"Send ten cards to the graveyard..."
Shirley frowned.
While defending against damage, a large amount of resources are being piled into the graveyard... Is this the real purpose here?
In other words, the Dimension Wall is just a decoy, and the fact that activating the Dimension Wall would be nullified has also been taken into account by the opponent.
Shirley frowned, feeling slightly annoyed, as if everything had been seen through.
Her tactics, thoughts, even the effects of her monsters, seemed to be completely in the opponent's control.
Shirley shook her head.
No, this is just an illusion, a deliberate illusion that the opponent has everything under control. Now that the Scrap Iron Dragon has been defeated and the Flower Knight is on the field, not only does she have a high-attack monster suppression, but she also has a counter that can nullify magic and traps, gaining the upper hand.
And with the traps she has in her hand, this duel, her chances should be great!
Shirley waved and set two more back cards: "Set two face-down cards, turn end."
Yugen: "Then it's my turn, draw card."
Yugen drew a card.
Shirley squinted her eyes to scrutinize the opponent.
Although the Scrap Iron Dragon has been resolved, the opponent still has the "Scrap Iron Chimera" recovered last turn for continuation. Summoning the Chimera allows the revival of adjustments from the graveyard, making it easy to synchro summon again. Summoning a monster with attack power over 2700 should be able to take down her Flower Knight.
But for this, she has also set defensive traps.
Yugen: "Normal summon 'Scrap Iron Shark'."
[Scrap Iron Shark, Attack Power 2100]
Shirley: "?"
Nani? Not summoning Scrap Iron Chimera?
Yugen: "Next, activate speed attack magic 'Scrap Iron Shower' from my hand.
Send a 'Scrap Iron' from the deck to the graveyard, destroy one of your own Scrap Iron monsters on the field, and then draw one card from the deck."
This card again!
Shirley's heart tightened.
She remembers, this card played a very important role in the opponent's development last turn. Sending cards to the graveyard is an obvious method for precise resource allocation from the deck.
Destroying your own Scrap Iron monster seems like a loss of resources at first glance, but the characteristic of the Scrap Iron deck is that destroying your own monsters can trigger various effects to aid development. If she hadn't realized this by now, then she would be too naive. Therefore, this effect should also be a way to gain resources.
Finally, drawing another card from the deck, needless to say, is another gain.
Just this one card in the Scrap Iron system can potentially convert into a large amount of resources, not something that can be casually ignored.
To nullify it or not?
Shirley hesitated briefly.
The Flower Knight can only nullify magic and trap effects, and once the opponent draws a powerful monster, this countermeasure wouldn't hold much significance.
Moreover, the opponent has already used their only normal summon for this turn, so even knowing there's a Scrap Iron Chimera in hand, the opponent likely can't summon it.
After a brief contemplation, Shirley quickly made a decision.
"I use the effect of 'Flower Knight'!"
Shirley waved her hand and shouted.
"Once per turn, it can nullify the activation of magic or trap cards and destroy them. I nullify and destroy 'Scrap Iron Shower'!"
The magic that was yet to take effect in front of Yugen directly shattered into pieces.
"Such a decisive decision."
Yugen smiled lightly.
"Then at this moment, my 'Scrap Iron Shark' on the field is destroyed!"
The Scrap Iron Shark on Yugen's field exploded into fragments.
Shirley's expression changed slightly: "Why? I clearly already nullified the effect of 'Scrap Iron Shower'..."
"Not Scrap Iron Shower, but Scrap Iron Shark itself!" Yugen said, "While Scrap Iron Shark is on the field, during the activation of any monster effects, magic, or trap cards, Scrap Iron Shark must forcibly destroy itself!"
Shirley gritted her teeth: "So there's a second option besides Scrap Iron Shower..."
"And you should have discovered the characteristic of Scrap Iron monsters. They can trigger respective effects through destruction."
Yugen laughed.
"When Scrap Iron Shark is destroyed and sent to the graveyard by the effect of a card with 'Scrap Iron' in its name, send a 'Scrap Iron' monster from the deck to the graveyard."
Shirley: "..."
In the end, she still couldn't stop the opponent from sending precise allocations from the deck to the graveyard.
"I send 'Scrap Iron Golem' from the deck to the graveyard."
Yugen followed up with another wave of his hand.
"Activate face-down card, Continuous Trap 'Blood Compensation'!
Pay 500 Life Points to gain an additional normal summon."
[Yugen, LP 3400 → LP 2900]
Shirley: "!"
Blood Compensation... Damn, he can still normal summon!
Yugen: "Normal summon 'Scrap Iron Chimera'!"
[Scrap Iron Chimera, Attack Power 1700]
"Effect of Scrap Iron Chimera, special summon the adjusted monster 'Scrap Iron Beast' from the graveyard!"
[Scrap Iron Beast, Attack Power 1600]
"Level Four, adjusted monster 'Scrap Iron Beast'!
Level Four, 'Scrap Iron Chimera'!
Star-tuning!"
[4+4=8]
"With the thunderous roar of scrap iron, descend once more, Synchronize Summon—
—Scrap Iron Dragon!!!"
Scrap Iron Dragon Mark II!
Yes, despite being a relatively rare card, Yugen has managed to get a full set of three Scrap Iron Dragons. This is the power of authority belonging to the Chief of the Public Security Maintenance.
[Scrap Iron Dragon, Attack Power 2800]
Shirley looked grim.
That troublesome Scrap Iron Dragon again...
"Scrap Iron Dragon's effect, destroy one card from each side of the field," Yugen said, "I'll destroy my 'Blood Compensation' and your 'Flower Knight'!"
Scrap Iron Dragon roared, steam jetting out as its ability activated again. Yugen's Continuous Trap and Shirley's Flower Knight were both turned into fireballs, burning to ashes in a one-for-one exchange.
Shirley: "But at this moment, the Cover Card is activated!
Trap Card 'Companions'!
When a monster on the field is sent to the Graveyard, you can destroy a monster on the field.
I'll destroy 'Scrap Iron Dragon'!"
Although her ace was dealt with, it was within expectations. At least it could take one down with it in its death throes.
A one-for-one trade with the opponent!
Thus, Scrap Iron Dragon was also pierced by the trap's laser, exploding into a fireball.
"Then, Scrap Iron Dragon's effect, when it is destroyed by the opponent and sent to the Graveyard, you can choose a non-Synchro 'Scrap Iron' monster from your Graveyard and Special Summon it to the field."
Shirley, of course, hadn't forgotten this effect.
But only non-Synchro Scrap Iron monsters could be chosen, which means the biggest threat, "Scrap Iron Dragon", couldn't be revived.
The opponent would definitely revive a Scrap Iron monster with higher attack power from the Graveyard to attack the "Apprentice Knight".
At that moment of attack, Shirley's final arrangement would be triggered, a trap she set for a counter blow.
Shirley's eyes glanced at her last trap in the backfield.
Trap Card - Half Counterattack.
When a monster on your field is attacked, during damage calculation, the attacked monster's attack power increases by half of the opposing monster's original attack power until the end of the turn.
No matter what kind of monster the opponent summons, they will suffer the Half Counterattack!
Shirley squinted her eyes.
Come on, revive a monster with Scrap Iron Dragon's effect and fall into the Half Counterattack trap.
Yugen: "Special summon 'Scrap Iron Golem' from the Graveyard!"
[Scrap Iron Golem, Attack Power 2300]
"Scrap Iron Golem?" Shirley was stunned.
A monster that hadn't appeared in this duel... Oh right, it was the card sent to the Graveyard by the Scrap Iron Shark earlier.
Yugen: "Scrap Iron Golem's effect, once per turn, Special Summon a Level Four or lower 'Scrap Iron' monster from the Graveyard.
I'll Special Summon 'Scrap Iron Beast' from the Graveyard!"
[Scrap Iron Beast, Attack Power 1600]
Once again, there's an adjusted and non-adjusted monster on the field...
Shirley's heart began to feel uneasy.
"Level Four, adjusted monster 'Scrap Iron Beast'!
Level Five, 'Scrap Iron Golem'!
Star-Tuning!"
[4+5=9]
"Let the light of destruction born from decayed steel tear apart the Dimension! Synchro Summon—
—Scrap Iron Double-headed Dragon!!!"
The ground trembled as a blue radiance erupted from the cracked earth. Remains like those of a Scrap Iron Dragon floated and disintegrated in the light, metal fragments being torn apart and reassembled into a more menacing form.
The Synchro halo twisted and deformed, seemingly corroded by raging energy. Along with the mechanical roar that shattered glass, an iron dragon enveloped in unstable energy descended upon the field. It had two iron heads, each breath spraying green radioactive mists, with high-voltage electrical sparks flying from the armor seams, ready to trigger a chain explosion at any moment.
[Scrap Iron Double-headed Dragon, Attack Power 3000]
"A Nine-Star Synchro!"
Shirley was shocked.
This development was somewhat beyond her expectations.
The Scrap Iron Dragon was dealt with, and yet in such a dire situation, they summoned such a formidable creature...
But there's no need to panic.
Attack power of three thousand, Nine-Star monster, even so, just use the Half Counterattack...
Yugen: "Set a card on the field."
Yugen set a card and snapped his fingers.
"Scrap Iron Double-headed Dragon's effect.
Once per turn, destroy one card on your field, and return up to two cards on your opponent's field to the owner's hand!"
Shirley: "!!!"
The golden-haired beauty completely lost her composure, her pupils dilating: "What?!?"
"I return the card I just set, and your 'Apprentice Knight' and backfield Cover Card, both cards, to the hand!"
The mechanical eyes of the Double-headed Dragon locked on its target, its back coolant radiators opened, spewing high-pressure steam and radiation pulses. The core in its chest spun violently, emitting a piercing metallic screech.
A warped gravitational field enveloped the Apprentice Knight and backfield Cover Card, both forcibly returning to Shirley's hand amidst a chaotic data stream.
Shirley's expression was one of shock.
Everything had been countered.
A complete counter, a total domination.
The moment the Scrap Iron Golem was sent to the Graveyard, the course of events seemed predetermined. Shirley had exhausted every move she had, all possible tricks, but her opponent still had more moves up their sleeve, an unending sequence that went far beyond her calculations for the duel.
She grimly clutched the Half Counterattack in her hand.
"Completely... seen through?"
Yugen: "Scrap Iron Double-headed Dragon, direct attack!"
The broad breath surged like a nuclear power transforming into a torrent rushing at the opponent, creating glass-like grooves from the heat along the path, and the resulting radiation storm tore at Shirley's body.
"Ahhhh—"
[Shirley, LP 2200→ LP 0]