The Dark Magician (1)

Previously…

          “The winner of the tournament is……Jaden Yuki!” said Roland.

          “Way to play, Jay!” said Syrus.

          “We’d better get back to our dorms,” said Jaden. Outside the tower, a jester appears.

          “Uh hi, got a name?” asked Jaden. The jester says nothing and motions Jaden to follow him. Where are we going?

          “My master’s waiting for you,” said the jester.

          “For what?” asked Jaden.

          “You’ll find out if you walk into that tent,” said the jester. Jaden walks into the tent.

          “Step right up and let the magic show begin!” said Arkana. This is a performance not to be missed! Once you lose in this duel, you’ll be banished to the Shadows forever! He laughs. Follow me to the real magic show. Inside Arkana’s new arena… Welcome to the show, Jaden. You’re an exclusive guest for this performance.

          “Sweet, what am I gonna perform?” asked Jaden.

          “You’re going to take part in a disappearing act,” said Arkana. Let’s duel!

          “Wait, where’s the act?” asked Jaden.

          “Look above you,” said Arkana.

          “Too cool, it’s…uh what is it exactly?” asked Jaden.

          “It’s the Dark Energy Guillotine,” said Arkana. The numbers on the side represent your LPs and as your LPs drop, so does the blade of the guillotine and when your head touches the blade, you’re banished to the Shadow Realm. The same applies to me.

          “Now this is a show!” said Jaden.

          “I don’t understand it, no frown, no complete terror, no attempt to run away,” said Arkana to himself. He’ll beg to be released when he’s almost out of LPs. Let’s duel! Since it’s my show, I’ll begin with Malice Doll of Demise (1600) in Attack Mode. Then I set 2 cards face down and end my turn. (3)

          “Okay, here goes!” said Jaden. I play Polymerization, discarding Sparkman and Necroshade for Elemental Hero Dark Brightman (2000) in Attack Mode. Destroy his doll, Brightman!

          “I activate Nightmare’s Chains, said Arkana. Your Monster goes out of play now! Dark Brightman disappears from the field.

          “I throw down a face down and end my turn,” said Jaden. (2)

          “I activate Dark Magic Curtain, paying half my points for Dark Magician (2500) in Attack Mode,” said Arkana. His LPs drop to 4000 and the blade reaches 6 feet from his head. Dark Magician, attack Jaden directly! Jaden’s LPs drop to 5500 and the blade drops to 5 feet above his head. Malice Doll, direct attack!

          “I activate A Hero Emerges, forcing you to pick one of the cards  I’m holding and if it’s a Monster, I can play it so take your pick,” said Jaden.

          “The left card,” said Arkana.

          “Not bad, I play Elemental Hero Avian (1000) in Defense Mode,” said Jaden.

          “Doll, destroy Avian!” said Arkana. Avian is destroyed. That ends my turn. (2)

          “I play Wroughtweiler (1200) in Defense Mode,” said Jaden. Then, I throw down 2 face downs and that’s all. (0)

          “I activate Thousand Knives, allowing me to destroy 1 of your Monsters since Dark Magician is on my field so Wroughtweiler is destroyed! Wroughtweiler is destroyed. Dark Magician and Doll of Demise, direct attacks!

          “I activate Negate Attack!” said Jaden. Sorry but all your attacks are canceled this turn!

          “I activate Ectoplasmer,” said Arkana.  We now must both tribute a Monster at our End Phases and the opponent takes half the ATK of the tributed Monster as damage, so I tribute Doll of Demise for 800 damage! Malice Doll disappears and Jaden’s LPs drop to 4700, putting the blade to 5 ½ feet above his head. That ends my turn. Soon you’ll be banished to the Shadow Realm! (1)

To be continued…

Card Info:

Card Info:

Dark Magician (4th artwork)

DARK / Spellcaster / Level 7 / ATK 2500 / DEF 2100

Card Info:

Card Info:

Wroughtweiler

EARTH / Machine / Level 3 / ATK 800 / DEF 1200

When this card is destroyed as a result of battle and sent to the Graveyard, add from your Graveyard to your hand 1 card that includes "Elemental Hero" in its card name, and 1 "Polymerization".