## Watching Yu-Gi-Oh!
Shorts, the Old-school Duelists Have a Meltdown!
# Chapter 25: The Golden Land of Search Rights!
Everything is Connected!
With the archetype’s core Spells and Traps being this powerful, there was no reason to feel the slightest bit of sting when discarding them.
You discarded what needed to be discarded.
Everything served to facilitate the arrival and expansion of [Eldlich the Golden Lord]!
Afterward, you simply utilized those resources in the Graveyard to continue generating value, eventually overwhelming the opponent through sheer Resource Advantage.
At its core, a Duel was simply a contest of who possessed the most resources!
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**IWantToBecomeAnEldlichPro:** “The second effects of the Eldlich archetype’s Spells and Traps are absolutely essential.”
**IWantToBecomeAnEldlichPro:** “Since they can generate resources directly from the Graveyard, it’s not hard to see why this toxic Eldlich deck is different from other troll decks.”
“Other toxic decks usually struggle to replenish themselves once their initial resources are spent.”
“But the Eldlich system? The monsters repeatedly resurrect themselves from the dead to break the board, while the Spells and Traps pull more resources to keep the hand full of archetype cards!”
“This leads to a specific situation: during the match, your opponent’s resources dwindle while yours only continue to grow.”
“As the saying goes, seeing your opponent gain resources is more painful than having no resources yourself. Eldlich is the textbook definition of that misery.”
“…”
After hearing this explanation, the residents of the DM World were left in awe.
Seto Kaiba and Yugi Muto both wore expressions of deep contemplation.
Wasn’t that the truth?
Seeing someone else draw cards felt worse than losing cards yourself.
Seeing an opponent’s play get interrupted felt better than successfully completing your own combo.
This was likely one of the primary “pleasure points” of playing Eldlich!
But a question remained.
They could see the synergy between [Eldlich the Golden Lord] and the Spells, but who took priority when it came to searching?
“So, ‘Golden Land’ is another sub-archetype within this system?” Tristan Taylor was the first to voice the group’s confusion.
“Which one should be searched first?” This chapter is updated first at g.com.
In the next second, several cards with the “Golden Land” name-string appeared on the screen.
**IWantToBecomeAnEldlichPro:** “I’m sure many of you are wondering by now—if all these cards have effects that trigger in the Graveyard, what exactly should we be searching?”
**IWantToBecomeAnEldlichPro:** “Let’s take a look at the available Golden Land cards first!”
**First!
The Continuous Spell: [Seven Cities of the Golden Land]!**
A Fusion card for Zombies.
Do not run this!
**Second!
The Counter Trap: [Golden Land Forever!]!**
The archetype’s Omni-negate!
It requires Tributing a Zombie as a cost.
You can run 1 or 2!
**Third!
The Continuous Trap: [Conquistador of the Golden Land]!**
First effect: Becomes a Normal Zombie monster!
If successfully summoned while the Golden Lord is out, you can destroy a face-up card on the field!
Second effect: Banish it from the Graveyard to set one ‘Eldlixir’ Spell or Trap directly from your Deck.
**A mandatory 2 to 3 copies!**
**Fourth!
The Continuous Trap: [Huaquero of the Golden Land]!**
The first effect is similar to Conquistador, but it banishes a card from either Graveyard instead of destroying.
The second effect also searches ‘Eldlixir’ cards!
**A mandatory 1 to 2 copies!**
**Fifth!
The Continuous Trap: [Guardian of the Golden Land]!**
The first effect turns it into a monster, then makes the ATK of one face-up monster on the field become 0.
The second effect is the same Graveyard search.
**Run 0 to 1 copy!**
At this point, the five searchable [Golden Land] cards had been laid bare! This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
Looking at the streamer’s recommended ratios, the deck construction became crystal clear.
The Counter Trap [Golden Land Forever!], the Continuous Trap [Conquistador of the Golden Land], and the Continuous Trap [Huaquero of the Golden Land]—these three were almost guaranteed inclusions!
Furthermore, after the latter two were used on the field, they served as Graveyard resources to link back to the [Eldlixir] cards.
And the [Eldlixir] cards could banish themselves from the Graveyard to search for the [Golden Land] cards!
The entire logic chain materialized in the minds of every duelist across the six worlds.
The duelists were stunned!
At first glance, the searching seemed chaotic, but in reality, it was incredibly streamlined and packed with competitive power!
The monster card [Eldlich the Golden Lord] discards [Eldlixir] Spells/Traps to Special Summon itself.
Or, the [Eldlixir] cards Special Summon the Golden Lord directly.
The [Eldlixir] cards in the Graveyard banish themselves to search for [Golden Land] cards.
Once the [Golden Land] cards are used and sent to the Graveyard, they banish themselves to search for [Eldlixir] cards.
It was like a perfect triangle, each side supporting the other.
This made the operational logic of Eldlich terrifyingly clear!
Duelists who grasped the implications began to show expressions of pure horror.
In the GX World, Professor Crowler was a prime example.
Having previously looked down on this archetype, he was now completely submerged in the brilliance of the Eldlich loop.
“No! How can it be like this?!”
“These cards… they actually have such a perfect searching relationship?”
“Mamma mia! I’m truly dazed!”
Professor Crowler was indeed flabbergasted.
Precisely because he understood the triangular logic, he felt even more overwhelmed.
“Sigh, what an interesting system!” Bastion Misawa muttered, his eyes sparkling as he mapped out the relationships between the Golden Lord, the Golden Land, and the Eldlixirs.
“I admit, I might have been a bit loud earlier. I’m starting to become fascinated by Eldlich. I want to become an Eldlich pro just like this streamer!”
This kind of precise calculation was exactly the style of dueling he loved most.
End of Chapter