Amethyst vs BlackKnight

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This is a DynaMic Network Podcast. Hi, welcome to
the Dynamic Duel Podcast, a weekly show where we

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review superhero films and debate the
superiority between Marvel and DC by comparing

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their characters in stat-based battle
simulations. I'm Johnny DC and I'm his twin

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brother, Marvelous Joe. And in this episode, we
are doing a duel between the sword-wielding,

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fantasy-esque characters of DC's Amethyst and
Marvel's Black Knight. Yeah, Black Knight is

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actually one of my favorite characters. I don't
know why, but I've always just kind of gravitated

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toward him. I was really excited when he was in the
Eternals movie played by Kit Harrington,

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although it was just Dane Whitman. We didn't
actually get to see the Black Knight. Maybe

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eventually we'll get to see the character in the
MCU at some point. But I know for a fact that we will

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never see Amethyst in live action. That's all I
know. Well, that's not true at all. Actually,

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James Gunn has hinted that they're looking into
doing an Amethyst movie. He's hinted at a lot of

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things. Okay? Amethyst would actually be a
spectacular movie. It's like the ultimate girl

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fantasy story. It's an Isakai where she's like a
forgotten lost princess. It's tailor-made for

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that demographic. Cool. Yeah, it is. I have
daughters. It's really cool. I have a daughter

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too, but there's no way I'd ever let her watch it.
Not because it wouldn't be good, but because it's

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DC and it's forbidden in my house. Oh yeah, I get
that. To this day, like anytime we put in a new

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movie, my girls ask me, wait, is this a Marvel
movie? Are you trying to trick us into watching a

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Marvel movie? And I'm like, why would I do that? You
indoctrinating piece of shit. Well, I hope Black

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Knight wins because of that and we'll get into that
matchup later on this episode. Before that, we're

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going to break down the latest comic book,
actually video game news that came out this past

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week. Yeah, there's not a lot of movie news, but we
did get the official gameplay trailer for

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Marvel's Wolverine. That's going to be on the
PlayStation. As always, we list our segment times

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in our episode description, so feel free to check
out the show notes if you want to skip ahead to a

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particular topic. Our artificially intelligent
dual simulator, AJ9K, has a quick message for our

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listeners. So listen up. Thanks AJ9K and thanks to
everyone who supports the podcast. Guys, be sure

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to tune into the other shows and the Dynamite
Podcast Network this week, including the console

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combat podcast, where hosts John and Dean
simulate battles between popular video game

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characters. In yesterday's episode, they
determined who would win between Nightmare of

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Soul Calibur and War from Darksiders. Over on the
Max Destruction podcast, hosts Scotty and Gilly

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pay your favor action heroes from film and
television against each other. On Wednesday,

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they're going to find out who would win between
Werewolf by Night and Van Helsing. Werewolf by

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Night's obviously going to take that, obviously.
No, no. It's Van Helsing, dude. He could transform

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into a Werewolf. That's true. The Hugh Jackman
version, right? Yeah, that's the version they're

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going with. The Hugh Jackass version. What the
fuck did you just say? The Hugh Jackoff version.

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Oh, okay. On the Central World podcast, hosts
Zachary Hepburn speculates on fights between fan

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favorite anime and manga characters. In his next
episode, Zach is revealing who would win between

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Whitebeard and Kampachi, both from One Piece.
Visit dynamicpodcasts.com or click the link in

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our show notes to listen to all of the shows in the
Dynamite Podcast Network. But with that out of the

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way, quick to the no prize. A no prize is an award
that Marvel used to give out to fans. Our version,

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the Dynamic Dual No Prize, is a digital award we
post on Instagram for the person that We Feel gave

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the best answer to our question of the week. Last
week, we asked you guys, what was your favorite

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story within the Deadpool Batman crossover comic
book and why? And we got one answer. Yeah, I don't

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know if a whole lot of listeners of this show
actually read the comic books because, yeah, only

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a single person called in. So congrats to Noah
Terry, you win this week's no prize. And he said,

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hey guys, within the Deadpool slash Batman
crossover comic, we all know the best story and

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that's the dead of night where the dark night and
the merc with the mouth meet up. It's just the

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perfect team up. I never knew I needed it. It's
hilarious. The art is amazing. The story is

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fantastic. I'm not saying the other stories
weren't solved, but this was definitely a no

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brainer first pick for me. So that's my answer.
Thanks. Bye guys. I think one of the best things

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about the Deadpool Batman crossover comic book
was how clearly the writer seemed to nail Ryan

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Reynolds voice. Just his comedic style that the
character has used in the films, which is mostly on

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par with Deadpool's comedic style from the comic
books. It was just a joy to read when I read Deadpool

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comic books. Now it's definitely in Ryan Reynolds
voice. When I read Batman, it's definitely in

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Kevin Conroy's voice. The Joker showed up in that
issue. I definitely read it in Mark Hamill's voice

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and it was all just so well written and clear and
hilarious on top of everything else. It was such a

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blast. Like Noah said, it was the crossover event.
I didn't know I needed. Yeah, I was not really

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looking forward to a Deadpool Batman crossover
because we've had so many Batman crossovers. I

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never really wanted to see him go up against
Deadpool, not realizing that they are the perfect

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foils for each other. And it just made for a really,
really fun story. And yeah, I totally read

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Deadpool in Ryan Reynolds voice. And I think it's
because it was written by Zeb Wells, who was the

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co-writer on the Deadpool and Wolverine movie.
Yeah, absolutely. So he definitely knew the tone

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of the character and how to nail that. You're
right. They were the perfect foils for each other.

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I love how Batman just could not tolerate Deadpool
shit and Deadpool could not help but love how cool

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Batman was. It was great. It was great. But besides
that one, what was your favorite storyline? Well,

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as much as I wanted to like the Daredevil green
arrow crossover, it was too cliche for me, which

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was surprising. Given that it was written by Kevin
Smith, who was a solid comic book writer. I think

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actually the one that surprised me the most was the
Wonder Woman and Captain America crossover. Oh,

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man. Because the reveal that it was a conjoined
Marvel and DC universe out of the multiverse was a

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pretty good twist. And it totally makes sense that
Wonder Woman and Steve Rogers would be into each

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other because Steve Rogers is a lot like Steve
Trevor, you know, they would totally get it on.

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Dude, I want more from the Infinityverse. I think
that's what they called it in that storyline.

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Yeah. Because that was spectacular. I was
actually going to choose that one, too. But I guess

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if I had to choose another one that I really liked,
it would have been the Rocket Raccoon and Green

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Lantern crossover. Where it was like the
Guardians of the Universe and the Guardians of the

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Galaxy. I thought that was pretty cool,
especially with that twist ending where Hal

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Jordan gets the Infinity Gauntlet. Right. And
that was pretty good. Well, thanks, Noa Terry, for

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reading the comic book and for calling in with your
answer. You win this week's No Prize. If you the

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listener want a shot at winning your own No Prize,
stay tuned till later on this episode when we'll be

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asking another. Question of the week. And now that
that's done, on to the news. All right, this past

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week we got the first official gameplay trailer
for the upcoming Wolverine video game made by

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Insomniac for the PlayStation 5. It's coming out
late in 2026. About a year from now. It looks really

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damn good. As good as the Spider-Man game is for the
character of Spider-Man, this game looks like the

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same level of quality for the character of
Wolverine. The movement of the character through

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the environment, the camera motions and the fight
mechanics look just so well polished and true to

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character. It just looks amazing. And hyper
violent as it should. Right. I mean, I would expect

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no less from a Wolverine video game where you
straight up stab people in the face. I will say that

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this trailer got more violent than I was
expecting. It's definitely rated to

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infirmature. We're talking like Mortal Kombat
levels of violence as opposed to like Spider-Man

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levels of violence from that video game. We see him
straight up rip dudes in half down the middle. And

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what I thought was interesting too is that these
guys are also like part robots seemingly or

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they're wearing like some high tech gear. I
thought we would have seen Wolverine turn to a

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couple of robots, but they're like, no, all
humans. Yeah, these robots are going to have

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blood, right? He's not just tearing through
circuitry here. We're going to make sure that

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they're at least cyborgs. So there's some blood is
what the developers said. It looks like we get so

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many different classic versions of Wolverine
because the character is just so versatile in the

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world of Marvel. He fits right at home, you know, in
Westchester with Xavier school as a teacher, but

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he can also feel very Western, you know, with his
cowboy hat and stuff. He could also feel very like

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East Asian with stories set in Japan or Madropore
or like in the middle of a Canadian forest in the

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Rockies in the mountains, being a wild animal in
the snow in the city. There's just so many

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different directions you can take the character
and to that end, we're getting a whole lot more

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level designs here than we do from like your
typical Insomniac Spider-Man game, which

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largely takes place in Manhattan. Yeah, when you
compare this to something like Batman Arkham

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Knight or Arkham City, which takes place entirely
in Gotham or like you mentioned, the Spider-Man

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games, this doesn't feel open world to me, but
that's not a bad thing. No, not necessarily. It

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looks very level based. I don't think you could
actually like walk from the Canadian Rockies to

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Japan in this game. I don't think it is open world
like those other games, but I might be wrong. You

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know, you may just have to go to the airport and then
there'll be a cutscene where he's traveling or

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something. He does have his motorcycle in a few of
these levels, which looks super sick wearing the

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yellow costume, the yellow costume, which looks
very influenced by the design that was in the MCU in

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the Deadpool and Wolverine film. It looks really
cool. I guess the one nitpick I have and this

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definitely is a nitpick because I brought it up
with our executive producers and Zach kind of set

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me straight because I was talking about how the
fight system incorporates so many different

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things. So many combos, kind of like with
Spider-Man, that it's kind of ridiculous because

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it makes no sense for a guy to still be standing
after the first Adamantium Claw slash, right?

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Like if you get slash with Adamantium Claw, you're
basically done. But some of these combos in this

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Wolverine game fight system incorporate like 10
plus hits, which is just kind of ridiculous. It's

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such overkill. But Zach, one of our executive
producers and the host of Central World was like,

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yeah, but Wolverine's kind of about overkill when
he's in his berserker rage modes, to which, you

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know, that's fair. Yeah, he'll keep slashing even
though you're dead. Yeah, I mean, like if you get

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slashed in the face, do you really need to be
slashed in the chest and in the gut and in the arm and

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in the neck and in the face again? I don't think so.
Yes, according to Wolverine. It's just not a very

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efficient fighting style. I'll say that. It looks
like Omega Red is going to be one of the villains.

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Yeah, we see Omega Red. We see Mystique in the video
game. There's a Sentinel, which looks like it is

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going to be a really cool fight scene. I don't know
who the main bad guy is. If it's like, I don't know,

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Saber Tooth or Romulus. I hope it's not Romulus. I
hate that character, but somebody else will have

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to wait and see. So are you picking up PlayStation 5
for this? Maybe. I mean, I'm overdue on playing the

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Insomniac Spider-Man games. If this game does
really well too, it sounds like Insomniac is going

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to make a whole lot more Marvel video games. And I
just need to get back up on that horse, on that video

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game horse, because I haven't been a big gamer in
about five or 10 years now. I bought an Xbox One just

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to play Arkham Knight and Injustice 2. And once I
beat those games, I essentially just sold it

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again. But I regret that because those are really
fun games and I wish I could still play them. Well,

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what is a PS5 running for these days? Let's see.
Alright, so basically anywhere from $550 to $750.

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I'll get back to you on when I will pick that up.
Maybe next year, when the price comes down. But

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speaking of superhero video games, that brings us
to our question of the week. Besides Batman,

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Spider-Man, and Wolverine, which Marvel or DC
character do you most want to play as in a

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single-player adventure video game? Yeah, tell
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to be like. Record your answer at dynamicduel.com
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podcast. We'll pick our favorite answer and award
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post to Instagram. Be sure to answer before
October 4th. But that does it for all the news for

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this episode, so let's go ahead and move into our
main event, a duel between the DC heroine of

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Amethyst and Marvel's hero, Black Knight. Okay,
Amethyst versus Black Knight. As I mentioned

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earlier, these are two fantasy characters with
Amethyst coming from Gemworld and Black Knight

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being tied to Arthurian, Legend, and Avalon.
Yeah, they both wield magic swords, and that's

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basically the full extent that I know of that ties
these two characters together. Because really, I

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don't know much about Amethyst. Who does? She's a
pretty obscure character. She's kind of like one

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of those characters that was like commandee or
warlord, just kind of offset in their own niche

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fantasy world, largely separate from the other DC
characters. But she's cool. DC produced a series

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of shorts with the character one time that I
thought was fantastic. I can't wait to see the

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character in live action. I'm pretty confident
eventually we will. These shorts were animated?

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Yes. Yeah, and it was very much based off of like a
Zelda type of video game. It was awesome. Are you

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able to watch them on HBO Max or were they just on the
DC Universe app back when that was around? Yeah,

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they were on the DC Universe app, but you can also
see them on YouTube now. Oh, cool. Interesting.

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Okay. Well, the Black Knight never got his own
shorts, but he did show up in an episode of the

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Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes cartoon, but
he didn't have a speaking appearance. Oh, he was

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just like a background cameo? Yeah, basically.
Doesn't count. I really did like the casting of

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Kate Harrington as Dane Whitman though. It's
going to go somewhere eventually and I can't wait

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to see it. Yeah, seriously, get that guy his own
movie already. Seriously. What the fuck, Marvel?

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What are you guys doing? I can get masses. Get your
shit together. Let's go to get into the dual

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portion of this episode to explain the
methodology behind our duels. Let's go to our

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sentient dual simulator Alfred Jarvis 9000. AJ9K
tell our listeners how you go about determining a

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winner in our dual matchups. Yes, of course, sir.
The way I determine a winner between the

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contestants is by running 1000 Monte Carlo
simulations using the characters statistics. A

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Monte Carlo simulation is a probabilistic model
used to determine outcomes through random

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sampling. In this case, I randomize the
statistics along a normal distribution as a way to

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simulate the many variables that can occur during
battle. The stat parameters are based on the

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official Marvel power grid from which the DC
characters statistics are extrapolated.

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Additional stat categories are included such as
range, damage potential, versatility and

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perception in order to create a more detailed and
accurate simulation. The results of the 1000

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simulations provide a percentage of wins for each
character. The contestant with the higher

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percentage is declared the victor as they have a
higher probability to win any given battle. In an

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equitable pairing, neither character should win
100% of the matches. The comic book stories have

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shown that there's even a way for Batman to defeat
Superman, so the confidence rate of my method

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falls in line with the precedents that have been
established in the source material. My

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mathematical simulations are without
subjectivity or bias. Feats are not the sole

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consideration, nor are fan votes tabulated for
determination of the winner. Thanks, AJ9K.

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Before we run the simulations, though, we'd like
to break down each character's histories and

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abilities before improvising a scenario on how we
imagine one of the 1000 simulations would play out

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B for B. And it is my turn to go first with the Marvel
character, so let me tell you all about the Black

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Knight. Dane Whitman was born in Gloucester,
Massachusetts, to a wealthy family and grew up

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studying physics, eventually earning a master's
degree and pursuing doctoral work. His life

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changed when his uncle Nathan Garrett, a
super-criminal scientist who had assumed the

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mantle of the villainous Black Knight, was
mortally wounded in a battle with Iron Man. On his

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deathbed, Garrett confessed his crimes to Dane
and implored him to redeem the family legacy by

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restoring honor to the mantle of the Black Knight.
Inheriting Garrett Castle in England, Dane

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discovered there the Ebony Blade, a mystical
sword forged by the sorcerer Merlin as a dark

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counterpart to Excalibur. It was passed down
through generations by their ancestor Sir Percy

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of Scandia, the original Black Knight of King
Arthur's Camelot, whose spirit appeared to Dane

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in a vision. He explained that the Ebony Blade
carried a blood curse, that every time it drew

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blood, it would drive its wielder closer to
madness. Dane accepted the burden and claimed the

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weapon as his own. Initially, Dane sought to
infiltrate his uncle's former allies, the

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Masters of Evil, in order to bring the team down
from within. During this time, he encountered the

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Avengers, but was mistaken for his uncle Garrett
and was attacked. After proving his true

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intentions, he aided the Avengers, becoming a
trusted ally and later a full member of the team.

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You can learn more about the Masters of Evil and
Avengers in their respective duels against the

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Legion of Doom and the Justice League. Using his
scientific knowledge and engineering skills,

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Dane created a genetically engineered winged
horse named Aragorn and designed advanced

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weaponry, including a power lance. Though he
wielded the Ebony Blade, he was always wary of its

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corrupting influence. Dane soon became
entangled in mystical adventures. Fighting

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alongside the defenders, his spirit was drawn
back to the 12th century, where he inhabited the

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body of his ancestor, Sir Eobar Garrington,
during the Crusades. There, he fought in years of

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bloody warfare under the Ebony Blade's
influence, battling the Fomor, a monstrous race

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from Irish mythology. During this time, Dane
allied with the time-displaced Avengers and the

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Eternal Cersei. Eventually, a druid returned his
spirit to his own restored body in the modern era

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and Dane resumed his role as Black Knight. The
sorcerer Merlin soon summoned him, charging him

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and Captain Britain to battle the villain Mordred
and the demonic knight Necromon. Their campaign

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saw Dane briefly wield Excalibur when the Ebony
Blade was destroyed and fight beside the

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resurrected King Arthur. Though Camelot was
ultimately destroyed, the Ebony Blade was

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reforged and returned to him and he went home with
his new winged steed named Valinor. You can learn

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more about Captain Britain and his duel against
Uncle Sam. Back in modern times, Dane resumed

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active duty with the Avengers. His tactical mind
and scientific expertise proved invaluable,

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particularly when geniuses like Iron Man or Hank
Pym were absent. His life grew more complicated

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when the Submariner used the Ebony Blade to kill
his monstrous wife Marina, reigniting the

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blade's blood curse. Dane's body slowly began
transforming and eventually succumbed to the

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curse completely. He was held at Garrett Castle by
his friend Victoria Bentley, who attempted a

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restoration spell but instead summoned the
spirit of Cer Percy from the court of King Arthur

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into Dane's body. Cer Percy had ventured in the
modern world for a time with a man named Sean Dolan

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as his squire until the curse was lifted and Dane's
own body was restored. To avoid the Ebony Blade's

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curse again, Dane engineered a weapon called the
Photon Sword that was essentially a lightsaber.

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His squire, Sean Dolan, was corrupted by the Ebony
Blade and transformed into the villain

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Bloodraith. In battle, Bloodraith accidentally
killed Victoria Bentley, devastating Dane.

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Despite this tragedy, Dane continued his service
with the Avengers and eventually rose to become

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the team's field leader under Black Widow. In his
personal life, he found himself caught in a love

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triangle between the Eternal Cersei and the
Inhuman Princess Crystal, both of whom you can

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learn more about in their respective duels
against Firestorm and Tempest. Though bound to

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Cersei through a mystical bond meant to stabilize
her fraying mind, Dane's feelings for Crystal

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complicated matters. The situation grew dire
when Proctor, an alternate reality version of

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Dane, embittered by rejection from his world
Cersei, attacked. After Proctor's defeat,

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Cersei exiled herself to another universe and
Dane chose to accompany her, leaving Crystal

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behind. Dane and Cersei's exile took them across
realities, including to the Ultraverse, where

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Dane briefly became leader of the hero team Ultra
Force. Returning to Earth after splitting from

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Cersei, he joined the heroes for Hire Team
alongside Luke Cage and Iron Fist. Dane was chosen

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by the Lady of the Lake as the pen dragon of his age,
receiving new mystical equipment including the

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Sword of Light, Shield of Night, and a new winged
steed named Strider, who could achieve

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supersonic speeds and travel through
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Dane trained the Knights of Wondegor, a group of
warriors created by the High Evolutionary, and

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briefly served with the British team Excalibur,
later converting Garrett Castle into a museum

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chronicling the Black Knights lineage. During
the Skrull Invasion of Earth, Dane fought across

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London with what he believed was the Ebony Blade,
later revealed to be a vampiric counterfeit

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created by Dracula, whom you can learn more about
in his duel with Andrew Bennett. Eventually

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reclaiming the real Ebony Blade from Wakanda,
Dane fought vampires in Britain alongside MI-13,

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the UK's Paranormal Intelligence Division. The
Ebony Blade's curse weighed heavily on Dane, and

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after nearly killing an opponent in a Berserk
rage, his deteriorating mental state led him to

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flee through a rift to a chaotic realm that he took
over and transformed into new Avalon, serving as

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its protector. In time, Dane returned to Earth,
fighting the evil organization Hydra with a team

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of heroes called Euroforce, and aiding the
Avengers against cosmic threats like the Kotari.

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When Null invaded Earth with his symbioted
hordes, Dane fought valiantly. However, Null

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revealed that the Ebony Blade did not corrupt its
wielders, but instead fed upon their existing

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darkness, drawing strength from their flaws.
This revelation forced Dane to confront his own

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inner demons and accept responsibility for his
violent impulses. You can learn more about Null in

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his duel with White Lantern. Amidst this turmoil,
Dane discovered he had a teenage daughter named

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Jax, secretly born years earlier to his college
girlfriend. Around this time, the villain

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Mordred sought the Ebony Relics, which were a set
of mystical items all forged from the same

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meteorite that formed the Ebony Blade, including
the Ebony Dagger, Ebony Shield, and Ebony

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Chalice, the three of which could join together to
form the Ebony Crown, a weapon of ultimate mystic

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control. Dane pursued Mordred through the mystic
realm of Lysinae's discovering Merlin's secret

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betrayal, that the sorcerer, long ago, had pitted
Arthur and Mordred against each other, knowing

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Camilla would fall. Mordred attempted to forge
the Ebony Crown, killing Dane in the process. His

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daughter Jax then claimed the Ebony Blade and
attempted to slay Mordred in a rage. However, Dane

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was resurrected by the Ebony Crown, defeating
Mordred and reforging the Relic into the Ebon

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Siege, a dark throne that projected vision for the
Abyss. Which makes him highly resistant to both

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physical and mystical attacks. He has wielded a
variety of weapons over the years including the

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Power Lance, the Photon Sword, and the Sword of
Light and the Shield of Night. But I'm going with

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his classic weapon of the Ebony Blade, which can
cleave through any substance, even Iron Man's

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armor, and can deflect or absorb even the most
powerful magic directed at it. It can be

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telekinetically summoned to its wielder, and its
wielder can be injured, but not killed, as the

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blade will resurrect them. The Ebony Blade is
cursed in that it craves blood and corrupts its

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user to kill. If fully corrupted, the wielder
becomes a bloodraith, a dark being who feeds on

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souls. Outside of his relics, the Black Knight is a
gifted physicist, biologist, and engineer. He's

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an expert trained swordsman, is an expert in
medieval history, and has a familiarity of the

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world of magic. And that's the Black Knight. What
was the name of his Pegasus again? He's had three

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Pegasi. The first one was called Aragorn, the
second one was called Valinor, and the third one

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was called Strider. So there were all references
to the Lord of the Rings, Middle Earth. Is he going

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to have one of these horses in this speculation? I
don't know, do you want him to? He can. If Amethyst,

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I guess, is going to have a horse, is she? I don't
know, do you want her to? She can. First of all,

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Strider would absolutely murder Amethyst's
horse, and I don't know if I want to speculate on

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horse violence. I'm sorry, Amethyst's horse
isn't even a horse, it's a unicorn. It's a

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Pegacorn. It would straight up impale Black
Knight's horse. Alright, we'll include him in the

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duel, but you know, we'll be gentle. We'll be
gentle. Says you. Let me get into Amethyst's

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backstory. Never suspecting her extraordinary
origins, but as her 13th birthday approached,

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Citrina's spell began to weaken. On the night of
her birthday, Amy received a mysterious Amethyst

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pendant, the key to her true destiny. Soon after a
creature from Gemworld breached the barrier

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between worlds and abducted Amy, dragging her
through the portal to her birthplace. Crossing

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into Gemworld caused her to age rapidly,
transforming from a young teenager into a grown

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woman. Rescued by Citrina's agents and brought
before the witch mother herself, Amy finally

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learned the truth of her lineage. She was Princess
Amethyst, heir to a fallen house and the only one

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who could oppose Dark Opal's rule. With her
lineage revealed and Citrina's guidance, Amy

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accepted her role as Princess Amethyst and began
to build a rebellion. She forged alliances with

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her remaining houses that had resisted Dark
Opal's control, including Turquoise and Topaz.

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Though new to her powers, Amethyst quickly
mastered the use of crystal-based magic and

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martial combat, wielding enchanted weapons and
artifacts tied to her gemstone heritage. She led

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an uprising against Dark Opal's forces,
culminating in a siege of his fortress, where she

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faced him in battle and ultimately defeated and
killed him, restoring the freedom of Gemworld and

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reclaiming her family's throne. Amy returned to
Earth after her victory, attempting to resume a

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normal life, but her connection to Gemworld could
not be severed. Conflicts erupted once more among

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the noble houses in her absence, and Amy returned
to Gemworld to stabilize the realm. As her

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influence grew, she attracted the attention of
greater magical forces, including the Lords of

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Chaos. Dr. Fate revealed to her that she was not
merely a noble but a lord of order, like her father,

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a powerful being meant to preserve balance in the
multiverse. This made Amethyst unique among the

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Lords of Order, as she had been born into a human
form and carried the dual identity of mortal and

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cosmic being. You can learn more about Dr. Fate in
our Dr. Fate vs. Dr. Strange dual episode. She

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continued to act as Gemworld's protector,
returning to Earth once again to help repel the

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specter who had turned against magic. She stood
alongside Earth's mystics at the Rock of

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Eternity, alongside the Lord of Order Naboo, who
was killed along with the wizard Shazam, making

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Amy the only living Lord of Order to enter into the
10th Age of Magic that emerged following the

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specter's defeat. Upon Amy's return to Gemworld,
she learned that Gemworld had fundamentally been

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altered by the shift in magic. With Gemworld now
known as Xerox, the realm was engulfed in civil

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war. Amethyst fought to preserve what remained of
her home, and when the magic wars devastated the

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realm, she was seemingly destroyed along with it.
However she later emerged on Earth and served as

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one of its protectors for a time. Following the
Flashpoint reset of continuity, Amy Winston's

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history was reimagined. She lived on Earth with
her mother, Gracie Winston, a stern and reclusive

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woman who trained Amy from a young age in martial
arts and swordsmanship without explanation. On

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her 17th birthday, Gracie took Amy to a remote
hilltop and opened a magic portal, revealing the

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truth. Amy was actually Amaya, Princess of House
Amethyst on Nila, the realm known to Earth as

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Gemworld. She learned she was the daughter of Lady
Graciel of House Amethyst and Lord Virion of House

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Turquoise, the latter of whom sacrificed himself
to get Amy and her mom to Earth and away from the

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murderous ambition of Graciel's twin sister,
Lady Mordriel. The noble houses of Nila were

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locked in an uneasy balance of power, with House
Amethyst ruled by Amaya's aunt, Lady Mordriel.

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Graciel and Mordriel, twin sisters, shared the
power of their bloodline equally, but upon

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Amaya's 17th birthday, the bloodline magic would
be split three ways unless one of them died. During

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the ritual to awaken Amaya's bloodline power, she
was drawn into a mystical trial where her mother

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Graciel and her aunt Mordriel confronted her with
a shared telepathic vision. The ceremony forced

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her to choose between the path of blood and the path
of heart. On the path of blood, she could seize

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greater power by killing her mother, and on the
path of heart, she would share the inheritance

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equally. Mordriel whispered for Amaya to strike,
urging her to embrace bloodshed and ambition.

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Amaya engaged Graciel in combat within the trial,
but when the moment came to deliver the killing

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blow, she refused. Her choice aligned her with the
path of heart, and the magic of House Amethyst was

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divided three ways, binding Amaya, Graciel, and
Mordriel together as co-heirs. Amaya's return to

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Nila sparked fresh conflict. She allied with the
House of Citrine and began to master her magical

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abilities. Ingvi, a noble from House Citrine,
became her political tutor and friend, helping

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her navigate the intrigue of Gemworld. Amaya's
dual heritage, with blood from both House

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Amethyst and House Turquoise, granted her unique
magical abilities. Amaya was also gifted a winged

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horse named Epsilonus, a loyal companion that
carried her across Nila's skies and into battle.

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Amaya's leadership expanded beyond Nila when a
dimensional breach connected Gemworld to Earth.

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She joined Young Justice, helping the team
navigate her homeland and fight off magical

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invaders. Her portal magic became essential in
transporting allies across realms, and later she

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joined the Justice League Dark, standing
alongside Earth's most powerful mystics to repel

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supernatural threats. You can learn more about
Young Justice and their team duel against Young

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Avengers, and Justice League Dark in their duel
against the Midnight Suns. During her reign,

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Amaya faced Eclipse, who sought to dominate
Gemworld through the corrupted power of the Black

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Diamond. Using the prime catalyst, the core
magical artifact of House Amethyst, Amaya

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disrupted Eclipse's hold and prevented an
Eclipse-powered cataclysm. You can learn more

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about Eclipse in our Eclipse vs. Malekith duel
episode. With Amaya having proven herself to be

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the savior of Gemworld, Graciel and Mortariel
abdicated their rule, making Amaya the

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undisputed ruler of House Amethyst. Her control
over her house's full power allowed her to repel

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even cosmic threats, and under her leadership,
the 12 houses entered a fragile peace. That's

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Amethyst's story so far. Powers-wise, Amethyst
wields a vast and diverse magical arsenal rooted

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in her bloodline's connection to crystalline and
gemstone-based magic. She can generate and

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manipulate crystal constructs, hard-light
weapons, and enchanted armor. Her command of

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lattice magic allows her to interact with
energies of other houses, using rubies for

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healing, emeralds for plant growth, topaz for
illumination, and more. She can open dimensional

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portals, project destructive energy bolts, move
objects telekinetically, and perform

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reality-altering spells through crystal
energy. As a hybrid of House Amethyst and House

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Turquoise, she is immune to illusion and can wield
mist silk, an enchanted, intangible fabric she

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uses as a whip or lasso in combat. Her heritage also
grants resistance to magical corruption, and

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enhances her agility, strength, and reflexes. A
trained warrior, as well as a sorceress, Amethyst

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is skilled in swordsmanship, hand-to-hand
combat, and battlefield strategy. Now with full

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command of her house's power, she stands among the
most formidable magic entities in DC's

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multiverse. With a few other magical tricks.
Fantasy-based, and she can do a lot more. DC needs

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to be more original. This is just fantasy Star
Sapphire where all the constructs look like

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low-res polygons. I just said she could do so much
more. She has a few other tricks. We'll see how that

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goes for her. Network rises above the rest.
Prepare yourself for the ultimate showdowns in

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comic books, video games, movies, and anime. The
Dynamite Podcast Network presents Console

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Combat, where video game legends brawl every
Monday. Dynamic Duel, where comic book titans

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smash every Tuesday. Max Destruction, where TV
and action heroes battle every Wednesday. And

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Sendro World, where anime champions clash every
Thursday. Join us as we speculate on the matches

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and armed with the power of mathematical
simulations, discover who will emerge

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victorious. Visit dynamicpodcast.com where we
settle the debate and settle the score. Well, now

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that we've got their histories and abilities out
of the way, let's speculate on how one of the 1,000

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simulated matches will go. The winner is
determined by simulations, not the speculation,

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but it's fun to imagine how this fight could play
out. AJ9K, what are the rules of our speculation?

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Well, I should say there are no rules, other than
the characters have no prior knowledge of the

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other going into the fight. All they are aware of
starting out is that the other character is a

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threat that needs to be eliminated. For the
speculation, the contestants will begin

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approximately 50 meters apart in a nondescript
environment that will have no bearing on the match

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itself, as no environmental statistics are
considered in my simulations. The contestants

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must earn victory on their own merit. Alright,
then let's get into it. Amethyst and Black Knight

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meet on the battlefield. Who goes first? I say they
both actually start off atop their ringed steeds,

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Strider, whatever the fuck his name is, and
Ipsilos. And so they'll take to the skies and

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charge at each other, just like a midair joust
pointing their ebony blades and the sort of

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amethyst at each other. But at the last second,
Amethyst is going to generate this long,

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crystalline lance around her sword, extending
her reach and knocking Black Knight out of the air,

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so he falls to the ground, probably dies. So she
turns her sword into a lance? Yes. I'm going to say

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that he dodges it at the last second right before
they clash, because Black Knight's horse,

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Strider, can go supersonic, right? So he just
rushes past her like a blur, and he slices her lance

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right in half, and she and her horse, whatever the
fuck its name is, gets staggered from the sonic

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boom that Black Knight and Strider just created.
Okay, well as Amethyst is regaining her bearings,

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she sees Black Knight behind her as he's flown past
her, and she's just going to generate a portal in

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front of Ipsilos that opens above Black Knight's
flight path. So she's going to fly through that,

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crashing into him from above, and sending him and
Strider just spiraling to the ground. I mean, if

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she crashes into him, like Black Knight's pretty
armored, Strider is a tough as nails horse, like

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crashing into them is just as likely to send
Amethyst spiraling to the ground too. Like that

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wasn't smart. And actually as they're both
falling to the ground in their horses, Black

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Knight's going to leap off of Strider over to
Amethyst's horse and just cut off one of its wings

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with his ebony blade, and then kick her off of her
horse, and then he's going to get caught mid-air

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right before he hits the ground by Strider, who
lands safely. Well that was messed up. So Amethyst

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and her horse fall to her death. Well, I mean
Amethyst doesn't actually need Ipsilos to fly,

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she could fly under her own power. So as she's
landing on the ground, she's going to send her mist

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silk toward Black Knight, because she can control
it. It's like a scarf, a magic scarf, and it's going

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to wrap around Strider's neck, choking him out.
And since it's intangible to Black Knight,

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there's really nothing he could do about it.
Except the ebony blade can cut intangible things,

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like you can cut vision when he goes intangible. So
like a fucking surgeon, Black Knight slides the

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blade underneath this magic silk and cuts his
horse free, and then sends Strider away back to

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Avalon. Okay, well while he's busy saving his
horse though, Amethyst is already on the

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offensive, and she's hurling magical crystal
shards at Black Knight, which pierces armor,

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tagging him in the back. I mean, can her weapons
even pierce elf-forged Lady of the Lake enchanted

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armor? Of course! Don't answer that, it doesn't
even matter, because Dane's going to swing his

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sword and just slice all of these shards out of the
air, and then he's going to blitz Amethyst, just

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rushing toward her. Well I mean, he's going to run
straight into a magic energy bolt, then several of

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them actually. Yeah, sorry, except the ebony
blade can absorb a magic energy too. So like, I feel

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bad for you man, honestly, like the ebony blade is
just too bad ass for you it seems, because like as

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the Black Knight continues running at her, he's
going to fire the magic energy stored up in the

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sword right back at her, and she gets hit by it, and
at this point he reaches her, and he straight up

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stabs her through the shoulder, disarming her,
and making her drop the Amethyst sword. No,

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because she's already generated a shield, a
crystalline Amethyst shield by this point, in

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preparation for his approach. So that's going to
protect her from his energy blast, and by the time

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he rages her with his sword, you know, she'll parry
his lunge attack, and she's going to transform her

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shield into a second sword, the crystalline one,
so now she's dual wielding like a bad ass, and with

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the extra blade, she's going to slice off his left
arm at the shoulder, and she's like, now stand

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aside, we're the adversary. We're the adversary,
what? Oh! Black Knight's like, tis but a scratch.

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Scratch his arms off! Notice that, like, he wears
enchanted pauldrons on his shoulders, that would

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prevent his arm from getting cut off. So
literally, she just scratches his armor, tis but a

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scratch, and he's going to respond to her attack by
slicing her purple gem sword into, and then he's

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going to slash right across her forearm, which is
going to force her to drop her sword, and more

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importantly than that, he draws blood. So now
Black Knight is bloodlusted due to the ebony

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blade, and Amethyst is really fucked. Well if he's
bloodlusted, then he's not really in control, and

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so he'll probably charge at her, at which point
both halves of her mist silk that was sliced into

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are going to fly to him and wrap around his face and
neck, just blinding and choking him, and as he

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struggles against that, Amethyst is going to
quickly conjure this giant purple crystal battle

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axe that she's going to sword wielding arm, where
he's not armored. So she slices that arm right off

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before spinning around and cleaving him in half at
the waist. So with him on the ground, she's able to

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pick up her sort of Amethyst back up, and on one
knee, she's like, we thank thee, Lord, that in thy

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mercy. Yeah, and then she gets booted right in the
head by the Black Knight who, surprise, is not

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dead. He's resurrected because the wielder of the
ebony blade cannot be killed. So she gets knocked

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over, and he's like, I'm invincible. And then he
impales her right through the torso into the

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ground, and wins this match. But also he's like
super bloodlusted by this point, and probably

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close to succumbing to darkness and becoming a
bloodwraith, because he just spilled so much of

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her blood. There's no way that Black Knight
survives being sliced in half, because like he

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wasn't even wielding the ebony blade at the end,
because she sliced that sword-wielding arm off,

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remember? I don't have to tell you, man, it's
magic, okay? The sword was still in his severed

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hand, so he still got resurrected. That's just how
it works. The Black Knight always triumphs.

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Hopefully our audience has seen Monty Python and
the Holy Grail. Oh my gosh, if they haven't, what

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are they doing with their lives? Stop listening to
this podcast, go watch that movie. But we'll go

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ahead and leave our speculation there. Either
Amethyst kills the Black Knight by severing him in

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half, and he doesn't get resurrected, or he does
get resurrected due to the ebony blade's magic and

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then finishes her off by impaling. So let's go
ahead and find out which of these two scenarios

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happens by inputting the stats, running the
simulations, and coming back with a winner. A.J

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.9K? Hit it! All right, this was an interesting
matchup. Both of these characters have things

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going for them over the other, kind of going back
and forth. Like, Black Knight is more durable,

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largely due to his enchanted armor, but also
because he can be considered regenerative

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through the resurrection enchantment that his
sword grants him. Yeah, he was more durable than

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her. He was also much more intelligent than her.
Considering Amethyst is really just a teenager.

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Yeah, Dain is considered like the Avengers
resident scientist, like I said in his bio, when

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people like Iron Man or Ant Man are away. That's so
weird to me. Like, why would a character like Black

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Knight need to be a scientist? Why would he need to
be able to engineer his own horse? Because he was a

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scientist who was really introduced to the world
of magic through the death of his uncle, and

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learned about this, like, whole legacy of the
Black Knight. I listened to your backstory. I just

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think that's dumb. I don't know what to tell you,
man. You know, he made his own lightsaber, he makes

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a lot of his own weapons. It's just part of the
character. Whatever. We did say that Amethyst was

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obviously more versatile than him, considering
not only can she create constructs, but is also

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just a sorceress in general. Yeah, her whole power
set is a little bit vague. Don't you think? Oh, I

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mean, no more vague than any sorcerer. Yeah,
that's lame. We also said that Amethyst has a

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greater range due to the fact that the Black Knight
can really only blast energy if he absorbs that

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magic with his ebony blade, or if he's wielding a
different weapon such as the Sword of Light. But

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everything else was pretty close, I would say.
Well, we said Amethyst was faster because she can

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fly and generate portals. I mean, the Black Knight
does have Strider, who can go supersonic speeds,

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but he's not always mounted on Strider. So we just
gave a slight edge and speed to Amethyst. We also

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gave her a slight edge and damage level as well,
again, because of magic, which is also why she got a

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slight edge in perception because of her noble
blood, she's able to perceive things that other

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people can't, including magical illusions she
sees right through them. That all said, Jonathan,

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who's taking the win on this one? I'm going to say
Amethyst. I know you really like Black Knight. I

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just don't think he has enough going for him in this
match. Well, that was dumb. That was a dumb thing to

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say. Maybe, I mean, Instagram probably agrees
with you because 54% of them sided with Black

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Knight to be the winner. But I feel like that's
probably just because Amethyst is a fairly

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obscure character. Or maybe it's just because you
don't want to admit it to yourself. Let's find out.

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AJ9K, the results, please. Here you are, sir. All
right, the winner between Amethyst and Black

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Knight is Amethyst. We'll call it a draw though,
right? We'll call it a draw. It depends on what the

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percentage was. Out of 1000 simulated matches,
Amethyst won 674 of them compared to the Black

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Knight's 326 wins. So it was 67.4% over 32.6%. I'm
sorry, that is definitely not a draw. Amethyst

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wins this hands down as she should because she's a
pretty powerful sorceress. I guess Black Knight

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is kind of like the Avengers equivalent to
Wolverine in a sense, in that his primary power is

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that he can cut through anything and kind of goes
into these berserker rages on occasion. If you

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think about it, it does make sense that it wouldn't
hold up to someone as versatile as Amethyst. Maybe

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I should have gone into this match with his sort of
knight in shield of light. Joseph, no one cares.

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He's a loser. He lost. I have one thing to say to
Black Knight, none shall pass. Okay, Gandalf. Oh,

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that was you shall not pass, right? Yeah. Okay.
Congrats to Amethyst. That does it for this duel.

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AJ9K, help close us out. Thanks for listening to
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forget to listen to the other shows in the Dynamite
podcast network, including Max Destruction,

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Senjo World, and Console Combat. All right, the
next episode is where we're going to get them guys

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because we're going to find out who would win in a
fight between Ocean Master, the Aquaman villain,

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and Hellstorm, aka Damien Hellstrom, who is the
son of Satan. So it's Tritance versus Pitchforks,

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Water versus Fire. It's going to be a good one. And
it's kicking off our spooky October season where

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we're giving you all duels all the time. We're
actually pushing our peacemaker review to

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November just so we can get in all of the spooky
duels this upcoming month. So look forward to

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those guys. That does it for this episode. We want
to give a big thanks to our executive producers,

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Jon Sturrosky, Zachary Hepburn, Dustin Balcom,
Mickey Mathen-Geehan, Nathaniel Wagner, Levi

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Aitin, Austin Wazalowski, AJ Duckerly, Nick
Obanto, Scott Camacho, Gil Camacho, Adam Speese,

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Dean Maleski, Devin Davis, Joseph Kirsting, Josh
Leiner, Mike Williams, and Paul Graves for

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helping make this podcast possible. We'll talk to
you guys next week. Up and away, true believers.