Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 156
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| English | Fate of the Pharaoh - Part 1 | ||||||||
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| Series | Yu-Gi-Oh! | ||||||||
| Number | 156 | ||||||||
| Season | 4 | ||||||||
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| Japanese OP | "WARRIORS" | ||||||||
| Japanese ED | "These Overflowing Feelings Don't Stop" | ||||||||
| English OP & ED | "Yu-Gi-Oh! Theme" | ||||||||
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| Japanese | May 20, 2003 | ||||||||
| English | November 6, 2004 | ||||||||
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| Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes (season 4) | |||||||||
| Previous | "The Challenge" | ||||||||
| Next | "Fate of the Pharaoh - Part 2" | ||||||||
"Fate of the Pharaoh - Part 1", known as "Yugi vs. Rafael - The Impregnable Guardian Deck" in the Japanese version, is the one-hundredth fifty-sixth episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. It first aired in Japan on May 20, 2003 and in the United States on November 6, 2004.
Yami Yugi begins his Duel with Rafael, one of the Three Swordsmen of Doma.
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Summary[edit]
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Rafael traps Yami Yugi on the butte by cutting off the rope bridge that connects it to the surrounding area, thus ensuring no-one can leave or interfere with their Duel. Denying Yami Yugi's accusations of being "evil", Rafael questions what he understands for "justice" instead. He claims that history itself decides if the road Doma walks upon is evil or not.
Rafael reveals a Deck of "Guardian" monsters, which were his sole companions when he was shipwrecked on an island for three years as a child, losing his parents, brother, and sister. He signals how some of his Cards are slightly blurry, revealing they got wet time before. He's replaced the backside so as not to be recognizable this way, but it doesn't change the fact that they've supported him. He always kept his cards safe, and his current strategy reflects that bond; he will pay any cost to keep his monsters out of the Graveyard, as he doesn't want to lose anyone else.
One day he was shown a vision of a mysterious island and a voice, Dartz's, told him that when he would understand everything, he would be allowed to come to his side. When he was finally rescued from the island, he found the normal world depressing. That was when he was approached by Dartz and joined Doma, hoping to find the answer to "fate" itself.
One of the Monsters, "Guardian Eatos", was his birthday present just before the wreck.
On a side note, Weevil and Rex arrive in the midst of the Duel and look on.
Also, Yugi's friends realize that he's gone off alone: Joey, Tristan and Duke Devlin will go look for him. Téa and Rebecca stay in the trailer to take care of Professor Hawkins.
Featured Duel: Rafael vs. Yami Yugi - Part 1[edit]
Turn 1: Rafael
Rafael activates the Continuous Magic Card "Guardian Treasure", discarding five cards and drawing two cards. While "Guardian Treasure" is face-up, Rafael may draw one extra card from his Deck during each of his Draw Phases. Rafael Sets a monster and Sets a card.
Turn 2: Yami Yugi
Yami Yugi draws "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts". Yami Yugi activates the Magic Card "Polymerization", sending Fusion Material Monsters from his hand or field to the Graveyard to Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster from his Fusion Deck. He fuses "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts" and "Berfomet" in his hand in order to Fusion Summon "Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast" (2100/1800) in Attack Position. "Chimera" attacks Rafael's face-down monster, "Backup Gardna" (500/2200). The attack fails (Yami Yugi 4000 → 3900).
Turn 3: Rafael
Due to the effect of his "Guardian Treasure", Rafael draws two cards during his Draw Phase. Rafael activates the Equip Magic Card "Gravity Axe - Grarl", equipping it to "Backup Gardna" and increasing the ATK of "Backup Gardna" by 500 ("Backup Gardna": 500 → 1000/2200). As "Gravity Axe - Grarl" is on the field and "Guardian Grarl" is the only card in Rafael's hand, he Special Summons "Guardian Grarl" (2500/1000) from his hand in Attack Position via its own effect. Rafael activates the effect of "Backup Gardna", selecting a face-up Equip Card on the field and equipping it to another appropriate target. He selects the "Gravity Axe - Grarl" equipped to "Backup Gardna" and equips it to "Guardian Grarl" ("Backup Gardna": 1000 → 500/2200; "Guardian Grarl": 2500 → 3000/1000). "Guardian Grarl" attacks and destroys "Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast" (Yami Yugi 3900 → 3000). As "Chimera" was destroyed, Yami Yugi activates its effect, Special Summoning either "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts" or "Berfomet" from his Graveyard. He Special Summons "Berfomet" from his Graveyard (1400/1800) in Attack Position.
Turn 4: Yami Yugi
Yami Yugi draws "Five Star Twilight". Yami Yugi activates the Magic Card "Five Star Twilight", Tributing a Level 5 monster to Special Summon one "Kuriboh", "Kuribah", "Kuribee", "Kuribeh" and "Kuriboo" from his hand or Deck. He Tributes "Berfomet" and Special Summons "Kuriboh", "Kuribah", "Kuribee", "Kuribeh" and "Kuriboo" all from his Deck in Attack Position (300/200 for all). Yami Yugi activates the effect of "Kuribah", removing "Kuriboh", "Kuribah", "Kuribee", "Kuribeh" and "Kuriboo" from play to Special Summon "Kuribabylon" (?/200) from his hand, Deck or Graveyard. He Special Summons "Kuribabylon" from his Deck in Attack Position. As "Kuribabylon" was Special Summoned by the effect of "Kuribah", its ATK is equal to the sum of the total ATK the monsters removed from play to Special Summon it ("Kuribabylon": ? → 1500/200). Yami Yugi activates the Magic Card "Pump Up", doubling the ATK of a monster he controls until the end of the turn. He chooses ("Kuribabylon": 1500 → 3000/200). "Kuribabylon" attacks "Guardian Grarl", but as Rafael's opponent's monster declared an attack while "Rescuer from the Grave" was in his Graveyard, Rafael activates its effect, removing five cards in his Graveyard from play to negate the attack and end the Battle Phase. Yami Yugi activates the effect of "Kuribabylon", removing it from play to Special Summon one "Kuriboh", "Kuribah", "Kuribee", "Kuribeh" and "Kuriboo" that were removed from play. He Special Summons "Kuriboh", "Kuribah", "Kuribee", "Kuribeh" and "Kuriboo" in Attack Position (300/200 for all).
Turn 5: Rafael
Due to the effect of his "Guardian Treasure", Rafael draws two cards during his Draw Phase. Rafael Sets "Exchange" and "Self Tribute". As he has no monsters in his Graveyard, Rafael activates his face-down Continuous Magic Card "Purity of the Cemetery". During each of Yami Yugi's Standby Phases, Yami Yugi will take 100 damage for each monster in his Graveyard. If there is a monster in Rafael's Graveyard, "Purity of the Cemetery" will be destroyed. "Guardian Grarl" attacks "Kuriboh".
Featured cards[edit]
The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.
Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi
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Differences between adaptions[edit]
- In the Japanese version, Rafael's parents were either presumed to be dead or confirmed to be dead as he visited their graves. His remaining relatives took his parents' inheritance and threw him out. In the dub, that scene of him visiting their graves were cut and he believed his family had forsaken him- since they were said to have been alive since they acquired lifeboats and never bothered to look for him even after he gained recognition as being a "miracle boy".
- When Rebecca was doing research in the original, apart from mentioning Rafael's shipwreck, she also mentioned she wasn't the first national Duel Monsters champion of the United States, but Rafael was. In the dub, she only mentioned the shipwreck.
