Youyi: Am I burdened by Wadona? (√laughs)

“My turn. Draw!”
The card image—a yellow right foot shackled by chains.
Alright! Now I have four different sealed components in my hand! All I need is to draw the main body piece, and I can win!
Suppressing his excitement, the Relia Card Hunter put on a calm façade as he activated the spell card in his hand:
“Spell Card, ‘Pot of Greed.’ I draw two cards from my deck.”
Under the effect of the green pot, the Relia Card Hunter drew two cards from the top of his deck. As his fingers closed around the second card, his eyes widened further.
It’s here! If I just draw one more card from the top, I’ll get the Exodia card!
Of the three sets of Dark Archmage component cards, the Relia Card Hunter had made subtle marks on the back of each type. Normally, these would be undetectable, but with the special contact lenses from the Gruus Corporation, they were clearly visible.
Now, he could see that the top card of his deck, at the very center of the card back—where the orange-black vortex spiraled—bore his secret mark.
The left arm component was marked on the upper left corner of the back, the right leg on the lower right… and so forth, with the five cards marked on each corner and the center.
“I activate the trap card, ‘Jar of Greed’! Its effect lets me draw one card from my deck!”
His voice trembled with excitement.
Just one more draw! I’ll win this duel!
Thrilled, the Relia Card Hunter’s slightly trembling right hand reached for the top card of his deck.
Just as his index and middle fingers grazed the card back, ready to draw, Yugi’s voice suddenly rang out like a demon from the depths of hell!
“In response to your trap card, I activate the counter trap, ‘Judgment Reversal’!”
“What? A counter trap for trap cards?”
Hearing Yugi’s words, the Relia Card Hunter froze completely.
“That trap card is negated! And it’s shuffled back into your deck!”
Relia Card Hunter: !!
Damn! That despicable bastard!
He hadn’t expected his victory, so close at hand, to be snatched away by such a minor counter trap!

But it doesn’t matter! As long as it’s my third turn, I can win during the normal draw phase! Hahahaha!
“I set another monster in defense, and end my turn.”
Seemingly unaffected by the counter trap, the Relia Card Hunter maintained his cold, unapproachable demeanor as he summoned a defensive monster.
[Relia Card Hunter: 3400 LP, Hand: 5, Monster Zone: 1 face-down defense, Spell/Trap Zone: 0]
“My turn. Draw!”
As if he’d forgotten that this Relia Card Hunter was using a counterfeit “Dark Archmage” deck, Yugi continued his turn with a calm, focused expression.
“I activate the second effect of the effect monster in my hand, ‘King of the Swamp.’ By discarding it, I can add a ‘Polymerization’ spell card from my deck to my hand.”
A monster card perfectly suited for fusion decks, usable as a fusion material or discarded to search for ‘Polymerization.’
“Next, I summon ‘Elemental HERO Prisma’ in attack position!”
Prisma, true to its name, appeared as a hero monster formed from jagged, angular crystals.
(Elemental HERO Prisma, Level 4, ATK: 1700)
“I activate Prisma’s effect, sending ‘Elemental HERO Clayman’ from my deck to the graveyard.”
As Yugi sent Clayman to the grave, a spectral image of Clayman appeared before Prisma on the field. Prisma glanced at the apparition and began to morph into Clayman’s form.
“Until the end of the turn, Prisma’s name is treated as Clayman. Now I can activate ‘Polymerization’ to fuse the ‘Elemental HERO Sparkman’ in my hand with ‘Elemental HERO Clayman (Prisma)’ on the field!”
The HERO with the highest attack, Sparkman, and the one with the highest defense, Clayman, fused to create a new monster: a giant with a massive, spherical upper body, clad in golden armor, crackling with lightning.
“Fusion Summon—Elemental HERO Thunder Giant!”
(Elemental HERO Thunder Giant, Level 6, ATK: 2400)
“According to the new ‘Master Rule,’ Fusion monsters of Level 6 or lower can attack the turn they’re summoned. So, Bladeedge attacks first with piercing damage! Then Thunder Giant will attack directly!”
The “Giant Soldier of Stone” was the monster set by the Relia Card Hunter—just like before, it had 2000 defense points.
(Relative Card Hunter: 3400 LP → 2800 LP → 400 LP)
[Yugi: 4000 LP, Hand: 0, Monster Zone: Elemental HERO Bladeedge, Elemental HERO Thunder Giant, Spell/Trap Zone: 1 face-down]
“As expected of the President! On just the second turn of the duel, he’s already reduced his opponent’s life points to triple digits!”

“Life Points flickering like a candle in the wind… This is the strength worthy of the Duel Kingdom’s top duelist!”
“……”
After that sequence of plays, the Relia Card Hunter’s life points had plummeted from over three thousand to just three digits, causing the onlookers to gasp in awe.
“Hmph! My turn. Draw!”
It was a routine draw, but the Relia Card Hunter’s sudden burst of maniacal laughter startled the crowd, making them step back.
“Hahaha! Hahahahaha! President Yugi! If you get on your knees and apologize to me now, and hand over any rare card as valuable as a Blue-Eyes White Dragon, I’ll pretend this duel never happened. How about it?”
Before he had even drawn his card, the Relia Card Hunter couldn’t restrain his smug, vengeful tone.
“What? Did this guy escape from a mental hospital?”
“Is this a joke? He actually dares to speak to President Yugi like that!”
“Whose dog is this? Someone leash him, please!”
“……”
The crowd chimed in before Yugi could reply. If he’d simply suggested surrendering, they might have just grumbled, but the Relia Card Hunter had not only boasted outrageously, he’d demanded Yugi kneel and apologize—an unforgivable insult. The crowd let loose with a barrage of mockery.
“Hmph! I’ve already drawn the key card I need to win! President, you have no chance at victory!”
Ignoring the jeers, the Relia Card Hunter looked at Yugi with an arrogant sneer.
Once he added this card to his hand during the draw phase, he’d have all five pieces, allowing him to summon the invincible “Dark Archmage—Exodia”!
(Though Exodia’s effect is that victory is immediate if all five pieces are in hand, in the anime, players would lay all five cards on the duel disk, summon Exodia, and then claim victory.)
Eyes narrowed, Yugi stared intently at the Relia Card Hunter, whose skin crawled under the gaze. The corners of Yugi’s mouth lifted as he uttered a classic line from the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime:
“Sore wa dou kana?”