indianbanksassociation #1559 - Tenth generation: Amazing wisdom, start!
#1559 - Tenth generation: Amazing wisdom, start!
Chapter 1562: Judai: Astonishing Wisdom, Activate!
“Since there are no face-up cards on my field, I activate [Lightning Storm]! Destroy all attack position monsters on your field!” Johan started by playing [Lightning Storm], intending to destroy all of Judai's attack position monsters in one fell swoop.
“Not so fast!” Judai, seeing this, promptly played a card, “Chaining to [Lightning Storm], I activate the Counter Trap Card [Direct Current Short Circuit]!”
“This card can only be activated when the effect, magic, or trap card in the same column as this card is activated. Negate that activation and destroy it!”
Right in the column where Johan activated [Lightning Storm], Judai's set card flipped open. [Direct Current Short Circuit] directly grounded the lightning strike before its power could be unleashed, nullifying the attack.
“Because there aren’t many [Hero] monsters with effect destruction resistance, this kind of card is a staple for me.”
Hearing Judai's words, Johan nodded, “Me too, me too. I’m really troubled by the lack of resistance of [Crystal Beasts], so I always have three copies of the versatile Counter Trap Card [Crystal Miracle].”
“But since [Lightning Storm] is negated, how about trying this card, Judai?” Johan said, playing a second card, “Magic Card [Dark Hole]! Destroy all cards on both players' fields!”
“Then I’ll use this card, the Counter Trap Card [Elemental Barrier]!”
Another set card flipped open in Judai’s back row, once again stopping Johan’s attempt to destroy his monsters. “When a Spell or Trap Card is activated, I can remove one face-up [E-Hero] monster on my field—this [E-Hero Bubbleman]—from play until the end of the turn to activate this effect. Negate that activation and destroy it!”
As [Elemental Barrier] was activated, water vapor rose from [E-Hero Bubbleman], turning into waves that instantly washed away the [Dark Hole] card before it could be activated, eliminating the threat at the cost of his temporary removal.
However, with [E-Hero Bubbleman]'s departure, Judai lost one monster attribute on his field, reducing the boost provided by [E-Hero Sunrise] to 600 points.
[Jaden Yuki: 6000 LP, Hand 2]
[E-Hero Sunrise] [ATK 3300→3100]
[N-Air Hummingbird] [ATK 1600→1400]
[E-Hero Solidman] [ATK 2100→1900]
Back Row: [Set Card] X3
“Amazing, you can even block that. I’m really starting to like you more and more, Judai.” Seeing Judai take his attack, Johan wasn’t angry at all, but instead said with great joy, “That’s right, let’s take our duel to even greater heights!”
“But Johan, I’ve been at Climax from the start!” Judai responded with a smile. “Don’t worry, I don’t have any cards left to stop your plays, so go ahead and show me the full power of your [Crystal Beasts]!”
“Okay, then watch closely, Judai, the power of me and the [Crystal Beasts]!” After playing two cards, Johan still had a full seven cards in hand to use. Unlike the previous duel where he showed the first-turn advantage of the [Crystal Beasts], this time Johan’s [Crystal Beasts] were starting to unfold from a second-turn position!
“First is this card, the Magic Card [Graceful Charity]. I draw three cards from the deck and discard two, and the cards I discard are [Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus] and [Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger].”
Just like Judai, he used the incredibly useful card [Graceful Charity] to fill his graveyard. Johan then played a card that he seemed to have just drawn. “Then, I activate the Continuous Magic Card [Crystal Tree].”
As Johan played the card, a bare little tree with crystal roots appeared beside him, with nothing growing on its branches. However, it looked very expensive.
“As long as this card is in my Spell \u0026 Trap Zone, each time a [Crystal Beast] monster card is placed in the Spell \u0026 Trap Zone, place a [Gem Counter] on this card.” Johan raised his Duel Disk to show his graveyard while explaining the card’s effect. “And now, I can’t let Sapphire and the others wait too long in the graveyard.”
He showed a Magic Card in his hand and said, “Next is this Magic Card, [Crystal Blessing]. This card can select up to two [Crystal Beasts] in my graveyard and place them face-up in my Spell \u0026 Trap Zone as Continuous Magic Cards. The ones I choose are naturally [Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus] and [Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger] that just went to the graveyard!”
Coincidentally, just like on the card art of [Crystal Blessing], Johan was retrieving [Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger] and [Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus] from the graveyard. Guided by the light of the sacred jewels, they transformed into their respective crystal forms and appeared in Johan's back row.
“At this moment, because [Crystal Beasts] are placed face-up in my back row as Continuous Magic Cards, a [Gem Counter] is added to [Crystal Tree].”
Johan explained, and Judai saw a gem-like fruit growing out of thin air on the [Crystal Tree] beside him? A fruit-shaped gem?
[Crystal Tree] [Gem Counter 0→1]
After a pause, Johan played another card. “Next is [Crystal Bond]. Add one [Crystal Beast] monster from my deck to my hand, and place one [Crystal Beast] with a different name face-up in the Spell \u0026 Trap Zone as a Continuous Magic Card. I choose to add [Ultimate Crystal God Rainbow Dragon] to my hand and place [Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle] in the back row!”
“Come on! Ruby!”
“Chirp!” Because of Johan’s call, [Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle], who was chatting with [Winged Kuriboh] on the side, had to interrupt their conversation and hopped to Johan’s back row, transforming into a red gem.
In the next moment, as the [Gem Counter] on [Crystal Tree] grew again, the red gem that [Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle] had become suddenly cracked open!?
“The [Gem Counter] on [Crystal Tree] increases because of Ruby’s arrival, but at the same time, Ruby’s effect will also activate.” Johan waved his hand. “When she is placed in the Spell \u0026 Trap Zone as a Continuous Magic Card, I can Special Summon her and my other [Crystal Beasts] from the Spell \u0026 Trap Zone to the field, up to four!”
“So come out, Ruby! Sapphire! Topaz!”
As Johan called out their names one by one, the three gems in his back row cracked open together. [Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus], [Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger], and [Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle] all appeared!
[Crystal Tree] [Gem Counter 1→2]
[Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus] [4☆/WIND]
[Beast/Effect]
[1800/1200]
[Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger] [4☆/EARTH]
[Beast/Effect]
[1600/1000]
[Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle] [3☆/LIGHT]
[Fairy/Effect]
“Because of Emerald’s arrival, the [Gem Counter] of [Crystal Tree] increases again!”
[Crystal Tree] [Gem Counter 2→3]
With each step, Johan was able to make the [Crystal Tree] grow, with more and more jade fruits hanging on it. In the blink of an eye, there were three of them, no longer as bare as they had been at the beginning.
At this moment, Johan looked at Judai and said, “By continuously placing [Gem Counters] on [Crystal Tree], it’s now time to harvest the fruits. So watch closely, Judai, what follows is the collective appearance of my family!”
“The second effect of [Crystal Tree], by sending this card with [Gem Counters] to the graveyard to activate!” Johan took the [Crystal Tree] card off his Duel Disk. Watching the crystal tree disappear, leaving only the three jade fruits floating in the air, Johan raised his Duel Disk, which began to search for cards. “From my deck, select [Crystal Beast] monsters equal to the number of [Gem Counters] placed on [Gem Tree] to place face-up in my Spell \u0026 Trap Zone as Continuous Magic Cards!”
“Because there are three [Gem Counters], I will place the remaining three [Crystal Beasts]—Amethyst Cat, Amber Mammoth, and Cobalt Eagle—in the back row!”
The pink-purple amethyst, the orange amber, and the azure cobalt spinel, representing [Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat], [Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth], and [Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle] respectively, appeared from the shattered [Gem Counters] and landed in Johan's back row.
At this moment, all seven [Crystal Beasts] had gathered on Johan's field again. They appeared either as monsters or as gems. How could the scene be simply summarized as “gorgeous”?
But Johan followed up with an even more gorgeous card.
“Activate the Magic Card [Terraforming]! Add one Field Magic Card from my deck to my hand.” Seven-colored rainbow light was born under the cluster of gathered [Crystal Beasts], rose up as a rainbow and went straight to Johan's hand, delivering a card into his hand. “The card I choose is—the Field Magic Card [Rainbow Ancient City Rainbow Ruins]! Then I activate it!”
Although the [Crystal Beasts] are a set of cards that are quite outdated compared to other decks, and can even be said to be one of the most entertaining decks, it is not without its glory. At least in another world, when it was first born, it used its exclusive field and another [Crystal Abundance] with effects that looked quite powerful at the time to make a place for itself in the duel environment, and even became a mainstream deck that combined control points and burst points.
The burst point is concentrated on the card [Crystal Abundance], whose card art is perfunctory but its effect is powerful. The control point comes from the Field Magic Card that Johan activated at this moment!
As Johan introduced before, the [Crystal Beasts] were made from the seven crystal stone tablets that symbolized Roman rule. They were originally to be transported to the capital of ancient Rome to gather with the stone tablet of [Ultimate Crystal God Rainbow Dragon], which represented Rome itself, at the Roman Colosseum. But in the end, everything disappeared in a shipwreck. After ancient Rome lost those seven crystal stone tablets, Caesar's dictatorship ended with that famous assassination, and Rome even fell into civil strife and was rebuilt from a republic into the Roman Empire.
There was another shipwreck, accompanied by the change of dynasties and the death of historical figures. It is hard not to guess whether this is related to Doma, which had been established for a thousand years by Dartz after witnessing the tragedy of the [Millennium Items] in ancient Egypt.
But this Field Magic Card presents the scenery of the destination where the stone tablet of [Rainbow Dragon] was located, which only existed in the dreams of the [Crystal Beasts] two thousand years ago and has never been reached. Just like the scenery of the “Endless Sea” pursued by the King of Conquerors, it has extremely important significance for both Johan and the [Crystal Beasts].
“Although [Rainbow Ancient City Rainbow Ruins] itself does not have a [Crystal] column and can only be searched directly by such a crude method as [Terraforming], I personally believe that its strength is worthy of the trouble of searching for it.”
Watching the surrounding environment being overwritten by the virtual projection system into the environment of the Field Magic Card, Johan explained with pride, “Depending on the number of [Crystal Beast] cards in my Spell \u0026 Trap Zone, [Rainbow Ancient City Rainbow Ruins] can gain multiple effects.”
“In the case of one or more cards, the Field Magic Card [Rainbow Ancient City Rainbow Ruins] itself will gain destruction resistance and will not be destroyed by effects; in the case of two or more cards, once per turn, I can halve the battle damage I take. Although it is not written on the card, this effect can also be activated during the opponent's turn.”
Johan paused while holding up two fingers. Because he was talking about the key point, his voice became louder. “In the case of three or more cards, when a Magic/Trap Card is activated, I can send one face-up [Crystal Beast] monster on my field to the graveyard to activate this effect, negating that activation and destroying it. This effect does not even have a once-per-turn limit!”
“In the case of four or more cards, once per turn, I can draw one card from the deck unconditionally, and then in the case of five [Crystal Beasts], once per turn, I can target one [Crystal Beast] card in my Spell \u0026 Trap Zone and Special Summon it!”
“Now I have four [Crystal Beast] cards in my back row. I will first use the effect held by [Rainbow Ancient City Rainbow Ruins] in the case of having four or more [Crystal Beast] cards to draw one card from the deck!”
While speaking, Johan drew a card from the deck.
[Johan Andersen: 4000 LP, Hand 7→6→6→5→6]
[Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle] [ATK 300]
[Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus] [ATK 1800]
【Gem-Beast - Topaz Tiger】【ATK1600】
Back Row: 【Gem-Beast - Emerald Tortoise】【Gem-Beast - Amethyst Cat】【Gem-Beast - Amber Mammoth】【Gem-Beast - Cobalt Sparrow】
Field: 【Rainbow Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins】
"So strong!" Jaden looked at the effect of 【Rainbow Ancient City】 which was as long as a short essay, and couldn't help but show an excited smile. But then, remembering something, he asked Jesse strangely, "But Jesse, is this 【Rainbow Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins】 the scenery of the location where the 【Rainbow Dragon】 tablet was found? Was it made after the 【Rainbow Dragon】 tablet was found?"
With Syrus providing information and helping Pegasus find the 【Rainbow Dragon】 tablet, the development and design of the 【Gem-Beast】 series of cards, which had been stagnant due to the lack of core cards, was restarted by Pegasus, who was rarely not slacking off and had a work interest. A series of brand-new cards were created, but because there was no awakened 【Rainbow Dragon】 spirit to support them, Jesse carried them with him but didn't add them to his deck.
However, this did not include 【Rainbow Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins】. Although Jesse didn't guess what Jaden was thinking, he shook his head and honestly said, "No, this card was made before the 【Rainbow Dragon】 tablet was found, so the card only mentions 【Gem-Beast】 and doesn't mention 【Rainbow Dragon】."
"That's strange. No wonder Mr. Syrus said he didn't expect you guys to not have found the 【Rainbow Dragon】 tablet for so long." Jaden, with his shocking wisdom, had an expression of 'as expected'. "Because look, even if you didn't know where the 【Rainbow Dragon】 tablet was at that time, it's weird that the 【Gem-Beast】 deck would inexplicably have a card that can find a specific location in reality just by looking at the card art. Why didn't you just go to that ancient Roman Colosseum in the card art and look for the card?"
"Maybe if Mr. Syrus hadn't reminded you, Jesse, you could have found the 【Rainbow Dragon】 card two or three years earlier!"
Faced with Jaden's question, Jesse was speechless because he really hadn't thought of that - that's right, 【Rainbow Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins】 was already in my hands before 【Rainbow Dragon】, how could I not have thought of that? If it was as Jaden said, why would I need to borrow the power of 【Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder】 to fill 【Rainbow Dragon】 with energy now? I would have printed out all the 【Rainbow Dragon】 related cards long ago!
"Jaden, you're simply a genius!"
"Of course! Although some people think I'm an idiot because I always fail exams, I actually know very well myself." Jaden frankly accepted Jesse's praise, "I'm super smart!"
Happy Lantern Festival, has everyone eaten Tangyuan?
Also, regarding the matter of 【Rainbow Ancient City】 at the end of the chapter, this card was brought out by Jesse in his duel with Jaden when he first appeared, but with such a blatant card art there, Jesse and Pegasus didn't have any clues about the Rainbow Dragon tablet. It wasn't until Jesse and his friends went to another world that they found the Rainbow Dragon tablet in a place exactly like the card art. When I watched the anime as a kid, I didn't think much of it, but now it's full of flaws.
It's like someone holding a password box trying to find the password, completely ignoring the blatant "How old is Beastly Senior" written on the password box.