YGO EQG Ω Zenith - Episode 008

"The Counterattack Begins" is the 8th episode of the series.

Pinkie Pie vs. Maud Pie
The duel continues from an unspecified turn. Maud controls "Giga Rock Titan Gaia" (3000/3000) and "Fossil Tusker" (1800/0) in Attack Position and 1800 LP. Pinkie controls "Balloonimal Cerberus" (3000/3000) in Attack Position and 900 LP.

 Turn ?: Maud 

She then activates the effect of "Gaia" to Tribute "Fossil Tusker" and increase its ATK by the ATK of "Fossil Tusker" ("Gaia": 3000 → 4800/3000). "Gaia" attacks "Cerberus", but Pinkie activates her face-down "De-Fusion" to return "Cerberus" to her Extra Deck and revive the three "Balloonimal Dogs" in her Graveyard (1000/1000) in Defense Position. A replay occurs and "Gaia" attacks and destroys a "Dog". She then Sets a card.

 Turn ?: Pinkie 

Pinkie draws. She then activates "Polymerization" to fuse her two remaining "Dogs" in order to Fusion Summon "Balloonimal Orthros" (2000/2000) in Attack Position. Due to the effect of "Orthros", it can attack twice per Battle Phase. She then equips "Orthros" with "Hopeful Blindfold of Somnambula", halving its ATK and allowing it to attack directly ("Orthros": 2000 → 1000/2000). "Orthros" attacks directly twice (Maud 1800 → 800 → 0).

Grand Hoof vs. Skystar
 Turn 1: Skystar 

Skystar draws. She then activates "A Legendary Ocean". Now all WATER monsters gain 200 ATK and DEF and lose a Level. He then Normal Summons "Neo Barrier Statue of the Torrent" (1000 → 1200/1000 → 1200) in Attack Position. Now both players can only Special Summon WATER monsters.

 Turn 2: Grand 

Grand draws. He then Normal Summons "Shinobi Stealth Beast Gama-Torappu" (1400/1200) in Attack Position. "Gama-Torappu" attacks and destroys "Torrent". Since "Torrent" was destroyed by battle, its effect activates, allowing Skystar to Special Summon another copy of "Torrent" (1000 → 1200/1000 → 1200) from his Deck in Attack Position. He then activates the effect of "Gama-Torappu" to discard one card and destroy "Torrent" (Skystar 4000 → 3800). He then Sets two cards.

 Turn 3: Skystar 

Skystar draws. She then Normal Summons "Atlantean Dragoons" (1800 → 2000/0 → 200) in Attack Position. Due to the effect of "Atlantean Dragoons", all Level 3 or lower Sea Serpent-Type monsters can attack directly. "Atlantean Dragoons" attacks directly (Grand 4000 → 2000). Grand activates his face-down "Mystic Wok" to Tribute "Gama-Torappu" and increase his LP by its ATK (Grand 2000 → 3400). He then Sets a card.

 Turn 4: Grand 

Grand draws. He then activates "Ninjitsu Art of Ambush" to banish "Gama-Torappu" and draw four cards. He then activates "Kukiakuma Shinobi" (Left 2) and "Mizuakuma Shinobi" (Right 8) in his Pendulum Zones. He then Pendulum Summons "Hiakuma Shinobi" (1600/1400) and "Dual Blade Shinobi" (2400/2300) from his hand in Attack Position. Since "Dual Blade Shinobi" was Special Summoned, its effect activates, allowing Grand to Special Summon "Shinobi Shadow Striker" (500/1000) from his Deck in Attack Position. "Dual Blade Shinobi" attacks and destroys "Atlantean Dragoons" (Skystar 3800 → 3400). Skystar activates her face-down "Abyssal Ascension" to revive "Torrent" (1000 → 1200/1000 → 1200) in Attack Position. "Hiakuma Shinobi" attacks and destroys "Torrent" (Skystar 3400 → 3000). The effect of "Torrent" activates, allowing Skystar to Special Summon "Neptabyss the Atlantean Prince" (800 → 1000/0 → 200) from his Deck in Attack Position. Since "Hiakuma Shinobi" destroyed a monster by battle, its effect activates, allowing Grand to destroy one Spell or Trap Card Skystar controls. He then Sets a card.

 Turn 5: Skystar 

Skystar draws. She then Normal Summons "Legendary Atlantean Tridon" (1600/800) in Attack Position. She then activates its effect to Tribute itself and "Neptabyss" in order to Special Summon "Poseidra the Atlantean Dragon" (2800/1600) from her hand in Attack Position. Since "Tridon" was Tributed, its second effect activates, reducing the ATK of all monsters Grand controls by 300 ("Hiakuma Shinobi": 1600 → 1300/1400; "Dual Blade Shinobi": 2400 → 2100/2300; "Shinobi Shadow Striker": 500 → 200/1000). "Poseidra" attacks "Hiakuma Shinobi", but Grand activates the second effect of "Dual Blade Shinobi" to Tribute "Shinobi Shadow Striker" and negate the attack. She then Sets two cards.

 Turn 6: Grand 

<p style="text-align:center;">Grand draws. He then Pendulum Summons "Arashiakuma Shinobi" (1800/2100) from his hand in Attack Position. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Kukiakuma Shinobi" to reduce the ATK of "Hiakuma Shinobi" to 0 ("Hiakuma Shinobi": 1300 → 0/1400) and increase the ATK of "Dual Blade Shinobi" by the same amount ("Dual Blade Shinobi": 2100 → 3400/2300). "Dual Blade Shinobi" attacks and destroys "Poseidra" (Skystar 3000 → 2400). "Arashiakuma Shinobi" attacks directly, but Skystar activates her face-down "Tidal Defence" to halve the Battle Damage (Skystar 2400 → 1500) and draw two cards.

<p style="text-align:center;"> Turn 7: Skystar 

<p style="text-align:center;">Skystar draws. She then activates "Call of the Atlanteans" to Special Summon three Level 3 or lower Sea Serpent-Type monsters from her Graveyard. She Special Summons "Neptabyss", "Rhodos" and "Tridon" in Attack Position. She then Tributes all three of her monsters in order to Special Summon "Poseidra the Atlantean Dragon" (2800/1600) in Attack Position. Since "Poseidra" was Special Summoned by Tributing three monsters, its effect activates, returning all Spells and Traps on the field to either players' hands, reduce the ATK of all monsters Grand controls by 300 for each one and increase its ATK by 300 for each one affected ("Dual Blade Shinobi": 2100 → 300/2300; "Hiakuma Shinobi": 1300 → 0/1400; "Arashiakuma Shinobi": 1800 → 0/2100; "Poseidra": 2800 → 3700/1600). She then activates "Curse of the Abyss" to negate the effects of "Dual Blade Shinobi". She then equips "Poseidra" with "Shell Blade". Now whenever "Poseidra" attacks, it gains 300 ATK for every monster Grand controls. "Poseidra" attacks "Arashiakuma". The effect of "Shell Blade" activates ("Poseidra": 2800 → 3700/1600). <p style="text-align:center;">The duel continues in the next episode.