Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 169

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{{DynamicNavigationBox Axel Brodie vs Trueman
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Axel's turn

 * Axel summons "Volcanic Slicer" (1800 ATK / 1200 DEF) in Attack Position and activates its effect: Once per turn, Trueman takes 500 points of damage, but "Volcanic Slicer" cannot attack if it uses this effect (Trueman: 3500 LP).
 * Then, Axel sets a card and ends his turn.

Trueman's turn

 * Summons his "Dark Archetype" (1400 ATK / 400 DEF) in Attack Position and attacks Axel's "Volcanic Slicer" with it, causing "Dark Archetype" to be destroyed (Trueman: 3100 LP). But, since "Dark Archetype" was destroyed in battle, Trueman can activate its effect: By sending monsters whose Levels total 3 from his hand to his Graveyard, he can summon a monster with ATK equal to or less than the Battle Damage he received.  He sends "Volcanic Blaster" from his hand to the Graveyard and summons  "Dark Psycho Eye" (400 ATK / 1100 DEF) in Attack Position.
 * Since "Dark Psycho Eye" was summoned while Trueman was still engaged in his Battle Phase, Axel can activate his facedown card, "Buster Trap".  This enables Axel to destroy "Dark Psycho Eye" and end Trueman's Battle Phase.
 * But now, "Dark Psycho Eye's" effect activates: when that monster is destroyed, Trueman can take control of 1 of Axel's monsters. Trueman gains control of "Volcanic Slicer".  During this time, Axel is suddenly tricked into believing that he is dueling his father, because Trueman is trying to discover the innermost darkness in Axel's heart.
 * Then, Trueman activates "Volcanic Slicer's" effect, reducing Axel's Life Points by 500, but, again, "Volcanic Slicer" cannot attack if it uses this effect (Axel: 3500 LP)
 * Trueman sets a card and ends his turn, resulting in "Volcanic Slicer" shifting control back to Axel.

Axel's turn

 * "Volcanic Slicer" attacks "Axel's Dad" directly, but "Axel's Dad" activates the Trap Card "Firewall". Now, by removing a Pyro-Type monster in his Graveyard from play, he can stop "Volcanic Slicer's" direct attack.  He removes "Volcanic Blaster" for the cost.

"Axel's dad's" turn

 * Due to "Firewall's" secondary effect, "Axel's Dad" must pay 500 Life Points to keep it on the field, or else it will destroy itself ("Axel's Dad": 2600 LP).
 * Activates "Flame Wall". Now, "Axel's Dad" will take no damage from any of Axel's card effects while "Flame Wall" is on the field.
 * Activates "Volcanic Wall". Now, by sending the top 3 cards on his Deck to the Graveyard, "Axel's Dad" cannot attack during this turn, but if any of the monsters sent to the Graveyard are Pyro-Type monsters, Axel will lose 500 Life Points per monster sent.  The top 3 cards he sends are "Volcanic Rat", "Fire Cyclone", and "Volcanic Shell".  2 of the cards were Pyro-Type monsters, so Axel takes 1000 damage (Axel: 2500 LP).

Axel's turn

 * Activates his "Blaze Accelerator" and immediately sends it to the Graveyard to activate "Tri-Blaze Accelerator".
 * With that done, he also activates the effect of his "Volcanic Doomfire" (3000 ATK / 1800 DEF), sending "Tri-Blaze Accelerator" to the Graveyard to summon it from his hand in Attack Position.
 * "Volcanic Slicer" and "Volcanic Doomfire" attack "Axel's Dad" directly, but with "Firewall" still on the field and "Volcanic Rat" and "Volcanic Shell" in "Axel's Dad's" Graveyard, he can remove both Pyro-Type monsters to cancel both direct attacks.
 * Axel sets 2 cards and ends his turn.
 * (These cards are revealed to be "Switch Off" and "Volcanic Mine". "Switch Off" would be able to negate the effect of a Continuous Spell or Trap card Axel's opponent controls, while "Volcanic Mine" would load his opponent's side of the field with "Bomb Tokens".  In his next turn, this combo would ultimately help Axel win the Duel if he attacked with "Volcanic Doomfire".)

"Axel's dad's" turn

 * "Axel's Dad" pays 500 Life Points so "Firewall" will stay on the field ("Axel's dad": 2100 LP).
 * Activates the effect of "Volcanic Queen" (2500 ATK / 1200 DEF): He must tribute a monster Axel controls and summon his new monster under Axel's control. He selects "Volcanic Slicer" for the Tribute.
 * Activates "The Unselected One". Now, Axel must destroy all other cards he controls after selecting 1 monster on the field.  That monster remains on the field, but afterwards, "Axel's Dad" can summon a monster destroyed by "The Unselected One", ignoring the summoning conditions.
 * Axel begins to remember the time when his parents were about to die in a car explosion, and felt he could only save either his mom or his dad. He remembered that he'd saved his dad, but had no time to go back for his mom.  Then, Axel realizes that "The Unselected One" is the Spell Card that Trueman is using to represent his difficult decision, as "Volcanic Doomfire" represents his dad, while "Volcanic Queen" represents his mom.  With a heavy heart, he decides to keep "Volcanic Doomfire".  On that note, "Volcanic Queen", "Volcanic Slicer", and Axel's face-down cards are destroyed, and "Axel's dad" chooses to summon "Volcanic Queen" under his control.
 * Activates "Volcanic Wall's" effect again, sending the top 3 cards on his Deck to the Graveyard. They are "Volcanic Hammerer", "Bonfire", and another "Volcanic Rat".  2 of the cards were Pyro-Type monsters, so Axel takes 1000 more points of damage (Axel: 1500 LP).
 * "Axel's Dad" activates "Volcanic Queen's" secondary effect: By sending 1 other card he controls to the Graveyard (besides "Volcanic Queen" itself), Axel will take 1000 more points of damage. He sends "Volcanic Wall" to the Graveyard for the cost (Axel: 500 LP)
 * As "Axel's Dad" ends his turn without tributing a monster, "Volcanic Queen's" final effect forces him to take 1000 points of damage during his End Phase ("Axel's dad": 1100 LP)

Axel's turn
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 * Activates "Big Volcano". Now, by sending 1 Pyro-Type monster from his hand to his Graveyard, he can summon 2 monsters from his opponent's Graveyard, making his opponent choose the battle position of each monster summoned.  He sends "Volcanic Scattershot" to his Graveyard, and summons "Volcanic Rat" (500 ATK / 500 DEF) and "Volcanic Hammerer" (2400 ATK / 1500 DEF), and "Axel's Dad" chooses both monsters to be summoned in Defense Position.
 * Furthermore, "Volcanic Scattershot", since it was sent to Axel's Graveyard without the use of "Blaze Accelerator" or "Tri-Blaze Accelerator", forces "Axel's Dad" to take 500 damage ("Axel's dad": 600 LP)
 * "Volcanic Doomfire" attacks "Volcanic Queen", because if the attack goes through, "Volcanic Doomfire" will destroy all of his opponent's other monsters, inflicting 500 damage for every other monster destroyed.
 * However, "Axel's Dad" activates "Volcanic Curse" and selects "Volcanic Queen", since it was attacked, for its effect. Now, its ATK will rise by 500 for every Pyro-Type monster in both player's Graveyards.  There are currently 2, so its ATK becomes 3500, allowing it to destroy "Volcanic Doomfire" (Axel: 0 LP).  Trueman wins the Duel.


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