YGO EQG Ω Zenith - Episode 002

"Challenge from a Zealot" is the 2nd episode of the series.

Cold Steel is in a meeting, until Heath Burns, now known as Hellfire, now a member of the Omega Zealot barges in and challenges Cold to a duel. With his new cards, will Cold win?

Featured Duel: Cold Steel vs. Heath Burns
 Turn 1: Cold 

Cold draws. He then Normal Summons "Frozen Heart Diplocaulus" (1000/1000) in Attack Position. He then activates its effect to declare a Level and look at the top five cards as well as select among them. After that, Hellfire must declare if its Level is higher or lower than the Level declared. If he is right, the monster will be discarded. If he is wrong, the drawn monster is Special Summoned. He declares Level 5 while Hellfire declares higher. He is wrong, so the selected monster is Special Summoned; "Frozen Heart Arachnid" (300/300) in Attack Position. He then Sets two cards.

 Turn 2: Hellfire 

Hellfire draws. He then Normal Summons "Neo Barrier Statue of the Inferno" (1000/1000) in Attack Position. As long as it's on the field, neither player can Special Summon monsters, except FIRE monsters. Cold activates his face-down "Absolute Zero" to destroy all monsters on the field. Since "Frozen Heart" were destroyed by this effect, the second effect of "Absolute Zero" allows Cold to draw one card for each one destroyed. Since "Arachnid" was destroyed by a card effect, its effect activates, placing itself (Left 9) in his Left Pendulum Zone. He then Sets three cards.

 Turn 3: Cold 

Cold draws. He then Normal Summons "Frozen Heart Mantis" (1700/1200) in Attack Position. "Mantis" attacks Heath directly, but Hellfire activates his face-down "Negate Attack" to negate the attack and end the Battle Phase, however Cold activates the Pendulum Effect of "Arachnid" to negate the activation of "Negate Attack" and destroy it by discarding "Frozen Heart Angel". The direct attack continues (Hellfire 4000 → 2300). Hellfire activates his face-down "Damage Calling" to draw three cards (One card for every 500 damage he took) (One of which is "Solar Flare Dragon"). Since Hellfire drew a monster, the secondary effect of "Damage Calling" activates, allowing Hellfire to gain LP equal to the number of monsters drawn (Hellfire 2300 → 2800). He then Sets a card.

 Turn 4: Hellfire 

Hellfire draws. He then Normal Summons "Solar Flare Dragon" (1500/1000) in Attack Position. He then activates his face-down "Call of the Haunted" to Special Summon "Neo Barrier Stute of the Inferno" (1000/1000) in Attack Position. He then activates "Double Summon" to Normal Summon again. He then Tributes "Solar Flare Dragon" and "Neo Barrier Statue of the Inferno" in order to Tribute Summon "Blazing Emperor Hellfire" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. Due to the effect of "Blazing Emperor Hellfire", it gains 200 ATK for every Trap Card in his Graveyard. There are currently two ("Hellfire": 3000 → 3400/2500). "Hellfire" attacks and destroys "Mantris" (Cold 4000 → 2300). Since Cold took Battle Damage, he activates his face-down "Waking an Icy Path" to add a "Frozen Heart" monster whose ATK is less than that of the Battle Damage he took from his Deck to his hand. He adds "Frozen Heart Orca".

 Turn 5: Cold 

Cold draws. He then activates "Frozen Heart Orca" (Right 2) in his Right Pendulum Zone. He then activates its Pendulum Effect to swap the "Diplocaulus" with the "Frozen Heart Fortress Golem" in his hand. He then Normal Summons "Diplocaulus" (1000/1000) in Attack Position. He then activates its effect, declaring Level 5 and Hellfire declaring lower. He is wrong, so Cold Special Summons "Frozen Heart Neo Dragon" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. He then activates its effect to destroy a number of Spells and Traps Hellfire controls for every "Frozen Heart" monster in his Extra Deck and increase its ATK by 300 for each one. Two are destroyed ("Frozen Heart Neo Dragon": 3000 → 3600/2500; "Hellfire": 3400 → 3800/2500). He then Pendulum Summons "Mantis" (1700/1200) from his Extra Deck in Attack Position. Since "Mantis" was Special Summoned, its effect activates, inflicting damage to Hellfire for every card in his hand x300. Hellfire has two (Hellfire 2800 → 2200). "Neo Dragon" attacks "Hellfire". This activates the effect of "Neo Dragon", allowing Cold to send "Fortress Golem" from his Extra Deck to the Graveyard and reduce the ATK of "Hellfire" by the Pendulum Scale of "Fortress Golem" x200. The Pendulum Scale of "Fortress Golem" is 6 ("Hellfire": 3800 → 2600/2500). Hellfire activates the second effect of "Hellfire" activate the effect of the "Negate Attack" in his Graveyard, negating the attack and ending the Battle Phase. He then Sets two cards.

 Turn 6: Hellfire 

Hellfire draws. He then activates "Graceful Charity" to draw three cards and discard two cards. Since "Flame Walker" was sent to the Graveyard, its effect activates, Special Summoning two "Flaming Tokens" (500/500) in Attack Position. He then Tributes "Hellfire" and his two "Flaming Tokens" in order to Tribute Summon "Blazing Arms Dragon Drag-Blitzer" (3500/2500) in Attack Position. Since "Drag-Blitzer" was Tribute Summoned by Tributing three monsters, its effect activates, destroying all face-downs Cold controls and inflicting 400 damage to Cold for each one. Two were destroyed (Cold 2300 → 1500). He then activates its second effect to banish "Barrier Statue of the Infernos" and increase its ATK by the banished monster's Level x200. "Neo Barrier Statue of the Infernos" is Level 4 ("Drag-Blitzer": 3500 → 4300/2500). He then activates the second effect twice more and banishes Level 4 "Solar Flare Dragon" and "Flame Walker" ("Drag-Blitzer": 4300 → 5100 → 5900/2500). "Drag-Blitzer" attacks "Neo Dragon". The effect of "Neo Dragon" activates and he sends "Diplocaulus" (Pendulum Scale: 8) ("Drag-Blitzer": 5900 → 4300/2500). "Drag-Blitzer" then destroys "Neo Dragon" (Cold 1500 → 200). He then Sets a card.

 Turn 7: Cold 

Cold draws. He then activates "Graceful Charity" to draw three cards and discard two cards. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Orca" to swap the "Mane of the Frozen Moon" in his hand with the "Mantis" in his Extra Deck. He then Pendulum Summons "Mantis" (1700/1200) from his hand and "Neo Dragon" (3000/2500) from his Extra Deck in Attack Position. The effect of "Neo Dragon" activates, destroying one of Hellfire's face-downs ("Neo Dragon": 3000 → 3300/2500). Since "Flame Burst Mine" was destroyed by a card effect, its effect activates, halving the original ATK of "Neo Dragon" ("Neo Dragon": 3300 → 1800/2500). The effect of "Mantis" activates and Hellfire has two (Hellfire 2200 → 1600). He then activates "Glacial Tundra Ritual" to Tribute "Neo Dragon" and "Mantis" in order to Ritual Summon "Glacial Tundragon" (4000/4000) in Attack Position. He then activates its first effect to banish all "Frozen Heart" Pendulum Monsters from his Graveyard and have it gain one Freeze Counter for each one. Three are banished, so it gains three counters. "Glacial Tundragon" attacks "Drag-Blitzer". This activates the effect of "Glacial Tundragon", removing a Freeze Counter from itself and prevent "Drag-Blitzer" from being destroyed (Hellfire 1600 → 1100). Since there's still a monster on Cold's side of the field, its effect allows itself to attack again. "Glacial Tundragon" attacks "Drag-Blitzer" three more times with the effect of "Glacial Tundragon" activating each time (Hellfire 1100 → 600 → 100 → 0).