This chapter's featured card: Naturia Exterio
Fusion Monster Level: 10 ATK: 2800 DEF: 2400 Attribute: EARTH Type: Beast
"Naturia Beast" + "Naturia Barkion"
A Fusion Summon of this card can only be conducted with the above Fusion Material Monsters. While this card is face-up on the field, you can negate the activation of a Spell/Trap Card, and destroy it, by removing from play 1 card from your Graveyard, then sending the top card of your Deck to the Graveyard.
Fluttershy having been felt invigorated by Rarity’s lesson went up to Lucas. “Lucas?” asked Fluttershy meekly. “Yes, Fluttershy?” responded Lucas. Fluttershy continued. “I was just wondering, if, you know, you would like to, um… challenge me in a duel?” “Really?” asked Lucas. “Aren’t you sure you’d rather take on one of your other friends?” “That’s just it,” said Fluttershy. “After watching Rarity defeat Charley, I feel like I can take on anyone.” “If you’re so sure, then,” said Lucas as he put his Battle City duel disk in duel mode. Fluttershy unsheathed the zones on her duel disk. “Just one thing though,” whispered Fluttershy. Lucas acknowledged her with a look. “Don’t hold back,” she said. Lucas smirked. “DUEL!” they both yelled.
Lucas vs. Fluttershy
Lucas’ Turn: Lucas summons 1 monster face down.
Lucas places 2 cards face down and ends his turn.
Status: Hand-3 Life-4000 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-2
Fluttershy’s Turn: Fluttershy summons Naturia Horneedle (ATK: 1800 DEF: 100). Fluttershy attacks the face down monster. It’s a Gladiator Beast Hoplomus (ATK: 700 DEF: 2100). Naturia Horneedle’s ATK is lower than Gladiator Beast Hoplomus’s DEF.
Fluttershy’s Life Points: 4000 -> 3700
Lucas activates Gladiator Beast Hoplomus’s effect. When it’s attacked, he can return it to the deck to special summon another Gladiator Beast from his deck. He chooses Gladiator Beast Spartacus (ATK: 2200 DEF: 1600). He activates Gladiator Beast Spartacus’ effect. He can add one Gladiator Beast equip spell card from his deck to his hand.
Fluttershy places 1 card face down and ends her turn.
Status: Hand-4 Life-3700 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-1
Lucas’ Turn: Lucas summons Gladiator Beast Darius (ATK: 1700 DEF: 300). Fluttershy special summons Naturia Cosmobeet from her hand with its effect because Lucas summoned a monster (ATK: 1000 DEF: 700). Lucas sends Gladiator Beast Spartacus and Gladiator Beast Darius to the deck to fusion summon Gladiator Beast Gaiodiaz (ATK: 2600 DEF: 1500). Fluttershy tries to activate Naturia Horneedle’s effect to tribute one Naturia monster on the field to negate the special summoning of a monster and destroy it, but Lucas activates Gladiator Beast War Chariot to negate Naturia Horneedle’s effect and destroys it. He equips Gladiator Beast Gaiodiaz with Gladiator Beast's Battle Archfiend Shield. He attacks Naturia Cosmobeet. Fluttershy attempts to activate Mirror Force, but Lucas activates the effect of Gladiator Beast's Battle Archfiend Shield to destroy itself to protect Gladiator Beast Gaiodiaz from destruction. The attack goes through.
Fluttershy’s Life Points: 3700 -> 2100
Gladiator Beast Gaiodiaz’s effect activates. When it destroys a monster in battle, Fluttershy loses life points equal to the DEF of the destroyed monster.
Fluttershy’s Life Points: 2100 -> 1400
Lucas ends his turn.
Status: Hand-3 Life-4000 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-1
Fluttershy’s Turn: Fluttershy activates Pot of Greed, drawing 2 cards. Fluttershy summons Naturia Pumpkin (ATK: 1400 DEF: 800). When Naturia Pumpkin is summoned and Fluttershy’s opponent controls a monster, she can special summon a Naturia monster from her hand, and she chooses Naturia Tulip (ATK: 600 DEF: 1500). Fluttershy tunes Naturia Pumpkin with Naturia Tulip to synchro summon Naturia Barkion (ATK: 2500 DEF: 1800). Fluttershy plays the field spell Gaia Power increasing the ATK of all EARTH type monsters by 500 while decreasing their DEF by 400 (ATK: 2500 -> 3000) (DEF: 1800 -> 1400). Fluttershy attacks Gladiator Beast Gaiodiaz. Lucas attempts to activate Defensive Tactics, but Fluttershy activates Naturia Barkion’s effect to remove from play 2 cards in her graveyard to negate the activation of a trap card and destroy it. The attack goes through.
Lucas’ Life Points: 4000 -> 3600
Fluttershy places 1 card face down and ends her turn.
Status: Hand-1 Life-1400 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-1
Lucas’ Turn: Lucas plays Gladiator Beast’s Respite, returning two Gladiator Beast cards from his hand to his deck and draws 3 cards. Next, he summons Gladiator Beast Dimacari (ATK: 1600 DEF: 1200) (ATK: 1600 -> 2100). He then plays the spell Gladiator Taming, switching Naturia Barkion to defense mode. He attacks Naturia Barkion. Fluttershy activates Card of Last Will, drawing five cards if a monster she controls was destroyed. Lucas uses the effect of Gladiator Beast Dimacari to return it to the deck and special summon another Gladiator Beast monster from his deck. He chooses Gladiator Beast Secutor (ATK: 400 DEF: 300).
Lucas plays 1 card face down and ends his turn.
Status: Hand-1 Life-3600 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-1
Fluttershy’s Turn: Fluttershy summons Naturia White Oak (ATK: 1800 DEF: 1400) (ATK: 1800 -> 2300). She attacks Gladiator Beast Secutor, but Lucas activates Invincible Hero, negating Gladiator Beast Secutor’s destruction. Lucas still takes damage.
Lucas’ Life Points: 3600 -> 1700
Lucas activates the effect of Gladiator Beast Secutor, and special summons 2 Gladiator Beast monsters from his deck: Gladiator Beast Laquari and Gladiator Beast Bestiari. Gladiator Beast Bestiari’s effect allows it to destroy one spell or trap card when it’s special summoned. It destroys Gaia Power (ATK: 2300 -> 1800).
Fluttershy places 3 cards face down and ends her turn.
Status: Hand-3 Life-1400 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-3
Lucas’ Turn: Lucas sends Gladiator Beast Laquari, Gladiator Beast Bestiari, and Gladiator Beast Secutor to the deck to fusion summon Gladiator Beast Heraklinos (ATK: 3000 DEF: 2800). Gladiator Beast Heraklinos attacks Naturia White Oak. Fluttershy tries to activate her Negate Attack, but Lucas activates Gladiator Beast Heraklinos’ effect. By discarding one card, he can negate the activation of and destroy one trap or spell card on the field. The attack goes through.
Fluttershy’s Life Points: 1400 -> 200
Lucas places 1 card face down and ends his turn.
Status: Hand-0 Life-1700 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-1
Fluttershy’s Turn: Fluttershy summons a monster face down.
Fluttershy ends her turn.
Status: Hand-3 Life-200 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-2
Lucas’ Turn: Lucas attacks the face down monster, which was Naturia Beans (ATK: 100 DEF: 1200). With Naturia Beans’ effect, it can’t be destroyed in battle once per turn and it inflicts 500 points of damage to the opponent if they were picked as an attack target.
Lucas’ Life Points: 1700 -> 1200
Lucas ends his turn.
Status: Hand-1 Life-1200 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-1
Fluttershy’s Turn: Fluttershy summons Naturia Butterfly (ATK: 500 DEF: 1200). Fluttershy tunes Naturia Beans with Naturia Butterfly to synchro summon Naturia Beast (ATK: 2200 DEF: 1700). Fluttershy tries to activate Double Summon to summon Naturia Rosewhip, but Lucas discards one card to negate Double Summon’s activation. Fluttershy then activates her Call of the Haunted trap card, special summoning Naturia Barkion from the graveyard. Fluttershy activates Polymerization sending Naturia Barkion and Naturia Beast to the graveyard to fusion summon Naturia Exterio (ATK: 2800 DEF: 2400). Fluttershy activates Jar of Greed, drawing 1 card from her deck. Fluttershy equips Naturia Exterio with Megamorph, doubling its ATK (ATK: 2800 -> 5600). Fluttershy attacks Gladiator Beast Heraklinos. Lucas tries to activate Power Frame, but Fluttershy activates Naturia Exterio’s effect, removing one card in her graveyard from play and sending the top card on her deck to the graveyard to negate the effect of and destroy Power Frame. The attack goes through.
Lucas’ Life Points: 1200 -> 0
Fluttershy wins.
“Great duel,” said Lucas. “Thank you,” said Fluttershy. “You weren’t bad either.” Meanwhile, Spike was challenging Sammy to see if he can beat her like Rarity and Fluttershy beat Charley and Lucas (respectively). “Here’s to see who’s the master of FIRE,” said Spike in a haughty tone. “Ready when you are,” said Sammy as she unsheathed her red and yellow Duel Academy styled duel disk. Spike unsheathed his disk and they were ready to fight. “DUEL!” they yelled.
Spike vs. Sammy
Spike’s Turn: Spike plays Graceful Charity, drawing 3 cards and discarding 2. Next, he summons a monster face down.
Spike ends his turn.
Status: Hand-5 Life-4000 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-0
Sammy’s Turn: Sammy summons Flamvell Firedog (ATK: 1900 DEF: 200). She attacks Spike’s face down monster, which was an Evoltile Gephyro. With Evoltile Gephyro’s effect, Spike can special summon an Evolsaur monster from his graveyard, choosing Evolsaur Elias (ATK: 100 DEF: 2400). With its effect, Spike can special summon a level 6 or lower FIRE Dinosaur monster from his hand, choosing Evolsaur Terias (ATK: 2400 DEF: 600). Sammy activates the effect of Flamvell Firedog. When it destroys a monster in battle, she can special summon a FIRE monster with 200 or less DEF from her deck, choosing Flamvell Grunika (ATK: 1700 DEF: 200). Sammy overlays Flamvell Firedog with Flamvell Grunika to xyz summon Lavalval Chain (ATK: 1800 DEF: 1000). Sammy activates Lavalval Chain’s effect. By removing one xyz material from it, she can send a monster from her deck to the graveyard, choosing Laval Phlogis. When Laval Phlogis is sent to the graveyard, all Laval monsters gain 300 ATK (ATK: 1800 -> 2100).
Sammy places 2 cards face down and ends her turn.
Status: Hand-3 Life-4000 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-2
Spike’s Turn: Spike summons Jurrac Iguanon (ATK: 1700 DEF: 700). Next, he plays Monster Reborn, special summoning Jurrac Velo from his graveyard (ATK: 1700 DEF: 1000). Spike overlays Jurrac Iguanon with Jurrac Velo to xyz summon Evolzar Laggia (ATK: 2400 DEF: 2000). Next, Spike overlays Evolsaur Elias with Evolsaur Terias to xyz summon Evolzar Soldde (ATK: 2600 DEF: 1000). Spike attacks Lavalval Chain with Evolzar Laggia. Sammy attempts to activate Negate Attack, but Spike activates Evolzar Laggia’s effect. By removing 2 xyz materials from it, Spike can negate the activation of the trap card and destroy it. The attack goes through.
Sammy’s Life Points: 4000 -> 3700
Sammy activates Card of Last Will, drawing 5 cards if a monster of hers is destroyed or loses ATK. Spike then plays the spell Meteor of Destruction, inflicting 1000 points of damage to Sammy.
Sammy’s Life Points: 3700 -> 2700
Spike then attacks Sammy directly with Evolzar Soldde.
Sammy’s Life Points: 2700 -> 100
Spike places 1 card face down and ends his turn. Sam has 8 cards in her hand and discards 2 to be at the limit.
Status: Hand-2 Life-4000 Monsters-2 Face Down Cards-1
Spike was brimming with joy. He just took out 3900 life points in 1 turn while having all of his intact, and he also had 2 strong monsters on his field, each with devastating effects. It seemed his win was certain. Sammy, as defiant as ever, said something which completely caught Spike by surprise: “I have this duel won.” Spike started laughing from the sheer stupidity of her words. Sammy just let everything else unfold.
Sammy’s Turn: Sammy activates Card Destruction, having Spike and her discard their hands and drawing cards to make up for the ones they discarded. Sammy uses the effect of Tender of the Laval Volcano, sending a Laval monster from her deck to the graveyard while a different Laval monster exists in her graveyard. Sammy tries activates the effect of Laval Coatl to special summon it from her hand, but Spike activates Evolzar Soldde’s effect. By removing 1 xyz material from it, Spike can negate the special summoning of a monster and destroy it. Sammy then activates the effect of Laval Lady of the Burning Lake, removing it and another Laval monster in her graveyard from play to destroy a set card on the field, choosing Spike’s face down card. Next, Sammy activates Rekindling, special summoning as many FIRE monsters with 200 DEF from her graveyard as possible: Flamvell Firedog, Flamvell Grunika, Tender of the Laval Volcano (ATK: 100 DEF: 200), and Neo Flamvell Origin (ATK: 500 DEF: 200). Sammy tunes Flamvell Firedog with Tender of the Laval Volcano to synchro summon Lavalval Dragon (ATK: 2000 DEF: 1100). Sammy then tunes Flamvell Grunika and Neo Flamvell Origin to synchro summon Flamvell Uruquizas (ATK: 2100 DEF: 400). Sammy activates the effect of Lavalval Dragon twice, sending 4 Laval monsters from her graveyard to her deck to return Evolzar Soldde and Evolzar Laggia to the deck. Sammy attacks Spike directly with Flamvell Uruquizas.
Spike’s Life Points: 4000 -> 1900
Sammy then attacks Spike directly with Lavalval Dragon.
Spike’s Life Points: 1900 -> 0
Sammy wins.
“How?” said Spike getting up. “How could I lose? I had a nearly invincible field. I couldn’t have lost.” “But you did,” said Sammy approaching him. “In a game like this, nothing is ever certain, and you should never think otherwise. But don’t let me make you think that your deck isn’t powerful, because it is. Anyone who can xyz summon twice in 1 turn like you did is worthy of being called powerful. But it doesn’t mean you’re invincible. If you take your opponents seriously as you do yourself, then you truly become a force worth reckoning with.” Sammy put her hand on Spike’s shoulder, which caused him to blush. He quickly shook his head, and in an unconvincing lie, he said, “I knew that.” He then ran off to talk to Twilight. Sam smiled, bowed her head and took a heavy sigh.