Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

"Generally speaking, Fusion Summoning requires at least three cards."

"In many cases, this kind of credit card misuse can have very serious consequences."

"It's exhilarating to consume a lot of resources in one round and unleash a burst of power, but it weakens afterward. If you can defeat your opponent, that's fine, but if you fail, things will get complicated."

"We've used up all our cards and have no more energy left, so all we can do now is take a beating."

"Therefore, in some important duels, the deck's sustainability is often more important than its instantaneous burst of power..."

Teacher Youxing shared his experience with several students.

In the beginning, he was also the kind of duelist who liked to use up all his trump cards in one round.

The result is often that they have the advantage in the early stages, but are taught a lesson by their opponents later on.

After being repeatedly defeated, Yusei accumulated some dueling experience.

Thinking of his past self, Yusei couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly.

He looked up at the group of people in front of him. What came into view was a drowsy Judai Yuki, a Hayato Maeda with a look of half-understanding, and a completely bewildered Sho Marufuji...

Ok……

This is normal.

Yu Xing's long, heartfelt speech just now seems to have been a waste of breath...

Yusei shook his head, deciding to stop instilling the old fox's cunning and cowardly mentality into the current group, and instead focus on the duel.

"I will Normal Summon [Summoner Aleister], which I just added to my hand, to the field." Yusei placed Aleister vertically in the monster zone in front of him, indicating that he had summoned this monster with only 1000 ATK in Attack Position.

"Based on Aleister's effect, when this card is Summoned or Flip Summoned, I can add one [Summoning Magic] card from my deck to my hand."

Yusei picked up the deck in front of him again, found the Spell Card [Summoning Magic], shuffled the deck, and put it back in the deck area.

"The ability to use monsters from both graveyards as materials for fusion summoning is truly an unprecedented effect."

"But it's only the first turn, and neither of us has any monsters in our graveyards. How can we use this card for a Fusion Summon?" Hayato asked, a thoughtful expression on his face.

He hadn't seen Yusei's previous actions, so he didn't know the correct way to use this magic card.

"Just watch closely. This is no problem at all for Yusei." Marufuji Sho pushed up his glasses, giving off an expression that said, "I know everything."

As a bystander, he witnessed the entire process of Yusei controlling the summoned beast.

"I activate the Spell Card [Fusion Troops] from my hand." Yusei didn't rush to use a Summoning Spell, but instead activated another Spell Card.

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[Integrated Deployment]

Normal Magic

You can only activate 1 card with this name per turn.

Effect: Reveal one Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck to your opponent; Special Summon one Fusion Material Monster from your hand or Deck whose card name is listed on that monster.

During the turn this card is activated, you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck unless they are Fusion Monsters.

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“I’ve already used up my Normal Summon, which is once per turn, so if I want to summon a new monster now, I’ll have to use a Special Summon.” Hayato watched Yusei’s actions with an expression of admiration.

This guy seems to have some skills.

Yusei opened the card pouch hanging at his waist, took out a stack of purple-bordered cards from the inner compartment, and began to search through them.

This is essentially his extra deck.

"I chose the [Elemental HERO Dark Elf] from the Extra Deck (Warrior/DARK Level 6/ATK 2000/DEF 1000)."

"Based on the effect of [Fusion Summoning], I will Special Summon [Elemental HERO Necromancer Dark Knight] (Warrior/DARK/Level 5/ATK 1600/DEF 1800) from my Deck to the field, which is used as Fusion Material for Necromancer Dark Knight."

Just like when he searched earlier, Yusei retrieved Necromancer from his deck and placed it horizontally in the monster zone on the field, indicating that this monster was Special Summoned to the field in Defense Position.

This 5-star Hero Monster was obtained from opening packs with Ms. Jie at the family restaurant.

Upon seeing the effect of the Necromancer Dark Knight, Tengu immediately stated that this card was more suitable for filling the graveyard than for summoning.

The Necromancer can only be summoned once in the graveyard. When performing a Superior Summon on an Elemental Hero of 5 stars or higher, he can summon directly without sacrificing a sacrifice.

High-level Elemental Hero monsters like Neos and Golden Blade can be summoned directly to the field using Necromancer's effect.

……

After searching, Yusei shuffled his deck and put it back in its original place.

That's the downside of real card duels: after each deck search, you have to shuffle the deck, and sometimes you even have to ask your opponent to shuffle it for you to prevent cheating.

At the beginning, Yusei intended to use [Fusion Troops] to pull [Elemental HERO Bubbleman] from his deck onto the field.

In this world, Bubble Man is equivalent to a human-shaped Pot of Greed. When he is Summoned, Flip Summoned, or Special Summoned, if there are no other cards on the field, you can draw two cards from your deck.

However, since Yusei goes first, for a hero deck, it's better to find a way to get [Masked Hero Dark Claw] than to draw two more cards.

Is directly blocking the opponent's graveyard better than having a bubble-man standing on the field?

Furthermore, since Yusei already has [Summoner Aleister] in attack position on the field, even if he summons Bubbleman now, his effect cannot be activated.

"Why not Special Summon Bubbleman first, activate its effect to draw two cards, and then Normal Summon Aleister?" At this moment, Jaden Yuki on the opposite side seemed to have transformed into Watson, Holmes' assistant, pointing out Yusei's blind spot.

Yusei shared his thoughts, stating that summoning a powerful monster was more important than drawing two cards.

Here we must mention the drawbacks of hero decks.

Heroes who attack from behind can unleash a burst of power based on the situation on the field.

And if you attack first...

You can easily find yourself facing difficult choices, unsure which monster to summon.

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072 Long-awaited Board Game Time (3)

When dueling a stranger, especially when you're going first, if you randomly summon a Fusion Monster without knowing your opponent's strategy, you might end up wasting three cards.

A straightforward guy like Jaden Yuki, who goes for the first normal attack and then ends the turn immediately, would probably not survive a single round in a real duel...

After a brief moment of thought, Yusei decided on the next steps.

When in doubt, calling on your chivalrous friend is always the right thing to do!

Yusei played the Quick-Play Spell Card "Mask Change" from his hand into the Spell & Trap Zone in front of him, right below Necromancer Dark Knight.

"I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card 'Masked Change' from my hand. Based on this card's effect, I can send one 'HERO' monster I control to the Graveyard, and then Special Summon one 'Masked HERO' monster with the same Attribute as that monster from my Extra Deck to the field."

"I send [Elemental HERO Necromancer] from the field to the Graveyard, and then Special Summon [Masked HERO Dark Claw] in Attack Position (Warrior/DARK/Level 6/ATK 2400/DEF 1800)."

Yusei placed Necromancer Dark Knight in the Graveyard, and then summoned Friend Knight - Masked Hero Dark Claw from the Extra Deck to the field in Attack Position.

"No way! It's that troublesome monster again..." Jaden Yuki had witnessed the sealing ability of Touhou, and felt a little apprehensive about this card.

"Is this monster really that strong?" Hayato, who was meeting Friend Hero for the first time, was still unaware of the card's power.

"It's not just strong... it's downright freakish."

"As long as Masked Hero Dark Claw is on the field, the opponent's graveyard is essentially useless..."

Marufuji Sho looked at Yusei's friend, Kamen Rider, and murmured to himself.

Even though there's no virtual image generated by the Duel Disk right now, he still couldn't help but feel a chill the moment he saw this card.

"What?! Directly sealing off the opponent's graveyard? Is that so outrageous?"

“I remember that Daitokuji-sensei had a card called ‘Great Universe,’ which seemed to have the effect of sealing off the graveyard, but that card seemed to seal off both sides…” Hayato scratched his head and said somewhat uncertainly.

"What! That smiling Daitokuji-sensei actually has such a powerful card?" Jaden Yuki's face also showed surprise when he heard Hayato's words.

As a transmigrator, Yusei already knew about this, so he wasn't too surprised at the moment.

Daitokuji's true identity will be revealed in the upcoming Seven Stars arc.

This teacher, who always wears glasses, squints, and appears harmless, is far more complex than he seems.

His true strength should be that of the strongest among the current faculty members of the academy.

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"I activate the Spell Card [Summoning Magic] from my hand, banishing [Summoner Aleister] from the field and [Elemental HERO Necromancer] from the Graveyard as materials to perform a Fusion Summon."

Yusei activated the spell card that he had just added to his hand through Aleister's effect.

"Fusion Summon, [Summoned Beast - Caligula] (Beast/Dark/4-Star/Attack 1000/Defense 1800)."

"It's a new summon!" Jaden Yuki looked at Caligula in front of Yusei with an interested expression.

The possibilities offered by this fusion summoning fascinated him.

The Dark-attribute summon, Caligula, was placed on the field by Yusei in Defense Position.

This gives him two Fusion Monsters on the field: Masked HERO Darkclaw in Attack Position and Summons Caligula in Defense Position.

"I activate the effect of [Summoning Magic] in the graveyard, returning this card from the graveyard to the deck, and adding one [Summoner Aleister] from the banished zone to my hand."

"Then I'll place two cards in ambush, and the turn ends."

(Yusei's hand size: 6 → 2)

Yusei placed the two trap cards, "Divine Declaration" and "Naraku's Trap Hole," from his hand in the back row, ending his turn.

I won't go into the Divine Declaration, as Yusei has used it many times before.

This counter-trap card, known as "Absolutely Not!", is a formidable weapon even in the present world.

It can negate the activation of the opponent's Spell & Trap Cards, as well as the Summoning, Flip Summoning, and Special Summoning of monsters.

However, as a price, users need to pay half of their LP.

【Naraku's Cave】

Common traps

Effect: When your opponent Normal Summons, Flip Summons, or Special Summons a monster with 1500 or more ATK, destroy and banish that monster.