Yami Yugi and Mai Valentine's Duel

Yugi and Mai's Duel' is a Duel that occurred during the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime between Yami Yugi and Mai Valentine in the Duelist Kingdom finals.

This Duel is based on Yugi and Mai's Duel in the manga series.

Prior Events
The first round of the Duelist Kingdom finals is set to begin between Yugi Muto and Mai Valentine. Mai is ready to both duel and win. However, Yugi finds himself distracted, and a little disturbed, by the lengths his alter ego was willing to go to win against Kaiba earlier on the castle, and is determined to keep him out of this Duel. Or, depending on the version, perhaps he's just thinking about what he'll do once he reaches Pegasus.

The Duel
Turn 1: Mai

Mai Normal Summons "" (1300/1400) in Attack Position, then Sets a card.

Turn 2: Yugi Muto

Yugi Summons "" (2300/2100) in Attack Position. Yugi attacks "Harpie Lady" with "Gaia", but Mai activates her face-down "" to negate the attack and halve the ATK of "Gaia The Fierce Knight" (2300 → 1150/2100).

Turn 3: Mai

Mai equips "Harpie Lady" with "", increasing its ATK and DEF by 500 (1300 → 1800/1400 → 1900). Mai attacks and destroys "Gaia The Fierce Knight" with "Harpie Lady" (Yugi: 2000 → 1350).

Turn 4: Yugi Muto

Yugi Summons in Attack Position. "Summoned Skull" attacks "Harpie Lady", with Yugi not knowing that "Mirror Wall" is a Continuous Trap Card, and thus can be used again. The effect of "Mirror Wall" then activates, which negates the attack and halves the ATK of "Summoned Skull" (2500 → 1250/1200). Yugi Sets a card.

Turn 5: Mai

Mai activates "Harpie's Feather Duster" to destroy Yugi's Set "".

Turn 6: Yugi Muto

Yugi changes "Summoned Skull" to Defense Position and Summons "" in Defense Position.

Turn 7: Mai

Mai equips "Harpie Lady" with "Rose Whip", increasing its ATK and DEF by 300 (1800 → 2100/1900 → 2200). "Harpie Lady" attacks and destroys "Feral Imp".

Turn 8: Yugi Muto

Yugi passes his turn.

Turn 9: Mai

Mai Summons "" (2000/2500) in Attack Position. "Harpie's Pet Dragon" gains 300 ATK and DEF for each "Harpie Lady" on the field, and there is currently one (2000 → 2300/2500 → 2800). Mai attacks and destroys "Summoned Skull" with "Harpie's Pet Dragon".

Turn 10: Yugi Muto

Yugi Summons "" (2500/2100) in Defense Position, then Sets a card.

Turn 11: Mai

Mai activates "". Now all male monsters that Yugi controls that are in Defense Position are switched to Attack Position. Any monsters that have been affected by this effect must attack the turn they have been switched to Attack Position. "Dark Magician" is switched to Attack Position and is forced to attack "Harpie Lady". The effect of "Mirror Wall" then activates, negating the attack and halving the ATK of "Dark Magician" (2500 → 1250/2100). Mai then activates another "Harpie's Feather Duster" to destroy Yugi's Set "". Mai attacks and destroys "Dark Magician" with "Harpie's Pet Dragon" (Yugi: 1350 → 300).

Turn 12: Yugi Muto

At this point, Yugi begins focusing seriously on the Duel. Yugi activates "", allowing him to take control of "Harpie's Pet Dragon". Yugi then Sets a card and Summons "" (1000/2000) in Attack Position. Yugi then activates the effect of "Catapult Turtle", Tributing "Harpie's Pet Dragon" to destroy "Mirror Wall" and inflict damage to Mai equal to half the ATK of "Harpie's Pet Dragon" on the field (Mai: 2000 → 850).

Turn 13: Mai

Mai draws. She then activates "" to turn her one "Harpie Lady" into three "Harpie Ladies" (2450/2100 each) in Attack Position. Mai decides not to attack as she believes Yugi's Set card is a Trap Card.

Turn 14: Yugi Muto

Yugi reveals his bluff by activating his face-down "", which allows him to shuffle "Catapult Turtle" and the remaining cards in his hand to his Deck and draw five new cards. Yugi Normal Summons "" (800/2000) in Defense Position. This monster is unaffected by the effect of "Shadow of Eyes" since it is a female monster.

Turn 15: Mai

Mai activates "Monster Reborn" to Special Summon "" from her Graveyard in Attack Position. This time, there are three "Harpie Ladies" on the field (2000 → 2900/2500 → 3400). Mai attacks and destroys "Mystical Elf" with her "Harpie Ladies".

Turn 16: Yugi Muto

Yugi activates "". Mai's monsters cannot attack for three turns and all of her monsters must be face-up. Yugi then Summons "" (300/200) in Attack Position.

Turn 17: Mai

Mai passes her turn. "Swords of Revealing Light" has two turns remaining.

Turn 18: Yugi Muto

Yugi activates "Monster Reborn" to Special Summon "Gaia The Fierce Knight" from his Graveyard in Attack Position.

Turn 19: Mai

Mai passes her turn. "Swords of Revealing Light" has one turn remaining.

Turn 20: Yugi Muto

Yugi passes his turn.

Turn 21: Mai

Mai passes her turn. "Swords of Revealing Light" expires, and Mai is now free to attack.

Turn 22: Yugi Muto

Yugi activates "". He uses "Gaia The Fierce Knight" and "Kuriboh" as Tributes to Ritual Summon "" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. Yugi attacks and destroys "Harpie's Pet Dragon" with "Black Luster Soldier" (Mai: 850 → 750).

Turn 23: Mai

At this point, Mai realizes that she has nothing left in her Deck that can destroy "Black Luster Soldier". Not wanting to see her "Harpie Ladies" destroyed, Mai surrenders the Duel.

Aftermath
Mai is eliminated from the tournament. The next round between Joey Wheeler and Bandit Keith starts soon.