YGO EQG XX - Episode 026

"**Trials By Ice**" is the 26th episode of the series.

## Featured Duel: Flash Sentry vs. Cold Steel

**Turn 1: Cold**

Cold draws. He then activates "Frozen Heart Demon" (Left 2) and "Frozen Heart Yuki-Onna" (Right 10) in his Pendulum Zones. He then Pendulum Summons "Frozen Heart Knight" (1700/1500), "Frozen Heart Statue Soder" (900/700) and "Frozen Heart Magician" (2000/1000) from his hand in Attack Position. He then tunes the Level 4 "Knight" with the Level 3 Tuner monster "Statue Soder" in order to Synchro Summon "Frozen Heart Lord of the Javelin" (2500/2200) in Attack Position.

**Turn 2: Flash**

Flash draws. He then activates "Magna Caster Ratio" (Left 1) and "Nightlight Magna Sheep" (Right 9) in his Pendulum Zones. He then Pendulum Summons "Glow Claw Magna Chimp" (1800/600) and "Crystal Tusk Magna Boar" (1000/1000) from his hand in Attack Position. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Ratio" to look at the top three cards of his Deck, banish one monster among them and increase the ATK of one monster he controls by the banished monster's Level x200. He banishes "Lightspeed Dragon" and targets "Magna Chimp" ("Magna Chimp": 1800 → 2600/600).

He then activates the effect of "Magna Boar" to target "Magna Chimp" and allow it to attack all Special Summoned monsters Cold controls. "Magna Chimp" attacks "Lord of the Javelin". This activates the effect of "Magna Chimp", reducing the ATK of "Lord of the Javelin" by 100 for every banished monster ("Lord of the Javelin": 2500 → 2400/2200). "Magna Chimp" then destroys "Lord of the Javelin" (Cold 4000 → 3800). "Magna Chimp" attacks "Magician". The effect of "Magna Chimp" activates ("Magician": 2000 → 1900/1000). "Magna Chimp" then destroys "Magician" (Cold 3800 → 3100). Cold finds and activates the Action Card "Battle Lock" to prevent Flash's monsters from attacking this turn. He then Sets a card.

**Turn 3: Cold**

Cold draws. He then Pendulum Summons "Frozen Heart Golem" (2800/1800) from his hand in Attack Position. He then activates the effect of the "Magician" in his Extra Deck, sending it to the Graveyard to allow "Golem" to attack an additional time. "Golem" attacks "Magna Chimp". Flash finds the Action Trap "Shock", which forces Flash to send the top three cards of his Deck to the Graveyard. "Golem" then destroys "Magna Chimp" (Flash 4000 → 3000). "Golem" attacks and destroys "Magna Boar", but Flash activates his face-down "Defense Draw" to reduce the Battle Damage to 0 and draw a card.

**Turn 4: Flash**

Flash draws. He then activates "Starburst Reload" to banish "Flash Wing Magna Pegasus" and draw cards equal to its Level. "Magna Pegasus" is Level 4, so he draws four cards. He then activates "Bright Bounce Magna Bunny" (Left 2) in his Left Pendulum Zone. He then Pendulum Summons "Magna Chimp" (1800/600) and "Magna Boar" (1000/1000) from his Extra Deck and "Star Fang Magna Tiger" (2400/2100) from his hand in Attack Position. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Magna Bunny" to turn "Magna Boar" into a Tuner monster. He then tunes the Level 4 "Magna Chimp" with the Level 3 Tuner monster "Magna Boar" in order to Synchro Summon "Flashback Dragon" (2300/2200) in Attack Position. He then activates its effect to banish "Magna Tiger" and Special Summon "Charge Horn Magna Bull" (2100/2200) and "Aura Pulse Magna Rat" (300/200) from his Deck in Attack Position. He then activates the effect of "Magna Rat" to banish itself and Special Summon "Magna Tiger" (2400/2100) from his Removed From Play Zone in Attack Position. He then activates "Multiversal Spirit" to send "Flash Dragon Accel" from his Extra Deck to the Graveyard and increase the ATK of "Magna Bull" by the Level of "Flash Dragon Accel" x100. "Flash Dragon Accel" is Level 8 ("Magna Bull": 2100 → 2900/2200). "Magna Bull" attacks and destroys "Golem" (Cold 3100 → 3000). "Flashback Dragon" and "Magna Tiger" attack directly, but Cold finds and activates the Action Card "Battle Trap" to negate all attacks this turn and take 400 damage during his End Phase for each attack negated. He then Sets two cards. On Flash's End Phase, the effect of "Battle Trap" activates (Cold 3000 → 2200).

**Turn 5: Cold**

Cold draws. He then activates "Icicle Crash" to banish "Knight", "Statue Soder", "Magician", and "Golem" from his Graveyard and add "Frozen Heart Lancer", "Frozen Heart Axe-Wielder", "Frozen Heart Dragon" and an unknown card from his Deck to his hand. He then Pendulum Summons "Lancer" (1800/1300), "Axe-Wielder" (1600/1400) and "Dragon" (3000/2500) from his hand in Attack Position. He then activates the effect of "Axe-Wielder" to Tribute itself and allow "Dragon" to attack all monsters Flash controls.

"Dragon" attacks and destroys "Magna Bull" (Flash 3000 → 2100). "Dragon" attacks "Flashback Dragon", but Flash activates his face-down "Brittle Shield" to switch "Flashback Dragon" to Defense Position. "Dragon" then destroys "Flashback Dragon". "Dragon" attacks and destroys "Magna Tiger", but Flash finds and activates the Action Card "Substitute" to negate the Battle Damage. "Lancer" attacks directly, but Flash activates his face-down "Beacon of Hope" to draw one card. If it's a monster, he can Special Summon it. He draws "Veil Pixie X", so he Special Summons it (100/100) in Defense Position. A replay occurs and "Lancer" attacks and destroys "Veil Pixie X". He then Sets two cards.

**Turn 6: Flash**

Flash draws. He then activates the effect of "Ratio" from his Extra Deck, banishing it to draw three cards. He then Pendulum Summons "Magna Chimp" (1800/600) and "Magna Bull" (2100/2200) from his Extra Deck and "Flash Heart Dragon X" (2500/2000) from his hand in Attack Position. Since "Flash Heart Dragon X" was Special Summoned, its effect activates, banishing "Lancer". Cold activates his face-down "Mega Chain" to take control of "Magna Chimp" and switch it to Defense Position. He then activates the effect of the "Veil Pixie X" in his Graveyard, Special Summoning itself (100/100) in Attack Position. He then Tributes "Flash Heart Dragon X" and "Veil Pixie X" in order to Special Summon "Flash Dragon Magna Harmony" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. He then activates the effect of "Magna Harmony" to banish "Flash Dragon Accel" and "Flashback Dragon" and grant itself their effects. He then activates "Lightspeed" to increase the ATK of "Magna Harmony" by 1000 ("Magna Harmony": 3000 → 4000/2500).

"Magna Harmony" attacks and destroys "Dragon" (Cold 2200 → 1200). Since a WATER monster was destroyed by battle, Cold activates his face-down "Ice Shard Summon" to Special Summon "Frozen Heart Enchantress" (800/1600) from his Deck in Attack Position. Since "Enchantress" was Special Summoned, its effect activates, allowing Cold to add "Dragon" from his Extra Deck to his hand. He then activates the granted effect of "Magna Harmony" to Tribute itself and Special Summon "Flash Heart Dragon X" (2500/2000) from his Extra Deck in Attack Position. "Flash Heart Dragon X" attacks and destroys "Enchantress".

**Turn 7: Cold**

**Turn 8: Flash**

Flash draws. He then activates "Magna Caster Lunara" (Left 1) and "Magna Caster Solaris" (Right 8) in his Pendulum Zones. He then Pendulum Summons "Flash Heart Dragon X" (2500/2000) from his Extra Deck in Attack Position. He then activates "Quantum Nexus Ritual" to place all banished monsters on the bottom of his Deck and Ritual Summon "Quantum Nexus Dragon" (4000/4000) in Attack Position. "Quantum Nexus Dragon" attacks "Infinite Freeze Dragon". This activates the former's effect, preventing both monsters from being destroyed by battle and placing a Quantum Counter on "Infinite Freeze Dragon". On Flash's End Phase, he activates the second effect of "Quantum Nexus Dragon" to banish the top ten cards of his Deck and skip one turn for every monster banished. He banishes five, so five turns are skipped.

**Turn 14: Flash**

Due to the final effect of "Quantum Nexus Dragon", all monsters with a Quantum Counter lose 500 ATK for every turn skipped ("Infinite Freeze Dragon": 4000 → 1500/4000). "Quantum Nexus Dragon" attacks and destroys "Infinite Freeze Dragon" (Cold 1200 → 0).