Chapter 796: Avoiding Direct Confrontation
Chapter 796: Avoiding Direct Confrontation
"Now, I activate the Spell Card, Flame Soul!" Yugo declared, "The opponent draws a card from their Deck.
Select a Flame Beast from your Deck and remove it from play. Inflict damage to your opponent equal to half the ATK of the removed monster."
This was the Spell Card used by Ossein against Yugo in the original series, allowing him to deal significant damage by choosing a high-attack Flame Beast and instantly burning his opponent's Life Points. Furthermore, this card was also released as an official card quite early.
"More Life Point burning?" Melo frowned.
The battle hadn't even started yet. If this effect was allowed to go through, his Life Points might be in a precarious state by the end of this turn.
The Volcano Deck was going to win by directly reducing Life Points? A flash of insight struck Melo, and he suddenly realized why his opponent had chosen this Deck for the duel.
The common feature of the Beast Swordsman cards was that they "returned to the Deck after battle and Special Summoned a new companion from the Deck." When the Beast Swordsmen were called upon by their companions, they could trigger various effects.
The prerequisite for all of this was "after battle."
As long as the monsters engaged in battle, the Beast Swordsman system could quickly come into play, allocating almost any needed resources to respond to any situation and gaining absolute control over the field.
Furthermore, since the effects of the Beast Swordsmen were "return to the Deck after activation," they mostly returned to the Deck instead of the Graveyard after use, making them quite resistant to effects like Cosmic Darkness.
Even traditional Underworld cards could be incorporated into the Beast Swordsman strategy, and they were commonly seen in competitive builds. With top-tier resource management, efficient allocation, excellent offensive capabilities, and good sustainability, the Beast Swordsmen had great synergy with Countertraps. They could withstand mainstream Underworld lockdowns and even incorporate Underworld systems. The "Dimensional Beast Swordsman" build, which combined Beast Swordsmen with anti-Spellcaster effects, had also been a mainstream competitive choice.
Its inherent strength, combined with excellent compatibility with Underworld systems, was a significant reason it became a World Champion Deck.
But what if the opponent simply avoided battle altogether?
"Heh, interesting idea to avoid battle to counter the Beast Swordsman effects," Melo chuckled, "But the power of the Beast Swordsmen isn't limited to that.
I activate my Set card, the Countertrap, Strip Weapon!
Return a card with 'Beast Swordsman' in its name from your hand to the Deck, and negate and destroy the activation of a Spell Card!"
The Set card on the field flipped, and a beam of counter energy shot out, striking the "Flame Soul" Yugo had just activated.
"The activation of Flame Soul is negated!"
"Very well," Yugo said nonchalantly, "Then I'll activate this Spell Card again—
—Continuous Spell, Flame Cannon!"
A massive steel cannon appeared on Yugo's field, its long barrel filled with dangerous energy, aimed directly at Melo's field.
"Flame Cannon can destroy one of your opponent's monsters by sending a Flame Beast with 500 or less ATK from your hand to the Graveyard."
Yugo revealed a card from his hand and sent it to the Graveyard.
"I send the Flame Beast, Volcano Shell, with 100 ATK, from my hand to the Graveyard.
Load Ammunition, Fire!"
The small Flame Beast, enveloped in flames, transformed into ammunition and loaded into the Flame Cannon's barrel. The cannon's energy surged, and a fiery blast shot out, piercing through the Beast Swordsman's heavy shield and turning the Tiger Beast into a burning ball of fire.
Melo turned his mouth slightly.
Of course, he had prepared means to defend against battle destruction, but only against battle destruction. Moreover, even if he borrowed Trap Immunity to resist effect destruction, he couldn't trigger the Beast Swordsman's effect—Beast Swordsmen could only return to the Deck and trigger their effects after battle.
Yugo's Volcano Deck was primarily focused on card destruction and life point reduction. The Flame Cannon, represented by the Flame Cannon, and even the "Flame Soul" from earlier, shared the common self-restraint of "Cannot attack during the turn it is activated."
It was evident that this entire Deck had almost no option for direct battle.
"The effect of Volcano Shell activates," Yugo said, "This card, while in the Graveyard, once per turn, by paying 500 Life Points, allows you to add another 'Volcano Shell' from your Deck to your hand."
【Yugo, LP 4000 → LP 3500】
The phantom of the Volcano Shell in the Graveyard materialized, transforming into a ball of flames that flew into Yugo's card zone. The entire Deck mounted on the Duel Disk seemed to be on fire, and a card automatically popped out, which Yugo drew into his hand.
The second Volcano Shell.
Melo's expression grew even more serious.
The effect of the Continuous Magic Flame Cannon on Yugo's field was to discard Flame Beast Monsters with 500 or less ATK from his hand to destroy the opponent's monsters. The Volcano Shell perfectly met this condition and also had the ability to self-search from the Deck. In other words, it was an endless supply of ammunition.
No wonder its name was "Volcano Shell"; it was literally the ammunition of this Deck.
Moreover, the effect of Flame Cannon did not have a "Once per turn" restriction. As long as there were cards in his hand that met the conditions, he could activate it as many times as he wanted in a turn.
In other words, next turn, Yugo could discard this Shell to destroy one of Melo's monsters. Then, by sending the discarded Shell to the Graveyard, he could search for another Shell from the Deck, discard it, and destroy another monster. Next turn, Flame Cannon would guarantee the destruction of at least two of Melo's monsters.
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Relying solely on card destruction effects to break through the monster defenses and then directly burn the Duelist's Life Points. Melo clenched his teeth, feeling a bit tricky for the moment.
This guy, did he really not intend to engage in direct battle throughout the entire Duel?
"I set a card. My turn is over," Yugo said.
Melo narrowed his eyes even more.
Indeed, he didn't even summon a monster.
Melo took a deep breath.
Alright, let's see how long you can avoid this.
"My turn, draw!"
He looked at his hand and revealed it directly.
"Magic Card 'Book in the Flask', both players draw three cards from their Decks." (Original Card)
Melo drew a card and then slapped down a card from his hand.
"Normal Summon 'Beast Swordsman Lasso'!"
Flames encircled the field, and the Beast Swordsman appeared amidst the flames, letting out a roar.
【Beast Swordsman Lasso, ATK 1800】
Lasso, one of the earliest Beast Swordsman cards released, was one of the most desirable cards in the early Beast Swordsman Deck. Its base ATK was 1800, and if it was Special Summoned by the effect of a Beast Swordsman, it could increase to 2100.
Since Beast Swordsmen must "Trigger effect after battle," it was a crucial starting point for early Beast Swordsman Decks as a low-level, high-ATK quality attacker.
"If you don't want to battle, I'll attack until you can't avoid it!" Melo waved his hand, "Beast Swordsman Lasso, direct attack!"
(End of Chapter)
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