Seto Kaiba and Ishizu Ishtar's Duel (manga)
| Seto Kaiba and Ishizu Ishtar's Duel | |
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| Rule set | Super Expert |
| Projectors | Duel Disk |
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| Location | Aerial Dueling Platform |
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Seto Kaiba and Ishizu Ishtar faced each other in the last Duel of the Battle City quarterfinals, in the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga.
Events
Prior
Ishizu's brother Marik Ishtar had become corrupted by he evil of his other self Dark Marik. She hoped to defeat Dark Marik in order to save her brother.[1] The Millennium Tauk gave Ishizu the ability to see into the future. She foresaw a turn-by-turn account of her Duel with Kaiba, which resulted in Kaiba's loss due to his usage of "The God of the Obelisk".[2] As a member of the Egyptian supreme council of antiquities, Ishizu possessed that card[3] and made plans to use her knowledge of the future to face Dark Marik. She accepted that using her power to help win a Duel is ordinarily unacceptable, but was willing to give her life to the gods as punishment, since it gave her the chance to save Marik.[1]
Ishizu passed "The God of the Obelisk" on to Kaiba, requesting that he use it to acquire the two stolen God cards by hosting a tournament, which would attract their thieves. When Kaiba asked what would happen if he refused to return the God cards to her, she replied that she trusted him.[3] Secretly she gave it to him in anticipation of it leading to his defeat, after which she would reacquire the card and face Dark Marik later in the tournament.[1]
Having the power of foresight, Ishizu knew the quarterfinal ordering in advance and as such did not attend the Ultimate Bingo draws to determine the player match-ups.[4] Since she was not present for the previous quarterfinals, none of the other contestants knew her identity until she emerged to face Kaiba in the last quarterfinal.[5]
Her appearance came as a surprise to other contenders and their companions; Kaiba, whom she had entrusted with "Obelisk", Dark Yugi and Anzu Mazaki, who had met her at the museum, where she influenced Dark Yugi's decision to enter the tournament, her brother Marik and his other self Dark Marik, causing a momentary lapse in Dark Marik's suppression of Marik's ego.[2]
Ishizu warned Kaiba that he was fated to lose the Duel. But Kaiba believed his future to be controlled by the power of the God cards, rather than fate and expected Ishizu to suffer an ironic defeat from the power she had given to him.[2]
Duel
1st turn: Kaiba
Kaiba Summoned "Vorse Raider" and Set "Crush Card".[2]
Anzu asked Dark Yugi if Ishizu's ability to see into the future meant Kaiba could not win. Like Kaiba, Dark Yugi felt if he was in that position, he would not accept defeat, and urged Kaiba to surpass fate.[2]
2nd turn: Ishizu
Ishizu Summoned "Keldo" in Defense Mode.[2]
Ishizu activated "Michizure of Doom", causing both players to show their hands, while their opponent chose two cards to discard. Kaiba was annoyed by having his hand exposed and vowed not to forget this humiliation. Ishizu chose for him to discard "Polymerization" and "Kaiser Glider", which Kaiba felt could have been worse, since neither card was of much use this early in the Duel. He opted not to hold back and make Ishizu discard her best cards, so he chose "Monster Reborn" and "Revival Magic". The final effect of "Michizure of Doom" caused both players to shuffle the remainder of their hand back into their Deck and draw the same number of cards that they had in the beginning.[2]
Dark Marik recognized Ishizu's strategy as one she had used to defeat Marik in a previous Duel. He commended the strategy and thought he was the only one capable of overcoming it.[2]
3rd turn: Kaiba
"Vorse Raider" attacked and destroyed "Keldo".[2] Kaiba continued to mock Ishizu's claims to know the future and expressed that he would teach her that the future obeys him.[1]
Kaiba Set "Shrink", planning on using it to lower the ATK of "Vorse Raider", allowing him to use "Crush Card" to infect Ishizu's Deck.[1]
4th turn: Ishizu
Ishizu was aware of Kaiba's "Crush Card" strategy, but played on. She Summoned "Mudora" and equipped it with "Sword of Dogra" ("Mudora": 1500 → 2000 ATK). "Mudora" attacked "Vorse Raider", but Kaiba activated "Shrink", targeting "Vorse Raider" ("Vorse Raider": 1900 → 950 ATK). With less than 1000 ATK, "Vorse Raider" became a carrier for the "Crush Card" virus. "Mudora" destroyed "Vorse Raider" (Kaiba: 4000 → 2950 Life Points) and the virus destroyed all monsters in Ishizu's Deck and field with 1500 or more ATK. Unperturbed, Ishizu complied and placed her Monster Cards in the Graveyard.[1]
Kaiba acknowledged that he lost a monster and some Life Points, but considered it to be worth it for the damage it did to Ishizu's Deck.[1]
Ishizu Set "Exchange of the Spirit"[6] and ended her turn. Dark Marik silently laughed at how Kaiba was making it too easy for Ishizu, by playing right into her hands.[1]
5th turn: Kaiba
Kaiba could feel God's pulse coming from his Deck and drew "The God of the Obelisk", as he expected. Ishizu also knew he had drawn "Obelisk", but thought it would not bring him victory and it would return to her after the Duel.[1]
Beginning to build up the Sacrifices needed to Summon "Obelisk", Kaiba Summoned "Des Feral Imp" and used it to attack Ishizu directly (Ishizu: 4000 → 2400 Life Points).[1]
Kaiba stated that the future is infinite and the past was a string of footprints of no significance to him. And the fact that Ishizu gave him "Obelisk" was also of no meaning to him, since he believed that the God had chosen him.[1]
Continuing with his Deck-destruction strategy, Kaiba activated "Virus Cannon", sending ten Spell Cards from Ishizu's Deck to the Graveyard. He laughed at how her Deck was now destroyed, but Ishizu disagreed and claimed to have foreseen the situation. She insisted that Kaiba was the one who had fallen for a trap and activated "Exchange of the Spirit", which switched the contents of each players' Deck with their respective Graveyard. This left Kaiba with a Deck of six cards; "Kaiser Glider", "Polymerization", "Crush Card", "Vorse Raider", "Shrink" and "Virus Cannon". He worried that he would lose in seven turns, having no cards to draw and that most of his strategies were now off-limits, while Ishizu's useful cards had returned to her Deck.[6]
6th turn: Ishizu
Jonouchi thought that Kaiba was now done for. Anzu was more convinced that Ishizu could see the future and figured if that was true, there was no way Kaiba could win."[6]
Ishizu Set "Muko" and Summoned "Kelbek"."[6]
7th turn: Kaiba
Kaiba redrew "Virus Cannon", but Ishizu activated "Muko" forcing him to send it to the Graveyard. As he sent it to the Graveyard, he thought about how Ishizu now knew the contents of his Deck and has ways to counter his Virus Cards."[6]
Kaiba chose not to attack, which seemed strange to Jonouchi. Ishizu knew he had abstained, because he wanted her to provide monsters for him to Sacrifice with "Soul Exchange" to Summon "The God of the Obelisk"."[6]
8th turn: Ishizu
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Aftermath
Cards used
The following cards appeared in this Duel.
Virus Cards are listed under Trap Cards. Equip Cards are listed under Spell Cards.
References
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 226 (Duelist Duel 167): "The Chosen One"
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 225 (Duelist Duel 166): "Kaiba Declares War!"
- ↑ a b Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 147 (Duelist Duel 88): "The Lost Cards"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 203 (Duelist Duel 144): "The First Enemy!"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 224 (Duelist Duel 165): "The Future is Now"
- ↑ a b c d e f g Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 227 (Duelist Duel 168): "The Waiting Grave"
