Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 145

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 145

Names
Series
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Number	145
Season	3
Chronology
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episodes (season 3)
Previous	"The Forbidden Ritual, Part 1"
Next	"Conquering the Past, Part 1"

The Forbidden Ritual - Part 2, known as Summon The Ultimate Forbidden God, Exodius! in the Japanese version, is the one hundred and forty-fifth episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime. In his quest to release Exodia, Adrian Gecko continues his duel with Aster Phoenix, intent on using the power of Exodia to escape from Yubel's influence.

Summary

Echo willingly steps forward to be sacrificed by Adrian Gecko in order to release Exodia's seal during the latter's duel with Aster Phoenix. Aster questions how Adrian can claim to love Echo but still be wiling to sacrifice her. Adrian refuses to respond, and Exodia's hand appears and grabs Echo. Aster states he won't continue the duel, but Adrian responds that they can't stop now - neither can leave until one of them loses. Adrian summons "Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord" and Aster comments that it's "a different Exodia". This card actually makes it beneficial to send Exodia pieces to the Graveyard - if all five are sent there via it's effect, Adrian can declare an automatic win.

Jaden Yuki comments that Adrian is just like him - they are both willing to risk everything to gain power. In the Japanese version, Aster specifically says that this isn't a sacrifice - it's murder. Adrian freely agrees with him - it is murder. Aster attempts to counter Adrian's strategy by playing cards that skip Adrian's Battle Phase, which would prevent him from sending Exodia pieces to the Graveyard. However, Adrian ultimately wins by playing "Rage of the Forbidden One", negating Aster's "Plasma Discharger". This allows him sacrifice Echo, win the duel, and release Exodia - who becomes his servant. With Exoida's power, Adrian is free from Yubel's, and thus the Devil Arm fades away and is replaced with his own.

With Aster about to lose, he urges the rest of the group to flee before Exodius attacks. The attack hits, and Aster fades away as Jaden, Syrus Truesdale, Dr. Crowler, Zane Truesdale and Ojama Yellow barely make it out in time. Outside, Exodia slowly lumbers away, with Adrian perched on it's shoulder. Adrian taunts Jaden as they pass calling him "The Supreme King's cast-off shell" and "not worth dueling". Adrian then vows to dedicate his future victory over Yubel to Echo.

Featured Duel

Adrian's turn

Turn continues from the previous episode.

• Has just activated "The Ultimate Ritual of the Forbidden Lord" and Echo has just agreed to offer her life force in exchange for Exodia's release.
• When "The Ultimate Ritual of the Forbidden Lord" is activated, all "Forbidden One" cards in his Graveyard return to Deck; in exchange, Adrian can discard two other "Forbidden One" cards and Summon "Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord" from his hand or Deck.^[1]
• Adrian returns "Exodia the Forbidden One" to his Deck, discards Exodia's Right Arm and Left Arm to the Graveyard, and Special Summons "Exodius" (?/0) in attack position. Its ATK is equal to 1000 times the number of different "Forbidden One" monsters in Adrian's Graveyard. With two, its ATK is 2000. When five differently named "Forbidden One" monsters are sent to Adrian's Graveyard due to "Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord's" effect, Adrian can declare an automatic win.
• In order to attack with "Exodius", Adrian must send one "Forbidden One" Monster Card from his hand or Deck to the Graveyard. He sends Exodia's Right Leg from his hand to the Graveyard, increasing its ATK by another 1000 and attacks and destroys "Destiny Hero - Disk Commander" with it (Aster 1300).

Aster's turn

• Sets a card.
• Activates "Destiny Hero - Dunker's" effect, discarding his "Destiny Hero - Malicious" and reducing Adrian's Life Points by another 500 (Adrian 1300).
• Due to "Diamond Dude's" effect, Aster can activate the effect of "Doctor-D" in his Graveyard Special Summon another Destiny Hero from his Graveyard, as long as it is Level 4 or below. He Special Summons his "Disk Commander" (300/300) from the Graveyard and draws two cards.
• Tributes his three monsters to Summon "Destiny Hero - Dogma" (3400/2400) in attack position.
• Attacks "Exodius" with "Dogma". "Exodius" cannot be destroyed, but Adrian still takes damage (Adrian 900).

Adrian's turn

• When Adrian enters his Standby Phase, "Destiny Hero - Dogma's" effect activates and halves Adrian's Life Points (Adrian 450).
• Adrian sends Exodia's Left Leg from his hand to the Graveyard to declare an attack with "Exodius", who destroys "Dogma", after it's attack rises by 1000. (Aster 700).

Aster's turn

• Activates "D - Mind", Special Summoning "Destiny Hero - Departed (1000/0) from his Deck as he controls no Destiny Heroes.
• Activates the effect of the "Malicious" in the Graveyard, allowing him to remove it from play to Special Summon another from his Deck (800/800).
• Summons "D - Cubic" (0/0)
• Tributes his three monsters, to Summon "Destiny Hero - Plasma" (1900/600) in attack position.
• Activates his face-down "Drain Time", which allows Aster to skip any of Adrian's Phases during Adrian's next turn. He chooses to skip Adrian's Battle Phase.
• Sets a card.

Adrian's turn

• During Adrian's Standby Phase, Aster activates his face-down "Plasma Roar". Since he controls "Destiny Hero - Plasma", a Plasma Counter can be placed on the card.
• Sets a card.

Aster's turn

• With "Destiny Hero - Departed" in the Graveyard, Aster can Special Summon it under Adrian's control (1000/0)
• Attacks "Departed" with "Plasma", but Adrian activates his face-down "Defense Seal Wall". Since he still controls "Exodius", he can end Aster's Battle Phase.
• Aster activates "Plasma's" effect, allowing it to equip itself with any monster Adrian controls and gain ATK equal to half the equipped monster. "Plasma" equips itself with Adrian's "Destiny Hero - Departed", increasing its ATK by 500.
• Sets a card.

Adrian's turn

• During Adrian's Standby Phase, "Plasma Roar" gains another Counter
• Adrian enters his Battle Phase.
• Aster activates his face-down "Plasma Discharger", allowing him to destroy 1 Equip Card to end Adrian's Battle Phase. He destroys "Destiny Hero - Departed", but Adrian activates "Rage of the Forbidden One". With his "Exodius", this allows him to negate any card effects that are still active that he wishes to negate.
• With "Plasma Discharger" negated, Adrian continues his attack with "Exodius", sending "Exodia the Forbidden One" from his hand to the Graveyard. With all five Exodia cards sent to the Graveyard due to the effect of "Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord", Adrian can declare an automatic win.

Footnotes

1. ^  The effect of "Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord" is marginally different in the TCG/OCG. "The Ultimate Ritual of the Forbidden Lord" is not needed to summon it, instead, one must return all monsters in their Graveyard to their Deck. Any monster can be sent from the deck to the Graveyard for it's effect, not just Exodia pieces and it gains 1000 ATK for each Normal Monster in the Graveyard, not just Exodia pieces. In addition, it is not immune to Monster, Spell or Trap effects.