5D's Episode 99

A good episode. It was actually good. Usually I just make fun of the ridiculousness of the show, but it was actually a good episode.

So, apparently when one player loses, the next player goes in for them. During the gap between the switch, the player still in the race/duel can keep driving around the track for free Speed Counters. Then, when they max out, they can continue to reduce the opposing team's Speed Counters, since apparently the Speed Counters and cards on the field remain unchanged when a player loses.

So, Jack had to get up, push his broken D-Wheel to the pit, and make the switch with Aki. That part was kind of lame.

So, Aki resumed the race/duel against Andore, and summoned her Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis on the first turn, which killed Andore's Monster, died, did 800 points of burn damage, and was revived. Andore conveniently drew Dash Pilfer, which is a terrible Speed Spell, but was perfect for this situation. Andore also had a Monster in his hand that he could remove from play, along with another Monster on his field, to revive a Synchro Monster with a lower level.

Andore's teammates noted that Andore could have used Speed World 2's burn effect 3 times with 2 Speed Spells in his hand to deal 4800 damage to kill Aki in that turn. They also figure out that Andore didn't want to waste all of their Speed Counters, since otherwise they would have started off against Yusei with none.

Either way, Andore attacked with his Thunder Unicorn, which he loves so much. Aki took a bunch of damage (2200), and then it was her turn. She Synchro Summoned Black Rose Dragon, then Stardust Dragon! What an insane plot twist!

She attacked Thunder Unicorn with Black Rose Dragon, but after Thunder Unicorn died, Andore played this really messed up Trap. If he lost a Monster in battle, he could remove the Monster that killed it (Black Rose Dragon), revive the Monster that died (Thunder Unicorn), and end the Battle Phase. Andore probably bribes whoever is in charge of making cards in the show to make him "cheaty" cards to complement his stacking powers.

Then Andore happened to draw Speed Energy, which gives a Monster additional ATK equal to 200 times the amount of Speed Counters he has. Of course, he started the duel with 12. So his Thunder Unicorn ran over Stardust Dragon, but Aki used the Trap Half Counter to give Stardust Dragon an ATK boost equal to half of Thunder Unicorn's original ATK. Obviously, Stardust Dragon still died, but it left Aki with 800 LP.

Andore decided to activate the burn effect of Speed World 2, revealing The End of Storm, which he still had from the beginning of the race/duel. Aki chained Wicked Rebirth, paying all of her LP (which is impossible) to revive Stardust Dragon so that it could be passed on to Yusei.

And that's the episode. I can't wait to see whether Yusei will defeat all three of Team Unicorn or he will just lose, but still advance to the elimination rounds. The latter is more likely, which cheaty Andore on Team Unicorn...