Previously…

           "Yubel, enough!" yelled Jaden.

           "Now I'm guaranteed victory," said Yubelgi. What makes you think you can stop me anyway?

           "I'm gonna find out right now so let's throw down!" yelled Jaden.

           "What's the point?" questioned Jaden. Their strengths are equal.

           "Exactly," said Yubelgi. *Both monsters are destroyed* With Zoma's effect, you take damage equal to Thunder Giant's ATK! *Jaden's LPs drop to 6200.* Finally I play Destiny Hero - Defender (2700) in Defense Mode and end my turn. (0)

           "Man. She really does have different Deck," thought Jaden. Whatever she's planning I have to stop it! With Defender out, though, I get to draw another card now. To kick of my turn, I draw an additional card during my Draw Phase thanks to your Defender. Next, I play Elemental Hero Bubbleman (1200) in Defense Mode and throw down a face-down to call it a turn. (1)

           "I Summon Dark Grepher (1700) in Attack Mode," said Yubelgi. Grepher, take out Bubbleman! Bubbleman is destroyed.

           "You activated my Hero Signal Trap," said Jaden. Now I can bring out Elemental Hero Clayman (2000) in Defense Mode.

           "I end my turn," said Yubelgi. (0)

           "Sounds good," said Jaden. He draws his cards. I play Burstinatrix (0800) in Defense Mode and throw down another 2 face-downs to call it a turn. (0)

          "I set 1 card face-down to end my turn," said Yubelgi. (0)

         "I use Polymerization to send my 2 monsters to my Grave for Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster (2500) in Defense Mode," said Jaden. Next I throw down a face-down and that'll do. (0)

        "When was that sent to the Grave?" asked Yubelgi.

        "Watch this," said Jaden drawing his 2 cards. I bring out Elemental Hero Neos (2500) in Attack Mode from my hand using Necroshade's effect! He's gonna be part of what takes you down, Yubel!

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King of Crimes (1)

Previously…

            "It is a long shot," thought Yugi. Here goes! I tribute my 2 monsters for Gandora the Dragon of Destruction (0000) in Attack Mode. Since its ATK is already 0, it's not affected by Burdon of the Mighty. Now I activate its special effect, which by paying half my LPs, removes from play all other cards and gives Gandora 300 ATK for each one! *All cards are removed from play before Jinzo reappears by Spirit Sword of Sealing's effect, then disappears by Gandora's effect.* Your Jinzo adds to the total of 10 cards removed so my Gandora's ATK is 3000! *Gandora's ATK rises to 3000.* Gandora, end this Duel! *Yujoey's LPs drop to 0 before Joey collapses.* Joey? Are you okay?

          "Yug, what happened?" asked Joey. Last thing I remember was seein' dat other guy win.

          "Yubel possessed you," said Yugi. It's all better now, I freed you.

          "Thanks, Yug," said Joey.

          "Most impressive, Yugi," said Yubel. How's about you and I have some fun? *She merges with Yugi*

          "Yugi!" yelled Joey.

          "Fight back, man!" said Tristan. You can't let her get to you!

          "I'm afraid he already has," said Yubelgi.

          "Dat's it, I'm comin' after ya, you hear me?" asked Joey.

          "Please. Although you beat me, you weren't capable of doing so in just a few turns or I'd have been impressed," said Yubelgi.

          "Yubel, enough!" yelled Jaden.

          "Now I'm guaranteed victory," said Yubelgi. What makes you think you can stop me anyway?

          "I threw down with Yugi's Deck a few years ago and took it down," said Jaden.

          "What makes you so sure that this is the same Deck?" questioned Yubelgi.

          "I'm gonna find out right now so let's throw down!" yelled Jaden.

          "Suit yourself, Jaden but realize that this will be your worst mistake ever!" said Yubelgi.

         "I'll start off with Elemental Hero Sparkman (1400) in Defense Mode and throw down 2 face-downs to call it a turn," said Jaden. (3)

          "I'll play Reinforcement of the Army to add Elemental Hero Avian to my hand," said Yubelgi.

         "Aw come on! Where's the originality?" questioned Jaden. Yubelgi laughs.

          "Originality?" questioned Yubelgi. Why should I care about that when I defeat my opponents?

          "Originality makes your Deck unique over everyone else," said Jaden.

          "What makes you think that because I have Avian in this Deck that my Deck is unoriginal?" questioned Yubelgi.

          "I run Avian too," said Jaden. So your Deck isn't completely original.

         "Well then how about I play Dark Fusion to send Avian and Burstinatrix to the Grave for Evil Hero Inferno Wing (2100) in Attack Mode?" said Yubelgi.

          "I played those cards way back when you possessed me," said Jaden.

          "I set 2 cards face-down and end my turn," said Yubelgi. (1)

         "How about I bring on some fusion action for you?" questioned Jaden. Only this time, I'm takin' out your monster! I play Polymerization to send the Sparkman I have out and the Clayman in my hand to the Grave for Elemental Hero Thunder Giant (2400) in Attack Mode. Now I'll toss a card for Thunder Giant's effect and destroy your Inferno Wing! Inferno Wing is destroyed. Thunder Giant, direct attack! Yubelgi's LPs drop to 5600. I'll throw down a face-down and call it a turn. (1)

         "I activate Burdon of the Mighty, which lowers the ATK of your monsters by 100 for each star in your monsters' Levels," said Yubelgi. Thunder Giant's ATK drops to 1800. Next I activate my face-down card, Zoma the Spirit, which converts the card as a Monster with 1800 ATK but it's still treated as a Trap Card. Zoma appears. Zoma, take out Thunder Giant!

          "What's the point?" questioned Jaden. Their strengths are equal.

         "Exactly," said Yubelgi. Both monsters are destroyed. With Zoma's effect, you take damage equal to Thunder Giant's ATK! Jaden's LPs drop to 6200. Finally I play Destiny Hero - Defender (2700) in Defense Mode and end my turn. (0)

          "Man. She really does have different Deck," thought Jaden. Whatever she's planning I have to stop it!

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Previously…

            "I activate Shrink, so the ATK of your Slasher is halved!" said Yujoey. You were never prepared for me! Straight Slasher's ATK drops to 1200 and Yujoey's score drops to 3000. That ends my turn. (0)

            "Now I'm the one without monsters," thought Yujoey. All I need to do is draw another Burdon of the Mighty and weaken his monsters to a point where I can destroy them and end this Duel. I activate another Burdon of the Mighty so your monsters get weaker! Swift Gaia's ATK drops to 1600 while Straight Slasher's ATK drops to 1700. Next I play D.D. Warrior (1000) in Defense Mode to end my turn. (0)

            "All I need to do is get by that D.D. Warrior and I can win this Duel," thought Yugi. Wait a sec, she must be planning something with that monster. Does it have some special effect that can take out one of my monsters? I'd better play it safe until I can get rid of it without attacking. I set 1 card face-down to end my turn. (0)

            "Before my turn begins, I activate my hidden card, Fires of Doomsday, giving me 2 Doomsday Tokens (0000 x2) in Defense Mode and they can't be used as Tributes except for a DARK monster so to start my turn I tribute one of them for Jinzo (2400) in Attack Mode. Jinzo, destroy his Royal Straight Slasher! Royal Straight Slasher is destroyed and Yugi's LPs drop to 400 Make your final move! (0)

            "I will," said Yugi. I play Spirit Sword of Sealing!" said Yugi. Jinzo is removed from play. Jinzo disappears. Next I switch my Swift Gaia to Defense Mode and end my turn. (0)

            "He made a smart move by getting rid of my Jinzo but that only applies as long as his Sword of Sealing stays active," thought Yujoey. I draw!" Heavy Storm is nice but that would get rid of my own Burdon of the Mighty and I want that to stay out to keep his monsters weak. I set 1 monster in Defense Mode to end my turn. (0)

            "She now has 3 monsters on the field," thought Yugi. I could risk attacking and find out what it is but with so few LPs at the moment, I can't take that risk. I Summon Mystical Elf (2000) in Defense Mode to end my turn. (0)

            "Figures he's still stalling," thought Yujoey. He can't afford to lose his monsters or I'll win the Duel and I'm going to do just that this turn. I Summon Mystic Tomato (1100) in Defense Mode and end my turn. (0)

            "It's time to take you down and free Joey!" said Yugi.

            "With one card?" questioned Yujoey. I doubt it.

            "It is a long shot," thought Yugi. Here goes! I tribute my 2 monsters for Gandora the Dragon of Destruction (0000) in Attack Mode. Since its ATK is already 0, it's not affected by Burdon of the Mighty. Now I activate its special effect, which by paying half my LPs, removes from play all other cards and gives Gandora 300 ATK for each one! All cards are removed from play before Jinzo reappears by Spirit Sword of Sealing's effect, then disappears by Gandora's effect. Your Jinzo adds to the total of 10 cards removed so my Gandora's ATK is 3000! Gandora's ATK rises to 3000. Gandora, end this Duel! Yujoey's LPs drop to 0 and Joey collapses. Joey? Are you okay?

           "Yug, what happened?" asked Joey. Last thing I remember was seein' dat other guy win.

           "Yubel possessed you," said Yugi. It's all better now, I freed you.

           "Thanks, Yug," said Joey.

           "Most impressive, Yugi," said Yubel. How's about you and I have some fun? She merges with Yugi.

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Shadow Delver (3)

Previously…

            "This is it," thought Yugi. I have no cards out or in my hand so I'll need to draw Card of Sanctity. It'll be a risky play since it lets my opponent draw also but I have no other option at this point. It's time to make this draw count! *He draws his card.* Got it! I activate Card of Sanctity, letting us both draw cards until our hands hold 6! Then I use Monster Reborn to revive my Watapon! *Watapon appears.* Then I tribute it for Silent Swordsman LV5 (2300) in Attack Mode. Thanks to his effect, he's unaffected by your Burdon's effect.

            "I use Synthesis Spell to discard Darklord Zerato for Lycanthrope (2400) in Attack Mode," said Yujoey. With 2400 ATK, it's enough to take out your Silent Swordsman so destroy it, Lycanthrope!

            "I activate Soul Shield!" said Yugi. It ends the Battle Phase by halving my LPs. *His LPs drop to 1600.*

            "Then I'll set 2 cards to end my turn," said Yujoey. (2)

            "Your monster is going down!" said Yugi drawing his card. I need a strategy now more than ever! Since Ground Erosion is still in play, your monster continues to lose ATK. Lycanthrope's ATK drops to 1400. Now I play Marshmallon Glasses, preventing you from attacking any of my monsters except Marshmallon. That ends my turn. (0)

            "I play…" started Yujoey drawing her card. Lycanthrope's ATK drops to 900. ….my face-down Monster Reborn to revive my Darklord Zerato (2800) in Attack Mode. Next I tribute Lycanthrope to play Darknight Parshath (1900) in Attack Mode. He gets 100 ATK for every DARK monster in my Grave and there are 4! Darknight Parshath's ATK rises to 2300. I set 1 card face-down to end my turn. (1)

            "With Marshmallon protecting my other monsters, I can play more monsters," thought Yugi. I just hope she doesn't find a way to either get rid of Marshmallon or the Glasses. I set 1 card face-down to end my turn. (0)

            "Finally I can end this Duel," said Yujoey. I activate Darklord Zerato's effect, destroying all of your monsters by sending 1 DARK monster in my hand to the Grave. Marshmallon and Swordsman LV5 are destroyed but then (0500) reappear (2300). What happened? How did they return?

            "I activated Mirage Ruler, which brings them back to the field since all of my monsters were destroyed this turn," said Yugi.

            "Darklord, destroy his Silent Swordsman LV5!" said Yujoey. Silent Swordsman LV5 is destroyed and Yugi's LPs drop to 1100. That ends my turn and due to Darklord's effect, he's destroyed since I used his effect to destroy all of your monsters. Darklord Zerato is destroyed and Darknight's ATK rises to 2400. (1)

            "I play Obnoxious Celtic Guard (1200) in Defense Mode to end my turn," said Yugi. (0)

            "Your pitiful stalling is becoming a nuisance," said Yujoey. However, as of yet I cannot get rid of those monsters so I end my turn again. (2)

            "Then I'm about turn around this Duel," said Yugi. I tribute my Celtic Guard for Royal Straight Slasher (2400) in Attack Mode.

            "His points are equal to my Darknight's," said Yujoey.

            "That doesn't matter for I use his effect," said Yugi. All I have to do is send monsters whose Levels are 1-5 respectively to my Grave and all of your cards are destroyed. I send Level 1 Kuriboh, Level 2 Old Vindictive Magician, Level 3 Silent Swordsman, Level 4 Silent Magician and Level 5 another Silent Swordsman LV5! Yujoey's cards are destroyed. Royal Straight Slasher, attack directly!

            "I Summon another Battle Fader (0000) in Defense Mode," said Yujoey. Battle Fader appears.

            "I end my turn," said Yugi. (0)

            "I set 1 card face-down to end my turn," said Yujoey. (1)

            "Battle Fader is a pretty weak defense so if I can destroy it, she'll be open for a direct attack," thought Yugi. I play Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight (2300) in Attack Mode.

            "That's a Level 7 monster," said Yujoey.

            "True but due to its effect, I can play it as a Normal Summon if it's the only card in my hand," said Yugi. Swift Gaia, take out Battle Fader! Battle Fader disappears. Why wasn't it sent to the Graveyard?

            "When Battle Fader is brought out by its effect, it is removed from play when it leaves the field," said Yujoey.

            "Royal Straight Slasher, attack her directly!" said Yugi.

            "I activate Shrink, so the ATK of your Slasher is halved!" said Yujoey. You were never prepared for me!

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            "I activate Soul Shield!" said Yugi. It ends the Battle Phase by halving my LPs. His LPs drop to 1600.

            "Then I'll set 2 cards to end my turn," said Yujoey. (2)

            "First I reveal my face-down card, Stronghold the Moving Fortress, which treats itself as a monster with 2000 DEF," said Yugi. *Stronghold appears* Next, I activate my other face-down card, Ambush Shield, adding the DEF of Stronghold to my Silent Swordsman LV5 by tributing Stronghold! Stronghold disappears and Silent Swordsman LV5's ATK rises to 4300. Silent Swordsman, destroy her Lycanthrope!

            "I use my face-down card, Mirror Force card so both of your monsters are destroyed!" said Yujoey. Yugi's monsters are destroyed.

            "I set 2 cards face-down to end my turn," said Yugi. (0)

            "Now it's about time I end this Duel," said Yujoey. Lycanthrope, end this Duel!

            "I activate Turn Jump!" said Yugi. You now lose your Battle Phase and it becomes my turn now.

            "Then go," said Yujoey. (3)

            "I will," said Yugi. First I activate my other hidden card, Ground Erosion, which will lower the ATK of your monster by 500 each turn. Next I Summon Marshmallon (0500) in Defense Mode to end my turn. (0)

            "I draw," said Yujoey.

            "Now Ground Erosion's effect activates!" said Yugi. Lycanthrope's ATK drops to 1900.

            "I set 1 monster in Defense Mode and 1 card face-down to end my turn," said Yujoey. (2)

            "Your monster is going down!" said Yugi drawing his card. I need a strategy now more than ever!

TO BE CONTINUED...

Shadow Delver (1)

Previously…

            "Alright, it's my turn," said Yugi. I play Green Gadget (0600) in Defense Mode and with it, I now add Red Gadget to my hand. Then I use Polymerization to send my 3 Gadgets to my Graveyard for ~Blue Gadget~ (3000) in Attack Mode. Blue Gadget, destroy Vorse Raider!

            "I activate Draining Shield, giving me LPs equal to your monster's ATK," said Yujoey.

            "Sorry but when Blue Gadget attacks, you can't use Spell or Trap Cards until the Damage Step," said Yugi. *Draining Shield disappears and Vorse Raider is destroyed, bringing Yujoey's LPs to 6900.* I end my turn. (2)

            "I activate Raigeki to destroy your Blue Gadget!" said Yujoey. *Blue Gadget is destroyed while Red, Green, and Yellow Gadget appear.*

            "When Blue Gadget is destroyed by a Spell Card effect, I can bring back its Fusion Material monsters," said Yugi.

            "Doesn't matter to me," said Yujoey. I Summon Dark Grepher (1700) in Attack Mode. Grepher, take out Red Gadget! *Red Gadget is destroyed* I set another card face-down to end my turn. If that's all you have, you'll never defeat me! (3)

            "I tribute my 2 monsters for Dark Magician (2500) in Attack Mode," said Yugi. Since it's a Spellcaster, I can now activate Magical Dimension to tribute it and bring out Dark Magician Girl (2000) in Attack Mode and get rid of your Dark Grepher! Dark Magician disappears befopre Dark Grepher is destroyed and Dark Magician Girl appears. Thanks to her effect, my Dark Magician Girl gets 300 ATK for every Dark Magician Girl in our Graves. Dark Magician Girl's ATK rises to 2300. Dark Magician Girl, attack directly!

            "I activate Miniaturize, lowering your monster's ATK by 1000 since it has at least 1000 ATK points," said Yujoey. Dark Magician Girl's ATK drops to 1300. Whether it's important to you or not, your Dark Magician Girl is now a Level 5 monster. Her LPs drop to 5600.

            "I end my turn," said Yugi. (0)

            "You're also out of cards in your hand, which is going to cost you dearly," said Yujoey. I play Burden of the Mighty, reducing the ATK of all of your monster by 100 points for every star in its Level. Dark Magician Girl's ATK drops to 800. Next I discard Belial Marquis of Darkness to play another Dark Grepher (1700) in Attack Mode. Dark Grepher appears. Then I tribute it for Caius the Shadow Monarch (2400) in Attack Mode. Due to its effect, it removes from play 1 card on the field and if it happens to be a DARK monster, you take 1000 damage! I think I'll do away with your Dark Magician Girl! Dark Magician Girl disappears and Miniaturize is destroyed. Since she's a DARK monster, you take 1000 damage! Yugi's LPs drop to 7000. Caius, attack him directly! Yugi's LPs drop to 4600. That ends my turn. (0)

            "Here goes!" said Yugi. Yes! I activate Pot of Greed so I get 2 cards and once of which I play, Watapon (0300) in Defense Mode!

            "Big deal. It's no match for Caius," said Yujoey.

            "Maybe not but it's time I bring out a monster that is," said Yugi. I need a monster that can get around her Burdon of the Mighty. What in my hand can help me do that? This will help. I tribute my Watapon for Summoned Skull (2500) in Attack Mode!

            "You forget that thanks to Burdon, your monster loses 600 ATK," said Yujoey. Summoned Skull's ATK drops to 1900.

            "I set 1 card face-down to end my turn," said Yugi. (0)

           "I use Allure of Darkness to draw twice and remove from play the Darknight Parshath in my hand," said Yujoey. Now Caius, destroy his Summoned Skull!

            "I activate Mirror Force so that's the end of your Caius," said Yugi. Caius is destroyed.

            "I end my turn," said Yujoey. (1)

            "I Summon Gamma the Magnet Warrior (1500) in Attack Mode," said Yugi. Gamma, attack directly!

            "I Summon Battle Fader (0000) in Defense Mode from my hand!" said Yujoey.

            "You can't play a monster from your hand during my turn without a card effect," said Yugi.

            "Yeah! You gotta be cheatin'!" said Hassleberry.

            "I'm afraid it's perfectly legal," said Yujoey. Battle Fader lets me Summon him to my field if you declare a direct attack and when he's Summoned this way, he ends the Battle Phase. You're always one step behind!

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The Wrathmatician (1)

Previously…

            "This won't take very long," said YB. I've heard you have some skills but they won't compare to mine.

            "We'll see," said Joey. Let's do this!

            "As you wish," said YB. I'll be starting with Dark Crusader (1600) in Attack Mode. Due to its effect, I can discard 2 DARK monsters to my Grave to raise his ATK by 800! *Dark Crusader's ATK rises to 2400.* Next I set 2 cards face-down to end my turn. (1)

            "I Summon Axe Raider (1700) in Attack Mode," said Joey. Axe Raider, take out that Dark Crusader!

            "I activate Mirror Force!" said YB. Now all Attack Position monsters you control are destroyed! *Axe Raider and Knight of Dark Dragon are destroyed,*

            "I place another card face-down and end my move," said Joey. (1)

            "I tribute my Vorse Raider for Jinzo (2400) in Attack Mode," said YB. Jinzo, attack directly! *Joey's LPs drop to 5600.* Dark Crusader, deal him some damage! You have nothing to play, Wheeler! *Joey's LPs drop to 3200.* I set 1 card face-down to end my turn. (0)

            "I gotta figure a way out of this mess," thought Joey. He's got two monsters out that are more than my current LPs. Wait a sec. That's it! I think I have a plan now. I set 1 monster in Defense Mode and end my move. (1)

            "Well then you're about to be finished!" said YB. I play Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer (1800) in Attack Mode. Kycoo, take out his face-down monster! The face-down Fiber Jar (0500) is destroyed.

            "Aw yeah!" said Joey. With my Fiber Jar's effect, all cards in our Graves and hands return to our Deck and we each draw 5 cards. *All cards disappear*

            "Looks like you get a lucky break," said YB. I set 2 cards face-down to end my turn. (4)

            "I use Foolish Burial to send Gearfried from my Deck to my Grave," said Joey. Then, I Summon Jinzo (2400 in Attack Mode with Monster Reborn! Jinzo appears. Jinzo, attack her directly!

            "I use my face-down Fires of Doomsday!" said YB. You won't be getting to my LPs that easily. A Doomsday Token is destroyed.

            "I set 2 cards face-down to end my turn," said Joey. (2)

            "I Summon Vorse Raider (19000) in Attack Mode," said YB. I also equip it with Axe of Despair, raising its ATK by 1000! Vorse Raider's ATK rises to 2900. Vorse Raider, destroy his Jinzo! Jinzo is destroyed and Joey's LPs drop to 2700. I set 1 more card face-down to end my turn. (2)

            "I Summon Little-Winguard (1800) in Defense Mode and end my turn," said Joey. (3)

           "Figures you don't have what you say you had to defeat me," said YB. You're just not good enough. I activate another of my hidden cards, Curse of the Masked Beast to discard Belial, Marquis of Darkness for The Masked Beast (3200) in Attack Mode. Vorse Raider, destroy his Little Winguard! Little-Winguard is destroyed. Masked Beast, end this Duel!

            "Look out, man!" yelled Tristan.

            "Joey!" said Tea`.

            "I activate Hyper Refresh!" said Joey. It doubles my LPs since both of your monsters are more than my remaining LPs! His LPs rise to 5400, then drop to 2300.

            "You will fall at the hands of my monsters next round!" yelled YB. I end my turn. (1)

            "Here goes!" said Joey drawing his card. Deck don't fail me now! I activate Scapegoat, which gives me 4 Goat Tokens (0000 x4) in Defense Mode but I'm not allowed to Summon a monster this turn or use the tokens as a tribute. I set 1 card face-down to end my turn. (2)

            "Your weak defenses are really aggravating me," said YB. I bring out my Kycoo (1800) in Attack Mode. Kycoo, Masked Beast, and Vorse Raider, destroy Goat Tokens! 3 Goat Tokens are destroyed. Savor your next turn because I will make sure that come my next turn, you won't have any following turns! (1)

            "I gotta protect myself," thought Joey. With only one Goat Token left, and since it's DEF makes it an easy target for her monsters to destroy and wipe me out, I need other monsters that can stand up to them. I use Pot of Greed and allow myself to draw twice. I hope these can help me out or I'm done!

            "Nothing you draw can save you now!" said YB. Your Deck is as weak as ever!

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