YGO EQG Shadow Gates - Episode 013

"**New Growth**" is the 13th episode of the series of 60th overall.

The tournament continues and Applejack duels against Vinyl Scratch, a duelist also known as DJ Pon-3. Who will win?

## Featured Duel: Applejack vs. Vinyl Scratch

**Turn 1: Vinyl**

Vinyl draws. She then Normal Summons "Disk Dude" (1800/1600) in Attack Position. She then Sets two cards.

**Turn 2: Applejack**

Applejack draws. She then activates "Reseeding" to discard one Level 5 or higher monster from her hand and Special Summon two monsters from her hand or Deck whose combined Levels equal to that of the discarded monster. She discards Level 6 "Thorn Fighter" and Special Summons Level 3 "Apple Paladin" (1200/600) and "Garden Knight" (1300/900) from her Deck in Attack Position. She then Normal Summons "Maiden of Vines" (1000/1000) in Attack Position. She then overlays her Level 3 "Apple Paladin", "Garden Knight" and "Maiden of Vines" in order to Xyz Summon "Orchid Cowboy" (2100/600) in Attack Position. "Orchid Cowboy" attacks "Disk Dude", but Vinyl activates her face-down "Base Drop" to negate the attack and inflict damage to Applejack equal to the ATK of "Orchid Cowboy", but Applejack activates the effect of "Orchid Cowboy" to detach an Overlay Unit, negate the activation of "Base Drop" and destroy it. Vinyl activates her face-down "Defence Beat" to negate her monster's destruction (Vinyl 4000 → 3700). She then Sets a card.

**Turn 3: Vinyl**

Vinyl draws. She then Tributes "Disk Dude" in order to Tribute Summon "Sound Shaker" (2500/1600) in Attack Position. "Sound Shaker" attacks "Orchid Cowboy", but Applejack finds and activates the Action Card "Evasion" to negate the attack. She then finds and activates the Action Card "Encore" to allow "Sound Shaker" to attack again. "Sound Shaker" attacks and destroys "Orchid Cowboy" (Applejack 4000 → 3600). Applejack activates her face-down "Overlay Recovery" to Special Summon "Apple Paladin" (1200/600) and "Garden Knight" (1300/900) from her Extra Deck in Attack Position and increase their Levels by 1 (as they were used for the Xyz Summon of "Orchid Cowboy").

**Turn 4: Applejack**

Applejack draws. She then activates the effect of "Garden Knight" to banish one monster from her Graveyard and add one monster from her Deck to her hand whose ATK is less than the banished monster's ATK. She banishes "Thorn Fighter" and adds "Red Apple Golem". She then overlays "Apple Paladin" and "Garden Knight" in order to Xyz Summon "Orchid Defender" (1400/2600) in Attack Position. She then Sets a card.

**Turn 5: Vinyl**

Vinyl draws. She then Normal Summons "Sound Synchron" (500/500) in Attack Position. She then tunes the Level 6 "Sound Shaker" with the Level 2 Tuner monster "Sound Synchron" in order to Synchro Summon "Sound Striker DJ Pon-3" (2800/2200) in Attack Position. She then activates its effect to pay 500 LP (Vinyl 3700 → 3200) and switch "Orchid Defender" to Attack Position. "DJ Pon-3" attacks and destroys "Orchid Defender" (Applejack 3600 → 2200).

**Turn 6: Applejack**

Applejack draws. She then Normal Summons "Red Apple Golem" (1300/1500) in Defense Position. Since "Red Apple Golem" was Normal Summoned, its effect activates, allowing Applejack to add "Green Apple Golem" from her Deck to her hand. She then activates "Blooming Daisy" (Left 2) and "Seedling Sprite" (Right 6) in her Pendulum Zones. She then Pendulum Summons "Green Apple Golem" (1400/600) and "Yellow Apple Golem" (1200/1200) from her hand in Defense Position. She then activates her face-down "Bloomberg the Moving Forest" to Special Summon itself (0/2000) in Attack Position. Since "Bloomberg" is on the field with "Red Apple Golem", "Green Apple Golem" and "Yellow Apple Golem", its effect activates, increasing its ATK by 3000 ("Bloomberg": 0 → 3000/2000). "Bloomberg" attacks "DJ Pon-3", but Vinyl activates the effect of "DJ Pon-3" to pay 500 LP (Vinyl 3200 → 2700) and switch "Bloomberg" to Defense Position.

**Turn 7: Vinyl**

Vinyl draws. She then Normal Summons "Boombox Dragon" (2000/100) in Attack Position. She then activates the effect of "DJ Pon-3" (Vinyl 2700 → 2200) to switch "Bloomberg" to Attack Position. "Boombox Dragon" attacks and destroys "Red Apple Golem" ("Bloomberg": 3000 → 0/2000). "DJ Pon-3" attacks "Bloomberg", but Applejack finds and activates the Action Card "Amplify" to Tribute "Green Apple Golem" and "Yellow Apple Golem" and increase her LP by the total Levels of the Tributed monsters x200 (Applejack 2200 → 3000). "DJ Pon-3" then destroys "Bloomberg" (Applejack 3000 → 200).

**Turn 8: Applejack**

Applejack draws. She then activates "Rank-Up Magic Growth Force" to revive "Orchid Cowboy" (2100/600) in Attack Position. She then activates the second effect of "Rank-Up Magic Growth Force" to Rank-Up "Orchid Cowboy" and perform a Rank-Up Xyz Evolution, overlaying it to Xyz Summon "Orchid Sheriff" (2800/2300) in Attack Position. "Orchid Sheriff" attacks "DJ Pon-3". She then activates the effect of "Orchid Sheriff" to detach an Overlay Unit, negate the effects of "DJ Pon-3" and increase its ATK by the ATK of "DJ Pon-3" ("Orchid Sheriff": 2800 → 5600/2300). "Orchid Sheriff" then destroys "DJ Pon-3" (Vinyl 2200 → 0).