One of the more frequently appearing types is Hand Destruction.
"Pay 1000 Life Points and randomly discard a card from your opponent's hand. After that, your opponent selects another card to discard."
[Yugen, LP 4000→LP 3000]
"It's not that easy."
Mitsuzawa suddenly revealed a card in his hand.
"The Monster Effect of 'Twin Demons' in my hand!
When the opponent activates a card with the effect of 'discarding my hand', send this card from your hand to the Graveyard to negate that activation and destroy it!
Additionally, draw a card from your deck!"
The always advantageous Twin Demons stumbled for the first time, colliding head-on with the Twin Demons materialized on Mitsuzawa's field, and retreated in defeat.
"Thus, the effect of Twin Demons is negated, and I draw a card!" Mitsuzawa smiled.
"I see, you researched a counter-strategy against 'Hand Destruction', well done, second place," Yugen chuckled lightly.
"Since it's a duel against the first place, it's natural to be extra cautious," Mitsuzawa said confidently, arms crossed, "I've prepared thoroughly for this duel!"
Yugen drew three more cards.
"I cover a Monster Card in the front field and cover two cards in the back field. Turn over."
Mitsuzawa frowned slightly.
Instantly, there were three more covers on the field. But he didn't attack...
In this case, it's still unclear what the so-called 'main force' Yugen mentioned is.
"Is it still a defense-oriented, counterattack card deck?"
Thinking of this, Mitsuzawa couldn't help but smile.
"If that's the case, I'll win this duel even more surely!"
Yugen smiled faintly, "You'll know by trying."
"Then I won't hold back." Mitsuzawa raised his voice, "It's my turn, draw!"
"I activate the Equipment Magic 'Magical Wand'!" Mitsuzawa said, "Equip it to a Mage Race monster, and the equipped monster's Attack Power increases by 500."
"Equip the 'Magical Wand' to the Mage Race's 'Mathematician'!"
[Mathematician, Attack Power 1500→Attack Power 2000]
"Then watch closely, first place. My seventh supplementary deck is designed to defeat you, with the first set of killer combos!"
Mitsuzawa revealed a card from his hand again.
"Normal summon 'Variable Beast: Cannon Dragon'!" Mitsuzawa said, "This card can be summoned directly without a sacrifice. However, its original Attack Power and Defense Power are halved when summoned this way!"
[Variable Beast: Cannon Dragon, Attack Power 2800→ Attack Power 1400]
"Then, I activate the Equipment Magic 'Meteor Bow - Ye Flame' from my hand, equipping it to 'Variable Beast: Cannon Dragon'!" Mitsuzawa said, "The equipped monster's Attack Power decreases by 1000 points, but it can attack the opponent directly!"
[Variable Beast: Cannon Dragon, Attack Power 1400→Attack Power 400]
The surrounding students couldn't help but be puzzled by this maneuver.
Reducing the Cannon Dragon's Attack Power to 1400 by another 1000, what good would a direct attack do?
"Maybe he still holds the 'Dull Axe' in his hand."
From the stands, Asuka Tenjouin suddenly heard a voice behind her. She turned around, "Ryo?"
Appearing behind her was none other than the Duel Academy's Kaiser, Marufuji Ryo.
"Are you here to watch the new student assessments too?"
"Yes, there are a few new students this year that pique my interest slightly," Marufuji Ryo nodded and said.
"Indeed, if it's the 'Dull Axe', it can negate Cannon Dragon's own effect and grant an additional 1000 Attack Power increase, perfectly countering the drawback of the Meteor Bow," Asuka pondered, "If it's this combo, Mitsuzawa will have a Cannon Dragon with 2800 Attack Power and can attack directly!"
But at this moment, Mitsuzawa Earth on the field chuckled lightly, "Are you thinking that I have the 'Dull Axe' in my hand?"
Yugen: "..."
"The Dull Axe combo can give me a Cannon Dragon capable of direct attacks, indeed a powerful combo. However, my duel strategy surpasses even that!
What I'm doing is not just inflicting massive damage; I'm going to win the duel in this turn!"
This declaration astounded the audience.
The duel had just begun, and he was already so confident?
"I activate the Magic Card 'Mechanical Duplication Technique' from my hand!
Select a Mechanical Race monster with Attack Power 500 or less on your field, and special summon up to two cards with the same name from your deck!
The target I choose is my own 'Variable Beast: Cannon Dragon' with the Attack Power reduced to 400!"
The surrounding students: "!!!"
Is this even possible!?
"The purpose of Meteor Bow is not for the direct attack, but to reduce Cannon Dragon's Attack Power below 500!" Asuka couldn't help but say.
At this moment, the Cannon Dragon on Mitsuzawa's field had been chosen by Mechanical Duplication Technique and split into three, materializing two additional mechas onto the field!
[Variable Beast: Cannon Dragon, Attack Power 2800] x2
Among the crowd, a student exclaimed, "Summoning three Seven-Star Monsters at once with this method!"
High up, Chronos nodded repeatedly, "As expected of the elite among the freshmen, Mitsuzawa is more impressive than that Chazz."
Even his displeasure at the thought of Chazz, whom he had intentionally supported earlier, being beaten by Judai to the point of almost getting demoted to Yellow Dormitory, lightened significantly.
Asuka: "However, can it proceed so smoothly? Yugen's duel is after all..."
Her gaze couldn't help but move to the face-down cards in Yugen's back field.
Having personal experience provides insight; you can't easily disregard any of this guy's back field cards.
Sure enough, Yugen's back field also revealed: "Open the face-down card, Trap Card 'Torrential Burial'!
When monsters are summoned, special summoned, or flipped summoned, destroy all monsters on the field indiscriminately!"