Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 180

"The True Graduation Duel! Judai VS The Legendary Duelist" is the one hundred eightieth and final episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime. It first aired in Japan on March 26, 2008.

Jaden seems to enjoy the Duel. The conclusion of the duel is not shown as it then pans to Jaden in a desert. Jaden then turns around and looks at the sky, and thanks Yugi for reminding him that he has a long way to go, and Dueling is fun, and shouts "Gotcha!" towards the sun. His bag rustles, and he opens it to find Pharaoh and Lyman Banner inside. They decide to travel together, and Jaden runs off towards the sunset, off to start a new adventure.

Yu-Gi-Oh! present
Yugi Muto and Jaden Yuki continue their Duel. Each have 4000 Life Points, Yugi has "Obnoxious Celtic Guardian" and "Dark Magician" out, while Jaden has "Elemental Hero Neos". Jaden clenches his fist in passion and says if the "Dark Magician" is the symbol of Yugi's Deck, then "Elemental Hero Neos" is the symbol of his. "The Duel has just begun", Jaden says and Yugi nods in agreement, inviting Jaden it bring it on. Since "Neos" and "Dark Magician" have the same ATK, Yugi opts not to attack and ends his turn.

Jaden Summons "Card Trooper" and uses its effect, sending "Necro Gardna", "Elemental Hero Necroshade" and "Spark Blaster" from his Deck to the Graveyard to have "Card Trooper" gain 1500 ATK. Next he activates his face-down "Neos Force", upping "Neos'" ATK to 3300. Jaden explains to Yugi how this enables him to inflict damage when "Neos" destroys a monster, equal to that monster's ATK.

Jaden orders "Neos" to attack "Dark Magician". Calling Jaden's move thoughtless, Yugi plays "Mirror Force", wiping out Jaden's 2 monsters. Due to "Card Trooper's" effect, Jaden draws a card. Since "Neos" got destroyed, Jaden plays "Death and Rebirth", selecting "Dark Magician" as the card to be destroyed, but Yugi plays "Shift", causing "Obnoxious Celtic Guardian" to get destroyed instead. "Death and Rebirth" revives "Neos", but forces it to attack, causing "Neos" and "Dark Magician" to square off once again. Having the same ATK, both monsters are destroyed. Each player is impressed by how their opponent managed to counter.

Yugi begins his turn. He draws "Alpha The Magnet Warrior", Summons it and orders it to attack Jaden directly. "Alpha" leaps into the air as it performs its "Magnet Sky Sword Flash" attack, but Jaden removes "Necro Gardna" from play to negate the attack. Yugi thinks back and deduces that Jaden must have sent that card to his Graveyard, via "Card Trooper". Intrigued, he believes Jaden is manipulating his Deck as if it was his arms and legs.

Jaden starts his turn and Summons "Elemental Hero Sparkman". Using its "Spark Flash" attack, "Sparkman" takes out "Alpha" and drops Yugi's Life Points to 3800.

Yugi begins his turn and draws "Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight". Since he has no other cards in his hand, he Summons it without Tributing. Using its "Spiral Shaver" attack, "Gaia" defeats "Sparkman" and drops Jaden's Life Points to 3300. Jaden is amazed at how Yugi turned the tables with a single draw. Even though he thought he'd read Yugi's strategy, he feels its not enough.

Jaden begins his turn and uses the effect of "Elemental Hero Necroshade", who is in his Graveyard, to Summon "Elemental Hero Bladedge", without Tributing. He equips it with "Impact Flip" and attacks "Gaia". "Gaia" is destroyed and Yugi's Life Points hit 3500. "Impact Flip's" effect sends "Archfiend of Gilfer" from Yugi's Deck to the Graveyard.

Yugi begins his turn and draws "Card of Sanctity", which he promptly uses. Each player draws 6 cards. Among Yugi's is "Watapon", who gets Special Summoned. Yugi Tributes it to Summon "Dark Magician Girl". Jaden gets excited over seeing Yugi's "Dark Magician Girl" and wishes Syrus Truesdale was there to see it as well. To Jaden's surprise "Dark Magician Girl" attacks "Bladedge", who he believes has more ATK. Regardless "Dark Magician Girl" uses her "Black Burning" attack and Jaden realizes that "Archfiend of Gilfer" has been equipped to "Bladedge", lowering its ATK to 2100. "Bladedge" is destroyed and Jaden's Life Points drop to 3100. Yugi and Jaden each draw one card due to "Impact Flip's" effect. Yugi Sets 3 cards and ends his turn. Jaden thinks that Yugi is an unpredictable Duelist, and that every single attack he's tried has been stopped. Yubel asks if Jaden is scared, and comments that his hand is shaking. Yubel also says she knows that that isn't the case, and that Jaden is now regaining the thing he lost that Yugi alluded to earlier. Jaden then realizes what it was that he lost, and both he and Yugi burst out laughing. Jaden says that he's never met anyone as strong as Yugi, while Yugi compliments Jaden by saying that he's not met anyone that has such a strong bond with his Deck as Jaden has. A short series of flashbacks from Season 3 is shown, with Jaden narrating that he knows that a Duel can't always be fun for everyone, and that there is sometimes serious responsibility in a Duel. To realize that, he had to become an adult. But he also comments that there's something he has lost - and that Yugi's strength might aide him in getting it back.

Jaden begins his turn and activates "Hero's Guild", which forces both players to send the top card of their Decks to the Graveyard. If that card is a Warrior-type monster, it is instead added to the player's hand. Jaden draws the Rock-type "Neo-Spacian Grand Mole", but activates the Quick-Play Spell Card "Code Change", allowing him to change the type text of "Hero's Guild" to Rock-type, thus allowing him to add "Grand Mole" to his hand. However, Yugi activates his face-down "Mystical Refpanel", sealing "Code Change" inside it. Jaden discards "Grand Mole" and Yugi also discards his drawn card - "Slifer the Sky Dragon". Jaden claims his strategy is far from finished, and activates "Subspatial Battle". This lets both players chooses three monsters from their Decks, and show them to each other. The monster in each match-up with higher attack points is added to its respective player's hand, while the one with lower attack points is sent to the Graveyard and that player takes 500 damage per card. Jaden has chosen "Elemental Hero Clayman", "Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin" and "Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab", while Yugi has chosen "Buster Blader", "Black Luster Soldier" and "Valkyrion the Magna Warrior". Jaden's three cards are sent to the Graveyard, and his Life Points decrease to 1600, while Yugi's cards are added to his hand. Jaden states that is preparations are complete, and Yugi realizes that Jaden chose weak monsters specifically to send them to the Graveyard. Jaden he plays "Miracle Fusion", removing the "Sparkman" and "Elemental Hero Flame Wingman" in his Graveyard from play to Fusion Summon "Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman". Due to the six Elemental Heroes in the Graveyard, its attack increases to 4300. Jaden then plays "Miracle Contact", retuning "Neos", "Grand Mole" and "Flare Scarab" from his Graveyard to his Deck to Summon "Elemental Hero Magma Neos". He then activates "Neo Space" and between its bonus and the one from "Magma Neos'" own effect, its attack to rises to 6300. Yugi is amazed, and Jaden tells him that these are just a few of the possibilities of his Elemental Hero Deck. Jaden attacks "Dark Magician Girl" with "Magma Neos" and Yugi says that his "Dark Magician Girl" has the ability to redirect attacks, and activates "Magic Cylinder", which would negate the attack and deal damage to Jaden equal to the attack of "Magma Neos". Jaden plays "Contact Out", splitting "Magma Neos" back into "Neos", "Flare Scarab" and "Grand Mole". Yugi is impressed that Jaden dodged that blow, and Jaden attacks with "Shining Flare Wingman". Jaden states that the Duel is his, and a voice says "is that so?".

The Millennium Puzzle activates and Yubel comments that the other soul that sleeps in the King of Duelists is coming out. Yugi switches places with Yami Yugi. Jaden comments that its the legendary soul of the Nameless Pharaoh. Yami Yugi asks if he can finish the Duel, as Jaden's strength is appealing to his Duelist's soul. Yugi agrees, and Yami Yugi activates his face-down "Dark Renewal", which he can activate when his opponent Summons a monster. He Tributes Jaden's "Grand Mole" and his own "Dark Magician Girl" to Special Summon a Spellcaster-Type monster. Jaden asks if its "Dark Magician" and Yami Yugi replies in the negative, stating that he's activating the effect of Jaden's "Code Change" that was sealed in "Mystical Refpanel". He changes the type of the "Slifer the Sky Dragon" in his Graveyard from Divine-Beast to Spellcaster, and Summons it via "Dark Renewal". Its ATK is 5000, and Yami Yugi compliments Jaden, saying that he is a Duelist worthy of having a God as his opponent. Jaden, now facing the God which his dormitory is named after, says that he'll never again allow himself to forget one very important thing - that Dueling can be fun and that Dueling such a strong opponent has finally elicited the response he used to have in most situations when he was younger. Jaden sends "Neos" to attack "Slifer" and the Duel fades out, the result not being shown.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX present
The next shot shows Jaden in a desert, and he promises Yugi that he'll become stronger, and thanks him once more for reminding him dueling is fun, and says his catch phrase "Gotcha! That was a fun Duel" (the dub of previous seasons omitted this phrase in favor of "Get Your Game On!"). He then discovers that Pharaoh, the spirit of Professor Banner in tow, has stowed away in his bag. Jaden asks what he's doing here, and Banner states that it would be more to fun to follow Jaden than to stay at Duel Academy. Tied to Pharaoh's collar is note, with a short message from Syrus, Tyranno Hassleberry, Chazz Princeton, Blair Flannigan, Vellian Crowler, Chancellor Sheppard, Alexis Rhodes and Atticus Rhodes. He decides to move the same way the wind is going, and vows to keep moving forward. As the screen fades, he yells "Gotcha!" one last time.

Featured Duel: Jaden Yuki vs. Yugi Muto
Duel continues from the previous episode.

Turn 5: Jaden


 * Jaden Summons "Card Trooper" (400/400) in Attack Position and activates its effect, sending the top 3 cards of his Deck to the Graveyard (revealed to be "Necro Gardna", "Elemental Hero Necroshade" and "Spark Blaster"). In doing so, "Card Trooper" gains 1500 ATK (400 → 1900/400).
 * Jaden then activates his face-down "Neos Force": It is equipped it to "Elemental Hero Neos", who gains 800 ATK (2500 → 3300/2000).
 * Jaden next attacks "Dark Magician" with "Elemental Hero Neos".
 * Yugi activates "Mirror Force", which destroys all of Jaden's Attack Position monsters. "Neos" and "Card Trooper" are both destroyed.
 * Jaden draws a card due to the effect of "Card Trooper".
 * Jaden then activates his face-down "Death and Rebirth", intending to destroy "Dark Magician" and Special Summon "Neos" (2500/2000) from the Graveyard.
 * Yugi activates "Shift", switching the target of "Death and Rebirth" to "Obnoxious Celtic Guard". Jaden is forced to attack with the monster Summoned with "Death and Rebirth". "Neos" attacks "Dark Magician", with both monsters destroyed in a Double KO.

Turn 6: Yugi


 * Yugi Summons "Alpha The Magnet Warrior" (1400/1700) in Attack Position.
 * "Alpha The Magnet Warrior" attacks Jaden directly, but Jaden removes from play the "Necro Gardna" in his Graveyard to negate the attack.

Turn 7: Jaden


 * Jaden Summons "Elemental Hero Sparkman" (1600/1400) in Attack Position.
 * "Sparkman" attacks and destroys "Alpha The Magnet Warrior" (Yugi: 4000 → 3800).

Turn 8: Yugi


 * Yugi draws "Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight" (2300/2100) and subsequently Summons it without Tribute (since it is the only card in his hand).
 * "Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight" attacks and destroys "Sparkman" (Jaden: 4000 → 3300).

Turn 9: Jaden


 * Jaden activates the effect of "Elemental Hero Necroshade" in his Graveyard, summoning "Elemental Hero Bladedge" (2600/1800) without Tribute.
 * Jaden equips "Bladedge" with "Impact Flip": Should "Bladedge" destroy 1 of Yugi's monsters in battle, Yugi must send the top card of his Deck to the Graveyard.
 * "Bladedge" attacks and destroys "Swift Gaia" (Yugi: 3800 → 3500).
 * Yugi sends the top card of his Deck (revealed later to be "Beast of Gilfer") to the Graveyard due to "Impact Flip".

Turn 10: Yugi


 * Yugi activates "Card of Sanctity", letting both players draw cards until they each have 6 in their hand.
 * Yugi drew "Watapon" (200/300) due to "Card of Sanctity's" effect. As such, he can Special Summon it.
 * Yugi Tributes "Watapon" for "Dark Magician Girl" (2000/1700) in Attack Position.
 * As there is a "Dark Magician" in Yugi's Graveyard, "Dark Magician Girl" gains 300 ATK (2000 → 2300/1700).
 * "Dark Magician Girl" attacks "Bladedge", while activating the effect of the "Beast of Gilfer" in his Graveyard, reducing the ATK of "Bladedge" by 500 (2600 → 2100/1800) (Jaden: 3300 → 3100)
 * As "Impact Flip" was sent from the field to the Graveyard, Yugi and Jaden each draw 1 card.
 * Yugi Sets 3 cards.

Turn 11: Jaden


 * Jaden draws "Winged Kuriboh".
 * Jaden's hand contains "Winged Kuriboh", "Code Change", "Hero's Guild", "Contact Out", "Neo Space", "Miracle Contact", "Miracle Fusion" and "Subspatial Battle"
 * Jaden activates "Hero's Guild": If Jaden or Yugi sends a Warrior-Type monster to the Graveyard from the top of their Deck, that player can add that card to their hand. If this happens, "Hero's Guild" is destroyed.
 * Jaden draws "Neo-Spacian Grand Mole". As it is not a Warrior, it is sent to the Graveyard.
 * Jaden then activates "Code Change", intending to change the text on "Hero's Guild" from Warrior to Rock
 * Yugi activates "Mystical Refpanel", switching the target player of "Code Change" from Jaden to himself, forcing Jaden to send "Neo-Spacian Grand Mole" to the Graveyard.
 * Due to "Hero's Guild", Yugi draws "Slifer the Sky Dragon". As it is not a Warrior, it is sent to his Graveyard.
 * Jaden activates "Subspatial Battle": Both players choose 3 monsters from their Decks. Whoever chooses the stronger monsters due to this effect will add those monsters to his hand, while the other player takes 500 damage for each weaker monster, which will be sent to the Graveyard.  Yugi chooses "Buster Blader", "Black Luster Soldier" and "Valkyrion the Magna Warrior", while Jaden chooses "Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab", "Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin" and "Elemental Hero Clayman". Yugi destroys Jaden's monsters via the effect of "Subspatial Battle" (Jaden: 3100 → 2600 → 2100 → 1600). Yugi adds his 3 monsters to his hand.
 * Yugi's hand contains "Kuriboh", "Magical Hats", "Buster Blader", "Black Luster Soldier" and "Valkyrion the Magna Warrior".
 * Jaden activates "Miracle Fusion", removing from play "Elemental Hero Flame Wingman" and "Elemental Hero Sparkman" from his Graveyard to Fusion Summon "Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman" (2500/2100) in Attack Position. It gains 300 ATK for every "Elemental Hero" monster in Jaden's Graveyard, and there are 6 (2500 → 4300/2100).
 * Jaden activates "Miracle Contact", targeting "Elemental Hero Neos", "Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab", and "Neo-Spacian Grand Mole", returning them from the Graveyard to his Deck to Special Summon "Elemental Hero Magma Neos" (3000/2500). It gains 400 ATK for every card on the field, and there are 6 (3000 → 5400/2500).
 * Activates "Neo Space": "Magma Neos" gains 500 ATK from "Neo Space", and another 400 ATK due to another card on the field (5400 → 5900 → 6300/2500).
 * Jaden attacks with "Magma Neos", but Yugi activates "Magic Cylinder": It negates "Magma Neos's" attack and inflicts damage equal to the ATK of "Magma Neos".
 * However, Jaden chains "Contact Out" to "Magic Cylinder": "Contact Out" returns "Magma Neos" to his Fusion Deck and Special Summons "Elemental Hero Neos" (2500 → 3000/2000), "Neo-Spacian Grand Mole" (900/300), and "Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab" (500/500) to the field. As "Magic Cylinder" has lost its target, its effect is voided.
 * Jaden attacks "Dark Magician Girl" with "Shining Flare Wingman": Should the attack resolve, Yugi will take damage equal to "Dark Magician Girl's" ATK.
 * At this point, Yami Yugi takes control of Yugi's body.
 * Yami Yugi activates his face-down "Dark Renewal", which activates upon a monster being summoned by the opponent: Jaden's "Neo-Spacian Grand Mole" and his "Dark Magician Girl" are Tributed for a Spellcaster from Yami Yugi's Graveyard.
 * Yami Yugi activates the effect of the "Code Change" sealed in his "Mystical Refpanel", changing the text type of "Dark Renewal" from Spellcaster to Divine-Beast. This lets him use "Dark Renewal" to Special Summon "Slifer the Sky Dragon" from his Graveyard.
 * The ATK of "Slifer" is 5000, as there are 5 cards in Yami Yugi's hand.
 * Jaden attacks "Slifer" with "Neos".
 * The conclusion of the Duel is not shown.

Trivia

 * The presence of "Slifer the Sky Dragon" is symbolic as its the first Egyptian God Yugi faced, the last card Yami Yugi played in the second series anime (also Special Summoning it from the Graveyard in that instance), and the namesake of Jaden's dorm.
 * The three monsters Yugi uses for the effect of "Subspatial Battle", "Black Luster Soldier", "Buster Blader", and "Valkyrion the Magna Warrior", are the same three monsters he Summoned in episode 183 of the second series anime to fight The Great Leviathan.

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