YGO EQG XX - Episode 025

"Trials By Ice" is the 25th episode of the series.

In order to test Flash, Cold duels against him to find out if he's ready to defeat Tempest in the final duel when it comes.

Featured Duel: Flash Sentry vs. Cold Steel
 Turn 1: Cold 

Cold draws. He then activates "Frozen Heart Demon" (Left 2) and "Frozen Heart Yuki-Onna" (Right 10) in his Pendulum Zones. He then Pendulum Summons "Frozen Heart Knight" (1700/1500), "Frozen Heart Statue Soder" (900/700) and "Frozen Heart Magician" (2000/1000) from his hand in Attack Position. He then tunes the Level 4 "Knight" with the Level 3 Tuner monster "Statue Soder" in order to Synchro Summon "Frozen Heart Lord of the Javelin" (2500/2200) in Attack Position.

 Turn 2: Flash 

Flash draws. He then activates "Magna Caster Ratio" (Left 1) and "Nightlight Magna Sheep" (Left 9) in her Pendulum Zones. He then Pendulum Summons "Glow Claw Magna Chimp" (1800/600) and "Crystal Tusk Magna Boar" (1000/1000) from his hand in Attack Position. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Ratio" to look at the top three cards of his Deck, banish one monster among them, return the rest to his Deck and increase the ATK of one monster he controls by the banished monster's Level x200. He banished Level 4 "Lightspeed Dragon" and targets "Magna Chimp" ("Magna Chimp": 1800 → 2600/600).

He then activates the effect of "Magna Boar" to target "Magna Chimp" and allow it to attack all Special Summoned monsters this turn. "Magna Chimp" attacks "Lord of the Javelin". Due to the effect of "Magna Chimp", all monsters it battles lose 100 ATK for every banished monster ("Lord of the Javelin": 2500 → 2400/2200). "Magna Chimp" then destroys "Lord of the Javelin" (Cold 4000 → 3800). "Magna Chimp" attacks "Magician" ("Magician": 2000 → 1900/1000) and destroys it (Cold 3800 → 3100). "Magna Boar" attacks Cold directly, but Cold finds and activates the Action Card "Battle Lock" to prevent Flash's monsters from attacking this turn. He then Sets a card.

 Turn 3: Cold 

Cold draws. He then Pendulum Summons "Frozen Heart Golem" (2800/1800) from his hand in Attack Position. He then activates "Blizzard Blast" to destroy "Ratio". He then activates the effect of the "Magician" in his Extra Deck, sending it to the Graveyard and allow "Golem" to gain an additional attack this turn. Flash finds the Action Trap "Shock", which forces him to send the top three cards of his Deck to the Graveyard. "Golem" attacks and destroys "Magna Chimp" (Flash 4000 → 3000). "Golem" attacks and destroys "Magna Boar", but Flash activates his face-down "Defense Draw" to reduce the Battle Damage to 0 and draw a card.

 Turn 4: Flash 

Flash draws. He then activates "Starburst Reload" to banish one monster from his Graveyard and draw one card equal to its Level. He banishes Level 4 "Flash Wing Magna Pegasus" to draw four cards. He then activates "Bright Bounce Magna Bunny" (Left 2) in his Left Pendulum Zone. He then Pendulum Summons "Magna Boar" (1200/600) and "Magna Chimp" (1800/600) from his Extra Deck and "Star Fang Magna Tiger" (2400/2100) from his hand in Attack Position. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Magna Bunny" to change "Magna Boar" into a Tuner monster. He then tunes the Level 4 "Magna Chimp" with the Level 3 Tuner monster "Magna Boar" in order to Synchro Summon "Flashback Dragon" (2300/2200) in Attack Position.

He then activates its effect to banish "Magna Tiger" and Special Summon "Charge Horn Magna Bull" (2100/2200) and "Aura Pulse Magna Rat" (300/200) from his Deck in Attack Position. He then activates the effect of "Magna Rat" to banish itself and Special Summon "Magna Tiger" (2400/2100) from his Removed From Play Zone in Attack Position. He then activates "Multiversal Spirit" to send "Flash Dragon Accel" from his Extra Deck to the Graveyard and increase the ATK of "Magna Bull" by the Level of "Flash Dragon Accel". "Flash Dragon Accel" is Level 8 ("Magna Bull": 2100 → 2900/2200). "Magna Bull" attacks and destroys "Golem" (Cold 3100 → 3000). "Magna Tiger" and "Flashback Dragon" attack Cold directly, but Cold finds and activates the Action Card "Battle Trap" to negate both attacks. He then Sets two cards. On Flash's End Phase, the second effect of "Battle Trap" activates, inflicting 400 damage to Cold for each attack negated this turn (Cold 3000 → 2200).

 Turn 5: Cold 

Cold draws. He then activates "Icicle Crash" to banish all five cards from his Graveyard and add "Frozen Heart Lancer", "Frozen Heart Axe-Wielder", "Frozen Heart Dragon", "Infinite Freeze Ritual" and "Infinite Freeze Dragon" from his Deck to his hand. He then Pendulum Summons "Frozen Heart Lancer" (1800/1300), "Frozen Heart Axe-Wielder" (1600/1400) and "Frozen Heart Dragon" (3000/2500) from his hand in Attack Position. He then activates the effect of "Axe-Wielder" to Tribute itself and allow "Frozen Heart Dragon" to attack all monsters Flash controls. "Frozen Heart Dragon" attacks and destroys "Magna Bull" (Flash 3000 → 2100). "Frozen Heart Dragon" attacks "Flashback Dragon", but Flash activates his face-down "Brittle Shield" to switch "Flashback Dragon" to Defense Position. "Frozen Heart Dragon" then destroys "Flashback Dragon". "Frozen Heart Dragon" attacks and destroys "Magna Tiger", but Flash finds and activates the Action Card "Substitute" to negate the Battle Damage. "Lancer" attacks Flash directly, but Flash activates his face-down "Beacon of Hope" to draw a card. If it's a monster, he can Special Summon it. He draws "Veil Pixie X", so it is Special Summoned (100/100) in Defense Position. A replay occurs and "Lancer" attacks and destroys "Veil Pixie X". He then Sets two cards.

 Turn 6: Flash 

Flash draws. He then activates the effect of the "Ratio" in his Extra Deck, banishing it to draw three cards. He then Pendulum Summons "Magna Chimp" (1800/600) and "Magna Bull" (2100/2200) from his Extra Deck and "Flash Heart Dragon X" (2500/2000) from his hand in Attack Position. Since "Flash Heart Dragon X" was Special Summoned, its effect activates, banishing "Lancer". Cold activates his face-down "Mega Chain" to take control of "Magna Chimp" and switch it to Defense Position. He then activates the effect of the "Veil Pixie X" in his Graveyard, Special Summoning itself (100/100) in Attack Position. He then Tributes "Flash Heart Dragon X" and "Veil Pixie X" in order to Special Summon "Flash Dragon Magna Harmony" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. He then activates its effect to banish "Flash Dragon Accel" and "Flashback Dragon" from his Graveyard and grant it the effects of both monsters. He then activates "Lightspeed" to increase the ATK of "Magna Harmony" by 1000 ("Magna Harmony": 3000 → 4000/2500). "Magna Harmony" attacks and destroys "Frozen Heart Dragon" (Cold 2200 → 1200). Cold activates his face-down "Ice Shard Summon" to Special Summon "Frozen Heart Enchantress" (800/1600) from his Deck in Attack Position. Since "Frozen Heart Enchantress" was Special Summoned, its effect activates, allowing Cold to add "Frozen Heart Dragon" from his Extra Deck to his hand. He then activates the "Flash Dragon Accel" granted effect of "Magna Harmony" to Tribute itself and Special Summon "Flash Heart Dragon X" (2500/2000) from his Extra Deck in Attack Position. "Flash Heart Dragon X" attacks and destroys "Enchantress".

 Turn 7: Cold 

Cold draws. He then Pendulum Summons "Frozen Heart Axe-Wielder" (1600/1400) and "Frozen Heart Dragon" (3000/2500) from his Extra Deck in Attack Position. He then activates "Pot of Greed" to draw two cards. He then activates "Infinite Freeze Ritual" to Tribute "Axe-Wielder" and "Dragon" to Ritual Summon "Infinite Freeze Dragon" (4000/4000) in Attack Position. He then activates its effect to destroy all cards on the field and inflict 500 damage to Flash for every card destroyed at the cost of skipping his Battle Phase this turn. Four were destroyed (Flash 2100 → 100). He then Sets a card.

 Turn 8: Flash 

Flash draws. He then activates "Magna Caster Lunara" (Left 1) and "Magna Caster Solaris" (Right 8) in his Pendulum Zones. He then Pendulum Summons "Flash Heart Dragon X" (2500/2000) from his Extra Deck in Attack Position. He then activates "Quantum Nexus Ritual" to return all banished monsters to the bottom of his Deck and Tribute "Flash Heart Dragon X" in order to Ritual Summon "Quantum Nexus Dragon" (4000/4000) in Attack Position. "Quantum Nexus Dragon" attacks "Infinite Freeze Dragon". He then activates its effect to prevent either monster's destruction and place 1 Quantum Counter on "Infinite Freeze Dragon". On Flash's End Phase, the effect of "Quantum Nexus Dragon" activates, allowing Flash to banish the top ten cards of his Deck and skip one turn for every monster banished by this effect. He finds five monsters, so five turns are skipped.

 Turn 14: Flash 

Due to the final effect of "Quantum Nexus Dragon", all monsters on the field with a Quantum Counter loses 500 ATK for every turn skipped ("Infinite Freeze Dragon": 4000 → 1500/4000). "Quantum Nexus Dragon" attacks and destroys "Infinite Freeze Dragon" (Cold 1200 → 0).

Trivia

 * The reason how "Flash Wing Magna Pegasus" got in the Graveyard is because of the effect of "Shock".