YGO EQG Ω Zenith - Episode 009

"**Rising Tides and Rising Tensions**" is the 9th episode.

## Featured Duel: Grand Hoof vs. Skystar

The duel is continued from the last episode.

**Turn 7: Skystar**

"Poseidra" attacks "Arashiakuma Shinobi", but Grand activates the effect of "Arashiakuma" to activate a Trap Card from his hand. He activates "Ninjitsu Art of Souls" to discard one monster and increase the ATK of "Arashiakuma" by the discarded monster's ATK. He discards "Mizuakuma Shinobi" ("Arashiakuma": 0 → 1100/2100). "Poseidra" then detroys "Arashiakuma" (Grand 3400 → 800).

**Turn 8: Grand**

Grand draws. He then activates "Graceful Charity" to draw three cards and discard two cards. He then Tributes "Dual Blade Shinobi" and "Hiakuma" in order to Tribute Summon "Yamiakuma Shinobi" (2100/2600) in Attack Position. Attack Position. Since "Yamiakuma" was Normal Summoned, its effect activates, allowing Grand to take "Arashiakuma" from his Extra Deck and place it in his left Pendulum Zone (Left 2). He then activates "Kukiakuma Shinobi" (Right 8) in his Right Pendulum Zone. He then Pendulum Summons "Dual Blade Shinobi" (2400/2300) and "Hiakuma" (1600/1400) from his Extra Deck in Attack Position. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Kukiakuma Shinobi" to reduce the ATK of "Kukiakuma" to 0 ("Kukiakuma": 1600 → 0/1400) and increase the ATK of "Dual Blade Shinobi" by the same amount ("Dual Blade Shinobi": 2400 → 4000/2300). "Dual Blade Shinobi" attacks "Poseidra", but Skystar activates the effect of "Shell Blade" to discard one card and negate the attack. He then Sets a card.

**Turn 9: Skystar**

Skystar draws. She then activates "Pot of Greed" to draw two cards. She then activates "Salvage" to return two WATER monsters from her GY to her hand. She adds "Neptabyss" and "Neo Barrier Statue of the Torrents". He then activates "Curse of the Abyss" to discard one card and negate the effects of "Dual Blade Shinobi". "Poseidra" attacks "Dual Blade Shinobi", but Grand activates his face-down "Kunai with Chain" to negate the attack, switch "Poseidra" to Defense Position and equip it to "Dual Blade Shinobi", increasing its ATK by 500 ("Dual Blade Shinobi": 2400 → 2900/2300). She then Sets a card.

**Turn 10: Grand**

Grand draws. "Dual Blade Shinobi" attacks "Poseidra", but Skystar activates her face-down "Waboku" to prevent her monster's destruction this turn and reduce all Battle Damage to 0 this turn. She then switches "Shadow Striker" and "Yamiakuma" to Defense Position.

**Turn 11: Skystar**

Skystar draws. She then Tributes "Poseidra" in order to Special Summon "Atlantean Dragon of the Maelstrom Poseidra" (3000/2000) in Attack Position. Due to the effect of "Poseidra", it gains 500 ATK for every "Poseidra" in the GY ("Poseidra": 3000 → 3500/2000). She then activates its effect to shuffle all Spells and Traps on the field into the Decks and force Grand to discard one card for each one sent. "Poseidra" attacks "Hiakuma", but Grand activates the effect of the "Shinobi Stealth Beast Kame-Shirudo" in his GY, banishing it to end the Battle Phase.

**Turn 12: Grand**

Grand draws. He then Normal Summons "Tochiakuma Shinobi" (1000/1800) in Attack Position. Since "Tochiakuma" was Normal Summoned, its effect activates, allowing Grand to draw one card ("Grand Shinobi Ritual"). He then activates "Grand Shinobi Ritual" to Tribute "Yamiakuma" and "Dual Blade Shinobi" in order to Ritual Summon "Grand Shinobi Stealth Dragon Afterimage" (?/?) in Attack Position. Due to the effect of "Afterimage", its ATK and DEF become equal to the total Levels of the monsters used for its Ritual Summon x300 ("Afterimage": ? → 4200/? → 4200). "Afterimage" attacks and destroys "Poseidra" (Skystar 2000 → 800). Since "Afterimage" destroyed a monster in battle, its effect activates, allowing Grand to Tribute all other monsters he controls and inflict 500 damage to Skystar for each one. He Tributes "Hiakuma", "Shadow Striker" and "Tochiakuma" (Skystar 800 → 0).