Wednesday, August 8, 2012

The Black Joker

I met a weird man today. He was dressed in baggy black clothing and wore a black mask with a white question mark on it. He told me he was the Black Joker, and that he wanted to duel with me. He had his own duel disk too.

"I'll take the first turn," I said. "I'll start by summoning Flamvell Grunika in attack mode!" The dragon appeared before the two of us. "Next, I use Dragon's Gunfire to deal you 800 points of damage."
Flamvell Grunika opened it's mouth and spat a fireball at the Black Joker. I was kind of hoping it would hurt him some, but he didn't seem bothered by the flames at all.
"I end my turn," I said.

"I'll go now," he said, drawing. "I'll start by normal summoning OathBreaker Night Surgeon."
What appeared to be some kind of back-ally doctor appeared. It was level 4, with 1400 atk and 1700 def.
"When Night Surgeon comes into play, I can put a Plague Counter on an opponent's monster," he said.
"A what?" I asked.
"You see, monsters that have Plague Counters lose 300 of their attack points, bringing Flamvell Grunika down to 1400," he said. "Next, I use the Fear Arises Spell card."
"Fear?" I asked. I had a feeling I knew where this was going.
"You see, at the cost of half my remaining life, I can special summon a Fear from my hand," he explained. "And I'll use it to bring out the Plague Doctor."
He summoned a hooded man with a bird-like mask holding a cane. It was level 8, with 2200 attack and defense.
"I know you've encountered a Fear card before, so you know they can't be destroyed in battle except by other Fears," he said. "No I'll use the Doctor's effect to place a Plague Counter on each monster you control. Also, Plague Doctor gains 100 attack points for each Plague Counter in play."
That was bad. Flamvell Grunika was limited to 1100, while his Plague Doctor was bumped up to 2400.
"Now I'll have Plague Doctor attack your dragon!" he proclaimed.
My dragon was destroyed and I took 1300 damage. He followed up with a direct attack from the Night Surgeon and ended his turn.

"I'll be going now!" I said angrily.
I drew. My hand now had Meteor dragon, Rancher Dragonute, Flamvell Guard, Card Destruction, and Burst Breath. I used Card Destruction. We both discarded out hands and drew the same number of cards.
"I activate Foolish Burial!" I said. "Now I can send Red-Eyes from my deck to the graveyard, then I'll use Monster Reborn to bring him back!"
My faithful dragon joined me on the field.
"I'll have Red-Eyes crush that worthless Night Surgeon!" I cried. It was destroyed and he lost 1000 life. "I'll end by setting a monster in defense mode."

"Very well," he said. "I'll begin by normal summoning OathBreaker Shadow Stitcher. By switching him to defense mode as he comes into play, I can call back an OathBreaker in defense mode. Now I resurrect my Night Surgeon!"
The card he had summoned looked like a deranged surgeon. It was level 4, with 1200 attack and 1000 defense, and now the Night Surgeon had returned to join it.
"Since Night Surgeon was summoned, I can place a counter on your Red-Eyes," he said. "Also, when you used Card Destruction, my OathBreaker Mad Doctor was discarded to the graveyard, and by banishing him, I can call forth my OathBreaker Homunculus."
A machine shaped like a human appeared, then it kind of morphed to look like a doctor.
"My new monster may have no attack points, but it gains my Mad Doctor's effect, allowing me to discard a card to place a plague counter on your Red-Eyes. Now, I'll overlay my three level 4 monsters to xyz summon a new monster!"
The Homunculus, Night Surgeon, and Shadow Stitcher overlayed with each other and an Asian man with his right sleeve torn off appeared. He had 2800 atk and 1500 def.
"Allow me to introduce Ren, The Thorned Prince," he said. "Now, watch what happens when I use his effect."
One of the Overlay units was absorbed into his arm and it turn into wood and expanded rapidly, attacking my face-down Awe Dragonute and forcing it into attack mode.
"By using his units, I can switch defense position monsters to attack mode and weaken them by 1000 points," he explained. "Next, I use the Plague Doctor to add a Plague Counter to both of your monsters! Now, attack!"
Plague Doctor attacked Red-Eyes (2600 vs. 1500) and dealt me 1100 damage. Then, The Thorned Prince attacked Axe Dragonute (2800 vs. 700) which resulted in 2100 damage. He was now in the lead, 2600 to 2100.

I was outraged. I drew my card and looked at what I had got. I was there. My rage had called it to me. It was time to win.

"I remove Axe Dragonute, Rancher Dragonute, Flamvell Grunika, and Flamvell Guard from my graveyard!" I announced. "By doing so, I can call forth Burning Shadow Dragon!!"
It appeared, in all of it's glory. Darkness and heat radiated from it as it flapped its massive wings before us.
"Next, I banish Meteor Dragon from my graveyard to have him gain 1000 attack points! And to add onto that, I equip him the the spell card Megamorph, which doubles his original attack power, bringing him up to 7000!"
"So much power..." The Black Joker said, completely awestruck by the creatures presence.
"There's no kill quite like over kill!" I said. "I know I can't destroy the Plague Doctor, but you'll still take damage from this. Dragon, attack!!!"

And then it was over. The force of the attack almost knock the Black Joker unconscious.

He then stood up and approached me.

"You're exactly what I've been looking for," he said. "You're dueling style is absolutely ruthless. You've got what it takes to wield these." He handed me a stack of cards and walked off. As he left, he said we'd be meeting again soon.

I looked through the cards he gave me. They should fit perfectly in my deck. And what's more, He gave me a copy of the Plague Doctor. I have a Fear within my deck now.

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