Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 178

Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 178

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Series
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh!
Number	178
Season	4
Chronology
Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes (season 4)
Previous	"A Duel with Dartz - Part 1"
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Atlantis' story.

• Dartz narrates the history of Atlantis: it was a peaceful city in which harvests were copious, there was no greed or vanity. People lived in harmony with the Land and the Spirits (the Duel Monsters). Dartz became hereditary King after his father, Ironheart, resigned due to age. He had a wife, Iona, daughter, Chris, and their pet Skye.

• However, one day, a volcano erupted and a 'gigantic black dragon' swallowed the Sun and stones rained down on the city: Orichalcos was born. Dartz explains that it was a treasure granted to them by Earth itself: anyone would've thought so. Why? Because it can become energy, medications and industrial products amongst other uses: they labelled it a miraculous material. Atlantis' civilization evolved in very quick manner.

• However, they didn't notice something: the people's hearts were slowly beginning to become corrupt due to desire appearing and making people become the gathering ground for the Dark.

• He then compares the 21st century's society to that of his age: a world full of useful material has caused the people to forget to be thankful to the Land and the Spirits. People live in an imagination-less reality and have lost most of their emotions. There are no crueler living beings than humans.

• The inhabitants started to become "Monsters" and chaos ensued: Dartz was forced to slay his wife once she become an ugly beast. Blood was shed in Atlantis: the fountains began to be stained.

• Confused, Dartz sensed a powerful energy coming from an Orichalcos fragment: it turned his left eye into its current turquoise color and shown a vision of a gigantic serpent-like creature pulsating inside of the Earth iself. He claims that he then understood everything: Orichalcos wasn't a miraculous material. It was a test issued to them from the Earth itself, and they failed it. It was meant to amplify the 'Dark' inside of humans. He claims that the humans would end up self-destructing themselves.

• When Ironheart tried to convince him to abadon Orichalcos, Dartz politely replied that even if they did so, they inhabitants wouldn't return to normal. He then went on saying that Earth itself had granted him a command: to allow for the Orichalcos God to descend in order to destroy the corrupt humans and create a new world of perfect humans. They were supposed to protect the planet, but they had failed.

• Dartz is granted command over the Orichalcos Soldiers, so Ironheart, Chris, and Sunny run off, knowing that Dartz has gone mad. Dartz ignores them and announces that a new God shall descend upon the world.

• However, Ironheat and Chris escaped Atlantis and requested help from the world of Duel Monsters: these events led to the Battle of the Stone Wasteland. It ended in a stalemate, with Ironheart's side destroying the Orichalcos God.

• Dartz goes on saying that, before his death, Ironheart "sealed" the "door" of the Duel Monsters world, leaving some of their relics scattered around the world: the Pyramids, the Aztec pyramids, the mastabas, the Greek temples...

• He's waited 10,000 years, but the result is the same: humans keep on being corrupt and he must purge this world of them.

• • When Kaiba claims that they've already defeated him, Dartz laughs and tells them to closely survey his powers.

The 2nd "Seal of Orichalcos" and the "Mirror Knights".

• The three of them return to the 'real world' and both Kaiba & Yugi gasp upon seeing that Dartz still has 3500 LP and that their Attack did nothing: that was the Special Ability of "Orichalcos Kyutora".

• He then goes with the strategy of resurrecting "Orichalcos Gigas" and making him become a wall to keep "Kyutora" safe. Along the way, he plays "Orichalcos Deuteros", the 2nd "Seal of Orichalcos". It allows him to gain 500 Life Points per every Monster on his side of the Field.

• Meanwhile, Rafael has disembarked on the island and is heading towads the top of it.

• "Deuteros" also posesses the ability to block a Direct Attack by using one Monster as a Tribute. Thus, Dartz stops using "Gigas" and changes tacticts: with one Ritual Monster, "Mirror Knight Calling", he Special Summons 4 "Mirror Knight Tokens" and quickly gains a lot of LP.

• These "Mirror Knights" also possess the Special Ability of copying an enemy Monster's ATK and easily Destroy them. Even though Monsters with the same ATK Destroy each other, the "Mirror Knight Tokens" have their "Mirror Knights" which can be sacrificed to avoid their Destruction, and "Mirror Knight Calling" has another Special Effect: it can regenerate the shields.

• Thus, both Duelists are pushed into a tight corner. Kaiba uses "Kaiser Glider" to make sure Dartz can't pull the "Mirror Knight Tokens" Special Effect on him, making Dartz look amused.

• When Dart'z Life Points go above the 10,000 mark, Kaiba plays "Ring of Destruction" to Destroy "Mirror Knight Calling".

• However, the helmets of the "Mirror Knight Tokens" shatter and fall into the ground: they are in truth the souls of Yuugi, Mai, Jounouchi and Pegasus who have been turned into this form. Yami gasps upon remembering how he was planning on using "Mirror Force" on them and wonders if he'd killed them then.

• How will Kaiba and Yami get out of this situation?

Featured Duel: Yami Yugi & Seto Kaiba vs. Dartz

Duel continues from previous episode.

Turn 5: Yami

• Yami has just destroyed "Orichalcos Gigas" with "Master of Dragon Soldier". Due to the effect of "Orichalcos Kyutora", Dartz takes no damage from the attack.
• Dartz Activates "Orichalcos Gigas'" Effect, skipping his next Draw Phase to Special Summon his Monster back in Attack Position with a 500 ATK boost ("Orichalcos Gigas": 900 → 1400 ATK / 1500 DEF).

Turn 6: Dartz

• Due to Orichalcos Gigas's Effect, Dartz must skip his next Draw Phase
• Activates Field Spell Card "Orichalcos Deuteros" from his Hand. This card gains all the Effects of "The Seal of Orichalcos", plus a few Effects of its own.
• Activates "Orichalcos Deuteros's" first Effect, gaining 500 Life Points for each Monster he Controls. With 2 Monsters, he gains 1000 Life Points (Dartz 3500 → 4500 Life Points).
• "Orichalcos Gigas" attacks Yami's "Master of Dragon Soldier". "Master of Dragon Soldier" destroys "Orichalcos Gigas", but thanks to "Orichalcos Kyutora's" Effect, Dartz receives no Battle Damage.
• Dartz Activates "Orichalcos Gigas's" Effect Special Summoning his Monster back in Attack Position with a 500 ATK boost, but Dartz has to skip his next Draw Phase ("Orichalcos Gigas": 1400 → 1900 ATK / 1500 DEF).

Turn 7: Kaiba

• Kaiba draws.
• Sets a Card.
• Summons "Blade Knight" (1600 ATK / 1000 DEF) in Attack Position. Since Seto has at most one Card in his Hand, "Blade Knight's" Effect allows it to increase its ATK by 400 ("Blade Knight": 1600 → 2000 ATK / 1000 DEF).

Turn 8: Yami

• Yami Yugi draws.
• Seto Activates Quick-Play Spell Card "Reflect Energy", Tributing "Blade Knight" to allow Yami's Monsters to Attack Dartz Directly this Turn.
• "Master of Dragon Soldier" Attacks Dartz Directly, but Dartz Activates the second effect of "Orichalcos Deuteros", Tributing "Orichalcos Gigas" to destroy "Master of Dragon Soldier", however Yami Activates Quick-Play Spell Card "De-Fusion", returning "Master of Dragon Soldier" back to the Fusion Deck and Special Summoning "Black Luster Soldier" (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF) and "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" (4500 ATK / 3800 DEF) from the Graveyard in Attack Position with "Black Luster Soldier" on Yami's side of the field and "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" on Kaiba's side of the field. Since "Master of Dragon Soldier" left the field, its attack is negated.

Turn 9: Dartz

• Dartz draws "Timeater".(Note: this time Dartz doesn't skip his Draw Phase since he has Tributed "Gigas" and it's in his Graveyeard.)
• Activates Ritual Spell Card "Orichalcos Mirror", Tributing "Timeater" from his Hand to Ritual Summon "Mirror Knight Calling" from his hand in Attack Position (0 → 500 ATK / 0 DEF).
  • Since "Mirror Knight Calling" was Ritual Summoned, Dartz Special Summons 4 "Mirror Knight Tokens" (0 → 500 ATK / 0 DEF) to the Field in Attack Position.
• Activates "Orichalcos Deuteros's" first Effect, gaining 500 Life Points for each Monster he controls. With 6 Monsters, he gains 3000 Life Points (Dartz 4500 → 7500 Life Points).
• The first "Mirror Knight Token" Attacks Seto's "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon". Thanks to its Effect, "Mirror Knight Token" gains ATK equal to the Monster it's Battling ("Mirror Knight Token": 500 → 4500 ATK / 0 DEF). Dartz destroys the Shield Counter on "Mirror Knight Token" to prevent its destruction, so only Seto's "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" is Destroyed. At the end of the Damage Step, the first Mirror Knight Token's ATK goes back to normal ("Mirror Knight Token": 4500 → 500 ATK / 0 DEF).
• The second "Mirror Knight Token" Attacks Yami's "Black Luster Soldier". Thanks to its Effect, "Mirror Knight Token" gains ATK equal to the Monster it's Battling ("Mirror Knight Token": 500 → 3000 ATK / 0 DEF). Dartz destroys the Shield Counter on "Mirror Knight Token" to prevent its destruction, so only Yami's "Black Luster Soldier" is Destroyed. At the end of the Damage Step, the second Mirror Knight Token's ATK goes back to normal ("Mirror Knight Token": 3000 → 500 ATK / 0 DEF).
• The third "Mirror Knight Token" Attacks Seto Directly (Seto 4000 → 3500 Life Points).
• The fourth "Mirror Knight Token" Attacks Yami Directly (Yami 4000 → 3500 Life Points).
• Dartz then activates "Mirror Knight Calling's" second Effect to place Shield Counters on the "Mirror Knight Tokens" that don't have Shield Counters.

Turn 10: Kaiba

• Kaiba draws Spell Card "Card of Demise" and subsequently activates it, Drawing until he has 5 Cards in his Hand. 5 Turns after "Card of Demise's" Activation, Seto must Discard his entire Hand. The five cards he drew were "Silent Doom", "Kaiser Glider", "Cost Down", "Ring of Destruction", and "Attack Guidance Barrier".
• Activates Spell Card "Silent Doom" to Special Summon "Blade Knight" (1600 ATK / 1000 DEF) (NOTE: In the real game, "Silent Doom" can only Special Summon a Normal Monster) back from his Graveyard in Defense Position.
• Tributes "Blade Knight" to Summon "Kaiser Glider" (2400 ATK / 2200 DEF) in Attack Position. Due to this card's effect, it can't be destroyed in battle by a monster with the same ATK as it.
• Sets a Card.

Turn 11: Yami

• Yami Yugi draws "Mirror Force".
• Sets a Card ("Mirror Force").
• Normal Summons "Big Shield Gardna" (100 ATK / 2600 DEF) in Defense Position.

Turn 12: Dartz

• Dartz draws.
• Activates "Orichalcos Deuteros's" first Effect, gaining 500 Life Points for each Monster he controls. With 6 Monsters, Dartz gains 3000 Life Points (Dartz 7500 → 10500 Life Points).
• Seto Activates Trap Card "Ring of Destruction", Destroying Dartz's "Mirror Knight Calling" and inflicting damage to Seto and Dartz equal to the ATK of "Mirror Knight Calling" (Dartz 10500 → 10000 Life Points; Seto 3500 → 3000 Life Points).
• At this point, it is revealed that the Mirror Knight Tokens have the souls of Yugi, Joey, Mai, and Pegasus.

Duel continues next episode.

Differences In Adaptations

• The fairies at the beginning of the episode have been given clothes to wear in the US version.
• Ring of Destruction's grenades are changed to balls of flames in the US version (though the grenade pins can still be seen before it goes off).
• Silent Doom is slightly redesigned in the US.
• The queen's body been held by the beast is removed in the US.
• Cut from the US version are shots of the beast attacking Dartz, who draws his sword and kills it. Then the fountains' waters turn the color of blood.

Errors

• When Kaiba summons "Blade Knight", he says that its effect gives it 400 extra ATK points because he has 1 card left in his hand when he actually had none. This is probably due to "Blade Knight"'s effect working when the owner's hand is 1 or less.
• After Yami plays "De-Fusion" and "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" returns to Kaiba's field, "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" is seen on his Duel Disk instead.
• In the English version, Big Shield Gardna's card frame is yellow despite it being an effect monster, which ironically is activated for the first time.
• Kaiba refers to "Mirror Knight Calling" as a Magic Card.
• Kaiba refers to the mirror knights as being able to come back instead of their shields.

Featured cards

The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.

Duel Monsters Spirits
Monster Cards Effect Monsters Dreamsprite Legendary Dragons The Claw of Hermos The Eye of Timaeus The Fang of Critias

Duel Monsters Army
Main Deck Monster Cards Normal Monsters Hyozanryu Luster Dragon Luster Dragon #2 Ryu-Ran Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress #1 Effect Monsters Different Dimension Dragon Spear Dragon Tyrant Dragon Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Thousand Dragon Legendary Dragons The Eye of Timaeus

Seto Kaiba
Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Blade Knight Kaiser Glider Magic Cards Card of Demise Cost Down Reflect Energy Silent Doom Trap Cards Attack Guidance Barrier Ring of Destruction Fusion Deck Fusion Monsters Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon

Yami Yugi
Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Big Shield Gardna Ritual Monsters Black Luster Soldier Magic Cards De-Fusion Trap Cards Mirror Force Fusion Deck Fusion Monsters Dragon Master Knight