Dreams

Kira had originally thought the anime's Crystal Beasts were not that different from their real-life counterparts. Looking at it now, his memory had indeed been off.

But the biggest difference was that every Crystal Beast in the anime was limited to one physical copy—after all, each one had been forged from peerless treasures salvaged from sunken merchant ships. Since they were peerless treasures, there naturally could not be a second copy.

The impact of that was obviously no small matter. There were only seven Crystal Beasts in total, and Johan had not yet obtained Rainbow Dragon in the early days. That meant there were truly only those seven Crystal Beasts available for use in his entire Deck.

Even by the minimum standard of forty cards for a full Deck, only seven of those forty cards were Monster Cards.

Yet Johan had taken such a Crystal Beast Deck through battles of every size. Not once in any duel had he ever run out of monsters, nor had he ever suffered a Hand Brick. That alone was enough to prove how deep his bond with the Crystal Beasts was.

In any case, if a character's Deck were copied directly into reality, this Crystal Beast Deck might not necessarily be much more useful than Judai's Elemental HERO Deck.

"He gathered four Crystal Beasts On the Field in one go," Mokuba said. "Johan Andersen's command of the Crystal Beast Deck really has become second nature."

"Of course."

Pegasus folded his arms and smiled approvingly.

"The bond between Johan Boy and his monsters is absolutely rare in this age."

"And because 'Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise' and 'Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle' were placed in the Spell & Trap Zone this turn, that makes a total of two Crystal Beasts.

Therefore, the Continuous Spell 'Crystal Tree' gains