"Dark Harp's effect restores Life Points equal to Magician of Black Chaos's ATK once again!"
[Anubis, LP 4200 → LP 7400]
At this point, not only did Dark Harp on Anubis's Field have an ATK of six thousand, but his Life Points had also reached 7400. The situation was practically an overwhelming advantage.
But Atem still refused to give up. "I activate my Set Card, the Trap Card 'Reckless Greed'! This card lets me draw two cards from my Deck, but I must skip the Draw Phases of my next two turns!"
He drew two more cards from his Deck.
"Borrowing from your own future means you're already at the end of your rope," Anubis said. "How unsightly, Pharaoh. To think you made such a basic mistake. If you had waited until after your next turn's Draw Phase to activate that card, you could have drawn one more card."
But he quickly realized that this was no mistake.
"At this moment, I activate the effect of 'Dark Illusion Magician' in my hand!" Atem said. "When I activate the effect of a Spell or Trap Card during my opponent's turn, this card can be Special Summoned from my hand! Come forth, Dark Illusion Magician!"
What emerged from his hand was a jet-black Spellcaster. Its attire and appearance resembled Dark Magician's, but it was darker and more somber, even its face entirely obscured in black.
[Dark Illusion Magician, DEF 2500]
"I see. So you activated that card just to summon this thing?" Anubis laughed. "But surely you don't think something like that can stand against me?"
"Every kind of monster holds limitless potential!" Atem declared firmly. "Never doubting, always believing in the potential of your monsters, with unwavering confidence in victory—that is what makes a true duelist!"
"Ridiculous!