Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Chapter 058

MacKenzie's Secret Maneuverings is the fifty-eighth chapter of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga.

Summary
After defeating Adrian Gecko, Jaden Yuki encounters Atticus Rhodes in the woods. Atticus immediately challenges Jaden to a duel, with his planet card and card with the spirit on the line. This greatly shocks Jaden, and Tragoedia proceeds to speak through Atticus, telling Jaden to accept the Shadow Duel or hand over the cards and run. Jaden accepts the challenge, with him insisting that Tragoedia wake up Koyo Hibiki should Jaden win. Tragoedia accepts this, but informs Jaden that he'll end up in the same state as Adrian should he lose.

Elsewhere, Principal MacKenzie stands before Tragoedia's tablet. Reggie MacKenzie is spying on him, and Tragoedia realizes this, scolding her for spying on her father. Black fog erupts from the principal's hands and envelops Reggie, pinning her to wall. He demands that she return to him what he had given her, and the black fog lifts her "The Splendid Venus" card from her Deck case. The principal holds the card up, along with "The Big Saturn" and "The Despair Uranus", remarking that Reggie has done a fine job up until now.

Bastion Misawa's duel with James Crocodile Cook continues. Bastion has 900 Life Points and "Red Ogre" on the field, while James has 1100 Life Points and "Alli Soldier". Bastion questions what is wrong with him. As he loses Life Points, his body's strength decreases as well. He wonders if it's an illusion and James draws "The Tyrant Neptune", telling Bastion that it's time to end this.

Alexis Rhodes' duel with Aster Phoenix also continues, as she reduces his Life Points to 1500. This lets him move the "Vision Hero Increase" in his Graveyard to his Spell & Trap Card Zone. Alexis ends her turn, remarking that even if she destroys the "Vision Heroes" they return as "visions" in the Spell & Trap Card Zone. She currently has 2000 Life Points and "Blizzard Princess" on the field. Aster begins his turn, drawing "The Grand Jupiter". He Special Summons "Increase" from his Spell & Trap Card Zone using "Vision Release". "Increase's" effect activates, letting him Special Summon "Vision Hero Poisoner" from his Deck. He states it is time to bring the duel to an end.

Chazz Princeton also continues his duel against Axel Brodie. Chazz has 2100 Life Points, "Light and Darkness Dragon" and two Set cards on the field, while Axel has 1300 Life Points and two "Divisions". Axel draws "The Blazing Mars" that Principal MacKenzie gave him and remarks that he can Summon it now and bring out its full potential. He believes he has an 80% chance of winning if he successfully Summons it, with the remaining 20% being Chazz's face-down cards. He doubts that Chazz's face-downs would destroy monsters, believing that Chazz has absolute faith in the power of his Dragons and wouldn't use Trap Cards to interfere with it. Axel activates the effects of his "Divisions", Tributing them to Special Summon four "Division Tokens". He removes three monsters in his Graveyard from play. As he does so, James Tributes two of his monsters as Aster does the same. "The Tyrant Neptune", "The Grand Jupiter" and "The Blazing Mars" are all Summoned.

Chazz sees darkness emanating from "Mars" and questions if he's in another Shadow Duel. James' "Neptune" attacks Bastion's "Red Ogre", reducing his Life Points to zero. Bastion collapses and James remarks that he loves this life-or-death fights. Aster activates "Jupiter's" effect, discarding two cards to equip Alexis' "Blizzard Princess", increasing "Jupiter's" ATK by that of the equipped monster. He attacks, with both he and Alexis remarking that they feel a great pressure emanating from "Jupiter" that seems to be more than just Solid Vision holograms. Chazz calls Axel out on trying to discover the truth behind the Shadow Duels while starting one himself. Axel is confused by this, and Tragoedia takes control of him from afar, telling Chazz that this isn't a Shadow Duel, but that the game must be completed.

Bastion Misawa vs. James Crocodile Cook
Bastion has 900 Life Points and "Red Ogre" (2800/2100), while James has 1100 Life Points and "Alli Soldier" (1200/1800).

James Summons and unspecified monster. He Tributes it and "Alli Soldier" to Summon "The Tyrant Neptune". The ATK of the two monsters adds up to 3800, which becomes "Neptune's" ATK. "Neptune" attacks and destroys "Red Ogre" (Bastion 0).

Alexis Rhodes vs. Aster Phoenix
Alexis has 2000 Life Points and "Blizzard Princess" (2800/2100), while Aster has an unspecified number of Life Points and "Vision Hero Increase" (900/1100).

Alexis attacks and destroys "Increase" with "Blizzard Princess" (Aster 1500), activating the latter's effect. Aster moves "Increase" to his Spell & Trap Card Zone.

Aster activates "Vision Release", "Special Summoning "Increase" from his Spell & Trap Card Zone. This activates its effect, letting him Special Summon "Vision Hero Poisoner" (900/700) from his Deck. Aster Tributes both monsters to Summon "The Grand Jupiter" (2500/2000). He activates "Jupiter's" effect, discarding two cards to equip "Blizzard Princess" to "Jupiter", giving it 5300 ATK. He attacks directly (Alexis 0).

Chazz Princeton vs. Axel Brodie
Chazz has 2100 Life Points, "Light and Darkness Dragon" (2800/2400) and two Set cards. Axel has two "Divisions" (200/200 each).

Axel activates the effects of both "Divisons", Tributing them to Special Summon a total of four "Division Tokens" (0/0 each). He removes three unspecified monsters in his Graveyard from play to Summon "The Blazing Mars" (2600/2200).

Featured cards
The following cards were featured in this chapter. Cards in italics debuted here.
 * The Splendid Venus
 * The Big Saturn
 * The Despair Uranus
 * Red Ogre
 * Alli Soldier
 * The Tyrant Neptune
 * Vision Hero Increase
 * Vision Release
 * The Grand Jupiter
 * Blizzard Princess
 * Light and Darkness Dragon
 * Division
 * The Blazing Mars