Gem-Knight White Crystal.
A very legendary Battle Monster.
Although he didn't appear in the entire DM, he only made a cameo appearance in the anime later, without much presence.
But actually, White Crystal, like Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes White Dragon, has its own backstory.
Moreover, White Crystal's story is very strange and tortuous. The plot is so complex that it can be made into an anime.
To put it simply, Captain White Crystal's experience is that he died in battle while saving the world, was resurrected and died again, was blackmailed and resurrected, was washed white and resurrected, and then crossed over and resurrected again...
"We're going to fight together from now on, please give me your guidance."
You Xuan greeted the imposing White Crystal.
In his imagination, the ideal card spirits were Graydle, Ghostrick Alucard, Mansion of the Doomed, and Increase, the Four Heavenly Kings of Hand Traps that combined strength and beauty.
But this was from among thousands of monster cards, randomly choosing one. Being able to get White Crystal, a righteous and powerful spirit, rather than some strangely-looking Angel-Type, was already a stroke of luck.
White Crystal nodded in salute, seeming to acknowledge You Xuan as a comrade.
Immediately, white light emanated from White Crystal, disappearing into the room.
After the Card Spirit said goodbye, a few cards appeared out of thin air, floating down.
You Xuan quickly reached out to catch them.
It was a 7-Star Monster Card, Earth Attribute, ATK 2450, DEF 1950, and the name column was Gem-Knight White Crystal.
Below that was the description of this card.
Besides White Crystal's main form, there were also three Fusion Monsters related to him.
They were Gem-Knight Lazuli, Gem-Knight Topaz, and Gem-Knight Lapis Lazuli.
"Why only three, shouldn't it be all of White Crystal's aliases?"
Every time White Crystal was resurrected, blackmailed, or washed white, corresponding cards were born.
He was known as the King of Aliases in the Yu-Gi-Oh world, even Gaia, the Knight of the Earth, had to bow down to him.
However, You Xuan also knew that one should not be too greedy. After establishing a bond with his spirit, he would be able to easily acquire the Gem-Knights.
"Next, it's time to build the deck."
After obtaining a few Gem-Knights, You Xuan prepared to adjust his deck construction.
Yu-Gi-Oh decks are divided into Extra Deck and Main Deck.
The Main Deck cards are divided into three categories: Monster Cards, Magic Cards, and Trap Cards.
In You Xuan's deck, the Monster Cards were—
Ox x3, Rock Giant x3, Tri-Eyed Monster x3, Dark Forest Witch x3, Mimicry of the Magician x3, Swamp King x3, Chaos Phantom x2, Eight-Armed Obelisk, Devil's Science Monster.
The Magic Cards were—Force x3, Summoning Magic x3, Fusion Release x2.
The Trap Cards were—Chain-Bound Return x3, bottomless Trap Hole x3, Thunder Break x3.
The Extra Deck—Tri-Eyed Magician, Swamp King Dragon.
"This deck is truly peculiar."
After reviewing his deck, You Xuan couldn't help but complain.
He could see that this deck, although not like a Hero Deck with a focus on specific types, was definitely fusion-based.
This could be seen from the fact that there were Fusion Monsters in the Extra Deck, Summoning Magic in the Magic Cards, and Swamp King in the Monster Cards.
However, the bizarre thing was that this Fusion Deck didn't even have Fusion!
Summoning Magic's effect was that Fusion Monster cards determine the Fusion Material Monsters from the hand and send them to the graveyard, then summon that Fusion Monster from the Extra Deck.
It seemed no different from Fusion, right? But this card didn't have the word "Fusion" in it.
But the problem was that Swamp King could search for Fusion.
(Effect: ①: This card can be used as a substitute for 1 Fusion Material Monster whose card name is listed on a Fusion Monster card. In that case, the other Fusion Material Monsters must be normal ones.
②: You can activate this effect by discarding this card from your hand to the graveyard during your Main Phase. Add 1 "Fusion" from your deck to your hand.)
But Summoning Magic could not be retrieved by this effect.
This was very awkward.
How do you retrieve a card that doesn't exist in your deck?
So, he wanted to Fusion, but he could only rely on drawing three Summoning Magics from a deck of forty cards.
Why did his deck have this card but not "Polymerization"?
To Fusion, it all relied on deck bond.
"But even a deck like this, as long as it's used well, it's not without its merits."
Looking at this somewhat contradictory deck, You Xuan felt a mixture of emotions.
However, he found a few cards in the deck familiar, such as Mimicry of the Magician and Force.
When he first came into contact with this game, and the rules were not very clear to him, he would often add some cards that were meaningless or looked powerful to his deck.
For example, 'Swamp King', which could act as a substitute for Fusion Material, he would often use it incorrectly to replace some cards that couldn't be replaced.
"Just treat it as a fresh start, as long as the tactics are good, this deck can also surprise people."
You Xuan took a deep breath and began to seriously modify the deck.
He removed Devil's Science Monster and replaced it with Gem-Knight White Crystal.
Devil's Science Monster wasn't weak, on the contrary, it was incredibly powerful.
Just by paying 5000 Life Points, you could summon a Fusion Monster regardless of the materials.
As the card pool expanded later, this card's effect became ridiculously powerful.
However, now in a duel, the initial Life Points were only 4000.
This effect could not be used directly.
You Xuan didn't have any thoughts about keeping a Level 4 powerhouse in the deck.
It was better to keep 40 cards, after all, this deck was still mainly based on Fusion.
Besides, he didn't have the Divine Draw of the King and his gang, so it would be bad if he got stuck.
As for White Crystal's three Fusion aliases, You Xuan added them all to the Extra Deck.
The rules of the Duel City Tournament were that the Main Deck must have at least 40 cards and a maximum of 60.
There was no limit to the Extra Deck where Fusion Monsters were placed, you could put as many as you wanted.
Unfortunately, You Xuan didn't have many Fusion Monsters himself.
Fusion summoning was more advantageous than tribute summoning or upper-level summoning, because it could directly fuse from the hand, and fusing big monsters was quite advantageous.
But Duel City Tournament had a very frustrating rule: Fusion Monsters summoned in this turn cannot attack.
It was a way to forcibly suppress the advantage of Fusion summoning.
This was really messed up.
After organizing the deck, You Xuan was ready to tackle the task.
White Crystal was a rare card, at least it didn't appear in the entire first generation.
The two conditions for signing up for the tournament were considered completed.
"The rest is to get a Duel Disk."
This made You Xuan feel a bit tricky.
He was an illegal immigrant in this world, with no information about him outside.
Naturally, he didn't have a Duel Disk.
It would be very troublesome to go through the process, and more importantly, You Xuan didn't have enough money to buy a Duel Disk.
You Xuan picked up the red hat on the table, put it on, and pushed open the door to go out.
His handsome look matched the red hat and red jacket, resembling Chi Ye from the neighboring shell-breaking dream.
Although he couldn't get a Duel Disk through legitimate channels, there were plenty of underground black markets in Duel City.