"Fair enough - not that it'll do you any good," Alex drawled as he drew his new card, "I activate my facedown card, Mystical Space Typhoon, which destroys your Swords of Revealing Light! Then I activate Cards of Sanctity, which makes us all draw until we have six cards!"
Glancing at his new hand, Alex's grin widened.
"I sacrifice my Dark Magician to special summon my Dark Eradicator Warlock to the field," he announced, "and I'll then bring my Dark Magician back from the graveyard with Premature Burial, paying 800 life points to do so!"
"Hold on!" Nicola interrupted, "I activate Tornado Wall! So long as Umi is on the field, any form of damage to our life points becomes 0, so you don't need to lose life points!"
"Thanks, Nicola!" Alex cried, "And thanks to my Warlock's special ability, both of our opponents take 1000 points of damage to their life points!
"But I'm not done yet," he added, "I activate Lightning Vortex, which lets me destroy all face-up monsters on my opponent's side of the field, so long as I discard one card from my hand - say goodbye to Gemini Elf! Plus, my warlock deals you both another 1000 points of damage!"
Grinning triumphantly at the grim looks on his opponents' faces, Alex made his final move.
"I lay two facedowns - and then my Warlock will attack Blair's life points directly, while my Dark Magician attacks Jo's defence monster!"
The attacks raced towards their targets, the life point counter showing the current scores; Alex/Nicola 8000, Jo/Blair 4000.