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As Kaiba left, Joey, who had awoken from his coma, challenged Kaiba to a third place play-off. Kaiba wasn't interested at first and considered Dueling Joey to be waste of time. But Joey persisted and Kaiba eventually accepted. At the bottom of the Duel Tower, the two faced off. Kaiba played "[[Crush Card Virus (later DM anime)|Crush Card Virus]]" at an early stage, eliminating Joey's stronger monsters.<ref name="ep 135" /> Regardless Joey put up a good fight. He annoyed Kaiba by taking control of one of his "Blue-Eyes White Dragons".<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|136|ref}}</ref> Towards the end of the Duel, Joey attempted to win by using "[[Time Wizard (anime)|Time Wizard]]" to age "[[Baby Dragon (anime)|Baby Dragon]]" into "[[Thousand Dragon (anime)|Thousand Dragon]]" and weaken Kaiba's "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". Kaiba scolded Joey for thinking the Duel is fun. When Kaiba told Joey he never has any fun even in a Duel, Joey couldn't help but grin in amusement. This proved Kaiba was a more miserable person than Joey thought he was. (In the dub, he mocked Joey for relying on luck to win his Duels.) Kaiba used "[[Interdimensional Matter Transporter (anime)|Interdimensional Matter Transporter]]" to save his dragon from "Time Wizard" and won on his next turn. Kaiba left thinking the Duel was a waste of time.<ref name="ep 137">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|137|ref}}</ref>
Initially Kaiba had no intention of watching the final Duel between Yugi and Marik, but was confronted by [[Ishizu Ishtar|Ishizu]], who told him Yugi is going to need his help to defeat Marik. Kaiba walked away, not caring if Yugi loses. Ishizu called him back and said "pret kreto", an Ancient Egyptian phrase, which to Kaiba's own surprise, he understood. She said that these words were prayers for the dead, from a friend that were engraved on a stone found in the [[Tomb of the Nameless Pharaoh|Pharaoh's temple]]. (In the dub, Ishizu didn't speak Ancient Egyptian and told Kaiba that his own future is at stake.) Ishizu told Kaiba of his connection to the sorcerer, who was the Pharaoh's rival, but ultimately helped the Pharaoh save his people and now history is repeating itself. Kaiba was unconvinced and left to prepare for the detonation of the the Duel Tower. However, Mokuba started to cry that Yugi and Joey were right about Kaiba being filled with hate, Dueling for all the wrong reasons and never having fun anymore either.<ref name="ep 137" />
Kaiba reconsidered and decided to help Yugi, despite hosting the tournament to beat him. Kaiba estimated Yugi's chances of winning to be 3%, but he has a card that can beat "The Winged Dragon of Ra". If Yugi could figure out how to use it, it would give him a 20% chance of winning. (Kaiba made no such calculations in the dub.) As he made his way to the Duel, Kaiba remembered Yugi saying that the strength of his friends brought him victory and wondered if Yugi can create a miracle if he entrusts him with this card. (In the dub, Kaiba thought he'd enjoy watching Yugi fall at the hands of Marik, but it would be interesting to see if Yugi has what it takes to use this card.) Before the Duel, Kaiba gave Yugi the card, "[[Fiend's Sanctuary (anime)|Fiend's Sanctuary]]". Kaiba told Ishizu that he only helped Yugi to prove her wrong when he loses.<ref name="ep 137" />
