When Cards Collide 48

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48: Restriction

Last Solution:

This was a puzzle of many solutions. Many many in fact. It stemmed from the fact that I put enough decent things in the graveyard my little trick with Assailant became irrelevant. I should have just left two monsters in the graveyard. However, most of them were pretty good, so I didn’t attempt to get rid of them. I list a few examples here. I picked the most original and clearest submissions to post.

First, my answer that no one got:

1. Place Monster Reincarnation and Return from the Different Dimension on top of your Deck with Big Eye’s effect.

2. Discard Makyura the Destructor to activate Back to Square One (target is irrelevant).

a. Your opponent chains with Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8 to negate and destroy it.

b. Makyura’s effect activates.

3. Flip Summon Mask of Darkness.

a. Use its effect to add Compulsory Evacuation Device to your hand.

4. Activate CEDevice to return Horus to your opponent’s hand.

5. Activate Pot of Greed.

6. Discard Des Counterblow to activate Monster Reincarnation. Return D. D. Assailant to your hand.

7. Pay 500 Life Points to activate the effect of Ultimate Offering (your LP now 600).

8. Normal Summon D. D. Assailant and Bazoo the Soul Eater.

9. Remove Fusilier Dragon, Exiled Force, and Makyura from play to activate Bazoo’s effect and give it 2500 ATK.

10. Activate Creature Swap. You select D. D. Assailant and your opponent selects Granmarg the Rock Monarch.

11. Have Bazoo attack D. D Assailant to do 800 damage (his LP now 9000).

a. Both are removed from play.

12. Pay 300 Life Points to activate Return from the Different Dimension. Special Summon Fusilier Dragon and D. D. Assailant (your LP now 300).

13. Attack with all monsters on your side of the field to do 2800 + 1700 + 2400 + 900 + 1200 = 9000 damage.

Final Result: Him - 0, You – 300

Now Astroblade1832@ aol.com:
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1. Organize cards from "Big Eye" ("Return From the Different Dimension", "Metamorphosis", "Dark Jeroid", "Monster Reincarnation", "Book of Taiyou")
2. Activate "Back to Square One" discarding "Makyura the Destructor" ("Horus the Black Flame Dragon Lv. 8" negates it, but "Makyura the Destructor" still goes to the graveyard).
3. Flip "Mask of Darkness" and return "Compulsory Evacuation Device" to your hand.
4. Play "Compulsory Evacuation Device" on "Horus the Black Flame Dragon Lv. 8."
5. Play "Pot of Greed" (Gives you "Return From the Different Dimension" and "Metamorphosis").
6. Play "Creature Swap" on "Granmarg the Rock Monarch" and give your opponent "Mask of Darkness".
7. Play "Metamorphosis" on "Big Eye" giving you "Karbonala Warrior".
8. Normal Summon "Bazoo the Soul Eater" and use its effect by removing "D.D. Assailant", "Fusilier Dragon the Duel Mode Beast", and "Exiled Force", increasing its attack to 2500.
9. Play "Return From the Different Dimension" (LP: 550) bringing back "D.D. Assailant" and "Fusilier Dragon the Duel Mode Beast" (Atk: 2800).
10. Attack with all of the monsters (2400+2500+1500+2800+1700) - (900) = 10000 LP

Final Score: YOU: 550 OPP: -200
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What puzzle would be complete without an answer from my most consistent reader, Minyu?
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Here's my solution:

1. Arrange the deck so that the top 2 cards are Return from the Different Dimension and Monster Reincarnation.
2. Play Back to Square One, tossing out Makyura to use its effect. Try to target Horus. In response, your opponent will use Horus's effect to negate that spell card.
3. Flip Mask of Darkness. Put Compulsory Evacuation Device from your graveyard to your hand.
4. Thanks to Makyura's being in the graveyard, we can now activate traps from our hand. Play Compulsory Evacuation Device, and return Horus LV8 to the opponent's hand.
5. Now play Creature Swap. Give your opponent Mask of Darkness, and you take Granmarg.
6. Play Pot of Greed. Draw Return from the Different Dimension and Monster Reincarnation.
7. Play Monster Reincarnation. Toss out Des Counterblow to move Exiled Force back to hand.
8. Summon Exiled Force. Tribute it and destroy Mask of Darkness.
9. Summon Bazoo the Soul Eater, paying 500 LP for Ultimate Offering's effect (600 LP). RFG D.D. Assailant, Makyura the Destructor, and Fusilier from your graveyard to raise Bazoo's ATK to 2500.
10. Time to attack. Attack your opponent directly with Bazoo. Deal 2500 damage (7300 LP).
11. Activate Return from the Different Dimension from your hand. Pay 300 LP (300 LP left) to summon D.D. Assailant, and Fusilier.
12. Attack with Big Eye. Deal 1200 damage (6100 LP).
13. Attack with D.D. Assailant. Deal 1700 damage (4400 LP).
14. Attack with Fusilier. Since you didn't normal summon this monster without tributes, its attack's 2800 again. (1600 LP).
15. Finish things off by attacking with your opponent with his former monster Granmarg, dealing 2400 damage for the game (-800 LP).

Final LP:
You - 300 LP. Opponent - (-800 LP)
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Next, an unexpectedly effective answer from Guillermo Ordaz Carmona:

“1. Resolve Big Eye, placing Return From The Different Dimension and Dark Jeroid as the top 2 cards in the deck. 2. Flip Summon Mask Of Darkness, adding Compulsory Evacuation Device to your hand. 3. Activate Back To Square One, discarding Makyura The Destructor to the Graveyard as the cost of the card; Horus LV8 negates the Back To Square One. 4. Activate Compulsory Evacuation Device, sending Horus LV8 up to your opponent's hand. 5. Activate Pot Of Greed, adding RFTDD and Dark Jeroid to your hand. 6. Activate Creature Swap, giving them the face-up attack position Mask Of Darkness, and recieving Granmarg The Rock Monarch. 7. Normal summon Bazoo the Soul Eater. 8. Pay 500 LP as per the effect of Ultimate Offering, to normal summon Dark Jeroid. (Your LP=600). Use its effect to reduce Mask of Darkness’s ATK to 100. 9. Remove D. D. Assailant, Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast and Makyura the Destructor from play to power up the ATK of Bazoo The Soul Eater to 2500. 10. Activate Des Counterblow. 11. Attack Mask Of Darkness with Granmarg to inflict 2300 battle damage. (Their LP = 7500) 12. Attack directly with Bazoo, Dark Jeroid and Big Eye to inflict (2500+1200+1200) damage.(Their LP = 2600). All 3 monsters are destroyed by the effect of Des Counterblow. 13. Activate Return From The Different Dimension by paying 1/2 of your LP (Your LP = 300), so special summon D. D. Assailant, Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast and Makyura the Destructor in attack mode. 14. Attack directly with all 3 to inflict (1700+2800+1600) damage. All 3 monsters are destroyed by the effect of Des Counterblow.

Your LP = 300, Their LP = -3500.
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And finally, Eric Eldredge-who-got-10th-at-a-regionals-and-is-very-sad-about-it sends an answer, that while not as effective as the last one, does show that he truly understands the purpose of Yu-Gi-Oh, my puzzles, and an Ultimate Rare UFOroid Fighter: to have a laugh.
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Order: return, metamorphosis, book of taiyou, monster reincarnation, dark jeroid.
1. play back to square one, discarding makyura as a cost and targeting granmarg because you can. the effect, however, is sadly negated by the oversized chicken.
2. flip mask of darkness. get compulsory evacuation device, which i will lovingly call CED
3 activate CED. bet you didn't see this one coming. target...der...big chicken!!!
4. potpotpotpotpotpotpotpotpotpotpotpotpotpotpotpotpot. draw return and morph. surprise!
5. summon bazoo. use priority for no apparent reason and remove exiled force, dd survivor, and fusilier dragon to power itself up to a big 2500. same as dark magician.
6. activate return from the different dimension!! nab fusilier (at 2800) and d.d. assailant. someone stole my d.d. assailant. and one of my BLS'. grrr. stupid thieves.
7. both of them in attack mode
8. and put fusilier to the right of assailant.
9. activate swap. choose mask of darkness. mask of darkness doesn't feel loved anymore. your opponent can't help but pick granmarg. why are they running granmarg? nobody knows.
10. play morph on big eye. he doesn't feel loved anymore either. get karbaloney sandwich warrior. yummy!
11. attack mask of darkness with karbaloney. (-600) bring on the pain!!! (opponent: 9200)
12. attack with bazoo, fusilier, and d.d. survivor for (25 + 17 + 28 = 7000) damage.your opponent is at 2200.
13. ponder
14. attack with granmarg for 2400, leaving your opponent at -200.

woohoo! victory!!
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Problem – Win the Game in One Turn:

Once more you have very few Life Points and your opponent has a reasonable amount. No second Battle Phases this time, though. Just a little fiddling that most people forget.

Also, remember to resolve Big Eye.

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

		Scapegoat (face-down)

------------------	-------------------	------------------	------------------	-----------------
	Big Eye (just Flip Summoned)		Magician of Faith (face-down DEF)	Mask of Darkness (face-down DEF)

Your Hand:
Makyura the Destructor, Dark Magician of Chaos, Blade Knight, Serial Spell, Monster Reincarnation

Your Life Points: 100

Your Opponent’s Life Points: 6200

The Last Six Cards of Your Deck Are (In the Following Order from the Top Down):
Bottomless Trap Hole, Breaker the Magical Warrior, Lightning Vortex, Book of Moon, Exiled Force, Airknight Parshath

Your Graveyard Contains:
Cyber Jar, D. D. Warrior Lady, Smashing Ground, Graceful Charity, A Feather of the Phoenix, Acid Trap Hole, Ring of Destruction

The Top 10 Cards of Your Opponent’s Deck Are (In the Following Order from the Top Down):
Berserk Gorilla, Berserk Gorilla, Berserk Gorilla, Mad Dog of Darkness, Mad Dog of Darkness, Mad Dog of Darkness, Archfiend Soldier, Archfiend Soldier, Archfiend Soldier, Thousand-Eyes Idol

If you attack your opponent, he will chain with Scapegoat.

You start during your Main Phase 1 having done nothing this turn except Flip Summon Big Eye.

Your Deck Contains Only Six Cards.

Your Opponent’s Deck Contains More Than 10 Cards (No Mill Victories Folks).

Your Opponent Will Special Summon All Monster Picked Up with Cyber Jar in Face-up Attack Position.

Assume all Cards That Were in Your Deck That You Can’t See Were Removed from Play.

The First Step of Your Turn must be the Resolution of Big Eye’s Effect.

I know it looks familiar, but it isn’t, trust me. Hopefully.

Hello all of you from the Marsden Green Tournament that are reading this. Nice to see you noticed my Pojo shirt and had a look.

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Ryoga

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Name	#	Type	Other	Attribute	L	A	D	Rarity	ID #	Text
A Feather of the Phoenix	FET-EN037	Normal		SPELL				S	49140998	Discard 1 card from your hand. Select 1 card from your Graveyard and return to the top of your Deck.
Acid Trap Hole	DDS-005	Normal		TRAP				Sec	41356845	Flip 1 face-down Defense Position monster face-up. If the monster's DEF is 2000 points or less, the monster is destroyed. If the DEF is more than 2000 points, return the monster to its face-down Defense Position.
Airknight Parshath	LOD-062	Fairy	Effect	LIGHT	5	1900	1400	U	18036057	When this card attacks with an ATK higher than the DEF of your opponent's Defense Position monster, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points. When this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points, draw 1 card from your Deck.
Archfiend Soldier	DCR-057	Fiend		DARK	4	1900	1500	R	49881766	An expert at battle who belongs to a crack diabolical unit. He's famous because he always gets the job done.
Berserk Gorilla	IOC-013	Beast	Effect	EARTH	4	2000	1000	R	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.
Big Eye	MRD-017	Fiend	Effect	DARK	4	1200	1000	C	16768387	FLIP: See the top 5 cards of your Deck, arrange them in any order desired, and replace them on top of the Deck.
Blade Knight	CT1-EN002	Warrior	Effect	LIGHT	4	1600	1000	Sec	39507162	If you have 1 or less cards in your hand, the ATK of this card on the field is increased by 400 points. Also, if this card is the only monster on your side of the field, negate the effects of Flip Effect Monsters destroyed by this card as a result of battle.
Book of Moon	PGD-035	Quick		SPELL				R	14087893	Flip 1 face-up monster on the field into face-down Defense Position.
Bottomless Trap Hole	LOD-092	Normal		TRAP				R	29401950	When your opponent Normal Summons, Flip Summons, or Special Summons a monster with an ATK of 1500 or more, the monster is destroyed and removed from play.
Breaker the Magical Warrior	MFC-071	Spellcaster	Effect	DARK	4	1600	1000	U	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.
Cyber Jar	MRL-077	Rock	Effect	DARK	3	900	900	R	34124316	(Edited) FLIP: Destroy all monsters on the field. Both players then pick up 5 cards from the top of their respective Deck and Special Summon all Level 4 or lower Monster Cards among them on the field in face-up Attack position or face-down Defense Position. The rest of the cards picked up are added to their respective hands.
D. D. Warrior Lady	DCR-027	Warrior	Effect	LIGHT	4	1500	1600	S	07572887	When this card battles another monster, after Damage Calculation you can remove the opponent's monster and this card from play.
Dark Magician of Chaos	IOC-065	Spellcaster	Effect	DARK	8	2800	2600	U	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.
Exiled Force	LOD-023	Warrior	Effect	EARTH	4	1000	1000	S	74131780	(Edited) Tribute this face-up card. Destroy 1 monster on the field.
Graceful Charity	SDP-040	Normal		SPELL				S	79571449	Draw 3 cards from your Deck, then discard any 2 cards from your hand.
Lightning Vortex	FET-EN040	Normal		SPELL				S	69162969	Discard 1 card from your hand. Destroy all face-up monsters on your opponent's side of the field.
Mad Dog of Darkness	IOC-057	Beast		DARK	4	1900	1400	R	79182538	He used to be a normal dog who played around in a park, but was corrupted by the powers of darkness.
Magician of Faith	MRD-036	Spellcaster	Effect	LIGHT	1	300	400	R	31560081	(Edited) FLIP: Select 1 Spell Card from your Graveyard. Add the selected card to your hand.
Makyura the Destructor	DB1-EN169	Warrior	Effect	DARK	4	1600	1200	S	21593977	During the turn this card is sent to the Graveyard, the owner of this card can activate Trap Card(s) from his/her hand.
Mask of Darkness	MRD-014	Fiend	Effect	DARK	2	900	400	R	28933734	(Edited) FLIP: Select 1 Trap Card from your Graveyard. Add the selected card to your hand.
Monster Reincarnation	RDS-EN045	Normal		SPELL				S	74848038	Discard 1 card from your hand. Add 1 Monster Card from your Graveyard to your hand.
Ring of Destruction	PGD-000	Normal		TRAP				Sec	83555666	Destroy 1 face-up Monster Card and inflict Direct Damage equal to the destroyed card's ATK to the Life Points of both you and your opponent.
Scapegoat	SDJ-041	Quick		SPELL				S	73915051	When this card is activated, you cannot summon any monster in the same turn (including Flip Summon and Special Summon). Place 4 "Sheep Tokens" (Beast-Type/EARTH/ 1 Star/ATK 0/DEF 0) in Defense Position on your side of the field. The tokens cannot be used as a Tribute for a Tribute Summon.
Serial Spell	RDS-EN037	Quick		SPELL				R	49398568	You can only activate this card when you activate one of your Normal Spell Cards. Discard all the cards in your hand to the Graveyard. The effect of this card becomes the same as the Normal Spell Card.
Smashing Ground	IOC-093	Normal		SPELL				C	97169186	Destroy 1 monster with the highest DEF on your opponent's side of the field.
Top Decking War	BOG-US036	Counter		TRAP				Sec	58259448	You may only activate this card when your opponent activates an effect or declares an attack that would reduce your Life Points to 0 or less. If both players have one game win in the current match, negate the effect or attack and send all cards on both sides of the field and in both player's hands to the Graveyard.