E23 - You Can't Surpass the King!

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SIGN    Episode 23
SIGN    You Can't Surpass the King!
[00:34] Gentleman
    "You Can't Surpass the King!"
[00:41] Light
    Hm.
[00:42] Dora
    What are you doing?
[00:44] Light
    I was remembering the advice
    Alice Kurobane gave me.
[00:48] (Flashback) Alice
    Your Laevateinn Dragon 
    has an even more powerful effect.
[00:55] Light
    How can I draw out the hidden power
    of Laevateinn Dragon?
[01:00] Dora
    The way to draw out
    a card's hidden power is evolution.
[01:03] Light
    Is it?
[01:05] Light
    But it felt like nothing happened
    when I evolved it.
[01:09] Dora
    Um... There must be some condition required
    for its on-evolve ability to trigger.
[01:15] Dora
    Like there's a special card
    in play on your side.
[01:18] Light
    I see.
[01:20] Light
    For example...
[01:22] Light
    A Drago Weapon!
[01:23] Dora
    Yeah, that's probably it!
[01:26] Light
    Okay, I'll try to think of a way
    to fight that gets me that.
[01:31] Subaru
    Hard at work, huh?
[01:33] Itsuki
    You seem to be having fun.
[01:35] Light
    Perfect timing!
[01:37] Light
    There's something I'd like to try.
[01:39] Light
    Would you battle me?
[01:41] Subaru
    Sorry, I'll pass.
[01:43] Subaru
    I'm working on my deck.
[01:45] Itsuki
    Me, too. Sorry.
[01:47] Itsuki
    I've almost got it done.
[01:50] Light
    I see.
[01:51] Light
    Ren and Tsubasa aren't at the club today.
[01:54] Light
    Which means my only option left is...
[01:57] Light
    Gentleman!
[01:59] Light
    Would you battle me?
[02:04] Subaru
    That's rare.
[02:06] Subaru
    He always shows up 
    when we don't call him.
[02:08] Itsuki
    Did something happen?
[02:10] Light
    I'm sure Gentleman is working hard, too.
[02:16] Light
    As a fellow member of Seventh Flame.
[02:26] Gentleman
    My turn! Draw!
[02:31] Gentleman
    There!
[02:34] Tsubasa
    Did you draw a good card?
[02:36] Gentleman
    Don't look at my face!
[02:38] Tsubasa
    You're the type who lets your feelings
    show on your face, aren't you?
[02:41] Gentleman
    Sh-Shut up! I play Magical Rook!
[02:46] Gentleman
    Magical Rook's effect activates
[02:51] Gentleman
    and creates two Magical Pawns!
[02:55] Ren
    Three followers with one card?
[02:58] Gentleman
    And then it gives Ward
    to the Magical Pawns it created!
[03:04] Tsubasa
    Nice.
[03:05] Gentleman
    Havencraft players aren't the
     only ones whose cards get Ward.
[03:08] Gentleman
    I end my turn.
[03:10] Tsubasa
    My turn, then.
[03:12] Tsubasa
    Draw!
[03:14] Tsubasa
    Sacred Plea's Countdown advances by 1,
    so it drops to 0 and destroys the card.
[03:22] Tsubasa
    I draw two cards.
[03:24] Tsubasa
    I play the amulet card Jewel Shrine!
[03:35] Tsubasa
    Jewel Shrine's effect lets me draw a card.
[03:41] Tsubasa
    I play Sledgehammer Exorcist and evolve it!
[03:48] Tsubasa
    Its on-evolve effect
    destroys one enemy follower.
[03:55] Tsubasa
    And then Sledgehammer Exorcist
    attacks Magical Pawn!
[04:03] Tsubasa
    How about that?
[04:04] Gentleman
    You're hopeless!
[04:06] Gentleman
    Magical Rook's effect activates!
[04:10] Gentleman
    Each time a Magical Pawn is destroyed,
[04:12] Gentleman
    it subtracts 1 from the cost
    of the most expensive card in my hand.
[04:16] Gentleman
    How about that?
[04:18] Tsubasa
    So it lowered the cost
    of the card you just drew by 2?
[04:22] Gentleman
    Yup.
[04:23] Gentleman
    My path to victory has opened!
[04:28] Gentleman
    First, I attack your leader
    with Magical Rook!
[04:41] Gentleman
    And then, I play Magical Bishop!
[04:46] Tsubasa
    A follower that can't attack?
[04:48] Gentleman
    Yes. But it has powerful effects instead.
[04:52] Gentleman
    Spell Card: Insight!
[04:55] Gentleman
    I draw a card!
[04:58] Gentleman
    When I do, Magical Bishop's
     effect activates
[05:02] Gentleman
    and creates a Magical Pawn!
[05:05] Gentleman
    And then its other effect activates.
[05:11] Gentleman
    Once a turn, when a
     Magical Pawn enters play,
[05:16] Gentleman
    it does 2 damage
    to all enemy followers!
[05:24] Gentleman
    Surprised?
[05:26] Gentleman
    Of course, a player like you
    could never predict my strategy!
[05:35] Gentleman
    What?
    You're too shocked to speak?
[05:38] Gentleman
    Feel free to give up, if you need to.
[05:41] Tsubasa
    You talk a lot more than I thought.
[05:44] Tsubasa
    Since you never show yourself,
    I assumed you didn't talk much.
[05:49] Gentleman
    I-I do not!
[05:51] Tsubasa
    You're cute, and you like to talk.
[05:53] Tsubasa
    So what's with the Gentleman
    thing you're doing?
[05:59] Tsubasa
    I play Turquoise Sister with Ward.
[06:04] Tsubasa
    Evolve!
[06:06] Tsubasa
    Its on-evolve effect gives it Storm,
    and it attacks Magical Bishop.
[06:13] Tsubasa
    Turquoise Sister's effect activates.
[06:16] Tsubasa
    When a follower with both
     Ward and Storm attacks,
[06:19] Tsubasa
    it does 3 damage to the enemy leader
    and all their followers.
[06:26] Tsubasa
    Turquoise Sister!
[06:32] Tsubasa
    I end my turn.
[06:33] Tsubasa
    And at the end of my turn,
    Jewel Shrine's effect activates
[06:37] Tsubasa
    and adds 3 to the attack and defense of
    all my followers with both Storm and Ward.
[06:43] Tsubasa
    You can battle like that just fine.
    Why not just come to the club?
[06:47] Tsubasa
    Is there some reason?
[06:49] Gentleman
    I-It's none of your business!
[06:51] Gentleman
    I'd rather be alone!
[06:53] Gentleman
    So leave me alone!
[06:55] Gentleman
    Magical Knight!
[06:59] Gentleman
    Magical Knight has Rush!
[07:02] Gentleman
    Attack Turquoise Sister!
[07:04] Gentleman
    And Magical Knight's on-attack effect activates!
[07:11] Gentleman
    I'm not done yet!
    Evolve Magical Pawn!
[07:18] Gentleman
    Attack Turquoise Sister!
[07:26] Tsubasa
    Why would you rather be alone?
[07:29] Gentleman
    Because people like you
    don't like people like me!
[07:33] Gentleman
    I...
[07:36] Gentleman
    I...
SIGN    Shinobu Miki
SIGN    Gentleman
[07:43] Gentleman
    I...
[07:45] Gentleman
    I decided to be alone.
[07:49] Tsubasa
    But you joined Seventh Flame, right?
[07:52] Gentleman
    I-I was forced to...
[07:55] Tsubasa
    You seemed to be having fun to me.
[07:57] Tsubasa
    And you were playing Shadowverse
    with Shinobu, anyway.
[08:02] Gentleman
    Sh-Shinobu is...
[08:05] Tsubasa
    So basically, you're just
    being stubborn, right?
[08:11] Tsubasa
    I play Divine Birdsong and Pinion Prayer!
[08:18] Tsubasa
    And then Hallowed Dogma!
[08:22] Tsubasa
    I draw a card and advance
    all my Countdown cards by 2.
[08:27] Tsubasa
    Divine Birdsong's Countdown reaches 0.
[08:31] Tsubasa
    It's destroyed, and its
     Last Words create a Regal Falcon.
[08:41] Tsubasa
    Regal Falcon has Storm!
    It attacks your leader!
[08:49] Gentleman
    Draw!
[08:50] Gentleman
    I play the spell card
    Magical Strategy, with Enhance!
[08:54] Gentleman
    On its own, it creates two Magical Pawns.
[08:57] Gentleman
    But if I play it with Enhance 6,
[09:02] Gentleman
    it creates these two instead!
[09:05] Gentleman
    Magical Knight has Rush!
    It attacks your Regal Falcon!
[09:09] Gentleman
    Its on-attack effect activates,
[09:12] Gentleman
    and then Magical Bishop's effect activates!
[09:15] Gentleman
    Once a turn, when a
    Magical Pawn enters play,
[09:19] Gentleman
    it does 2 damage
    to all enemy followers!
[09:27] Gentleman
    And then Magical Pawn's effect activates!
[09:31] Gentleman
    If eight or more Magical Pawns
    have been destroyed during this battle,
[09:35] Gentleman
    it gets Storm!
[09:38] Gentleman
    Magical Pawn attacks your leader!
[09:43] Gentleman
    After attacking,
    its attack is reduced to 1.
[09:48] Gentleman
    You and I are different.
[09:50] Gentleman
    So you don't understand me!
[09:54] Tsubasa
    You sure about that?
[09:56] Tsubasa
    I remember a certain idiot
    who was saying we were the same—
[10:00] Tsubasa
    that we were connected
    by Shadowverse!
[10:03] Tsubasa
    Draw!
[10:06] Tsubasa
    First, Pinion Prayer's Countdown advances.
[10:11] Tsubasa
    I play Luxhorn Sarissa.
[10:14] Tsubasa
    Sarissa has Rush.
[10:21] Tsubasa
    She attacks Magical Bishop!
[10:26] Tsubasa
    We're here because we both lost
    to the same idiot, right?
[10:31] Gentleman
    But...
[10:33] Gentleman
    You're going to hate me eventually, anyway!
[10:35] Gentleman
    Draw!
[10:37] Gentleman
    I play Magical Bishop!
[10:41] Gentleman
    I play the spell card Magic Missile!
[10:47] Gentleman
    It does 1 damage to Sarissa,
    and I draw a card.
[10:52] Gentleman
    Magical Bishop's effect activates
[10:55] Gentleman
    and creates a Magical Pawn
    each time I use a spell card!
[10:59] Gentleman
    Magical Bishop's other effect activates
[11:03] Gentleman
    and does 2 damage to all enemy followers!
[11:08] Gentleman
    Two Magical Pawns attack your leader!
[11:15] Gentleman
    And then, I play the
    spell card Kaleidoscopic Glow!
[11:18] Gentleman
    It returns the Magical Pawns to my hand!
[11:23] Gentleman
    And then Magical Bishop's effect causes
    another Magical Pawn to enter play!
[11:28] Gentleman
    It attacks your leader!
[11:33] Gentleman
    And if you're going to hate me,
    I'm better off using an avatar.
[11:37] Gentleman
    It won't hurt as much.
[11:39] Gentleman
    You wouldn't understand!
[11:41] Gentleman
    You're the person everyone looks up to!
    You're the center of attention.
[11:46] Tsubasa
    So that is how you saw me.
[11:48] Tsubasa
    I'm not like that.
[11:51] Tsubasa
    And you know... You could make friends
    if you weren't so stubborn.
[11:56] Gentleman
    F-Friends? What are you talking about?
[11:59] Ren
    She's talking about us!
[12:02] Tsubasa
    She stole my line.
[12:04] Tsubasa
    But yeah.
[12:06] Tsubasa
    I think we'd get along
    better than you think.
[12:08] Tsubasa
    I can be stubborn and mean sometimes, too!
[12:14] Tsubasa
    Pinion Prayer's Countdown advances to 0!
[12:23] Tsubasa
    Azurite Maiden!
[12:26] Tsubasa
    She gives Ward to Holy Falcon!
[12:29] Tsubasa
    And then Ruby Falcon! Evolve!
[12:35] Tsubasa
    Holy Falcon has Storm!
    It attacks your leader!
[12:43] Tsubasa
    Ruby Falcon's effect activates!
[12:49] Tsubasa
    When a follower attacks my enemy's leader,
[12:53] Tsubasa
    a randomly chosen follower is given Storm!
[12:58] Tsubasa
    Evolved Ruby Falcon
    attacks Magical Bishop,
[13:01] Tsubasa
    and Azurite Maiden
    attacks Magical Pawn!
[13:06] Tsubasa
    I end my turn.
[13:07] Tsubasa
    First, Azurite Maiden's effect activates
[13:11] Tsubasa
    and adds a follower that
     possessed both Storm and Ward
[13:14] Tsubasa
    and was destroyed during
    this battle to my hand.
[13:17] Tsubasa
    It's given both Storm and Ward,
    and its attack and defense are raised by 3.
[13:23] Tsubasa
    Then Jewel Shrine's effect activates
[13:26] Tsubasa
    and strengthens followers
    with both Ward and Storm!
[13:30] Ren
    Amazing, Tsubasa!
[13:32] Ren
    You've got her!
[13:33] Tsubasa
    I don't know.
[13:35] Tsubasa
    She won't concede defeat
    over something like this.
SIGN    Shion Otosaka & Mystic Queen Mayti
SIGN    Class: Runecraft 
    Birthday: 7/4 
    Likes: Getting High Scores
SIGN    Luxhorn Sarissa
[13:50] Tsubasa
    I don't know.
[13:52] Tsubasa
    She won't concede defeat
    over something like this.
[13:54] Gentleman
    Of course!
[13:56] Gentleman
    Because all is going to my calculations!
[13:58] Gentleman
    I'll be the one to win!
[14:00] Gentleman
    First, I play Magical Pawn.
[14:02] Gentleman
    It gets Storm!
[14:04] Gentleman
    It and the Magical Pawn already in play
    attack your Azurite Maiden!
[14:15] Gentleman
    This was part of my calculations, too.
[14:17] Gentleman
    Here I go!
[14:18] Gentleman
    My strategy is perfect! Complete!
[14:21] Gentleman
    You're no match for me!
[14:24] Gentleman
    The ultimate king descends
    upon the battlefield!
[14:31] Gentleman
    Close out the game for me!
    Mystic King!
[14:42] Tsubasa
    It's huge!
[14:44] Gentleman
    Mystic King's effect activates.
[14:46] Gentleman
    It creates two Magical Pawns!
[14:53] Gentleman
    I evolve Mystic King!
[15:18] Gentleman
    Its on-evolve effect activates
    and creates two Magical Pawns!
[15:31] Tsubasa
    Five followers at once?
[15:33] Gentleman
    Charge!
[15:54] Gentleman
    And then I play a Magical Rook
    with Accelerate.
[15:58] Gentleman
    Followers with Accelerate
    can be played as spell cards.
[16:02] Gentleman
    Accelerate 1 returns all
    Magical Pawns to my hand,
[16:06] Gentleman
    then raises the defense of each of my
    followers by twice the number returned,
[16:11] Gentleman
    and gives them Ward!
[16:13] Gentleman
    And what's more, Mystic King
    can't be targeted by enemy effects
[16:17] Gentleman
    or destroyed by card effects!
[16:21] Gentleman
    And Mystic King can create two
     Magical Pawns at the start of my turn.
[16:28] Gentleman
    This turn, you're checked.
[16:29] Gentleman
    And next turn, it's checkmate!
[16:32] Tsubasa
    It must have a weak point.
[16:34] Gentleman
    Yup.
[16:35] Gentleman
    Mystic King's Last Words cause
     his leader to lose the game.
[16:39] Gentleman
    So if it's destroyed, I lose.
[16:43] Gentleman
    But that's impossible!
[16:45] Gentleman
    Mystic King has 10 defense!
[16:48] Gentleman
    And Diamond Master's effect
    can't destroy it!
[16:52] Gentleman
    You can't surpass the king!
[16:54] Tsubasa
    I think I've heard something
    like that before.
[16:57] Tsubasa
    Fine. This is my last turn.
[17:00] Tsubasa
    Time to topple the lonely king!
[17:02] Tsubasa
    Draw!
[17:06] Gentleman
    Did you get a good card?
[17:08] Tsubasa
    Maybe I did.
[17:10] Tsubasa
    I start by playing Turquoise Sister,
    which now has both Ward and Storm!
[17:22] Tsubasa
    Turquoise Sister attacks Mystic King!
[17:26] Tsubasa
    Its on-attack effect activates
    for a total of 8 damage!
[17:30] Gentleman
    Useless! Useless!
[17:32] Gentleman
    Get her, Mystic King!
[17:46] Tsubasa
    I'm not done yet!
[17:47] Gentleman
    You're still struggling?
[17:49] Tsubasa
    Of course!
[17:53] Tsubasa
    Thou art a visage of ultimate light!
[17:57] Tsubasa
    Shine, Diamond Master!
[18:09] Gentleman
    But Diamond Master can't attack!
    You have no EP!
[18:14] Gentleman
    Its light can't reach my king!
[18:16] Tsubasa
    There's more to me
    than just being bright!
[18:20] Tsubasa
    I'll show you everything that I am!
[18:22] Tsubasa
    I play Gemstone Wingy!
[18:25] Gentleman
    That follower...
[18:29] Tsubasa
    Wingy's effect activates
[18:33] Tsubasa
    and gives Storm to a follower
    whose original attack was 2 or less!
[18:37] Tsubasa
    Here I go, Gentleman!
[18:39] Tsubasa
    Diamond Master attacks Mystic King!
[18:49] Gentleman
    Mystic King!
[19:56] Gentleman
    Mystic King's Last Words...
[20:01] Gentleman
    When this follower is destroyed,
    its leader is defeated.
[20:13] Ren
    Wow, wow!
[20:15] Ren
    That was an amazing battle!
[20:32] Tsubasa
    If I hadn't drawn Diamond Master
    on my last turn, I might've lost.
[20:38] Gentleman
    Enough!
[20:39] Gentleman
    Do whatever you want.
[20:43] Gentleman
    You're going to tell everyone
    who I am, right?
[20:47] Tsubasa
    Did I say that?
[20:51] Gentleman
    You... didn't?
[20:53] Tsubasa
    Right?
[20:54] Ren
    We wouldn't do anything
     you wouldn't like.
[20:57] Gentleman
    You wouldn't?
[20:59] Gentleman
    Fine, I owe you a favor.
    Is that enough?
[21:05] Tsubasa
    Okay, let me call in that favor now.
[21:07] Gentleman
    Now?
[21:08] Tsubasa
    Tell me your real name.
[21:13] Gentleman
    Okay...
[21:16] Gentleman
    Shion Otosaka!
[21:18] Tsubasa
    "Shion," huh?
[21:20] Tsubasa
    That's a nice name.
[21:21] Ren
    Yeah! It's so cool!
[21:24] Gentleman
    Shut up! Shut up!
    Shut up!
[21:26] Gentleman
    You're satisfied now, right, jerks?
[21:28] Gentleman
    I'm leaving!
[21:30] Ren
    Shion! See you at club tomorrow!
[21:35] Gentleman
    You'd better call me "Gentleman" then!
[21:40] Tsubasa
    She's cute.
[21:41] Ren
    We got to be friends, right?
[21:43] Tsubasa
    I don't know about that.
[21:49] Tsubasa
    But maybe we did get a little closer.
[23:24] All
    Shadowverse Card Showcase!
SIGN    Shadowverse Card Showcase!
[23:25] Ren
    Today's card is this:
    Mystic King!
SIGN    Mystic King!
SIGN    Today's Card is
SIGN    Runecraft
[23:28] Ren
    Shion will tell us more!
[23:29] Gentleman
    You wouldn't understand,
    even if I told you.
[23:32] Ren
    Don't worry! I studied a lot
    on the puzzle quests!
[23:35] Ren
    Go ahead!
[23:37] Tsubasa
    She ran away.
[23:38] Light
    We're getting closer to each other
    as the Shadowverse tournament draws near.
SIGN    Preview
[23:41] Light
    The one thing I'm worried about is...
[23:43] Dora
    Haruma Hazeura!
[23:44] Light
    Yeah. I've thought about all the things
    I need for my battle with Haruma.
[23:47] Light
    One hundred of them!
[23:48] Dora
    One hundred?
[23:49] Andrea
    Next time:
    "You're Dense, Aren't You?"
SIGN    Episode 24
SIGN    You're Dense, Aren't You?
[23:51] Andrea&Light
    Battle! Shadowverse!