Earth vs Lightning

## Featured Duel: Earth vs. Lightning

**Turn 1: Earth**

Earth activates the Spell Card "Cost Down", discarding a card to reduce the Levels of all monsters in his hand by 2, even after they are Summoned. He discards "G Golem Rock Hammer". Earth Normal Summons "G Golem Rock Hammer" (1800/2400) in Attack Position. Earth activates the effect of "Rock Hammer", tributing it to Special Summon three "G Golem Tokens" (0/0) in Defense Position. He then uses his three "G Golem Tokens" to Link Summon "G Golem Invalid Dolmen" (2800/LINK-3/←↑→) to the Extra Monster Zone. Earth Sets two cards.

**Turn 2: Lightning**

Lightning activates the Field Spell Card "Armatos Colosseum". Upon activation, "Armatos Colosseum" allows Lightning to add an "Armatos Legio" monster from his Deck to his hand. He adds "Armatos Legio Sica". Lightning Normal Summons "Sica" (0/400). He then uses "Sica" to Link Summon "Armatos Legio Decurion" (1000/LINK-1/↓) to the Extra Monster Zone. Since Lightning Link Summoned an "Armatos Legio" monster, he activates the effect of "Colosseum", letting him send 1 "Armatos Legio" card from his hand to his GY to target a number of "Armatos Legio" monsters in his GY equal to the summoned monster's Link Rating and Special Summon them to the zone(s) the Link Monster points to in Defense Position. He sends "Armatos Legio Gradius" to the GY to Special Summon "Sica" from his GY next to the zone "Decurion" points to. Lightning sends another "Sica" from his hand to his GY to Special Summon "Armatos Legio Speculata" (0/1800) in Defense Position from his hand via its own effect. Lightning then uses "Sica" and "Speculata" to Link Summon "Armatos Legio Centurion" (1700/LINK-2/←→) to the zone "Decurion" points to. Lightning activates the effect of "Colosseum", sending "Armatos Legio Scutum" from his hand to the GY to Special Summon "Sica" and "Speculata" from his GY to the zones that "Centurion" points to. Lightning uses "Speculata" to Link Summon another "Armatos Legio Decurion" (1000/↓).

He then uses "Speculata", "Sica" and "Decurion" to Link Summon "Armatos Legio Legatus Legionis" (2400/LINK-3/←↓→). Lightning activates the Link Spell Card "Judgment Arrows" (↖↑↗) at the Spell/Trap Zone that the second "Decurion" points to. "Legatus Legionis" attacks "Invalid Dolmen". As a Link Monster "Judgment Arrows" points to is battling, its effect makes that monster's ATK become double its current ATK during damage calculation only ("Legatus Legionis": 2400 → 4800 ATK). "Legatus Legionis" then destroys "Invalid Dolmen" (Earth: 4000 → 2000 LP). Since "Invalid Dolmen" was destroyed, Earth activates its effect, negating the effects of all face-up cards Lightning controls. Earth activates his set "Gravity Vision", targeting an EARTH Link Monster destroyed in battle and the monster that destroyed it. Earth Special Summons a "G Golem Token" in Defense Position which gains DEF equal to the destroyed monster's Link Rating times 800 (0 → 2400 DEF) while the other monster loses ATK equal to the "G Golem Token"'s DEF ("Legatus Legionis": 2400 → 0 ATK).

**Turn 3: Earth**

Earth draws and subsequently activates the Spell Card "Gravity Balance", Special Summoning two EARTH monsters from his GY of the same name in Defense Position with their effects negated and ATK and DEF reduced to 0. He Special Summons two copies of "Rock Hammer" (1800/2400 → 0/0). Earth uses both copies of "Rock Hammer" to Link Summon "G Golem Crystal Heart" (0/LINK-1/←↓) to the Extra Monster Zone. Earth activates the effect of "G Golem Crystal Heart", Special Summoning an EARTH Link Monster from his GY to his field so it is co-linked to "Crystal Heart", then placing a G Golem Counter on "Crystal Heart". He Special Summons "G Golem Invalid Dolmen" to the zone the bottom-center Link Arrow of "Crystal Heart" points to ("Crystal Heart": 0 → 1 G Golem Counter).

The effect of "Crystal Heart" increases the ATK of all EARTH monsters it points to by 600 for each G Golem Counter on it ("Invalid Dolmen": 2800 → 3400 ATK). Earth Normal Summons "G Golem Pebble Dog" (300/1000), and activates its effect as it was Normal Summoned to add 1 "Pebble Dog" from his deck to his hand. Earth uses "Pebble Dog" and the LINK-3 "Invalid Dolmen" to Link Summon "G Golem Dignified Trilithon" (3200 → 3800/LINK-4/←↑↓→) to the zone "Crystal Heart" points to. "Dignified Trilithon" attacks "Decurion". As it is attacking, Earth activates the effect of "Dignified Trilithon", sending "G Golem Pebble Dog" from his hand to the GY, then negates the effects of "Decurion" and decreasing its ATK by 200 ("Decurion": 1000 → 800 ATK). "Dignified Trilithon" then destroys "Decurion" (Lightning: 4000 → 200 LP).

**Turn 4: Lightning**

Lightning Normal Summons "Armatos Legio Magica Alcum" (0/1600) to the zone the middle-left Link Arrow of "Legatus Legionis" points to. As "Magica Alcum" is Normal or Special Summoned to a zone Lightning's "Armatos Legio" Link Monster points to, he activates its effect, targeting a "Judgment Arrows" in his Spell & Trap Zone that Link Monster points to and preventing "Armatos Legio" monsters he controls from being destroyed by card effects this turn, also sending the targeted card to the GY, then destroying all face-up cards in The Shepherd's Spell & Trap Zones and Main Monster Zones. "Legatus Legionis" attacks and destroys "Crystal Heart" (Earth: 2000 → 0 LP).