YGO EQG XX - Episode 042

"The Memories of Friendship" is the 42nd episode of the series.

The match continues and Sunburst duels against Starlight.

Featured Duel: Sunburst vs. Starlight Glimmer
 Turn 10: Sunburst 

Sunburst draws. He then activates "Red Sun Magician" (Left 2) and "Green Sun Magician" (Right 6) in his Pendulum Zones. He then Pendulum Summons "Sunburst Familiar" (1200/1100) from his hand in Defense Position. He then Normal Summons "Blaze Wizard" (1200/1000) in Attack Position. Since "Blaze Wizard" was Normal Summoned, its effect activates, allowing Sunburst to add "Sunburst Gate" from his Deck to his hand. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Red Sun Magician" to increase the Level of "Blaze Wizard" by 3. He then activates "Sunburst Gate" to Tribute "Blaze Wizard" and Ritual Summon "Sunburst Ravager" (2000/1800) in Attack Position. "Sunburst Ravager" attacks Starlight directly, but Starlight activates her face-down "Celestial Spirit Ophiuchus" to Special Summon itself (1700/1000) in Attack Position. A replay occurs and "Ravager" attacks and destroys "Ophiuchus" (Starlight 4000 → 3700). Since "Ophiuchus" was destroyed by battle, its effect activates, equipping itself to "Ravager" and reducing its ATK by 100 for every "Celestial Spirit" monster in Starlight's Graveyard during each of Starlight's Standby Phases. Starlight activates her face-down "Starlight Beacon" to Special Summon "Celestial Spirit Aries" (1400/900) in Attack Position. Due to the first and seconf effects of "Ravager", it can attack once for every FIRE monster on the field and no other FIRE monster can attack this turn. "Ravager" attacks "Aries", but Starlight finds and activates the Action Card "Statue Skin" to negate her monster's destruction (Starlight 3700 → 3100). He then Sets two cards.

 Turn 11: Starlight 

Starlight draws. During Starlight's Standby Phase, the effect of "Ophiuchus" activates ("Ravager": 2000 → 1900/1800). She then activates the effect of "Aries" to look at the top three cards of her Deck, send all "Celestial Spirits" among them to the Graveyard and Special Summon one "Wool Token" for each one sent. She sends two, so she Special Summons two "Wool Tokens" (300/300) in Attack Position. She then activates "Painful Choice" to choose five cards from her Deck, force Sunburst to choose one among them to add to her hand while the rest are sent to the Graveyard. She chooses "Celestial Spirit Leo", "Celestial Spirit Taurus", "Celestial Spirit Scorpio", "Celestial Spirit Virgo" and "Celestial Spirit Gemini". Sunburst chooses "Virgo". She then activates "Monster Reincarnation" to discard "Virgo" and add "Leo" from her Graveyard to her hand. She then Tributes her two "Wool Tokens" in order to Tribute Summon "Leo" (2500/2200) in Attack Position. She then equips "Leo" with "Orion's Sword", increasing its ATK by 1000 ("Leo": 2500 → 3500/2200). "Leo" attacks "Ravager". This activates the effect of "Leo", increasing its ATK by the number of "Celestial Spirit" monsters in her Graveyard x200. There are curretly eight ("Leo": 3500 → 5100/2200). "Leo" then destroys "Ravager", but Sunburst activates his face-down "Spirit Barrier". Now as long as he controls a monster, Sunburst takes no Battle Damage. Since "Leo" destroyed a monster by battle, the effect of "Orion's Sword" activates, inflicting damage to Sunburst equal to the number of "Celestial Spirit" monsters in his Graveyard x100. There are currently nine (Sunburst 4000 → 3200). "Aries" attacks and destroys "Familiar". Since "Familiar" was destroyed by battle, its effect activates, allowing Sunburst to look at the top five cards of his Deck and add "Burn Blader" and "Sunburst Apprentice" among them to his hand.

 Turn 12: Sunburst 

Sunburst draws. He then activates "Eruption Reload" to banish "Ravager" from his Graveyard and draw six cards. He then Pendulum Summons "Burn Blader" (1800/100) and "Sunburst Apprentice" (1500/1300) from his hand in Attack Position. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Red Sun Magician" to increase the Level of "Apprentice" by 3. He then activates "Sunburst Altar" to Tribute "Apprentice" and Ritual Summon "Sunburst Magician" (2300/2200) in Attack Position. He then activates its effect to pay 300 LP (Sunburst 3200 → 2900), look at the top five cards of his Deck and Special Summon up to two FIRE monsters among them. He Special Summons "UFO Turtle" (1400/1200) in Attack Position. He then activates the effect of the "Apprentice" in his Graveyard, Special Summoning itself (1500/1300) in Attack Position. He then activates "Rebirth Ritual" to Level-Up "Magician" and perform a Ritual Evolution, Tributing it to Ritual Summon "Sunburst Archmage" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. Due to the second effect of "Rebirth Ritual", "Sunburst Archmage" gains 1000 ATK ("Archmage": 3000 → 4000/2500). He then activates the effect of "Apprentice" to increase the ATK of "Archmage" by 500 ("Archmage": 4000 → 4500/2500). He then activates its effect to Tribute "Apprentice", reduce the ATK of "Leo" by the ATK of "Apprentice" ("Leo": 5100 → 3600/2200) and increase the ATK of "Archmage" by half the same amount ("Archmage": 4500 → 5250/2500). Starlight finds and activates the Action Card "Power Charger" to increase the ATK of "Leo" by 500 ("Leo": 3600 → 4100/2200). "Archmage" attacks and destroys "Leo" (Starlight 3100 → 1950). Starlight finds and activates the Action Card "Ceasefire" to switch "UFO Turtle" and "Aries" to Defense Position. "Burn Blader" attacks and destroys "Aries". Since "Burn Blader" destroyed a monster by battle, its effect activates, inflicting 400 damage to Starlight (Starlight 1950 → 1550). He then Sets a card.

 Turn 13: Starlight 

Sunburst draws. She then activates "Starlight Energy" to draw one cards for every two "Celestial Spirit" monsters in hier Graveyard. There are currently ten, so she draws five cards. She then activates "Graceful Charity" to draw three cards and discard two cards. She then Normal Summons "Celestial Spirit Pisces" (2000/1000) in Attack Position. She then activates "Paralysing Light" to Tribute "Pisces" and prevent "Archmage" from attacking or activating its effects. Since Starlight has twelve "Celestial Spirit" monsters in her Graveyard, she banishes them to Special Summon "Celestial Spirit Draco Starlight" (4000/4000) in Attack Position. "Draco Starlight" attacks "Archmage", but Sunburst finds and activates the Action Card "Team Spirit" to redirect the attack to "UFO Turtle", destroying it instead. Since "UFO Turtle" was destroyed by battle, its effect activates, allowing Sunburst to Special Summon a Level 4 or lower FIRE monster from his Deck. He Special Summons "Sunburst Guardian" (1400/1800) in Attack Position. Since "Draco Starlight" destroyed a monster by battle, its effect activates, inflicting damage to Sunburst equal to the number of banished "Celestial Spirit" monsters x100. Twelve are banished (Sunburst 2900 → 1700). She then activates "Wave-Motion Cannon". Now at any turn, she can send this card to the Graveyard and inflict 1000 damage for every turn after activation.

 Turn 14: Sunburst 

Sunburst draws. He then Tributes "Archmage", "Guardian" and "Burn Blader" in order to Special Summon "Great Sage of Sunburst" (3500/3000) in Attack Position. He then activates its effect to revive "Archmage" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. Due to the second effect of "Great Sage of Sunburst", that monsters effects are negated, that monster will be destroyed during the End Phase, and it gains those effects. He then activates its granted effect to Tribute "Archmage", reduce the ATK of "Draco Starlight" by its ATK ("Draco Starlight": 4000 → 1000/4000) and increase its ATK by half the same amount ("Great Mage of Sunburst": 3500 → 5000/3000). "Great Mage of Sunburst" attacks and destroys "Draco Starlight" (Starlight 1550 → 0).