Yūki turned to the first page of the exam.
Three seconds later, he realized his earlier estimate of ninety points had been conservative.
The first question asked whether new effects could be added while a Chain was resolving.
The second asked for the differences in how "send to the Graveyard" and "destroy" were handled.
The third provided a written account of Battle Phase footage and asked him to identify three plays that missed their timing.
For a monthly freshman exam, these questions certainly qualified as difficult.
But to Yūki, they felt like a card shop owner holding up [Pot of Greed] and asking him how many cards it could draw.
His pen touched the paper, and answers flowed out line after line.
Back when he was in school, Yūki had envied those top students who could pick up an exam and start writing without even bothering with scratch paper.
He had never expected that changing worlds would put him among their ranks.
Even if the subject had changed from math, physics, and chemistry to how to play cards.
That made his status as a top student a little strange.
Question five was about Chain ordering.
[Witch of the Black Forest], [Mystic Tomato], and a Trap whose trigger conditions had been met were all on the field. The question asked him to order the Chain according to their activation conditions and explain the results of resolving it in reverse order.
Yūki gave it one glance and filled the answer box without even needing to think.
Question nine was about card advantage.
A duelist used three cards from their hand to perform a Fusion Summon, after which the Fusion Monster was destroyed by a Trap. Calculate the resource exchange between both players and analyze whether the play was sound.
As Yūki reached