{{Infobox/Yu-Gi-Oh!/Episodeepisode | series = Yu-Gi-Oh! | season = 2 | image name = Yugioh061.jpg | image size =png | image caption = | english en_name = The Master of Magicians, Part 2 | kanji ja_name = 魂のブラックマジック{{Ruby|魂|たましい}}のブラックマジック | romaji romaji_name = Tamashī no Burakku Majikku | japanese translated ja_trans_name = Black Magic of the Soul | episode number = 061 | japanese air date ja_air_date = June 26, 2001 | english air date en_air_date = February 8, 2003 | japanese opening ja_opening = [[S H U F F L E]] | japanese ending ja_ending = [[The Afternoon of that Day]]<br /> あの日の午後 | english opening en_theme = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 2 Theme (English)|Season Two theme]] | english ending screenwriter =Junki Takegami

"'''The Master of Magicians, Part 2'''", known as "'''Black Magic of the Soul''' " in the Japanese version, is the sixty-first episode of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime]]. It first aired in Japan on June 26, 2001, and in the US United States on February 8, 2003. 

* They duel in an underground chamber[[Arkana]] and [[Yami Yugi]]'s "[[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]" go against each other.*Arkana tells Yugi about how he used to be world-famous stage magician with his fiancée, blocking the transmission to the [[KaibaCorpCatherine]] building. His face was scarred in a botched trick and in his despair, he made Catherine leave him.* Whoever loses will have their legs cut off (their mind will be sent *Later on, [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]] offered to return Catherine to the him if he became a [[Shadow RealmRare Hunter]] in the English version).* Whoever loses must relinquish their "[[Dark MagicianSeto Kaiba|Kaiba]] eventually tracks Yugi on his computer. [[Téa Gardner|Téa]], [[Solomon Muto]], and [[Mokuba Kaiba|Mokuba]]" attempt to the winnerfind him.

[[Arkana]] draws. He then [[Normal Summon]]s "[[Mystic Tomato (anime)|Mystic Tomato]]" (1400/1100) in [[Defense Position]]. Arkana then [[Set]]s 1 and Sets a card.

<u>'''Turn 5: YamiYugi'''</u><br />[[Yami Yugi|Yami]] draws. He then [[Normal Summon]]s "[[Beta The Magnet Warrior (anime)|Beta The Magnet Warrior]]" (1700/1600) in [[Attack Position]]. Because Since Yami Yugi summoned a monster, [[Arkana]] [[activate]]s [[Set]] [[Trap Card]] his face-down "[[Dark Renewal (anime)|Dark Renewal]]", sending to Tribute both "[[Beta The Magnet Warrior]]" and "[[Mystic Tomato]]" to the Graveyard in order to [[Special Summon]] his and revive "[[Dark Magician (Arkanaanime)|Dark Magician]]" from the Graveyard (2500/2100) in [[Attack Position]]. [[Yami Yugi|Yami]] [[Set]]s 2 two cards.

[[Arkana]] draws. He then [[Set]]s 2 two cards.

<u>'''Turn 7: YamiYugi'''</u><br />[[Yami Yugi|Yami]] draws. He then [[Set]]s 1 one card.

[[Arkana]] draws. He then [[Set]]s 1 one card.

<u>'''Turn 9: YamiYugi'''</u><br />[[Yami Yugi|Yami]] draws. He then [[Set]]s 1 one card.

[[Arkana]] draws. He then [[Set]]s 1 one card. Next Arkana then [[activate]]s [[Set]] [[Normal Spell Card|Magic Card]] his face-down "[[Tragedy|Mystic The Mystical Guillotine]]" to [[destroy]] [[Yami Yugi|Yami]]'s "[[Dark Magician]]". , but [[Yami Yugi|Yami]] [[activate]]s [[Set]] [[Quick-Play Spell Card|Quickhis face-Play Magic Card]] down "[[Magical Hats (anime)|Magical Hats]]" to create four Hats, hide his "Dark Magician in one of them and shuffle the hats up. "[[Tragedy|The Mystical Guillotine]]" [[destroy]]s a "Hat", but it turns out to be empty. [[Arkana]] [[activate]]s [[Set]] [[Normal Spell Card|Magic Card]] "[[Thousand Knives]]" to automatically [[destroy]] the hat that contains [[Yami Yugi|Yami]]'s "[[Dark Magician]], but [[Yami Yugi|Yami]] [[activate]]s [[Set]] [[Quick-Play Spell Card|Quick-Play Magic Card]] "[[Cursebreaker]]" to negate and [[destroy]] both "[[Thousand Knives]]" and "[[Magical Hats]]". [[Arkana]]'s "[[Dark Magician (Arkana)|Dark Magician]]" [[attack]]s [[Yami Yugi|Yami]]'s "[[Dark Magician]]". Both monsters are then destroyed in a [[Double KO]]. Both [[Arkana]] and Yugi then [[activate]] their [[Set]] [[Normal Spell Card|Magic Card]] "[[Monster Reborn]]" to [[Special Summon]] their respective "[[Dark Magician (Arkana)|Dark]] [[Dark Magician|Magician]]" from the [[Graveyard]] (2500/2100 for both) in [[Attack Position]].

[[Arkana]] [[activate]]s his face-down "[[Thousand Knives (anime)|Thousand Knives]]" to automatically [[destroy]] the hat that contains [[Yami Yugi]]'s "Dark Magician", but [[Yami Yugi]] [[activate]]s his face-down "[[Cursebreaker]]" to negate and [[destroy]] both "Thousand Knives" and "Magical Hats".  [[Arkana]]'s "Dark Magician" [[attack]]s [[Yami Yugi]]'s "Dark Magician". Both monsters are then destroyed in a [[Suicide|Double KO]]. Both [[Arkana]] and Yami Yugi then [[activate]] their face-down "[[Monster Reborn (anime)|Monster Reborn]]" to revive their "Dark Magicians" (2500/2100 for both) in [[Attack Position]]. <u>'''Turn 11: YamiYugi'''</u><br />Yami [[Draw a card|Draws]]Yugi draws. He then passes his turn.

[[Arkana]] draws. He then [[Set]]s 1 one card.

<u>'''Turn 13: YamiYugi'''</u><br />[[Yami Yugi|Yami]] draws. He then [[Set]]s 2 two cards.

[[Arkana]] [[activate]]s [[Normal Spell Card|Magic Card]] his face-down "[[Beckon to Darknessthe Dark (anime)|Beckon to the Dark]]" to [[send]] [[Yami Yugi|Yami]]'s "[[Dark Magician]]" to the Graveyard, but [[Yami Yugi|Yami]] [[activate]]s his face-down "[[Normal Trap CardMystical Refpanel (anime)|Trap Card]] "[[Mystical Refpanel]]" to negate the effect of "[[Beckon to Darkness|Beckon to the Dark]]" and use the effect of "Beckon to the Dark" on [[Arkana]]'s "[[Dark Magician (Arkana)|Dark Magician]]" instead. [[Arkana]] replies by [[activate|activating]] "[[Nightmare's Chains]]", [[negate|negating]] "[[Mystical Refpanel]]'s" [[Card effect|effect]] and [[destroy]]ing it. The secondary effect of "Nightmare's Chains" also forbids [[Yami Yugi|Yami]] "[[Dark Magician]]" from attacking or changing its battle position. Since Yami's "Dark Magician" is the only monster he controls, the third effect of "Nightmare's Chains" allows Arkana's monsters to attack Yami directly. [[Arkana]]'s "[[Dark Magician (Arkana)|Dark Magician]]" [[Direct attack|attack]]s [[Yami Yugi|Yami]] directly ([[Yami Yugi|Yami]] 4000 → 1500).

[[Arkana]] then activates his face-down "[[Nightmare's Chains]]" to [[Negate|negate]] the effect of "Mystical Refpanel" and [[destroy]] it. The secondary effect of "Nightmare's Chains" also forbids [[Yami Yugi]] "Dark Magician" from attacking or changing its battle position. Since Yami Yugi's "Dark Magician" is the only monster he controls, the third effect of "Nightmare's Chains" allows Arkana's monsters to attack directly. [[Arkana]]'s "Dark Magician" [[Direct attack|attacks]] directly ([[Yami Yugi]] 4000 → 1500). <u>'''Turn 15: YamiYugi'''</u><br />[[Yami Yugi|Yami]] draws. He then [[Normal Summon]]s "[[Big Shield Gardna (anime)|Big Shield Gardna]]" (100/2600) in [[Defense Position]].

[[Arkana]] draws. He then [[Normal Summon]]s "[[Doll of Demise (anime)|Doll of Demise]]" (1600/1700) in [[Attack Position]]. Next he He then [[activate]]s "[[Normal Spell CardEctoplasmer (anime)|Magic Card]] "[[Ectoplasmer]]". On Arkana's End Phase, he [[Tribute]]s "[[Doll which will let the turn player choose two types of Demise]] monsters to inflict [[Effect be converted into ectoplasm, with half of the turn player's Tributed monsters' ATK being inflicted as damage|damage]] to Yami equal to half their opponents during each of their turns. Arkana activates the effect of "[[Ectoplasmer" and selects "Fiend" for its effect, which causes "Doll of Demise]]'s" [[ATK]] to be Tributed ([[Yami Yugi|Yami]] 1500 → 7000700). <u>'''Turn 17: Yami'''</u><br />Yami passes.

<u>'''Turn 18: Arkana'''</u><br />On Arkana's End Phase, he [[tribute]]s his activates the effect of "[[Dark Magician (Arkana)|Dark Magician]]Ectoplasmer" to inflict damage to Yami equal to half the ATK of and selects "Dark MagicianSpellcaster"for its effect, but since both players control a which causes his "Dark Magician" when this occurredto be Tributed, both however Yami Yugi's "Dark Magician" are sent to is also Tributed and the Graveyard, and all damage that Yami Yugi would have taken take is negatednullified.

== Changes to the English Version dub ==* The star of "[[Dark Renewal (anime)|Dark Renewal]]'s" star is given five more points in the dub.* The blade of "Mystic [[The Mystical Guillotine's]]" blade is glowy has a glow added to it in the dub.* A bit showing Pandora/Arkana running from the flames was cut from the US versiondub.* In the Japanese versionoriginal, "[[Nightmare's Chains]]" chained "[[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]" is chained to a cross. In the dub it's , this cross was changed to a slab.* The axe and knives of "[[Doll of Demise (anime)|Doll of Demise]]'s" axe and knives are obscured in the dubto make it look like its weapons are part of its arms.* Although both versions eventually state that both of the Dark Magicians were affected by "[[Ectoplasmer (anime)|Ectoplasmer]]" because each player controlled one when the magic card was activated, the Japanese version also makes Yami Yugi's card choose to sacrifice itself for him instead of just the Magic Card affecting both.

* [[Beta The Magnet Warrior (anime)|Beta The Magnet Warrior]]* [[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]

* [[Big Shield Gardna (anime)|Big Shield Gardna]]

* [[Magical Hats (anime)|Magical Hats]]<ref group=Notes name=trap>This was played as a [[Spell Card|Magic Card]]. It is a [[Trap Card]] in the ''[[TCG]]''/''[[OCG]]''.</ref>* [[Monster Reborn (anime)|Monster Reborn]]

* [[Mystical Refpanel (anime)|Mystical Refpanel]]

* [[Dark Magician (Arkanaanime)|Dark Magician]]* [[Doll of Demise (anime)|Doll of Demise]]

* [[Mystic Tomato (anime)|Mystic Tomato]]

* [[Beckon to Darknessthe Dark (anime)|Beckon to the Dark]]* [[Ectoplasmer (anime)|Ectoplasmer]]* [[Monster Reborn (anime)|Monster Reborn]]* [[Tragedy|Mystic The Mystical Guillotine]]* [[Thousand Knives (anime)|Thousand Knives]]

* [[Dark Renewal (anime)|Dark Renewal]]

* ''[[Twin-Headed Fire Dragon (anime)|Twin-Headed Fire Dragon]]''

* ''[[Mother Grizzly (anime)|Mother Grizzly]]''