YGO EQG XX - Episode 039

"Striding Towards Our Future Together" is the 39th episode of the series.

The last duel of the first round begins and it's Flash vs Twilight.

Featured Duel: Flash Sentry vs. Twilight Sparkle
 Turn 1: Flash 

Flash draws. He then activates "Magna Fighter Ratio" (Left 1) and "Lustrous Feather Magna Leghorn" (Right 8) in his Pendulum Zones. He then Pendulum Summons "Glow Claw Magna Chimp" (1800/600) and "Charge Horn Magna Bull" (2100/2200) from his hand in Attack Position. He then Sets a card.

 Turn 2: Twilight 

Twilight draws. She then activates "Spellbook Calling" to discard all "Spellbook" cards and draw one card for each one sent. Three are sent, so she draws three cards. She then activates "Mythical Enchantress" (Left 2) and "Magi-Beast Mystic Dracoteen" (Right 8) in he Pendulum Zones. She then Pendulum Summons "Magi-Beast Twilight Unicorn" (1800/1300) and "Pyro Charmer" (1300/1200) from her hand in Attack Position. She then tunes the Level 4 "Twilight Unicorn" with the Level 3 Tuner monster "Pyro Charmer" in order to Synchro Summon "Twilight Alicorn" (2600/1900) in Attack Position. She then activates its effect three times to banish three "Spellbook" cards from her Graveyard and increase its ATK by 3000 ("Twilight Alicorn": 2600 → 5600/1900). Flash finds the Action Trap "Late Fees" to inflict 300 damage to himself (Flash 4000 → 3700). "Twilight Alicorn" attacks and destroys "Magna Chimp", but Flash activates his face-down "Defense Draw" to reduce the Battle Damage to 0 and draw a card. She then activates "Spellbook Blast" to draw one card for every banished "Spellbook" card and inflict 300 damage for each "Spellbook" drawn. Three are banished, so she draws three cards. She draws "Spellbook of Secrets" (Flash 3700 → 3400). She then activates "Spellbook of Secrets" to add "Spellbook of Illusion" from her Deck to her hand. She then Normal Summons "White Wing Magician" (1600/1400) in Defense Position.

 Turn 3: Flash 

Flash draws. He then Pendulum Summons "Glow Claw Magna Chimp" (1800/600) from his Extra Deck and "Magna Fighter Gun Runner" (1600/1400) and "Bright Bounce Magna Bunny" (1200/600) from his hand in Attack Position. He then tunes the Level 4 "Magna Chimp" with the Level 3 Tuner monster "Magna Bunny" in order to Synchro Summon "Flashback Dragon" (2300/2200) in Attack Position. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Ratio" to target "Gun Runner", look at the top three cards of his Deck, banish one monster among them and increase the ATK of "Gun Runner" by the banished monster's Level x200. He banishes the Level 6 "Magna Caster Lunara" ("Gun Runner": 1600 → 2800/1400). Twilight finds the Action Trap "Late Fees" (Twilight 4000 → 3700). "Gun Runner" attacks and destroys "Twilight Alicorn" (Twilight 3700 → 3500). Since "Gun Runner" destroyed a monster by battle, its effect activates, banishing itself to Special Summon a monster from Flash's Deck whose Level is equal to that of the destroyed monster's Level. He Special Summons "Flash Heart Dragon X" (2500/2000) in Attack Position. "Flash Heart Dragon X" attacks "White Wing Magician", but Twilight finds and activates the Action Card "Evasion" to negate the attack. "Magna Bull" attacks and destroys "White Wing Magician". "Flashback Dragon" attacks Twilight directly, but Twilight finds and activates the Action Card "Study Session" to draw one card for every monster Flash controls and Special Summon any monsters among them. Flash controls three, so she draws three cards. She finds and Special Summons "Rising Dusk Magician" (1200/2000) in Attack Position. A replay occurs and "Flashback Dragon" attacks and destroys "Rising Dusk Magician" (Twilight 3500 → 2400). Since "Rising Dusk Magician" was destroyed by battle, its effect activates, allowing Twilight to destroy "Flash Heart Dragon X". He then Sets a card.

 Turn 4: Twilight 

Twilight draws. She then Pendulum Summons "Twilight Unicorn" (1800/1300), "White Wing Magician" (1600/1400) and "Rising Dusk Magician" (1200/2000) from her Extra Deck and "Shadow Charmer" (1200/700) from her hand in Attack Position. She then tunes the Level 4 "Rising Dusk Magician" with the Level 3 Tuner monster "Shadow Charmer" in order to Synchro Summon "Twilight Warlock" (2500/2100) in Attack Position. She then activates its effect to look at the top five cards of her Deck and add "Spellbook of Power" among them to her hand. She then activates "Spellbook of Power" to increase the ATK of "White Wing Magician" by 1000 ("White Wing Magician": 1600 → 2600/1400). She then equips "Twilight Unicorn" with "Magic Tome of Starswirl", increasing its ATK by 100 for every "Spellbook" card in her Graveyard. There are currently two ("Twilight Unicorn": 1800 → 2000/1300). She then activates the latter's second effect to send "Spellbook of Power" from her Deck to the Graveyard and activate its effect, increasing the ATK of "Twilight Unicorn" by 1000 ("Twilight Unicorn": 2000 → 3000 → 3100/1300).

"Twilight Warlock" attacks "Magna Bull", but Flash activates his face-down "Dimensional Prison" to negate the attack and banish "Twilight Warlock", but Twilight activates the Pendulum Effect of "Mystic Dracoteen" to negate the activation of "Mystic Dracoteen" and destroy it. "Twilight Warlock" then destroys "Magna Bull" (Flash 3500 → 3100). "White Wing Magician" attacks "Flashback Dragon", but Flash finds and activates the Action Card "Silent Battle" to prevent his monster from being destroyed by battle and halve the Battle Damage (Flash 3100 → 2950). "Twilight Unicorn" attacks and destroys "Flashback Dragon" (Flash 2950 → 2150). Since "Twilight Unicorn" destroyed a monster by battle, its effect activates, allowing Twilight to add "Spellbook of Illusion" from her Deck to her hand. She then Sets a card.

 Turn 5: Flash 

Flash draws. He then Pendulum Summons "Magna Chimp" (1800/600), "Magna Bull" (2100/2200) and "Flash Heart Dragon X" (2500/2000) from his Extra Deck and "Star Fang Magna Tiger" (2400/2100) from his hand in Attack Position. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Ratio" to target "Flash Heart Dragon X", look at the top five cards of his Deck and banish "Stamine" among them ("Flash Heart Dragon X": 2500 → 3300/2000). "Flash Heart Dragon X" attacks and destroys "Twilight Warlock" (Twilight 2400 → 1600). "Magna Tiger" attacks and destroys "Twilight Unicorn" (Twilight 1600 → 1300). Since "Magna Tiger" destroyed a monster by battle, its effect activates, allowing Flash to destroy "White Wing Magician". "Magna Chimp" attacks Twilight directly, but Twilight activates her face-down "Spellbook of Illusion" to Special Summon four "Spellbook Tokens" (0/0 each) in Defense Position. A replay occurs and "Magna Chimp" attacks and destroys a "Spellbook Token". "Magna Bull" attacks and destroys another "Spellbook Token". He then finds and activates the Action Card "Librarian's Strike" to allow himself to Tribute "Magna Chimp" and "Magna Bull" and allow "Flash Heart Dragon X" to attack twice more. "Flash Heart Dragon X" attacks and destroys the two remaining "Spellbook Tokens".

 Turn 6: Twilight 

Twilight draws. She then Pendulum Summons "Twilight Unicorn" (1800/1300), "White Wing Magician" (1600/1400), "Rising Dusk Magician" (1200/2000) and "Twilight Warlock" (2500/2100) from her Extra Deck in Attack Position. She then activates the latter's effect to look at the top five cards of her Deck and add "Spellbook of Rebirth" among them to her hand. She then activates "Spellbook of Rebirth" to revive "Twilight Alicorn" (2600/1900) in Attack Position. She then Tributes "Twilight Warlock" and "Twilight Alicorn" in order to Special Summon "Perfect Harmony Alicorn" (3500/3000) in Attack Position. Due to the effect of "Perfect Harmony Alicorn", it gains ATK equal to the ATK of the Spellcaster-Type monster used to summon it ("Perfect Harmony Alicorn": 3500 → 4750/3000). "Perfect Harmony Alicorn" attacks "Flash Heart Dragon X". This activates the second effect of "Perfect Harmony Alicorn", increasing its ATK by 1000 for every Spellcaster-Type monster on the field ("Perfect Harmony Alicorn": 4750 → 7750/3000). Flash finds and activates the Action Card "Sharing the Wisdom" to Tribute "Flash Heart Dragon X" and increase the ATK of "Magna Tiger" by that monster's ATK ("Magna Tiger": 2400 → 4900/2100). A replay occurs and "Perfect Harmony Alicorn" attacks "Magna Tiger", but Flash activates his face-down "Magna Guardian Arma Excess" to Special Summon itself (100/2000) in Defense Position. Due to the efect of "Arma Excess", it is the only monster Flash controls that can be attacked, so the attack is redirected to it. This activates the second effect of "Arma Excess", banishing all monsters except itself and the battling monsters on the field and reduce the ATK of "Perfect Harmony Alicorn" by 500 for each one banished ("Perfect Harmony Alicorn": 7750 → 6250/3000). "Perfect Harmony Alicorn" then destroys "Arma Excess". "Twilight Unicorn" attacks Flash directly (Flash 2150 → 350).

 Turn 7: Flash 

Flash draws. He then Pendulum Summons "Flash Heart Dragon X" (2500/2000) from his Extra Deck in Attack Position. He then Normal Summons "Veil Pixie X" (100/100) in Attack Position. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Magna Leghorn" to increase the Level of "Veil Pixie X" by 2. He then tunes the Level 7 "Flash Heart Dragon X" with the Level 3 Tuner monster "Veil Pixie X" in order to Synchro Summon "Flash Dragon Magna Strider" (3300/2500) in Attack Position. "Magna Strider" attacks "Perfect Harmony Alicorn", but Twilight activates her face-down "Moondancing Guardian Scholar Saltalunam" to Special Summon itself (1000/2500) in Defense Position. A replay occurs and "Magna Strider" attacks and destroys "Saltalunam". He then activates the effect of "Magna Strider" to banish "Magna Chimp" and "Magna Bull" from his Extra Deck, increase its ATK by the combined Levels of all banished monsters and allow itself to attack again ("Magna Strider": 3300 → 6400/2500). "Magna Strider" attacks and destroys "Perfect Harmony Alicorn" (Twilight 1300 → 0).