Card Appearances:The Winged Dragon of Ra

Overview

 * The Winged Dragon of Ra is the final and strongest of the Egyptian God Cards. It is the key card of Marik Ishtar during the Battle City arc of the series, and is described as being so powerful even the other two God cards combined cannot defeat it. To contain this power, an extra level of protection exists on the card; besides the above mentioned qualification of possessing a Millennium Item, a special text on the card referred to as the Hieratic Text prevents anyone who does not recite this text from using it. Also, the name of this card was printed in English in the original Japanese Anime and Manga: ＴＨＥ　 ＳＵＮ 　ＯＦ 　ＧＯＤ 　ＤＲＡＧＯＮ


 * The attack of this monster is called "God Blaze Cannon" 「ゴッド・ブレイズ・キャノン」. Its ability to attack in the turn it was summoned from the Graveyard, regardless of any effect or condition in play, is called "Instant Attack". Ra can be transformed into the "Egyptian God Phoenix" 「ゴッドフェニックス」, or it can absorb all of its controller's Life Points but 1 (which is known as "Point-to-Point Transfer").


 * Using the OCG/TCG terminology, the original effects of this card might described as follows:


 * Note: In episode 222, during the duel between Atem and Yugi, Marik Ishtar claims that if Atem activates the abilities of The Winged Dragon of Ra, he could increase it's ATK to almost 15,000: 5000 (Ra's ATK) + 2500 (Obelisk's ATK) + 3000 (Slifer's ATK) + 3999 (all but 1 of Atem's life points) = 14,499. In episode 85 of the Yu-Gi-Oh GX series, a man named Franz successfully activated both The Winged Dragon of Ra's Point-to-Point Transfer and Egyptian God Phoenix abilities. It should be noted that The Winged Dragon of Ra was Tribute Summoned in both cases. It is therefore ambiguous at best whether or not Ra's Point-to-Point Transfer and Egyptian God Phoenix abilities require Ra to be Special Summoned to be activated in the Anime series. It is possible this requirement was dropped after the Battle City Tournament since these were the only two major appearances The Winged Dragon of Ra had in a duel after that tournament.

Battle City

 * This card was the second Egyptian God Card Marik obtained. As revealed in a flashback, Marik obtained this card by taking control of a guard and ordering the guard to input the code that keeps this card from within his reach.


 * In the quarter-finals of Battle City, Marik Ishtar has his adopted brother Odion Ishtar use a counterfeit copy of the card to impersonate him while dueling Joey. Odion tributed his "Mystical Beast Serket" to summon this card ("Serket" counts as three tributes because it destroyed three of Joey's monsters) while also paying half of his Life Points to activate the effect of his Field Spell since he used it earlier to banish this card. When Odion plays the counterfeit Ra and orders it to attack Joey directly, lightning appears and strikes both duelists out cold as playing the counterfeit and having it attack angered the real "Ra". Kaiba then declared that whichever one of them stood up first would win the match. When Joey wins this way, Marik reveals himself before being consumed by his evil alter-personality.


 * This card is used in the duel between Yami Marik and Mai Valentine. Mai uses her "Amazoness Chain Master" to take the card from Marik and add it to her hand. She later sacrificed her three "Harpie Lady Sisters" to summon "Ra", but it appeared in its sphere form and not knowing the ancient text, Mai was not able to release "Ra". After "Holding Arms" and "Holding Legs" attacked Mai directly, Marik recited the ancient text and took control of "Ra". He then had this card attack Mai directly, winning him the duel.


 * This card is used again during an unofficial duel between Yami Bakura and Yami Marik in the Battle City finals, Yami Bakura takes control of Ra by using "Dark Designator" to force Marik to add the card to his hand then used Exchange to take the card from him (while Marik took Monster Reborn from Bakura). Since Marik's spirit was inside Bakura he could control Ra but Marik used "Joyful Doom" to set the ATK of all the monsters that Bakura tributed to 0, which also left Ra with 0 ATK. This forced Yami Bakura to switch this card into Defense Position. On the next turn, Yami Bakura saw Ra as useless since it had 0 ATK, so Yami Bakura tributed Ra to summon "Dark Ruler Ha Des". This proved to be faulty as Marik then used the Monster Reborn he took from Bakura to revive Ra and used its hidden ability to transfer all but one of his Life Points to "Ra". As card effects don't affect "Ra", it could attack even though "Vengeful Bog Spirit" was face-up. It then attacked and destroyed all of Yami Bakura's monsters, Yami Bakura. During this duel, it was stated that Ra had the ability to attack the first turn it is summoned, despite Magic and Trap cards that would usually prevent this.


 * In episode 122, this card is shown in a flashback that Kaiba has when he states that now is the time to decide who the true winner of Battle City is.


 * In episode 123, this card is shown when Kaiba formulates to himself his plan on defeating Yugi and Yami Marik, winning their respective Egyptian Gods Cards("Slifer the Sky Dragon" and The Winged Dragon of Ra"), and becoming the number one Duelist once again. This card is also shown in two flashbacks. The first was one that Joey had when he remembered that he must save Mai by defeating Marik. The other flashback was one that Ishizu had when she remembers how her brother's evil persona got rid of their father and how Marik soon abandoned his job as a Tomb-Keeper and went off with Odion to steal the three Egyptian God Cards for his own gain.


 * In episode 125, this card appears in a series of flashbacks that Kaiba has when he states to Yugi and his friends that he had uncovered the hidden secrets that this card has in its effects.


 * In his duel against Joey in the Battle City Finals, Yami Marik discarded the card due to the effect of his Nightmare Mirror trap card. On his last turn of the duel, Marik revives "The Winged Dragon of Ra" with Monster Reborn" and then uses its Egyptian God Phoenix effect to destroy "Gilford the Lightning". This caused a great amount of pain to Joey because of the effect and caused him to lose due to passing out before he could deal the finishing blow.


 * In episode 136, this card appears in a flashback that Yugi has when he notes to Yami Yugi that Joey could have won the tournament if Yami Marik's Shadow Game didn't make him pass out of exhaustion.


 * In episode 138, this card appears in a flashback Joey has when he remembers his Duel with Yami Marik and when he is explaining to his friends that Yami Marik just needs this card in order to bring "The Winged Dragon of Ra" out because many of its devastating effects can be activated when it's revived.


 * In his duel with Yami Yugi, Yami Marik first discarded "Ra" to activate "Vampiric Leech". He then used "Left Arm Offering" to add "Monster Reborn" to his hand, but Yugi counters that with "Exchange". When Yugi attacks "Juragedo" with "Slifer the Sky Dragon", Yami Marik used "Dark Spell Regeneration" to activate the "Monster Reborn" in Yugi's Graveyard (It went there due to Yugi earlier using it to revive his "Queen's Knight" who was destroyed by "Juragedo"), allowing him to use "Monster Reborn"'s effect to summon this card in its Phoenix Mode. Yami Marik then activated the effect of Egyptian God Phoenix to destroy Yugi's "Slifer the Sky Dragon". This card then went back to the Graveyard. Marik then used "Zombie's Jewel" to add "Monster Reborn" from Yugi's Graveyard to his hand. He then used "Monster Reborn" to bring back this card. Then he gives all but one of his Life Points to "Ra". He then tributes his "Juragedo" to give its ATK to this card. He then attacks Yami Yugi directly with this card, but Yugi activates "Fiend's Sanctuary", summoning a "Metal Fiend Token". Yugi then reveals that if "Ra"'s attack hits the token then the Battle Damage that Yugi would take would be inflicted to Yami Marik instead. Yamir Marik however then used "De-Fusion" to give all of "Ra"'s ATK back to his Life Points, saving himself and stopping the attack. This card then went back to Yami Marik's Graveyard. Later on, Marik would summon this card back with "Monster Reborn" (which he had retrieved from the Graveyard due to "Magical Stone Excavation"). He then used the effect of this card's Phoenix Mode to destroy "Obelisk the Tormentor", but Yugi used his own "Monster Reborn" to summon "Slifer". He then used "Slifer" to intercept the effect, destroying it but saving Obelisk. This card then went back to the Graveyard. Yami Marik then used "Surprise Attack from Beyond" to repeat his Battle Phase and summon this card back to the field. He then paid all but one of his Life Points to transfer the paid Life Points to this card. Yugi then used "Soul Taker", but Yami Marik points out that Spell won't work on "Ra", however Yugi says he is not aiming for "Ra", but for Marik's "Egyptian God Slime". He then used "Soul Taker"'s effect to use "Egyptian God Slime" as a tribute for "Obelisk"'s effect. This activated "Obelisk"'s effect, destroying all of Marik's monsters and inflicting 4000 points of damage to him. This card wasn't destroyed due to its effect, but the damage will still be inflicted, however Marik then activates "Class System" to negate "Obelisk"'s effect as "Obelisk" and "Ra" have the same level. Marik then tributed his "Granadora" and "Bowganian" to transfer their ATK to "Ra". He then had this card attack "Obelisk", but Yugi activated "Magical Dimension", tributing "Gazelle" and "Obelisk" to negate the attack and summon "Dark Magician". Yugi then activates "Ragnarok" as he had his "Dark Magician" and "Dark Magician Girl" out. The Spell then negated its effects before removing it from play. This also destroyed a large part of Yami Marik since he was fused with "Ra", allowing the good Marik to regain control of his body. Afterwards, a reformed Marik surrenders the duel, making Yugi the winner. Marik then hands this card to Yugi as per the Battle City Rules.


 * In episode 139, this card appears in a vision-like flashback Yami Marik shows to Yami Yugi when the former reveals what he did to Bakura.

Pyramid of Light

 * In the movie Ra is seen in Kaiba's simulation duel as he tries, but fails, to find a way to defeat the three God Cards. When simulation Kaiba gets out his "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" and strengthens it with "Megamorph", simulation Yugi tributes this card and "Slifer" to activate "Obelisk the Tormentor"'s effect which then destroyed simulation Kaiba's Monster and wiped out the remainder of his Life Points.


 * When Kaiba duels Yugi in an actual duel, Yugi summons "Slifer the Sky Dragon" and uses it destroy "Rare Metal Dragon". Kaiba then plays Obligatory Summon to force Yugi to summon Ra and Obelisk. Kaiba immediately activates "Pyramid of Light" removing all three God Cards from play. Later, Yugi plays "Reverse of Reverse" to activate Kaiba's "Return from the Different Dimension" against Anubis. Ra appears with "Slifer" and "Obelisk" to defeat Anubis and his "Theinen the Great Sphinx". Yugi then tributes "Ra" and "Slifer" to activate the effect of "Obelisk", destroying "Theinen" and wiping out the remainder of Anubis' Life Points.

Waking the Dragons

 * The three God Cards are stolen by Dartz's henchmen and drained of their power for the majority of the season. However, Yugi and Atem recover them near the end of the season and use the hope of the people trapped inside the Great Leviathan to power them back up and defeat the Great Leviathan.

Dawn of the Duel

 * After Atem recovers his life force with the help of Yugi, Tea, Joey and Tristen he is able to call on The Winged Dragon of Ra to battle Bakura's Diabound. Unlike Slifer and Obelisk, it is able to destroy Diabound, but Bakura reverses time to prevent Ra's summoning and avoid defeat.


 * In the anime, this monster takes part in the final battle between Atem and Yugi, although Atem does not use the full extent of its power in the battle. Atem summons this monster by tributing his "Queen's Knight", "King's Knight" and "Jack's Knight" as well as reciting the ancient chant needed to call forth this monster. On Atem's next turn, he had this card destroy "Valkyrion the Magna Warrior" while he had "Slifer" destroy "Silent Swordsman LV0". However Yugi used "Mirage Ruler" to bring back both his monsters and revert his Life Points to how they were before Atem attacked at the cost of 1000 Life Points. When Yugi tributed his "Valkyrion" to summon back his three Magnet Warriors, he activated "Slifer"'s second mouth effect, however Yugi used "Magnet Force" to redirect the effect back at the Egyptian Gods, decreasing their ATK by 2000. Yugi then had his "Silent Swordsman LV0" attack "Obelisk", but Atem activates "Mirror Force" destroying all of Yugi's monsters. Yugi however wanted this to happen. He then activated "Magnet Reverse" to summon back "Valkyrion" in Defense Positon. This activates "Slifer"'s effect, but "Magnet Force" redirects the effect at "Obelisk", destroying it. Yugi then tributed "Valkyrion" to summon back his three Magnet Warriors. This activates "Slifer"'s effect again, but "Magnet Force" steps in and redirects the effect back at Ra and Slifer. One blast hits Ra, decreasing its ATK to 1000. The second blast hits Ra and decreases its ATK to 0, destroying it. The final blast hits Slifer and decreases its ATK to 0, destroying it. This monster is not used in Atem's final duel against Yugi in the manga.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

 * In episode 18, this card appears in a flashback to the second series anime.


 * In episode 85, a renegade card designer from Industrial Illusions named Franz uses a counterfeit copy of this card, defeating and wounding two participants in the Genex Tournament with the said copy. He then uses this card in his duel against Jaden Yuki. He summons it by Tributing his three "Ra's Disciples". This card's ATK and DEF then became 3300 due to its effect. Franz then activates "Mound of the Bound Creator" to enslave "Ra" and avoid having to fulfill any of the requirements for using it. This card then attacks and destroys "Elemental HERO Necroid Shaman". "Mound of the Bound Creator" then inflicts 400 damage to Jaden. Next turn this card attacks and destroys "Elemental HERO Neos". Franz's Field Spell then inflicts 400 damage to Jaden. On Jaden's second to last turn of the duel, he uses "Burst Impact" to destroy all monsters out except "Elemental HERO Burstinatrix" and inflict 300 damage to each player for each of their destroyed monsters. While "Nubian Guard" was destroyed by "Burst Impact", this card was not as this card's effect prevented it from being destroyed. Franz then uses this card's Egyptian God Phoenix effect to destroy "Burstinatrix". He then uses this card's effect to fuse himself with it, reducing his Life Points to 1 and adding the amount of Life Points he payed to this card's ATK. This card then attacks Jaden directly, but Jaden pays half of his Life Points to send his "Damage-Off Zone" to the Graveyard and reduce the Battle Damage from the attack 0. Jaden then activates "Skyscraper 2 - Hero City", destroying "Mound of the Bound Creator". Jaden then threatens to use "Neo-Spacian Glow Moss's" effect to attack Franz directly, so Franz opts to use "De-Fusion" to drop "Ra's" ATK to 0 and add the amount of ATK that Ra lost to his Life Points. Jaden then destroys Ra with "Glow Moss" and then he attacks Franz directly with "Neos". Franz had the intention of using "Monster Reborn" to bring this card back on his next turn, but Jaden then Special Summons this card to his side of the field using "Necro Illusion". Jaden then pays all but 1 of his Life Points to raise "Ra's" ATK by the amount he payed. He then Tributes "Neos" and "Glow Moss" to add their ATK to "Ra"'s. This card then attacks Franz directly, defeating him. Franz then returns this card back to Maximillion Pegasus.


 * In episode 179, this card is seen on a flyer that Jaden reads about Yugi winning the Battle City Tournament.

Yu-Gi-Oh! R

 * Yugi attempts to summon it during his second duel against Yako Tenma. Yakou, however, prevented this summon with the effect of his "Triage" Trap Card.

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
In episode 121 the three Gods appear in a flashback, where they were compaired with "Zushin the Sleeping Giant".