## Watching Yu-Gi-Oh!
Shorts, the Old-school Duelists Have a Meltdown!
# Chapter 22: Toxic Combo Tutorial 1!
Infinite Resurrection and Resource Looping!
Yes!
The duelists of the six worlds had all realized a deeply aggravating combo!
And this combo required nothing more than [Eldlich the Golden Lord] and a few spells or traps to function perfectly.
The video uploader, *IWantToBecomeAnEldlichPro*, immediately began the breakdown.
**IWantToBecomeAnEldlichPro**: “I’m sure anyone who’s played against Eldlich knows the sheer value of this monster.”
**IWantToBecomeAnEldlichPro**: “Simply put, this card is famed for its ability to repeatedly ‘resurrect’ while clearing the board and farming resources!”
**IWantToBecomeAnEldlichPro**: “Why do I say that? Let’s take a closer look.”
“First is the first effect. Removal is straightforward, right? But the key is the second effect. After recycling itself to the hand, it can Special Summon a Zombie monster, granting it 1000 extra ATK and destruction immunity.”
“Well, the Golden Lord himself is a Zombie. And the card doesn’t say you can’t summon *himself*, does it?”
“So, Eldlich triggers Effect 1 to clear a card, then triggers Effect 2 to return to the hand and summon himself.”
“In one smooth motion, you end up with a 3500 ATK / 3800 DEF monster on the field that can’t be destroyed by effects until the end of your opponent’s turn.”
“…”
Silence.
A deathly silence.
Yuuki Hoshi, who hadn’t previously understood the Eldlich deck, now grasped just how nauseating this card could be.
In the other worlds…
**ZEXAL World**
Yuma Tsukumo’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“Holy… No way!”
It was true.
This card could cycle its first and second effects constantly.
What if the opponent managed to remove it and send it back to the Graveyard?
No problem!
Once it was your turn again, you just triggered the second effect to bring it back!
And if for some reason you didn’t want to summon the Lord, you could use the effect to bring out other powerful Zombie monsters while still using the Lord’s first effect for removal. Read this novel at novelping . com for the best experience.
“Sss… what a powerful single card!”
“Its quality is off the charts! Especially since both effects can be used in the same turn! That’s insane!”
Even though Tori Meadows wasn’t a veteran duelist, she understood the gravity of this card’s efficiency.
“So, that’s why there are so many spells and traps,” Caswell Francis muttered, rubbing his chin in thought.
“The card *needs* those spells and traps to fuel its effects.”
At that moment, he had to revise his opinion of the Eldlich system.
Perhaps a deck full of traps wasn’t so bad after all?
…
**ARC-V World**
The person who understood the heavy trap count best was undoubtedly Gong Strong!
“Hahaha! I told you!”
“This system isn’t simple! When I ran a deck full of monsters for my Superheavy Samurais, you all mocked me for not using spells or traps!”
“Do you see now? There are decks like mine that focus entirely on monsters, and there are decks like this that focus entirely on traps!”
Gong Strong’s voice boomed with vindication.
Remembering the times people had looked down on his Superheavy Samurais, he felt a deep sense of kinship with the Eldlich archetype.
Of course, he didn’t realize that while Eldlich *chose* to play this way, his Superheavy Samurais *had* to avoid spells and traps because of their own restrictions.
“Alright, alright, pipe down,” Zuzu Boyle said, rolling her eyes at Gong Strong.
“You’re getting too worked up. That’s just one card. There are other combos we haven’t seen yet!”
And she was right.
The Eldlich system wouldn’t just throw in the Golden Lord alone; it had to include other Zombies.
…
**IWantToBecomeAnEldlichPro**: “Now that we’ve seen the boss, let’s see who else takes up the monster slots.”
**IWantToBecomeAnEldlichPro**: “If you want to be truly toxic, you run [Lava Golem]. Tributing your opponent’s ace monsters to clear their board while burning them for 1000 damage every turn. Even if they crash that 3000 ATK golem into your Golden Lord, you don’t lose anything, and they can’t get over your Lord when his stats are boosted.”
“The sheer salt and frustration this causes… you have to use it to believe it.”
“If you want pure disruption, you run [Doomking Balerdroch]. 2800 ATK / 2000 DEF!”
“Effect 1! When another Zombie monster activates its effect, you can choose one of two options: 1. Negate that effect. 2. Banish 1 monster from either player’s field or Graveyard!”
“Effect 2! During the Standby Phase, if a face-up card is in a Field Zone, you can Special Summon this card from your GY in Defense Position.”
“Infinite resurrection, graveyard-robbing synergy with the Golden Lord, and then you drop a [Zombie World] Field Spell to turn every monster on the field into a Zombie… then you’re set!” The source of this chapter is g.com.
“You’ll be drowning in pure euphoria, you know?”
*Drowning in euphoria?*
What did that mean?
Duelists across the six worlds were stunned by the uploader’s rapid-fire explanation.
Wait, where was the euphoria?
Why was this supposed to be “great”?
**DM World**
Bonz, a master of Zombies, wore an expression of both terror and sheer excitement!
Yes!
Yes!
This was it!
This Eldlich system…
it was made for him!
“Hahaha! Don’t you see it yet? Think about it!”
“The [Zombie World] Field Spell… its first effect turns all face-up monsters on the field and in the Graveyard into Zombies.”
“Its second effect? Neither player can Tribute Summon monsters, unless they are Zombie monsters.”
“If the opponent is playing any other type of deck, the moment that Field Spell hits, they’re crippled! They can’t even play their own strategy!”
“And then, [Doomking Balerdroch] synergizes with the field! You get infinite resurrections from the second effect, and you unlock the negate/banish from the first effect! You can negate your opponent’s moves or just rob their Graveyard!”
“This is amazing! It’s too good!”
Following Bonz’s explanation, the duelists of the DM World finally grasped the absurdity and toxicity of this combo.
Wait, if the opponent isn’t playing Zombies, Balerdroch can’t normally negate them, right?
But the moment [Zombie World] is active, every monster they have *becomes* a Zombie!
Balerdroch can negate everything!
Balerdroch becomes immortal!
And combined with Eldlich the Golden Lord…
This deck…
was it designed specifically to ruin people’s lives?!
End of Chapter