Bleach: A New Era Episode 3

"Dueling Punisher" is the 3rd episode of the series.

Ichigo is challenged by Ikkaku Madarame, a duelist that punishes duelists that he has beaten in a duel.

Featured Duel: Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Ikkaku Madarame
 Turn 1: Ichigo 

Ichigo draws. He then Normal Summons "Soul Seizer" (1500/???) in Attack Position. He then Sets two cards.

 Turn 2: Ikkaku 

Ikkaku draws. He then Normal Summons "Great Chain Mace" (1600/???) in Attack Position. He then activates "Pride of the Warrior" to Special Summon "Demon Spearman" (1300/???) in Attack Position and increase the ATK of "Great Chain Mace" by 500 ("Great Chain Mace": 1600 → 2100/???). "Great Chain Mace" attacks and destroys "Soul Seizer" (Ichigo 4000 → 3400). "Demon Spearman" attacks directly, but Ichigo activates his face-down "Training Mannequin" to Special Summon "Reaper of Spirits" (1700/???) from his hand in Attack Position and redirect the attack to it. "Reaper of Spirits" destroys "Demon Spearman" (Ikkaku 4000 → 3600). He then Sets a card.

 Turn 3: Ichigo 

Ichigo draws. He then Normal Summons "Lunar Reaper" (1100/???) in Attack Position. He then activates its effect to add "Monster Reborn" from his Deck to his hand. Since a monster activated its effect, Ikkaku activates his face-down "Cheating Punishment" to reduce the ATK of "Lunar Reaper" by 700 ("Lunar Reaper": 1100 → 400/???). "Reaper of Spirits" attacks and destroys "Great Chain Mace" (Ikkaku 3600 → 3500). "Lunar Reaper" attacks directly (Ikkaku 3500 → 3100).

 Turn 4: Ikkaku 

Ikkaku draws. He then activates "Lead The Squad" to revive "Demon Spearman" (1300/0) in Attack Position. He then Normal Summons "Third Commander Swordsman" (1900/0) in Attack Position. He then unites the Level 4 "Third Commander Swordsman" with the Level 3 "Demon Spearman" to Unite Summon "Hozukimaru" (2200/0) in Attack Position. He then equips "Hozukimaru" with "Three Way Pole". "Hozukimaru" attacks and destroys "Lunar Reaper" (Ichigo 3400 → 1600). Since "Hozukimaru" destroyed a monster by battle, the effect of "Three Way Pole" activates, inflicting 300 damage to Ichigo (Ichigo 1600 → 1300). He then activates the effect of "Hozukimaru" to detach a Unite Unit and allow it to attack again. "Hozukimaru" attacks and destroys "Reaper of Spirits" (Ichigo 1300 → 800). The effect of "Three Way Pole" activates (Ichigo 800 → 500).

 Turn 5: Ichigo 

Ichigo draws. He then activates "Monster Reborn" to revive "Soul Seizer" (1100/???) in Attack Position. He then activates its effect to activate the "Monster Reborn" in his Graveyard, reviving "Reaper of Sprits" (1700/???) in Attack Position. He then unites his Level 4 "Soul Seizer" and "Resper of Spirits" to Unite Summon "Zangetsu" (2500/2000) in Attack Position. He then activates his face-down "Change in Soul" to swap the ATK and DEF of "Hyozinmaru" ("Hyozinmaru": 2200 → 0/0 → 2200). He then activates the effect of "Zangetsu" to target "Reaper of Spirits" and increase its ATK by half the ATK of "Reaper of Spirits" ("Zangetsu": 2500 → 3350/2000). "Zangetsu" attacks and destroys "Hyozinmaru" (Ikkaku 3100 → 0).