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{{episode summary|[[Joey Wheeler|Joey]] continues his Duel with [[Mai Valentine|Mai]]. Meanwhile, [[Yami Yugi|Yami]], [[Téa Gardner|Téa]], and [[Tristan Taylor|Tristan]] try to locate them. [[Seto Kaiba|Kaiba]] is still dealing with the hordes of [[Orichalcos Soldier]]s using the combined power of both "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (anime)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" and "[[Fang of Critias|Critias]]". However, no matter how many he destroys, they instantly regenerate.}}

[[Mai Valentine|Mai]] continues to Duel [[Joey Wheeler|Joey]]. Just as she's about to inflict the final blow and seal Joey's soul away forever, she suddenly hesitates and stops her attack. Mai can't understand at first why she is hesitating, as she thinks winning will mean she has finally stepped out of the shadow of Joey's success and keep him out of her way for good. Joey, exhausted by the previous Duel, collapses and declares Mai the winner. Mai rushes to him, memories of their friendship washing over her, and declares that she will not let his soul be taken. But Joey says its it's too late and, still protecting her, pushes her out of the ever shrinking circle. In the process, his hand catches on Mai's Orichalcos fragment and it gets removed, crumbling as the seal passes over it on its way to claim claims Joey.

An anxious [[Yami Yugi|Yami]], [[Téa Gardner|Téa]] and [[Tristan Taylor|Tristan]] finally stumble upon the site of Joey's duels, only to be stunned when they see [[Valon]]'s and, especially, Joey's soulless bodies sitting propped against the chain-link fence.

''Mai has 3600 Life Points remaining and controls two "Cyber Harpies" (2600/1300 for "Cyber Harpie" equipped with "Aero Nail") (2300/1300 for other "Cyber Harpie") and four "Copy Tokens" (2300/1300) in Attack Position and "[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 172Aero Nail]]" (equipped to one "Cyber Harpie") and "[[The Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|Duel continues from previous episode.The Seal of Orichalcos]]''".

Mai draws. One "[[Cyber Harpie Lady (anime)|Cyber Harpie Lady]]" attacks "Swordsman of Landstar", but Joey activates his face-down "[[Double Magical Arm Bind (anime)|Double Magical Arm Bind]]" to Tribute two "[[Sheep Token (anime)|Sheep Token]]sTokens" and take control of two of Mai's "[[Cyber Harpie Lady (anime)|Cyber Harpie Ladies]]Harpies" (Two Cyber Harpie Ladies: 2300 → 1800/1300). Joey then activates his face-down "[[Vow of Tribe]]", which prevents any monsters that exist on both sides of the Field field from attacking this turn. Because of that, the attack of "Cyber Harpie Lady's" attack on "Swordsman of Landstar" is negated.

Joey draws. He then Tributes his two "[[Cyber Harpie Lady]]sHarpies" and "[[Swordsman of Landstar]]" in order to Tribute Summon "[[Gilford the Lightning (anime)|Gilford the Lightning]]" (2800/1400) in Attack Position. Since "[[Gilford the Lightning (anime)|Gilford the Lightning]]" was Tribute Summoned by Tributing 3 three monsters, its effect activates, destroying all monsters on Mai's side of the Field. "[[Gilford the Lightning (anime)|Gilford the Lightning]]" attacks directly ([[Mai Valentine|Mai]] 3600 → 800).

Mai draws "[[Card of Sanctity (anime)|Card of Sanctity]]" and subsequently activates it to make her and Joey [[Draw a card|Draw]] until both have 6 six cards in their [[Handhand]](Mai draws three cards, while Joey draws four cards). The four cards Joey drew were "[[Gearfried the Iron Knight (anime)|Gearfried the Iron Knight]]", "[[Magical Arm Shield (anime)|Magical Magic Arm Shield]]", "[[Kunai with Chain (anime)|Kunai with Chain]]", and "[[Knight of Dark Dragon (anime)|Knight of Dark Dragon]]". Mai then activates "[[Monster Reborn (anime)|Monster Reborn]]" to [[Special Summon]] "[[Cyber Harpie Lady (anime)|Cyber Harpie Lady]]" (1800 → 2300/1300) from her [[Graveyard]] in [[Attack Position]].

She then activates "[[Elegant Egotist (anime)|Elegant Egotist]]" to transform "[[Cyber Harpie Lady (anime)|Cyber Harpie Lady]]" into the "[[Harpie Lady Sisters (anime)|Harpie Lady Sisters]]" (1800 → 2300/1300) in Attack Position. Mai then activates "[[Harpie Lady Phoenix Formation (anime)|Harpie Lady Phoenix Formation]]" to destroy Joey's "[[Gilford the Lightning (anime)|Gilford the Lightning]]" and last remaining Sheep Token and inflict damage to Joey equal to the total ATK of his destroyed monsters ([[Joey]] 3600 → 800), however no Harpie monsters can attack this turn.

Joey draws "[[Claw of Hermos|The Claw of Hermos]]". He then activates "[[The Warrior Returning Alive (anime)|The Warrior Returning Alive]]" to return "[[Blue Flame Swordsman (anime)|Blue Flame Swordsman]]" from his [[Graveyard]] to his Hand. Joey then Normal Summons "Blue Flame Swordsman" (1800/1600) in [[Attack Position]]. He then activates "[[Dark Dragon Ritual (anime)|Dark Dragon Ritual]]" to Tribute "[[Gearfried the Iron Knight (anime)|Gearfried the Iron Knight]]" from his [[Hand]] and [[Ritual Summon]] "[[Knight of Dark Dragon (anime)|Knight of Dark Dragon]]" (1900/1200) in Attack Position.

Joey then activates the effect of "[[Knight of Dark Dragon (anime)|Knight of Dark Dragon]]" to Tribute the latter and [[Special Summon]] "[[Red-Eyes B. Dragon (later anime)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]" (2400/2000) from his [[Main Deck|Deck]] in Attack Position. Due to the secondary effect of "[[Knight of Dark Dragon (anime)|Knight of Dark Dragon]]", "[[Red-Eyes B. Dragon (anime)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]" cannot attack in the same Turn that it was Summoned via the effect of "[[Knight of Dark Dragon (anime)|Knight of Dark Dragon]]".

Joey then activates "[[The Claw of Hermos]]" to fuse it with "[[Red-Eyes B. Dragon (anime)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]" and form "[[Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword (anime)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword]]". Joey then equips "[[Blue Flame Swordsman (anime)|Blue Flame Swordsman]]" with "[[Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword (anime)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword]]", which increases the [[ATK]] of "Blue Flame Swordsman" by 1000 ("[[Blue Flame Swordsman (anime)|Blue Flame Swordsman]]": 1800 → 2800/1600). "[[Blue Flame Swordsman (anime)|Blue Flame Swordsman]]" attacks and destroys Mai's first "Harpie Lady Sister" ([[Mai Valentine|Mai]] 800 → 300). Joey then Sets two cards ("[[Kunai with Chain (anime)|Kunai with Chain]]" and "[[Magical Arm Shield (anime)|Magical Magic Arm Shield]]").

Mai draws "[[Harpie's Feather Duster (anime)|Harpie's Feather Duster]]" and subsequently activates it to destroy all of Joey's [[Spell Cards|Spell]] and [[Trap Card]]s ("Blue Flame Swordsman": 2800 → 1800/1600). Mai then activates "[[Spell Reproduction (anime)|Spell Reproduction]]" to discard two [[Spell Card]]s and add "[[Harpie Lady Phoenix Formation (anime)|Harpie Lady Phoenix Formation]]" from her [[Graveyard]] to her Hand.

Mai then activates "[[Harpie Lady Phoenix Formation (anime)|Harpie Lady Phoenix Formation]]" to destroy all monsters Joey controls and inflict their total ATK to Joey as damage, but Joey activates the first effect of "[[Blue Flame Swordsman (anime)|Blue Flame Swordsman]]" to transfer all of its [[ATK]] ("Blue Flame Swordsman": 1800 → 0/1600) to one of Mai's "[[Harpie Lady Sisters (anime)|Harpie Lady Sisters]]" ("Harpie Lady Sister": 2300 → 4100/1300) before it's destroyed. "Blue Flame Swordsman" is destroyed, but Joey does not take any damage.

Since "[[Blue Flame Swordsman (anime)|Blue Flame Swordsman]]" was destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, Joey activates its second effect to Special Summon the original "[[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman]]" (1800/1600) from his Graveyard in [[Attack Position]] (NOTE: in the anime, "[[Flame Swordsman]]" is not a [[Fusion Monster]]). Since Mai activated "Harpie Lady Phoenix Formation", none of her Harpies can attack this turn, so she ends her turn.

Mai draws "[[Mirror Wall (anime)|Mirror Wall]]". The boosted "Harpie Lady Sister" attacks Joey's "[[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman]]", but Joey activates his face-down "[[Skull Dice (anime)|Skull Dice]]" to roll a die and divide the ATK of the boosted "Harpie Lady Sister" by the result. Joey gets a two, so the ATK of "Harpie Lady Sister" is halved ("1st Harpie Lady Sister": 4100 → 2050/1300). "Harpie Lady Sister" destroys Joey's "[[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman]]" ([[Joey Wheeler|Joey]] 800 → 550). Mai is about to order her second "Harpie Lady Sister" to attack directly, which would lead to her victory, but she decides not to after being reminded of all that she and Joey have been through. However, Joey is unable to continue the Duel as he is too exhausted to continue.  Mai wins, so he surrenders.

[[File:Joeyhand172.png|thumb|right|150px|"[[Vow of Tribe]]" and "[[Dark Dragon Ritual (anime)|Dark Dragon Ritual]]" original first artwork in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 172|episode 172]].]]* In the previous episode, "[[Vow of Tribe]]" and "[[Dark Dragon Ritual (anime)|Dark Dragon Ritual]]" was shown with a different artwork. For unknown reasons, these These cards' artwork were completely changed. The International [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|anime]] artwork of "Vow of Tribe" and "Dark Dragon Ritual" show the original first artwork.

* The spikes on "[[Cyber Harpie Lady (anime)|Cyber Harpie Lady]]" and "[[Harpie Lady Sisters (anime)|Harpie Lady Sisters]]'" breasts were removed.

* [[Fang of Critias|The Fang of Critias]]

* [[Red-Eyes B. Dragon (later anime)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]

* ''[[Knight of Dark Dragon (anime)|Knight of Dark Dragon]]''<ref group=Notes name=Knight>This card is known as "[[Paladin of Dark Dragon]]" in the TCG/OCG.</ref>

* [[Claw of Hermos|The Claw of Hermos]]<ref group=Notes name=took>This card belongs to Joey, but it was taken by Mai after the [[Duel]].</ref>

* [[Cyber Harpie Lady (anime)|Cyber Harpie Lady]] x2

}} {{Decklist|Flashbacks

* [[Psychic Armor Head (anime)|Psychic Armor Head]]* [[The Winged Dragon of Ra (originalanime)|The Winged Dragon of Ra]]

* [[Lord of the Red (anime)|Lord of the Red]]

* [[The Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of Orichalcos]]

* [[Glory of the King's Hand (anime)|Glory of the King's Hand]]

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