"Blackwing Armor Master, attack 'Phantasm Emperor Raviel'!"
With only 2500 ATK, Armor Wing looked almost like it was trying to stop a chariot with its forelegs as it spread its wings and charged toward Raviel.
Kira narrowed his eyes. "But that monster's effect is..."
Armor Wing's fist had already struck the Phantasm Emperor. But with such an overwhelming gap in power, Raviel did not so much as budge. It looked like a mosquito had flown into him, producing absolutely no reaction.
Of course, Armor Wing could not be destroyed by battle, so it was unharmed as well.
However, as Armor Wing pulled back, a sharp-eyed observer might have caught a glimpse of a tiny nail-like object left embedded in the Phantasm Emperor's massive body where the fist withdrew.
Crow said, "Armor Wing's Monster Effect! This card takes no Battle Damage from battles involving it, and after battle, it can drive a wedge into the monster it battled!"
In K Language, that meant placing a Wedge Counter.
"Then I'll use Armor Wing's effect!" Crow shouted. "By removing the Wedge Counter it placed, until the End Turn, the monster with that counter has its ATK and DEF become 0!"
"Oh?" Kira said. "That effect can be activated during the Battle Phase too?"
After thinking about it, that did seem right. In the anime, Armor Wing often removed its wedge immediately after placing it during the same Battle Phase, then had another Blackwing step in to finish the job.
That was far stronger than the real card. At first glance, the real-life Armor Wing's effect seemed identical to the original, but the actual card could only remove the wedge during its controller's Main Phase.
That meant that after Armor Wing attacked an opponent and drove in a wedge, it had to wait until