Ice and Flame Dual Dragon, summon!
[Ice and Flame Dual Dragon, Attack Power 2300]
"Ice and Flame Dual Dragon's effect, once per turn, by discarding a hand card, you can destroy one monster on the field."
Delta picks out a card from his hand to send to the graveyard.
"Destroy the monster you have covered on the field!"
After clearing the back field, it's time for the front field. The fire dragon head of the Ice and Flame Dual Dragon opened its mouth, spewing flames that instantly burned Yugen's covered monster to ashes.
Yugen looked at the empty field in front of him: "Well, it seems you have some skill."
The Ice and Flame Dual Dragon was immediately recognized for its potential as a quality single card when it was released in the physical card environment, and it has appeared in many real battle decks from that time.
Some may wonder, what's so strong about this thing? Its attack and defense stats are identical to the Chaos Wizard, and it requires "excluding two Water Attribute and one Fire Attribute from the graveyard" to summon, which is obviously more troublesome than bringing out the Chaos Wizard.
Moreover, it can only destroy monsters, and it requires sacrificing a hand card, while Chaos Wizard can banish an opponent's monster directly from the game once per turn without sacrificing a card...
Yes, the analysis makes a lot of sense, with only one problem.
The Ice and Flame Dual Dragon appeared in an environment in 2007, a year when the Chaos Wizard and its predecessor the Great Opening were both Forbidden Cards...
It can only be said that those distant environments from years ago can no longer be understood through the value perspectives of modern Yu-Gi-Oh! players.
"As I said, I am the most outstanding one among all the brothers... although I am not proud of it."
Delta said, pausing for a moment.
He involuntarily recalled a tall figure.
The man whom all the AIs called "Father," with his hands behind his back, stood in the blinding sunlight, his features almost indistinguishable.
But the man spoke to him with a cold voice: "You truly are my most outstanding son."
Delta: "..."
After contemplating for two seconds, he shrugged off the image in his mind.
"Now your field is empty," Delta said. "Use 'Ice and Flame Dual Dragon' to directly attack."
The dragon intertwined in fire and ice twisted its body, with flames and frost colliding, only to strike against a transparent barrier in front of Yugen.
"What?" Delta frowned.
"The monster you just destroyed while it was covered is 'Feathered Chestnut Ball.'"
Yugen revealed the monster card that exited from the graveyard.
"In the entire turn that Feathered Chestnut Ball is destroyed, all battle damage I take becomes 0."
"Such a small fry..."
Indeed an AI designed after the company president, even the reckless bravado couldn't be changed.
"Then, set one card facedown, the turn ends."
"My turn, draw." Yugen said, "Then, I will activate the Magic Card 'Angel's Charity' from my hand, drawing three cards from the deck, then discarding two hand cards."
Two hand cards are discarded into the graveyard, but one quickly exits from it.
"One of the discarded cards is the Magic Card 'Card of Compensation.' When sent to the graveyard from the hand, draw two cards." (Original Card)
Yugen then drew out this Magic Card from the graveyard and simultaneously revealed a monster in his hand.
"The effect of 'Magic Attacker' in my hand allows this card to be specially summoned by banishing a Magic Card in the graveyard from the game.
I banish the Magic Card 'Card of Compensation' from the game in my graveyard to specially summon 'Magic Attacker'!"
[Magic Attacker, Attack Power 700]
"Then sacrifice 'Magic Attacker' as a tribute!" Yugen raised his hand, "The ruler of the skies, the embodiment of the storm, descends now—
——Wind Emperor Leiza, summon!"
The virtual clouds rolled, forming a massive vortex. The green storm swept through the data space as the Wind Emperor rode the hurricane, making even the abyss appear as if being churned into chaos by the storm.
[Wind Emperor Leiza, Attack Power 2400]
"It's actually an Emperor?" Delta's expression slightly changed.
The Emperor Series, also a top legendary rare card, mainly features "Upper-level Summon," with each Emperor said to have the ability to rewrite the battle situation and lead to victory upon arrival.
And in prior information, Yugen had never used the power of an Emperor.
"The effect of Wind Emperor Leiza, when Upper-level Summon succeeds, returns one card on the field to the top of the owner's deck," Yugen said, "I return 'Dark Storm Dragon' to the top of the deck!
Emperor Storm Rending!"
The green hurricane lifted, engulfing the dark giant dragon, until the dragon, overwhelmed, vanished in the storm, turning into a golden beam that flew back to the top of Delta's deck.
"Return to the top of the deck..." Delta's face became somewhat grim, "Not merely removing it, but even nullifying the possibility of drawing it next time.
This is the terrifying ability of the Wind Emperor..."
This is also the conclusion Yugen arrived at, believing that compared to the physical card, the Wind Emperor appears even more powerful in the anime.
Its effect not only clears the field by bouncing any card but also carries the powerful ability of "top control." Wind Emperor Leiza can decide what the opponent will draw next turn, choosing to bounce back a useless piece that the opponent cannot immediately use to the top of their deck.
This trick was effective even in the physical card environment back then, much more so in the anime. Because it essentially kills the opponent's chance of having a Divine Draw next turn.
Except for a few players with Destiny Power at cheat-levels—such as Tsukumo Yuma from Part 4, who once had the divine operation of transforming an already drawn Tiered Magic card into a new card right in front of the opponent's eyes.
Of course, that was the kind of top-level powerhouse with Destiny Power strong enough to rewrite reality and usually required the atmosphere to be sufficiently built up to burst forth.
Normally, with the next draw's opportunity killed, even if one wanted a Divine Draw, there would be no way to exploit it.
This is what makes Wind Emperor Leiza most terrifying.
"Return 'Dark Storm Dragon' to the top of the deck!" Yugen said.
This way, Delta's next draw will inevitably be "Dark Storm Dragon." He has two cards left in hand, and drawing an Eight-Star Monster without new card supplies theoretically makes it very difficult to summon.
"Then 'Wind Emperor Leiza' attacks 'Ice and Flame Dual Dragon!'
Wind Emperor raised its arms, and the storm instantly dominated the field. Small whirlwinds rapidly expanded into swirling air currents, dense wind blades slicing through the ice-fire giant dragon, causing it to wail and retreat.
[Delta, LP 4000→LP 3900]
"Then set four cards facedown, the turn ends."
Yugen made a grand gesture, setting four cover cards in the back field, then smiled and gestured "please" with his hand.
Come, it's your turn, please draw a card.
Of course, we all know what you're going to draw.