YGO EQG XX - Episode 038

"Dueling, the Tale of Two Suns" is the 38th episode of the series.

Just as the title suggests, the next duel is between Sunburst and Sunset Shimmer, which is a rematch.

Featured Duel: Sunburst vs. Sunset Shimmer
 Turn 1: Sunset 

Sunset draws. She then activates "Corona Paladin Incinderrum" (Left 1) and "Corona Mage Marlena" (Right 8) in her Pendulum Zones. She then Pendulum Summons "Blaze Wing Firebird" (1400/800) from her hand in Attack Position. Since "Blaze Wing Firebird" was Special Summoned, its effect activates, increasing Sunset's LP by 200 for every card in her hand. She has two (Sunset 4000 → 4600). She then activates "Mind Scan". Now Sunburst must reveal every card he draws to Sunset. She then Sets a card.

 Turn 2: Sunburst 

Sunburst draws. He then activates "Red Sun Magician" (Left 2) and "Pink Sun Magician" (Right 8) in his Pendulum Zones. He then Pendulum Summons "Sunburst Familiar" (1200/1000) and "Ashes Magician" (1400/1400) from his hand in Attack Position. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Red Sun Magician" to increase the Level of "Sunburst Familiar" by 3. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Pink Sun Magician" to send "Sunburst Altar" from his Deck to the Graveyard and activate its effect, Tributing "Sunburst Familiar" to Ritual Summon "Sunburst Ranger" (2300/1500) in Attack Position. "Sunburst Ranger" attacks and destroys "Blaze Wing Firebird" (Sunset 4600 → 3700). Sunset activates her face-down "Eruption Draw" to draw four cards. "Ashes Magician" attacks Sunset directly, but Sunset finds and activates the Action Card "Steam Shield" to halve the Battle Damage (Siunset 3700 → 3000). He then activates the effect of "Sunburst Ranger" to Tribute "Ashes Magician" and destroy "Mind Scan". He then Sets a card.

 Turn 3: Sunset 

Sunset draws. She then Pendulum Summons "Knight of New Dawn Novaculo" (1300/500) from her hand in Attack Position. She then activates its effect to discard "Corona Beast Shimmer Swarm" and add "Corona Beast Sunset Unicorn" from her Deck to her hand. She then activates "Monster Reborn" to revive "Shimmer Swarm" (100/100) in Attack Position. She then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Marlena" to target "Shimmer Swarm" and Special Summon two more copies of "Shimmer Swarm" in Attack Position with 0 ATK and DEF (0/0 each). She then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Incinderrum" to reduce the ATK of "Sunburst Ranger" by 300 for every FIRE monster she controls ("Sunburst Ranger": 2300 → 1100/1500). She then activates the effect of all three "Shimmering Swarm" to increase their their Levels by the number of each of the other on the field ("Shimmering Swarm": Level 1 → 3). She then overlays her three Level 3 monsters to Xyz Summon "Corona Beast Revival Phoenix" (2400/2100) in Attack Position. Sunburst activates his face-down "Spirit Barrier". Now as long as Sunburst controls a monster, he takes no Battle Damage. "Revival Phoenix" attacks and destroys "Sunburst Ranger". Since "Revival Phoenix" destroyed a monster by battle, its effect activates, detaching an Overlay Unit to revive "Ranger" (2300/1500) to her side of the field in Defense Position. "Novaculo" attacks Sunburst directly (Sunburst 4000 → 2700). She then activates the effect of "Ranger" to Tribute "Novaculo" and destroy "Spirit Barrier". She then Sets a card.

 Turn 4: Sunburst 

Sunburst draws. He then Pendulum Summons "Burn Blader" (1800/100) and "Blue Sun Magician" (2600/1300) from his hand in Attack Position. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Red Sun Magician" to increase the Level of "Blue Sun Magician" by 3. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Pink Sun Magician" to send "Sunburst Gate" from his Deck to the Graveyard and activate its effect, Tributing "Blue Sun Magician" to Ritual Summon "Sunburst Knight" (2600/1900) in Attack Position. "Sunburst Knight" attacks "Revival Knight". The effect of "Sunburst Knight" activates, increasing its ATK by 500 for every FIRE monster on the field ("Sunburst Knight": 2600 → 4100/1900). "Sunburst Knight" then destroys "Revival Phoenix" (Sunset 3000 → 1300). "Burn Blader" attacks and destroys "Ranger". Since "Burn Blader" destroyed a monster by battle, its effect activates, inflicting 400 damage to Sunset (Sunset 1300 → 900). He then Sets a card.

 Turn 5: Sunset 

Sunset draws. She then finds and activates the Action Card "Steam Healing" to revive "Shimmering Swarm" (100/100) in Attack Position. She then Pendulum Summons "Novaculo" (1300/500) from her Extra Deck and "Corona Beast Sunset Unicorn" (1800/1300) and "Solar Flare Phoenix" (2500/2000) from her hand in Attack Position. Since "Solar Flare Phoenix" was Special Summoned, its effect activates, doubling Sunset's LP (Sunset 900 → 1800). Sunburst finds and activates the Action Card "Even Remedy" to increase his LP by the same amount Sunset gained (Sunburst 2700 → 3600). Since "Sunset Unicorn" was Special Summoned, its effect activates, reducing the Level of "Novaculo" by one and change it into a Tuner monster. She then activates the effect of "Novaculo" to discard one card and add "Corona Beast Sun-Heart Lion Cub" from her Deck to her hand. She then tunes the Level 4 "Sunset Unicorn" with the Level 3 Tuner monster "Novaculo" in order to Synchro Summon "Shimmering Phoenix Princess Daydream" (2300/2200) in Attack Position. She then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Incinderrium" ("Knight": 2600 → 1400/1900). She then activates its effect to send "Novaculo" from her Extra Deck to the Graveyard and reduce the ATK of all monsters Sunburst controls by the Pendulum Scale of "Novaculo" x100 ("Knight": 1400 → 1000/1900; "Burn Blader": 1800 → 1400/100). "Solar Flare Phoenix" attacks "Knight", but Sunburst activates his face-down "Draining Shield" to negate the attack and increase his LP by the ATK of "Solar Flare Phoenix", but Sunset activates the effect of "Daydream" to pay 300 LP (Sunset 1800 → 1500), negate the activation of "Draining Shield" and destroy it. "Solar Flare Phoenix" then destroys "Knight" (Sunburst 3600 → 2100). "Daydream" attacks and destroys "Burn Blader" (Sunburst 2100 → 1200).

 Turn 6: Sunburst 

Sunburst draws. He then Pendulum Summons "Blue Sun Magician" (2600/1300) from his Extra Deck and "Sunburst Guardian" (1400/1800) from his hand in Attack Position. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Red Sun Magician" to increase the Level of "Sunburst Guardian" by 3. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Pink Sun Magician" to send "Sunburst Altar" from his Deck to the Graveyard and activate its effect, Tributing "Guardian" to Ritual Summon "Sunburst Magician" (2300/2200) in Attack Position. He then activates its effect to pay 300 LP (Sunburst 1200 → 900), look at the top five cards of his Deck and Special Summon two FIRE monsters among them. He Special Summons "UFO Turtle" (1400/1200) and "Sunburst Apprentice" (1500/1300) in Attack Position. He then activates the effect of "Apprentice" to increase the ATK of "Magician" by 500 ("Magician": 2300 → 2800/2200). "Blue Sun Magician" attacks and destroys "Daydream" (Sunset 1500 → 1200). "Magician" attacks and destroys "Solar Flare Phoenix" (Sunset 1200 → 900). "Sunburst Apprentice" attacks Sunset directly, but Sunset activates her face-down "Corona Beast Shield-Mane Lion" to Special Summon itself (0/3000) in Defense Position. A replay occurs and Sunburst chooses not to attack.

 Turn 7: Sunset 

Sunset draws. She then Normal Summons "Corona Beast Sun-Heart Lion Cub" (800/800) in Attack Position. She then Pendulum Summons "Sunset Unicorn" (1800/1300) and "Solar Flare Phoenix" (2500/2000) from her Extra Deck in Attack Position. The effect of "Solar Flare Phoenix" activates (Sunset 900 → 1800). She then activates the effect of "Sunset Unicorn" to reduce the Level of "Sun-Heart Lion Cub" by 1 and change it into a Tuner monster. She then Tributes "Solar Flare Phoenix" and "Sun Heart Lion Cub" in order to Special Summon "Solar Phoenix Blaze Incarnate" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. She then activates its effect to banish "Revival Phoenix" and "Daydream" from her Graveyard and grant itself their effects. He then activates its effect granted from "Daydream" to send "Sun-Heart Lion Cub" from her Extra Deck to the Graveyard and reduce the ATK of all monsters Sunburst controls by the sent monster's Pendulum Scale x100 ("Magician": 2300 → 1500/2200; "Blue Sun Magician": 2600 → 1800/1300; "UFO Turtle": 1400 → 600/1200; "Apprentice": 1500 → 700/1300). "Blaze Incarnate" attacks "Blue Sun Magician", but Sunburst finds and activates the Action Card "Hot Spring Relaxation" to pay half of his LP (Sunburst 600 → 300) and switch all of his monsters to Defense Position. "Blaze Incarnate" then destroys "Blue Sun Magician". Sunset finds and activates the Action Card "Hot Spring's Energy" to destroy "Shield-Mane Lion" and "Sunset Unicorn" and allow "Blaze Incarnate" to attack all monsters Sunburst controls. "Blaze Incarnate" attacks and destroys "Apprentice", "Magician" and "UFO Turtle".

 Turn 8: Sunburst 

Sunburst draws. He then activates the effect of the "Sunburst Gate" in his Graveyard, shuffling itself into Sunburst's Deck and allowing him to add "Sunburst Knight" from his Graveyard to his hand. He then Pendulum Summons "Blue Sun Magician" (2600/1300) from his Extra Deck in Attack Position. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Red Sun Magician" to increase the Level of "Blue Sun Magician" by 3. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Pink Sun Magician" to send "Sunburst Gate" from his Deck to the Graveyard and activate its effect, Tributing "Blue Sun Magician" to Ritual Summon "Sunburst Knight" (2600/1900) in Attack Position. He then activates "Rebirth Ritual" to Level-Up "Knight" and perform a Ritual Evolution, Tributing it to Ritual Summon "Sunburst Paladin" (3200/2300) in Attack Position. Due to the second effect of "Rebirth Ritual", "Sunburst Paladin" gains 1000 ATK ("Sunburst Paladin": 3200 → 4200/2300). Due to the effect of "Sunburst Paladin", it gains 300 ATK for every monster on the field and in both player's Graveyards. There are currently 19 ("Sunburst Paladin": 4200 → 9900/2300). "Sunburst Paladin" attacks and destroys "Blaze Incarnate" (Sunset 1800 → 0).