Dream of cards

[Blackangel]

Dustin Stone POV:

Let's see, I should probably partake in the first day rewards, seems like they will either reduce it by tomorrow or might even disappear. Who knows.

The question is who do I duel? There's plenty of people here, some are trying to see which ones they can win easily against, while others are just trying to duel in general. There's about 3 of them that I find interesting, at least the names sound intriguing.

First is Junk raiders, which if I'm being honest I'm skipping just because of the crowd around the young man, plenty of people seem to want to duel him.

Second would be Rusted Clockwork, which belongs to a woman in her mid twenties, or I think she's in her mid twenties, she has white hair so it's hard to tell.

Third would be the Cyber Samurai, which the old man who was offering those around him to duel was even telling them what the deck was about. Something about discarding spells and traps, which while interesting, I'm kinda interested in what a 'Rusted Clockwork' deck would even be.

So I simply walk towards her ready to offer her a duel, she spots me first and smiles-

"You want to duel?"

"Sure, my names-
Whispers call yourself Stone, and nothing else
Stone." Did my deck just talk to me?

She didn't seem to notice the pause "Stone? I suppose we shouldn't give our real names anyway. Names… Clocker? Good enough." She shrugs her shoulders before pointing at a nearby dueling arena. "Let's do this!"

I simply nodded walking towards it, having an internal panic about whatever whispered to me.

I felt as if-

Choose 1:

[]I had already won everything(Statue of celebration, first partner.)

[]I had been alone forever, yet only a moment had passed(The castaway of time, first partner.)

[]I had made mistakes I would never make again(Statue of honor, first partner.)

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I now stood at the opposite end of the arena, instinctively I knew how to set the cards and start the game. Than an explosive voice called out-

"THE STARTING TURN SHALL BE DECIDED BY COIN FLIP! PLAYER STONE IS HEADS, PLAYER CLOCKER IS TAILS!"

A magical looking coin appeared and was than flipped by a cartoon looking white glove. I suppose we don't get to choose whether or not we go first or not, all random chance. Good to know.

Flipping… Heads!

"PLAYER STONE GOES FIRST! DRAW 5 THAN START!"

Drawing 5 I look at my hand-

x1 Statue of celebration, x1 Statue of games, x1 Statue of current, and x2 Broken statue.

Your life points: 4000
Clocker life points: 4000

What's my game plan?

[]Big start: Play Statue of games, discard Statue of celebration then banish 1 of the broken statues, add Statue of battle to hand. Activate the Statue of celebration effect, banishing it and then summon another Statue of celebration from the deck in defense position. Tribute the Statue of celebration to summon the Statue of battle, then activating its effect immediately. Finally place a Broken statue card for defense. The Statue of battle will activate its effect immediately on the opponent's turn.

[]Write in?(Describe the order and intent of your plan.)

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This hand would have been great for a turn 2 start, but we are not that lucky.

Have fun now!

 

[goable]

[X]I had been alone forever, yet only a moment had passed
[X]Big start
I'm going to be honest, I don't even know how to play, so I can not possibly make a better play then this.

 

[Blackangel]

[X]I had been alone forever, yet only a moment had passed
[X]Big start
I'm going to be honest, I don't even know how to play, so I can not possibly make a better play then this.

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Mmm tutorial looking good about now… if you played yugioh than it's like that. If not all I got is to go watch cimoooo's yugioh in 3 minutes, on YouTube.

It's literally 3 minutes and 16 seconds of explaining the basics. It's all you need to know.

 

[goable]

Mmm tutorial looking good about now… if you played yugioh than it's like that. If not all I got is to go watch cimoooo's yugioh in 3 minutes, on YouTube.

It's literally 3 minutes and 16 seconds of explaining the basics. It's all you need to know.

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To be Fair,all I know about Yugioh is that the anime is terrible at playing it.

 

[TimEd]

Here's the three options from the Informational.

(x3)Statue of celebration: A statue in the shape of a hand holding a wine cup, that is dedicated to anyone that celebrates their lives. May you live on.
2 stars
Type: Rock
Attack: 0
Defense: 1000
Effect: Can banish this card from the graveyard, special summon 1 'Statue of celebration' from your hand or deck in defense position. Can only use this effect once per duel.

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(x1)Statue of honor: A statue resembling a man kneeling before another man, both with weapons in hand. An honorable death.
4 stars
Type: Rock Warrior
Attack: 1700
Defense: 900
Effect: When 2+ cards are banished, gain 200 attack and defense. When 5+ cards are banished, this card cannot be targeted by monster effects. When 10+ cards are banished, instead of sending this card to the graveyard, you can add it to your hand.

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(x3)The castaway of time: An old man of unknown origin, that walks the endless halls of time. It is unknown how long or why he's there.
2 stars
Type: Spellcaster
Attack: 500
Defense: 500
Effect: When destroyed by battle, banish the top 3 cards of each player's deck.

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[X]I had been alone forever, yet only a moment had passed
[X]Big start

This is good enough. Bit risky for a first turn and complex for a first play, but if it's the default option then I guess this is the level we're expected to play at as a base.

On our deck, it seems fairly strong on a first glance with how the banish effects also count opponent's banished cards. Definitely geared towards having a slow start, along with potentially having hand issues. Seem like a perfectly solid starter deck.

 

[Blackangel]

This is good enough. Bit risky for a first turn and complex for a first play, but if it's the default option then I guess this is the level we're expected to play at as a base.

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Honestly, I saw a decent option, that wasn't set a card pass. That's why it's the base(Not really base, just an option). You can still do other stuff, but this is one I saw you could get big boy, crank up the amount of banished cards, and still have some defense(The trap card).

You could honestly just set pass and it'd would be an equally sound strategy. Up to you.

 

[TimEd]

It's fine. A set pass wouldn't really have done much for us anyway since there isn't a card in deck yet that'd turn out better than what's already available.

 

[Blackangel]

Nice. Well I'll get to work on it.

Scheduled vote count started by Blackangel on Mar 15, 2023 at 4:36 PM, finished with 6 posts and 2 votes.

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  [X]I had been alone forever, yet only a moment had passed

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  [X]Big start

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[Blackangel]

Spoiler

[X]I had been alone forever, yet only a moment had passed
[X]Big start: Play Statue of games, discard Statue of celebration then banish 1 of the broken statues, add Statue of battle to hand. Activate the Statue of celebration effect, banishing it and then summon another Statue of celebration from the deck in defense position. Tribute the Statue of celebration to summon the Statue of battle, then activating its effect immediately. Finally place a Broken statue card for defense. The Statue of battle will activate its effect immediately on the opponent's turn.

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Dustin Stone POV:

We shall talk later, young one.

I felt eternity pass by before realizing it was only a moment, like I had forgotten everything about waiting. That's terrifying. Oh right I'm in a duel right now.

Looking at my hand, I see a combo I could use to get something big on the field, while also leaving some defense for me. Let's do it.

"I activate Statue of games-

Statue of games: A statue resembling two people playing a board game. It sits in contemplation of its next move.
Type: Spell
Effect: Discard 1 card and banish 1 card from you hand, add 1 'Statue' card to your hand.

-I'll discard statue of celebration and banish broken statue from my hand, adding statue of battle to my hand!"

Statue of celebration: A statue in the shape of a hand holding a wine cup, that is dedicated to anyone that celebrates their lives. May you live on.
2 stars
Type: Rock
Attack: 0
Defense: 1000
Effect: Can banish this card from the graveyard, special summon 1 'Statue of celebration' from your hand or deck in defense position. Can only use this effect once per duel.

Broken statue: A statue that has somehow been broken throughout time.
Type: Trap
Effect: When your opponent activates a monster effect, send 2 cards from either players banishment zone to the graveyard, negate that effect.

Statue of battle: A statue designed for battle, resembling a man with spear in hand. May its enemies run for the hills.
6 stars
Type: Rock Warrior
Attack: 2400
Defense: 1200
Effect: Once per turn, during either players turn, banish the top card of each players deck, if both cards are monsters, this card cannot be destroyed by battle for this turn.


My opponent seems to grimace slightly at this. Good.

"I activate statue of celebration's effect, summoning another one from my deck in defense position. Than I will use it as tribute to summon my statue of battle! Which I will use it's effect immediately banishing the top card from both of our decks!"

Hopefully it will be one of my worst cards.

Statue of current: A statue representing the river that is known as time. May it go forth uninterrupted.
3 stars
Type: Rock
Attack: 1600
Defense: 800
Effect: When 3+ cards have been banished, this card is unaffected by monster effects. When 9+ cards have been banished, this card cannot be targeted by spell or trap cards.

Assaulting Blimp: A blimp designed to bomb areas full of heavy defenses.
4 stars
Type: Machine
Attack: 1300
Defense: 1500
Effect: Unaffected by trap card effects.

Ok, not the best. I'm pretty sure that's one of the worst cards in her deck.

"I shall than set a card and end my turn. Your go."

My opponent seems to chipper up a bit, before drawing, starting her turn.

"Ok than, I was getting scare-"

"I activate my statue of battles effect, we both banish a card from the top of our decks."

She seems to glance at the statue of battle before widening her eyes a bit "Oh that is much worse for me than I thought. Nice."

Statue of honor: A statue resembling a man kneeling before another man, both with weapons in hand. An honorable death.
4 stars
Type: Rock Warrior
Attack: 1700
Defense: 900
Effect: When 2+ cards are banished, gain 200 attack and defense. When 5+ cards are banished, this card cannot be targeted by monster effects. When 10+ cards are banished, instead of sending this card to the graveyard, you can add it to your hand.

Clockwork Sniper: A sniper wielding soldier made entirely out of clockwork, killing foes with great accuracy.
4 stars
Type: Machine Warrior
Attack: 1000
Defense: 1000
Effect: Can place this card as a trap card, can activate it on your opponents turn to special summon this card into the battlefield, then target 1 spell/trap card on the field, destroy it.

I almost groaned at that, unlike my other cards, I only have 1 of those in my deck.

Such is the way of time, at least judging from your opponent's face, she only had 1 of those too.

Ok that's really weird, am I gonna have to experience that every time he talks to me?

You'll get used to it… hopefully.

Ok than, what will she do, as my statue of battle can't be destroyed by battle now.

"I play radio station from my hand, before activating Grandfather clock from my hand, revealing it and Rusted Clockwork general, thus sending 1 grandfather clock from my deck to the graveyard and drawing a card."


Radio station: A radio station that calls in for reinforcements more and more desperately.
Type: Continuous Spell
Effect: When an ally monster is destroyed, put 1 counter on this card(Max 4). Can destroy this card and special summon 1 monster with that many stars from your deck.

Grandfather clock: An old clock that tells time.
1 stars
Type: Machine
Attack: 0
Defense: 0
Effect: Once per turn, reveal this card and 1 other card in your hand, send 1 'Grandfather clock' from your hand or deck to the graveyard, draw 1 card.

Rusted Clockwork general: A general made out of rusted clockwork, still commanding his troops even now.
6 stars
Type: Machine Warrior
Attack: 2000
Defense: 1600
Effect: When tribute summoned, special summon 1 'Clockwork' monster from your graveyard in attack or defense position. Gains 200 attack for each machine on your side of the field.

Ok that's interesting, she's setting up plays for the future and stocking up on cards. She still needs to kill of my statue of battle or she's still in trouble. She smiles at her hand before looking up at me.

"I than play Rusted Clockwork Soldier in attack position, than I'll use his effect to discard 1 card, my Rusted Clockwork spider!"

Rusted Clockwork soldier: A soldier made out of rusted clockwork, holding a rifle. At a moments notice even now, it can lay supporting fire.
4 stars
Type: Machine Warrior
Attack: 1700
Defense: 1200
Effect: Once per turn, discard 1 card, reduce the attack and defense of all opponents monsters by 300.

Rusted Clockwork spider: A clockwork spider covered in rust that seems ready to burst at a moments notice.
3 stars
Type: Machine Beast
Attack: 1400
Defense: 1200
Effect: When this card is destroyed by battle or discarded, can discard 1 card, than target 1 card on the field, destroy that card.

Oh, wait, since the cost is discarding I can't stop the cost from being played for the clockwork soldier, so it's already discarded, so instead of stopping that effect, I should just stop the spiders effect.

"I than discard Clockwork mine layer to activate my Rusted Clockwork spider-"

"I'll activate my trap card broken statue, I'll send Assaulting Blimp and Clockwork sniper from your banishment zone, both to the graveyard, negating Rusted Clockwork spiders effect."

Clockwork mine layer: A vehicule made entirely out of clockwork that puts down mines as it goes.
1 stars
Type: Machine
Attack: 500
Defense: 0
Effect: When flipped, discard 1 card, place 1 trap card from your deck onto the field or add it to your hand.

Broken statue: A statue that has somehow been broken throughout time.
Type: Trap
Effect: When your opponent activates a monster effect, send 2 cards from either players banishment zone to the graveyard, negate that effect.

She immediately sags a bit, before looking at her hand again. My Statue of battle is now at 2100 attack and 900 defense, so unless she can boost her cards attack, I'm pretty sure I win from here.

"Ok than I end my turn. Your go."

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Draw:
Statue of love: A statue of a heart with an arrow piercing it.
4 stars
Type: Rock
Attack: 1500
Defense: 300
Effect: Gain 100 attack and defense for every banished card in your banishment zone.

Current hand: Statue of current and Statue of love.

Clocker: 4000 LP
Stone: 4000 LP

Current field:
Opponent: Has Rusted Clockwork soldier in attack position(1700/1200), with radio station spell up.
Us: Has statue of battle in attack position(2100/900)

Graveyard/banished cards:
Opponent:
Graveyard: x1 Clockwork Mine layer, x1 Grandfather clock, x1 rusted clockwork spider, x1 Assaulting Blimp, x1 Clockwork sniper.
Banished:
Us:
Graveyard: x1 Statue of games, x1 statue of celebration in graveyard.
Banished: x1 statue of celebration, x1 statue of current, x1 statue of honor.


What's your game plan?

[]Write in?

 

[goable]

[x] Banish A Card from each players deck, play Statue of Love in attack position. Destroy Rusted Clockwork with Statue of Love. Then Use Statue of Battle to attack his lifepoints directly.

I think that's what we should do? This is a crapshoot, as i'm blindly guessing.

How does combat work?

 

[Blackangel]

[x] Banish A Card from each players deck, play Statue of Love in attack position.

I think that's what we should do? This is a crapshoot, as i'm blindly guessing.

How does combat work?

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There's a battle phase, where you can have your monsters attack. You don't have to declare your going into a battle phase by the way.

Just state that your using X monster to attack into X target. In this case statue of battle or statue of love. Than send the remaining one into the opponents face.


I'm gonna be honest, there's a 3 minute video on YouTube by a guy named cimooo. It's literally all you need to know for the quest. You could probably watch half of it and still know enough to have fun with this quest.

He can explain more in a minute than I ever could. The videos called Yugioh in 3 minutes. Literally 3 minutes of your time is all that's needed.

 

[goable]

I altered my post for the love to attack first our weaker piece, then have battle deal half his hitpoints direct.

 

[goable]

Why didn't we battle attack him on the first turn?

 

[Blackangel]

Why didn't we battle attack him on the first turn?

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You can't do battle phase first turn.

The reasoning is that if we could, the person who goes first would have such a big advantage off the gate, if not ending the duel right then, is just not fun for anyone.

So every turn after 1st you can battle normally.

 

[TimEd]

[x] Banish A Card from each players deck, play Statue of Love in attack position. Destroy Rusted Clockwork with Statue of Love. Then Use Statue of Battle to attack his lifepoints directly.