## Watching Yu-Gi-Oh!
Shorts, the Old-school Duelists Have a Meltdown!
# Chapter 16: The Worlds Stir!
Comments on the Face of Fusion: Phoenix!
As for why they felt that way…
Jaden Yuki immediately voiced his realization.
“What terrifying HERO power!”
“This card! No, this Destiny HERO card… its strength is beyond my understanding!”
“Don’t just look at the 2500 ATK. Combined with the first effect and a graveyard full of HERO materials, its functional ATK could easily break 3000 or more!”
“It has the raw power, it has the destruction effect—it can even chain its destruction to an opponent’s card activation! Once it clears the board, it has sustainability!”
“The most disgusting part… is that it can endlessly revive itself, can’t it? Since it needs a sacrifice to trigger its destruction, it can just choose itself as the sacrifice!”
“Strong! It’s truly too strong!”
Jaden’s exaggerated praise and shifting expressions began to clarify things for Chancellor Sheppard and Professor Crowler behind him.
“Indeed! This Destiny HERO… it might even rival my Destiny HERO – Plasma!” Aster Phoenix added.
“What a terrifying power of fate. For the first time, I feel like my own destiny is being suppressed by a single card.”
“It’s not just the points Jaden mentioned. Personally, I think the true strength of this card lies in its summoning conditions!”
“It’s simple. Too simple! It’s so easy it’s almost a joke!”
“Malicious is Level 6, and Dasher also fits the requirements. Summoning it is a breeze!”
“And that’s enough to make it a nightmare. If one is already this much trouble… what happens if you fuse two?”
Aster’s follow-up analysis shattered the “HERO worldview” of Sheppard and Crowler once again.
*Good heavens!*
*He’s right!
The advantages of this card are simply too numerous!*
*Wait!
Doesn’t this mean every HERO deck is basically forced to run this?*
…
**5D’s World**
Though Synchro duelists who lived for Turbo Duels usually weren’t interested in Fusion cards, the moment Yusei Fudo saw this Destiny HERO Phoenix, he couldn’t stay still.
“This card… its power level is a bit over the limit.” You are reading on g.com, the official source.
“Easy summoning, stat reduction, board breaking, revival—it has everything. I… I honestly can’t find a single weakness in this card!”
The more Yusei spoke, the more solemn he became.
Compared to this card, his Stardust and Synchron cards felt full of limitations.
Or rather, they had too many weaknesses.
Though he always said even the most “useless” card could shine one day, it was hard to ignore the gap when a “strong” card was already radiant, while “weak” cards required complex strategies just to function.
“The starting lines are just different,” Akiza Izinski remarked, her words striking a chord with many duelists nearby.
“Some are born as workhorses, while others are born in luxury. This card is clearly a product of that era’s power creep.”
“I really want to talk to the people from that era. I wonder if there’s a chance.”
“I’d like to experience the other decks from that time as well. Hopefully, this screen continues to show us more.”
…
**ZEXAL World**
Yuma Tsukumo and Astral, who had been focused on collecting the Number cards, were now forced to pay full attention to this Fusion monster.
The crowds of duelists who had been scattered were now drawn in by the screen.
With such a majestic face of Fusion standing there, they had to re-evaluate the mechanic!
And after a thorough look, they found themselves spiraling into excitement!
Fusion, which they had seen as an ancient summoning method, actually had such a powerful representative?!
“It looks like Fusion Summons shouldn’t be underestimated! This card’s power level is insane!”
“Exactly! And I feel like this HERO board setup isn’t over yet! Surely they aren’t stopping with just Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer?”
“So you mean even after summoning this Ace, they can keep going?”
“Man, I kind of want to play HEROes now. What do I do? I want to be a HERO player!”
The voices of the surrounding duelists grew louder.
Yuma became increasingly curious about the HERO system.
It was his first time seeing a Fusion-based deck achieve such a high level of complexity and power.
…
**ARC-V World**
“Serena, this HERO deck… it’s quite impressive,” Yuri said with a sinister chuckle, pulling out his own deck.
It was Predaplants, another system that excelled at Fusion.
“Heh heh heh… it’s starting to get me excited.”
“Whatever. Isn’t your Predaplant deck strong too?” Serena pouted, not wanting to admit she was impressed.
“Besides, my Lunalight deck isn’t bad either. This HERO deck is certainly advanced in its Fusion techniques, but that’s about it. I’m not that into it.”
Despite her words, her eyes kept drifting back to Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer.
*The face of Fusion?*
*Just this one card?*
*Can it really…
represent the pinnacle of Fusion?*
…
**VRAINS World**
The shock brought by the Fusion Phoenix forced the duelists of this world to rethink their strategies.
Playmaker (Yusaku Fujiki) was already recording DPE’s data into his personal database.
Yusaku was genuinely interested in this archetype now!
If the HEROes shown at the start only hinted at the versatility of Fusion, then this card made him realize that even in their Link-heavy world, this deck would be a top-tier “Meta” threat!
“Yusaku, what are you doing?” Blue Angel (Aoi Zaizen) asked, looking at him in confusion.
“Is this card really that strong? It has to sacrifice its own resources just to destroy a card.”
She didn’t understand why this single card warranted such excitement.
But she wasn’t the only one.
Even Varis (Ryoken Kogami) and Soulburner (Takeru Homura) were showing signs of deep respect.
One used Rokkets, the other used Salamangreats.
Both were undisputed Meta decks of the Link world.
For them to be this worked up over a Fusion card…
*Just what is going on?*
*Is this card…
truly that powerful?*
End of Chapter