Changes

The Shepherd declares that this is the end. The edges of his clothes glow green as he activates his Skill, "Drone Craft Force"; once per Duel, Playmaker's monster will lose 200 ATK for every "Drone" card in his Graveyard. Ai panics and struggles to count them, and Shepherd finishes that it's five ("Demolition Drone", "Drone Launcher Unit", "Drone Pawn" and two "Sergeant"). Ai gasps in horror as he realizes that "Cyberse Magician" will lose 1000 ATK, and "Cyberse Magician" falls to 1500 ATK. "General" then gains that lost ATK, rising to 3900 ATK. He reminds them that now that he's Tributed "Drone Pawn", "General" is allowed to attack, and orders it to attack "Cyberse Magician". Playmaker activates the effect of "Cyberse Magician" in response since it is battling a Link Monster, allowing it to gain 1000 ATK, restoring it to 2500 ATK. Shepherd declares that it's not enough and orders "Cyberse Magician" to perish. "Battledrone General" fires four missiles, and Ai declares the "Cyberse Architect" effect of "Cyberse Magician" again. "Cyberse Magician" blasts the missiles with its laser before they strike and destroy it, reducing them to 200 LP. Ai gasps that they barely survived, but The Shepherd isn't done, attacking "Cyberse Witch" with "Medicdrone Dock". Ai screams that they'll have zero LP if this attack hits, and Playmaker activates a Trap Card, "[[Excess Lesser Linker]]" since a Link-2 or lower monster is battling, making its ATK equal to the ATK of the monster it is battling. "Cyberse Witch" increases to 1000 ATK and she charges forwards to meet "Medicdrone Dock" as they destroy one another. Ai gasps that they destroyed each other, and Shepherd admits that Playmaker is the first to have ever escaped his count during a Duel, and he tells Playmaker that he should feel proud. Then he declares that the effect of "Medicdrone Dock" will activate since it was destroyed, increasing their LP by 1000. He tells Playmaker to regain his LP, and Ai frantically protests that there's no need, it's far too kind, he shouldn't worry about them - and their LP increases to 1200. Ai laments that Shepherd stopped them from using their Skill. The Shepherd tells Playmaker to give up and hand over the Ignis, and Ai tells him to stop joking around; he and Playmaker are tied together by a strong trust and bond.

"Pawn" attacks Playmaker directly. The effect of "Cyberse Magician" halves all damage Playmaker takes (Playmaker: 2300 → 2000 LP). Shepherd activates the effects of "General", Tributing "Pawn" (Playmaker: 2000 → 1700 LP), then "Sergeant", allowing it to attack Playmaker directly. "Sergeant" attacks Playmaker directly (Playmaker: 1700 → 1300 LP), then Shepherd activates the effect of "General" (Playmaker: 1300 → 900 LP). Shepherd activates his Skill "Drone Craft Force", reducing the ATK of Playmaker's monster by 200 for each "Drone" card in his GY, then increasing the ATK of a "Drone" monster he controls by that same amount. He has five "Drone" cards in his GY, so he reduces the ATK of "Cyberse Magician" by 1000 and increases the ATK of "General" by the same amount ("Cyberse Magician": 2500 → 1500 ATK; "General": 2900 → 3900 ATK). "General" attacks "Cyberse Magician". As "Cyberse Magician" is battling Shepherd's Link Monster, it gains 1000 ATK during damage calculation ("Cyberse Magician": 1500 → 2500 ATK). The attack continues, and "Cyberse Magician" is destroyed (Playmaker: 900 → 200 LP). "Dock" attacks "Cyberse Witch". As a Link-2 or lower monster he controls is battling Shepherd's monster, Playmaker activates his face-down Trap Card "[[Excess Lesser Linker]]", changing the ATK of his monster to that of Shepherd's monster ("Cyberse Witch": 800 → 1000 ATK). The attack continues and both "Cyberse Witch" and "Dock" are destroyed. As "Dock" was destroyed, Shepherd activates its effect, letting either him or Playmaker gain 1000 LP. He chooses to increase Playmaker's LP (Playmaker: 200 → 1200 LP).