Jason Anders, Ashley Anders, and Ash Thornheart's Duel

The penultimate duel of *Alpha Rangers*, taking place in Chapter 40, this duel is a Shadow Game.

**Turn 1: Jason**

Jason normal summons Marmiting Captain, using its effect to special summon Battleguard King. He sets one card face-down and ends his turn.

**Turn 2: Ash**

Ash draws. He activates Malefic Territory, letting him activate Malefic World from his deck. Then, he banishes Cyber End Dragon from his extra deck to special summon Malefic Cyber End Dragon. He follows by banishing Red-Eyes Black Dragon from his deck to special summon Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon. To get rid of Jason's set card, Ash activates Stamping Destruction, then both of his monsters destroy Jason's (Anders: 6500). Ash ends his turn by setting a card.

**Turn 3: Ashley**

Ashley draws. She starts by summoning Gold Gadget, also letting her summon Silver Gadget. Silver Gadget lets Ashley special summon Springans Pedor, then she overlays both of her Gadgets to Xyz Summon Springans Merrymaker. Merrymaker allows Ashley to drop Springans Rockey, and she ends her turn by setting a card.

**Turn 4: Ash**

Ash draws, but Ashley activates Merrymaker's effect, banishing it to send Sprind the Irondash Dragon to her graveyard. Ash counters by flipping up Malefic Claw Stream, using it to destroy Pedor, but Ashley ends his Battle Phase right away using Negate Attack. During the End Phase, Sprind's effect activates, special summoning Springans Captain Sargas from Ashley's deck.

**Turn 5: Jason**

Jason draws, and he activates Pot of Greed to draw twice. He normal summons Skilled White Magician in attack position, then activates Swords of Revealing Light, but not before destroying Malefic Red-Eyes by powering up Skilled White Magician with Ego Boost (Ash: 7700).

**Turn 6: Ash**

Ash draws and sets a card.

**Turn 7: Ashley**

Ashley draws and subsequently activates Graceful Charity, drawing three cards and discarding two, including Springans Brothers. This revives Springans Branga, which Ashley summons two more of with Machine Duplication. She overlays all three to Xyz Summon Springans Ship - Exblowrer. Unfortunately, Ash activates Forbidden Droplet, dropping a second Malefic Red-Eyes and Eclipse Wyvern to negate the effects of Ashley and Jason's monsters. Ashley ends her turn by setting a card.

**Turn 8: Ash**

Ash draws and activates Card of Sanctity, so all players draw until they have six cards in their hand. Fortunately, Skilled White Magician now has three Spell Counters, so Jason tributes it for Buster Blader. He sets two cards and activates Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Swords of Revealing Light, then banishes Blue-Eyes White Dragon to special summon Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon. After that, Ash banishes Malefic Paradox Dragon to summon Malefic Paradigm Dragon, then Rainbow Dragon for Malefic Rainbow Dragon. Ash weakens Buster Blader using Riryoku, using it to power up Malefic Paradigm Dragon. Malefic Rainbow Dragon destroys Exblowrer and Cyber End Dragon destroys Sargas, but Ashley negates Paradigm Dragon's attack with Draining Shield (Anders: 11850). Blue-Eyes destroys Buster Blader, then Ash revives Red-Eyes with Malefic Divide, who attacks them both directly (Anders: 9000). Red-Eyes is banished.

**Turn 9: Ashley**

Ashley draws, reviving Gold Gadget with Monster Reborn. She brings back Silver Gadget with Iron Call, then overlays both her monsters for Number 27: Dreadnaught Dreadnoid. She doubles its strength with Limiter Removal, along with protecting it from Ash's second Malefic Claw Stream by detaching an Xyz Material, and Dreadnoid destroys Blue-Eyes. (Ash: 6300) She then ranks up Dreadnoid for Number 32: Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Super Dora.

**Turn 10: Ash**

Ash draws, and he flips up Compulsory Evacuation Device to send Super Dora back to the extra deck. All three Malefic Dragons direct attack. (Anders: 0)

Ash wins, traumatizing both Anders siblings.