Five 1x7

Title: "Out of sync [Side A]"

Short Summary

 * Without a choice, Kazuo Duels Nishio.
 * To Kazuo's surprise, his opponent doesn't seem to be particularly strong, making him confident he might win. However, his hopes soon crumble as Nishio shows the reason behind his slow start.

Featured Duel: Kazuo Abe vs. Nishio
Turn 1: Kazuo


 * Normal Summons "Spy-C-Spy". Its effect activates, revealing "Number 56: Gold Rat" (Kazuo's LP: 8000 → 8500).
 * Activates "Child's Play".
 * Sets 1 card.

[Kazuo's hand: 2] [Nishio's hand: 5]

Turn 2: Nishio


 * Normal Summons "Baobaboon" (Kazuo's LP: 8500 → 8800). Its effect activates, letting Nishio draw 1 card, then choosing to place 1 card from his hand in the bottom of his Deck.
 * Attacks "Spy-C-Spy" with "Baobaboon", destroying both monsters in a double K.O.
 * The effect of "Baobaboon" activates, allowing Nishio to Special Summon two more copies from his Deck in Attack Position (Kazuo's LP: 8800 → 9400). Their effects allow Nishio to draw 2 cards, then place 2 cards from his hand in the bottom of his Deck.
 * Kazuo activates his face-down "Setuppercut", Special Summoning "Ancient Lamp" in face-down Defense Position.
 * Knowing Kazuo's monster, Nishio opts to end his Battle Phase. [Kazuo didn't realize Nishio would know which monster he Summoned]
 * Activates "Gather Your Mind", adding another copy from his Deck to his hand.
 * Sets 1 card.

[Kazuo's hand: 2] [Nishio's hand: 4]

Turn 3: Kazuo


 * Normal Summons "Plufiness the Unconventional Commander", banishing "Witch's Strike" from his Deck. [Nishio notes he knows Kazuo can't afford Rare cards of his own and has countermeasures for his opponents', joking that he's right, revealing his face-down card to be "Solemn Strike"]
 * Equips "Plufiness" with "Mordschlag".
 * Attacks and destroys 1 "Baobaboon" with "Plufiness", reducing the latter's ATK to zero (Nishio's LP: 8000 → 6200).

[Kazuo's hand: 1] [Nishio's hand: 4]

Turn 4: Nishio


 * Activates "Ledger of Legerdemain", banishing 3 cards from the top of his Deck, face-down.
 * Normal Summons "Evil Thorn" (Kazuo's LP: 9400 → 9700).
 * Activates its effect, tributing itself to inflict 300 damage to Kazuo (Kazuo's LP: 9700 → 9400), then Special Summoning two more copies from his Deck (Kazuo's LP: 9400 → 10,000).
 * Overlays his two "Evil Thorn" To Xyz Summon "Number 63: Shamoji Soldier" in Defense Position (Kazuo's LP: 10,000 → 10,300).
 * Activates the effect of "Shamoji Soldier", detaching 1 Xyz Material to allow both players to draw 1 card during the next Standby Phase.
 * Switches his remaining "Baobaboon" to Defense Position.

[Kazuo's hand: 1] [Nishio's hand: 4]

Turn 5: Kazuo


 * During the Standby Phase, both players draw 1 card.
 * Normal Summons "Cupid Volley". Activates her effect, sending three cards to the GY: "Grumpy Robbin' Goblin", "Metal Scorpion" and "Solitary Sword of Poison".
 * Realizes he can use the effect of "Plufiness" again, so he banishes "Setuppercut" from his GY.
 * Attacks and destroys "Baobaboon" with "Plufiness".
 * Sets 1 card.

[Kazuo's hand: 1] [Nishio's hand: 5]

Turn 6: Nishio


 * "Ledger of Legerdemain" count: 1st Standby Phase
 * Activates "Foolish Burial", sending "Double Fin Shark" to the GY.
 * Normal Summons a second "Double Fin Shark", Special Summoning the first one from the GY (Kazuo's LP: 10,300 → 10,900).
 * Overlays both "Double Fin Sharks" to Xyz Summon "Kragen Spawn" (Kazuo's LP: 10,900 → 11,200).
 * Attacks "Cupid Volley" with "Kragen Spawn". The effect of "Child's Play" protects the latter from destruction (Kazuo's LP: 9900).
 * (insert remainder of turn, gets rid of "Plufiness" as well)
 * Activates the effect of "Shamoji Soldier", detaching 1 Xyz Material to allow both players to draw 1 card during the next Standby Phase.

Turn 7: Kazuo


 * (uses "Copycat" to double K.O., next uses "The Deep Grave" to steal the destroyed one and use its effect against the others)

(later on, use uses "Spear Cretin", both get more monsters on their fields, Kazuo pulls "The Guilty Clown" + "Scorpion" + "Shy Robbin' Goblin")

(ends with Nishio declaring that if that's what Kazuo can pull at best, he'll end his hopes, having his set up ready; he only Summons the triplets next chapter, though)

[...]

Continued in the next chapter.

Author's notes
In this Duel, I'd like Kazuo to use at least two of his special combos involving the Robbin' Goblin Spells.

One combo he could use would be the "Nimble Momonga" + "Closed Graves" + "Grumpy Robbin' Goblin" combo. He could start using this as a shield in a turn where he's against multiple attacks. Then, later in the duel, he could use "Con Artist Goblin" to get "Grumpy Robbin' Goblin" back. He could then use "Robin" with "Griggle", and use "Grumpy Robbin' Goblin" again.

Featured cards
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