Digimon Duel: Together As One Episode 38

"**A True Duelist**" is the 38th episode of the series and 103rd overall.

## Featured Duel: Marcus Damon vs. Sucram Nomad

The duel is continued from the last episode.

**Turn 8: Marcus**

Marcus draws. He then activates "Counter Comeback" to allow hmself to draw until he has five cards in his hand and increase his LP by 100 for each one. He draws five cards (Marcus 1300 → 1800). He then Normal Summons "Counter Hook" (900/900) in Attack Position. He then activates "Battling Boxing" to target "Counter Hook" and reduce the ATK of "Belphemon" by the ATK of "Counter Hook" ("Belphemon": 1500 → 600/2500). "Counter Hook" attacks "Belphemon". Due to the effect of "Belphemon", it cannot be destroyed by battle with monsters whose Levels are 10 or lower (Sucram 3200 → 2900).

**Turn 9: Sucram**

Sucram draws. He then activates "Double Manufacture" to target "Belphemon" and Special Summon itself as a monster with the same Level, ATK and DEF as "Belphemon" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. He then overlays his two Level 10 monsters to Xyz Summon "King Yggdrasil" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. "King Yggdrasil" attacks "Counter Hook", but Marcus activates his face-down "Guard Pose" to reduce the Battle Damage by the ATK of "Counter Hook". Marcus then activates the effect of the "Double Counter Hook" in his hand, discarding it to double the decrease. "King Yggdrasil" then destroys "Counter Hook" (Marcus 1800 → 1500).

**Turn 10: Marcus**

Marcus draws. He then Normal Summons "Clashing Fists" (1600/???) in Attack Position. He then activates "Tag Team In" to Special Summon "GeoGreymon" (1600/???) from his hand in Attack Position. He then overlays his two Level 4 monsters to Xyz Summon "ShineGreymon" (2500/2000) in Attack Position. He then activates the effect of the "Counter Hook" in his Graveyard, swapping the ATK of both "ShineGreymon" and "King Yggdrasil" ("ShineGreymon": 2500 → 3000/2000; "King Yggdrasil": 3000 → 2500/2500). He then equips "ShineGreymon" with "GeoGrey Sword", increasing its ATK by 400 ("ShineGreymon": 3000 → 3400/2000). He then activates the effect of "ShineGreymon" to inflict 500 damege to  Sucram (Sucram 2900 → 2400). "ShineGreymon" attacks "King Yggdrasil", but Sucram activates the latter's effect to detach an Overlay Unit, negate its destruction (Sucram 2400 → 1500) and inflict 300 damage to Marcus (Marcus 1500 → 1200). He then Sets a card.

**Turn 11: Sucram**

Sucram draws. He then activates "Baron Negative Force" to Rank-Up "King Yggdrasil" and perform a Rank-Up Xyz Evolution, overlaying it to Xyz Summon "King Yggdrasil Prism" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. He then activates its effect to detach an Overlay Unit and reduce the ATK of "ShineGreymon" by 400 ("ShineGreymon": 2900 → 2500/2000). "King Yggdrasil Prism" attacks "ShineGreymon", but Marcus activates his face-down "Triple Champion" to negate the attack and Special Summon three "Belt Tokens" (0/0) in Attack Position.

**Turn 12: Marcus**

Marcus draws. He then overlays his three Level 1 monsters to Xyz Summon "Black Night Cerberus" (300/100) in Attack Position. He then activates "Burst Charge" to Rank-Up "ShineGreymon" and perform a Rank-Up Xyz Evolution, overlaying it to Xyz Summon "ShineGreymon Burst" (4000/4000) in Attack Position. He then activates its effect to inflict 200 damage to Sucram (Sucram 1500 → 1300). "ShineGreymon Burst" attacks and destroys "King Yggdrasil Prism" (Sucram 1300 → 300). "Black Night Cerberus" attacks directly (Sucram 300 → 0).