Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

Upon hearing the unexpected card name, Yuito's face showed a puzzled expression.

"Hehehe...you'll find out soon enough!"

With a slight smile, Yusei continued, "Next, I'll activate the second effect of [Elemental HERO Solid Warrior], which was sent to the graveyard as fusion material!"

"If this card is sent from the Monster Zone to the Graveyard by the effect of a Spell Card (referring to Fusion), you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Elemental HERO monster from your Graveyard, other than Solid Hero, to the field in Defense Position!"

"Could it be that……?"

"...That's it! The one I chose to Special Summon is none other than [Elemental HERO Prism], who was just sent to the graveyard as fusion material for Sunrise Warrior!"

A light-attribute hero, whose entire body was made of blue-green crystal, appeared on the duel field in a crouching defensive stance as Yusei finished speaking.

Beneath him, crouching in defensive position, is an enlarged, face-down card, indicating that the monster is currently in defensive stance.

Unlike attack stance, monsters in defense stance will not harm the duelist even if they are destroyed in battle.

Unless, of course, the opponent's monster has a defense-piercing effect such as "When this card attacks a defense-position monster, inflict damage to your opponent equal to the difference between its ATK and DEF".

A monster with this effect is generally someone's trump card monster.

The Ancient Machine Titan (3000 attack power) of Professor Kunonos, the professor of Duel Academy and Jaden Yuki's opponent in the entrance exam, and the Cyber ​​End Dragon (4000 attack power) of Ryo Marufuji (Kaiser), the emperor of Duel Academy and Obelisk Blue.

...is a prime example of this.

for example.

像游城十代的【元素英雄·羽翼侠】（战士族/风/3星/攻击力1000/守备力1000）在守备表示时，被库诺诺斯教授的【古代之机械巨人】（机械族/地/8星/攻击力3000/守备力3000）通过战斗给破坏。

Normally, Jaden Yuki wouldn't have taken battle damage at this point, but [Ancient Gear Giant] has a special penetrating effect—when this card attacks a monster in Defense Position, it inflicts battle damage on the opponent by the amount that the monster's ATK exceeds its DEF. Furthermore, when this card attacks, the opponent cannot activate Spell & Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step. Therefore, even though Jaden Yuki had [Attack Nullification] and [Divine Shield - Mirror Force -] set in his back row, he couldn't activate them.

Furthermore, he will suffer a massive amount of damage, exceeding his defense value by a full 2000 points!

Strictly speaking, the monster in Elemental Heroes that is most deserving of being sent to the graveyard is [Elemental Hero: Shadow Mist Lady].

Sending it to the graveyard using Prism Man's effect not only triggers the Shadow Mist Lady's search effect but also allows you to change your attributes, making it a win-win situation.

Unfortunately, the deck that Yusei is currently using doesn't include the Mist Lady...

"Next, I activate Prism Man's monster effect. Once per turn, I can reveal 1 Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck to my opponent, and send 1 Fusion Material Monster with that monster's name from my Deck to the Graveyard. Until the End Phase, this card is treated as the same as the monster whose name was sent to the Graveyard for this effect."

"——Reflection Change (リフレクト?チェンジ/Reflect Change)"

Yusei opened his palm towards Prism Man in front of him and continued, "Based on Prism Man's effect, I will show you Elemental HERO Sailor Man from my Extra Deck, and then send Elemental HERO Bubble Man, which is its Fusion Material, from the Deck to the Graveyard."

"In this way... until the end of the round, the Prism Man of the Light attribute can be used as the Bubble Man of the Water attribute!"

"What exactly do you want...?"

As Yusei began to tell stories, the doubt on Yuto's face gradually deepened.

What are you planning to do by summoning so many monsters in one turn?

"Didn't you just want to know what [Miracle Fusion] does?" Yusei smiled slightly at Yuto and then shoved the magic card in his hand into the Duel Disk: "Activate Magic Card [Miracle Fusion]!"

"...For a Fusion Summon using this card, the Fusion Materials can be chosen from either the field or the Graveyard!"

"What?! Using monster cards from the graveyard as fusion material... there are actually cards like that?"

Upon hearing Yusei's words, not only his opponent Yuito, but also the referee Sugoroku Muto, were momentarily stunned.

"I will fuse the water-attribute Bubble Hero and the earth-attribute Solid Hero located in my graveyard..."

"Summoned here! —Atop the snow-capped peaks of the far north, stands the proud and solitary silver hero — [Elemental Hero: Absolute Zero]!"

As Yusei finished speaking, silvery-white snowflakes suddenly appeared in the area where the card shop was located.

As the snowflakes grew denser, a new hero clad in silver armor and draped in a greyish-white cloak slowly came into view.

Following the "Red" Sunrise Hero and the "Blue" Great Tornado Hero, the third Elemental Hero Fusion Monster, the "Silver" Zero Hero, was summoned by Yusei.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

【Elemental Heroes: Absolute Zero】

(Warrior/Water Attribute/8-Star/Attack 2500/Defense 2000)

Blending/Effects:

A monster with "hero" in its name + a water-type monster.

This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Fusion Summon.

This card gains 500 ATK for each face-up WATER monster other than "Elemental HERO Zero" on the field.

When this card leaves the field, all monsters on your opponent's field are destroyed.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Of the fusion monsters that have appeared so far, Yusei has only explained the effects of Tornado and Sunrise's first search, Miracle Fusion.

As for the effects of the other monsters, the opponent had absolutely no idea.

This is what we call an intelligence advantage.

Sometimes, it can even bring unexpected surprises to the other person...

"Oh...right, Yusei, I noticed you didn't draw any cards just now, did you?"

Suddenly remembering something, the burly referee, Muto Sugoroku, couldn't help but speak up to remind him.

These tournaments held at card shops are less of a competition and more of a simple card-playing pastime... and the rules aren't strictly defined...

Whether the first player can draw a card ultimately depends on the specific rules.

"Oh...yes..."

Upon hearing Muto Sugoroku's reminder, Yusei quickly drew another card from his deck: "My turn, draw."

Since the referee has said so, there's no need for me to be polite!

It's always good to be able to draw more cards...

You might just win a really amazing prize!

"(⊙o⊙) Hmm?...This is..."

Yusei glanced at the card he had just drawn out of the corner of his eye, and his expression changed slightly.

The pink border highlights its identity as a trap card.

The image of the old man printed on the card directly revealed his identity...

[Divine Declaration]...

"Hey hey hey..."

Upon seeing the card, Yusei couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Meanwhile, the person standing opposite him, Yuito, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine...

It felt as if something bad was about to happen to me...

008 Elemental HERO Deck VS Poseidon Deck (Part 3)

When talking about classic red traps, one cannot help but mention the "God" series of trap cards.

In the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime, when the protagonist Jaden Yuki was engaged in a life-or-death duel with the evil dueling spirit, the android Soga, he suddenly unleashed a "God's Declaration" card at the last moment in a state of extreme anger.

By paying half of his own life value, he rendered the revival of the android Soga ineffective, ultimately resolving the crisis and sending the android Soga, the culprit, directly to another dimension...

In Yusei's memory, Jaden Yuki never used the God Card "Divine Declaration" again after that duel.

I don't know if they forgot about this card, or if the writers thought it was too powerful and simply banned it...

Anyway...

【God's Declaration】As the first Trap Card in the "God" series, it has had an epoch-making impact.

From its inception to this day, it has never been forgotten.

It can adapt to almost any deck and exert tremendous pressure within it. Sometimes, a single [Divine Judgment] can prevent the opponent from launching their attack, allowing you to turn the tide of the game!

In recent years, the "God" family has gained several more brothers, and Konami has successively released a series of cards such as "God's Announcement", "God's Warning", and "God's Advice".

The scope of influence has even begun to extend to—the activation of negating card effects, and the Summoning, Special Summoning, and Flip Summoning of monsters…

And so, the kind-faced old man who brought Xiao Rong began to frequently appear in various matches.

This series can be considered a boon and a must-have for those who enjoy collecting red-themed content and newspaper articles.

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[Divine Declaration] (Counter-Trap)

effect:

You can pay half of the base points to activate the following effects.

• This card can only be activated when a Spell or Trap Card is activated; negating that activation and destroying the card.

This effect can only be activated when either player summons, flips, or special summons a monster. The summon is negated, and the summoned monster is destroyed.

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Trap cards are activated in a specific order, and generally they are processed according to the order in which they are activated.

As a counter-trap, the "God" series trap cards have the most noble three-speed attribute and cannot be chained by monster cards!

Unlike regular trap cards, Counter Trap is the fastest trap card. Regular spell and trap cards cannot activate their effects in response to Counter Trap.

To negate its activation, you can only use a counter trap card of the same speed...

It is precisely because of this that many people are terrified of the old man...

Cards that won't be affected by low-speed card chain effects, you're kidding me!

A monster with the effect of a counter card, right?

You dare to try and see my noble three-speed card?

Try it or die!

……