Chapter 23

"BET"

Featued Duel: Kankuro & Jun vs. Toraji & Ryuzo
Continues from the previous chapter.

Turn 12: Kankuro


 * Switches "Twilight Soldier" and "Whirlwind Sphere" to Defense Position.
 * Attacks "Monera" with "The Unifier".
 * Toraji activates his Set "No Violence!!".

Turn 13: Toraji


 * Normal Summons "Sly Rabbit".
 * The effect of "Cursed Cannon" activates, destroying all monsters but itself and "Monera".
 * The effect of "Monera" activates (Toraji 1400 → 1000) (Jun 1000 → 600) (Kankuro 1900 → 1500).
 * The effect of "Sly Rabbit" activates (Toraji 1000 → 1400) (Jun 600 → 200).
 * Attacks Kankuro directly with "Monera".
 * Jun activates his Set "Dimensional Prison".

Turn 14: Jun


 * During his Standby Phase, "Monera" returns to the field.
 * Normal Summons "Burst Bomb".
 * The effect of "Cursed Cannon" activates.
 * The effect of "Burst Bomb" activates.
 * The effect of "Monera" activates.
 * Jun chains with "Mutual Help"; he discards "Wings of Unity". He gives Kankuro his "Winged Sangan" and adds Toraji's second "Nightmare Wheel" to his hand.
 * The effect of "Monera" resolves (Jun 200 → 0).
 * The effect of "Burst Bomb" resolves (Toraji 1400 → 800).
 * Special Summons "Vacuum Bomb" from his Deck.

Turn 15: Toraji


 * Switches "Monera" to Defense Position.

Turn 16: Kankuro


 * Activates his Set "Mimitrap", copying the effect of "Remains of Greed".
 * Activates the effect of "Winged Sangan", adding "Reverse World's Life Changer".
 * Special Summons "Chaos Sorcerer".
 * The effect of "Cursed Cannon" activates.
 * The effect of "Monera" activates (Kankuro 1500 → 1100).
 * Normal Summons "Reverse World's Dark Enchanter".
 * Its effect activates, negating Ryuzo's "Curse of Darkness".
 * Activates "Reversing", sending "Reverse World's Life Changer" to the Graveyard.
 * Change Summons "Reverse World's Dark Puppeteer" using "Reverse World's Dark Enchanter".
 * Activates its effect, Special Summoning "Reverse World's Life Changer" and "Reverse World's Dark Seeker" (Kankuro 1100 → 550).
 * Activates the effect of "Reverse World's Life Changer", switching "Monera" to Attack Position.
 * Activates the effect of "Reverse World's Dark Seeker".
 * Activates "Monster Reborn", Special Summoning "Wings of Unity" (ATK: 2900).
 * Attacks "Monera" with "Wings of Unity" (Toraji 800 → 0).

Kankuro and Jun win.

Featured Cards
Cards in italics debuted here.

Mashiro vs Kairi
Turn 1: Mashiro


 * Sets a monster.
 * Sets 2 cards. (hand 3)

Turn 2: Kairi


 * Activates "Seed of Life".
 * Tributes "Flower Token" to Tribute Summon "Leal Golem, Guardian of Trees".
 * Its effect activates.
 * Mashiro activates his face-down "Molting". [Jugo-tachi question the timing]
 * Activates "Natural Cycle". Kairi tributes "Leaf Golem" to Ritual Summon "Nature Rebel - Flood".
 * Its effect activates, destroying Mashiro's Set "Snake Whistle".
 * The effect of "Leaf Golem" activates.
 * A "Seed Token" is Special Summoned.
 * Activates "Monster Reborn", Special Summoning "Leaf Guardian" back.
 * Attacks Mashiro's Set monster with "Leaf Golem". It is "Swarming Lizard".
 * Upon its destruction, "Swarming Lizard" Special Summons a second copy of itself from Mashiro's Deck, and "Molting" allows him to draw 1 card.
 * Attacks and destroys the second "Swarming Lizard" with "Flood".
 * "Swarming Lizard" Special Summons a third copy, and "Molting" allows him to draw 1 card.
 * Sets 1 card. (hand 3)

Turn 3: Mashiro


 * Normal Summons "Reptale Ch.II: The Worried Turtle" and tunes it with "Swarming Lizard" to Synchro Summon "Alien Invader".
 * Kairi activates her face-down "Pollinosis", tributing "Leaf Golem" to destroy "Alien Invader".
 * "Leaf Golem" allows Kairi to draw 1 card.
 * "Molting" allows Mashiro to draw 1 card.
 * Mashiro activates "Re-Reptile", Special Summoning "Reptilianne Delphyne".
 * Its effect destroys "Seed Token".
 * Attacks "Flood" with "Delphyne".
 * The ATK of "Flood" becomes zero but it is not destroyed (Kairi 4000 → 3000).
 * Activates "Mystical Green Orb".
 * Sets 1 card. (hand 3)

Turn 4: Kairi


 * Tributes "Flood" to Tribute Summon "Boulder Sprite, Guardian of the Soil".
 * The effect of "Flood" activates, Special Summoning "Leaf Golem".
 * The effect of "Boulder Sprite" activates.
 * Activates "Miraculous Bloom".
 * Mashiro chains with his face-down "Reptale Ch.V: The Struggle".
 * "Bloom" resolves; Kairi tributes "Boulder Sprite" to Ritual Summon "Flood" back.
 * The effect of "Boulder Sprite" destroys Mashiro's "Delphyne".
 * "Orb" gains 1 counter.
 * The effect of "Delphyne" switches "Leaf Golem" to Defense and reduces its ATK to zero.
 * "Moulting" lets Mashiro draw 1 card.
 * Activates the effect of "Cycle", tributing "Leaf Golem" to Ritual Summon "Nature Rebel - Typhoon".
 * "Leaf Golem" lets Kairi draw 1 card.
 * "Typhoon" bounces "Orb" back.
 * Activates "Mother Earth", tributing a second "Leaf Golem" in her hand.
 * Its effect lets her draw 1 card.
 * Attacks directly with "Flood" and "Typhoon" (Mashiro 4000 → 3050 → 1900). (hand 2)
 * Mashiro adds "Ch.VI" to his hand.

Turn 5: Mashiro


 * Activates "Orb" again. (hand 4)
 * Normal Summons "Reptale Ch.I" and activates its effect.
 * "Orb" has 1 counter.
 * Sets 1 useless Spell Card.
 * Activates the effect of "Mother Earth" to tribute two Reptiles from his hand. (hand 0)
 * "Orb" has three counters.
 * Tributes "Orb" to add "Repatle Ch.VII: The Messenger Chameleon" to his hand.

(depletes his hand to add Ch.VIII to his hand, and just sets a useless monster and spell, foreseeing that Kairi'll clear his field)

Turn 6: Kairi


 * Uses the effect of "Mother Earth" to Normal Summon a second "Boulder Sprite".
 * Activates the effect of "Natural Cycle", tributing "Typhoon" and "Flood" to Ritual Summon "Ancient Father of Nature - Sun".
 * The effect of "Typhoon" activates, adding a 2nd "Flood" to his hand.
 * The effect of "Flood" activates, Special Summoning "Typhoon" back.
 * Activates "Commune with Nature", tributing "Boulder Sprite" to Ritual Summon the 2nd "Flood".
 * The effect of "Boulder Sprite" activates, destroying "Reptale Ch.I".
 * The effect of "Flood" activates, destroying Mashiro's Set card.
 * Attacks directly, but Mashiro activates the effect of "Repatle Ch.VII", Special Summoning itself, searching for "Ch.VIII" and ending Kairi's turn.
 * During the End Phase, the effect of "Sun" activates, Special Summoning "Boulder Sprite" back.

(summons Sun and clears Mashiro's field, with him surviving with Ch.VI and searching for Ch.VII) [Mashiro: it usually takes you only 2~3 Rituals to get into the Sun, and when you do, I can say goodbye to my field, that's for sure / Kairi: Then, what boss Reptile have you set up the summon for to handle this situation, Mr. Lord of Reptiles?]

Turn 7: Mashiro


 * During the Standby Phase, the effect of "Sun" increases the ATK/DEF of all of Kairi's monsters by 200.
 * Activates the effect of "Repatle Ch.VI: The Hatred" in his Graveyard (which he had tributed via "Mother Earth"), banishing it to Special Summon "Alien Invader" back.
 * Activates "Repatle Ch.VIII: The Hero's Arrival", tributing "Ch.VII" to search for "Ch.IX", then banishes "Ch.I" and "Ch.VII" from his Graveyard to Ritual Summon "Repatle Ch.IX: The Reptile Guardian".
 * Activates its effect, turning it into "Delphyne".
 * Overlays "Guardian" and "Alien Invader" to Xyz Summon "Echidna" (ATK 3200).
 * "Guardian" gives "Echidna" the effect of "Delphyne" at the expense of half of its ATK (ATK 3200 → 1600).
 * Attacks "Typhoon" and "Flood", but Kairi activates the effect of "Sun", protecting her monsters. Mashiro doesn't activate the negating effect of "Echidna" on purpose to avoid his own victory.

Turn 8: Kairi


 * During the Standby Phase, the effect of "Sun" increases the ATK/DEF of all of Kairi's monsters by 200.
 * Attacks and destroys "Echidna" with "Flood" (ATK 2300) (Mashiro 1900 → 1200).
 * Attacks directly with "Typhoon" (ATK 2700) (Mashiro 1200 → 0).