Card Appearances:Ring of Destruction

"Ring of Destruction":

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In manga, this card's effect is "Activate only when an opponent's monster declares an attack. This card becomes an Equip Card equipped to the attacking monster. Destroy that monster and inflict damage to that monster controller equal to the destroyed monster's ATK". Because that, Kaiba doesn't need Ring of Defense.
In Yu-Gi-Oh! R, Keith Howard, during his Duel against Katsuya Jonouchi, attempted to sneak this card from his wristband to cheat, but that set off the anti-cheat alarm on his Black Disk.

In episode 71, Kaiba uses this card during his Tag Duel with Yami Yugi against Lumis and Umbra. When "Shining Abyss" (whose ATK was 2600 due to "Mask of Brutality") attacks "Vorse Raider", Kaiba activates this card to destroy "Shining Abyss", however Lumis activates "Curse Transfer" to switch the target of this card to "Vorse Raider", destroying it instead. Kaiba then activates "Ring of Defense" to protect himself from the damage inflicted by this card, but Umbra activates "Spell Transfer" to negate the effect of "Ring of Defense" and activate the effect of "Ring of Defense" as "Spell Transfer's" effect, allowing Umbra to protect himself from this card's effect.

In episode 94, this card is shown in Kaiba's hand during his Duel against Ishizu Ishtar.
- This card also appears in Ishizu's thoughts when she notes that once Kaiba attacks, the effect of "Blast Held by a Tribute" will destroy "Obelisk" and inflict its ATK as damage to Kaiba.

In episodes 108 and 109, this card appears in Leichter's flashbacks to Seto Kaiba's childhood.

In episode 115, Kaiba uses this card during his duel against Noah Kaiba. when "Last Tusk Mammoth" attacks "Different Dimension Dragon" (Noah planned to use the effect of "Last Tusk Mammoth" to make Kaiba take the Battle Damage he would take), Kaiba activates this card to destroy "Last Tusk Mammoth" and inflict its ATK as damage to both players. Kaiba then activates "Ring of Defense" to protect himself from the damage inflicted by this card's effect.

In episode 122, this card is shown in Kaiba's hand during the four way Duel between himself, Yami Yugi, Joey Wheeler, and Yami Marik. Two episodes later, "Axe Raider" attacks "Blade Knight", but Kaiba activates this card to destroy "Axe Raider" and inflict its ATK as damage to both Kaiba and Joey. Kaiba then activates "Ring of Defense" to protect himself from the damage inflicted by this card. Joey then activates "Graverobber" to steal Yami Marik's "Spell of Pain" and activate the latter as his card, redirecting the damage he would have received from this card's effect to Yami Marik instead, causing Yami Marik to lose the duel.

In episode 178, Kaiba uses this card during his Duel with Yami Yugi against Dartz. He uses this card to destroy "Mirror Knight Calling" and inflict its ATK as damage to both Kaiba and Dartz.

In episode 200, this card appears within Kaiba's briefcase when he opens it up and takes his Duel Disk with him.

In episode 1, Bastion Misawa uses this card during his entrance exam duel against one of the exam's proctors. He uses this card to destroy "Vorse Raider" and inflict its ATK as damage to both players, winning Bastion the Duel.

In episode 12, Chazz Princeton threw cards that belonged to Bastion into the water. This card can be seen among the cards in the water.
- This card also appears in a flashback Jaden has when he tells Bastion he was strong enough to be in his own league back at the entrance exams.
- This card also appears in a flashback Alexis has when she tells Chazz that she saw him throw Bastion's cards into the water. This card is shown as one of the many cards that Alexis saw in the water.

In episode 22, during Bastion's duel against Jaden Yuki, Bastion sends this card from the top of his Deck to the Graveyard via the effect of "Mathematician". This card is later shown as one of the ten cards piled on top of "Carboneddon" in Bastion's Graveyard.

In episode 24, Chazz uses this card during his duel against four North Academy students. He uses this card to destroy his own "Gyaku-Gire Panda" (whose ATK was 4800 due to its own effect) and inflict damage to all players equal to the ATK of "Gyaku-Gire Panda". Chazz then activates "Ring of Defense" to protect himself from this card's effect, so only the other students take the damage. The North Academy students' Life Points then dropped to 0, winning Chazz the Duel.

In episode 47, Chazz uses this card during his Duel against Alexis Rhodes. When "Blade Skater" attacks "Ojama Yellow", Chazz activates this card to destroy "Blade Skater" and inflict its ATK as damage to both players.

In episode 82, this card appears in a series of flashbacks Bastion has when he wonders why the Society of Light didn't challenge him despite him being a strong Duelist.

In episode 112, this card appears in a series of flashbacks Chazz has when he declares that he won't lose to Adrian Gecko after he got left at the bottom ranks and worked very hard at getting back to the top.

In the non-canon duel North American WCQ 2013 Special: Kaiba vs. Pegasus, Kaiba uses this card in his duel with Pegasus. After Pegasus activated "Dimensional Prison" to banish Kaiba's attacking "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon", Kaiba threatened to destroy "Ultimate Dragon" with this card, but Pegasus chained "Book of Moon" to flip this card face-down instead, to which Kaiba responded with "De-Fusion". This card then resolved without effect since "Ultimate Dragon" left the field.
In the non-canon duel World Championship 2016 Special: Yugi vs. Kaiba, Kaiba uses this card in his duel with Yugi. After Kaiba failed to win the duel with "Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon", Kaiba activated this card to destroy "Neo Blue-Eyes" and deal damage to both players equal to its ATK, while also using "Ring of Defense" so only Yugi would take damage. After Yugi activated "Mystical Refpanel" to apply the effect of "Ring of Defense" to himself instead, Kaiba returned "Neo Blue-Eyes" to the Extra Deck with "De-Fusion", causing this card to resolve without effect.