Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 068

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 068

Names
Series
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Number	68
Season	2
Chronology
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episodes (season 2)
Previous	"Homecoming Duel, Part 1"
Next	"Dormitory Demolition"

"Homecoming Duel, Part 2", known as "VS Ed (Part 2) - Flame Flare Neos" in the Japanese version, is the sixty-eighth episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime. It first aired in Japan on January 18, 2006 and in the US on October 3, 2006.

As Jaden Yuki pits his Neo-Spacians against Aster Phoenix's Destiny HEROes, the battle becomes too close to call. In the end, only a one-on-one battle between "Elemental HERO Flare Neos" and "Destiny HERO - Dogma" can determine the outcome of their Duel.

Summary

The fate of the Slifer Red dorm hangs in the balance as the Duel between Aster Phoenix and Jaden Yuki continues. The two continually counter the moves of the other, revealing more and more of their new Decks. Jaden plays "Neo Space", which lets his "Neos" Fusion Monsters remain on the field past the End Phase. Jaden Summons "Elemental HERO Flare Neos" and Aster Summons "Destiny HERO - Dogma". Ultimately, Jaden wins the Duel after catching Aster off-guard with a card sent to his Graveyard. Aster is shocked on how Jaden won as destiny has always helped him and he won no matter what. In addition he mentions that Sartorius stated to him that he was destined to win the Duel. He begins to question if Jaden has the power to overcome destiny. He also begins to start to question Sartorius' intentions and begins to wonder if they are true or not.

Featured Duel

Duel continues from the previous episode.

Jaden's turn

• Special Summons "Elemental Hero Bubbleman" (800/1200), since it is the only card in his hand, and draws 2 cards via its effect.
• Activates "Pot of Greed" and draws 2 more cards.
• Equips "Bubbleman" with "Bubble Blaster", giving it 800 extra ATK (1600/1200).
• Summons "Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird" (800/600) in Attack Position.
• Activates "Air Hummingbird's" effect, gaining 500 Life Points for each card in Aster's hand, and Aster holds 3 (Jaden: 200 → 1700).
• "Elemental Hero Bubbleman" attacks and destroys "Destiny Hero - Captain Tenacious".
• "Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird" attacks and destroys "Destiny Hero - Doom Lord".
• Sets a card.

Aster's turn

• Activates the Field Spell Card "Dark City": "Destiny Hero" monsters will now gain 1000 additional ATK when they attack a stronger opposing monster.
• Tributes "Destiny Hero - Diamond Dude" to Summon "Destiny Hero - Double Dude" (1000/1000) in Attack Position.
• "Double Dude" attacks "Bubbleman", with "Dark City" giving "Double Dude" 1000 more ATK, but "Bubble Blaster" is destroyed in place of "Bubbleman" and reduces the Battle damage to 0.
• Due to its effect, "Double Dude" can attack twice during Aster's Battle Phase. It attacks again and destroys "Air Hummingbird" (Jaden: 1700 → 1500).
• Sets a card.

Jaden's turn

• Activates "Graceful Charity", drawing 3 cards and discarding 2 ("Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab" and "Common Soul").
• Activates his face-down "Disgraceful Charity", letting both players add the cards they discarded this turn from their Graveyards to their hand. "Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab" and "Common Soul" are added from the Graveyard to Jaden's hand.
• Activates "Common Soul", targeting "Elemental Hero Bubbleman" and Special Summoning "Flare Scarab" (500/500) in Attack Position.
• "Flare Scarab" gains 400 ATK for each Spell and Trap that Aster controls, and Aster controls 2 (1300/500).
• Due to "Common Soul", "Elemental Hero Bubbleman" gains an amount of ATK equal to "Flare Scarab's" current ATK (2100/1200).
• "Bubbleman" attacks and destroys "Double Dude" (Aster: 1300 → 200).
• Aster activates his face-down "Destiny Signal", enabling him to Special Summon a Level 4 "Destiny Hero" monster from his hand or Deck. He targets "Destiny Hero - Defender" (100/2700) in Defense Position.

Aster's turn

• During Aster's Standby Phase, since "Destiny Hero - Double Dude" was destroyed during the previous turn, its effect Special Summons 2 "Double Dude Tokens" (1000/1000 each) to Aster's side of the field.
• Activates "Mystical Space Typhoon" and destroys "Common Soul". This sends "Flare Scarab" back to Jaden's hand and drops "Bubbleman's" ATK back to its original value.
• One "Double Dude Token" attacks and destroys "Bubbleman" (Jaden: 1500 → 1300).
• The second "Double Dude Token" attacks Jaden directly (Jaden: 1300 → 300).

Jaden's turn

• During the Standby Phase, Jaden draws an additional card via "Defender's" effect.
• Activates "The Shallow Grave", Special Summoning "Hero Kid" (300/600) from his Graveyard in Defense Position, with its effect activating, Special Summoning two more "Hero Kids" (300/600 each) in Defense Position. Aster Special Summons "Destiny Hero - Dreadmaster", which destroys his two "Double Dude Tokens" (as they are not "Destiny Hero" monsters) while Special Summoning "Diamond Dude" (1400/1600) and "Captain Tenacious" (800/800). "Dreadmaster's" attack and defense become 2300.
• Summons "Flare Scarab" (500/500), whose attack points increase to 900 via its effect.
• Attacks and destroys "Tenacious" with "Flare Scarab". "Dreadmaster's" attack points drop to 1500.
• Sets two cards.

Aster's turn

• Activates "Pot of Greed", drawing two cards.
• Tributes "Dreadmaster", "Defender" and "Diamond Dude" to Special Summon "Destiny Hero - Dogma" (3400/2400) in Attack Position.
• Attacks "Flare Scarab", but Jaden activates his face-down "Kid Guard", Tributing a "Hero Kid" to negate the attack and add "Elemental Hero Neos" from his Deck to his hand.
• Sets a card, increasing "Flare Scarab's" attack points by 400.

Jaden's turn

• During the Standby Phase, "Dogma's" effect halves Jaden's Life Points (Jaden 150).
• Activates Field Spell Card "Neo Space", which destroys "Dark City". Due to "Neo Space", "Elemental Hero Neos" and any Fusion Monsters who use "Elemental Hero Neos" as a Fusion Material Monster gain 500 attack points, and "Neos" Fusion Monsters are not required to return to the Fusion Deck at the End Phase.
• Tributes his two "Hero Kids" to Summon "Elemental Hero Neos" (2500/2000), whose attack points increase by 500 via "Neo Space".
• Contact Fuses "Neos" with "Flare Scarab" to Summon "Elemental Hero Flare Neos" (2500/2000) in Attack Position.
• In addition to the 500 attack points from "Neo Space", "Flare Neos" also gains 400 extra attack points for every Spell and Trap Card on the field, and there are 3. (4200/2000)
• "Flare Neos" attacks "Dogma"
• Aster activates his face-down "D - Shield", which equips itself to "Dogma" and switches it to Defense Position. In addition, "Dogma" cannot be destroyed by battle while equipped with "D - Shield".

Aster's turn

• Switches "Dogma" to Attack Position.
• Equips "Dogma" with "Heavy Storm Blade". Due to the presence of another Spell or Trap, "Flare Neos'" attack points increase to 4600.
• Attacks "Flare Neos", with the effect of "Heavy Storm Blade" activating, destroying all Spell and Trap Cards, dropping "Flare Neos'" attack points to 2900. One of the destroyed cards was "Spell Calling", which lets Jaden Set two cards from his Deck when its destroyed. "Flare Neos'" attack points increase to 3700 (Aster 0).
• Jaden wins.

Differences in adaptations

• After the Duel, Jaden shows friends his new Deck. In the dub version, a few artworks of those cards are changed, including:
  • "Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird" to "Archlord Zerato"
  • "Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin" to "Destiny Hero - Blade Master"
  • "Elemental Hero Flare Neos" to Fusion-Type "Elemental Hero Bubbleman"
• In the dub, during the scene when "Destiny HERO - Dogma" explodes, it is shown from Jaden's point of view--a view in which we can see both of the cards that Jaden placed face-down via "Spell Calling." While the card on the right is rather unrecognizable, the card on the left is "Heavy Storm Blade", a card that Jaden neither own nor took from Aster via a card effect in the Duel.

Featured cards

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