Episode 24

"The Wings of Rebellion - Raid Raptors" is the twenty-forth episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime.

Synopsis
The Leo Duel School continues on the search for the true culprit of the attacks, spearheaded by Reiji. Because of this a Duel is set between Shun against Masumi, Hokuto and Yaiba. Meanwhile, Yūto appears in front of Yuzu and reveals a series of shocking truths!

Shun Kurosaki vs. Hokuto Shijima, Masumi Kōtsu and Yaiba Tōdō
This Duel is conducted as a Battle Royal. Therefore, no one may attack or conduct their Draw Phase on their first turn.

Turn 1: Masumi

Masumi Normal Summons "Gem-Knight Lapis" (1200/100) and Sets a card.

Turn 2: Shun

Shun Normal Summons "Raid Raptors - Vanishing Lanius" (1300/1600). As it was Normal or Special Summoned this turn, he activates its effect to Special Summon a second copy of "Vanishing Lanius" (1300/1600) from his hand in Attack Position. He then activates the Permanent Magic Card "Raid Raptors - Nest". As he controls two "Raid Raptors" monsters with the same name, this lets him add a third copy of that card from his Deck or Graveyard to his hand. He adds a copy from his Deck. Shun then activates the effect of the second "Vanishing Lanius" to Special Summon a third copy of "Vanishing Lanius" (1300/1600) from his hand in Attack Position. Shun Sets two cards.

Turn 3: Hokuto

As the opponent controls a monster and Hokuto does not, he Special Summons "Sacred Scheat" (100/1600) from his hand in Attack Position via its own effect. He then Normal Summons "Sacred Pollux" (1700/600). Its effect allows Hokuto to Normal Summon another "Sacred" monster in addition to his regular Normal Summon/Set this turn. He Normal Summons "Sacred Gredi" (1600/1400). As "Gredi" was Normal Summoned, its effect activates, letting him Special Summon a Level 4 or lower "Sacred" monster from his hand. He Special Summons "Sacred Kaust" (1800/700) in Attack Postion. Hokuto activates the effect of "Kaus" twice, to increase or decrease the Level of a "Sacred" monster by 1. He targets "Kaust" and "Gredi", increasing their Levels by 1 each. Hokuto overlays his two Level 5 LIGHT monsters to Xyz Summon "Sacred Pleiades" (2500/1500) in Attack Position. He then activates the Spell Card "Twinkle Sacred" to increase the Level of a "Sacred" monster he controls by 2; he targets "Pollux". Hokuto activates the effect of "Scheat", which lets it change its Level to that of another "Sacred" monster he controls; he targets "Pollux". Hokuto overlays his two Level 6 monsters to Xyz Summon "Sacred Ptolemys Messier 7" in Attack Position (2700/2000). Hokuto activates the effect of "Pleiades", detaching an Overlay Unit to return a card on the field to its owner's hand; he returns a copy of "Vanishing Lanius" to Shun's hand. He then activates the effect of "Ptolemys Messier 7", detaching an Overlay Unit to return a card on the field or either player's Graveyard to the owner's hand; he returns the second copy of "Vanishing Lanius".

Turn 4: Yaiba

Yaiba Normal Summons "XX-Saber Boggarknight" (1900/1000). As it was Normal Summoned, its effect activates, letting him Special Summon a Level 4 or lower "X-Saber" monster from his hand. He Special Summons the Tuner monster, "X-Saber Palomuro" (200/300). As he controls two "X-Saber" monsters, he Special Summons "XX-Saber Faultroll" (2400/1800) from his hand in Attack Position via its own effect. Yaiba tunes the Level 4 "Boggart Knight" with the Level 1 Tuner monster "Palomuro" to Synchro Summon the Level 5 "X-Saber Wayne" (2100/400) in Attack Position. As it was Synchro Summoned, its effect activates, letting him Special Summon a Level 4 or lower Warrior-Type monster from his hand. He Special Summons "XX-Saber Fulhelmknight" (1300/1000). He then activates the effect of "Faultroll" to Special Summon a Level 4 or lower "X-Saber" monster from his Graveyard; he Summons "Palomuro" (200/300). Yaiba tunes the Level 3 Tuner monster "Fulhelmknight" with the Level 6 "Faultroll" to Synchro Summon "XX-Saber Gatmuz" (3100/2600) in Attack Position. He tunes the Level 1 Tuner monster "Palomuro" with the Level 5 "Wayne" to Synchro Summon the Level 6 "XX-Saber Hyunlei" (2300/1300). As it was Synchro Summoned, its effect activates, letting him select and destroy up to three of Shun's Spell and Trap Cards. Yaiba destroys "Raidraptor - Nest" and Shay's two Set cards ("Raid Raptors - Readiness" and "Unicorn Beacon"). Hokuto activates the effect of "Pleiades", detaching an Overlay Unit to return Shun's last copy of "Vanishing Lanius" to the hand. Yaiba activates "Gatmuz's Emergency Convocation", letting him Special Summon two "X-Saber" monsters from his Graveyard with their ATKs reduced to 0. He Special Summons "Faultroll" (2400 → 0/1800) and "Wayne" (2100 → 0/400). Yaiba activates the effect of "Faultroll", Special Summoning "Fulhemknight" (1300/1000). Yaiba activates the effect of "Gatmuz" three times, letting him Tribute an "X-Saber" monster to discard a random card from Shun's hand. He Releases "Fulhelmknight", "Faultroll" and "Wayne" to force Shun to discard his three copies of "Vanishing Lanius".

Turn 5: Masumi

Masumi activates "Gem-Knight Fusion", fusing "Lapis" from her field and "Gem-Knight Lazuli" from her hand to Fusion Summon "Gem-Knight Lady Lapis Lazuli" (2400/1000) in Attack Position. As it was sent to the Graveyard via a card effect, the effect of "Lazuli" activates, letting Masumi return a Normal Monster from her Graveyard to her hand. She returns "Lapis". Masumi then activates the effect of the "Gem-Knight Fusion" in her Graveyard, letting her banish a "Gem-Knight" monster to add "Gem-Knight Fusion" to her hand. She banishes "Lazuli". Masumi activates "Gem-Knight Fusion", fusing "Gem-Knight Alexand", "Gem-Knight Emeral" and "Lapis" in her hand to Fusion Summon "Gem-Knight Master Dia" (2900/2500) in Attack Position. It gains 100 ATK for each "Gem-" monster in Masumi's Graveyard ("Master Dia" 2900 → 3200). Masumi activates the effect of "Lady Lapis Lazuli", sending another copy of "Lady Lapis Lazuli" from her Extra Deck to the Graveyard ("Master Dia" 3200 → 3300) to inflict damage to Shun equal to half of that monster's ATK, plus 100 for each monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck on the field, meaning 6, so Shun takes 1800 damage (Shun 4000 → 2200). Masumi activates the effect of "Master Dia", banishing a Level 7 or lower "Gem-Knight" Fusion Monster from her Graveyard ("Master Dia" 3300 → 3200) to allow it to copy the effect of the banished monster. She banishes "Lady Lapis Lazuli". Masumi activates the inherited effect of "Master Dia", sending her last "Gem-Knight Lady Lapis Lazuli" from her Extra Deck to the Graveyard ("Master Dia" 3200 → 3300) to inflict damage to Shun equal to half its ATK, plus 600 damage, meaning 2250. Shun activates the effect of the "Raid Raptors - Readiness" in his Graveyard, banishing it and making his Life Points 10 (Shun 2200 → 10) to reduce the effect damage to 0, also he takes no battle damage for the rest of the turn.

Turn 6: Shun

Shun draws and activates "Dimension Xyz". As he has 1000 or fewer Life Points, he can use three monsters with the same name from his hand, field or Graveyard to Xyz Summon a monster; he uses the three copies of "Vanishing Lanius" in his Graveyard, overlaying his three Level 4 Winged Beast-Type monsters to Xyz Summon "Raid Raptors - Rise Falcon" (100/2000) in Attack Position. Shun activates its effect, detaching an Overlay Unit to increase its ATK by the total ATK of all Special Summoned monsters his opponents control until the end of this turn. The six monsters' combined ATK is 16300 ("Rise Falcon" 100 → 16400). The other effect of "Rise Falcon" lets it attack all Special Summoned monsters Shun's opponents control once each. It attacks and destroys all six monsters (Yaiba 4000 → 0, Hokuto 4000 → 0, Masumi 4000 → 0).