093 Dark Bakura: How Could You Possibly Lose with a Dragon in Your Face?!

"Exactly!"

Seeing that Yugi had guessed the true purpose of the card Destiny Board, Dark Bakura no longer bothered to hide anything, and laid out its effect in full:

"When the five letters of the word 'Death' have all appeared on my field, then even if you still have Life Points left, Destiny Board will kill you on the spot!"

"To put it in simpler terms, it's basically the same as Exodia the Forbidden One, a card that wins by rule!"

"Exodia requires you to gather five pieces in your hand before its effect grants you the victory, whereas my Destiny Board requires the five English letters that spell 'Death'!"

Just as Dark Bakura finished explaining Destiny Board's win condition, the ghostly icon of the new letter "E" appeared beside the "D."

"Because Destiny Board activates during the End Phase of your turn, Yugi, and because Destiny Board itself represents the letter 'D' in the word 'Death,' once it activates successfully, it immediately completes both the 'D' and the 'E'!"

Because of nothing more than the timing of its activation, the text on Destiny Board that said "the opponent has four turns left to live" had now become a mere three turns.

"...End Phase."

"My turn, draw!"

"First, I Tribute Summon a second Sangan in Defense Position, then I activate the Spell Card Card of Sanctity! According to its effect, both players draw until they each have six cards in hand."

Dark Bakura had no cards in hand, so he drew the maximum of six. Yugi still had one card left, which meant he could only draw five, but that was still a highly favorable draw.

"Bakura! Before you complete Death Declaration, you still need three more Spirit Message cards! And with Destiny Board itself, that's five Spell and Trap cards total! But the Spell and Trap Zone on the Duel Disk only has five slots!"

Yugi had realized this fatal flaw when Dark Bakura activated Card of Sanctity just now.

The Duel Disk only had five Spell and Trap slots; Destiny Board itself plus the four Spirit Message cards would fill them completely!

If he wanted to complete Death Declaration, all the Spell and Trap Zones would have to be reserved for that Destiny Board combo! But then he would have no monsters and no defensive traps. Before Dark Bakura could finish assembling Death Declaration, Yugi could simply beat him down with monster attacks!

"Thanks for the warning, Yugi! But if even you can spot Destiny Board's weakness, do you think I, the one who prepared this deck, wouldn't have noticed it?"

Dark Bakura was right! If even Yugi could see it, then Dark Bakura, who had deliberately prepared this combo in advance, must already have a countermeasure.

Yugi cursed himself for being careless. He had been so shocked by Destiny Board's effect that he had overlooked something so simple.

Dark Bakura once again pointed to the special space behind him, born of the Field Spell Dark Sanctuary.

"I think I forgot to mention this: Dark Sanctuary doesn't merely create a vengeful spirit to possess monsters. It also has the powerful effect of letting me treat my Monster Zones as additional Spell and Trap Zones!"

"In other words, in a duel, I can have up to ten Spell and Trap cards on the field at once!"

Yugi: !!!

That kind of deadly weakness had actually been patched up by a single Field Spell! And why did that Field Spell have so many effects, and why were they all so powerful? Did you print it yourself or something?

"Heh-heh! My supernatural deck is an invincible, perfect deck!"

Laughing proudly at his own deck, Dark Bakura played another Spell Card from his hand.

"Continuous Spell, Dark Door, activate! As long as this card remains on the field, during both players' Battle Phases, only one monster can be ordered to attack!"

Dark Door restricted Yugi from swarming the field with monsters on one side and inflicting multiple bursts of battle damage. Combined with the Trap Card Silent Evil Spirit and the possession effect of the Field Spell Dark Sanctuary, it formed a powerful combo that both drained the opponent's Life Points and restored his own.

"Next, I activate the Spell Card Double Summon to bring out the Plant-Type Effect Monster Yellow Blossom Evil Claw from my hand!"

Yugi was not the least bit unfamiliar with Yellow Blossom Evil Claw!

In the duel where Yugi faced Marik's Sky Dragon, Marik had once summoned this Plant-Type monster and used its effect to protect the face-up Spell and Trap cards in his back row.

"Finally, I set the remaining three cards in my hand!"

Thanks to Dark Sanctuary's effect, once Dark Bakura filled his normal Spell and Trap Zones, he placed the two extra cards beside his two monsters, with only one Monster Zone left between them.

"Yugi, I imagine you won't be unfamiliar with two of the three set cards? They're both Spell and Trap cards that work with Evil Claw!"

Spell and Trap cards that work with Evil Claw... Could it be!

Dark Bakura's open hint instantly reminded Yugi of Marik's back-row combo, built around Evil Claw to protect and strengthen the attack power of the god card Sky Dragon.

Continuous Trap Card DNA Surgery and Equip Spell Dragon Shield Armor!

By changing Evil Claw's Type into a Dragon-Type monster suitable for Dragon Shield Armor, and by relying on Dragon Shield Armor's effect, it would gain protection against destruction by battle and by card effects!

In addition, any battle damage inflicted when a monster equipped with Dragon Shield Armor battled would be reduced to zero for both players!

In other words, Yugi could only stare helplessly at Evil Claw. It could not be destroyed by battle, could not be destroyed by card effects, and with the combo of Dark Door, Dark Sanctuary, and Silent Evil Spirit, it was practically impossible to inflict even a single point of damage on Dark Bakura!

"Yugi! I'll be merciful one more time and tell you what the remaining two set cards are!"

Arrogant now, Dark Bakura did what Yugi himself had once done against Pegasus: he laid everything bare.

"The third set card is my second Silent Evil Spirit! And the face-down card that has been sitting in my normal Spell and Trap Zone without activation is the Counter Trap Attack Nullification!"

Yugi: "..."

Ah, this... his offense had been completely sealed away!

"Heh-heh-heh! Hahahahaha! Yugi! Your chances of winning this duel are zero! Zero, I say! You're absolutely going to lose to me!"

Destiny Board, Dark Door, Dragon Shield Armor, DNA Surgery, Attack Nullification, Silent Evil Spirit.

Tell me, how could a combination like that possibly lose? How could a dragon charging straight into your face possibly lose?