Watching Yu-Gi-Oh! short videos is making the veteran players lose...

By now, Yuma Tsukumo had lost count of how many powerful single cards the Dark Magician archetype had. Whether it was the in-archetype monster support or the Spell/Trap card support, they had all brought so many improvements to the archetype! Unfortunately, the archetype was still centered around the vanilla Dark Magician. This was ultimately a drawback. The concept of it being a three-card combo deck still hadn't changed.

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VRAINS World

Next up were the Link-related cards that could be included in a Dark Magician deck. Yusaku Fujiki, Soulburner, and the others already had their own understanding and ideas about Dark Magician. What they were curious about now were just the Link cards for Dark Magician.

"It's time," Soulburner said, narrowing his eyes at the VR screen. "The Link connection should give Dark Magician a considerable boost. I'm really curious. With Links, what cards can Dark Magician run?" The nearby Yusaku remained silent because the final part of the Dark Magician video had already begun to play.

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30-Year-Old Dark Magician: "Alright, after seeing the above Extra Deck cards that can be included, next is the consideration for Links. As we all know, Link is the simplest and least demanding summoning method. Any deck can immediately Link Summon. For the Dark Magician deck, the consideration for Links is mainly for generic board clearing. First are these two cards, which are relatively important generic staples!"

"The first one is! I:P Masquerena!!!"

[Card Name: I:P Masquerena (Link-2)]

[Attribute: DARK]

[Type: Cyberse]

[ATK: 800]

[Link Arrows: [↙][↘]]

[Effect: 2 non-Link Monsters]

[You can only use the ① effect of this card's name once per turn.]

[①: (Quick Effect): During your opponent's Main Phase, you can: Immediately after this effect resolves, Link Summon 1 Link Monster using materials you control, including this card.]

[②: A Link Monster that used this card as material cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects.]

As the information for another new summoning method's Link monster appeared, the duelists from the other worlds quickly showed grave expressions. Because this card clearly had no relation to Dark Magician whatsoever! So, what was its use? Why was it included in a Dark Magician build? With these doubts, the duelists from the non-Link worlds were filled with confusion.

But in the VRAINS World, all the Link duelists were already petrified. After reading this card's effect, their first reaction was: a Quick Effect! Yes! It was a monster that could perform a Link Summon as a Quick Effect! And even more absurdly, a monster that used this card as Link material would gain immunity to effect destruction!

Even Yusaku's eyes widened as he looked at this card! Because its value was just too high! Before Yusaku and the others could erupt in discussion, the video blogger had already begun his explanation!

30-Year-Old Dark Magician: "There's not much to say about I:P. Basically, many people who play Links will run this card. Its application in Dark Magician is also very simple. For example, if we have a Magician's Rod and a Magicians' Souls on the field, after they've been used, they're just tools. We can directly link these two into I:P! Then, during the opponent's turn, if we have Eternal Soul, we can revive Dark Magician and use Dark Magical Circle to banish one of the opponent's cards. After the banish, if the opponent is still building their board, we can perform an 'Accel Link' with Dark Magician and I:P! I'll immediately perform an Accel Link! At this point, we can make a Link-3! So who do we summon? I recommend this generic Link-3 monster!"

[Card Name: Knightmare Unicorn (Link-3)]

[Attribute: DARK]

[Type: Fiend]

[ATK: 2200]

[Link Arrows: [←][→][↓]]

[Effect: 2+ monsters with different names]

[You can only use the ① effect of this card's name once per turn.]

[①: If this card is Link Summoned: You can discard 1 card, then target 1 card on the field; shuffle it into the Deck.]

[When this effect is activated, if this card was co-linked, you can draw 1 card.]

[②: While any co-linked "Knightmare" monsters are on the field, for your normal draw in your Draw Phase, draw 1 card for each different card name among those co-linked "Knightmare" monsters, instead of drawing just 1 card.]1

Quick-Effect Link? Knightmare Unicorn? Discard a card to bounce a card? In one smooth motion, Dark Magician's disruption during the opponent's turn was actually quite significant! Of course, what shocked the six worlds the most wasn't this board-clearing Knightmare Unicorn, but the previous card, I:P!

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VRAINS World

Yusaku, Soulburner, and Revolver were all silent. The three of them had already realized the absurd potential of I:P the moment they saw it. But when they actually saw the Dark Magician play it out in the video, they still felt a sense of disbelief! A Quick-Effect Link Summon into a Link-3! How many variables could this bring to a duel? Only those who played Links knew! And only they understood just how high I:P's value was!

"I'm baffled, I'm really baffled," Skye Zaizen swallowed hard, her big watery eyes blinking continuously, as if she was wondering if she had watched too many short videos and was seeing things. "An Accel Link... is this real? I'm not mistaken, am I? It really is the opponent's turn?"

"No, it's real," The Gore gritted his teeth. "I'm sure that scene just now was definitely the opponent's turn. I didn't see it wrong! This is... Accel Link!!!"

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