifepoints drop to 2250 while Gozaburo’s lifepoints drop to 950 by Backfire’s effect. That ends my turn.

            “I set one monster in Defense Mode and end my turn,” said Alister.

            “It’s my turn,” said Gozaburo. Exodia Necross’ ATK rises to 3300. Exodia Necross, destroy his Firestorm Monarch! Thestalos is destroyed and Alister’s lifepoints drop to 1750 while Gozaburo’s lifepoints drop to 450 by Backfire’s effect. Let’s see you beat that!