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{{Infobox/Yu-Gi-Oh!/Episodeepisode | series image = Yu-Gi-Oh! | season = 1 | image name = Yugioh013.png | image size = | image caption = | english en_name = Evil Spirit of the Ring | kanji ja_name = メタモルポットの罠！炎の剣士危うし | romaji romaji_name = Metamorupotto no Wana! Honō no Kenshi Ayaushi | japanese translated ja_trans_name = Metamorpot's Trap of the Metamor Pot! Flame Swordsman in Danger | episode series = Yu-Gi-Oh!| number = 13 | japanese air date season = 1| ja_air_date = July 11, 2000 | english air date en_air_date = January 26, 2002 | japanese opening ja_opening = [[V O I C E]] | japanese ending ja_ending = [[Energizing Shower]]<br/>元気のシャワー | english opening en_theme = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 1 Theme (English)|Season one theme]] | english ending screenwriter = Junki Takegami

"'''Evil Spirit of the Ring'''", known as "'''Metamorpot's Trap of the Metamorpot! Flame Swordsman in Danger''' " in the Japanese version, is the thirteenth episode of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh! '' second series anime]]. It first aired in Japan on July 11, 2000 and in the United States on January 26, 2002.

* [[Yami Bakura]] has just captured the souls of [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]] asks , [[Joey Wheeler|Joey]], [[Tristan Taylor|Tristan]], and [[Ryo BakuraTéa Gardner|BakuraTéa]] and sealed them inside of Yugi's Deck, and [[Yami Yugi]] why they are must now win them back in the a [[Shadow RealmGame]]. [[Yami Yugi expresses his surprise that Yami Bakura is a Shadow Game Duelist, but Yami Bakura]] reveals he is not the real [[Bakura Ryou|Bakura and claims ]]. (In the dub, he refers to be himself as a thief with and a mission to have stealer of souls.) Yami Bakura says that whoever possesses all seven [[Millennium ItemItems]]s in his possessionwill have the power to rule the world.* The pair start a duel [[Duel]] with Yami Yugi's [[Millenium Millennium Puzzle]] and his friends' souls at stake.* The Duel starts and For Yami Yugi summons 's first move, he Summons "[[Cyber Commander (anime)|Cyber Commander]]"in Defense Position, noting that it is [[Tristan Taylor|Tristan's]] favourite favorite card. To Yami Yugi's shock, Tristan emerges from the card, six inches tall and dressed as the "Cyber Commander. He " - he has become the card.* Before Tristan even has time to comprehend his predicament, Yami Bakura summons Summons "[[White Magical Hat (anime)|White Magical Hat]]" and destroys uses it to attack and destroy "Cyber Commander". Yami Bakura says that now "Cyber Commander", sending and Tristan's soul to are in the [[Graveyard]]. He says that the [[Reaper of the Cards|Reaper]] will arrive at the Graveyardsoon and if it takes "Cyber Commander" away, a parallel world where he is imprisonedTristan's body will die.** Meanwhile, in the Graveyard, Tristan wanders is wandering around the graveyard when he rubs some dust off a tombstone and , to his horror, finds a that the tombstone with has his name inscripted inscribed on it.* Yami Yugi summons thinks that he can't recklessly play his friends' soul cards, but at the "[[Flame Swordsman]]" to moment, he only has one card that can defeat Yami Bakura's monster - Joey's "White Magical Hat". Since "[[Flame Swordsman" is [[Joey Wheeler(anime)|Joey'sFlame Swordsman]] favourite card, Yugi correctly deduces that ". He Summons it will contain Joey's soul. Like Tristanin Attack Position, and Joey emerges from the card, six inches tall and dressed as the "Flame Swordsman".* Joey is terrified of what appears surprised to be giant see Yami Yugi and giant Bakura. Yami Yugi explains the situation to Joey so he offers , who gets freaked out when Yami Yugi tells him about the Graveyard, but agrees to help in any way he can.* Joey defeats the , without input from Yami Yugi, attacks "White Magical Hat" but in his pride and destroys it, dropping Yami Bakura's [[Life Points]] to 1200.  On Yami Bakura's turn, he recklessly takes out [[Set]]s a trap monster. Yami Yugi hesitates and wonders what the cardis, but Joey charges forward to attack despite Yami Yugi's pleas for him to stop. The Set monster is revealed to be "[[Morphing Jar (anime)|Morphing Jar]]", which forces Joey slices through with his sword, but Yami Bakura and Yami Yugi reveal the [[Flip Effect]] of "Morphing Jar" - both players to now must discard their hands and draw 5 five new cards. This was risky for Joey apologizes to Yami Yugi as he could have had [[Téa Gardner|Téa's]] card in the latter discards his hand. * In Yami Yugi is thankful that his discarded hand didn't contain any of his friends' soul cards, but inside his new hand, Yami is Yugi holds the 's soul card - "[[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]", his own favourite . Yami Bakura Sets another monster as well as a face-down card. Unsure of what Yami Yugi thinks to expecthimself that keeping Yugi's soul card in his hand is dangerous, so he summons it and regular Summons "Dark Magician" in Attack Position. Regular [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]] emergesfrom the card, but dressed as "Dark Magician". Yami Yugi is still playing. In the same turn he then uses "[[Monster Reborn (anime)|Monster Reborn]]" to revive bring back "Cyber Commander" from the Graveyard, and Tristan's soul along with it.* Joey and Tristan express their confusion as to why there are two Yugis. , and Yugi reveals that the one Dueling is the "other Yugi himself " who is confuseda spirit dwelling inside the Millennium Puzzle. (In the dub, but he points out that whenever 's more vague, talking about how he duels he feels like can hear a strong voicefrom the Puzzle guiding him.) He apologizes for not telling the others. Joey says that it's okay - they're all friends anyway, Yami so it doesn't matter. Yugiasks where Téa is, is guiding himand Tristan says she must still be in the deck. Joey resolves to win the Duel before her card can get played.* Yugi turns and uses his "Black Magic" to destroy Yami Bakura uses 's Set monster, which is revealed to be another "Morphing Jar", which causes both Duelists to refresh their hands again. In The last card in Yami Yugi's next new hand he holds is Téa's soul card: the - "[[Magician of Faith (anime)|Magician of Faith]]".Yami Bakura asks if Yami Yugi drew a good card. (In the dub, Yami Yugi reveals that he drew "Magician of Faith", causing Yami Bakura to taunt Yami Yugi.)  * Yami Bakura uses the trap card Sets another monster, then activates his face-down [[Trap Card]], "[[Just Desserts (anime)|Just Desserts]]" , which deals 500 [[effect damage]] to Yami Yugi for each monster on his field. Since there are three, Yami Yugi takes 1500 damage and his Life Points fall to take away a large percentage of 500, causing Yami Yugi's life pointsto keel over in pain.  Yami Yugi summons thinks that Téa's soul card isn't safe in his hand, and so he Sets "Magician of Faith", feeling that Téa would be more safe on the field instead of in his hand.* When Téa emerges everyone tries peeks out from under the face-down card, causing the other monsters to gather around her card and try to hide her from view. The gang explains the situation to explain what is happeningTéa. During this , Joey makes fun of tells Téa that there's a "smallercool" Yugi and a "regular" Yugi. (In a fit of angerthe dub, the adjective "regular" is instead "puny".) In order to prove that he can be cool too, Yugi attacks uses "Black Magic" to attack Yami Bakura's face down card, Set "[[Electric Lizard (anime)|Electric Lizard]]". He , but he soon regrets it when the card gives him an electric shock, causing his body to go numb. Yami Bakura explains that when a non-[[Zombie]] monster attacks "Electric Lizard", it will be unable to attack next turn. (In the dub, Yami Bakura is more vague, saying that little Yugi has learned a lesson he won't soon forget.) Yami Yugi Sets "[[Horn of Heaven (anime)|Horn of Heaven]]" face-down. * Yami Bakura summons Sets another monster, which he declares to be "[[Man-Eater Bug (anime)|Man-Eater Bug]]" which . Yugi explains that when "Man-Eater Bug" is flipped face-up, it can automatically destroy any one monster on the opponent's field. Joey volunteers wants to attack it, but Yugi says it's worthless, as the card will flip face-up if it's attacked. Joey asks if there's any way they can stop it from being [[Flip Summon]]ed, and Yugi says it's possible if they use "Horn of Heaven", but that the card requires a sacrifice himself to be used. Tristan resolves to go, but Joey uses the hilt of the sword of "Flame Swordsman" to knock him over. He says that he'll be the one to face Yami Bakura, and he is sent charges in, to Yugi and Téa's objections. Joey lands on top of "Man-Eater Bug", which emerges from the graveyardcard and the two begin to struggle. Joey calls to Yami Yugi , who uses the "[[Horn of Heaven]]" , sacrificing "Flame Swordsman" and Joey's soul to negate the Flip Summon of "Man-Eater Bug" and destroy the it. "Flame Swordsman" and "Man-Eater Bug"are destroyed simultaneously. Yami Bakura laughs and says they'll all be sent there anyway soon enough.* In the graveyardGraveyard, Joey is chased by the "[[Reaper of the Cards]]", trips over a rock and falls to the ground. Yami Bakura says that when it takes him he will be trapped forever.* Téa begins to cry over losing Joey. This A single tear drops to the ground, which activates her special abilityFlip Effect, allowing Yami Yugi to reuse add a previous magic card[[Spell Card]] from the Graveyard back to his hand. He uses adds back "Monster Reborn" and immediately activates it, bringing back "Flame Swordsman" and Joey's soul from the Graveyard, just as the "Reaper" was about to bring back swipe Joeywith his scythe. Yami Yugi says that the friendship the gang shares creates miracles, but Yami Bakura laughs and says that he'll show Yami Yugi that friendship never lasts forever. [[File:RyuBakura-ChangeofHeart.png|thumb|left|Bakura as "[[Change of Heart (anime)|Change of Heart]]".]]* Yami Bakura plays Summons "[[Lady of Faith (anime)|Lady of Faith]]" in Attack Position and intends to use then reveals a Spell in his hand - "[[Change of Heart (anime)|Change of Heart]]" , Bakura's favorite card. Yami Bakura says that when he activates it, he'll be able to turn "Dark Magician" Yugi against his friends. When He declares that the gang's friendship is over and activates "Change of Heart". However, when "Change of Heart" is summonedactivated, normal Bakura emergesand appears as the angel on the card, as it is his favourite favorite card. He instead chooses flies over to take control of "Lady of Faith" and uses the effect of "Change of Heart" to take control of it. He volunteers to be destroyed by Yugi, but Yugi doesn't want to attack his friendas that would send him to the Graveyard.* However, Yami Yugi uses his Millennium Puzzle 's power to switch the places of Bakura and Yami Bakura's souls. , turning Yami Bakura is now into the "Lady of Faith" and normal Bakura is duellinginto Yami Yugi's opponent. Yami Yugi orders "Dark Magician" to attack "Lady of Faith", and Yugi sends uses "Black Magic" to destroy "Lady of Faith", send Yami Bakura 's soul to the graveyardGraveyard, and reduce Bakura's Life Points to 0, winning the Shadow Game. In the Graveyard, Yami Bakura curses the failure of his plan, where he faces and the "Reaper of the Cards"appears behind him, causing him to scream.* Everyone returns As the dust settles, everyone's souls return back to normal. Joey, Tristan and Téa thought where they had been dreaming the experiencebelong.* Yugi asks Bakura reveals that where he got his [[Millennium Ring]] , and Bakura reveals that the Ring was a gift from his father , who had bought it in Egypt from an unusual looking merchant. He says that the merchant was from the [[Shadow Realm]]. Joey, Tristan and Téa wake up, feeling like they were dreaming, only to see the real Bakura right in front of them, which momentarily freaks them out again.* Everyone Suddenly, everyone hears [[Mai Valentine|a loud scream ]] in the distance and they run to see where it came from.{{clear|left}}

[[Yami Yugi]] [[Normal Summon]]s "[[Cyber Commander (anime)|Cyber Commander]]" (750/700) in [[Defense Position]], and is stunned to see [[Tristan Taylor|Tristan]] as "[[Cyber Commander]]".

[[Yami Bakura]] [[Draw a card|draws]]. He then [[Normal Summon]]s Summons "[[White Magical Hat (anime)|White Magical Hat]]" (1000/700) in [[Attack Position]]. "[[White Magical Hat]]" [[attack]]s and [[destroy]]s "[[Cyber Commander]]"/[[Tristan Taylor|Tristan]], [[send]]ing him to the [[Graveyard]].

[[Yami Yugi]] draws. Yami Yugi's His hand contains "[[Breath of Light (anime)|Breath of Light]]", "[[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman]]", "[[Skull Stalker (anime)|Skull Stalker]]", "[[Meotoko (anime)|Meotoko]]", and "[[Kagemusha of the Blue Flame (anime)|Kagemusha of the Blue Flame]]". He [[Normal Summon]]s Summons "[[Flame Swordsman]]" (1800/1600) with [[Joey Wheeler|Joey]]'s soul within it in [[Attack Position]]. "[[Flame Swordsman]]"/[[Joey Wheeler]] [[attack]]s attacks and [[destroy]]s destroys "[[White Magical Hat]]" ([[Yami Bakura]] : 2000 → 1200[[Life Points|LP]]).

[[Yami Bakura]] draws. He then [[Set]]s a [[Monster Card|monster]].

"[[Flame Swordsman]]"/[[Joey Wheeler]] [[attack]]s attacks and [[destroy]]s [[destroys Yami Bakura]]'s [[Set]] "[[Monster CardMorphing Jar (anime)|monster]]. It's revealed to be "[[Morphing Jar]]" (700/600)without Yami Yugi's permission. This [[activate]]s the latter's [[Flip Monster Effects|Flip Effecteffect]] of "[[Morphing Jar]]", forcing both players to [[discard]] their [[hand]] and [[Draw a card|draw]] five cards. Yami Yugi's new hand (left to right): draws "[[Claw Reacher (anime)|Claw Reacher]]", "[[The Furious Sea King (anime)|The Furious Sea King]]", "[[Kageningen (anime)|Kageningen]]", "[[Happy Lover (anime)|Happy Lover]]", and... "[[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]"!.

[[Yami Bakura]] draws. He then [[Set]]s Sets a [[Monster Card|monster]] and [[Set]]s a another card.

[[Yami Yugi]] draws "[[Monster Reborn(anime)|Reborn the Monster]]". He then [[Normal Summon]]s Summons "[[Dark Magician]]" (2500/2100) with [[Yugi Muto|"Little" Yugi]]'s]] soul within it in [[Attack Position]]. Yami Yugi then [[activate]]s "[[Reborn the Monster Reborn]]" to [[Special Summon]] "[[Cyber Commander]]"/Tristan from his [[Graveyard]] "Cyber Commander" (750/700) from his Graveyard in [[Attack Position]].  "[[Dark Magician]]"/[[Yugi Muto|Little Yugi]] [[attack]]s attacks and [[destroy]]s [[destroys Yami Bakura]]'s [[Set]] [[Monster Card|monster]]. It's revealed to be "[[Morphing Jar]]" (700/600). This activates the latter's Flip Effect of "Morphing Jar", which forces forcing both players to [[discard]] their [[hand]] to the Graveyard and [[Draw a card|draw]] five cards. One of the cards [[Yami Yugi]] [[Draw a card|draws]] is "[[Magician of Faith (anime)|Magician of Faith]]"; , [[Téa Gardner|Téa]]'s]] favorite card.

[[Yami Bakura]] draws. He then [[Set]]s Sets a [[Monster Card|monster]]. Yami Bakura then [[activate]]s activates his face-down "[[Just Desserts (anime)|Just Desserts]]" to [[Damage|inflict]] 500 [[Effect damage|damage]] to [[Yami Yugi]] for every monster he [[Monster Card|monstercontrol]] he controlss. Yami Yugi currently has three, so "Just Desserts" inflicts 1500 damage to him ([[Yami Yugi]] : 2000 → 500LP).

Yami Yugi's hand contains from right to left: an unknown monster"[[Shien's Body Double]]", "[[Rock Ogre Grotto 1 (anime)|Rock Ogre Grotto #1]]", "[[Anthrosaurus (anime)|Anthrosaurus]]", "[[Basic Insect (anime)|Basic Insect]]", and "[[Magician of Faith]]". Yami Yugi draws. He then [[Set]]s Sets "[[Magician of Faith]]" (300/400), and although she is not [[face-up]], [[Téa Gardner|Téa]] still appears. After his pride is hurt by a casual description from Joey, "[[Dark Magician]]"/[[Yugi Muto|Little Yugi]] [[attack]]s attacks and [[destroy]]s [[destroys Yami Bakura]]'s [[Set]] "[[Monster CardElectric Lizard (anime)|monster]]. It's revealed to be "[[Electric Lizard]]" (850/800). The effect of "[[Electric Lizard]]'s" [[Card effect|effect]] activates, preventing "[[Dark Magician]]"/[[Yugi Muto|Little Yugi]] from [[attack]]ing attacking next [[turn]] as he is not a [[Zombie]]-[[Type]] [[Monster Card|monster]]. [[Yami Yugi]] Sets "[[Set]]s 1 card Horn of Heaven ("anime)|Horn of Heaven]]").

[[Yami Bakura]] draws. He then Sets "[[Set]]s a [[Monster CardMan-Eater Bug (anime)|monsterMan-Eater Bug]] " and announces so. When it is "[[Man-Eater Bugflip]]" (450/600). When this monster is flipped ped [[face-up ]] through an attack or a [[Flip Summon]], its Flip Effect will activate, which will allow Yami Bakura to destroy one monster on the [[field]].

"Flame Swordsman"/Joey volunteers to attack the set Yami Bakura's Set "Man-Eater Bug". Joey attacks He does so, flipping the set latter "Man-Eater Bug", flipping the latter (450/600) face-up and activating its effect, but Yami Yugi activates his face-down "[[Horn of Heaven]]" to Tribute "Flame Swordsman", [[negate ]] the Flip Effect of "Man-Eater Bug" and destroy the latterit by Tributing "Flame Swordsman"/Joey. "[[Magician of Faith]]"/[[Téa Gardner|Téa]] cries over "[[Flame Swordsman]]"/[[Joey Wheeler|Joey's]] demise. This , which flips "Magician of Faith" her face-up(300/400), [[Activate|activating]] "[[Magician of Faith]]'s" her Flip [[Card effect|effect]], which allows [[Yami Effect and allowing Yugi]] to add "[[Reborn the Monster Reborn]]" from his [[Graveyard]] to his [[hand]]. He then activates "[[Reborn the Monster Reborn]]" to [[Special Summon]] "[[Flame Swordsman]]"/[[Joey Wheeler|Joey]] (1800/1600) from his Graveyard in [[Attack Position]].

[[Yami Bakura]] [[Normal Summon]]s Summons "* [[Lady of Faith (anime)|Lady of Faith]]" (1100/800) in [[Attack Position]]. He then [[activate]]s activates "[[Change of Heart (anime)|Change of Heart]]" with the intention of using it to take control of "Dark Magician"/Little Yugi , in order to use it to attack and destroy one of Yami Yugi's other monsters and win the Duel. Right after "Change of Heart" is activated, it is revealed that the real [[Ryo Bakura|BakuraRyou]]'s soul was locked into inside "Change of Heart" as it's is his favorite card. He then takes over "[[Lady of Faith]]" to prevent Yami Bakura from winning the Duel.

Bakura Ryou then tells his friends to [[attack]] him as they will be able to defeat Yami Bakura that way, but Little Yugi and his friends refuse because they don't want to send their friend to the Graveyard. This argument continues until [[Yami Yugi]] intervenes and uses his [[Millennium Puzzle]] to switch the souls of [[Ryo make Bakura]] Ryou and [[Yami Bakura]]swap places. This makes Bakura the person that Ryou Yami Yugi is Dueling 's opponent while Yami Bakura becomes "Lady of Faith".

"[[Dark Magician]]"/Little Yugi [[attack]]s attacks and [[destroy]]s destroys "[[Lady of Faith]]"/[[Yami Bakura]], [[send]]ing him to the [[Graveyard]] ([[Ryo Bakura]] Ryou: 1200 → 0LP). Yami Yugi wins. ==Differences in adaptions==* In the English version, Yami Bakura takes everyone to the Shadow Realm before he traps them in the cards. In the Japanese version he creates a [[Shadow Game]].* When Tristan finds his tombstone in the Graveyard, it says "Honda Hiroto" in Japanese. It's replaced with TRISTAN TAYLOR in English writing in the dub.* The shot of Yami Bakura clutching his chest in pain as his life points go down is changed in the US version to show him frowning.* The words on the duel mat have been removed in the US version, though they can be briefly seen in the previous episode when the group collapses after having their souls removed.* In the Japanese version, the card dealer shows Bakura's father, "[[Seven-Armed Fiend]]", has an ATK and DEF of 666. Both were changed to 1000 for English audiences. ==Errors==[[File:Saint Magician Tea.png|thumb|right|Magician of Faith with the incorrect stats.]]* In the dub, "[[Monster Reborn]]" has the usual altered artwork, but when it is activated the first time (to resurrect Tristan), the ankh of the original artwork can be briefly seen glowing. * In the dub, when Tea's tears activate Magician of Faith's special ability, the camera zooms out to show Tea's card with Dark Magician's card.

* [[Anthrosaurus (anime)|Anthrosaurus]]<ref group=Notes name=hand2>This card was seen in Yugi's [[hand]] after the effect of "[[Morphing Jar (anime)|Morphing Jar]]'s" effect.</ref>* [[Basic Insect (anime)|Basic Insect]]<ref group=Notes name=hand2/>* [[Claw Reacher (anime)|Claw Reacher]]<ref group=Notes name=hand2/>* [[Cyber Commander (anime)|Cyber Commander]]* [[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]* [[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman]]<ref group=Notes name=normal>This card was played as a [[Normal Monster]]. It is a [[Fusion Monster]] in the TCG/OCG.</ref>* [[Happy Lover (anime)|Happy Lover]]<ref group=Notes name=hand2/>* [[Kagemusha of the Blue Flame (anime)|Kagemusha of the Blue Flame]]<ref group=Notes name=hand>This card was seen in Yugi's [[hand]] before the effect of "[[Morphing Jar (anime)|Morphing Jar]]'s" effect.</ref>* [[Kageningen (anime)|Kageningen]]<ref group=Notes name=hand2/>* [[Meotoko (anime)|Meotoko]]<ref group=Notes name=hand/>* [[Rock Ogre Grotto 1(anime)|Rock Ogre Grotto #1]]<ref group=Notes name=hand2/>* [[Skull Stalker (anime)|Skull Stalker]]<ref group=Notes name=hand/>* [[The Furious Sea King (anime)|The Furious Sea King]]<ref group=Notes name=hand2/>

* [[Magician of Faith (anime)|Magician of Faith]]

* [[Breath of Light (anime)|Breath of Light]]<ref group=Notes name=hand/>* [[Monster Reborn (anime)|Monster Reborn]]

* [[Horn of Heaven (anime)|Horn of Heaven]]

* [[Lady of Faith (anime)|Lady of Faith]]

* [[Electric Lizard (anime)|Electric Lizard]]* [[Man-Eater Bug (anime)|Man-Eater Bug]]* [[Morphing Jar (anime)|Morphing Jar]] x2* [[White Magical Hat (anime)|White Magical Hat]]

* [[Change of Heart (anime)|Change of Heart]]

* [[Just Desserts (anime)|Just Desserts]]

* ''[[Reaper of the Cards (anime)|Reaper of the Cards]]''

* [[Cyber Commander (anime)|Cyber Commander]]* [[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]* [[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman]]<ref group=Notes name=normal/>

* [[Magician of Faith (anime)|Magician of Faith]]

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