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Doomkaiser Dragon
Card# CSOC-EN043


Doomkaiser Dragon's effect isn't just for Zombie World duelists: remember that its effect can swipe copies of Plaguespreader Zombie, too!
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UDC #5 Solution: String ’em Up!
Julia Hedberg and Jason Grabher-Meyer
 
“Hmm,” we thought to ourselves. “We need to do something splashy for the final Ultimate Duelist Challenge. Something that we haven't done before. Something that will really test the public's knowledge of the card pool.” We thought hard about it. “How about a recurring character contest? There are so many recurring characters in Yu-Gi-Oh! Let's do a contest where people try to find as many unique groups of three as possible.”
 
And thus, the final installment of the Ultimate Duelist Challenge was created. Entrants had to create strings of three cards that featured the same character. Once an entrant used a card, he or she couldn't use it again for a different character, so there was some planning involved for cards such as Return from the Different Dimension that featured multiple characters.
 
Little did we know how many recurring character strings people would come up with! We were sure to check every single one. Sometimes, we'd make it to string number 60 or so before finding an error—then we'd move to the next highest entry. Ouch! With a total of 57 strings, the winner of the final Ultimate Duelist Challenge is Saleh Salman M. from Springfield Gardens, New York. Want to see the winning entry? Here you go!
 
Character: Marauding Captain - 2 strings
         1. Marauding Captain
         2. Battle-Scarred
         3. Staunch Defender
 
        1. Reinforcement of the Army
        2. The Warrior Returning Alive
        3. Assault on GHQ
 
Character: Gagagigo - 4 strings
        1. Gagagigo
        2. Giga Gagagigo
        3. Gogiga Gagagigo
 
        1. Gigobyte
        3. Stumbling
 
        1. Triangle Power
        2. Monster Gate
        3. Des Counterblow
        
        1. Altar for Tribute (You can make out Gagagigo's tail and claws from the outline of the monster that is being offered.)
        2. Absolute End
        3. My Body as a Shield
 
Character: Freed - 2 strings
        1. Freed the Brave Wanderer
        2. Freed the Matchless General
        3. A Feint Plan
 
        1. Order to Charge
        2. D. D. Borderline
        3. Draining Shield
 
Character: Goblin of Greed - 2 strings
        1. Goblin of Greed
        2. Jar Robber
        3. Goblin Thief
 
        1. Bubble Crash
        2. Heavy Slump
        3. Good Goblin Housekeeping
 
Character: Goblin Attack Force - 2 strings
        1. Goblin Attack Force
        2. Hammer Shot
        3. Micro Ray
 
        1. Earthquake
        2. Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower
        3. Back to Square One (A mini version of GAF is on the depicted game board.)
 
Character: Mokey Mokey - 2 strings
        1. Mokey Mokey
        2. Mokey Mokey King
        3. Mokey Mokey Smackdown
 
        1. Human-Wave Tactics
        2. The Law of the Normal
 
Character: Don Zaloog - 1 string
        1. Don Zaloog
        2. Dark Scorpion Combination
        3. Needle Wall
 
Character: Cliff the Trap Remover - 1 string
        1. Cliff the Trap Remover
        2. Dark Scorpion Burglars
        3. Trap Dustshoot
 
Character: Chick the Yellow - 1 string
        2. Timidity
 
Character: Inpachi - 2 strings
        1. Inpachi
        2. Blazing Inpachi
        3. Woodborg Inpachi
 
        1. Charcoal Inpachi
        2. Two-Man Cell Battle
        3. Backfire
 
Character: Marron - 1 string
        1. Outstanding Dog Marron
        2. Mecha-Dog Marron
        3. Skull Dog Marron
 
Character: Sealmaster Meisei - 1 string
        1. Sealmaster Meisei
        2. Talisman of Trap Sealing
        3. Talisman of Spell Sealing
 
Character: Warrior Dai Grepher - 2 strings
        1. Warrior Dai Grepher
        2. The A. Forces
        3. Array of Revealing Light
 
        1. Falling Down
        2. Sakuretsu Armor (Dai Grepher donning armor after being transformed by Falling Down.)
        3. Morale Boost
 
Character: Invader of Darkness - 1 string
        1. Invader of Darkness
        2. Spirit Barrier
        3. Penalty Game!
 
Character: Terrorking Archfiend - 1 string
        1. Terrorking Archfiend
        2. Checkmate
        3. Archfiend's Roar
 
Character: D. D. Warrior Lady - 1 string
        1. D. D. Warrior Lady
        2. D. D. Designator
        3. Dimension Fusion
 
Character: Manticore of Darkness - 1 string
        1. Manticore of Darkness
        2. Threatening Roar
 
Character: Orca - 1 string
        2. Salvage
        3. Big Wave Small Wave
 
Character: Exodia - 2 strings
        1. Exodia the Forbidden One
 
        3. Exchange (Some Exodia pieces appear on this card.)
 
Character: Dark Blade - 1 string
        1. Dark Blade
        2. Formation Union
 
Character: Pitch-Dark Dragon - 1 string
        1. Pitch-Dark Dragon
        2. Union Rider
        3. Frontline Base
 
Character: Gaia - 1 string
        1. Gaia the Fierce Knight
        3. Gaia the Dragon Champion
 
Character: Dark Ruler Ha Des - 2 strings
        1. Dark Ruler Ha Des
        2. Skill Drain
        3. A Deal with Dark Ruler
 
        2. Bark of Dark Ruler
        3. Demotion
 
Character: Skull Servant - 1 string
        1. Skull Servant
        2. Ante
        3. Spirit Caller
 
Character: Behemoth - 1 string
        2. The Big March of Animals
        3. Cross Counter
 
Character: Gearfried - 1 string
        1. Gearfried the Iron Knight
        2. Release Restraint
        3. Gearfried the Swordmaster
 
Character: Mystic Swordsman - 1 string
        1. Mystic Swordsman LV2
        2. Mystic Swordsman LV4
        3. Mystic Swordsman LV6
 
Character: Silent Swordsman - 1 string
        1. Silent Swordsman LV3
        2. Silent Swordsman LV5
        3. Silent Swordsman LV7
 
Character: Ultimate Insect - 1 string
        1. Ultimate Insect LV1
        2. Ultimate Insect LV3
        3. Ultimate Insect LV5
 
Character: Armed Dragon - 1 string
        1. Armed Dragon LV3
        2. Armed Dragon LV5
        3. Armed Dragon LV7
 
Character: Horus the Black Flame Dragon - 1 string
 
Character: Red-Eyes B. Dragon - 1 string
        1. Red-Eyes B. Dragon
        2. Inferno Fire Blast
        3. Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon
 
Character: Harpie Lady 1 - 1 string
        1. Harpie Lady 1
        2. Harpies' Hunting Ground
        3. Triangle Ecstasy Spark
 
Character: Cannon Soldier - 1 string
        1. Cannon Soldier
        2. Covering Fire
        3. Divine Wrath
 
Character: Ojama Yellow - 1 string
        1. Ojama Yellow
        2. Ojama Trio
        3. Man-Thro' Tro'
 
Character: Tyrant Dragon - 1 string
        1. Tyrant Dragon
        2. The Dragon's Bead (A close-up shot of Tyrant Dragon's head.)
        3. A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon
 
Character: Paladin of White Dragon - 1 string
        1. Paladin of White Dragon
        2. White Dragon Ritual
        3. Ritual Weapon
 
Character: X-Head Cannon - 1 string
        1. X-Head Cannon
        2. XZ-Tank Cannon
        3. XY-Dragon Cannon
 
Character: Y-Dragon Head - 1 string
        1. Y-Dragon Head
        2. YZ-Tank Dragon
        3. XYZ-Dragon Cannon
 
Character: Gemini Elf - 1 string
        1. Gemini Elf
        2. Toon Gemini Elf
        3. Non-Spellcasting Area
 
Character: Blue-Eyes White Dragon - 1 string
        1. Blue-Eyes White Dragon
        2. Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon
        3. Burst Stream of Destruction
 
Character: Baby Dragon - 1 string
        1. Baby Dragon
        2. Thousand Dragon (Baby Dragon past its prime!)
        3. Soul Absorption (Only its head is shown among the flying souls.)
 
Character: Des Kangaroo - 1 string
        1. Des Kangaroo
        2. Destruction Punch
 
Character: Summoned Skull - 1 string
        1. Summoned Skull
        2. Toon Summoned Skull
        3. Skull Archfiend of Lightning (The powered-up, Archfiend version of Summoned Skull.)
 
Character: Dark Magician - 1 string
        1. Dark Magician
        2. Dark Magic Attack
        3. Dark Magician Knight  
 
Those are a lot of recurring characters, and it was a lot of work picking them all out. Some are easy to find like the LV monsters, but others required a lot of attention to detail. Congratulations to Saleh for a job well done!
 
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