Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 174

Major Events

 * Rafael uses The Seal of Orichalcos.
 * Despite losing, his soul is spared because he unlocked the goodness inside his heart.

Rafael's Turn

 * Activates Guardian Treasure discarding his hand to the graveyard and drawing two cards and as long as it remains face up he can draw two cards during his draw phase instead of one.
 * Summons Backup Gardna (500/2200) in defense position.
 * Sets a card.

Yami's Turn

 * Summons Queen's Knight (1500/1600) in defense position.

Rafael's Turn

 * Activates Gravity Axe - Grarl increasing Backup Gardna's ATK by 500. (ATK 1000).
 * Since its the last card in his hand and Gravity Axe - Grarl is on the field Rafael can special summon Guardian Grarl (2500/1000) in attack position.
 * Activates Backup Gardna's effect unequipping Gravity Axe from it and equiping it to Guardian Grarl increasing its ATK by 500. Backup Gardna (ATK 500) Guardian Grarl (ATK 3000).
 * Destroys Queen's Knight with Guardian Grarl.

Yami's Turn

 * Activates Monster Reborn special summoning Queen's Knight (1500/1600) in attack position from the graveyard.
 * Summons King's Knight (1600/1400) in attack position.
 * This activates King's Knights ability allowing Yami to special summon Jack's Knight (1900/1300) in attack position.
 * Activates Brave Attack sending his three knights to the graveyard also destroying Guardian Grarl and reducing Rafael's life points as if it where battle between Grarl's ATK and the combined ATK of all three knights (ATK 5000).
 * Rafael activates Guardian Force so since he has no Guardian monsters in his grave he can negate and destroy Brave Attack.

Rafael's Turn

 * Activates Butterfly Dagger - Elma increasing Backup Gardna's ATK by 300 (ATK 800).
 * Since Butterfly Dagger - Elma is on the field he can summon Guardian Elma (1300/1200) in attack position.
 * Activates Guardian Elma's effect equiping Guardian Shield increasing Guardian Elma's DEF by 300 (DEF 1500).
 * Activates Backup Gardna's effect transferring Butterfly Dagger - Elma to Guardian Elma increasing her ATK by 300 (ATK 1600).
 * Destroys Queen's Knight with Guardian Elma (Yami 3900).
 * Destroys King's Knight with Guardian Grarl (Yami 2500).

Yami's Turn

 * Activates Five Star Twilight tributing Jack's Knight since its a five star monster to special summon The five Kuriboh brothers (ATK 300) each.
 * Activates the Kuriboh brother's effect discarding a trap card to reduce Guardian Grarl's ATK by half until the end phase of this turn. (ATK 1500).
 * Sends the five Kuriboh brothers to the graveyard to special summon Kuribabylon whose ATK is equal to the combined ATK of each Kuriboh sent to the graveyard to summon it (1500/0) in attack position.
 * Activates Mystical Space Typhoon destroying Gravity Axe - Grarl lowering Guardian Grarl's ATK by 500 (ATK 1000).
 * Attacks Guardian Grarl with Kuribabylon.
 * Rafael activates the effect of Guardian Shield sending it to the graveyard to prevent Guardian Grarl from being destroyed but he still takes damage (Rafael 3500).
 * Sets a card.

Rafael's Turn

 * Activates The Seal of Orichalcos increasing the ATK of all of his monster by 500 and from now on the are treated as Dark Attribute monsters as well as their original attributes plus Rafael can summon monsters in the spell/trap zone. And The Seal cannot be destroyed by the effects of Spell, Trap, or monster effects.
 * The Seal of Orichalcos increases the ATK of all Rafael's monsters by 500 Guardian Grarl (ATK 3000), Guardian Elma (ATK 2100), and Backup Gardna (ATK 1000).
 * Destroys Kuribabylon with Guardian Grarl (Yami 1000).
 * Yami activates Rope of Life discarding his hand to the graveyard to special summon Kuribabylon back to the field and increase its ATK by 800 (ATK 2300).
 * Sets a card.

Yami's Turn

 * Sends Kuribabylon to the graveyard to special summon The Five Kuriboh Brothers (ATK 300) each.
 * Tributes the five Kuriboh Borthers to special summon Kuribandit (1000/700) in attack position.
 * Activates Dark Magic Curtain paying half of his life points (Yami 500) to special summon Dark Magician (2500/2100) in attack position from his deck.
 * Attacks Guardian Elma with Dark Magician.
 * Rafael activates Guardian Formation so since he has The Seal of Orichalcos on the field he can send Guardian Elma to the spell/trap zone and then he can equip one equip spell to one of his monsters chooses Celestial Sword - Eatos equiping it to Backup Gardna increasing its ATK by 300 (ATK 800).

Rafael's Turn

 * Special summons Guardian Eatos (2500/2000) since he has no monsters in his graveyard and Celestial Sword - Eatos is in play.
 * The Seal of Orichalcos increases her ATK by 500 (ATK 3000).
 * Activates Backup Gardna's effect transferring Celestial Sword - Eatos to Guardian Eatos increasing its ATK by 300 (ATK 3300).
 * Yami activates Kuribandit's effect tributing it to draw five new cards discarding any monsters drawn by this effect to the graveyard.
 * Activates the secondary effect of Celestial Sword - Eatos removing the three monsters discarded from play and increasing Guardian Eatos' ATK by the amount of their ATK (ATK 7000).
 * Attacks Dark Magician with Guardian Eatos.
 * Yami activates the effect of Electromagnetic Turtle since it was sent to the graveyard during this turn he can end Rafael's battle phase.(And Celestial Sword - Eatos is destroyed for an unexplained reason.)

Yami's Turn

 * Summons Big Shield Gardna (100/2600) in defense position.
 * Switches Dark Magician to defense position.
 * Sets a card.

Rafael's Turn

 * Attacks Dark Magician with Guardian Eatos.
 * Yami activates Magical Hats shuffling and hiding his two monsters under the four hats.
 * Guardian Eatos destroys the Magical Hat with Big Shield Gardna in it instead.
 * Guardian Elma destroys an Empty Hat.
 * Guardian Grarl destroys an Empty Hat.
 * Activates Rod of Silence - Kay'est increasing Backup Gardna's DEF by 500 (DEF 2700).
 * Since Rod of Silence - Kay'est is on the field Rafael can summon Guardian Kay'est (1000/1800) in attack position.
 * The Seal of Orichalcos increases Guardian Kay'est's ATK by 500 (ATK 1500).

Yami's Turn

 * Activates Graceful Charity drawing three cards and discarding two.
 * Activates The Eye of Timaeus sending it and Dark Magician to the graveyard to fusion summon Amulet Dragon (2900/2500) in attack position.
 * Amulet Dragon gets 300 ATK for each spell card in Yami's graveyard and since he has 8 it gets 2400 ATK (ATK 5300).
 * Destroys Guardian Eatos with Amulet Dragon (Rafael 1200).
 * This activates Guardian Eatos' secondary effect special summoning Guardian Dreadscythe (2500/2000) in defense position.
 * The Seal of Orichalcos increases Guardian Dreadscythe's ATK by 500 (ATK 3000)
 * Guardian Dreadscythe's effect equips Reaper Scythe - Dreadscythe to it increasing its ATK by 500 for each monster in Rafael's graveyard (ATK 3500).

Rafael's Turn

 * Switches Guardian Dreadscythe into attack position.
 * Due to Reaper Scythe - Dreadscythe all of Rafael's monsters are destroyed except for Guardian Dreadscythe and since four more monsters are in the grave Guardian Dreadscythe gets 2000 ATK (ATK 5500).
 * Destroys Amulet Dragon with Guardian Dreadscythe. (Yami 300).

Yami's Turn

 * Activates Card of Sanctity so both players draw until they are holding six cards in their hands.(Note in the real game Card of Sanctity removes all cards in the players hand and field from play then allows them to draw two cards from their deck).
 * Since Yami drew Watapon with a spell card he can special summon it (200/300) in attack position.
 * Tributes Watapon to summon Dark Magician Girl (2000/1700) in defense position.
 * Sets a card.

Rafael's Turn
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 * Activates Obedience so he can change Dark Magician Girl to attack position.
 * Attacks Dark Magician Girl with Guardian Dreadscythe.
 * Yami activates Magical Pigeon sending Dark Magician Girl back to his hand and special summoning two Pigeon Tokens (0/0).
 * Guardian Dreadscythe destroys a Pigeon Token.
 * Magical Pigeon destroys the remaining token and special summons Dark Magician Girl back to Yami's side of the
 * Sets two cards.

Yami's Turn

 * Activates Underworld Circle removing all monsters in both players decks from play and destroying all monsters on the field but now each player can special summon monsters from their graveyards once during both players turns.
 * Rafael activates Guardian Dreadscythe's effect discarding a card to prevent it from being destroyed but due to Dreadscythe's effect he can't summon any more monsters.
 * Yami activates the effect of Underworld Circle special summoning Dark Magician (2500/2100) in attack position.
 * Sets a card.

Rafael's Turn

 * Yami uses the effect of Underworld Circle to special summon Jack's Knight (1900/1300) in attack position.
 * Attacks Dark Magician with Guardian Dreadscythe.
 * Yami activates Zero Gravity forcing all monsters on the field to switch to the opposite position their in so all three monsters switch to defense position.
 * Rafael activates Spirit Hunting switching Dreadscythe back to attack mode and destroying all face up defense position monsters on Yami's side of the field.

Yami's Turn

 * Activates the effect of Underworld Circle special summoning Dark Magician Girl (2000/1700) in attack position.
 * Activates Altar of Restoration removing from play the top two cards of his deck and in exchange he can add one card from his graveyard to his hand chooses The Eye of Timaeus.
 * Sends The Eye of Timaeus and Dark Magician Girl to the graveyard to fusion summon Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight (2600/1700).
 * Attacks Guardian Dreadscythe with Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight activating its effect destroying Dreadscythe by discarding one card and skipping the damage step.
 * Rafael activates Dreadscythe's effect discarding a card to prevent its destruction.
 * Sets a card.

Rafael's Turn

 * Yami activates the effect of Underworld Circle special summoning Queen's Knight (1500/1600) in attack position.
 * Activates Orichalcos Sword of Sealing discarding a card (Monster Reborn) to negate Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight's effect.
 * Destroys Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight with Guardian Dreadscythe.
 * Activates Reduction Barrier reducing the damage he takes to 10% (Yami 10).

Yami's Turn

 * Activates the effect of Underworld Circle special summoning Big Shield Gardna (100/2600) in defense position.
 * Activates Pot of Greed drawing two cards from his deck.
 * Activates Spider Web so since Rafael discarded Monster Reborn Yami can activate it this turn special summoning Guardian Eatos (2500/2000) in attack position.
 * Activates The Claw of Hermos sending it and Queen's Knight to the graveyard to activate Goddess Bow doubling Guardian Eatos' ATK (ATK 5000).
 * Since one less monster is in Rafael's graveyard Dreadscythe gets weaker by 500 (ATK 5000).
 * Attacks Guardian Dreadscythe with Guardian Eatos.
 * Rafael activates Dreadscythe's effect discarding a card to prevent its destruction.
 * Yami activates the secondary effect of Goddess Bow so Eatos can attack each time Rafael uses Dreadscthe's effect.
 * Rafael runs out of cards to discard so Dreadscythe is destroyed.
 * Eatos is also destroyed since both monsters had the same ATK.

Rafael's Turn

 * Activates the effect of Underworld Circle special summoning Guardian Grarl (2500/1000) in attack position.(Note the real Guardian Grarl can only be special summoned when Gravity Axe - Grarl is on the field.)
 * Activates Soul Charge paying 1500 life points to special summon Guardian Elma, Guardian Kay'est, and Backup Gardna but due to Soul Charge the monsters summoned by its effect cannot attack in the turn their summoned.
 * The Seal of Orichalcos increases the ATK of all monsters by 500.
 * Since he payed 1500 life points he looses the duel (Rafael 0).
 * Since he unlocked the good in his heart The Seal of Orichalcos dissipates and Rafael escapes the seal with his soul still intact.

Yami Wins