First, the Disclaimer: Idon'town Yugioh GX.

Now for my Claimer, Idoown my Ocs, any cards I might make.

Go to the bottom of the chapter to find out why I restarted.

Enjoy.

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Chapter 1: The Carefree Hero and The Savage Sorcerer

Duel Monsters, the card game played all over the over the world. Adults, who were good enough, become pro duelists. Teens, trying to become pros, go to academies for Duel Monsters. Domino City, home to the best duelists who have ever played the game, such as Joey Wheeler, the good luck duelist, Seto Kaiba the CEO of the Kaiba Corporation, and the King of Games himself, Mr. Yugi Moto. Once a year, the Kaiba Dome has hopeful teens gather and prove they are worthy to enter the most famous academy, Duel Academy.

A boy walked up the hill to the dome. He had an athletic frame. He had black neck length hair, under black slightly worn fedora. He slid his aviator sunglasses off his maroon eyes. He wore a black sleeveless shirt with a big white angry skull, with point teeth, on the chest. The skull on his shirt was his own design. Each arm had a tattoo on it. The right arm had his skull design with two sorcerer staffs as the crossbones, on his shoulder, with runic symbols making a circle around it and more trailing down his arm to his wrist. His other arm had a skeleton Chinese dragon wrapped up his arm from his elbow to pass his shoulder. The dragon had flames coming out of its mouth. Under the shirt was a thin, lime green crystal hung as a necklace. He wore ripped baggy black jeans and black boots.

As he got to the top, his cell phone rang. "Hello?"

"Jet, is your brother there?"An older man voice asked.

"Let me check." He turned to one of the woman that checked kids' in. "Excuse me? Can you help me?"

"Yes, what can I do?"

"I'm looking for an applicant. His name is Jaden Yuki. I need to know if he has checked in yet."

The woman looked through the list. "No, not yet."

"Ok, thank you." He went back to his phone. "Not yet, but he does take after mom. He might not even be up yet."

"No, I called. She says he left a while ago."The man said.

"Have you called him?" The teen asked.

"Yes, he didn't answer."The man confirmed.

"Well, if he misses the test, then he'll have to come back next year."

"I guess. Good luck, kid."

"Thanks, Dad." He hung up. Before putting his phone away, Jet hit the speed dial.

"It's Jaden. Leave it at the beep." Jet hung up before sighing and placing his phone in his pocket.

'Jay, where the hell are you?'

It was another ten minutes when another teen runs up the hill. He looked almost exactly like Jet. He had messy brown hair and brown eyes, which was the only real difference between them. He was wearing red t-shirt, faded blue jeans, and red sneakers.

"Sorry, I'm a little late, bro. I forgot that the test was today." Jaden said, as he stopped.

Jet smirked. "Don't worry about it. Let's get in there."

"Don't we have to check in?" Jaden blinked.

"I did that while I was waiting for you." Jet chuckled.

"Oh, well let's move." The twins ran into the arena. They got to the main stands as a duel was finishing.

Boy: 3200 Lp

Proctor: 1900 Lp

The applicant was a teen boy around the twins' age with slick back dark grey hair, wearing a white uniform. He had a Vorse Raider (1900/1200) and facedown card.

The Proctor had a defensive wall of monsters, Giant Soldier of Stone (1300/2000), Gear Golem the Moving Fortress (800/2200), and Millennium Shield (0/3000). "Alright, Applicant." The Proctor called over to the teen. "Multiple choice; you have three high-ranking defensive monsters staring ya down, do you A: throw in the towel, B: beg for mercy, or C: run home to momma?"

"I'll go with D: none of the above!" The boy announced before activating his facedown. "I activate my trap card. With my Ring of Destruction, I can destroy any monster and we both take damage equal to its attack points."

A ring of red bombs appeared around the Vorse Raider's neck, exploding, sending a shockwave throughout the field. As the holograms disappeared the Proctor smiled.

"Clever move." He said. "Welcome to the academy."

The boy said as he bowed. "Thank you oh wise proctor."

"Wow, that guy really tore it up." Jaden said.

Another shorter boy looked at the Jaden. "Yeah, Bastion Misawa; they said he got a perfect score on his written exams out of all of us new applicants." The boy had light blue hair and grey eyes behind small glasses. He wore a dark blue uniform.

"Wow really, I barely made it through mine. Oh yeah, name's Jaden and he's Jet!" Jet simply nodded.

"Same here, my name's Syrus by the way, nice to meet ya." Syrus then looked somewhat depressed. "I kinda have a thing where I get test anxiety. I don't know how I won my duel."

"So you're in!" Jaden exclaimed slapping Syrus on the back. "Congratulations, we'll be too as soon as we have our duels."

"You guys haven't dueled yet? Cause I think that duel was the last one." Syrus said.

While the boys talked, Academy faculty members in the VIP seats, were watching the duels and talking amongst themselves.

"Looks like we've got a pretty good crop this year." One of them said.

"Yes, indeed." Another teacher agreed.

Right next to them, another teacher sat there silently, not paying attention to the other teachers' talk. He was person who could easily be mistaken as woman if you didn't know who he was. He wore a blue blazer with some gold shoulder plates and trimmings along with a ruffled pink collar. He also styled his blonde hair in a ponytail and wore makeup. This was Dr. Vellian Crowler, headmaster of the Obelisk Blue Boys Dorm.

He was about to get up and leave when…

"I'm sorry to interrupt," A man in a black, business suit appeared stopping Crowler from leaving. "But two more applicants have arrived to take their exams, Mr. Crowler."

"Excuse me," Crowler said with almost a scowl. "Did you just call me, 'mister'?"

"I'm sorry," The man apologized. "I'm new here Miss…"

Before he could continue, Crowler interrupted him. "I have a PhD in dueling to earn the title 'doctor' thank you." Dr. Crowler was very serious about his title, sometimes a little too serious. He then looked away. "Now tell the truants that they'll have to come back next year."

The other teachers looked at him like he lost his mind.

"Come on, Dr. Crowler, we have time for two more."

"Yes, let's give the duelists there shot."

As they pleaded him, Dr. Crowler looked as though he was about to reach breaking point. "THEY ARE LATE AND LATE IS RUDE!" He slammed his hands down, freaking out the other people around him.

"Sir, they had two minutes left before the cut off." The man said.

"I don't care! I have no time for slackers!" That is when his cell phone rang. He pulled it out of his pocket and answered it a bored tone. "Hello, who may I ask is…?"

Before Crowler could continue, another voice on the other hand interrupted him. "It's Sheppard."

"Oh, Chancellor Sheppard, how nice of you to call. How are you today?" Crowler said, changing his tone to a pleasant one.

"Just calling to make sure everything is running smoothly." Chancellor Sheppard said. "We wouldn't want a repeat of what happened last year." That made Crowler a bit uneasy as he remembered what happened. "You cut a third of our student applicants because someone called you 'mister' or 'missus'? Never mind, just make sure everyone gets a fair shot!"

"Yes, of course, sir." Crowler said as he hung up before scowling. "Fine, I will test them myself." He walked away.

Over the teachers were three students, two guys and a girl. One of the guys was leaning against the rail. He was tall and tan with short spiky blonde hair and blue eyes. He wore a white long-tailed coat with blue trim, blue Hawaiian pattern surfer shorts and flip-flops. His coat was open revealing part of his chest and stomach. The other boy was the same height as his friend. He had long dark blue hair and eyes. He wore the same coat and blue pants. The girl had a fit, athletic build. She had a long sandy blonde hair and light brown eyes. She was wearing a white sleeveless top with blue trim, blue miniskirt and blue high-heel boots.

"So, what did Sheppard say about this new dorm again?" The blonde boy asked.

"That isn't something we should talk about here." The other boy shook his head.

"We're looking for applicants who are extremely talented. Like that guy who just finished. He seems very good." The girl said.

Up in the stands Bastion had returned to his seat and began putting his things back into his bag. "Tight duel Bastion." Bastion looked up and saw Jaden and Jet looking down upon him from the other side of the row of seats.

"It was a great duel to watch." Jet said.

"Thank you." Bastion replied.

"I'm Jet. The Flash, next to me, is my twin brother, Jaden. And the Runt, sitting here, is Syrus." Jet introduced, offering his hand which Bastion accepted and shook.

"Charmed." Bastion replied.

"Y'know judging by your display you might just be the third best duelist here." Jaden said his trademark grin spread across his face whilst Jet rolled his eyes a voice then came over the PA system.

"Will duelists 110 and 111 report to Dueling Field 4? I repeat, will duelists 110 and 111 report to Dueling Field 4?"

"That's us, bro." Jet claimed.

"Wish us luck guys." Jaden said as he and Jet went through their bags and took out their duel disks before heading off. Both had the second generation Duel Disks. Jet's was black and Jaden's was the regular color.

"Sy, can you watch our stuff?"

Syrus blinked then nodded. "Uh...sure."

"Wait." Bastion said, which made them stop in their tracks. "If I'm the third, who are second and first?"

"I'm the second and he's the first." Jet responded as he walked down the stairs. Jaden quickly caught up with him.

The two boys stepped onto the dueling field, duel disks at the ready and at the other end Crowler was waiting for them. "Alright, who's first?" The two boys looked at each other, Jet then nodded

and took a step back, allowing Jaden to take the field. "Your name, son?" Crowler asked.

"Ah Jaden, Jaden Yuki." Jaden said standing to attention while Jet sighed and shook his head.

"Well, ah Jaden Yuki, I'm Dr Vellian Crowler, department chair of techniques here at Duel Academy." Crowler smiled.

"Well, you might want to take off the Halloween costume, Doc. October is next." Jet joked, causing Jaden and some audience to laugh and others to mutter about the two. That joke made Crowler freak out in his mind.

Crowler, trying to keep calm, activated his duel vest. "Y'know that's a some pretty sweet gear, where can I get one of those?" Jaden asked.

"Oh, a lot of hard work, high marks and dedication," Crowler answered. "Of course, you have to be accepted first." He then mentally added, 'Which I will make sure you don't.'

"Seems like a lot of work for something that looks terribly cheesy." Jet sighed.

"Well, now that you mention it. It is a little strange looking." Jaden cocked his head, looking at it.

"Jay, don't go easy on him. Just kick his ass so we can be done with this." Jet said, as he leaned against the wall behind him.

A bearded man walked up to Jet. "Can you come with me?" Jet nodded and followed him.

Crowler: 4000 Lp

Jaden: 4000 Lp

"Here goes," Jaden said as he drew his first card and looked at his hand. "Sweet, I'm going to summon Elemental Hero Avian (1000/1000) in defense mode!" As he placed the card horizontally on the field, a green bird man appeared and knelt on its card image. "I'll also throw down a face-down." The image of a face-down card appeared on Jaden's field.

"Alright, get your game on!" Jaden said excitedly.

"Yes, of course." Dr. Crowler said dismissively as he drew his card. 'Don't tell me what to do!' He then took a look at his hand. 'After all, since I'm using my own personal deck rather than those puny test ones, I'll be calling all the shots. I'll fail that miserable little brat and send him home in no time flat.' He grinned as he saw the cards in his hand. "I think I'll start out nice and easy, by playing the spell card Confiscation!"

"Okay, so what's it do?" Jaden asked.

"What it does is allow me to pay 1000 life points to take a look at your hand and toss one of your cards to the graveyard." As his explanation finished, holographic images of Jaden's cards appeared. They were Monster Reborn, The Warrior Returning Alive, Hero Signal, and Polymerization.

C: 3000 Lp

J: 4000 Lp

"Ah yes, I remember some of these when I was a naive rookie. Now which one shall I banish?" He looked at each card carefully and made his decision. "I know, Monster Reborn to the graveyard!" Jaden's Monster Reborn card was sent there. "Next I'll set two cards face down." Two face-down cards appeared in front of Crowler and he then took one more card and showed it to Jaden. "And last, but not least, I play Heavy Storm! This spell card destroys every other spell and trap card that's out on the field."

A massive storm began to form and Jaden's face-down Draining Shield was destroyed as well as Crowler's two facedown cards. Jaden even noticed this. "Woopsie, did you forget that you had two cards on the field as well?" Jaden said teasingly.

"Now, now, young scholar, you mustn't speak out-of-turn." Crowler countered as he waggled his finger. After that dark clouds began to form around his side of the field.

"Hey, what's happening?"

"Nothing's happening." Crowler said dismissively before adding. "Not yet anyway!" Just as he did, two yellow worm-like creatures appeared on his side of the field. (1000/1000) "But that's about to change."

"What an elitist snob." The girl said. "Bullying some kid with his very best cards."

"You're too soft, Alexis." The blue haired boy spoke up. "I just hope we get to see that legendary rare card Crowler had stashed in that deck of his."

"I don't know, Zane. I'm with Alexis on this one. Crowler could have waited a few rounds before trying to summoning his head-liner." The blonde guy said.

"Thank you, Johnny."

"Ready for your next lesson?" Crowler called to Jaden from his side of the field.

"You bet!" Jaden replied with an excited laugh. "I can't remember the last time learning was this much fun!"

Crowler simply regarded it negatively. "Yes, well I am quite the teacher, thank you." His monsters then started to glow and started writhing in flames. "And now I sacrifice my two Wicked Tokens to summon Ancient Gear Golem (3000/3000)!" In the place of Crowler's worm-like creatures stood a giant robotic monster that one could clearly see the working gears of it. Once again audience members were in awe of the sight of the monster, more so than its stats.

"Now, now, I hope you're not too scared of my legendary Ancient Gear Golem." Crowler said sarcastically towards Jaden.

Jaden, however, looked as though he was having the time of his life! "No way, I've always wanted to take one on."

Dr. Crowler cackled. "Golem attack, Mechanized Melee!" His Ancient Gear Golem's red eye glowed slightly before pulling back its fist and punched Jaden's Avian to millions of tiny pieces. A transparent version of Ancient Gear Golem's fist slammed into Jaden's body.

C: 3000 Lp

J: 2000 Lp

Crowler noticed that Jaden's body was shaking and laughed. "Now don't feel bad, young scholar." He taunted. "This is the top dueling school in the country, some people simply aren't…" Crowler's voice paused and listened as the sounds of sobbing changed to that of laughter. "…aren't…cut out…for it."

"Now I really wanna come to this school now!" He exclaimed excitedly. "You really know your stuff, teach!"

This actually took Crower by surprise before he began to scowl angrily at Jaden. 'Doesn't he take a hint? He will not be permitted to pass this exam!' He cursed mentally. 'And he will certainly not make a mockery of my deck!'

'Just look at him tremble.' Jaden mused as he reached to draw a card from his deck and drew. 'He must really be impressed by me!' He looked at his hand. "I summon Elemental Hero Burstinatrix." A gray-skinned woman in a red body-suit appeared and landed on the field. (1200/800) "Now, I play Miracle Fusion, allowing me to fuse a monster in my graveyard and my field. I fuse my Burstinatrix with my Avian in the grave." A new monster appeared with one of Avian's wings along with a few of Burstinatrix's colors. The only thing that neither monster had was the dragon-like hand on the monster's left arm (2100/1200). "And there he is, Elemental Hero Flame-Wingman! Hope your Golem's ready for a Clash of the Titans!"

"I must say, you're dueling quite well for an amateur but next time try summoning a monster with more attack points than the one that's already out." Crowler said with an uncaring voice. "Alright, young scholar," Crowler said in an almost exasperated tone, "I don't mean to rush you but I am a busy man...are you done yet?"

"Of course I'm not done yet!" Jaden replied as he took the card he drew and opened the field spell slot of his duel disk. "And, of course, I knew my Wingman had less attack points than your golem." He then placed the card in the field spell slot. "That's why I'm activating the field spell, Skyscraper!" After he played the card, buildings that you would normally see in a big city like New York, literally, sprouted up from the field.

In the middle of the cityscape, Crowler's Golem looked like a giant monster attacking the city itself. Meanwhile, Jaden's Wingman was perched on top of the highest building's steeple roof's lightning rod with its arms crossed.

"Alright, Flame Wingman." Jaden called out. "Time to show those heroics!" He then pointed at the gear machine. "Attack that Ancient Gear Golem with Skydive Scorcher!" After he announced that, Flame Wingman jumped from the building it stood on and dove towards Crowler's monster.

"Fine, bring him on," Crowler said as though he wasn't worried. "This field spell of yours hasn't lowered a single attack point of my Golem!" Flame Wingman then landed on the pavement in front of the Ancient Gear Golem before leaping up into the air again.

"You're right, teach," Jaden revealed, confusing Crowler. "What it's done is raise my Flame Wingman's attack by a total of 1000 points!"

"Wait, Time Out!" Crowler cried, but it didn't stop Flame Wingman's attack as it launched itself at the Ancient Gear Golem as flames covered its body (3100/2100). Crowler looked as though he was going to have a panic attack as Jaden's monster slammed into his, breaking pieces of it off.

"No, he was my best card!" Crowler complained before a piece of debris fell on his head giving the good doctor a good headache.

"And I don't want to forget my Wingman's special power." Jaden said, catching Crowler's attention. "You see, when Wingman destroys a monster in battle, the attack points of that monster are dealt as damage to your life points."

Just as Jaden said that, the crumbled pieces of Ancient Gear Golem fell on top of Crowler burying him in its pieces, despite his attempts to get away.

J: 2000 Lp

C: 0000 Lp

"Wow, that kid is pretty good. Think he will make it into the dorm?" Johnny asked.

Zane nodded. "There's a good chance."

"Let's see if his brother is as good." Alexis said.

Down on the field...

"What is your name?" The Procter asked.

"Jet." Jet answered, coldly.

"Here are the rules: Win and get in. Lose and you have to try next year." The Procter said.

"I figured." Rock shook his head. "Can we get on with this?"

Jet: 4000 Lp

Procter: 4000 Lp

"I'll start first." Jet said, drawing his five cards, then drew his sixth card.

"By all means." The Procter offered.

Jet studied his hand. "I summon a favorite girl of mine, Charmcaster." A silver haired teen girl appeared on the field. She wore a purple leather trench coat and purple pants. Around her waist was bag with two buttons for eyes and the zipper was the mouth. (1800/1500)

"And she is summoned, she brings out a pet." The girl reached into her bag and tossed a small stone aside. The stone grew into a large rock-ape monster with glowing purple lines on its body. (1400/100)

"I set a card facedown. Now go ahead and take your turn."

The proctor drew his card. "Not bad, young man." He looked as his card and then his opponent's field. "I play Gene-Warped Werewolf." A tall, white beast-man with four arms appeared. (2000/100)

"This gonna be fun." Jet grinned savagely.

"Let's see how fun you think it is when my Werewolf attacks!" The beast-man charged in for an attack, aimed for rock monster. The white beast was close to striking when it was stopped by a large clear dome.

The Procter arched an eyebrow as his monster returned to his field. "What card was that?"

Jet chuckled. "That was Arcanic Spell- Shield. When this card is activated, my monsters can't be destroyed, nor do I take damage of any kind."

"I've heard about the Arcanic Spell cards. They can only be used when a Spellcaster is on your field, if I remember correctly."

Jet didn't answer.

"Well, I place two facedown cards and end my turn."

Jet drew his card and added it to his hand before restudying his hand. "I'll bring out my Dark Red Enchanter by sacrificing my token." The rock monster vanished, a man wearing red robes, golden shoulder guards and a gold helmet, with a golden scepter with an orange jewel the middle appeared in its place. (1700/2200)

"When he is summoned, two spell counters are place on him. And he gains 300 attack points for each one." Jet explained. (1700/2200-2300/2200)

"Enchanter, attack his Werewolf!" The orb on the spellcaster's staff began to glow before he sent a red surge of magic energy at his target.

"My trap stops your attack." The Procter activated Mirror Force.

"Shit..." Jet cursed under his breath, as his monsters were destroyed. He sighed as he looked down at his hand.

He saw one card in his hand. "Summon me. We both know I can help."

'I was trying to avoid using you and some of the others for now.' The teen thought.

"I understand but you don't have any other options right now."

Jet nodded. "I activate the effect of the monster in my hand, if you have a monster on the field with 2000 or more attack points and I have no monsters on the field, I can special summon another favorite chica of mine, Dark Empath." A figure rose from Jet's shadow, the figure was a young woman with black hair, purple eyes with a red gem in the middle of her forehead. She wore a black bodysuit under a purple hood and cloak. Red gems were strung together to make a belt around her waist with two more on her gloves. (2400/1600)

Jet set a facedown card as his monster pulled her hood up. "With one card facedown, I end my turn."

The Procter drew. "I activate my Dust Tornado." A tornado shot up under Jet's facedown and destroyed it. "I play Rush Recklessly to raise the power of my Gene-Warped Werewolf." (2000/100-2700/100)

"Werewolf, attack his Empath!" The beast charged Dark Empath.

Jet grinned. "Dark Empath, destroy his beast." (2400/1600-3100/1600)

Empath's hands became consumed in black energy. "Azarath Metrion ZINTHOS!" The beast man was forced off its feet and sent backwards then landed near the Procter's feet before shattering.

J: 4000 Lp

P: 3600 Lp

"Before you ask, my Empath has special ability. I choose one monster on your field, and for every level that monster has, she take an effect you use and allow me to use it." Jet explained.

"When I used Rush Recklessly to raise my monster's attack points, your monster copied the effect and raised her own." The Procter realized. "Nice move. I set a monster and let you make your turn."

The teen drew his card. "I tired of playing games with you. I activate my Ancient Rules. Now, I get to summon my Dark Magician!" The Dark Magician appeared in a burst of light. This magician wasn't the one Yugi Moto used. This Dark Magician had blue-ish pale skin and long white hair. He wore black armor with white trim and black robes under the armor. Unlike the other Dark Magicians, his staff was the same color as his armor. (2500/2100)

The crowd as well as the Procter were in awe as this monster appeared and floated near the young woman. "Now, I activate Thousand Knives, which destroys one monster while the Dark Magician is on the field." As the Magician duelist spoke, 1000 knives appeared, making a dome around the facedown monster. Dark Magician snapped his fingers causing the knives to shower down on the hidden monster, destroying it.

"Dark Empath, attack him directly." The woman's hand were consumed in dark magic once more, she blasted the Procter with her mystical energy. "Azarath Metrion ZINTHOS!"

J: 4000 Lp

P: 1200 Lp

The teen turned and started to walk away. "Dark Magician, end this." The Magician spun his staff then charged a dark magic orb into the staff and shot it at the man. "Dark Magic Attack!"

J: 4000 Lp

P: 0000 Lp

"Alright they did it, they won." Syrus cheered.

'I could use some competition and those two aren't going to make it easy for me.'Bastion thought smiling.

Alexis smiled widely, as she watched the two victorious boys. "Wow, those two definitely have a bright future at the Academy."

Zane just walked away as he pulled out his phone.

Johnny stretched. "I think they'll be in the new dorm."

Jet walked back up to his brother and new friends. "Bro, you really tore it up."

"Thanks, you were great too." Jet nodded.

Bastion looked up at him. "Those were some rare Spellcasters you used."

"I know."

"Will all accepted applicants gather their belongings and go to the helipads."

"That's us." Bastion said.

The four of them got their bags and left for the roof.

Meanwhile...

Zane was in the hallway on his phone. "Sir, there are three students I saw that have the skill to be in the new dorm."

On the other end of the line was Chancellor Sheppard. "Who?"

"Bastion Misawa, Jaden and Jet Yuki."

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(I'm restarting this because I put in way too many Ocs in the first version. Some of them will be coming back. I'm going back to the Island because it turns out the island played a big role. I'm going to be making some changes to the island though. Like the new dorm, that dorm will focus more the actual talent of the student, rather than money, grades or who their parents are. And yes, this chapter was a little short, they will be longer.)

(Card Information)

Charmcaster

Level: 4

Dark/Spellcaster

1800/1500

Effect: When this monster is summoned, special summon a "Rock Monster Token" to the field. If this monster destroys an opponent's monster, special summon a "Rock Monster Token" to the field.

(Charmcaster from the original Ben 10 series.)

Rock Monster Token

Level: 3

Dark/Spellcaster

1400/100

Effect: This monster can only be summon from Charmcaster's effect. This monster can only be sacrificed to summon a Spellcaster monster. As long as Charmcaster is on the field, this monster can't be destroyed in battle. Each one of these monsters can take one attack for Charmcaster per turn.

(Charmcaster's rock monsters from Ben 10 Alien Force and Ultimate Alien.)

Dark Empath

Level: 6

Dark/Spellcaster

2400/1600

Effect: When this monster is summoned, choose one monster on your opponent's field. After that, you can copy any effect that your opponent activates for every star that monster has. When you use those up, choose another monster.

(Raven from the Teen Titans comic.)

Arcanic Spell- Shield

Counter Trap

Effect: Activate only when you have a Spellcaster on the field. Negate the destruction of all card your field and from taking any damage.

(A white magical seal.)

(These card were made by me. Use them and die! ...or give me credit. Preferably the second one. Nobody wants to die.)