Chapter 343 For Victory
Chimeric Fortress Dragon, which seems to be nothing special at first glance, unexpectedly brought a huge impact to the environment when it was released.
The main reason is actually because of Cyber Dragon.
To some extent, the birth of this card is undoubtedly a love-hate relationship for Cyber Dragon, which was recognized as the strongest fighter in the environment at that time.
Looking at the positive side, it means that Cyber Dragon has become the nemesis of all machine-type monsters. No matter how powerful the opponent summons a machine-type monster, you only need to special summon Cyber Dragon, and then Cyber Dragon can eat all the machine-type monsters on the opponent's field in one go and transform into Chimeric Fortress Dragon.
It is equivalent to Cyber Dragon becoming a built-in "super fusion" clearing ability. Even if you have five "unaffected by any effect" full-resistance big brothers on the field, they are just high-quality food in front of Cyber Dragon.
But from a pessimistic point of view, it also means that Cyber Dragon itself has become the opponent's food.
Before the birth of this card, there were often situations where one side jumped out of the Cyber Dragon and relied on a Cyber Dragon to crush the entire duel. 2100 points is an insurmountable barrier for low-level players. The suppression power of a Cyber Dragon was very strong.
But the situation is different after this card. The opponent can eat your Cyber Dragon by just playing a Machine. Even the controller must remember that when there is a Cyber Dragon on the field, you cannot summon a second Machine monster casually, otherwise the opponent will definitely take advantage of it.
And you can't take the chance that "the opponent may not have a Fortress Dragon". Because it is different from now, the first time that the Yu-Gi-Oh rules added a "maximum of fifteen cards" limit to the extra deck was in 2008, when the Synchro era officially began.
The reason is said to be that the official would give card sets to the contestants in the competition, so many people would bring 99+ Super PLUS version of the extra deck to get the card sets for free. K-Company felt that if they continued like this, they would be fleeced, so they limited the number of extra cards and prohibited this behavior.
By the way, in fact, in the GX era, there was no explicit rule that the main deck must be less than 60 cards, only that it must be more than 40 cards. The rule of 60 cards was also added in the "Master Rules" when Synchro Summoning was first implemented in 2008.
At the same time, the rules for the side deck were also adjusted. In the past, the requirement for the side deck in Yu-Gi-Oh was 15 cards, one more or one less. After the implementation of the Master Rules, it was changed to "less than 15 cards".
That should be the first time that the largest wave of quitting Yu-Gi-Oh appeared. Not only for the new summoning method "Synchro Summoning", a large number of old players found the rules that added upper limits to the main deck and extra deck unreasonable. In the past, they could theoretically have a "everything" type of super-large deck of hundreds of cards for fun, and play whatever they touched, but this is no longer possible after the new rules.
In short, before the Synchro Era came, the extra deck had no upper limit. Therefore, almost 100% of players will bring "Chimera Fortress Dragon" in the extra deck, so as long as you dare to use Cyber Dragon, you must be prepared to be eaten.
Of course, this phenomenon of real cards is based on the premise that Cyber Dragon is a first-class general-purpose fighter in the environment and almost everyone will bring it.
But the animation world is different. After all, not everyone has Cyber Dragon here, so the appearance of "Chimera Fortress Dragon" seems to disgust only one person.
That is Marufuji Ryo, whose facial muscles are twitching faintly at this time.
"The original attack power of Chimera Fortress Dragon becomes the number of monsters fused with this card x 1000 points." You Xuan smiled, "Because it is summoned by fusion of two Cyber Dragons, the attack power becomes 2000."
[Chimera Fortress Dragon, attack power 0→attack power 2000]
Marufuji Ryo: "."
Kaiser, who has firmly believed in this step, finally began to seriously think about a question——
——When the opponent is a dog, is it really necessary to respect it?
This was the most difficult duel he had ever felt in his life, and it was also the first duel that made him feel that his firm approach was shaken.
It seemed that at this moment, his suppressed instinct and desire for victory reached the highest peak.
To win, must win.
What bond with old friends, what way of winning that respects the opponent, these are all irrelevant.
It doesn't matter who I lose to, I don't want to lose to this guy.
A shadow is quietly spreading in Caesar's heart
"Fight." You Xuan said, "'Chimera Fortress Dragon', attack directly on Marufuji!"
[Chimera Fortress Dragon, attack power 2000]
[Marufuji Ryo, LP 1600]
Marufuji Ryo gritted his teeth.
Is he going to stop here and lose to his old friend?
No, that's absolutely not possible.
He doesn't want to lose. Not today, not now, not in this way, can't lose to this opponent.
"Continuous Trap 'Mini'!" Marufuji Ryo shouted, "Choose a monster on the field with an original attack power of 1000 or more, and the level of that monster will be reduced by 1 star, and the attack power will be reduced by 1000!"
You Xuan nodded: "The effect of 'Chimeric Fortress Dragon' is to change its 'original attack power' to the number of materials x 1000 points."
"Yes, so the effect of miniaturization can be applied!" Marufuji Ryo said, "Reduce the attack power of 'Chimeric Fortress Dragon' by 1000 points!"
The huge fortress dragon was seen to shrink by half at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even the energy impact it blasted out seemed to be weakened.
Boom!
Marufuji Ryo was bombarded head-on, staggered back two steps, half-knelt on the ground, and black smoke swirled all over his body.
[Marufuji Ryo, LP 1600→LP 600]
"Caesar's health is only a candle in the wind!"
The anchor only came back to his senses from the dumbfounded state of "Electronic Dragon suddenly jumped back" at this time, and continued to perform his commentary duties.
"This, this, the means of the Yellow Lord are simply beyond imagination. No, I mean exquisite." He continued to explain, "Caesar's powerful formation was broken by him.
In this way, the card bombardier has not attacked yet, and if the attack passes, it will still be Caesar's defeat."
There was a bit of regret in his tone.
He really felt that Caesar tried his best. But there was no way, no matter how strong Caesar was, he was only the king among the students.
The king could not beat the dog who was not a human.
"Card bombardier, attack directly." You Xuan said.
The three bursts of fire were like the sentence of the god of death. The firelight illuminated Marufuji Ryo's face, which was a little dusty under the projection effect. The academy king no longer had the fighting spirit he had when he first went into battle, and his eyes only showed a sense of exhaustion.
He was even surprised to find that at this moment, he had once thought of forgetting it.
This is his, and he didn't want to fight anymore.
But the moment he realized his absurd idea, he immediately extinguished it.
No, that won't work.
He is a duelist, a duelist who must do his best at all times and pursue victory at all costs.
Only by fighting with all his strength and using any means to desire victory can he show the best respect to his opponent.
Even if he has to abandon his old friends for this.
"Launch the cover card!"
Marufuji Ryo stood up facing the fire, and the hot flames in his eyes rekindled.
"Trap Card - Wall of Power!!!"
You Xuan chuckled with interest: "Wow, you actually used this move."
"You can only activate it when the opponent's monster attacks you and causes you to take battle damage." Caesar shouted, "Until the battle damage is reduced to 0, send a card from the top of the deck to the graveyard for every 100 points of damage!" (Original effect)
After the card is made real, it is changed to 500 damage.
Marufuji Ryo shouted loudly, and pulled out a bunch of cards from the deck in one breath, and they fell in the air like snow.
"I send nineteen cards from the deck to the graveyard!"