“I activate my Spell Card, Bright Fusion.”
You Xuan placed a Continuous Spell Card in the Spell & Trap Zone, and a magnificent fusion vortex immediately appeared on the field.
“According to the effect of this card, I can send Fusion Materials from my Deck to the Graveyard and Special Summon a Fusion Monster.”
You Xuan said.
Bright Fusion has two effects.
①: When this card is activated, send Fusion Material monsters that determine the "Gem-Knight" Fusion Monster from your Deck to the Graveyard, and Fusion Summon that Fusion Monster with its ATK and DEF set to 0. If this card leaves the field, that monster is destroyed.
②: Once per turn, you can discard 1 Spell Card from your hand to activate this effect. The ATK and DEF of a monster Special Summoned by this card’s effect are increased to their original value until the end of your opponent’s turn.
Bright Fusion is a very powerful Fusion Spell Card.
As we all know, Fusion Summoning has one drawback: it's a card disadvantage.
The most basic Fusion Summoning involves sending monsters from your hand or field to the Graveyard using a Fusion Spell Card to summon an extra deck Fusion Monster.
This process usually requires two or more monsters and a Fusion Spell Card to summon a Fusion Monster.
Regardless of the strength of the fused monster, the fusion process itself is definitely a card disadvantage, requiring a three-for-one trade.
To overcome this card disadvantage, one method is for the Fusion Monster to have a parting message, like the Three-Eyed Monster, which can search for a card when it leaves the field, making it a loss followed by a gain.
Another method is to modify the Fusion Spell Card, for example, by allowing fusion using monsters in the graveyard or direct fusion from the deck!
Bright Fusion is a powerful Fusion Card like that.
“I send Gem-Knight Lapis from my Deck to the Graveyard, and Gem-Knight Topaz from my Deck to the Graveyard, come forth, the even more dazzling knight, Gem-Knight Lazuli!”
“What, Deck Fusion?”
The Rare Card Hunter was astonished by You Xuan’s technique.
Fusion is a powerful summoning method, often able to summon powerful monsters, and skillful use of fusion is a testament to one's strength.
Deck Fusion is unheard of, it completely changed his impression of Fusion.
“But according to the effect of Bright Fusion, a monster fused from the deck will have zero ATK and DEF.”
You Xuan ignored the opponent’s surprise and continued.
The knight appeared on the field in a defensive stance, its body covered in sturdy blue armor and magnificent blue gems, holding a round shield in its right hand with a large sword protruding from the shield, a combination of offense and defense.
It looked powerful, but its ATK and DEF were both reduced to the minimum.
“Hmph, just a facade, with zero ATK, how are you going to break through my defenses? And Fusion Monsters can't attack in the turn they are Fusion Summoned, that's all you have.”
The Rare Card Hunter relaxed, his tone becoming contemptuous, as if he found You Xuan to be useless.
You Xuan was speechless, brother, don’t you look at the effect?
Although my monster has zero ATK and DEF, it can still activate its effect.
You Xuan couldn’t be bothered to explain this to his opponent, so he continued.
“I activate Gem-Knight Fusion, send Gem-Knight Lazuli from the field and Crystal Rose from my hand to the graveyard, come forth Gem-Knight Seraphinite!”
The field glowed, and Lazuli turned into a blue stream of light, merging with the Crystal Rose in You Xuan’s hand.
A knight with a slender figure but a holy aura appeared on the field, her gray-brown cape fluttering behind her, majestic and imposing.
“It’s no use continuing to fuse, no matter how powerful a monster you fuse, you can’t attack this turn.”
The Rare Card Hunter snorted, unfazed.
“That’s right, but at this moment, Gem-Knight Lazuli’s effect activates. When this card is sent to the Graveyard, choose 1 card on the field and return it to its owner's hand. My target is the card you have covered in your Spell & Trap Zone!”
You Xuan activated the effect of the monster sent to the Graveyard, his goal from the beginning was to deal with the opponent’s backrow.
“So that’s your goal, hmph, but it’s useless, I activate my face-down Spell Card, Scapegoat.”
As the face-down Spell Card was revealed, four baas sounded simultaneously, along with four lambs of different colors.
These Scapegoat tokens were lying on the field, with their eyes closed and docile.
Gem-Knight Lazuli’s effect did not stop the activation of Scapegoat.
In Yu-Gi-Oh, effect resolution is based on the principle of “last in, first out,” meaning the effect that is activated later is resolved first.
Moreover, destruction, or other methods of removing Spell and Trap Cards from the field, cannot interfere with the activation of Spell and Trap Card effects.
You Xuan remembered when he didn't understand the rules of Yu-Gi-Oh, he often made absurd moves like: "I activate Magic Cylinder to bounce your attack, then I use Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your Magic Cylinder, boom, boom, I Mystical Space Typhoon your Mystical Space Typhoon", completely ignoring the rules.
In reality, in Yu-Gi-Oh, destruction is destruction, negation is negation, simple destruction cannot stop the activation of an effect.
Of course, Field Spell Cards or Continuous Spell and Trap effects are not included in this.
For example, when he just used Bright Fusion, if the opponent used Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy this Continuous Spell Card, the fusion would fail.
“Haha, didn’t you expect that? Your attempt to target my face-down is in vain.”
The Rare Card Hunter’s laughter grew louder, although the Scapegoat tokens were very weak, with zero ATK and DEF, and couldn't be used for Xyz Summoning.
But quantity is an advantage, five monsters in total, enough for him to last another few turns.
You Xuan shook his head, if he drew the cards he wanted, he could eliminate them all in an instant.
But now he could only deal with them one by one, honestly.
“According to the effect of Gem-Knight Seraphinite, as long as this card is on the field face-up, during my Main Phase, in addition to Normal Summoning, I can only once additionally Normal Summon a monster.”
You Xuan summoned another Gem-Armadillo, and according to its effect, added Gem-Knight Citrine to his hand.
“Additional summon, such a powerful effect, your deck is really interesting, all monsters I haven’t seen before. After I win, I’ll definitely take your most valuable monsters.”
The Rare Card Hunter was once again surprised by the effect of Seraphinite.
You Xuan ignored this provocative remark.
However, he also agreed that the effect of Gem-Knight Seraphinite was very powerful.
In the real card environment, because of its extremely powerful effect, Gem-Knight Seraphinite was often used as an external add-on, placed in various decks to support their development.
This led to its restriction alongside Bright Fusion.
This is why he chose to fuse Seraphinite normally, preserving its original ATK, allowing it to stay on the field.
Giving him an additional free Normal Summon each turn.