"What preparations… That's just a 1400 ATK scrub. Even that high-level Dark World isn't a match for my Ultimate Tyranno," Rex frowned. "Did your brain break?"
Scrub?
Kira laughed.
Calling one of the most vicious classic bans from the DM era—more brutal than even Catapult Turtle—a scrub?
Someone hasn't been beaten up by reality yet.
No worries. He'll help this naive dino bro learn fast.
"Cannon Soldier's effect: Tribute 1 monster on your field; inflict 500 damage to your opponent," Kira said. "I Tribute 'Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World' to deal 500."
Goldd didn't complain, turning obediently into a shell and loading into Cannon Soldier. Dark miasma swirled around the Soldier, ready to fire at any time.
"Hah! You finally summon a high-level monster, and you Tribute it just for a measly 500 damage?"
Rex nearly burst out laughing.
"Are you insane?"
"The 'General Raiho of the Ice Barrier' I gave to you also has an effect," Kira added.
Rex: "?"
Huh? My monster?
"While General Raiho is on the field, whenever the opponent activates a monster effect, in order for that effect to resolve, they must discard 1 card from their hand.
If they don't discard, that monster effect is negated."
Rex: "???"
Nani? That savage?
It's basically a one-sided lock that silences all opponent monster effects. And if they want to avoid the lock, they have to pay the steep cost of a hand discard every single time they activate a monster effect.
You're giving me something this degenerate?
Rex was dumbfounded. He even felt a little uneasy accepting such a precious gift.
The big eye was dumbfounded too, stunned for a long beat before blurting, "If you want to commit suicide, you don't have to do it so elaborately, right? You just gave him such a strong monster?"
"Don't mention it."
Kira smiled.
Rex: "…"
Big eye: "…"
"Since Raiho is on the field, if I want my Cannon Soldier's effect to resolve, I have to discard a card," Kira said. "So I discard 'Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World' from my hand to allow Cannon Soldier's effect."
[Rex, LP 2400 → LP 1900]
Rex tanked the damage and snorted. "So what if it hits? Now all your monster effects come with a discard tax. How many cards do you even have left to pitch?"
"No need to worry yourself."
Kira smiled.
"The 'Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World' I just discarded—when this card is discarded to the GY by a card effect, Special Summon it.
Return to the field, Beiige."
[Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World, ATK 1600]
Rex's eyelid twitched.
Right, this guy's Dark World deck—he'd noticed earlier—triggers by discarding cards from the hand via effects.
And this General Raiho, seen alone, looks like a powerful lock. But from another angle, it becomes "each time the opponent activates a monster effect, they can discard another card from hand"—an enabling clause.
If that's the case…
Rex's smile faded. His legendary duelist instincts kicked in—something felt wrong.
Very, very wrong.
"In my GY, 'Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World'—by returning the face-up 'Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World' on the field to my hand, Grapha Special Summons itself from the GY.
I bounce Beiige to hand—revive, Dragon Lord!"
The Dragon Lord descended again, still exuding absolute arrogance. A surging tide of darkness swept across the field; a monstrous fiend rose clawing from the abyss.
[Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World, ATK 2700]
"Once more, Cannon Soldier's effect. This time I Tribute the revived Dragon Lord to deal 500," Kira smiled. "Of course, since the Cannon Soldier's effect activates on the field—
per Raiho's effect, for this effect to resolve, I must discard a card.
So I'll discard the card I just returned to my hand from the field—"
Kira showed the still-warm Beiige that had bounced to his hand a heartbeat ago.
"I discard 'Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World.'"
Kira narrowed his eyes with a sunny smile that, to both Rex and the big eye, looked extremely dangerous.
"Since I discarded a card, Cannon Soldier's effect resolves," Kira said. "Here's another 500."
Grapha obediently became a roiling black shell, loaded into Cannon Soldier. Boom—fired straight into Rex's chest, sending his complexion flushing and paling as he staggered backward.
[Rex, LP 1900 → LP 1400]
"Y-you—"
Rex clutched his chest, unsure whether from shock or fear, barely able to speak.
Kira calmly continued.
"'Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World'—discarded by a card effect, Special Summon itself back to the field."
"In the GY, Grapha's effect—return Beiige to hand; Special Summon Grapha from the GY."
"Cannon Soldier's effect—Tribute Grapha; load the shell; fire!"
"And of course, for this shot to resolve, I have to discard a card again. I discard 'Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World' once more."
"Uuuaaaah—"
[Rex, LP 1400 → LP 900]
Behind them, the big-eyed spirit's eye was opened wide, though it was only one eye—now filled with sheer disbelief.
It was as if saying—
—you can do that?
With Raiho on the field, every Cannon Soldier shot requires discarding Beiige. Beiige auto-jumps back when discarded by effect. Grapha can revive from the GY as many times as you like in a turn as long as there's a Dark World monster on the field—an endless supply of shells.
Cannon Soldier isn't once per turn; as long as you have monsters to Tribute, you can fire as many times as you want.
Beiige isn't once per turn; if it's discarded by a card effect, it always triggers.
An infinite loop—Cannon Soldier with unlimited ammo and unlimited fire rate!
Kira's smile remained.
Scrub? Who are you calling a scrub?
A humble 4-star machine from the DM era—what do you think it got banned for?
Looks like even after joining a criminal organization for power, Rex's understanding of dueling remains charmingly naive.
"As long as these cards are simultaneously present in hand, on field, and in the GY, Cannon Soldier's ammo this turn is infinite," Kira said.
"So the damage you will take is likewise infinite."
Rex: "Aaaaaaaaah—"
[Rex, LP 0]