Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 086

"Unyielding Resolve" is the eighty-sixth episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime. It first aired in Japan on December 20, 2015.

Riley Akaba vs. Security
Two of the three Security members control one copy of and all three have 4000 LP. Riley joins the Duel at this point, taking the 2000 LP intrusion penalty (Riley: 4000 → 2000 LP).

 Turn 4: Riley 

Riley Normal Summons.

 Turn 5: Security #1 

Security #1 Normal Summons. As it was Normal or Special Summoned, its effect activates, letting him Special Summon a "Jutte" monster from his hand. He Special Summons. Security #1 tunes the Level 4 "Jutte Lord" with the Level 2 Tuner monster "Jutte Fighter" to Synchro Summon in Attack Position. He then activates its effect, letting him send a monster from his hand to the Graveyard to inflict 600 damage once per turn. He sends "Sasumata Gardna" (Riley: 2000 → 1400 LP).

 Turn 6: Security #2 

Security #2 activates the effect of his own "Goyo Catapult", sending the "Sasumata Gardna" in his hand to the Graveyard to inflict 600 damage (Riley: 1400 → 800 LP).

 Turn 7: Security #3 

Security #2 activates the effect of his own "Goyo Catapult", sending the "Stygian Security" in his hand to the Graveyard to inflict 600 damage (Riley: 800 → 200 LP).

 Turn 8: Riley 

Riley draws "C/C Critical Eye" He then activates "Past Loop of Nightmare", which lets him Tribute a monster once per turn. He Tributes "Film Magician". Riley's hand contains "Montage Fusion", "Past Tuning", "Past Overlay" and "De-Fusion". Riley Normal Summons. Next, he activates the Continuous Spell Card "Montage Fusion", allowing him to Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster from his Extra Deck as long as both him and his opponent control the required Fusion Material Monsters by using only his monster as a Material. Since Security #1 controls an EARTH monster, he fuses his "C/C Critical Eye" to Fusion Summon in Attack Position. "Rock Sword" attacks and destroys Security #1's "Goyo Catapult", with its effect increasing its ATK by the ATK of all other EARTH monsters on the field ("Rock Sword" 2400 → 4800; Security #1: 4000 → 0 LP). As he Tributed a monster with "Past Loop of Nightmare" this turn, Riley activates its other effect, letting him Tribute a monster that was Fusion, Synchro or Xyz Summoned using "C/C Critical Eye" as a Material and to Special Summon "Critical Eye". from his Graveyard. He Tributes "Rock Sword" to Special Summon. As he controls "Critical Eye", Reira activates the Quick-Play Spell Card, "Past Tuning", letting him target a monster his opponent controls and changes its Level, depending on what its current Level is. He targets Security #2's "Goyo Defender", whose Level is 6, so it is changed to 3. Then, he may treat "Past Tuning" as a monster with the same Type, Attribute, Level, ATK and DEF as the targeted monster and treat "Critical Eye" as a Tuner monster with its effects negated. Finally, he may Synchro Summon a monster using "Critical Eye" and "Past Tuning" as the Materials, but the Summoned monster will be destroyed during the End Phase. He tunes the Level 3 "Past Tuning" with the Level 3 "Critical Eye" to Synchro Summon in Attack Position.

He activates the effect of "Rock Shooter", letting him target a monster his opponent controls once per turn and decrease its ATK by 1000 (Security #2's "Goyo Catapult" 800 → 0). "Rock Shooter" attacks and destroys Security 2's "Goyo Catapult", with its effect increasing its ATK equal to the total Levels of all EARTH monsters currently on the field x 200, except itself ("Rock Shooter" 2200 → 4000, Security #2: 4000 → 0 LP). Reira Tributes "Rock Shooter" using the effect of "Past Loop of Nightmare", Special Summoning from his Graveyard. As he controls "Critical Eye", he activates the Quick-Play Spell Card "Past Overlay", letting him target a monster his opponent controls and change its Level based on its current Level. He targets the Level 6 "Goyo Defender", changing it to Level 6. Then, he may treat "Past Overlay" and "Critical Eye" as monsters with the same Type, Level, Attribute, ATK and DEF as the target with their effects negated. Finally, he may Xyz Summon a monster using "Critical Eye" as "Past Tuning" as the Materials, but the Summoned monster will be destroyed during the End Phase. Reira overlays his two Level 6 monsters to Xyz Summon in Attack Position. He activates the effect of "Rock Armor", detaching an Overlay Unit to increase the ATK of "Rock Armor" by half of the combined DEF of all EARTH monsters on the field "Rock Armor": 2500 → 4900). "Rock Armor" attacks and destroys "Goyo Defender" (Security #3: 4000 → 0 LP).

Declan Akaba vs Security
Declan controls and  and has three cards in his hand. He is facing against at least six Security and it is his turn. His opponents do not control any monsters. While neither the beginning nor the rest of the Duel is shown, Declan wins.

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

Mistakes

 * When Riley activates the effect of "C/C/C Rock Shooter of Shooting", which increases its ATK by a value equal to the total Levels of all EARTH monsters on the field x 200, its original ATK is shown as 2000 instead of 2200, but it then gains 2000 ATK instead of 1800, putting the total value back to where it should have been.