Thread: Yu-Gi-Oh! New Genesis (Grave x Gear)

Scott took a look at his first and liked what he was seeing. He had gotten two Kagetokages, Heraldic Beast Amphisbaena, Storming Mirror Force, and Heraldry Record. With this hand, he could easily Xyz on his first turn and have two back row counters to his opponent's moves. The Constellar Xyz Hunter was a little less enthused with their hand, having gotten Solemn Strike, Book of Moon, Ring of Destruction, Fiendish Chain, and Constellar Kaus. If nothing else, they could stall until they got another Constellar to go for the Pleiades-Ptolemy M7 combo that often signaled the defeat of their opponent. The Constellar Xyz Hunter knew that if they could keep monsters out of Scott's Graveyard, they could easily crush this Heraldic Beast deck and take Heraldry Crest of Horror. I'll go first, they said. Since new rules prevented the drawing of a card on the first turn, Constellar Xyz Hunter went straight into Main Phase One. I'll start by setting four cards. They set four cards in the backrow, and a light began showing on the duel disk. Four large cards appeared between them with great realism. Scott was shocked, having never seen holographically projected cards in real life. Whoever this was had technology that fans had been wanting for years, that was for sure. I'll also summon Constellar Kaus. They placed the card in the front row, and a constellation appeared in the sky. After a moment, a figure appeared from it and came down to the field, looking like a strange horse-like creature. A box next to it revealed that it had an ATK of 1800 and a DEF of 700. I end my turn. Attack me if you dare. Scott smiled. Oh, I dare all right. He drew the top card from his deck, which turned out to be a second Storming Mirror Force. Preparing himself for how awesome this was about to be, he began his turn. I'll start by setting three cards. He set both copies of Storming Mirror Force and Heraldry Record on his back row, which caused holographic face-down cards to appear on his side of the field. I'll now summon Heraldic Beast Amphisbaena in attack mode. He placed the card in his front row, which caused a blue dragon-like creature to appear on the field with a box next to it saying 1700 ATK and 1100 DEF. Since I Normal Summoned a Level 4 monster, I can Special Summon Kagetokage from my hand. He set the card in his front row, which caused a shadowy lizard with glowing red eyes to appear next to Amphisbaena, having a box with 1100 ATK and 1500 DEF next to him. Scott beamed, ready for the exciting part when he summoned a holographic Xyz monster. With two Level Four monsters on my field, I will overlay them for Number 18 Heraldry Patriarch in defense position! Amphisbaena turned into a glowing blue ball while Kagetokage turned into a glowing green ball before the two came together in a blinding flash of white light. When the light subsided, a floating tower with a ring around it was on his field, having a box that had 2200 ATK and 2200 DEF next to it. That is so cool! Scott exclaimed, temporarily distracted from the duel by the awesomeness of seeing a monster he used regularly brought to life before his eyes. I'm afraid that you won't be able to enjoy it for long, Constellar Xyz Hunter said. What do you mean?! Constellar Xyz Hunter flipped one of her back row cards face-up. I counter your Xyz Summon of Heraldry Patriarch by activating Solemn Strike! By paying 1500 of my own life points, I can negate the summon of your monster and destroy it. A figure rose from the card, looking like the Christian deity known as God. Constellar Xyz Hunter winced as 1500 life points were drained, the energy rising into the sky and forming a lightning bolt that struck Heraldry Patriarch and disintegrated it. Scott moved his card to the Graveyard, but despite the awe of such an awesome display of power, he never lost his smile. That's fine, because by doing so, you just triggered one of Heraldry Patriarch's effects. When Heraldry Patriarch is sent to the Graveyard, I can send two Heraldic Beast monsters from my Deck to my Graveyard. Wondering if he could imagine the cards he wanted to stick out of his deck for him to grab, he imagined Heraldic Beast Leo and Heraldic Beast Unicorn doing so. To his delight, they stuck out for him to grab. Scott grabbed them to continue his turn. I'm going to send Heraldic Beast Leo to the Graveyard, which allows me to add one Heraldic Beast monster from my Deck to my hand, with the caveats that it can't be another Leo and I cannot use Leo's effect again this turn. He dropped Leo into the Graveyard and willed Amphisbaena to stick out of his deck so that he could add it to his hand, planning to use it with Kagetokage for another Xyz summon on his next turn. I'm also going to send Heraldic Beast Unicorn. He dropped it into the Graveyard. By banishing Unicorn from my Graveyard, I can target one Psychic-Type Xyz monster in my Graveyard and Special Summon it to the field, but I can only use Unicorn's effect once per turn and the monster's effects on the field are negated. Unicorn disappeared from his Graveyard and he Special Summoned Heraldry Patriarch back to the field in Defense position. Constellar Xyz Hunter flipped up another of her back row cards. I will counter your Special Summoning of Heraldry Patriarch from the Graveyard by activating the card Ring of Destruction. It allows me to target Patriarch and destroy it by taking damage to my Life Points equal to is ATK, in this case, 2200. Heraldry Patriarch exploded, and Constellar Xyz Hunter dropped to one knee due to the damage of 2200 Life Points being subtracted on the body. Now I can inflict the same amount of damage onto you, Scott. Scott felt like he had been punched in the stomach as 2200 Life Points were subtracted from him, but was not focused too much on that aspect. Very well, but since you destroyed Heraldry Patriarch again, I get to send two Heraldic Beast monsters from my Deck to my Graveyard again. He pulled Heraldic Beast Unicorn and Heraldic Beast Twin-Headed Eagle from his deck and dropped them into the Graveyard. He unfortunately could not use Unicorn to bring Heraldry Patriarch back this turn, but that would come on his next turn. Without a monster he was vulnerable to a direct attack, but at least he had Storming Mirror Force to fall back on if he needed it. Scott was out of moves for this turn, but had at least two plays on his next turn, so he was doing fine. I end my turn, so it's your go. At this point in the duel, Scott had 5800 Life Points left, while his opponent had 4300 left. Constellar Xyz Hunter drew Honest, which was a very useful card with a Light monster on the field but not currently usable because Scott did not have a monster on his field. With no other move, they went into the Battle Phase. Constellar Kaus will attack you directly! Scott could have countered the attack by using Storming Mirror Force to send Kaus back to the hand, but felt it was not worth it for just one Normal Summoned monster with ATK that was decent but not high. Kaus moved forward and not Scott on his ass with a direct attack that subtracted 1800 Life Points from him. I end my turn. Constellar Xyz Hunter was still comfortable with how things were going. They had Honest, Fiendish Chain, and Book of Moon to counter monster summoning and attacks. If they got a Constellar monster on their next turn, their plan would be in even better shape than before. Scott was holding his own, as expected of a local champion, but the Xyz Hunters had a goal they were working toward, and that made them more determined to win than average duelists. With any Constellar monster on the next turn, they could press the advantage and go for victory. Scott drew his next card and was happy to see Advanced Heraldry Art, a spell card that provided an instant Xyz summon. I will start by banishing Unicorn from my Graveyard to Special Summon Heraldry Patriarch to the field in Defense position. Unicorn disappeared from his Graveyard and he placed Patriarch on the field. Next I will normal summon Amphisbaena and Special Summon Kagetokage from the hand. He placed the monsters on the field. With two Level 4 monsters on the field, I overlay them for Number 39 Utopia. After a blinding flash of light, a humanoid warrior with gold and white coloring was hovering there wielding two swords, a box with 2500 ATK and 2000 DEF right next to him. But wait, that's not all. Using Utopia as an Xyz Material, I overlay for Number S39 Utopia the Lightning. One blinding flash of light later, a more aggressive looking Utopia with a lightning-like aura stood there with the same ATK and DEF. Constellar Xyz Hunter hurriedly flipped up a face-down card. I counter with Fiendish Chain, so that Utopia the Lightning's effects are negated and it cannot attack! Strange symbols and an occult lantern appeared before chains shot out to wrap around Utopia the Lightning. Scott was not perturbed, as he still had one more play. Since I'm still in Main Phase One, I activate the card Advanced Heraldry Art. He placed the card on the field. This allows me to target two Heraldic Beast monsters in my Graveyard and Special Summon them to the field, and afterwards, I am required to Xyz Summon a monster using only those monsters from the Graveyard. I will Special Summon Heraldic Beast Leo and Heraldic Beast Twin-Headed Eagle in attack position. Both cards appeared on the field, and Scott smiled once more. With two Level 4 Heraldic Beast monsters on my field, I overlay them for Number 8 Heraldic King Genom-Heritage! Leo turned into a golden ball and Twin-Headed Eagle into a crimson one, and the two came together in a blinding flash of light. When the light dimmed, a horse creature with wild hair stood there. Constellar Xyz Hunter flipped their last card face-up. I counter with Book of Moon, which flips Genom-Heritage into face-down defense position. Scott flipped Genom-Heritage, so that there was a sideways set card on the field. I end my turn, then. Scott was now happy to have three Xyz monsters on his field, even if Utopia the Lightning was currently unusable for the most part. With Genom-Heritage, he could now copy an Xyz monster and gain its ATK and abilities, as well as still having Storming Mirror Force and Heraldry Patriarch. He was in a good position to go for game on his next turn. All he needed was for things to not go too badly on the next turn. At this point in the duel, Scott was down to half Life Points at 4000, while his opponent was sitting barely ahead at 4300. Constellar Xyz Hunter drew a card, which was a second Honest. It was definitely not a card they were looking for, but it would do for what they needed. I summon Honest in attack mode. They placed the card and an angel-like monster appeared on the field. I will now overlay to summon Constellar Omega. Honest turned into a gold orb and Constellar Kaus turned into a white orb, and the two came together in a flash of light. When the light subsided, a strange colorful creature that looked metallic appeared, along with a box that said 2400 ATK and 500 DEF. I will now detach Honest so that all Constellar monsters I currently control are unaffected by Spell and Trap effects this turn. When Honest was detached, Scott flipped up Heraldry Record. I will counter that by activating Heraldry Record, which says that if you activate an effect by detaching an Xyz Material, I can negate the effect and destroy the monster. A blue jewel and pink jewel appeared, and together, they fired yellow and blue lasers that destroyed Constellar Omega. Constellar Xyz Hunter seemed shaken as they dropped Omega in the Graveyard. With no monsters or back row to protect themselves, the duel was lost. They could not believe they had failed, being defeated by their prey. Still, even if they lost the duel, they would not lose their pride. They would take the defeat and avenge it with the time came for a rematch. I end my turn. Scott drew a card which turned out to be Heraldic Beast Aberconway. Proceeding to Main Phase One, he flipped up Heraldic King Genom-Heritage and switched Heraldry Patriarch to attack position. With no front or back row, he was about to win the duel with a direct attack from both monsters. The only impediment to that would be if the one card in the opponent's hand turned out to be a Battle Fader. I will attack directly with Herladry Patriarch. Using a laser from the tower in the middle, Constellar Xyz Hunter was knocked down while 2200 points of damage were subtracted from their Life Points, leaving them with 2100 Life Points. Scott looked at Heraldic King Genom-Heritage. Genom-Heritage, attack for game. Genom-Heritage charged at Constellar Xyz Hunter, butting them so that they hit the wall and their Life Points were drained down to zero. The duel was over, and Scott had won. The hologram cards went away, and Scott put his cards away. Scott looked down at the robed figure with sympathy. You may be a complete weirdo, but you dueled fairly and did not back down even when you knew you would lose. You may have lost the duel, but you won my respect. He turned around and saw that the barriers had gone down. Well, that's a relief. When Scott turned around, though, he was alarmed to see that the Constellar Xyz Hunter had disappeared without a trace. He waited a few minutes for an ambush attack, but it never came. Scott shrugged and looked down at the duel disk. Well, I guess they don't want this back. I'll keep it, then. Scott began walking down the street to his apartment, hoping that by this time tomorrow it would just be a funny story to tell the guys down at the card shop. When he opened the door, however, he was surprised when someone came running out of the front door of his apartment. At first he feared it was Constellar Xyz Hunter trying to ambush him at home, but the person he saw was wearing a business suit and not a cloak and hood. It was a woman standing at 5'9 with blonde hair in a ponytail and wearing a smart business suit. She had a badge on her hip but he could not read what it said. Come on, Scott, we have to go. What? Who are you? How do you know my name? Scott was starting to get tired of all the random people just showing up in his life right now. There's no time for that. Another duelist is being attacked like you just were. Come on! Scott began following her, wondering what was going on. They went a few blocks and ended up outside someone's house where a duel was going on. Scott was surprised to see a hooded duelist again, but this one had a different build from Constellar Xyz Hunter so he knew it was not them. Do you know that boy who is dueling? the woman he was with asked him. Yeah, his name is Soma. I don't really know him but I've seen him around the card shop a few times. Well, I hope he knows what he's doing. The two stood there on the sidelines to watch the duel, Scott curious to see how this would play out and what kind of deck and dueling skills Soma had.