YGO EQG Shadow Gates - Episode 043

"**King takes Queen**" is the 43rd episode of the series and 90th overall.

The duel continues and Chrysalis managed to summon "Changeling Queen" and defeated Spike. How will Thorax defeat his mother?

## Featured Duel: Spike and Thorax vs. Chrysalis

The duel continues from the last episode...

**Turn 4: Chrysalis**

She then switches "Mega Drone" and "Flying Kamakiri #1" to Defense Position.

**Turn 5: Spike**

Spike draws. He then Normal Summons "Lava Fang Dragon" (1400/1300) in Attack Position. He then activates the effect of "Celtic Archer" by Tributing "Lava Fang Dragon" (Chrysalis 6800 → 6300). "Celtic Archer" attacks and destroys "Flying Kamakiri #1". Since "Flying Kamakiri #1" was destroyed by battle, its effect activates, allowing Chrysalis to Special Summon "Torpedo Insect" (1000/1000) from her Deck in Attack Position. He then Sets a card.

**Turn 6: Chrysalis**

Chrysalis draws. During Chrysalis's Standby Phase, the effect of "Torpedo Insect" activates, destroying itself to destroy "Insect Barrier". He then Tributes "Mega Drone" ("Insect Queen": 2400 → 2200/2400) to allow "Insect Queen" to attack. "Insect Queen" attacks "Celtic Archer", but Spike finds and activates the Action Card "Miracle" to negate his monster's destruction by battle and halve the Battle Damage (Spike 3100 → 3050). She then Pendulum Summons "Mega Drone" (1800/1000) from her Extra Deck in Defense Position ("Insect Queen": 2200 → 2400/2400).

**Turn 7: Thorax**

Thorax draws. He then activates "Celtic Belthir" (Left 1) and "Celtic Uruisg" (Right 8) in his Pendulum Zones. He then Normal Summons "Celtic Guardian" (1400/1200) in Attack Position. During Thorax's Battle Phase, the Pendulum Effect of "Celtic Uruisg" activates, increasing the ATK of all "Celtic" monsters Thorax controls by 300 ("Celtic Archer": 2100 → 2400/1800; "Celtic Guardian": 1400 → 1700/1200). "Celtic Guardian" attacks and destroys "Mega Drone" ("Insect Queen": 2400 → 2200/2400). "Celtic Archer" attacks "Insect Queen", but Chrysalis finds and activates the Action Card "Evasion" to negate the attack.

**Turn 8: Chrysalis**

Chrysalis draws. She then Pendulum Summons "Mega Drone" (1800/1000) from her Extra Deck and "Sting Winger" (1400/1300) from her hand in Attack Position ("Insect Queen": 2200 → 2600/2400). For some reason, the ATK of "Insect Queen" doesn't decrease when Chrysalis does this. She then Tributes "Sting Winger" to allow "Insect Queen" to attack. During Chrysalis's Battle Phase, the Pendulum Effect of "Celtic Uruisg" activates ("Celtic Archer": 2100 → 2400/1800; "Celtic Guardian": 1400 → 1700/1200). "Insect Queen" attacks and destroys "Celtic Archer" (Thorax 4000 → 3800) ("Insect Queen": 2600 → 2400/2400). "Mega Drone" attacks "Celtic Guardian". The Pendulum Effect of "Silk Spitter" activates, switching "Celtic Guardian" to Defense Position. "Mega Drone" destroys "Celtic Guardian".

**Turn 9: Spike**

Spike draws. He then activates "Flame Viper Dragon" (Left 1) and "Flame Banner Dracokid" (Right 7) in his Pendulum Zones. He then Pendulum Summons "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" (2300/1600) and "Magna Drago" (1400/600) from his hand in Attack Position. He then tunes the Level 2 Tuner monster "Magna Drago" with the Level 6 "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6" in order to Synchro Summon "Dragonic Blazemaster" (3000/2000) in Attack Position. He then activates his face-down "Assault Mode Activate" to Tribute "Dragonic Blazemaster" and Special Summon "Dragonic.Blazemaster/Assault Mode" (3500/2500) in Attack Position. "Dragonic Blazemaster/Assaulr Mode" attacks "Mega Drone", but Chrysalis activates her face-down "Swarm Defense" to redirect the attack to "Insect Queen", destroying it instead (Chrysalis 6300 → 4700). Since "Dragonic Blazemaster/Assault Mode" destroyed a monster by battle, its effect activates, destroying "Mega Drone" and inflicting 300 damage to Thorax equal to the Level of "Mega Drone" (Chrysalis 4700 → 3500).

**Turn 10: Chrysalis**

Chrysalis draws. She then Pendulum Summons "Mega Drone" (1800/1000) and "Sting Winger" (1400/1300) from her Extra Deck and "Changeling Queen" (2000/2000) from her hand in Attack Position. He then activates the effect of "Changeling Queen" to target the "Dragonic Blazemaster/Assault Mode" in her Graveyard and increase its ATK and DEF by the ATK, DEF and effects of "Dragonic Blazemaster/Assault Mode" ("Changeling Queen": 2000 → 5500/2000 → 4500). "Changeling Queen" attacks and destroys "Dragonic Blazemaster/Assault Mode" (Spike 3050 → 1050). "Mega Drone" attacks Spike directly, but Thorax finds and activates "Guardian's Call" to Special Summon "Changeling Drone" (1000/1000) from his Deck in Attack Position and redirect the attack to it, and due to the second effect of "Guardian's Call", "Changeling Drone" isn't destroyed by battle (Thorax 3800 → 3000). "Sting Winger" attacks "Changeling Drone" (Thorax 3000 → 2600).

**Turn 11: Thorax**

Thorax draws. He then activates its effect to target the "Dragonic Blazemaster" in Spike's Graveyard and increase the ATK of "Changeling Drone" by the ATK and DEF of "Dragonic Blazemaster/Assault Mode" and gain the effects of "Dragonic Blazemaster/Assault Mode" ("Changeling Drone": 1000 → 4500/1000 → 3500). "Changeling Drone" attacks "Sting Winger", but Chrysalis finds and activates the Action Card "Miracle" to negate her monster's destruction and halve the Battle Damage (Chrysalis 3500 → 1950). He then Sets a card.

**Turn 12: Chrysalis**

Chrysalis draws. During Chrysalis's Standby Phase, the effect of "Changeling Queen" expires ("Changeling Queen": 5500 → 2000/4500 → 2000). She then activates the effect of "Changeling Queen" by targeting the "Dragonic Blazemaster/Assault Mode" ("Changeling Queen": 2000 → 5500/2000 → 4500). "Changeling Queen" attacks "Changeling Drone", but Thorax activates his face-down "Mega Defender" to negate his monster's destruction (Thorax 2600 → 1600). Since Chrysalis controls a monster with "King" or "Queen" in its name, she activates "Royal Exaction" to destroy all monsters that don't have "King" or "Queen" in their names.

**Turn 13: Spike**

Spike draws. He then finds and activates the Action Card "Magical Draw" to draw a card. If it's a Spell Card, then he can activate it. He draws "Monster Reborn", so he activates it to revive "Dragonic.Blazemaster/Assault Mode" (3500/2500) in Attack Position. She then Sets a card.

**Turn 14: Chrysalis**

Chrysalis draws. During Chrysalis's Standby Phase, the effect of "Changeling Queen" expires ("Changeling Queen": 5500 → 2000/4500 → 2000). Spike activates his face-down "Dragon Blaster" to Tribute "Dragonic.Blazemaster/Assault Mode" and destroy all Spells and Traps Chrysalis controls. She then activates the effect of "Changeling Queen" by targeting the "Dragonic Blazemaster/Assault Mode" in Spike's Graveyard ("Changeling Queen": 2000 → 5500/2000 → 4500). "Changeling Queen" attacks Spike directly (Spike 1550 → 0).

**Turn 15: Thorax**

Thorax draws. He then Pendulum Summons "Changeling King" (2500/2000) from his hand in Attack Position. Due to the effect of "Changeling King", it is treated as a "Celtic" monster, so the Pendulum Effect of "Celtic Uruisg" can affect "Changeling King". He then activates its second effect to target "Changeling Queen" and increase its ATK and DEF by the ATK and DEF of "Changeling Queen" ("Changeling King": 2500 → 8000/2000 → 6500). During Thorax's Battle Phase, the Pendulum Effect of "Celtic Uruisg" activates ("Changeling King": 8000 → 8300/6500). "Changeling King" attacks and destroys "Changeling Queen" (Chrysalis 1950 → 0).