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{{Infobox/Yu-Gi-Oh!/Episodeepisode | series = Yu-Gi-Oh! | season = 4 | image name = Yugioh177.jpg | image size = | image caption = | english en_name = A Duel with Dartz - Part 1 | kanji ja_name = 決戦の地へ！ ダーツｖｓ遊戯&海馬 | romaji romaji_name = Kessen no Chi e! Dātsu Vāsasu Yūgi to Kaiba | japanese translated ja_trans_name = (To the Final BattlefieldSite of the Decisive Battle! Dartz vs. Yugi & Kaiba) | episode number = 177 | japanese air date ja_air_date = October 29, 2003 | english air date en_air_date = May 7, 2005 | japanese opening ja_opening = [[WARRIORS]] | japanese ending ja_ending = [[These Overflowing Feelings Don't Stop]] | english opening en_theme = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 1 Theme (English)|Season one theme]] | english ending screenwriter = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 1 Theme (English)|Season one theme]]Shin Yoshida

=Featured '''"A Duel: Seto Kaiba + Yami Yugi vs. with Dartz - Part 1="''', known as '''"To the Site of the Decisive Battle! Dartz vs. Yugi & Kaiba"''' in the Japanese version, is the one-hundred and seventy-seventh episode of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' second series anime]]. It first aired in Japan on October 29, 2003 and in the United States on May 7, 2005.

==Seto Kaiba's Turn==*[[Activate]]s [[Ritual Spell Cards{{episode summary|Ritual Spell Card]] "[[White Dragon RitualYami Yugi]]", and [[Tribute|TributingSeto Kaiba]] "are transported via helicopter to [[Vorse RaiderDartz]]" from 's castle. Dartz recalls his [[HandOrichalcos Soldier]] s from all over the world, as he intends to [[Ritual Summon]] "[[Paladin begin the final stages of White Dragon]]" (1900 his ritual to revive [[ATKThe Great Leviathan]] / 1200 [[DEF]]).*Activates "[[Paladin of White Dragon]]'s" [[Card effect|effect]], [[Tribute|Tributing]] it Yami Yugi and Kaiba challenge him to [[Special Summon]] "[[Bluea two-on-Eyes White Dragon]]" (3000 [[ATK]] / 2500 [[DEF]]) from his deck in one [[Attack PositionDuel]].}}

==Yami Yugi's TurnSummary ==*Activates After the [[Ritual Spell Cards|Ritual Spell CardDuel]] "between [[Black Luster RitualYami Yugi]]", and [[Tribute|TributingRafael]] "[[Valkyrion is over, the Magna Warrior]]" from his [[Hand]] building they are on top of begins to shake and crumble. A KC Chopper arrives to rescue them, but Yami Yugi is unable to [[Ritual Summon]] "[[Black Luster Soldier]]" carry Rafael (3000 [[ATK]] / 2500 [[DEF]]who is still weakened from their previous Duel) in [[Attack Position]].*Rafael falls into a chasm, but not before handing Yami Yugi an SD memory card. The whole building gives way to an ancient structure; the modern building was just an outer shell built around it. Yami Yugi hands [[SetSeto Kaiba|Kaiba]]Rafael's SD memory card, and Kaiba uses a PDA to check it: it's a cardmap, signalling the location of Dartz's temple. While flying away and after seeing a swarm of locusts fly across the skies, four military choppers intercept the KC Chopper and redirect it.

==Dartz's Turn==*Activates "[[The Seal of OrichalcosDuke Devlin]]". From now on, all of Dartz's and [[Monster Cards|monsterRebecca Hawkins]]s will receive a +500 [[ATK]] boost and , driving across the loser(s) of this duel will lose their soul.*city, stumble upon some [[Normal SummonOrichalcos Soldier]]s "[[Orichalcos Gigas]]" (400 → 900 [[ATK]] / 1500 [[DEF]]) in [[Defense Position]].*Activates "[[Orichalcos Kyutora]]'s" effectRebecca jumps out and tries to challenge them, paying 500 LP ([[Dartz]]: 4000 → 3500 [[Life Points]]) to [[Special Summon]] it (500 → 1000 [[ATK]] / 500 [[DEF]]) from his [[Hand]] in [[Defense Position]]but they ignore her and look towards the sky. Dartz places it in chants a spell and they disappear into the [[Spell & Trap Card Zone]]air, meaning it can't be [[attack]]ed until Dartz's first-row monsters are [[destroy]]ed firstbeing recalled from all over the world.

==Seto Kaiba's Turn==*Activates [[Spell Cards|Spell Card]] "[[Polymerization]]"Meanwhile, fusing his "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" on Rafael can be seen emerging from the smoke at the base of the building, holding [[Playing FieldMai Valentine|field]] with 2 more "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]Mai's" from his [[Hand]] to form "[[Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]]" (4500 [[ATK]] / 3800 [[DEF]]) in [[Attack Position]]soulless body.

==The choppers land on an aircraft carrier. The commander in charge explains that their country's politics are under the control of [[Doma]] and that they don't have the authorization to strike. Nevertheless, they offer to refuel the chopper and take them as close as possible to Dartz's island.  The KC Chopper has trouble making it through the typhoons and the storm that surrounds the island, but Dartz chants a spell to make a twister pull them closer. They land in front of the temple and disembark. They stumble upon the main chamber and feel like something lingers on the air, a kind of collective sadness. Discovering a passage, they find another room containing tablets depicting the imprisoned souls. Yami Yugirecognizes [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]], so he rushes forward when Dartz's Turn==voice booms out. *Activates Two torches form an arch of fire and from it Dartz emerges, claiming that he's waited for them and welcoming them to his temple. He claims, as always, that he will get his souls and the blessing of his God. He erases two tablets to set apart "special seats" for both Kaiba and Yami Yugi. Kaiba and Yami Yugi tell him that the [[Doma#Three Swordsmen|Three Swordsmen]] have been defeated, so he's the only one left. Dartz looks unfazed. He had always planned to have them be sacrificed as well. Yami Yugi demands the release of the souls, and Dartz challenges them to try to defeat him. He makes the whole set of torches light, thus revealing the whole room. Yugi and company gasp; the floor, walls and dome-shaped ceiling are filled with tablets of sealed souls. [[Spell CardsMokuba Kaiba|Spell CardMokuba]] recognizes that some of them are from other eras, even. Dartz explains that he's existed for over 10,000 years. He then forms a [[Chaos Duel Disk]] and steps forward. Kaiba announces that he shall be his opponent, but Yami Yugi refuses to let him go solo. They decide to do a [[Tag-Team Duel]], and Dartz agrees.  Elsewhere, Rafael picks up [[Valon]]'s body and loads into a jeep along with Mai's. He mutters that there's something he still needs to do.  Both Yugi and Kaiba begin their [[turn]] s by Summoning high-Level monsters: "[[PolymerizationBlue-Eyes White Dragon (anime)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]", fusing his and "[[Black Luster Soldier (anime)|Black Luster Soldier]]" . Dartz begins with Seto's the "[[The Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of Orichalcos]]" following this, he manifests his fighting spirit, which was so strong even the ones observing the duel felt it. He then Summons an "[[BlueOrichalcos Gigas]]" and one back-Eyes Ultimate Dragonrow Monster: "[[Orichalcos Kyutora (anime)|Orichalcos Kyutora]]" . In the next turn, both Yami Yugi and Kaiba work in unison to form bring out "[[Dragon Master Knight(later anime)|Dragon Master Knight]]" and Yami Yugi uses a Trap Card to inflict "[[piercing]]" damage to Dartz. However, their attack is somehow blocked by "Kyutora", and Dartz claims that it is not possible for them to defeat him. The energy of the attack provokes for the "Seal" to warp them into the World of Memories of the Orichalcos. Dartz then makes a speech about how everything is born from the Dark. They float over the Earth as they speak. They then descend below the clouds until they float atop a city: [[Atlantis]]. Dartz announces that he was the ruler of that city and the destroyer of it: it was a beautiful city, but, alas, it was walking upon the road of destruction. ==Featured Duel: Seto Kaiba & Yami Yugi vs. Dartz== <u>'''Turn 1: Kaiba'''</u><br />Kaiba draws. He then [[Activate|activates]] "[[White Dragon Ritual (anime)|White Dragon SoldierRitual]]" to [[Tribute]]" [[Vorse Raider (5000 anime)|Vorse Raider]]" from his [[ATKHand]] / 5000 and [[DEFRitual Summon]]"[[Paladin of White Dragon (anime) on Yami's side |Paladin of the field White Dragon]]" (NOTE: 1900/1200) in Attack Position. He then activates the real game, effect of "Master Paladin of White Dragon Soldier" is called to Tribute itself and [[Special Summon]] "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (anime)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon Master Knight]]"(3000/2500)from his [[Main Deck|Deck]] in [[Attack Position]].*Activates <u>'''Turn 2: Yami'''</u><br />Yami Yugi draws. He then activates "[[Black Luster Ritual (anime)|Black Luster Ritual]]" to [[Tribute]] "[[Trap CardsValkyrion the Magna Warrior (anime)|Trap CardValkyrion the Magna Warrior]]" from his [[Hand]] and [[Ritual Summon]] "[[MeteorainBlack Luster Soldier (anime)|Black Luster Soldier]]"(3000/2500) in [[Attack Position]]. Yami Yugi then [[Set]]s a Card (though this isn't mentioned in the dub). <u>'''Turn 3: Dartz'''</u><br />Dartz draws. He then activates "[[The Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of Orichalcos]]". From now on, all of YamiDartz's monsters obtain the [[PiercingMonster Cards|Monster]] effect (''when monsters attack with an s will receive a 500 [[ATK that is higher than ]] boost and the DEF loser(s) of the opponent'this Duel will lose their soul(s). Dartz then [[Normal Summon]]s "[[Orichalcos Gigas]]" (400 → 900/1500) in [[Defense Position monster, the difference is inflicted as ]]. Dartz then pays 500 Life Points ([[Battle DamageDartz]] 4000 → 3500) to [[Special Summon]] "[[Orichalcos Kyutora (anime)|Orichalcos Kyutora]]" (500 → 1000/500) from his [[Hand]] in [[Defense Position]]. Dartz places it in the opponent[[Spell & Trap Card Zone]], which means that it can't be [[Attack|attacked]] until Dartz's Life Pointsfirst-row Monsters are [[Destroy|destroyed]] first. <u>'''Turn 4: Kaiba'''</u><br />Kaiba')s hand is shown to contain two "Blue-Eyes White Dragons" and "[[Reflect Energy]]". *Uses Kaiba draws "[[Dragon Master KnightPolymerization (anime)|Master of Dragon SoldierPolymerization]]" and subsequently activates it to attack & destroy Dartz's fuse his "Blue-Eyes White Dragon"on the [[Orichalcos GigasPlaying Field|Field]]with the two "Blue-Eyes White Dragons" but thanks to in his [[hand]] and [[Fusion Summon]] "[[Orichalcos KyutoraBlue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (anime)|Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]]'s" effect, Dartz receives no (4500/3800) in [[Battle DamageAttack Position]] . <u>'''Turn 5: Yami'''</u><br />[[File:652010_42023_PM652010 42023 PM.jpg|thumb|"[[Dragon Master Knight (later anime)|Dragon Master Knight]]" as it prepares to attack]]*At this point, the magic Yami Yugi draws "Polymerization" and subsequently activates it to fuse his "Black Luster Soldier" with Seto's "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" and Fusion Summon "[[Dragon Master Knight (later anime)|Dragon Master Knight]]" (5000/5000) on Yami Yugi's side of the Orichalcos lets Dartz, Field in Attack Position. Yami and Seto share a vision Yugi then activates his face-down "[[Meteorain (anime)|Meteorain]]" to grant all of his Monsters the pastability to inflict [[Piercing]] damage this turn. "Dragon Master Knight" attacks & destroys Dartz reveals himself 's "Orichalcos Gigas", but due to be the King effect of the legendary city Atlantis"Orichalcos Kyutora", Dartz receives no [[Battle Damage]].

* Cut from the English version dub is a sequence in which the helicopter flies on, while the gang watch out the rear, wondering where the helicopters are leading them, then seeing a dark cloud approaching them, but then realize it is a swarm of locusts, and then the locusts surronding surrounding the city. * Shots of the gang walking towards the temple of was removed from the dub. * A shor shot of [[Seto Kaiba|Kaiba]] thinking announcing that if [[Yami Yugi|Yami]] is a really skilled duelista True Duelist, he should have the card Card to "Summon a new servant" and finish [[Dartz]] . * In the original, when Tristan falls to the floor in the plane, he is holding his crotch. In the dub, he holds onto his stomach when he falls. If you look closely at this scene, you can see that Mokuba's placement was adjusted as well to show him striking Tristan in the chest rather than the groin. If viewed on the DVD, this has the unfortunate side-effect of showing Mokuba's leg protruding past the border of the video frame. ==Featured cards==The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here. {{Decklist|Duel Monsters (Non-Hologram)|effect monsters =* [[Swarm of Locusts (anime)|Swarm of Locusts]]}} {{Decklist|Seto Kaiba|normal monsters =* [[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (anime)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]] x3* [[Vorse Raider (anime)|Vorse Raider]]|ritual monsters =* [[Paladin of White Dragon (anime)|Paladin of White Dragon]]|fusion monsters =* [[Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (anime)|Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]]|magic =* [[Polymerization (anime)|Polymerization]] (''[[Polymerization (Fusion)|Alternate version]] in the dubs'')* ''[[Reflect Energy]]''<ref group=Notes name=hand>This card was seen in Kaiba's [[hand]].</ref>* [[White Dragon Ritual (anime)|White Dragon Ritual]]}} {{Decklist|Yami Yugi|effect monsters =* [[Valkyrion the Magna Warrior (anime)|Valkyrion the Magna Warrior]]|ritual monsters =* [[Black Luster Soldier (anime)|Black Luster Soldier]]|fusion monsters =* [[Dragon Master Knight (later anime)|Dragon Master Knight]]|magic =* [[Black Luster Ritual (anime)|Black Luster Ritual]]* [[Polymerization (anime)|Polymerization]] (''[[Polymerization (Fusion)|Alternate version]] in the dubs'')|traps =* ''[[Meteorain (anime)|Meteorain]]''}} {{Decklist|Dartz|effect monsters =* [[Orichalcos Gigas]]* ''[[Orichalcos Kyutora (anime)|Orichalcos Kyutora]]''|magic =* [[The Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of Orichalcos]]}} ==Notes==<references group=Notes />