"Malefic Cyber End Dragon, attack!"
A mechanical, metallic roar accompanied blackened lightning as it poured from the mechanical dragon's mouth. Plasma fused with the impact of black flames and erupted, like an unstoppable torrent washing over the set card and flipping it over to reveal its form.
Marshmallon, DEF 500
"Holy crap, you're opening with such an outrageous monster?"
Marshmallon shouted loudly.
"Who the hell can withstand that!?"
Of course, this was not the "Marshmallon" from the Light's Gold Sarcophagus version that Kira had used against the Evil God before. This was the original Marshmallon first used by Yugi Mutou in Duel Monsters. However, the Marshmallon Spirit in this card was the same one from back then.
Just like Atem's Dark Magician and the President's Blue-Eyes White Dragon, whose outfits kept changing as they continuously upgraded, fused, and transformed into New forms, no matter how drastically they changed, they were always the same spirit in different forms. Although the various outfits stacked together could already make up a Deck of their own, the spirits in the Deck were actually all the same one.
The same applied to Kira's Marshmallon. The original Marshmallon used by Yugi was no longer a particularly rare card by the GX Era; even background characters had used it in the anime. Since Kira now had a Marshmallon Spirit, he simply obtained an original version as well.
"Marshmallon cannot be destroyed by battle!"
Kira raised an arm to shield himself from the energy storm sweeping through Marshmallon's tiny body and said, ""
"Hmph, but Battle Damage will still be calculated." Paradox snorted, then curled his lips into a dangerous smile. "And Malefic Cyber End Dragon possesses the abilities of the original Cyber End Dragon.
"When it attacks a monster in Defense Position, if its ATK