{{Infobox episode| image =Yugioh090.png| en_name =Duel RecapMind Game: Mai Vs. Marik, Part 1 | ja_name =舞ｖｓマリク 闇のデュエル| romaji_name =Mai Vāsasu Mariku Yami no Dyueru*3rd | ja_trans_name = Mai vs. Marik - Duel of the Battle City QuarterDarkness| series = Yu-FinalsGi-Oh!*The first Duel in a Shadow Game. When a monster is destroyed| number = 90| season = 2| ja_air_date = January 15, its owner will lose pieces of their memory2002*Mai gets hold of [[The Winged Dragon of Ra]]| en_air_date = October 4, but can't use it because her blood is not part of the Royal Egyptians and therefore, can't read the ancient text on the card.2003| ja_opening = WILD DRIVE| ja_ending = Paradise| en_theme = Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 2 Theme (English)| screenwriter = Shin Yoshida}}

"'''Mind Game: Mai Vs. Marik, Part 1'''", known as "'''Mai vs. Marik - Duel of Darkness'''" in the Japanese version, is the ninetieth episode of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime]]. It first aired in Japan on January 15, 2002 and in the United States on October 4, 2003. This episode and the parts 2 and 3 two were first released as "'''Dark Rage'''" in the United States. ==Summary==Before the next Duel Recap, [[Joey Wheeler|Joey]] brings up the dream he had about all his friends when he was knocked out in his duel against [[Odion]]. [[Mai Valentine|Mai]] asks him if she was in this dream but out of embarrassment, Joey lies and says she was not. Mai interprets this as Joey not caring about her. The next Duel is Mai against [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]] who is now [[Yami Marik]]. Yami Marik is in Odion's room about to kill him (send him to the [[Shadow Realm]] in the dub), until he hears his name called out to the Duel. Yami Marik turns the Duel into a [[Shadow Game]] and [[Yami Yugi]] tries to warn Mai of the dangers but she refuses to listen. Due to the nature of the Shadow Game, when a monster is destroyed, its owner will lose pieces of their memory. This causes Mai to forget about [[Téa Gardner|Téa]]. ==Featured Duel: Mai Valentine vs. Yami Marik, Part 1==<u>'''Turn 1: Mai'''</u><br />*Mai Summons draws "[[Dunames Dark Witch(anime)|Dunames Dark Witch]]" and subsequently Normal Summons it (1800/1050) in [[Attack Position]].*<u>'''Turn 2: Yami Marik'''</u><br />Yami Marik Summons draws "[[Revival Jam (anime)|Revival Jam]] " and subsequently Normal Summons it (1500/500) in [[Defense Position]] and activates . He then [[activate]]s "[[Jam Breeding Machine (anime)|Jam Breeding Machine]]".*Mai attacksWhile this card is face-up on the field, once per turn, but Yami Marik can Special Summon a "[[Slime Token (anime)|Slime Token]]" in Attack Position. If he Summons anything other than a "[[Slime]]" monster (which "Revival Jam]] reforms" counts as), "Jam Breeding Machine" will be destroyed.*A <u>'''Turn 3: Mai'''</u><br />"Dunames Dark Witch" [[Slime Tokenattack]] is s and [[Special Summondestroy]]eds "Revival Jam". "Revival Jam" revives itself (1500/500) in Defense Position via its own effect.  <u>'''Turn 4: Yami Marik activates '''</u><br />Yami Marik draws "[[Pot of Greed (anime)|Pot of Greed]] " and Sets subsequently activates it to [[Draw a card|draw]] two cards ("[[Jam Defender (anime)|Jam Defender]]" and "[[Remove Trap (anime)|Remove Trap]]").*Mai Yami Marik then activates the effect of "Jam Breeding Machine" to Special Summon a "Slime Token" (500/500) in Attack Position. Yami Marik then [[Harpie'Set]]s Feather Dustera card (NOTE: in the Japanese version, [[Kaiba]] explains to [[Mokuba]]that the Set card must be "Jam Defender", then destroys which allows [[Yami Marik]] to switch the target of all [[Slime TokenMai Valentine|Mai]] with her monster's attacks to "Revival Jam". In the English dub, Yugi thinks this but doesn't say it. In the English dub, dropping Yami Marikalso stated the face-down card would render her attacks useless). <u>'''Turn 5: Mai'''s </u><br />Mai draws "[[Life PointsHarpie's Feather Duster (anime)|Harpie's Feather Duster]] " and subsequently activates it to destroy all of Yami Marik's Magic and Trap Cards. "Dunames Dark Witch" attacks and destroys "Slime Token" (Yami Marik 4000 → 2700). She then Mai Sets a card.*<u>'''Turn 6: Yami Marik'''</u><br />Yami Marik Normal Summons "[[Melchid the Four-Face Beast (anime)|Melchid the Four-Face Beast]], " (1500/1200) in Attack Position. He then [[Tribute]]s it "Melchid" and [["Revival Jam]] " in order to [[Special Summon]] "[[Masked Beast Des Gardius (anime)|Masked Beast Des Gardius]]" (3300/2500) in Attack Position. He "Masked Beast Des Gardius" attacks"Dunames Dark Witch", but Mai activates her face-down "[[Mirror Wall (anime)|Mirror Wall]] to reduce its ", which halves the [[ATK]] in halfof all of Marik's attacking monsters ("Masked Beast Des Gardius": 3300 → 1650/2500). [["Dunames Dark Witch]] " then destroys it and "Masked Beast Des Gardius" (Yami Marik's [[Life Points]] drop to 2700 → 2550, but [[). This activates the effect of "Masked Beast Des Gardius]]'s effect activates", allowing Yami Marik to activate 1 "[[The Mask of Remnants (anime)|The Mask of Remnants]] " from his Deck and equipping it equip the latter card to [["Dunames Dark Witch]]". Due to the effect of "The Mask of Remnants", letting him take control of her"Dunames Dark Witch" switches to Yami Marik. He Yami Marik then activates [["Remove Trap]] " to destroy [["Mirror Wall]]".*<u>'''Turn 7: Mai'''</u><br />Mai draws. She then Sets a card and Normal Summons "[[The Unfriendly Amazon (anime)|The Unfriendly Amazon]]" (2000/1000) in Attack Position. It "The Unfriendly Amazon" attacks and destroys [["Dunames Dark Witch]] and drops " (Yami Marik2550 → 2350). ''s [[Life PointsYu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 091|Duel continues next episode.]] to 2350'' ==Featured cards==The following cards appeared in this episode.  {{Decklist|Mai Valentine|normal monsters =*Marik Summons [[Makyura the DestructorDunames Dark Witch (anime)|Dunames Dark Witch]] and equips it with |effect monsters =* [[Black PendantThe Unfriendly Amazon (anime)|The Unfriendly Amazon]], raising its |magic =* [[ATKHarpie's Feather Duster (anime)|Harpie's Feather Duster]] to 2100. He attacks, but Mai activates |traps =* [[Amazoness ArchersMirror Wall (anime)|Mirror Wall]] to reduce its }} {{Decklist|Yami Marik|normal monsters =* [[ATKMelchid the Four-Face Beast (anime)|Melchid the Four-Face Beast]] to 1600. It gets destroyed and Marik's |effect monsters =* [[Life PointsMasked Beast Des Gardius (anime)|Masked Beast Des Gardius]] drop to 1950. However, when * [[Black PendantRevival Jam (anime)|Revival Jam]] is destroyed, Mai loses 500 |magic =* [[Life PointsJam Breeding Machine (anime)|Jam Breeding Machine]]. * [[Makyura the DestructorPot of Greed (anime)|Pot of Greed]]'s effect activates, letting Marik activate a * [[Remove Trap (anime)|Remove Trap Card]] from his hand. He chooses * [[Rope The Mask of Remnants (anime)|The Mask of LifeRemnants]], which |traps =* [[Special SummonJam Defender (anime)|Jam Defender]]s Makyura with 800 more <ref group="note>This card can be seen in the hand of "[[ATKPot of Greed (anime)|Pot of Greed]]". It destroyed </ref>}} {{Decklist|Flashbacks|effect monsters =* [[The Unfriendly AmazonBuster Blader (anime)|Buster Blader]] and drops Mai's * [[Life PointsRevival Jam (anime)|Revival Jam]] to 3100.|magic =*Mai Summons [[Amazoness Chain MasterJam Breeding Machine (anime)|Jam Breeding Machine]] and Sets a card.*Marik Summons [[Holding ArmsTemple of the Kings (anime)|Temple of the Kings]]}} ==Cast=={| class="wikitable"|-! scope="col" | Japanese character name! scope="col" | Japanese voice actor|-| [[Yugi Muto]], which prevents Mai's monster from attacking for three turns.u*Mai activates | [[Grave ArmShunsuke Kazama]] to destroy |-| [[Amazoness Chain MasterTéa Gardner|Anzu Mazaki]]. This activates her special ability, letting Mai pay 1000 | [[Life PointsMaki Saito]] to take one card from Marik's Deck. She chooses |-| [[The Winged Dragon of RaJoey Wheeler|Katsuya Jonouchi]]. She then Sets two cards and Summons | [[Amazoness FighterHiroki Takahashi]].*Marik attacks, but Mai activates |-| [[Amazoness SpellcasterTristan Taylor|Hiroto Honda]], switching | [[Makyura the DestructorHidehiro Kikuchi]]'s <!-- Page break -->|-| [[ATKSeto Kaiba]] with those of | [[Amazoness FighterKenjiro Tsuda]]. Makyura is destroyed and Marik's |-| [[Life PointsMokuba Kaiba]] drop to 1050, but decreasing its | [[ATKJunko Takeuchi]] allowed Marik to activate |-| [[Card of Last WillMai Valentine|Mai Kujaku]], letting him draw 5 cards. Makyura's effect allows Marik to activate | [[Nightmare WheelHaruhi Terada]] from his hand. Mai activates |-| [[Dramatic RescueMarik Ishtar|Marik]], returning <!-- surname not shown in the credits -->| [[Amazoness FighterTetsuya Iwanaga]] to her hand and letting her <!-- Page break -->|-| [[Special SummonDuke Devlin|Ryuji Otogi]] | [[Cyber Harpie LadyRyo Naito]].*Mai activates |-| [[Graceful CharitySerenity Wheeler|Shizuka]], then <!-- surname not shown in the credits -->| [[Elegant EgotistMika Sakenobe]], turning 1 |-| [[Harpie LadyRoland|Isono]] into 3. She then | [[TributeMasami Iwasaki]]s them to |-| rowspan="2" | Other| [[SummonEiji Takemoto]] |-| [[Mika Ishibashi]]|} ==Differences in adaptations==* The dub cuts a scene where a bird's-eye view of the Battle Ship is shown as the announcer's voice says that the duelists for round three will be chosen in fifteen minutes.* Scenes of Odion and Joey being struck by the lightning created by "The Winged Dragon of Ra]]" are added over Joey's scene in the US version.* A shot of Joey clenching his fist is cut from the US version.* In the Japanese Version, Yami Marik wants to kill Odion. HoweverIn the dub, it gets locked in he wants to send him to the shadow realm.* A scene of Marik pulling a sphere dagger out of light, the Millennium Rod and she canholding the point of the Rod't use it since she cans dagger over Odion't read s face is cut from the ancient text US version.* The dagger on the cardMillennium Rod is digitized out, and the Rod is made longer to copy its length with the dagger. She Sets [[Gravity Bind]]It now has a flat bottom for this scene since the dagger was cut out.*When Marik Summons [[Holding Legs]] (which is announced as Mai's opponent, Roland is mistakenly shown in turn summons the [[Sacred Stone photo screen of Ojhat]] chaining Mai to it so she cannot reach her deck), returning all [[Spell]] and [[Trap Card]]Rishid's on room holding the field to their owner#4 ball, which is Mai's handnumber. He attacks her directly with [[Holding Arms]] and [[Holding Legs]], reducing her [[Life Points]] to 800Roland is seen holding the #5 ball in the dub. He then announces * A shot of Kaiba thinking he'll watch the ancient text on [[The Winged Dragon power of "Ra]], letting him regain control of " is cut from the cardUS version. With 5400 [[ATK]], it attacks * A spilt-screen of Mai directly, winning and Yami Marik replaces a shot of Joey in the Duel for dub.* The words "DRAW TWO" on Yami Marik's duel disk is replaced with the number "4000".* A close-up of Kaiba is cut. (Ra technically attacks Mai, Joey, * Cut from the US version is a short scene of Tristan saying this is like Yugi and YugiPegasus's Duel.* A shadow version of Téa being sliced in two by "Unfriendly Amazon" is cut. Joey tried to protect Mai while Yugi took * The words "TO BE CONTINUED" are added at the brunt end of the attackdub episode. ==Errors==* Duke Devlin is first seen in Odion's room close to Tristan, but then in the scene when Joey and Yugi werenunderstands why he was able to stand up in time to win, Duke isn't active participants next to Tristan when it shows "all" of the characters in Odion's room in a line. However, Duke is there in a following overhead scene after Joey explains his dream. * In the duel)Japanese version, Roland holds up Mai's number ball of 4 when announcing her opponent is Marik Ishtar, who is actually Duelist number 5. ==Notes==<references group="note" /> [[Category:{{Yu-Gi-Oh! Episodes]]episodes/season 2}}