Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 314

Chapter 314: Chapter 313: The Dark Scorpion Strikes

Yemo played a card.

"I summon ’Armored Bee’ in attack position!"

[Armored Bee, ATK 1600]

Armored Bee had the effect of halving the ATK of an opponent’s monster once per turn. With 1600 ATK, it could easily take down any monster with 3200 or less, making it a strong lower-level beater, especially in early formats where it could readily create resource advantage.

"Armored Bee attacks the facedown monster!"

The bee buzzed into the air, trailing gold as it dove at Kira’s set monster. The card flipped—it was a striking woman in leather armor, wielding a spiked whip.

[Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn, DEF 1800]

Meanae’s DEF was higher than Armored Bee’s ATK. With a flick of her whip, she battered the bee, forcing it back in a daze.

[Yemo, LP: 4000 → 3800]

"You attacked ’Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn’," Kira said. "When this card inflicts battle damage to the opponent, I can choose one of two effects:

Add a ’Dark Scorpion’ card from the deck or graveyard to my hand."

The Dark Scorpion cards belonged to the same group as "Don Zaloog," a mainstay in Kira’s decks.

Anyone who watched the GX anime would remember the Dark Scorpion Burglars—they may have been villains, but their antics were legendary. After losing to Chazz, they even became his spirit allies.

Though comic relief in the anime, these cards once had a solid reputation in the competitive scene. Many became staples in elaborate combos throughout Yu-Gi-Oh!’s history.

Don Zaloog and Meanae were especially notable.

Don Zaloog was infamous for hand destruction—students at Duel Academy had learned this firsthand.

Meanae, though only 1000 ATK, boasted 1800 DEF—solid in a meta where 1600 was standard—and could often surprise attackers and trigger her effect.

Her effect provided both searching and graveyard recovery, making her a "huge potential card advantage engine." And since she herself counted as a "Dark Scorpion" monster, her own effect could always be activated, even solo.

But what truly unlocked her potential was the strategy Kira now used.

"Using Meanae’s effect, I add a second ’Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn’ from my deck to my hand."

Kira drew the searched card.

"Strengthening your defense and gaining resources, huh," Yemo remarked. "I set a card and end my turn."

"My turn, draw."

Kira snapped his fingers.

"Trap Card—Crush Card Virus!" (Anime Effect.)

Crush Card Virus?

Yemo was stunned.

He recognized it as Seto Kaiba’s signature move. But—

"Wait, to activate Crush Card Virus, you have to tribute a DARK monster with 1000 or less ATK destroyed in battle!" Yemo protested.

Don’t try to bluff me—I know the effect!

"Oh, you may not know. This is our lab’s latest prototype. We tweaked the effect a bit," Kira grinned. "Now, Crush Card Virus can be activated any time by tributing a DARK monster with 1000 or less ATK—not just after battle destruction."

Yemo: "!"

What the hell—Kaiba Corp just prints whatever cards they want now?

Why not just remove the ATK limit while you’re at it?

"I tribute my ’Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn’ with 1000 ATK. For the next three turns, all your monsters on the field and in your hand with 1500 or more ATK are destroyed!"

This early powerhouse deck was called [Meanae Virus], with Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn as the key card.

Crush Card Virus immediately caught attention upon release and spent years on the ban list.

To use it, people sought out DARK monsters with 1000 or less ATK, and Meanae stood out for her DEF and effect.

[Meanae Virus] thrived until the ban hammer hit Crush Card Virus.

Red virus spread from Yemo’s Armored Bee, corrupting and dissolving the monster until it vanished.

Then it infected his hand, targeting a card and blowing it up in a flash.

His hand monsters were gone too.

And worse, the virus lingered, waiting to devour any 1500+ ATK monsters he drew for three turns.

But that was fine.

Yemo glanced at his hand, eyes narrowing on a card:

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