Editing Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 079

{{Infobox episode
| image              = Yugioh episode 79.png
| en_name            = Shadow of a Duel
| ja_name            = ゴーストデッキｖｓオカルトデッキ
| romaji_name        = Gōsuto Dekki Vāsasu Okaruto Dekki
| ja_trans_name      = Ghost Deck vs. Occult Deck
| series             = Yu-Gi-Oh!
| number             = 79
| season             = 2
| ja_air_date        = October 30, 2001
| en_air_date        = August 16, 2003
| ja_opening         = S H U F F L E
| ja_ending          = The Afternoon of that Day
| en_theme           = Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 2 Theme (English)
| screenwriter       = Shin Yoshida
}}

"'''Shadow of a Duel'''", known as "'''Ghost Deck vs. Occult Deck'''" in the Japanese version, is the seventy-ninth episode of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime]]. It first aired in Japan on October 30, 2001, and in the United States on August 16, 2003.

{{Episode summary|[[Yami Bakura]] and [[Bonz]] Duel in a [[Shadow Game]]. Whoever wins goes to the finals, while the loser goes to Hell (or the the Shadow Realm in the English dub).}}

==Summary==
After [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]]'s attempt to defeat [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]] and [[Yami Yugi|the Pharaoh]] by using his [[Millennium Rod]] to control his friends backfired, he sets his sights on defeating the Pharaoh at the [[Battle City]] Finals. Within [[Bakura Ryou|Bakura]]'s mind, Marik convinces [[Yami Bakura]] to also enter the Battle City Finals.

Yami Bakura takes over his vessel, the good Bakura's body, steals a [[Duel Disk]] and [[Locator Card]] from a random duelist and heads to a graveyard, following a rumor there are [[Duel]]s being held there. Because Yami Bakura disliked the deck that the random duelist had and threw the cards back to him, it is unknown how he got his ghostly deck, although stealing it from another random duelist is the main possibility. There is also the possibility that when Yami Bakura and Marik first met and made their deal, Yami Bakura created a deck before injuring himself and kept it in his pocket, since Marik asked him how good his Dueling skills were while making their deal.

He finds [[Bonz]], [[Sid]] and [[Zygor]] dressed in Halloween costumes, terrorizing random duelists in order to obtain Locator Cards without even dueling.

Even though they'd already obtained five Locator Cards this way, Yami Bakura is not impressed and challenges Bonz to a duel in the [[Shadow Realm]]. Not knowing any better, Bonz accepts. By losing the Duel, Bonz, Sid and Zygor are sent to Hell (banished to the Shadow Realm in the English dub). Yami Bakura obtains his sixth Locator Card, qualifying for the Battle City finals.

Meanwhile, Yugi and [[Joey Wheeler]] have both qualified for entry into the Battle City Finals. By putting the Locator Cards on the Duel Disk (5 in the [[Monster Card Zone]]s and the last in the [[Field Spell Zone]]) they receive instructions to go to an unfinished stadium which would be the location of the finals.

==Featured Duel: Yami Bakura vs. Bonz==
<u>'''Turn 1: Yami Bakura'''</u><br />
Yami Bakura draws "[[Headless Knight (anime)|Headless Knight]]" and subsequently Normal Summons it (1450/1700) in [[Attack Position]]. He then [[Set]]s a card.

<u>'''Turn 2: Bonz'''</u><br />
Bonz draws "[[The Snake Hair (anime)|The Snake Hair]]" and subsequently Normal Summons it (1500/1200) in Attack Position. "Snake Hair" [[attack]]s and [[destroy]]s "Headless Knight" (Yami Bakura 4000 → 3950).

<u>'''Turn 3: Yami Bakura'''</u><br />
Yami Bakura draws. He then [[activate]]s his face-down "[[The Shallow Grave (anime)|The Shallow Grave]]" to allow both players to [[Special Summon]] a [[Monster Card|monster]] from each [[Graveyard]] in [[Defense Position]]. Yami Bakura Special Summons "Headless Knight" (1450/1700) in Defense Position, but Bonz Special Summons nothing as his Graveyard is currently empty.<ref group=Notes name=Shallorave>In the [[OCG]]/[[TCG]], both players must have at least 1 [[monster]] in their Graveyard if "[[The Shallow Grave]]" is activated.</ref>
[[File:TheEarlofDemise-JP-Anime-DM-NC.png|right|thumb|[[The Earl of Demise]] is summoned.]] Yami Bakura then [[Tribute]]s "Headless Knight" in order to [[Tribute Summon]] "[[The Earl of Demise (anime)|The Earl of Demise]]" (2000/700) in Attack Position. "The Earl of Demise" attacks and destroys "Snake Hair" (Bonz 4000 → 3500).

<u>'''Turn 4: Bonz'''</u><br />
Bonz draws "[[Dragon Zombie (later anime)|Dragon Zombie]]" and subsequently Normal Summons it (1600/0) in Attack Position. He then activates "[[Premature Burial (anime)|Magic Burial]]" to [[Cost|pay]] 800 [[Life Points]] (Bonz 3500 → 2700) and revive "The Snake Hair" (1500/1200) in [[Attack Position]]. Bonz's hand, at this point, contains "[[Armored Zombie (later anime)|Armored Zombie]]", "Polymerization", "Skull Invitation", and "[[Crass Clown (anime)|Crass Clown]]". 

Bonz then activates "[[Polymerization (anime)|Polymerization]]" to fuse "Dragon Zombie" with "The Snake Hair" and [[Fusion Summon]] "[[Great Mammoth of Goldfine (anime)|Great Mammoth of Goldfine]]" (2200/1800) in Attack Position. Under [[Battle City Rules]], [[Fusion Monsters]] cannot attack during the same turn they are Fusion Summoned.<ref group=Notes name=FusionMnstr>In the [[OCG]]/[[TCG]], the rule of not being able to attack with a Fusion Monster as soon as it's on the [[field]] is not necessary.</ref>Bonz Sets a card. He intends to use his set card once "Great Mammoth of Goldfine" attacks and destroys "The Earl of Demise".

<u>'''Turn 5: Yami Bakura'''</u><br />
Yami Bakura draws. Bonz activates his face-down "[[Skull Invitation (anime)|Skull Invitation]]". Now whenever a card(s) goes to the Graveyard, the owner of that card(s) will automatically take 300 [[effect damage|damage]] per card. Yami Bakura then activates "[[Spiritualistic Medium]]" to [[discard]] his entire [[hand]] and increase the ATK of "The Earl of Demise" by 500 for each card discarded. There were four discarded ("Earl of Demise": 2000 → 4000/700). The effect of "Skull Invitation" then activates (Yami Bakura 3950 → 2750). 

"The Earl of Demise" attacks and destroys "Great Mammoth of Goldfine" (Bonz 2700 → 900). The effect of "Skull Invitation" then activates (Bonz 900 → 600). At the End Phase, the effect of "Spiritualistic Medium" expires ("The Earl of Demise": 4000 → 2000/700).

<u>'''Turn 6: Bonz'''</u><br />
Bonz draws "[[Nightmare's Steelcage (anime)|Nightmare's Steelcage]]" and subsequently activates it. Now no monsters can attack for two turns. Bonz then Sets a card.

<u>'''Turn 7: Yami Bakura'''</u><br />
Yami Bakura draws "[[Ectoplasmer (anime)|Ectoplasmer]]" and subsequently activates it<ref group=Notes name=Ectoplasmr>This card was played like a [[Field Spell Card]], but the OCG/TCG version is a [[Continuous Spell Card]].</ref>. Now both players, during each of their turns, can choose up to two types of monsters to be converted into ectoplasm, with half of the turn player's Tributed monsters' ATK being inflicted as damage to their opponents. Yami Bakura activates the effect of "Ectoplasmer" and selects "Fiend" for its effect, which causes "The Earl of Demise" to be Tributed (Bonz 600 → 0).

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

{{Decklist|Yami Bakura
|normal monsters =
* [[Headless Knight (anime)|Headless Knight]]
* [[The Earl of Demise (anime)|The Earl of Demise]]
|magic =
* [[Ectoplasmer (anime)|Ectoplasmer]]
* ''[[Spiritualistic Medium]]''
* ''[[The Shallow Grave (anime)|The Shallow Grave]]''
}}

{{Decklist|Bonz
|normal monsters =
* [[Armored Zombie (later anime)|Armored Zombie]]<ref group=Notes name=hand>This card can be seen in Bonz's [[hand]].</ref>
* [[Dragon Zombie (later anime)|Dragon Zombie]]
* [[The Snake Hair (anime)|The Snake Hair]]
|effect monsters =
* [[Crass Clown (anime)|Crass Clown]]<ref group=Notes name=hand/>
|fusion monsters =
* ''[[Great Mammoth of Goldfine (anime)|Great Mammoth of Goldfine]]''
|magic =
* [[Nightmare's Steelcage (anime)|Nightmare's Steelcage]]
* [[Polymerization (anime)|Polymerization]] (''[[Polymerization (Fusion)|Alternate version]] in the dubs'')
* ''[[Premature Burial (anime)|Magic Burial]]''
|traps =
* ''[[Skull Invitation (anime)|Skull Invitation]]''
}}

==Cast==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" | Japanese character name
! scope="col" | Japanese voice actor
|-
| [[Yugi Muto]]u
| [[Shunsuke Kazama]]
|-
| [[Téa Gardner|Anzu Mazaki]]
| [[Maki Saito]]
|-
| [[Joey Wheeler|Katsuya Jonouchi]]
| [[Hiroki Takahashi]]
|-
| [[Tristan Taylor|Hiroto Honda]]
| [[Hidehiro Kikuchi]]
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|-
| [[Seto Kaiba]]
| [[Kenjiro Tsuda]]
|-
| [[Bakura Ryou|Ryo Bakura]]
| [[Rica Matsumoto]]
|-
| [[Mai Valentine|Mai Kujaku]]
| [[Haruhi Terada]]
|-
| [[Solomon Muto|Sugoroku Mutou]]
| [[Tadashi Miyazawa]]
|-
| [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]]<!-- surname not shown in the credits -->
| [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]]
|-
| [[Serenity Wheeler|Shizuka]]<!-- surname not shown in the credits -->
| [[Mika Sakenobe]]
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|-
| [[Bonz|Ghost Kotsuzuka]]
| [[Masami Suzuki]]
|-
| [[Zygor|Satake]]
| [[Norihisa Mori]]
|-
| [[Sid|Takiado]]
| [[Eiji Takemoto]]
|-
| Gallery
| [[Iori Hayashi]]
|-
| Gallery
| [[Yuki Masuda]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | Other
| [[Reiko Fujita]]
|-
| [[Mika Ishibashi]]
|}

==Differences in adaptations==
* Cut from the dub are two [[wikipedia:I Spy (Scholastic)|I-Spy]]-esque scenes (the first depicting a space environment with planets and spaceships and the other showcasing things like people, land vehicles and doll) before Bakura speaks with Marik.

* The blood on Bakura's arm wound is removed from the dub.
* Cut from the dub is a scene of Yami Bakura ripping the IV needle out of his arm after he knocks out Solomon.

* "The Earl of Demise" slicing "The Snake Hair" in half is obscured in the dub.
* In the dub, Bakura identifies the dark creatures in the cemetery as lost souls who were sent to the Shadow Realm. In the original version, they are "death gods" (the Japanese equivalent of the Grim Reaper).
* The shadows that consume Bonz, Sid and Zygor are made glowy in the dub.
* Cut from the dub is the last scene in the episode where Yugi and the group are traveling to the location of the finals in Mai's car, and Kaiba flies overhead in his helicopter. The dubbed episode ends with Yami Bakura monologing his plans.
* In the original broadcast of the episode, after they learn of what their fate will be, Sid tells Bonz "Don't you bloody lose!". Future airings of the episode and the DVD versions change the line to "Don't you dare lose!", as the word bloody is a minor obscenity in the UK.

==Notes==
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