When Cards Collide 7

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7: When the Spells Come Marching In
Edit 1: That took too long.

Last Solution:

I’ve been vindicated! When you activate Double Spell, you only get one Spell Counter overall as the targeted card is not properly activated. I knew I’d seen it somewhere, but many thanks to NDWolfwood21 for finding the ruling at http://www.upperdeckentertainment.com/yugioh/faq_card_rulings/rulings_s_u.aspx (look under “Skilled Dark Magician”).

Activate Call of the Haunted, targeting Skilled Dark Magician.
Pay 800 Life Points to activate Premature Burial, targeting and equipping Skilled White Magician (your LP now 800 & 1 Spell Counter on Skilled Dark Magician).
Activate Double Spell, discarding Mega Ton Magical Cannon, to activate Monster Reborn from your opponent’s Graveyard to Special Summon Magical Marionette (2 Spell Counters on Skilled Dark Magician and 1 Spell Counter on Skilled White Magician).
Activate Book of Moon to flip Different Dimension Dragon into face-down Defense Position (3 Spell Counters on Skilled Dark Magician, 2 Spell Counters on Skilled White Magician, and 1 Spell Counter on Magical Marionette).
Activate Double Spell, discarding Autonomous Action Unit, to activate Raigeki from your opponent’s Graveyard (3 Spell Counters on Skilled Dark Magician and Skilled White Magician, and 2 Spell Counters on Magical Marionette).
Move the Spell Counter on Pitch-Black Power Stone to Magical Marionette using its effect.
Tribute Skilled Dark Magician to Special Summon Dark Magician from your Deck .
Tribute Skilled Light Magician to Special Summon Buster Blader from your Deck .
Attack you opponent directly for 2500 + 2600 + 500 + 2600 = 8200 damage.

Final Result: Him - 0, You – 800

Problem - Win the Game in One Turn:

I know last week was a bit easier than usual, but hopefully this is more up to par. There is a Dark Magician and Double Spell around again, but no Spell Counters. This time it is face off of the Tribute decks (who else uses Double Coston?), but your opponent is managing to be annoying and has far too many Life Points. Go forth, and win!

Field: (the upper part of the screen are your opponent’s cards)

Snatch Steal (face-up equipping Archfiend Soldier)		Axe of Despair (face-up equipping Berserk Gorilla)
Archfiend Soldier (face-up ATK)		Berserk Gorilla (face-up ATK)		Summoned Skull (face-up ATK)
------------------	-------------------	------------------	------------------	-----------------
	Double Coston (face-up DEF)
		Ultimate Offering (face-up)	Call of the Haunted (face-down)

Your Hand:
Double Spell, Dark Magician of Chaos, Raigeki, Premature Burial

Your Life Points: 1400

Your Opponent’s Life Points: 9600

Your Graveyard Contains the Following Cards:
Waboku, Exiled Force, Giant Trunade, Witch of the Black Forest, Mystical Space Typhoon, Cost Down, Kaiser Sea Horse

Your Opponent’s Graveyard Contains the Following Cards:
Double Coston, Exchange, Dark Hole, Mage Power, Harpie’s Feather Duster

Your Deck Contains the Following Cards:
Breaker the Magical Warrior, Jinzo, Zaborg the Thunder Monarch, Blue-Eyes White Dragon

Your Opponent Has No Cards in Their Hand.
You own Archfiend Soldier.
If you activate Exchange, your solution must work regardless which card your opponent selects.
You start during your Main Phase 1 having done nothing this turn.

I have hope that this one is difficult and that it only has ONE answer for once, but I already know my lack of perfection, so I somehow doubt it. However, I can’t see a second way of doing it.

7/7/5: You know, I had almost forgotten Harpie's Feather Duster existed. All hail Advanced!

Ryoga
Tripleplay97@yahoo.com

P.S. A Quick Answer!

Nope. Though you can use a number of cards (Solemn Judgment) to halve life points a number of times, Life Points are rounded off to the nearest whole number.

P.P.S. I’ve received an e-mail from Firebird about my third puzzle. Your solution does work and is different to mine. I acknowledge that I’m not very good at spotting the various ways of solving these. There seem to be two solutions hidden in all of them. However, I do resent the implication that I didn’t finish the job. If you look you see that his life points are –100, being a negative number, or less then zero. But don’t use that as a reason to stop looking for other answers. I throw in lots of red herrings, and normally they come back to haunt me. All my puzzles are intended to have one answer, but I’m not perfect (7/7/5: I think we have established that beyond any form of doubt). Anyway, it makes life more interesting. Sorry or the delay, but the e-mail was lost somewhere in the depths of the Internet.

Name	#	Attribute	Other	Type	Lv	ATK	DEF	Rarity	ID#	Text
Archfiend Soldier	DCR-057	Fiend		DARK	4	1900	1500	Rare	49881766	An expert at battle who belongs to a crack diabolical unit. He's famous because he always gets the job done.
Axe of Despair	MRL-002	Equip		SPELL				Ultra Rare	40619825	A monster equipped with this card increases its ATK by 1000 points. When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, you can offer 1 monster from the field as a Tribute to place it on top of your Deck.
Berserk Gorilla	IOC-013	Beast	Effect	EARTH	4	2000	1000	Rare	39168895	If this card is in face-up Defense Position on the field, destroy this card. The controller of this card must attack with this card when possible.
Blue-Eyes White Dragon	LOB-001	Dragon		LIGHT	8	3000	2500	Ultra Rare	89631139	This legendary dragon is a powerful engine of destruction. Virtually invincible. Very few have faced this awesome creature and lived to tell the tale.
Breaker the Magical Warrior	MFC-071	Spellcaster	Effect	DARK	4	1600	1000	Ultra Rare	71413901	When this card is successfully Normal Summoned, put 1 Spell Counter on it (max. 1). Increase the ATK of this monster by 300 points for each Spell Counter on this card. Also, you can remove 1 Spell Counter from this card to destroy 1 Spell or Trap Card on the field.
Call of the Haunted	PSV-012	Continuous		TRAP				Ultra Rare	97077563	Select 1 monster from your Graveyard and Special Summon it in face-up Attack Position. When this card is destroyed or removed from the field, the summoned monster is destroyed. If the summoned monster is destroyed, this card is also destroyed.
Cost Down	DCR-053	Normal		SPELL				Ultra Rare	23265313	Discard 1 card from your hand . Downgrade all Monster Cards in your hand by 2 Levels until the End Phase of the turn this card is activated.
Dark Hole	LOB-052	Normal		SPELL				Super Rare	53129443	Destroys all monsters on the field.
Dark Magician of Chaos	IOC-065	Spellcaster	Effect	DARK	8	2800	2600	Ultra Rare	40737112	When this card is Normal Summoned or Special Summoned successfully, you can add 1 Spell card from your hand from your Graveyard to your hand. A monster that is destroyed by this monster as the result of a battle is removed from play instead of going to the Graveyard. When this monster is destroyed or removed from the field, it is removed from play.
Double Coston	AST-078	Zombie	Effect	DARK	4	1700	1650	Rare	44436472	If you Tribute Summon a DARK monster, you can treat this 1 monster as 2 Tribute Monsters for the Tribute Summon.
Double Spell	MFC-106	Normal		SPELL				Ultra Rare	24096228	Discard 1 Spell Card from your hand. Select 1 Spell Card from your opponent's Graveyard and activate it from the Graveyard as your Spell Card.
Exchange	EDS-001	Normal		TRAP				Secret Rare	05556668	(Edited) Both players show their hands to each other and select 1 card from each other's hand. Add the selected card to your hand and you can use it in this Duel. (When the cards are sent to the Graveyard, they are sent to the Graveyard of the original owner.)
Exiled Force	LOD-023	Warrior	Effect	EARTH	4	1000	1000	Super Rare	74131780	(Edited) Tribute this face-up card. Destroy 1 monster on the field.
Giant Trunade	MRL-048	Normal		SPELL				Super Rare	42703248	Returns all Magic and Trap cards on the field to the respective owner's hands.
Harpie's Feather Duster	SDD-003	Normal		SPELL				Secret Rare	18144506	Destroys all of your opponent's Magic and Trap Cards on the field.
Jinzo	PSV-000	Machine	Effect	DARK	6	2400	1500	Secret Rare	77585513	As long as this card remains face-up on the field, all Trap Cards cannot be activated. The effects of all face-up Trap Cards are also negated.
Kaiser Sea Horse	SKE-015	Sea Serpent	Effect	LIGHT	4	1700	1650	Ultra Rare	17444133	If you Tribute Summon a LIGHT monster, you can treat this 1 monster as 2 Tribute Monsters for the Tribute Summon.
Mage Power	LON-050	Equip		SPELL				Ultra Rare	83746708	For every Magic and Trap Card on your side of the field, increase the ATK and DEF of the equipped monster by 500 points.
Mystical Space Typhoon	MRL-047	Quick		SPELL				Ultra Rare	05318639	Destroys 1 Magic or Trap card on the field.
Premature Burial	PSV-037	Equip		SPELL				Ultra Rare	70828412	Pay 800 Life Points. Select 1 Monster Card from your Graveyard, Special Summon it to the field in face-up Attack Position, and equip it with this card. When this card is destroyed, the monster is also destroyed.
Raigeki	LOB-053	Normal		SPELL				Super Rare	12580477	Destroys all your opponent's monsters on the field.
Snatch Steal	MRL-036	Equip		SPELL				Ultra Rare	45986603	Take control of 1 of your opponent's face-up monsters. Your opponent gains 1000 Life Points at each of his/her Standby Phases.
Summoned Skull	MRD-003	Fiend		DARK	6	2500	1200	Ultra Rare	70781052	A find with dark powers for confusing the enemy. Among the Fiend-Type monsters, this monster boasts considerable force.
Ultimate Offering	SDK-050	Continuous		TRAP				Common	80604091	At the cost of 500 Life Points per monster, a player is allowed an extra Normal Summon or Set.
Waboku	SDY-040	Normal		SPELL				Common	12607053	Any damage inflicted by an opponent's monster is decreased to 0 during the turn this card is activated.
Witch of the Black Forest	MRD-116	Spellcaster	Effect	DARK	4	1100	1200	Rare	78010363	When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, move 1 monster with an DEF of 1500 or les from your Deck to your hand. You Deck is then shuffled.
Zaborg the Thunder Monarch	AST-023	Thunder	Effect	LIGHT	5	2400	1000	Super Rare	51945556	When this card is Tribute Summoned successfully, destroy 1 monster on the field.