The crowd gasped a second time at the viciousness, almost taken aback by the sight, especially considering the Jagaiz games were intentionally bloodless and controlled. The lion went down hard, before dissolving into a black mist that drifted away seconds later. Bakura winced fleetingly at the energy drain caused by the creature's 'death', but he'd been prepared for it and straightened after only a few seconds.

"How about a change of pace," he drawled, and in the place of the lion, appeared... a comically small and adorable blue feline, so much so that the audience alternately uttered delighted noises, and sounds of alarm as it faced down Valdis' hound form by barely reaching her ankle.

"Not all monsters are good for brute strength," he added, even as the Kitty's special effect kicked in: as there was another 'Beast' type on the field, Valdis herself, the Kitty became literally unattackable, overriding whatever conscious decision she wanted to make to the contrary.