Yu-Gi-Oh! Excalibur Episode 16

Prez, Shawn, Zack, and Apollo all group together as a team to search for the small Excalibur fragment on the island. However, their search is cut quickly with a duel invitation from Maveric. With the arrival of Pedro, the four come together for an intense four way duel with winner take all stakes.

## Featured Duel: Prez Koumori and Shawn Yuki vs. Maveric Illblud and Pedro Knauer

**Turn 1: Maveric**

Maveric draws. He then activates "Ancient Rules" to Special Summon a Level 5 or higher Normal Monster from his hand. He Special Summons "Rabidragon" (2950/2900) in Attack Position. He then Normal Summons "Chainsaw Insect" (2400/0) in Attack Position. He then Sets a card.

**Turn 2: Shawn**

Shawn draws. He then Sets a monster.

**Turn 3: Pedro**

Pedro draws. He then activates "A Legendary Ocean". Now all WATER monsters gain 200 ATK and DEF and lose one Level. He then Normal Summons "Giga Gagagigo" (2450 → 2650/1500 → 1700) in Attack Position. He then Sets two cards.

**Turn 4: Prez**

Prez draws. He then Normal Summons "Koumori Dragon" (1700/1200) in Attack Position. He then Sets a card.

**Turn 5: Maveric**

Maveric draws. He then Normal Summons "Goblin Attack Force" (2300/0) in Attack Position.

**Turn 6: Shawn**

Shawn draws. He then activates "Pot of Greed" to draw two cards. He then Sets a monster.

**Turn 7: Pedro**

Pedro draws. He then Normal Summons "Blizzard Dragon" (2000/1200) in Attack Position. "Blizzard Dragon" attacls and destroys Shawn's Set monster, "Giant Germ" (1000/100). Since "Giant Germ" was destroyed by battle, its effect activates, inflicting 500 damage to Pedro (Pedro 4000 → 3500) and Special Summoning two more copies of "Giant Germ" (1000/100) from his Deck in Attack Position.

**Turn 8: Prez**

Prez draws. He then Normal Summons "Dark Tinker" (1000/1300) in Attack Position. He then tunes his Level 4 "Koumori Dragon" and Shawn's Level 2 "Giant Germ" with the Level 2 Tuner monster "Dark Tinker" in order to Synchro Summon "Thought Ruler Archfiend" (2700/2400) in Attack Position. "Thought Ruler Archfiend" attacks and destroys "Chainsaw Insect" (Maveric 4000 → 3700). Since "Chainsaw Insect" was attacked, its effect allows Prez to draw a card. Since "Thought Ruler Archfiend" destroyed a monster by battle, its effect activates, increasing Prez's LP by the ATK of "Chainsaw Insect" (Prez 4000 → 6400).

**Turn 9: Maveric**

Maveric draws. He then activates "Graceful Charity" to draw three cards and discard two cards. He then activates his face-down "Call of the Haunted" to revive "Gogiga Gagagigo" (2950 → 3150/2800 → 3000) in Attack Position. He then activates "Monster Reborn" to revive "Beast King Barbaros" (3000/1200) in Attack Position. He then equips "Beast King Barbaros" with "United We Stand", increasing its ATK and DEF by 800 for every monster on his side of the field, including Pedro's side of the field ("Beast King Barbaros": 3000 → 7800/1200 → 6000). "Beast King Barbaros" attacks "Giant Germ", but Prez activates his face-down "Negate Attack" to negate the attack and end the Battle Phase.

**Turn 10: Shawn**

Shawn draws. He then switches "Giant Germ" to Defense Position. He then Normal Summons "Reflect Bounder" (1700/1000) in Attack Position.

**Turn 11: Pedro**

Pedro draws. He then activates the effect of "Blizzard Dragon" to prevent "Thought Ruler Archfiend" from attacking or changing its Battle Position. He then Normal Summons "Terrorking Salmon" (2400 → 2600/1000 → 1200) in Attack Position ("Beast King Barbaros": 7800 → 8600/6000 → 6800). "Terrorking Salmon" attacks Shawn's Set monster, "Marshmallon" (300/500). Due to the effect of "Marshmallon", it cannot be destroyed by battle. After damage calculation, The second effect of "Marshmallon" inflicts 1000 damage to Pedro since it was attacked face-down (Pedro 3500 → 2500).

**Turn 12: Prez**

Prez draws. He then Normal Summons "Double Coston" (1700/1600) in Attack Position. He then Sets a card.

**Turn 13: Maveric**

Maveric draws. He then Normal Summons "Tardy Orc" (2200/0) in Attack Position ("Beast King Barbaros": 8600 → 9400/6800 → 7600). "Barbaros" attacks "Double Coston", but Prez activates his face-down "Draining Shield" to negate the attack and increase his LP by the ATK of "Barbaros" (Prez 6400 → 15800).

**Turn 14: Shawn**

Shawn draws. He then activates "Smashing Ground" to destroy "Barbaros". He then Normal Summons "Dark Resonator" (1300/300) in Attack Position. He then tunes the Level 4 "Reflect Bounder" and the Level 3 "Marshmallon" with the Level 3 Tuner monster "Dark Resonator" in order to Synchro Summon "Ally of Justice Decisive Armor" (3300/3300) in Attack Position. He then activates its effect to destroy Pedro's face-down. "Ally of Justice Decisive Armor" attacks and destroys "Rabidragon" (Maveric 3700 → 3350). He then Sets a card.

**Turn 15: Pedro**

Pedro draws. "Giga Gagagigo" attacks "Double Coston", but Shawn activates his face-down "Negate Attack" to negate the attack and end the Battle Phase.

**Turn 16: Prez**

Prez draws. Due to the effect of "Double Coston", it is treated as two Tributes for the Tribute Summon of a DARK monster. He then Tributes "Double Coston" in order to Tribute Summon "Barrel Dragon" (2600/2200) in Attack Position. He then activates its effect to toss a coin three times. If at least two of the results is heads, then one monster on the field is destroyed. He gets heads, tails and another heads, so he destroys "Giga Gagagigo". Pedro activates his face-down "Michizure" to destroy "Decisive Armor". "Barrel Dragon" attacks and destroys "Blizzard Dragon" (Pedro 2500 → 1900). "Thought Ruler Archfiend" attacks and destroys "Terrorking Salmon" (Pedro 1900 → 1800). The effect of "Thought Ruler Archfiend" activates (Prez 15800 → 18400).

**Turn 17: Maveric**

Maveric draws. He then switches "Goblin Attack Force" and "Tardy Orc" to Defense Position. He then Sets a monster.

**Turn 18: Shawn**

Shawn draws. He then activates "End of the World" to Tribute "Giant Germ" and the "Cannon Soldier" in his hand and Ritual Summon "Ruin, Queen of Oblivion" (2300/2000) in Attack Position. "Ruin" attacks and destroys "Tardy Orc". Since "Ruin" destroyed a monster by battle, its effect allows itself to attack again. "Ruin" attacks and destroys Maveric's Set monster, "Morphing Jar" (700/600). The Flip Effect of "Morphing Jar" activates, forcing all players to discard their entire hand and draw five cards. He then Sets a card. He then Sets a monster.

The duel continues in the next episode.