Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 023

"The Destined Duel! Astral VS Kaito" is the twenty-third episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime. It first aired in Japan on September 12, 2011.

Featured Duel: Astral vs. Kaito Tenjo
Astral's turn

Astral Sets "Gogogo Golem" (1800/1500) and "Battle Break".

Kaito's turn

Kaito Normal Summons "Reverse Buster" (1500/0). It attacks the face-down "Gogogo Golem", which is destroyed via the effect of "Reverse Buster", without applying damage calculation. The other effect of "Reverse Buster" increase its ATK by 500, to 2000. Kaito Sets a card.

Astral's turn

Astral Normal Summons "Gogogo Giant" (2000/0). Its effect activates, Special Summoning the "Gogogo Golem" (1800/1500) from his Graveyard in Defense Position and switching itself to Defense Position. Next, he activates the Continuous Spell Card, "Double Defender", allowing him to, once per turn, negate one attack if he controls two monsters in face-up Defense Position. Then, he Sets a card.

Kaito's turn

Kaito activates "Photon Hurricane", returning all of Astral's Spell and Trap Cards to his hand as Kaito's hand contains more cards than the number of Set cards Astral had. After that, he Tributes "Reverse Buster" to Tribute Summon "Photon Leo" (2100/1100). Its effect activates, forcing Astral to shuffle all the cards in his hand back into his Deck and then draw the same amount of cards. Kaito equips "Photon Leo" with "Photon Spear", giving it the piercing effect. It attacks and destroys "Gogogo Giant" (Astral 4000 → 1900).

Duel continues in the next episode.

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