YGO EQG Shadow Gates - Episode 018

"**Sister's Paladin**" is the 18th episode of the series and 65th overall.

The second round ended and Twilight has to duel Adagio next round. Twilight and Spike's older brother, Shining Armor duels against Twilight to see if she is worthy of defeating Adagio. Will she prove herself?

## Featured Duel: Twilight Sparkle vs. Shining Armor

**Turn 1: Shining**

Shining draws. He then activates "Royal Paladin Gentleman" (Left 2) and "Royal Paladin Tactician" (Right 7) in his Pendulum Zones. He then Pendulum Summons "Royal Spear Paladin" (1900/100) and "Royal Paladin Flag Bearer" (1200/700) in Attack Position. He then tunes the Level 4 "Royal Spear Paladin" with the Level 3 Tuner monster "Royal Paladin Flag Bearer" in order to Synchro Summon "Royal Paladin Commander" (2500/2100) in Attack Position. Since "Royal Paladin Flag Bearer" was used for a Synchro Summon, its effect activates, granting "Royal Paladin Commander" immunity to card effects. He then Sets two cards.

**Turn 2: Twilight**

Twilight draws. She then activates "Magi-Beast Midnight Owl" (Left 2) and "Magi-Beast Mystic Dracokid" (Right 6) in her Pendulum Zones. She then Pendulum Summons "Magi-Beast Twilight Unicorn" (1800/1300) and "Pyro Charmer" (1300/1200) from her hand in Attack Position. She then tunes the Level 4 "Magi-Beast Twilight Unicorn" with the Level 3 Tuner monster "Pyro Charmer" in order to Synchro Summon "Twilight Sorcerer" (2100/2800) in Attack Position. She then activates its effect to add "Spellbook of Secrets" from her Deck to her hand. She then activates "Spellbook of Secrets" to add "Spellbook of Power" from her Deck to her hand. Due to the effect of "Twilight Sorcerer", it gains 100 ATK for every "Spellbook" card in Twilight's Graveyard ("Twilight Sorcerer": 2100 → 2200/2800). She then activates "Spellbook of Power" to increase the ATK of "Twilight Sorcerer" by 1000 ("Twilight Sorcerer": 2200 → 3200 → 3300/2800). "Twilight Sorcerer" attacks "Royal Paladin Commander", but Shining activates his face-down "Paladin's Shield" to equip itself to "Royal Paladin Commander" and negate its destruction (Shining 4000 → 3200). She then Sets a card.

**Turn 3: Shining**

Shining draws. He then Normal Summons "Royal Paladin Squire" (900/1100) in Attack Position. He then tunes the Level 7 "Royal Paladin Commander" with the Level 3 Tuner monster "Royal Paladin Squire" in order to Synchro Summon "Royal Paladin Grand Emperor" (3500/2500) in Attack Position. Due to the effect of "Royal Paladin Grand Emperor", it can attack once for every Tuner monster in Shining's Graveyard. There are two, so he can attack twice per Battle Phase. "Royal Paladin Grand Emperor" attacks "Twilight Sorcerer", but Twilight activates her face-down "Negate Attack" to negate the attack and end the Battle Phase.

**Turn 4: Twilight**

Twilight draws. She then activates the effect of "Twilight Sorcerer" to add "Spellbook of Wisdom" from her Deck to her hand. She then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Magi-Beast Midnight Owl" to discard "Spellbook of Wisdom" ("Twilight Sorcerer": 2300 → 2400/2800) and add "Spellbook of Fate" from her Deck to her hand. She then activates "Spellbook of Fate" to banish "Spellbook of Secrets", "Spellbook of Power" and "Spellbook of Wisdom" from her Graveyard and banish "Royal Paladin Grand Emperor" ("Twilight Sorcerer": 2400 → 2100 → 2200/2800), but Shining activates his face-down "Assault Mode Activate" to Tribute "Grand Emperor" and Special Summon "Royal Paladin Grand Emperor/Assault Mode" (4000/3000) in Attack Position. She then Pendulum Summons "Magi-Beast Twilight Unicorn" (1800/1300) from her Extra Deck in Defense Position. She then switches "Twilight Sorcerer" to Defense Position.

**Turn 5: Shining**

Shining draws. He then activates the first effect of "Grand Emperor/Assault Mode" to banish "Royal Paladin Squire" from his Graveyard and revive "Royal Spear Paladin" (1900/100) in Defense Position. Due to the second and third effect of "Grand Emperor/Assault Mode", it can attack once for every "Royal Paladin" monster he controls and all other monsters he controls can't attack. "Grand Emperor/Assault Mode" attacks and destroys "Twilight Unicorn" and "Twilight Sorcerer".

**Turn 6: Twilight**

Twilight draws. She then Pendulum Summons "Twilight Unicorn" (1800/1300) from her Extra Deck in Defense Position. She then Sets a card.

**Turn 7: Shining**

Shining draws. "Grand Emperor/Assault Mode" attacks "Twilight Unicorn", but Twilight activates her face-down "Spellbinding Circle" to prevent "Grand Emperor/Assault Mode" from attacking or changing its Battle Position.

**Turn 8: Twilight**

Twilight draws. She then switches "Twilight Unicorn" to Attack Position. "Twilight Unicorn" attacks and destroys "Royal Spear Paladin". She then Sets a card.

**Turn 9: Shining**

Shining draws. He then passes his turn.

**Turn 10: Twilight**

Twilight draws. She then activates "Spellbook of Organisation" to look at the top three cards of her Deck and return them to her Deck in any order. She then switches "Twilight Unicorn" to Defense Position.

**Turn 11: Shining**

Shining draws. He then passes his turn.

**Turn 12: Twilight**

Twilight draws. She then activates "Spellbook Restock" to return her three "Spellbook" cards to her Deck and take 300 damage for each one. Three were returned (Twilight 4000 → 3100).

**Turn 13: Shining**

Shining draws. He then activates "Mystical Space Typhoon" to destroy "Spellbinding Circle". He then equips "Grand Emperor/Assault Mode" with "Paladin's Enchantment", increasing its ATK by 300 ("Grand Emperor/Assault Mode": 4000 → 4300/3000). Now the effects of "Grand Emperor/Assault Mode" are negated and replaced with the ability to inflict piercing damage. "Grand Emperor/Assault Mode" attacks and destroys "Twilight Unicorn". "Grand Emperor/Assault Mode" then inflicts piercing damage to Twilight (Twilight 3100 → 100).

**Turn 14: Twilight**

Twilight draws. She then Pendulum Summons "Twilight Unicorn" (1800/1300) from her Extra Deck in Attack Position. She then activates "Spellbook of Rebirth" to revive "Pyro Charmer" (1300/1200) in Attack Position. She then tunes the Level 4 "Magi-Beast Twilight Unicorn" with the Level 3 Tuner monster "Pyro Charmer" in order to Synchro Summon "Twilight Alicorn" (2600/1900) in Attack Position. She then activates its effect to banish five "Spellbook" cards from her Graveyard, halve its ATK ("Grand Emperor/Assault Mode": 4300 → 2150/3000) and increase its own ATK by 1000 ("Twilight Alicorn": 2600 → 3600/1900). "Twilight Alicorn" attacks and destroys "Grand Emperor/Assault Mode" (Shining 3200 → 1750). She then activates her face-down "Synchro Out" to return "Twilight" to her Extra Deck and revive "Twilight Unicorn" (1800/1300) and "Pyro Charmer" (1300/1200) in Attack Position. "Twilight Unicorn" attacks Shining directly (Shining 1750 → 0).