Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 194

Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 194

Names
Series
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh!
Number	194
Season	5
Chronology
Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes (season 5)
Previous	"A Brawl in a Small Town - Part 2"
Next	"One Step Ahead - Part 2"

One Step Ahead - Part 1, entitled Kaiba's Intrusion! The Grand Prix Final in the Japanese version, is the 194th episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! television series.

The Grand Championship is almost at its end, narrowed down to 2 contestants: Leon Wilson and Zigfried Lloyd—but before their Duel can begin, Seto Kaiba suddenly intervenes and replaces Leon as Zigfried's opponent.

Major Events

• Leon von Schroeder and Zigfried von Schroeder (using their pseudonyms, Leon Wilson and Zigfried Lloyd) are set to Duel each other in the Grand Championship final, as winners of Blocks A and B.

FINAL Duel

Zigfried Lloyd

vs.

Leon Wilson

• The Duel is set in Kaiba Dome, the big audience stadium of Kaiba's theme park Kaibaland. The winner will have the honour of playing against Yugi Muto.
• Suddenly, Seto Kaiba arrives and declares a "dueling foul": Zigfried entered the tournament under a false name (in breach of KC Championship contract rules), and must therefore be disqualified. Seto exposes Zigfried as Zigfried von Schroeder and immediately orders him to leave.
• Zigfried calls Kaiba a coward, saying this is just a "technicality" excuse to prevent him from reaching the Championship crown. However, Kaiba tells him that "no one is going to kick you out" and challenges him to try to stand up to him in a Duel, to which Ziegfried quickly agrees. The featured Duel becomes Seto Kaiba vs. Zigfried von Schroeder.
• Kaiba already has knowledge of Zigfried unleashing a virus all over KaibaCorp's computer banks, giving him an advantage. To remedy this, Kaiba instead uses his Duel Disk connected to the Duel Stage with a USB cable, ensuring that they both play on fair terms.

Notes

"Mischief of the Time Goddess":

• During this episode and during his first turn of the Duel, Zigfried declares an attack on a defenseless Seto. Seto uses Trap Card "Negate Attack" to negate it, but Zigfried then plays Spell Card "Mischief of the Time Goddess": the Duel seems to skip towards another Battle Phase for Zigfried, who then attacks again.
• Seto however, counters Zigfried's second attack by activating Trap Card "Magical Trick Mirror": he selects "Mischief of the Time Goddess" in Zigfried's Graveyard and activates it. It somehow permits Seto to stop Zigfried's current attack dead in its tracks, and go directly to his next turn (which Phase is unclear, at least initially).
• The exact effects of "Mischief of the Time Goddess", as well as the subtleties of its application, aren't fully explained:
  • In the English Dub, Zigfried quotes: "Mischief of the Time Goddess" allows me to skip your turn, then I can pick off where I left off (...)".
  • In the original Japanese, Zigfried reads the exact text of the card instead: "Skip 1 turn. My turn to Battle Phase".
  • It is believed the card's text should be something along the lines of: "Immediately end current turn: its remaining Phases, including the End Phase, are skipped. Go directly to the Battle Phase of your next turn". A full discussion on how this conclusion was reached can be found in the "Mischief of the Time Goddess" DISCUSSION Page.

Featured Duel: Seto Kaiba vs. Zigfried von Schroeder - Part 1

Seto Kaiba's Turn

• Summons "X-Head Cannon" (1800 ATK / 1500 DEF) in Attack Position.
• Sets two cards.

Zigfried von Schroeder's Turn #1

• Activates Spell Card "Ride of the Valkyries": he can Special Summon 3 Valkyries monsters from his hand: one "Valkyrie Erste" (1600 ATK / 1800 DEF), one "Valkyrie Zwei" (1600 ATK / 1600 DEF), and one "Valkyrie Dritte" (1000 ATK / 1600 DEF) in Attack Position.
  • The first "Valkyrie Zwei's" special ability activates: Seto's "X-Head Cannon" is destroyed.
• Zigfried activates "Valkyrie Erste's" special ability: he targets "X-Head Cannon" in Seto's Graveyard and removes it from play so that his monster's ATK becomes equal to that of Seto's monster ("Valkyrie Erste": 1600 → 1800 ATK / 1800 DEF).
• Thanks to its special ability, since a monster is now removed from play "Valkyrie Dritte" gains 100 ATK ("Valkyrie Dritte": 1000 → 1100 ATK / 1600 DEF).
• Uses his "Valkyrie Zwei" to attack Seto directly.
  • Seto activates Quick-Play Spell Card "Negate Attack": it negates Zigfried's attack and ends the Battle Phase.
• During his Main Phase 2, Zigfried activates Spell Card "Mischief of the Time Goddess": it allows him to skip the rest of his current turn and obtain a second turn immediately after, going directly to his Battle Phase.

Zigfried von Schroeder's Turn #2 - Battle Phase

• Uses his "Valkyrie Zwei" to attack Seto directly again.
  • Seto activates Trap Card "Magical Trick Mirror": he selects "Mischief of the Time Goddess" in Zigfried's Graveyard and activates it. It permits Seto to skip the rest of Zigfried's current turn and go directly to the Battle Phase of his next turn.

Seto Kaiba's Turn - Battle Phase

• Since Seto has no monsters on the field, he cannot attack. He goes directly to his Main Phase 2 (NOTE: in the original Japanese anime, this step is explained by Seto; the explanation is however skipped in the English dub and Seto trash-talks Zigfried instead).
• During his Main Phase 2, Summons "Z-Metal Tank" (1500 ATK / 1300 DEF) in Defense Position.
  • Activates "Clone Dragon's" special ability, Special Summoning from his hand (? ATK / ? DEF) in Defense Position. "Clone Dragon" becomes an exact duplicate of Seto's "Z-Metal Tank", with all the same stats as the original monster ("Clone Dragon": ? → 1500 ATK / ? → 1300 DEF).

Zigfried von Schroeder's Turn

• Since the end of Zigfried's previous turn was skipped, the second effect of "Ride of the Valkyries" could never activate. Thus, his "Valkyrie Erste", "Valkyrie Zwei", and "Valkyrie Dritte" are not returned to his Deck and are allowed to remain on the field (NOTE: again, the explanation of this step is exclusively in the original Japanese anime; it is skipped in the English dub).
• Activates Spell Card "Valkyrie's Embrace": by switching the Battle Position of one of his Valkyries, he can remove a monster his opponent controls from play. Zigfried switches his "Valkyrie Dritte" from Attack to Defense Position, removing Seto's "Z-Metal Tank" from the game.
• Thanks to its special ability, since an extra monster was removed from play "Valkyrie Dritte" gains another 100 ATK ("Valkyrie Dritte": 1100 → 1200 ATK / 1600 DEF).
• Uses "Valkyrie Erste" to attack & destroy Seto's "Clone Dragon".
• Uses "Valkyrie Zwei" to attack Seto directly (Seto: 4000 → 2400 Life Points).

Seto Kaiba's Turn

• Summons "Pitch-Dark Dragon" (900 ATK / 600 DEF) in Defense Position.
• Sets a card.

Zigfried von Schroeder's Turn

• Switches his "Valkyrie Dritte" to Attack Position, and uses it to attack & destroy Seto's "Pitch-Dark Dragon".
  • Since a monster he controlled was destroyed, Seto can activate Trap Card "Flat Level 4": both players may Special Summon a Level 4 monster from their Hand or Deck. Seto Special Summons "Y-Dragon Head" (1500 ATK / 1600 DEF) in Defense Position; Zigfried Special Summons another "Valkyrie Dritte" (1000 → 1200 ATK / 1600 DEF) in Attack Position.

Seto Kaiba's Turn

• Activates Spell Card "Pot of Greed" to draw 2 cards.
• Activates Spell Card "Dimension Fusion": Seto pays 2000 LP (Seto: 2400 → 400 Life Points) so that both players may Special Summon all their monsters removed from play. Seto Special Summons "X-Head Cannon" (1800 ATK / 1500 DEF) and "Z-Metal Tank" (1500 ATK / 1600 DEF) back to the field in Attack Position.
  • Since no monsters are "removed from play" now, Sigfried's two "Valkyrie Drittes" lose their power boost ("Valkyrie Dritte": 1200 → 1000 ATK / 1600 DEF).
• Activates Continuous Spell Cards "Soul Absorption": whenever a card is removed from play, Seto's LP will increase by 500 per card.
• Activates "XYZ-Dragon Cannon's" special ability: Seto removes his "X-Head Cannon", "Dragon Head", and "Z-Metal Tank" from play to Special Summon "XYZ-Dragon Cannon" (2800 ATK / 2600 DEF) from his Fusion Deck in Attack Position.
  • "Soul Absorption's" effect activates: with 3 cards removed from play, Seto's LP increase by 1500 (Seto: 400 → 1900 Life Points).
  • Thanks to its special ability, since 3 monsters are now removed from play Ziegfried's two "Valkyrie Drittes" gain 300 ATK ("Valkyrie Dritte": 1000 → 1300 ATK / 1600 DEF).
• Uses "XYZ-Dragon Cannon" to attack & destroy one of Zigfried's "Valkyrie Drittes" (Zigfried: 4000 → 2500 Life Points).

Zigfried von Schroeder's Turn

• Activates Spell Card "Nibelung's Treasure".
  • Zigfried equips Equip Spell Card "Nibelung's Ring" from his Deck to Seto's "XYZ-Dragon Cannon". It cannot attack or be Tributed.
    • "Nibelung's Ring" resolves and its control switches to Seto.
  • Thanks to "Nibelung's Treasure's" secondary effect, Zigfried draws 5 cards.
• Tributes "Valkyrie Dritte" to Summon "Fortune Chariot" (0 ATK / 0 DEF).
• Equips his "Fortune Chariot" to "Valkyrie Zwei": now, by cutting its ATK in half ("Valkyrie Zwei": 1600 → 800 ATK / 1600 DEF) "Valkyrie Zwei" can attack Seto directly (Seto: 1900 → 1100 Life Points).
• Activates Quick-Play Spell Card "Mystical Space Typhoon" to destroy Seto's "Soul Absorption".
• Sets a card.

Duel concludes next episode.

Featured cards

The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.

Seto Kaiba
Main Deck Monster Cards Normal Monsters X-Head Cannon Effect Monsters Clone Dragon Union monsters Pitch-Dark Dragon Y-Dragon Head Z-Metal Tank Magic Cards Dimension Fusion Negate Attack Pot of Greed Soul Absorption Trap Cards Flat Level 4 Magical Trick Mirror Fusion Deck Fusion Monsters XYZ-Dragon Cannon