YGO EQG - Episode 026

"The Masked Riders" is the 26th episode/chapter of the series.

Featured Duel: Flash Sentry vs. Shining Armor
 Turn 1: Shining 

Shining draws. Since there are no monsters on the field, Shining Special Summons "Royal Sword Paladin" (1500/1200) from his hand in Attack Position. He then Normal Summons "Royal Paladin Squire" (900/1100) in Attack Position. He then tunes the Level 4 "Royal Sword Paladin" with the Level 3 Tuner monster "Royal Paladin Squire" in order to Synchro Summon "Royal Paladin Commander" (2500/2100) in Attack Position. He then Sets three cards.

 Turn 2: Flash 

Flash draws. He then activates "Alchemy Dracokid" (Left 3) and "Magna Caster Estella" (Right 8) in his Pendulum Zones. He then Pendulum Summons "Flash Knight" (1800/600), "Mirage Gleam Dragon" (1600/1200), "Magna Caster Lunara" (2400/1200) and "Flash Heart Dragon" (2500/2000) in Attack Position.

Shining activates his face-down "Paladin's Decree" to make his monsters unaffected by card effects. He then activates the effect of "Mirage Gleam Dragon" to treat its name as "Flash Heart Dragon". He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Alchemy Dracokid" to fuse "Mirage Gleam Dragon" treated as "Flash Heart Dragon" in order to Fusion Summon "Spectral Nova Dragon" (3000/2000) in Attack Position. Since "Magna Caster Lunara" was Tributes by a card effect, its effect activates, allowing Flash to activate the effect again. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Alchemy Dracokid" to fuse "Flash Heart Dragon" with "Flash Knight" in order to Fusion Summon "Spectral Sabre Dragon" (3000/2000) in Attack Position.

"Spectral Sabre Dragon" attacks "Royal Paladin Commander", but Shining activates his face-down "Paladin's Shield" to prevent his monster from being destroyed by battle this turn (Shining 4000 > 3500). "Spectral Nova Dragon" attacks "Royal Paladin Commander". He then activates the effect of "Spectral Nova Dragon" to draw a card. If it's a Spell Card, then he can destroy one Spell or Trap Card on the field. If it's a Trap Card, then the Battle Phase ends. If it's a monster, then the ATK and DEF of "Royal Paladin Commander" will be reduced by the ATK and DEF of the drawn monster respectively. He draws "Lightspeed", so he destroys "Paladin's Shield". "Spectral Nova Dragon" destroys "Royal Paladin Commander" (Shining 3500 > 3000). Shining activates his face-down"Paladin's Banner" to revive "Royal Paladin Commander" in Attack Position with 0 ATK and DEF (0/0).

 Turn 3: Shining 

Shining draws. He then Normal Summons "Royal Paladin Flag Bearer" (1200/700) in Attack Position. He then tunes the Level 3 Tuner monster "Royal Paladin Flag Bearer" with the Level 7 Synchro Monster "Royal Paladin Commander" in order to Synchro Summon "Royal Paladin Grand Emperor" (3500/2500) in Attack Position.

The duel continues in the next episode.