The Twilight King’s shadowed partner played Mark of the Ziggurat, a legendary countdown card with a ticking doomsday effect. If it reached zero, all creatures on the battlefield would be destroyed, and players would take massive damage for each creature lost. As the ominous countdown began, Jaeden felt a surge of hope—he had a trap card ready, still untouched and waiting to spring. King Cicero, confident and arrogant, set two more cards face down, then dismissed them with a mocking yawn. The brothers’ turn approached, but they were racing against the clock in more ways than one.

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