Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 195

=Episode Summary= Seto Kaiba and Zigfried von Schroeder continue their Duel. After Seto destroys one of Zigfried's Valkyries with his XYZ-Dragon Cannon, Zigfried manages to draw Nibelung's Treasure and equip the Cannon with Nibelung's Ring, preventing it from attacking and also destroying Seto's Deck with each passing turn (due to the Ring's effect). Using his Fortune Chariot, Valkyrie Zwei attacks Kaiba and whittles down his Life Points.

Zigfried removes one of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragons from play with his 3 Goddess cards and destroys another with the effect of Nibelung's Ring, but Kaiba makes a comeback when he summons one of his Blue-Eyes from the Graveyard.

However, Zigfried believes Kaiba's strategy is in vain, because at that point, he summons his Valkyrie Brünnhilde and removes the Blue-Eyes from play with Enchanted Sword Nothung. On his next turn, Kaiba manages to avoid the effect of Nibelung's Ring with Graceful Charity, allowing his to put his third Blue-Eyes in the Graveyard so he can remove it and Pitch-Dark Dragon from play to summon Chaos Emperor Dragon, which destroys every card the players control on the field and in their hand. Zigfried loses 1500 Life Points, but regains it when he uses his Magical Alms and Final Light cards.

Seto makes another comeback from behind when he draws himself a brand-new hand with his Card of Demise. In the end, his three Blue-Eyes, his Luster Dragon, and Chaos Emperor Dragon are summoned back to the field. Valkyrie Brünnhilde destroys Luster Dragon and Chaos Emperor Dragon and avoids destruction from one of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes before she is destroyed by Kaiba's second. The third Blue-Eyes attacks Zigfried directly, and Kaiba is able to win, but Zigfried declares it isn't over.

=Duel Recap=  Seto Kaiba vs. Zigfried von Schroeder 

Seto's Turn

 * Summons X-Head Cannon (1800/1500) in Attack Position
 * Sets two cards

Zigfried's Turn

 * Activates Ride of The Valkyries, which allows him to Special Summon every Valkyrie monster in his hand to the field; he summons Valkyries Zwei (1600/1600), Erste (1600/1800), and Dritte (1000/1600) in Attack Position.
 * When Valkyries Zwei and Erste are summoned, their effects activate. Valkyrie Zwei destroys one monster Seto controls.  Since Seto only controls one monster, it destroys X-Head Cannon.  Meanwhile, Valkyrie Erste's effect removes one monster in Seto's Graveyard from play, so his Cannon is removed, and Erste's ATK becomes that of X-Head Cannon (1800/1800).
 * Valkyrie Dritte gains 100 ATK (1100/1600), since a monster is now removed from play
 * Attacks directly with Valkyrie Zwei, but Seto activates Negate Attack, canceling the attack and ending Zigfried's Battle Phase.
 * The effect of Zigfried's Ride of The Valkyries is supposed to return all his Valkyries to his Deck after battle, but Zigfried activates Mischief of the Time Goddess to conduct a second Battle Phase, treating that as a skipped turn for Seto.
 * Attacks directly with Valkyrie Zwei again, but Seto activates Magical Trick Mirror, selecting 1 Spell Card in Zigfried's Graveyard. He uses Mischief of the Time Goddess, skipping Zigfried's next turn.

Seto's Turn

 * Summons Z-Metal Tank (1500/1300) in Defense Position
 * Since he controls a monster, he can also Special Summon Clone Dragon from his hand. Clone Dragon becomes an exact duplicate of Seto's Tank, with all the same stats as the original.  (Clone Dragon's ATK/DEF: 1500/1300)

Zigfried's Turn

 * Activates Valkyrie's Embrace. By switching the battle position of one of his Valkyries, he can remove a monster his opponent controls from play.  He switches his Dritte from Attack to Defense, removing Z-Metal Tank from play and increasing her ATK to 1200
 * Attacks Clone Dragon with Valkyrie Erste
 * Attacks directly with Valkyrie Zwei (Seto: 2400 LP)

Seto's Turn

 * Summons Pitch-Dark Dragon (900/600) in Defense Position
 * Sets a card

Zigfried's Turn

 * Switches Valkyrie Dritte to Attack Position
 * Attacks and destroys Pitch-Dark Dragon with Dritte.
 * Since a monster he controlled was destroyed, Seto can activate Flat Level 4, allowing both players of a Level 4 Special Summon from their Decks. Y-Dragon Head (1500/1600) is summoned to Seto's field in Defense Position while Zigfried Special Summons another Valkyrie Dritte

Seto's Turn

 * Activates Pot of Greed and draws 2 cards
 * Activates Dimension Fusion. By paying 2000 LP (Seto: 400 LP), both players can Special Summon all their monsters that were removed from play.  Seto summons X-Head Cannon (1800/1500) and Z-Metal Tank (1500/1600) back to the field.
 * Activates Soul Absorption. Whenever a card is removed from play, Seto's Life Points will increase by 500 per card
 * Removes his Cannon, Dragon Head, and Tank from play to Special Summon XYZ-Dragon Cannon (2800/2600) in Attack Position.
 * Since 3 cards were removed from play, Soul Absorption increases Seto's LP by 1500 (Seto: 1900 LP)
 * Attacks with his Dragon Cannon and destroys one of Zigfried's Drittes (Zigfried: 2500 LP)

Zigfried's Turn

 * Activates Nibelung's Treasure. This allows Zigfried to draw 5 cards from his Deck and equip Nibelung's Ring to Seto's Dragon Cannon, making it unable to attack.  In exchange, Seto can draw 2 cards per Draw Phase—but if either one he draws is a monster, it must go to the Graveyard immediately; if he draws 2 monsters, one goes to the Graveyard while the other is added to his hand.
 * Tributes Valkyrie Dritte to summon Fortune Chariot (0/0)
 * Equips his Chariot to Valkyrie Zwei. This allows Zwei to attack Seto directly, but only if Zigfried cuts her ATK in half. (Valkyrie Zwei's ATK: 800) (Seto: 1100 LP)
 * Activates Mystical Space Typhoon and destroys Soul Absorption
 * Sets a card

Seto's Turn

 * Draws 2 cards, due to the effect of Nibelung's Ring, but neither one is a monster
 * Sets a card

Zigfried's Turn

 * Due to the effect of Fortune Chariot, Zigfried halves his Valkyrie Zwei's ATK (800) and attacks directly
 * Seto activates Attack Guidance Armor and sends Zwei to attack Zigfried's Erste
 * Zigfried activates Wotan's Judgment, ending the Battle Phase. Using its second effect to switch one random card in his hand for the top card in his Deck, he activates the Spell Cards Goddess Urd's Verdict, Goddess Verdandi's Guidance, and Goddess Skuld's Oracle
 * With his Skuld, Zigfried can see the top 3 cards on Seto's Deck; almost loses his nerve when he discovers that the top 3 cards on Seto's Deck are his Blue-Eyes White Dragons.
 * Using Verdandi's effect, he guesses the top card on Seto's Deck, declaring "Monster". Seto draws his Blue-Eyes and sets it on the field.
 * If he guesses the Set card correctly, Zigfried's Urd will remove it from play. He declares "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", and the card is removed from play.

Seto's Turn

 * Draws 2 cards; Since he drew 2 monsters (Blue-Eyes White Dragons), one goes to the Graveyard and the other is added to his hand, due to the effect of Nibelung's Ring.
 * Activates Monster Reborn and Special Summons his Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500) from the Graveyard
 * Attacks Valkyrie Zwei with his Blue-Eyes, but Zigfried allows Fortune Chariot to be destroyed in his Valkyrie's place. (Zigfried: 1100 LP)

Zigfried's Turn

 * Uses the effects of his Skuld, Verdandi, and Urd in order to remove Seto's Luster Dragon #2 from play
 * Activates Gryphon's Feather Duster, destroying all his Spells and Traps and gaining 500 Life Points for each one destroyed; the Goddesses are destroyed and Zigfried gains back 1500 LP (Zigfried: 2600 LP)
 * Tributes Valkyries Zwei and Erste to Summon Valkyrie Brünnhilde (1800/2000) in Defense Position

Seto's Turn

 * Draws two cards, but due to the effect of Nibelung's Ring, he must discard his Cave Dragon.
 * Attacks Brünnhilde with his Blue-Eyes
 * Zigfried activates Brünnhilde's effect, lowering her DEF by 1000 points to prevent it from being destroyed in battle
 * Sets a card

Zigfried's Turn

 * Switches his Brünnhilde to Attack Position
 * Activates Enchanted Sword Nothung, allowing him to remove Seto's Blue-Eyes from play.
 * Equips Nothung to Brünnhilde, increasing its ATK by 400 (2200/2000).
 * Activates Pegasus Wings, halving Brünnhilde's ATK and allowing her to attack Seto directly
 * Seto activates Shrink to halve her ATK further, but still takes damage (Seto: 550 LP)

Seto's Turn

 * Draws 2 cards, due to the effect of Nibelung's Ring
 * Activates Graceful Charity, drawing three cards from his Deck and discarding two from his hand. He discards his Blue-Eyes and his Cloning Trap.
 * Removes Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Pitch-Dark Dragon in his Graveyard from play to Special Summon his Chaos Emperor Dragon (3000/2500)
 * Sets a card
 * Activates Emergency Provisions, sending his Set card to the Graveyard and gaining back 1000 LP (Seto: 1550 LP)
 * Pays the 1000 LP he'd just gained (Seto: 550 LP) to activate Chaos Emperor Dragon's effect. All cards in both player's hands and on the field are destroyed (including itself), and for every card Zigfried lost, he loses 300 LP per card; Zigfried had 2 cards on the field and 3 in his hand, so he loses 1500 LP (Zigfried: 1100 LP)

Zigfried's Turn

 * Activates Pot of Greed and draws 2 cards from his Deck.
 * Activates Magical Alms, gaining 1000 LP (Zigfried: 2100 LP). Also, both players' LP will increase by 500 for every Spell Card each player will predict he will play, but any fewer or any more than the number the player predicts, and he will lose 1000 LP per card.
 * Zigfried predicts he will use one Spell Card (Seto: 1050 LP) (Zigfried: 2600 LP) and plays Final Light, paying 1000 LP (Zigfried 1600) and allowing each player a Special Summon in Attack Position from his Graveyard. Zigfried chooses Valkyrie Brünnhilde (1800/2000) while Seto Special Summons Cave Dragon (2000/100)
 * Since Brünnhilde is in Attack Position, its ATK rises by 300 points for every Dragon and Warrior the opponent controls (ATK: 2100)
 * Brünnhilde attacks and destroys Cave Dragon (Seto: 950 LP), but lowers her ATK back to 1800.

Seto's Turn

 * Using the effect of Magical Alms, Seto predicts he'll use four Spells this turn and increases both players' LP by 2000 (Zigfried: 3600 LP) (Seto: 2950 LP)
 * Activates Card of Demise. Since he had no cards in his hand after he played it, he draws 5 cards from his Deck, but 5 turns after Card of Demise is played, Seto must discard his entire hand.
 * Plays Soul Release, targeting Chaos Emperor Dragon in his Graveyard and removing it from play.
 * Plays Spell Reproduction. By discarding 2 Spells from his hand, he can add 1 from his Graveyard.  He discards Spell Absorption and Cost Down to return Dimension Fusion to his hand
 * Pays 2000 LP to activate Dimension Fusion (Seto: 950 LP) and Special Summons every monster removed from play. He summons his 3 Blue-Eyes White Dragons (3000/2500 each), his Chaos Emperor Dragon (3000/2500), and his Luster Dragon (2400/1400)
 * Since Seto controls 5 Dragons and Valkyrie Brünnhilde is still on the field in Attack Position, its ATK rises by 300 points for every Dragon and Warrior he controls (ATK: 3300)
 * Seto attacks with Luster Dragon, but Valkyrie Brünnhilde destroys it, dropping her ATK to 3000 (Seto: 50 LP)
 * Attacks Brünnhilde with Chaos Emperor Dragon. The Dragon is destroyed, but Brünnhilde is not, due to her effect (2700/1000)
 * Attacks Brünnhilde with one Blue-Eyes, depleting Brünnhilde's DEF and negating her effect (2700/0) (Zigfried: 3300 LP)
 * Attacks and destroys Brünnhilde with his second Blue-Eyes (Zigfried: 3000 LP)
 * Attacks directly with the third Blue-Eyes (Zigfried: 0 LP)

Seto wins

=Errors=

In the Japanese version, when Kaiba displays his 3 "Blue-Eyes White Dragons" they all use the newer layout, but later when 1 of them is shown in his hand it uses the old layout.