Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 224

Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 224

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Series
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh!
Number	224
Season	5
Chronology
Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes (season 5)
Previous	"The Final Duel - Part 3"

The Final Duel - Part 4 is the last episode of Yu-Gi-Oh!. This episode contains the final duel of the first series.

This Duel determines whether or not Yami and Yugi are able to split. If Yugi wins, Yami goes back to the Spirit World. Otherwise, Yami stays for another 5,000 years.

Yugi wins, so Yami's spirit is finally able to rest.

Yami's Turn

• Discards a card to Special Summon The Tricky (2000/1200)
• Sets a card

Yugi's Turn

• Activates Swords of Revealing Light
• Summons Green Gadget (1400/600), whose effect lets him add Red Gadget to his hand from his Deck
• Sets a card

Yami's Turn

• Activates Rebellion, forcing Green Gadget to attack Yugi directly
• Yugi activates Stronghold the Moving Fortress. Since it has 2000 DEF, Yugi only loses 600 LP (Yugi 3400)

Yugi's Turn

• Activates Ties of the Brethren, paying 1000 LP (Yugi 2400) to Special Summon Red Gadget (1300/1500) and Yellow Gadget (1200/1200). This also increases Stronghold's ATK by 3000 (3000/2000)
• Attacks
• Yami activates Bounce, transferring the effect of Swords of Revealing Light to Yugi's field
• Yugi switches Green Gadget to defense position

Yami's Turn

• Activates Tricky's Spell 4, Tributing The Tricky to Special Summon four Tricky Tokens (2000/1200 each)
• Tributes three to Summon Obelisk the Tormentor (4000/4000)
• Destroys Stronghold (Yugi 1400)

Yugi's Turn

• Sets three cards
• Summons Silent Swordsman LV0 (1000/1000)

Yami's Turn

• Sets a card
• Aactivates Card of Sanctity
• Attacks with Obelisk
• Yugi activates Ground Erosion and Turn Jump. The latter forces both players to skip their next three turns, then the former decreases Obelisk's ATK to 2500 while Silent Swordsman's ATK increases to (2500)
• Yami activates Summoning Clock, Tributing his Tricky Token to Special Summon Queen's Knight (1500/1600) and King's Knight (1600/1400), which lets him Special Summon Jack's Knight (1900/1000) and Slifer the Sky Dragon (X000/X000)
• Yugi activates Ambush Shield, Tributing Red Gadget to increase Silent Swordsman LV0's ATK by 1500
• Queen's Knight and King's Knight destroy Yellow Gadget and Green Gadget
• Yami Tributes his three Knights to Summon The Winged Dragon of Ra (5000/4000)
• Activates Pot of Greed

Yugi's Turn

• Tributes his three Magnet Warriors from his hand to Special Summon Valkyrion the Magna Warrior (3500/3850)
• Yami activates Slifer's effect
• Yugi counters with Mirage Spell, negating the effect and increasing his Life Points to 3400
• Sets two cards

Yami's Turn

• Destroys Yugi's monsters with Slifer and Ra (Yugi 900)
• Yugi activates Mirage Ruler, returning his monsters and giving him 1500 LP (Yugi 2400)
• Silent Swordsman LV0's ATK increases by 500 (3500/0)

Yugi's Turn

• Tributes Valkyrion to Special Summon the three Magnet Warriors (1400/1700) (1700/1600) (1500/1800)
• Slifer's effect activates
• Yugi activates Magnet Force, redirecting the effect to the three Egyptian God Cards and decreasing their ATK by 2000
• Yugi attacks
• Yami activates Mirror Force, destroying all of Yugi's monsters
• Yugi activates Magnet Reverse to Special Summon Valkyrion in defense position. This activates Slifer's effect, which gets redirected to Obelisk, destroying it
• Tributes Valkyrion to Special Summon the three Magnet Warriors. This activates Slifer's effect, which gets redirected to Ra and Slifer, destroying them both

Yami's Turn

• Activates Polymerization, fusing Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts and Berfomet into Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast (2100/1800)
• Destroys Alpha The Magnet Warrior

Yugi's Turn

• Tributes his two monsters to summon Buster Blader (2600/2300)
• Destroys Chimera (Yami 3500)
• Yami uses Chimera's effect to Special Summon Berfomet (1400/1700) in defense position

Yami's Turn

• Tributes Berfomet to Summon Archfiend of Gilfer (2200/2500) in defense position
• Sets a card

Yugi's Turn

• Sets a card
• Destroys Archfiend of Gilfer, but this activates its effect, equipping itself to Buster Blader and decreasing his ATK by 500

Yami's Turn

• Sets a card
• Activates Awakening from Beyond. It lets Yugi draw two cards while Yami returns a card from his Graveyard to his hand

Since Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight is the only card in his hand, he can summon him without a tribute (2300/2100)

• Destroys Buster Blader (Yugi 2200)
• Yugi activates Soul Rope, paying 1000 LP (Yugi 1200) to Special Summon Witch of the Black Forest (1100/1200) in defense position

Yugi's Turn

• Tributes Witch to Summon Summoned Skull (2500/1200)
• Witch's effect lets him add Marshmallon to his hand
• Destroys Gaia (Yami 3300)

Yami's Turn

• Summons Big Shield Gardna (100/2600) in defense position

Yugi's Turn

• Activates Pot of Greed
• Since he drew Watapon, he can Special Summon it to the field (200/300)
• Tributes Watapon to Summon Curse of Dragon (2000/1500)
• Attacks Big Shield Gardna with Summoned Skull, (Yugi 1100), but this activates Big Shield Gardna's effect, switching it to attack position
• Curse of Dragon destroys it (Yami 1400)

Yami's Turn

• Activates Dark Magic Curtain, paying half his LP (Yami 700) to Special Summon Dark Magician (2500/2100) from his Deck
• Equips it with Book of Secret Arts, giving it 300 ATK/DEF (2800/2400)
• Destroys Summoned Skull (Yugi 800)

Yugi's Turn

• Sets a monster
• Switches Curse of Dragon to defense position

Yami's Turn

• Activates Thousand Knives to destroy Yugi's face-down Marshmallon
• Destroys Curse of Dragon with Dark Magician

Yugi's Turn

• Summons Blockman (1000/1500) in defense position
• Sets a card

Yami's Turn

• Equips Dark Magician with Dark Spear, giving it Trample
• Attacks
• Yugi activates Soul Shield, paying half his LP (Yugi 400) to negate the attack

Yugi's Turn

• Activates Gold Sarcophagus
• Blockman splits in two
• Tributes both monsters to Summon Gandora the Dragon of Destruction (0/0)
• Pays half his LP (Yugi 200) to activate its effect, destroying all monsters on the field
• Yami activates "Dark Illusion" to protect Dark Magician from its effect, but it also allows Yugi to draw one card
• Yugi sets two cards

Yami's Turn

• Attacks
• Yugi activates Magician's Circle, letting both players Special Summon a Spellcaster-Type monster with up to 2000 ATK from their Decks. Yugi Special Summons Silent Magician LV3 (1000/1000); Yami Special Summons Dark Magician Girl (2000/1700)
• Yugi then activates Spell Textbook and draws Card of Sanctity for its effect. Since it's a Spell Card, he can activate it immediately. This forces both players to draw until they have six cards in their hand
• Since Yami drew 5, Silent Magician's ATK increases by 3500.
• Activates Magicians Unite, combining both of his monsters as one with 3000 ATK. Both of Yugi's monsters are destroyed (Yugi 200)
• Activates Monster Reborn to Special Summon Slifer the Sky Dragon (4000/4000), but since Monster Reborn was the card Yugi used for the effect of Gold Sarcophagus, it's negated

Yugi's Turn

• Attacks with Silent Magician (Yami 0)

Yugi wins

Despite being sad that Yami has to leave them forever, Yugi and his friends wish him the best of luck in the Spirit World. Then, the Millenium Items fall down a chasm and are sealed forever. But Yugi knows that he and Yami will never truly be apart, and thus is able to cope with his closest friend and partner leaving.