If the required tributes aren't present, than Obelisk 'only' has 4000 ATK and the generic Egyptian God protection. The anime versions of the god cards have overpowered effects but, in Obelisk's case, two tributes are required for the card's signature abilities to be activated. Kaiba's victory wouldn't be assured, even if Obelisk is summoned. I hope Kaiba is ready to repent, because I don't really like his chances all that much in any of the rounds. I don't think the overall dynamic changes that much, the flaw in Kaiba's strategy wasn't one that could be solved through some more offensive ability, perhaps things would be different if he had access to the real life effect of Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon (destroying one monster the opponent controls per turn), but he doesn't. Seto could still win if an attack by Obelisk connects while Soul Energy MAX is active (infinite battle damage via infinite ATK), if Obelisk's burn effect (4000 points) is activated at the right time, or if he combos Ring of Destruction and Ring of Protection at the right time, but his options are overall limited.Īdding in ARC-V and DSoD and ignoring that mixing the decks would actually be really bad for effectiveness (assuming that the ideal cards are drawn at the proper moment, basically), Kite gets access to more swarming, more ATK boosting, significantly more protection and boss monsters which can take control of the opponent's monsters (all of them with Neo Galaxy-Eyes Cipher) and Kaiba gets access to more speed, protection and better boss monsters with effects that increase attack effectiveness through things like multiple attacks or allow for burn damage. If Prime Photon Dragon or Dragluon hit the field, Kaiba's situation becomes nearly hopeless, Dragluon especially is practically the perfect anti-Kaiba card.

This is all using base ZEXAL Kite, peak Kite (from the Mizar moon duel), also gets access to a number of boss monsters that are simply on a different level: Prime Photon Dragon (4000 ATK, Number immunity, major ATK boosting, can return with multiplied ATK if it ever leaves the field in any way), Dyson Sphere (2800 ATK, Number immunity, can negate attacks and can direct attack if the opponent has a higher ATK card) and, most of all, Dragluon (3000 ATK, Number immunity, can't be targeted for effects or attacks, negates the effects of Dragon-Types controlled by the opponent, allows for special summoning dragons ignoring summoning conditions or taking control of the opponent's dragon monsters). Kite's deck has decent protection from battle/effect damage and banishing, as well as some comeback ability through bringing back monsters from the graveyard, so I think his chances are still better despite that weakness, but Kaiba can really do a number on him if he gets access to the right cards early enough/if Kite has the misfortune of having a hand made up primarily of cards which can't be used unless the opponent has XYZ monsters.

There are a few things that might complicate things for Kite though, namely that a number of his cards are built with countering/taking advantage of XYZ monsters in mind (making them useless draws against Kaiba) and that Kaiba's deck does contain a few cards which would absolutely destroy his strategy ( Kaiba's Crush Card Virus and Virus Cannon would devastate Kite's heavily spell dependent power deck). Kaiba will have a really hard time hanging on if Kite gets his board going, even more so due to devastating spell cards like Destiny Overlay (can use Kaiba's own monsters for an XYZ summon) or powerful boss monsters like Neo Galaxy-Eyes (which would disable all of Kaiba's effect monsters, aside from it's immense ATK). Kite's deck can also boost offensive ability further via giving his monsters additional attacks (Miracle Galaxy) or inflicting consistent and heavy burn damage multiple times per turn (Photon World). Kite would likely have the advantage, his deck is built to swarm the field and put really high powered monsters on the board fast and so the power advantage Kaiba is used to having would not apply (in the least, Kite's basic monsters tend to have 2000 ATK and upwards and he also uses Numbers cards, which means destruction by battle is not even available to Kaiba for a number of monsters).

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