Continuous Trap - Great Cosmos!
"The effect of the Great Cosmos, as long as this trap exists on the field," Yugen said, "all cards sent to the graveyard from both sides are not going to the graveyard; they are directly removed from the game!"
The Sun, huh? Immortal, huh?
I'm going to scatter your graves directly.
The background field instantly transformed into an endless starry sky. The holy and supreme sun of Little Lobster seemed to become insignificant and trivial in the vast starry sky. The sacred sun gradually became transparent under the starlight until it turned into a phantom and completely vanished.
"The sun did not go to the graveyard and was instead removed," Yugen said, "Therefore, the sun will not revive in the next turn."
The onlookers outside the field couldn't help but cheer.
What a Great Cosmos!
"Great! Now the Immortal Sun has been defeated!" Marufuji Shou said.
Judai smiled broadly: "Under the Great Cosmos, all beings are equal."
No one noticed that at this moment, the cat Pharaoh, who was raised by the late Teacher Dade Temple, was lying idly on a boulder by the shore. It lazily yawned, and a glowing ball of light flew out of its mouth, transforming into a ghostly figure invisible to ordinary eyes.
It was Teacher Dade Temple, who had successfully transformed his form of existence.
The ghostly Teacher Dade Temple watched as his Great Cosmos once again unleashed its mighty power in Yugen's hands, nodding repeatedly, thinking that the secret technique of his Great Cosmos indeed had a worthy successor, and felt greatly comforted.
"Don't get too complacent with me!" Tragodia said angrily, "No matter what, due to the destruction of the sun, the effect of the 'Dark Sun,' I restore the sun's current attack power of 4700 points of LP."
[Tragodia, LP 9300 → LP 14000]
Life Points soared to fourteen thousand!
No matter what, this HP still has a significant visual impact in this world's dueling environment.
"Finally, set a monster on the field in Face-down Defense Position."
Tragodia drew two more cards, setting one on the forefront and another in the backfield.
"Finally, cover a card in the backfield; the turn is over."
The Supreme Sun was dealt with. To say it was insignificant would be a lie. After all, his deck was built around the sun's core operation. The Great Cosmos is simply the nemesis of such zombie-like monsters.
"How dare you use such dirty tactics against me..."
Little Lobster gritted his teeth.
With a firm resolve, he decided that this person must not be kept alive and aimed to find a way to eliminate him.
"My turn, draw," Yugen said, "On my field, there is 'Thunder Emperor Harmon.' Therefore, I activate the Field Spell 'Lost Paradise.'
Once per turn, if a Phantom Demon exists on your field, you can draw two cards from the deck."
Yugen drew the cards and immediately played one from his hand.
"Next, activate the Equipment Magic 'Blast Flame Piercing.'
The Equipment Card materialized in Yugen's backfield, bestowing an invisible energy on Thunder Emperor Harmon.
"Equip to 'Thunder Emperor Harmon.' The equipped monster's Attack Power increases by 400, and when attacking a Defense Position monster, if its Attack Power exceeds the Defense Power, it gains piercing damage."
[Thunder Emperor Harmon, Attack Power 4000 → Attack Power 4400]
"Then change Harmon to Attack Position," Yugen said, "and attack the face-down monster.
Thunder of the Lost Joy!"
Harmon roared again, and the celestial thunder crashed down! The lightning pierced through Tragodia's only defensive line, penetrating the card of the face-down monster.
[Three-eyed Dead Spirit, Defense Power 900]
Three-eyed Dead Spirit, Level Three, is a monster used in Little Lobster's manga and was turned into a Physical Card, albeit with a nerfed effect... Of course, the nerf was reasonable; there was no way it wouldn't be nerfed. Because the original effect seemed like it was written with feet.
Three-eyed Dead Spirit, original effect, can send itself from the field to the graveyard to add any monster from the deck to the hand.
Clearly, without the nerf, even today it could be used as a universal starting point for any deck; even ZCG fake cards wouldn't dare be so fake. But because Tragodia in the manga only used it to search for the Supreme Sun, it was modified to add a "Dark Attribute Level Ten" monster to the hand when it became a Physical Card.
This was an attempt to pay homage to the original scene while implementing a nerf.
However, the other nerf seemed rather baffling. The original Defense Power of Three-eyed Dead Spirit was 900, but it was reduced to 800 when turned into a Physical Card. It's unclear what significance this 100-defense point discrepancy holds.
"The effect of Blast Flame Piercing, it applies piercing damage," Yugen said.
Thunder penetrated the defensive spirit, exploding onto Little Lobster. The Phantom Demon's strike blasted him with black energy.
[Tragodia, LP 14000 → LP 10500]
Tragodia said solemnly, "But the effect of 'Dark Sun,' when a monster is destroyed, I regain LP equal to its Attack Power value.
I recover 900 LP!"
[Tragodia, LP 10500 → LP 11400]
"When Harmon battles and destroys a monster sent to the graveyard, he can inflict 1000 damage, but since Great Cosmos is in play, monsters can't be sent to the graveyard, so the effect doesn't activate,"
Yugen said.
"Set two cards and end the turn."
"My turn, draw a card!"
Tragodia roared.
The focus shifted to the Great Cosmos in the backfield.
Damn it, Great Cosmos, it's all because of this thing that his Sun was almost nullified. This way, even if he managed to bring the Sun back, as long as it's in the Great Cosmos, it's still just a blank slate.
The first thing he needed to do was find a way to solve this thing...
"Magic Card 'Adversity's Treasure Scroll.' When the opponent has a special summoned monster, and you have no monsters on your field, draw two cards from the deck." (Original Card)
Tragodia drew two more cards.
"Speed Attack Magic 'Tornado!' Destroy the Magic Trap Card on the field.
Destroy the 'Great Cosmos!'
A black storm swirled in the cosmic space, the falling lightning pierced the space. Stars fell, the cosmos collapsed, and the entire space of the Great Cosmos shattered open, returning to the original field.
"Now the limitation on revival has disappeared."
Tragodia declared.
"Once again use the Magic Card 'Magic Flowerpot,' send Continuous Magic to the graveyard, and draw two cards from the deck. I send the Continuous Magic 'Dark Sun' to the graveyard, drawing two cards!" (Original Effect)
Tragodia drew two more cards then a sharp light flashed in his eyes.
"I will use this card to call back the undying Sun—"
He raised a card in his hand.
"Magic Card 'Dimension Fusion!'" Tragodia declared, "Pay 2000 LP, both players can special summon as many monsters as possible that were removed from the game!"
[Tragodia, LP 11400 → LP 9400]
"Summoning removed monsters..." Chazz exclaimed, "Then isn't that..."
"Yes." Tragodia raised his arm high, "Supreme Sun, return!"