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Chapter 782: The Gambling God's Self-Proclamation
Chapter 782: The Gambling God's Self-Proclamation
"Nani?!"
Bercas finally realized the situation he was in.
His invincible Supreme Shield, Holy Defense, which prevented the activation of any card effects, was useless.
During the Duel Kingdom era, Cartoon Monsters had flexible mouth-watering effects, allowing them to evade attacks and remain untouchable. However, as the setting transitioned to Duel City, and the rules were gradually standardized by Kaiba Corporation, these early unregulated mouth-watering effects were abolished.
Consequently, when Bercas made a limited-time comeback in the Movie Edition and GX Anime, it was evident that his Cartoon Monsters had lost their invincibility under the modern rules and were instead modified to gain the ability to directly attack the opponent.
Naturally, Bercas had a plan to compensate for the weakening caused by the version change.
The newly introduced card in the GX Anime, "Cartoon Kingdom," was his solution to enhance the lost invincibility of his Cartoon Monsters.
"The effect of 'Cartoon Kingdom'!" Bercas shouted, "When a Cartoon Monster on my field is about to be destroyed in battle, I can remove the top card of my Deck from play instead, preventing the destruction of that monster in battle!" (Original Effect)
This effect, along with its activation cost, differed from the actual card.
In the anime, activating Cartoon Kingdom required removing the top five cards from the Deck, and destruction replacement involved removing the top card from the Deck.
In the physical card game, activating Cartoon Kingdom involved removing the top three cards from the Deck to the "flip side," and destruction replacement also involved removing the top card from the Deck to the "flip side."
Do not underestimate the significance of the additional words "to the flip side." In today's Yu-Gi-Oh!, while not everyone can treat excluded cards as part of their hand, there are still numerous Decks that can do so—for many Decks specializing in exclusion, excluded cards are as good as being at home, almost indistinguishable from the hand, or even more convenient.
However, excluding to the flip side is different. Excluding to the flip side means removing the card with its face down, making it "indeterminate" in Yu-Gi-Oh! rules.
In the flip side state, the type of card cannot be determined, making it nearly impossible to recover. Even if the card has an "excluded trigger" effect, most similar effects will not activate when excluded to the flip side.
In other words, for many Decks, excluding a card to the face-up side might as well mean it's gone for good, but excluding it to the flip side truly means it's gone for the rest of the game.
City Within reminded him, "But when Demon Tyrant · Malevolent Devil Dragon attacks, no card effects, including Magic Effects, can be activated!"
Preventing the opponent from attempting to mouth-watering.
"But it's just that 'cannot be activated,' not that all card effects are invalid."
Bercas confidently retorted.
"The effect of 'Cartoon Kingdom' is a continuous effect that applies without activation, so it is unaffected by the effect of Malevolent Devil Dragon.
Therefore, I remove a card from the top of my Deck as a substitute, preventing the battle destruction of 'Cartoon Black Mage'!"
Bercas drew a card from the top of his Deck and placed it on the table next to him to indicate its exclusion. The thunderous flames unleashed by Malevolent Devil Dragon struck the Cartoon Mage Girl, her small face paling in fear as the lightning illuminated her.
However, the transparent barrier released by Cartoon Kingdom or about the Duel, feel free to ask.
"But only destruction can be invalidated, the battle damage still applies!"
[Bercas, LP4000→LP2800]
"Becas was blasted back two steps by the black flames and thunderous shocks, his face alternating between red and white. After steadying himself, he grunted."
"Not bad, Boy," he said, but before he could finish, Jinnouchi clicked his tongue twice and chuckled, wiggling his fingers.
"You don't think that the evolved Malevolent Devil Dragon is only this powerful, do you?"
"What?" Becas's face changed again.
"Demon Tyrant · Malevolent Devil Dragon's additional effect activates!" Jinnouchi declared.
"When this Fusion Summoned card battles, at the end of the Battle Phase, you can target 1 'True Red Eye' Normal Monster in your GY! Return that monster to the Deck and inflict damage to your opponent equal to its original ATK!"
"!!!" Becas exclaimed.
Becas's eyes widened, and his current state might be what people call "pupil earthquake."
He was truly stunned.
The True Red Eye Monster in the GY...
"Not bad, I'm returning the 'True Red-Eyes Black Dragon' that I just fused to the Deck!" Jinnouchi declared.
Jinnouchi drew the True Red-Eyes Black Dragon from the GY, which automatically returned to his hand.
At the same time, the Malevolent Devil Dragon roared, and a dragon shadow separated from its body. A semi-transparent image of the True Red-Eyes appeared, quickly engulfed in flames as if burning, transforming into a ferocious flaming dragon!
"I'm giving you the ATK value of the True Red-Eyes Black Dragon, which is 2400 points of damage!"
The Malevolent Devil Dragon roared, and the burning True Red-Eyes shot out like a cannonball, engulfing Becas in flames, even his elegant red suit seemed to be on fire.
"Ahhhh!"
Becas lost his gentlemanly composure and cried out in pain.
[Becas, LP 2800 → LP 400]
"How's that, Jinnouchi?" he asked, feeling triumphant.
"Now you know how strong my friendship with Yugi is, right?"
He had always felt ashamed of Becas's actions as a designer, creating exclusive cards and rules for himself. After many years, this was his chance to prove him wrong.
"Set a card, my turn is over," Jinnouchi said.
Becas's body swayed unsteadily, as if he had barely managed to stand.
He breathed heavily, barely able to reach out and unconsciously mess with his hair, which had been blown apart by the blast. After a while, he regained his composure.
He then looked up at Jinnouchi with narrowed eyes.
"You seem a bit different, Boy," Becas said, no longer using his playful tone from before.
He seemed genuinely serious now.
Jinnouchi hadn't mentioned it to anyone, but he had indeed trained over the years.
Yes, he hadn't participated in any tournaments or been active in the Dueling World, but that didn't mean he had given up on dueling.
On how to translate or about the story, feel free to ask!
(End of Chapter)
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