YGO EQG Shadow Gates - Episode 009

"**Dark Melody**" is the 9th episode of the series and the 56th overall.

The tournament continues and Rarity duels against Adagio Dazzle, the sister to Aria and Sonata, who wants to get revenge. Will Rarity win?

## Featured Duels

### Time Turner vs. Sandalwood

Time controls "Chrono Fighter" who is currently Level 9 (100 → 4100/100 → 3300) and 900 Life Points while Sandalwood controls "Mandragon" (2500/1000) in Defense Position and 1100 Life Points.

**Turn ?: Time**

Time draws. On Time's Standby Phase, the effect of "Chrono Fighter" activates ("Chrono Fighter": 4100 → 4600/3300 → 3700). He then activates "Stop Defense" to switch "Mandragon" to Attack Position. "Chrono Fighter" attacks and destroys "Mandragon" (Sandalwood 1100 → 0).

### Rarity vs. Adagio Dazzle

**Turn 1: Rarity**

Rarity draws. She then activates "Gem-Knight Opal" (Left 2) and "Gem-Squire" (Right 6) in her Pendulum Zones. She then Pendulum Summons "Gem-Knight Tourmaline" (1600/1800) and "Gem-Knight Garnet" (1900/0) from her hand in Attack Position and "Gem-Knight Sapphire" (0/2100) from her hand in Defense Position. She then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Opal" to fuse "Tourmaline" with "Garnet" in order to Fusion Summon "Gem-Knight Topaz" (1800/1800) in Attack Position. She then Sets a card.

**Turn 2: Adagio**

Adagio draws. She then Normal Summons "Alluring Vocalist" (1000/1000) in Attack Position. She then activates "Grand Ballad" to discard "Alluring Melodist" and increase the ATK of "Vocalist" by half the discarded monster's ATK ("Vocalist": 1000 → 1900/1000). Since "Alluring Melodist" was discarded, its effect activates, allowing Adagio to draw two cards. "Vocalist" attacks "Topaz". Due to the effect of "Vocalist", it gains 100 ATK for every "Alluring" monster in Adagio's Graveyard when it attacks ("Vocalist": 1900 → 2000/1000). "Vocalist" then destroys "Topaz" (Rarity 4000 → 3800). Since a Level 5 or higher "Gem-Knight" monster was destroyed by battle, Rarity activates her face-down "Gem Re-Cutting" to add 3 "Gem-Knight" monsters from her Deck to her hand whose combined Levels equal to that of the destroyed monster. She adds Level 3 "Gem-Knight Lapis", Level 2 "Crystal Rose" and Level 1 "Gem-Knight Lazuli". She then Sets a card.

**Turn 3: Rarity**

Rarity draws. She then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Gem-Squire" to discard one "Gem-Knight" monster and place a "Gem-Knight" Pendulum Monster on top of her Extra Deck. She discards "Gem-Knight Obsidian" and places "Gem-Knight Jade". Since "Obsidian" was sent from the hand to the Graveyard, its effect activates, allowing Rarity to revive "Gem-Knight Garnet" (1900/0) in Attack Position. She then Pendulum Summons "Lapis" (1200/100) from her hand and "Jade" (1800/1100) from her Extra Deck in Attack Position. She then Normal Summons "Lazuli" (600/100) in Attack Position. She then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Opal" to fuse "Lapis" with "Lazuli" in order to Fusion Summon "Gem-Knight Lady Lapis Lazuli" (2400/1000) in Attack Position.

She then activates its effect to send "Gem-Knight Alexandrite" from her Deck to the Graveyard and inflict 500 damage to Adagio for every Special Summoned on the field. There are currently four (Adagio 4000 → 2000). Since Adagio took effect damage, she activates her face-down "Painful Harmony" to increase the ATK of "Vocalist" by half the effect damage took ("Vocalist": 1000 → 2000/1000). "Lady Lapis Lazuli" attacks "Vocalist", but Adagio finds and activates the Action Card "Miracle" to negate her monster's destruction and halve the Battle Damage (Adagio 2000 → 1800).

**Turn 4: Adagio**

Adagio draws. She then activates "Unified Stage". Now once per turn, Adagio can banish up to two monsters from her hand, Deck, field or Graveyard and Normal Summon a Level 5 or higher monster without Tributing whose requirements are equal to the number of banished monsters. She then uses this effect to banish "Vocalist" and "Alluring Diva" from her field and Deck and Normal Summon "Alluring Siren" (0/0) in Attack Position. She then activates its effect to discard one card, take control of "Lady Lapis Lazuli" and increase the former's ATK and DEF by the ATK and DEF of "Lady Lapis Lazuli" ("Alluring Siren": 0 → 2400/0 → 1000). "Alluring Siren" attacks and destroys "Garnet" (Rarity 3800 → 3300).

**Turn 5: Rarity**

Rarity draws. He then switches "Jade" to Defense Position.

**Turn 6: Adagio**

Adagio draws. "Alluring Siren" attacks and destroys "Sapphire".

**Turn 7: Rarity**

Rarity draws. She then Tributes "Jade", whose effect treats itself as two Tributes for a Tribute Summon of a Rock-Type monster, in order to Tribute Summon "Gem-Knight Crystal" (2450/1950) in Attack Position. She then Pendulum Summons "Jade" (1800/1100) from her Extra Deck in Attack Position. "Crystal" attacks "Lady Lapis Lazuli", but Adagio finds and activates the Action Card "Evasion" to negate the attack.

**Turn 8: Adagio**

Adagio draws. She then equips Rarity's "Crystal" with "Heavy Burden", reducing its ATK by 500 ("Crystal": 2450 → 1950/1950). "Alluring Siren" attacks and destroys "Jade" (Rarity 3300 → 2700). She then Sets a card.

**Turn 9: Rarity**

Rarity draws. She then activates "De-Fusion" to return "Lady Lapis Lazuli" to her Extra Deck ("Alluring Siren": 2400 → 0/1000 → 0) and revive "Lapis" (1200/100) and "Lazuli" (600/100) in Attack Position. She then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Opal" to fuse "Crystal", "Lapis" and "Lazuli" in order to Fusion Summon "Gem-Knight Lady Brilliant Diamond" (3400/2000) in Attack Position. "Lady Brilliant Diamond" attacks "Alluring Siren", but Adagio activates her face-down "Sound Barrier" to equip itself to "Alluring Siren", negate its effects, prevent its destruction by battle and reduce the Battle Damage to 0.

**Turn 10: Adagio**

Adagio draws. She then activates "Monster Reborn" to revive "Lazuli" (600/100) in Attack Position. She then activates "Dark Melody Ritual" to Tribute "Alluring Siren" and "Lazuli" in order to Ritual Summon "Dark Siren" (1000/1000) in Attack Position. She then activates its effect to equip itself with "Lady Brilliant Diamond", increasing its ATK and DEF by the ATK and DEF of "Lady Brilliant Diamond" respectively ("Dark Siren": 1000 → 4400/1000 → 3000). "Dark Siren" attacks Rarity directly (Rarity 2700 → 0).