Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light

'''Yu-Gi-Oh! the Movie: The Pyramid of Light, known in Japan as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters: Pyramid of Light''' is an anime film based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. The director of this film is Ryosuke Takahashi.

The characters and naming are the same as the English version of the Yu-Gi-Oh!, or Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters television show.

=Synopsis=

The events of Battle City have just concluded, and Yugi now owns all three Egyptian God Cards. Seto Kaiba longs to finally defeat him, and he has a plan. He suspects that since Maximillion Pegasus created the Egyptian God Cards, he would have also created a way to beat them. Just in case.

Kaiba heads off to Pegasus's castle and challenges him to a duel. The stakes are the following: if Pegasus wins, he gets Kaiba's three "Blue-Eyes White Dragons"; if Kaiba wins, Pegasus hands over the card that can beat the Egyptian Gods. Kaiba wins, and Pegasus must fulfill his wager: he picks up two cards from Pegasus's decks. However, Pegasus only created one card to beat the Egyptian Gods, so where did the other card come from?

Meanwhile, Yugi Muto and Téa Gardner, seeking refuge from a mob of duelists wanting to face Yugi for the Egyptian Gods, stumble into Domino Museum, where they discover a new attraction on display. It's called the Pyramid of Light, and it looks a little like the Millennium Puzzle. Yugi's Grandpa Solomon Muto (who also happens to be visiting the museum) reads an inscription on the side of a sarcophagus (The eye that sees what's yet to come, its vision shall be fulfilled, unless blinded by events predetermined, thus light & shadows both be killed), triggering Yugi to have a strange vision about his Millennium Puzzle, the Pyramid of Light, Anubis, and Kaiba. After he wakes up, he finds the pyramid has been stolen, the sarcophagus is now empty, and Mokuba standing outside. Mokuba says that Kaiba wants Yugi to bring his duel disk to the KaibaCorp Duel Dome immediately.

Yugi does so, transforming into the Yami Yugi on the way, and finds Kaiba ready to duel. Seto asks Mokuba to seal all the exits, forcing Yugi to duel him, but not before Joey Wheeler and Tristan Taylor find their way in to watch.

The duel goes on for what seems like an eternity, and Yugi is starting to suspect that there are dark forces at work - especially when Kaiba activates a trap card called the "Pyramid of Light", which not also bares a striking resemblance to the pyramid in the museum, but also prevents Yugi from summoning any Egyptian Gods! Before long, Kaiba has his "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" on the field, but to Yugi's surprise, he sacrifices it to summon a monster known as the "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon", which is even stronger!

Kaiba could win the duel there and then, but he wants to humiliate Yugi by wiping him out with his own Egyptian Gods! His "Pyramid of Light" removed the gods from play, and he wants to play "Return from the Different Dimension" to get them under his control. Of course, to do that, he needs to destroy his Pyramid of Light first, otherwise it would just destroy the gods again! Kaiba commands his "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" to use its "Shining Nova" effect, which allows it to sacrifice itself to destroy anything on the field - and he aims it at the Pyramid of Light. Suddenly, a ghostly voice calls out, "This I cannot allow!", and the Pyramid stays exactly where it is. Then, a man rises up from behind Kaiba, throws him aside, and takes over the duel himself. And he has the Pyramid of Light around his neck.

It's Anubis, the Egyptian Lord of the Dead, whom the Pharaoh destroyed 5000 years ago. But now he's back with his secret weapon - "Theinen the Great Sphinx"! On top of this, Téa, Joey, Tristan and Yugi are all trapped inside the Millennium Puzzle, leaving the Pharaoh to duel all alone. Putting all his faith into the cards, Yugi draws the "Double Spell" card, which allows him to discard his other spell card to activate "Monster Reborn" from the Seto's Graveyard. He uses it to revive "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon", who can then destroy the "Pyramid of Light" (after it was weakened by Yugi from inside the Millennium Puzzle). With the Pyramid gone so is the Great Sphinx, and Anubis is seemingly defeated. But, a giant Jackal arises from the remains of the Pyramid: it is the ancient Egyptian representation of Anubis the Lord of the Dead.

Kaiba and Yugi join forces, putting all their strength into the "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" card, and using Shining Nova to destroy Anubis once and for all. On top of it all, Pegasus was back to help them, and gets them out of the explosion in time.

=Relation to Canon=

Like in the Dragon Ball Z universe (actual canon movies excepted), '''Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light' creates some continuity problems within the Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga/anime series. In the movie, it is explained Anubis (アヌビス Anubisu) was killed by Pharaoh Atem 3000 years ago (5000 in the English anime), and then resurrected when Yugi completed his Millennium Puzzle. In the Japanese version of the movie, the Duel between Seto and Yugi is a ploy masterminded by Anubis with the objective to have the King of Light (Seto Kaiba) defeat the King of Darkness (Dark Yugi). Anubis seeks revenge against the Pharaoh and wants to be resurrected as the "King of Destruction", using Kaiba to become the new king and rule the world.

In the first series anime however, Yugi's completion of the Millenium Puzzle follows a different storyline: Yugi was beaten up by Ushio who had also beaten up Jonouchi and Honda, and he completed the puzzle while beaten up to become Dark Yugi. In addition, during the Dawn of the Duel arc Anubis never made an appearance and was never shown to be killed by Pharaoh Atem (the battle must either have been off-screen, or have never taken place at all). In fact (and this despite being designed by Kazuki Takahashi himself), Anubis never made any appearances in the anime or manga: he is therefore considered a non-canon character.

=Mistakes in the Movie= In the English version of the movie, the makers made many mistakes, however most of them were fixed when it aired in Japan.


 * Right after the Opening Title, Many People are watching a Screen Showing Yugi Dueling Kaiba in the first Episode, It shows him draw Exodia's head but the card is in Japanese.


 * After Pegasus used "Card of Sanctity" to draw his 6 cards, he had the original "Dark Magician Girl" in his hand. When he summons it, it is "Toon Dark Magician Girl".


 * Pegasus plays "Ultimate Offering" when dueling against Kaiba, so that he can summon more Toon monsters in one turn at the cost of 500 LP per monster. However Toons are Special Summoned, not normal summoned: Ultimate Offering was completely unnecessary (this was not changed when it aired in Japan.)


 * When Joey challenges a group of duelists wanting to have a go at Yugi and his God Cards, the first challenger Summons "Injection Fairy Lily" on the first turn. The entire card itself was either vertically reversed, or placed upside-down while horizontally reversed (not to mention that you normally would not be allowed to attack on the first turn).


 * When Kaiba's "Peten the Dark Clown" is destroyed by battle, Kaiba activates "Deck Destruction Virus", which can only be activated when a Fiend-Type Monster with 500 ATK or fewer is destroyed by battle. Peten the Dark Clown is a Spellcaster-Type Monster.


 * Kaiba's plan for a 'perfect victory' by summoning all three of Yugi's God Cards could not normally work, as "Return from the Different Dimension" only affects cards removed from play that you own . Since they were Yugi's cards, Kaiba would be unable to summon them.


 * When Yugi summons "King's Knight", the text on "Queen's Knight" is displayed backwards.


 * When Kaiba uses "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's" 'Shining Nova' to destroy his "Pyramid of Light", although the attack failed, we see Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon disappear and later Yugi plays "Monster Reborn" to re-summon it from the Graveyard. However, Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon is shown to appear next to Anubis for a short time, after it had already died following the activation of its 'Shining Nova' effect. Additionally, Yugi couldn't have revived "Blue Eyes Shining Dragon", since its effect states that it can only be summoned by tributing "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon".


 * When Anubis's "Sphinx Teleia" destroys Yugi's "Obnoxious Celtic Guardian", Sphinx Teleia's effect was not activated, which would have decreased Yugi's Life points to zero. However when "Andro Sphinx" destroyed Yugi's "Watapon", Andro Sphinx's effect was activated (this was not changed when it aired in Japan, though Yugi did mention it.) In addition, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian should not have been destroyed thanks to its special ability: Teleia's attack points were higher than 1900.


 * In the English version of the movie, during Yugi's final turn after his Draw Phase we can clearly see "Exchange" and "Diffusion Wave-Motion" in his hand. In the Japanese version of the movie it was fixed to show Exchange and "Double Spell".


 * When Anubis uses "Inferno Tempest" and "Fallout" to make Yugi and Kaiba drop all their cards, two "The Winged Dragon of Ras" and two "King's Knights" are shown flying out of Yugi's Duel Disk. There should only be one of each Egyptian God Card in existence, and Yugi is never shown to own more than one "King's Knight" in the anime. Also, "Inferno Tempest" in the movie states that one must lose 4000 points in a single attack, whereas the real card requires 3000 points of damage in order to be activated.


 * When Kaiba stated that Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's attack points increased by 300 for each Dragon-Type Monster in his Graveyard, he forgot about Paladin of White Dragon, which was technically a Dragon as well. So Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's ATK should have increased to 4800, which would have been enough to destroy Yugi's Sorcerer of Dark Magic, causing him to lose the Duel as well.

=Featured Duels=

Simulated: Seto Kaiba vs. Yugi Muto
(Duel already in progress; this Duel is not real and the result of a simulation by KaibaCorp's computer)
 * Seto Kaiba	   	1300 LP	    	"Blue-Eyes White Dragon"	    	no Face-down cards
 * Yami Yugi	   	2200 LP      "Obelisk the Tormentor", "Slifer the Sky Dragon", "The Winged Dragon of Ra"	     no Face-down cards



Seto Kaiba's Turn

 * Activates Spell Card "Polymerization": Seto fuses his "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" on the field with two Blue-Eyes White Dragons" in his Hand to form "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" (4500 ATK / 3800 DEF) in Attack Position.
 * Equips "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" with Equip Spell Card "Megamorph": since Seto's LP are lower than Yugi's, his monster's ATK is doubled ("Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon": 4500 → 9000 ATK / 3800 DEF).
 * Yugi activates "Obelisk the Tormentor's" special ability: he Tributes "Slifer the Sky Dragon" and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" to destroy all of opponent's monsters and inflinct 4000 points of direct damage. "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" is destroyed (Seto: 1300 → 0 Life Points). Yugi wins.

Maximillion Pegasus's Turn

 * Pays 1000 LP (Pegasus: 4000 → 3000 Life Points) to activate Continuous Spell Card "Toon World".
 * Summons "Toon Gemini Elf" (1900 ATK / 900 DEF) in Attack Position.
 * Sets a card.

Seto Kaiba's Turn

 * Summons "X-Head Cannon" (1800 ATK / 1500 DEF) in Defense Position.
 * Sets two cards.

Maximillion Pegasus's Turn

 * Activates Spell Card "Card of Sanctity" to make him and Seto draw until both have 6 cards in their hand (NOTE: The real-life version of the card has a slightly different effect).
 * Activates Spell Card "Cost Down": Pegasus discards a card to lower the Level of every monster in its hand by two.
 * Summons "Toon Dark Magician Girl" (2000 ATK / 1700 DEF) in Attack Position (thanks to "Cost Down", "Toon Dark Magician Girl" is now a Level 4 monster).
 * Thanks to its Toon special ability (If your opponent doesn't control a Toon Monster, this card can attack your opponent's Life Points directly), Pegasus uses "Toon Gemini Elf" to attack Seto directly (Seto: 4000 → 2100 Life Points).
 * "Toon Gemini Elf's second special ability activates: because it inflicted him Battle Damage, Seto must discard a card randomly. He discards "Monster Reborn".
 * Thanks to its Toon special ability (If your opponent doesn't control a Toon Monster, this card can attack your opponent's Life Points directly), Pegasus uses "Toon Dark Magician Girl" to attack Seto directly.
 * Seto activates Trap Card "Attack Guidance Armor": "Toon Dark Magician Girl's" attack is redirected to Pegasus's "Toon Gemini Elf". "Toon Gemini Elf" is destroyed (Pegasus: 3000 → 2900 Life Points).
 * Pegasus activates Spell Card "Monster Reborn" to Special Summon "Toon Gemini Elf" (1900 ATK / 900 DEF) back from the Graveyard in Attack Position.
 * Activates his Set Continuous Trap Card "Ultimate Offering", which allows him to Normal Summon another monsters this turn at the cost of 500 LP each one.
 * Thanks to "Ultimate Offering", Pegasus pays 500 LP (Pegasus: 2900 → 2400 Life Points) to Smmon another monster: he Tributes "Toon Gemini Elf" to Summon "Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon" (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF)" in Attack Position (thanks to "Cost Down", "Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon" is now a Level 6 monster). (NOTE: in the real game, since Toon Monsters are Special Summoned instead of Normal Summoned, using "Ultimate Offering" would be unnecessary).
 * Thanks to "Ultimate Offering", Pegasus pays another 500 LP (Pegasus: 2400 → 1900 Life Points) to Summon another monster: he Summons "Toon Summoned Skull" (2500 ATK / 1200 DEF) in Attack Position (thanks to "Cost Down", "Toon Summoned Skull" is now a Level 4 monster) (NOTE: in the real game, since Toon Monsters are Special Summoned instead of Normal Summoned, using "Ultimate Offering" would be unnecessary).

Seto Kaiba's Turn

 * Activates Spell Card "Dark Core": Seto discards "Y-Dragon Head" to remove his "X-Head Cannon" from play.
 * Activates Spell Card "Soul Release": Seto removes "Y-Dragon Head" in his Graveyard from play.
 * Summons "Z-Metal Tank" (1500 ATK / 1300 DEF) in Attack Position.
 * Activates his Set Trap Card "Return from the Different Dimension": Seto pays half his LP (Seto: 2100 → 1050 Life Points) to Special Summon "X-Head Cannon" (1300 ATK / 1500 DEF) and "Y-Dragon Head" (1500 ATK / 1600 DEF) in Attack Position.
 * Activates "XYZ-Dragon Cannon's" special ability, removing "X-Head Cannon", "Y-Dragon Head", and "Z-Metal Tank" from play to Special Summon "XYZ-Dragon Cannon" (2800 ATK / 2600 DEF) in Attack Position.
 * Activates "XYZ-Dragon Cannon's" second special ability: Seto discards 1 card to destroy Pegasus's "Toon World" (NOTE: in the movie, the step where Seto discards is not shown).
 * Because "Toon World" is no longer in play, Pegasus's "Toon Dark Magician Girl", "Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon", and "Toon Summoned Skull" are all destroyed.
 * Uses "XYZ-Dragon Cannon" to attack Pegasus directly (Pegasus: 1900 → 0 Life Points). Seto wins.

Unidentified Man's Turn

 * Summons "Injection Fairy Lily" (400 ATK / 1500 DEF) and attacks Joey directly (NOTE: this would be illegal in the real game, since an attack cannot be declared on the first turn; in the Japanese version, the man pays activates "Injection Fairy Lily"'s effect, paying 2000 LP to increase "Injection Fairy Lily"'s ATK to 3400, so it could be an anime-exclusive ability of "Injection Fairy Lily" to be able to attack like this, and while Joey does question the legality of this move in the Japanese verion, it is most likely done for comedic effect).

(The rest of the duel and perhaps another are not shown; it can be assumed that Joey beat his opponent(s))

Joey Wheeler vs. Unidentified Boy
(Duel already in progress)
 * Joey Wheeler	   	LP unknown	    	"Gearfried the Iron Knight", "Little-Winguard", "Rocket Warrior", "Baby Dragon"	    	no Face-down cards
 * Unidentified Boy	   	LP unknown	    "	Fenrir", "Inpachi"	    	no Face-down cards



Unidentified Boy's Turn

 * Tributes "Fenrir" and "Inpachi" to Summon "Maju Garzett" (? → 3000 ATK / 0 DEF).
 * Uses "Maju Garzett" to attack & destroy Joey's "Gearfried the Iron Knight" (NOTE: it is unclear whether Joey's monster was in Attack or Defense Position; Joey's LP counter isn't shown to change, but before it's destroyed the monster is not in its usual "kneeling down" Defense Position pose).

Joey Wheeler's's Turn

 * Tributes "Baby Dragon", "Little-Winguard" and "Rocket Warrior" to Summon "Gilford the Lightning" (2800 ATK / 1400 DEF): thanks to its special effect, it destroys all monsters on Unidentified Boy's side of the field.
 * Uses "Gilford the Lightning" to attack Unidentified Boy directly (Unidentified Boy: ? → 0 Life Points). Joey wins.

Seto Kaiba's Turn

 * Summons "Familiar Knight" (1200 ATK / 1400 DEF) in Defense Position.

Yami Yugi's Turn

 * Summons "Queen's Knight" (1500 ATK / 1600 DEF) in Attack Position.
 * Uses "Queen's Knight" to attack & destroy Seto's "Familiar Knight".
 * Upon its destruction, "Familiar Knight's" special ability activates: each player can Special Summon a Level 4 monster from their Hand. Seto Special Summons "Rare Metal Dragon" (2400 ATK / 1200 DEF) in Attack Position; Yugi Special Summons "King's Knight" (1600 ATK / 1400 DEF) in Attack Position.
 * Thanks to "King's Knight's" special ability, Yugi can Special Summon "Jack's Knight" (1900 ATK / 1000 DEF) from his Deck in Attack Position.
 * Sets a card ("Mirror Force").

Seto Kaiba's Turn

 * Waiting for Yugi to Summon his Egyptian God Cards, chooses not to attack.
 * Sets a card.

Yami Yugi's Turn

 * Tributes "Queen's Knight", "King's Knight", and "Jack's Knight" to Summon "Slifer the Sky Dragon" (X000 ATK / X000 DEF) in Attack Position.
 * "Slifer the Sky Dragon's" ATK/DEF is equal to the number of cards in Yugi's hands × 1000. Since he holds 3, its ATK/DEF is 3 × 1000 = 3000 ("Slifer the Sky Dragon": X000 → 3000 ATK / X000 → 3000 DEF).
 * Uses "Slifer the Sky Dragon" to attack & destroy Seto's "Rare Metal Dragon" (Seto: 4000 → 3400 Life Points).

Seto Kaiba's Turn

 * Activates Spell Card "Obligatory Summon": it forces Yugi to Special Summon all cards from his Deck with the same Attribute as the monster he controls. Since Slifer's Attribute is Divine, Yugi must Summon his other two Egyptian God Cards: "Obelisk the Tormentor" (4000 ATK / 4000 DEF) and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" (? ATK / ? DEF).
 * Activates his Set Continuous Trap Card "Pyramid of Light": Yugi's "Obelisk the Tormentor", "Slifer the Sky Dragon", and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" are removed from play (NOTE: in the real game, "Pyramid of Light" has a different effect).
 * At this point, a "Pyramid of Light" envelops the playing field:
 * It prevents both Yugi and Seto from exiting until the Duel is over.
 * Whenever Yugi or Seto lose LP, their actual life energy is sucked out of them and used to feed Anubis inside the Pyramid.
 * A Dark Red Eye appears on the side of the pyramid, absorbing the souls of Joey and Tristan. They are transported to Yugi's Millennium Puzzle.
 * Yugi's own soul is absorbed within his Millennium Puzzle, leaving Yami to Duel against Seto by himself.
 * The Stadium where Yugi and Seto are dueling begins to collapse, but the "Pyramid of Light" protects them from the debris.
 * Seto activates Quick-Play Spell Card "Mystical Space Typhoon" to destroy Yugi's Set card.
 * Summons "Peten the Dark Clown" (500 ATK / 1200 DEF) in Attack Position.
 * Uses "Peten the Dark Clown" to attack Yugi directly (Yugi: 4000 → 3500 Life Points).
 * Sets a card.

Yami Yugi's Turn

 * Summons "Magician's Valkyria" (1600 ATK / 1800 DEF) and uses it to attack & destroy Seto's "Peten the Dark Clown" (Seto: 3400 → 2300 Life Points).
 * Since a DARK Fiend-Type monster with 500 or less ATK was destroyed by battle, Seto can activate his Set Continuous Trap Card "Deck Destruction Virus": it sends 10 random cards from Yugi's Deck to his Graveyard (NOTE: in the real game, "Peten the Dark Clown" is a Spellcaster-Type).
 * Thanks to "Peten the Dark Clown's" special ability, Seto removes it from play to Special Summon another "Peten the Dark Clown" (500 ATK / 1200 DEF) from his Deck in Defense Position (NOTE: This wouldn't work in the real game, as it's a textbook example of Missing the Timing).

Seto Kaiba's Turn

 * Summons "Des Feral Imp" (1600 ATK / 1800 DEF) in Attack Position.
 * Activates Spell Card "Card of Demise", drawing until he has five cards in his hand. Five turns after "Card of Demise's" activation, Seto must discard his entire hand.
 * Activates Ritual Spell Card "White Dragon Ritual", Tributing "Des Feral Imp" to Ritual Summon "Paladin of White Dragon" (1900 ATK / 1200 DEF) from his Hand in Attack Position.
 * Uses "Paladin of White Dragon" to attack & destroy Yugi's "Magician's Valkyria" (Yugi: 3500 → 3200 Life Points).
 * Activates "Paladin of White Dragon's" second special ability, Tributing it to Special Summon "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF) from his Deck in Attack Position.
 * Sets a card.

Yami Yugi's Turn

 * Activates Equip Spell Card "Premature Burial": Yugi pays 800 LP (Yugi: 3200 → 2400 Life Points) to Special Summon "Magician's Valkyria" (1600 ATK / 1800 DEF) back from his Graveyard in Attack Position, and Equips it with "Premature Burial". If "Premature Burial" will be destroyed, "Magician's Valkyria" will be destroyed as well.
 * Equips "Magician's Valkyria" with Equip Spell Card "Mage Power": it gains 500 ATK/DEF for every Spell and Trap Card on his side of the field. Since Yugi has 2 ("Premature Burial" and "Mage Power"), "Magician's Valkyria" gains +1000 ATK/DEF ("Magician's Valkyria": 1600 → 2600 ATK / 1800 DEF).
 * Sets two cards.
 * Thanks to "Mage Power", Yugi's "Magician's Valkyria" gets a further +1000 ATK boost ("Magician's Valkyria": 2600 → 3600 ATK / 1800 DEF).
 * Uses "Magician's Valkyria" to attack Seto's "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".
 * Seto activates Trap Card "Attack Guidance Armor" to redirect "Magician's Valkyria's" attack to his "Peten the Dark Clown". "Peten the Dark Clown" is destroyed.
 * Since a DARK Fiend-Type monster with 500 or less ATK was destroyed by battle, Seto can activate "Deck Destruction Virus's" effect: it sends 10 random cards from Yugi's Deck to his Graveyard, including his "Dark Magician Girl" (NOTE: in the real game, "Peten the Dark Clown" is a Spellcaster-Type).
 * Thanks to "Peten the Dark Clown's" special ability, Seto removes it from play to Special Summon another "Peten the Dark Clown" (500 ATK / 1200 DEF) from his Deck in Defense Position (NOTE: again, this wouldn't work in the real game as a textbook example of Missing the Timing).

Seto Kaiba's Turn

 * One turn has passed since "Card of Demise's" activation: in four turns Seto must discard his entire hand.
 * Activates Spell Card "Polymerization": Seto fuses his "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" on the field with two Blue-Eyes White Dragons" in his Hand to form "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" (4500 ATK / 3800 DEF) in Attack Position.
 * Uses "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" to attack & destroy Yugi's "Magician's Valkyria" (Yugi: 2400 → 1500 Life Points).

Yami Yugi's Turn

 * Activates his Set Spell Card "Monster Reborn" to Special Summon "Dark Magician Girl" (2000 ATK / 1700 DEF) in Attack Position (NOTE: it was one of the cards sent to the Graveyard by "Deck Destruction Virus").
 * Activates his Set Spell Card "Sage's Stone": since he controls "Dark Magician Girl", he can Special Summon "Dark Magician" (2500 ATK / 2100 DEF) from his Deck in Attack Position.
 * Tributes "Dark Magician Girl" and "Dark Magician" to Special Summon "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" (3200 ATK / 2800 DEF) from his Hand in Attack Position.
 * Thanks to Sorcerer of Dark Magic's" special ability, Seto's monsters lose ATK and DEF equal to the number of Spellcaster-Type monsters in Yugi's Graveyard × 500. With 3 such monsters ("Magician's Valkyria", "Dark Magician Girl", and "Dark Magician"), Seto's monsters lose 3 × 500 = 1500 ATK and DEF ("Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon": 4500 → 3000 ATK / 3800 → 2300 DEF) (NOTE: in the real game, "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" does not have this special ability).
 * Uses "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" to attack & destroy Seto's "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" (Seto: 2300 → 2100 Life Points).

Seto Kaiba's Turn

 * Two turns have passed since "Card of Demise's" activation: in three turns Seto must discard his entire hand.
 * Passes.

Yami Yugi's Turn

 * Uses "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" to attack & destroy Seto's "Peten the Dark Clown".
 * Since a DARK Fiend-Type monster with 500 or less ATK was destroyed by battle, Seto tries to activate "Deck Destruction Virus's" effect (NOTE: in the real game, "Peten the Dark Clown" is a Spellcaster-Type).
 * Thanks to Yugi's "Sorcerer of Dark Magic's" other special ability, "Deck Destruction Virus" is negated and destroyed (NOTE: in the real game, this ability is slighty different).

Seto Kaiba's Turn

 * Three turns have passed since "Card of Demise's" activation: in two turns Seto must discard his entire hand.
 * Activates Spell Card "Monster Reborn" to Special Summon "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" (4500 ATK / 3800 DEF) back from his Graveyard in Attack Position.
 * Thanks to Sorcerer of Dark Magic's" special ability, Seto's monsters lose ATK and DEF equal to the number of Spellcaster-Type monsters in Yugi's Graveyard × 500. With 3 such monsters ("Magician's Valkyria", "Dark Magician Girl", and "Dark Magician"), Seto's monsters lose 3 × 500 = 1500 ATK and DEF ("Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon": 4500 → 3000 ATK / 3800 → 2300 DEF) (NOTE: in the real game, "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" does not have this special ability).
 * Seto Tributes "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" to "Special Summon" "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF) in Attack Position.
 * With five Dragon-Type monsters in his Graveyard, "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragons" ATK increases by 5 × 300 = 1500 ("Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon": 3000 → 4500 ATK / 2500 DEF).
 * Thanks to Yugi's "Sorcerer of Dark Magic's" special ability, Seto's monsters should lose ATK and DEF equal to the number of Spellcaster-Type monsters in Yugi's Graveyard × 500. With 3 such monsters ("Magician's Valkyria", "Dark Magician Girl", and "Dark Magician"), Seto's monsters should lose 3 × 500 = 1500 ATK and DEF (NOTE: in the real game, "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" does not have this special ability).
 * The second special ability of "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" negates the effect of Sorcerer of Dark Magic (NOTE: in the real game, "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" can only negate the effects that target it).
 * Uses "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" to attack & destroy Yugi's "Sorcerer of Dark Magic" (Yugi: 1500 → 200 Life Points).

Yami Yugi's Turn

 * Summons "Big Shield Gardna" (100 ATK / 2600 DEF) in Defense Position.

Seto Kaiba's Turn

 * Four turns have passed since "Card of Demise's" activation: next turn Seto must discard his entire hand.
 * Sets a card.
 * Uses "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" to attack & destroy Yugi's "Big Shield Gardna".

Yami Yugi's Turn

 * Activates Spell Card "Pot of Greed" to draw 2 cards. Yami draws "Watapon", which allows him to Special Summon it immediately to the field (200 ATK / 300 DEF) in Defense Position.
 * Summons "Obnoxious Celtic Guardian" (1400 ATK / 1200 DEF) in Defense Position.

Seto Kaiba's Turn

 * Five turns have passed since "Card of Demise's" activation: Seto must discard his entire hand (he only has "Spear Dragon") (NOTE: in the Yu-Gi-Oh universe, this is probably the only Duel during which a player using "Card of Demise" was eventually forced to discard his hand; usually the Duel concludes before that ever happens).
 * With another Dragon-Type monster in his Graveyard, Seto's "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" gains a further 300 ATK ("Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon": 4500 → 4800 ATK / 2500 DEF).
 * Activates "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's" third special ability (Shining Nova): Seto can Tribute it to destroy any card on the field. He intends to destroy his "Pyramid of Light", with the intent of releasing and using Yugi's own Egyptian God Cards to defeat him. However Anubis prevents the Pyramid's destruction through the use of its power: he appears and takes Seto's place (Life Points included), knocking him unconscious (NOTE: In the real game, "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" does not have a Shining Nova effect).



Anubis's Turn (Seto Kaiba's Turn continued)

 * Special Summons "Andro Sphinx" (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF) and "Sphinx Teleia" (2500 ATK / 3000 DEF) from his Hand in Attack Position using the effect of Pyramid of Light. (Note: In the real game, when the Pyramid of Light is on the field, you can pay 500 life points each to Special Summon both of them from your hand or deck (In the film, it doesn't cost any life points to Special Summon both of them).)

Yami Yugi's Turn

 * Sets a card ("Reverse of Reverse").

Anubis's Turn

 * Sets a card.
 * Uses "Sphinx Teleia" to attack & destroy Yugi's "Obnoxious Celtic Guard" (NOTE: for some unexplained reason, "Obnoxious Celtic Guard's" special ability is not activated and does not prevent its own destruction; also, "Sphinx Teleia's" second special ability is not activated, which would have otherwise caused Yugi to lose the Duel. Yugi does mention "Obnoxious Celtic Guard"'s effect in the Japanese version of the film, and is shocked when it doesn't activate, but there is no explanation as to why it didn't work; it is assumed that "Sphinx Teleia" has an anime-exclusive ability to counter Effect Monsters' abilities that would prevent their destruction as long as Battle Damage is negated).
 * Uses "Andro Sphinx" to attack & destroy Yugi's "Watapon".
 * Thanks to "Andro Sphinx's" second special ability, Yugi is inflicted damage equal to half the ATK of his destroyed monster i.e 200 / 2 = 100 damage (Yugi: 200 → 100 Life Points).

Yami Yugi's Turn

 * Draws the last card of his Deck.
 * Activates Spell Card "Double Spell" (NOTE: due to a mistake in the English version of the movie, the card Yugi is holding is actually "Diffusion Wave-Motion", yet he declares he is activating "Double Spell"): Yugi discards "Exchange" to activate "Monster Reborn" from Seto's Graveyard, and Special Summons "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF) in Attack Position (NOTE: in the real game, this would not be possible since "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" can only be Special Summoned by Tributing "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon").
 * Activates "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's" third special ability: Yugi Tributes it to destroy Seto/Anubis's "Pyramid of Light". Since in the meantime from within the Millenium Puzzle, Yugi Muto managed to use the "Dagger of Fate" to destroy the Eye of the Pyramid, this time "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's" Shining Nova effect works (NOTE: In the real game, "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" does not have a Shining Nova effect).
 * The souls of Yugi, Joey, Tristan, and Téa are returned to their bodies.
 * Since "Pyramid of Light" is no longer on the field, Anubis's "Andro Sphinx" and "Sphinx Teleia" are destroyed.
 * Since "Andro Sphinx" and "Sphinx Teleia" were destroyed at the same time, Anubis activates "Theinen the Great Sphinx's" special ability and pays 500 LP (Anubis: 2100 → 1600) to Special Summon it (3500 ATK / 3000 DEF) to the field.
 * Anubis activates the Pyramid of Light around his neck, releasing the dead souls trapped within and infusing their power into "Theinen the Great Sphinx". Its ATK rises ten-fold to 35000 ("Theinen the Great Sphinx": 3500 → 35000 ATK / 3000 DEF) (NOTE: In the real game, "Theinen the Great Sphinx" increases its ATK by a different effect and it is only by 3000 points).
 * Yugi activates his Set Trap Card "Reverse of Reverse": he is able to activate Seto's face-down "Return from the Different Dimension", paying half his LP (Yugi: 100 → 50 Life Points) to Special Summon his his three Egyptian God Cards: "Obelisk the Tormentor" (4000 ATK / 4000 DEF), Slifer the Sky Dragon" (X000 ATK / X000 DEF), and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" (? ATK / ? DEF).
 * Activates "Obelisk the Tormentor's" special ability: Yugi Tributes "Slifer the Sky Dragon" and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" to destroy all of opponent's monsters and inflinct 4000 points of direct damage. "Theinen the Great Sphinx" is destroyed (Anubis: 1600 → 0 Life Points). Yugi wins.

=Cards Used in the Movie=

Monster Cards

 * Blue-Eyes White Dragon
 * Obelisk the Tormentor
 * The Winged Dragon of Ra
 * Slifer the Sky Dragon
 * Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon
 * Injection Fairy Lily
 * Fenrir
 * Inpachi
 * Maju Garzett
 * Gearfried the Iron Knight
 * Baby Dragon
 * Rocket Warrior
 * Little-Winguard
 * Gilford the Lightning
 * Toon Gemini Elf
 * X-Head Cannon
 * Toon Dark Magician Girl
 * Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon
 * Toon Summoned Skull
 * Y-Dragon Head
 * Z-Metal Tank
 * XYZ-Dragon Cannon
 * Familiar Knight
 * Queen's Knight
 * Rare Metal Dragon
 * King's Knight
 * Jack's Knight
 * Peten the Dark Clown
 * Magician's Valkyria
 * Des Feral Imp
 * Magician's Valkyria
 * Paladin of White Dragon
 * Dark Magician Girl
 * Dark Magician
 * Sorcerer of Dark Magic
 * Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon
 * Big Shield Gardna
 * Watapon
 * Obnoxious Celtic Guardian
 * Spear Dragon
 * Andro Sphinx
 * Sphinx Teleia
 * Theinen the Great Sphinx

Spell Cards

 * Polymerization
 * Megamorph
 * Toon World
 * Card of Sanctity
 * Cost Down
 * Monster Reborn
 * Dark Core
 * Soul Release
 * Obligatory Summon
 * Mystical Space Typhoon
 * Card of Demise
 * White Dragon Ritual
 * Premature Burial
 * Mage Power
 * Sage's Stone
 * Pot of Greed
 * Diffusion Wave-Motion (was supposed to be Double Spell)
 * Exchange
 * Double Spell (Double Magic)
 * Fallout (used by Anubis to attack Yugi and Seto)
 * Inferno Tempest

Trap Cards

 * Attack Guidance Armor
 * Ultimate Offering (Compensation of Blood/Vendetta)
 * Return from the Different Dimension
 * Pyramid of Light
 * Mirror Force (Holy Barrier Mirror Force. Played face-down and destroyed by Mystical Space Typhoon)
 * Deck Destruction Virus (Complete Destruction Genocide Virus)
 * Reverse of Reverse

=Trivia=
 * The movie aired in theaters in North America, Europe, Australia, and later in Japan. After the late Japanese theatrical movie release on Christmas Eve, the movie aired in Japan on TV Tokyo on January 2, 2005. The Japanese version is known to run 11 minutes longer.


 * The English version of the movie was completely edited when it first appeared in theaters in the US, but the Japanese language version (released in Special Screenings and later released in theaters in Japan) differs in content, uncut, and is complete with cards in Japanese. The Japanese version is in 101 minutes and the English version is originally in 90 minutes. Many scenes in the English version were omitted, switched, and some were altered.


 * Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light hit theatres in North America before the Battle City Finals episodes aired, somewhat spoiling the ending for those who saw the movie.


 * VIZ Media released an "ani-manga" comic book version of the movie with the Egyptian God Card "Slifer the Sky Dragon" as part of their Shonen Jump lineup.


 * Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light is not to be confused with the 30-minute Yu-Gi-Oh! the Movie that was released in Japan and produced by Toei Animation.


 * The original Japanese story calls for the Pharaoh's past to take place "3000 years ago", but the English translators misread this as "3000 BC"! The English version thus puts the story 5000 years ago, but some believe this was intentional: nothing is known about Ancient Egypt 5000 years ago, and therefore the non-existence of Pharaoh Atem cannot be proven (or disproved).


 * In the United States, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light is the only part of the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe to have the text on the cards included. Unlike the Japanese original version, the English Dub of the TV anime series completely edited the text out of the cards due to FCC regulations, expanding the art on them to fill the gap. The cards in the movie also retained the visual rarity that their real-world card game counterparts have, with the rarer cards having gold lettering on them to match those of an Ultra Rare card. In addition, the Life Point counters used in this duel are the same used in the original Japanese series.


 * In the beginning of the movie, it is said that Yugi defeated Seto Kaiba to win the finals of the Battle City Duel Monsters tournament. This is not true, for the final of the tournament was against Marik Ishtar / Dark Marik (scenes of Yugi receiving the final Egyptian God Card from Marik are however correctly included).


 * Much like the early Pokémon theatrical releases, the movie released limited-edition promotional cards alongside the tickets bought for the movie. To further stretch the card game tie-in, an exclusive movie pack was released in card shops to help garner interest in the movie. The DVD versions stated that there were 3 promo cards included in the DVD. This was not true for many versions, as it required a large amount of payment to be sent to 4Kids Entertainment to be able to receive those cards.


 * The movie character, Anubis, does not exist within the anime or manga.


 * Much against Yu-Gi-Oh! North-American habits, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light also featured an unusual amount of violence compared to the anime series:
 * Contrary to the usual concept of Shadow Realm, the words "Kill" and "Die" are used for the very first time. "Die" is used by Anubis, "Killed" is used by Grandpa Muto's reading of the prophecy.
 * Violent comments like "Soon worms will feast your flesh, just as they did on mine" and "You will be destroyed" are used by Anubis.
 * No censorship is applied on mummies being dismembered or Yugi's silhouette getting "stabbed" by "Peten the Dark Clown".
 * The cards are displayed in their TCG form, but "Dark Magician Girl" displays a pentagram (as per the original card) instead of her usual censored 'ruby'.
 * Pegasus makes a direct reference to "wine spritzers", where alcoholic beverages are usually changed to something else in the dub.


 * Although the musical score (background instrumentals) was released for the Japanese version of the movie, the score for the English version was never officially released.
 * Joel Douek, one of the series' composers for the dub, unofficially released these tracks on his YouTube account and FTP.


 * The movie was parodied by LittleKuriboh and released online as Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Movie on June 18, 2007.


 * Interestingly, Anubis's appearance in the Duel between Yugi & Kaiba occurs after both players have lost a total of over 4000 Life Points (5100 to be exact). 4000 is the standard number of starting Life Points in the anime.


 * A few times during the movie, Seto Kaiba's hair glowed green, which could be a homage to the Kaiba of the Yu-Gi-Oh! first series anime.