[Elemental HERO Brave Neos, ATK 2700]
"You fused straight from the Deck?"
Taniguchi frowned.
"Tch, what a convenient, borderline cheating Fusion Card."
"You flatter me. This is the new power of my Neo Space companions." Judai smiled. "But great power comes with risks. As the price, during the turn I activate Neo-Spacian Fusion, I can't Special Summon monsters by any other method."
Taniguchi: "..."
That restriction was quite deadly in modern Yu-Gi-Oh!, where every Deck generally relied on massive amounts of Special Summoning. But at the current pace of the game, the restriction was completely disproportionate to the benefits it brought.
After all, even without a Special Summoning restriction, being able to summon a single Fusion ace in one turn was already quite good for current Decks. Neo-Spacian Fusion allowed Fusion Materials to come straight from the Deck, enabling unrestricted Fusion while precisely milling cards to the Graveyard. With such enormous benefits, the minor restriction on Special Summoning could practically be ignored.
"And Brave Neos's power doesn't stop there." Judai said, "Battle! Elemental HERO Brave Neos, attack the face-down monster!"
Brave Neos's arm blade shone with starlike radiance as he flew toward the Set Card on the opponent's Field. The instant he made contact, three ancient stone statues covered in cracks burst from beneath the card. Each had a rigid, icy face. Their jaws opened mechanically, and a dangerous red glow lit up deep within their cannon-like throats.
[Statue of Anguish, DEF 2000]
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Three crimson pillars of fire erupted from the stone faces' mouths, weaving into a deadly grid. Yet when they struck Neos's silver-white body, they simply washed over him like water against steel, accomplishing nothing.
Neos shot into the sky, becoming a silver speck beneath the blazing sun. As he dove