"So you're saying… you can just Summon Dark Magician directly?" Jonouchi blurted out in shock.
"Heh heh… that's right!" Dark Yugi answered, placing the Dark Magician card onto the Duel Disk.
"Come forth—my most loyal servant… Dark Magician!"
Dark Magician (2500/2100)
"Next—because of Magician Navigation's effect, I Special Summon Magician of Dark Illusion from my Deck in Defense Position!"
Magician of Dark Illusion (2100/2500)
"And now I activate the second effect of Magician's Rod in the Graveyard!"
"As long as this card is in the Graveyard—when I activate a Spell/Trap effect during my opponent's turn, I can Tribute one Spellcaster I control to add Magician's Rod from the Graveyard to my hand."
"I Tribute Dark Magician and add Magician's Rod from my Graveyard back to my hand!"
"Huh?! Why would Yugi Tribute Dark Magician right after Summoning him?" Anzu asked, bewildered.
"That's because next turn, Yugi can use Magician's Rod again to search out another key Spell/Trap related to Dark Magician," Kisaragi explained. "And Magician of Dark Illusion can bring Dark Magician back onto the field."
"So in other words," Bakura added, "Yugi traded nothing this turn and secured a future 'choice card' line for the next turn."
"Yugi, you're amazing!" Jonouchi shouted, recalculating quickly. "Magician of Dark Illusion has 2500 DEF—higher than Red-Eyes Black Dragon's ATK. Then I'll cancel Red-Eyes' attack!"
"But—I activate the effect of Black Metal Dragon in my hand!"
"This card can equip itself to a Red-Eyes monster as an Equip Card, and the equipped monster gains 600 ATK!"
"Of course I'm equipping it to Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"
Red-Eyes Black Dragon (3000/2000)
"Then I set one card. Turn end!" (Cards in hand: 2)
"Jonouchi isn't backing down either," Bakura said. "He knows Dark Magician will come back next turn, so he raised Red-Eyes' ATK in advance."
"Heh heh heh…" Pegasus chuckled. "Both duelists understand each other's strategy. That means the key to this duel is—who shows the first opening."
Dark Yugi's Turn
"My turn—draw!"
"I Normal Summon Magician's Rod in Attack Position!"
Magician's Rod (1600/100)
"And with Magician's Rod's effect, I add Dedication Through Light and Darkness from my Deck to my hand!"
"It looks like Yugi already found the weak point in Jonouchi's Red-Eyes deck," Kisaragi said calmly.
"What?!" Jonouchi snapped.
"Just watch," Kisaragi replied, and everyone's eyes locked onto the field.
"I activate the Quick-Play Spell Dedication Through Light and Darkness!"
"To activate it, I Tribute one Dark Magician I control—then I can Special Summon Dark Magician of Chaos from my hand, Deck, or Graveyard!"
"Come forth—Dark Magician of Chaos!"
Dark Magician of Chaos (2800/2600)
"Yugi! Even if you Summon a monster with 2800 ATK—my Red-Eyes is at 3000!" Jonouchi shouted.
"I know that," Dark Yugi said, placing another card.
"I activate the Equip Spell Book of Secret Arts!"
"This card can only equip to a Spellcaster. The equipped monster gains 300 ATK/DEF!"
"Heh. Naturally, I equip it to Dark Magician of Chaos!"
Dark Magician of Chaos (3100/2900)
"What?!" Jonouchi's eyes widened.
"Battle!"
"Dark Magician of Chaos attacks Red-Eyes Black Dragon—
The spell of destruction… Death Ultimate!*"
Dark lightning gathered into a black energy sphere at the tip of the staff—
and in an instant, Red-Eyes Black Dragon was blown apart.
Jonouchi LP 4000 → 3900
"And one more thing," Dark Yugi declared. "Monsters destroyed by Dark Magician of Chaos don't go to the Graveyard—
they're banished!"
"What?!" Jonouchi shouted.
"That's the weakness Yugi targeted," Kisaragi said. "Jonouchi's deck isn't afraid of monsters going to the Graveyard—he can use the Graveyard to power up his strategy. But if his monsters get banished, he doesn't have a reliable way to bring them back."
"But, Yugi—when Red-Eyes Black Dragon leaves the field, the Equip Card Black Metal Dragon goes to the Graveyard," Jonouchi countered. "And I activate its effect!"
"When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, I can add a Red-Eyes card from my Deck to my hand!"
"I choose—Red-Eyes Insight!"
"Continue the assault," Dark Yugi ordered. "Magician's Rod attacks directly!"
Jonouchi LP 3900 → 2300
"Tch… Yugi really is something," Jonouchi gritted out. "One turn—and he cut me down this much!"
"I set one card. Turn end!"
"At the end of my turn," Dark Yugi added, "I activate Dark Magician of Chaos's effect: I can add one Spell from my Graveyard to my hand."
"I choose Illusion Magic!" (Cards in hand: 4)
Jonouchi's Turn
"My turn—draw!"
First priority… I have to deal with that Dark Magician of Chaos, Jonouchi thought.
"I activate Pot of Greed! I draw two cards!"
The moment Jonouchi saw what he drew, joy flashed in his eyes—
and Dark Yugi's brow tightened.
What did he pull…?
"I activate Red-Eyes Insight from my hand!"
"I send Meteor Black Comet Dragon – Evil Demon** from my Deck to the Graveyard, and add Red-Eyes Fusion from my Deck to my hand!"
"Red-Eyes Fusion…?" Dark Yugi narrowed his eyes.
Is he going for Red-Eyes Slash Dragon? No… even if he boosts ATK, it still won't topple my Dark Magician of Chaos…
"Next—I activate my Trap Return of the Red-Eyes!"
"I Special Summon a Red-Eyes monster from my Graveyard—
and this is the one I'm reviving!"
Jonouchi slammed a card down onto the field.
"Come forth—Meteor Black Comet Dragon – Evil Demon!"**
(2500/1200)
"Yugi—I'm using this monster to destroy your Dark Magician of Chaos!"
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