Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's - Episode SP1

'''Evolving Duel! Stardust VS Red Demons''' was a special non-canon episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. It was first shown at the 2008 Jump Festa anime tour special and later released on DVD with the Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG - Duelist Box. People attending the tour, got the 2008 Jump Festa promo "Vice Dragon". This episode was also used to promote the Crimson Crisis set, since many of the cards that were used come from the Crimson Crisis set.

In the episode Yusei Fudo had a Duel with Jack Atlas, where both players Summoned their aces, "Stardust Dragon" and "Red Demons Dragon" ("Red Dragon Archfiend") and upgraded them to "/Buster" mode ("/Assault Mode").

The Annoucement
At the Duel Stadium in New Domino City, a big match is about to begin. Many jets are flying overhead and releasing colored smoke for the grand opening of the match. The crowd is cheering. Then, MC begins with his announcement. Leo, Luna and Akiza are seen in the crowd. MC announces that the King’s Turbo Duel is about to begin and during the announcement, an image of Jack Atlas is shown in the video sphere.

Somewhere inside the stadium, Yusei Fudo is preparing for his match against Jack. He puts his helmet on and starts his Duel Runner. Then, MC presents Yusei as the challenger for Jack to the audience. Yusei makes his entrance as Leo shouts at him for encouragement. Luna tells him that he doesn’t have to shout it out that loud, Akiza tells her that Luna has shouted out loud herself.

Yusei arrives at the starter point, followed by MC announcing the arrival of Jack Atlas as he makes his entrance. Jack then says that there’s only one king, him. He arrives at the starter point. Yusei apologizes for being late, Jack responds that they have come all the way here. Jack then proceeds to tell Yusei to perpare for the duel.

The Duel
MC declares the start of the Duel and both duelists plays Speed World, resulting in both Duel Runners switching to Auto-Pilot. When the light goes green, both Duel Runners take off.

It’s Yusei’s 1st turn. He draws a card, it's Assault Mode. Along with Assault Mode, his hand contains also Shield Wing, Quillbolt Hedgehog and 3 other Trap Cards. He summons Shield Wing in face-up Defense Position, Sets a card face-down and ends his turn.

Both duelists’ SPC goes to 1. It’s Jack’s 1st turn. Jack draws a card and summons Vice Dragon in Defense Position. Yusei remarks that it's a Level 5 Monster and explains the effect of Vice Dragon, which can be summoned when his opponent has at least 1 monster on his field while he has none. His hand contains Dark Resonator, Interdimensional Matter Transporter, Assault Mode and 2 other Trap Cards. He then proceeds to summon Dark Resonator.

The Audience
Luna says that Jack has treated this duel as a performance since the beginning and Akiza mentions that he seems to be enjoying himself.

The Duel
Jack uses both his monsters to Synchro Summon Red Dragon Archfiend, the mere sight of it fascinating Leo. Red Dragon Archfiend is ordered to attack Shield Wing which, after the initial attack, isn't destroyed.

The Audience
Leo remarks that Shield Wing’s effect prevent him from being destroyed up to twice a turn. Akiza comments that she doesn’t think so.

The Duel
As Shield Wing is then destroyed Yusei remembers that Red Dragon Archfiend’s effect destroys all Defense Position monsters on the opponent’s field, which surprises Leo and Luna. Jack Sets one card face-down and ends his turn.

Both duelists’ SPC goes to 2. Yusei draws a card, the Speed Spell - Angel Baton. He says to Jack that if he’s the pursued one, then Yusei will show him the dignity of the pursuer and activates Speed Spell - Angel Baton. Due to its effect, when his SPC is 2 or more, he draws 2 cards and discards one. He chooses to discard Quillbolt Hedgehog and summons Debris Dragon. By seeing it, Jack begins to realize where this is going.

Thanks to Debris Dragon’s effect, which allows a monster of 500 or less ATK to return from the Graveyard in Attack Position, Yusei brings back Shield Wing. Quillbolt Hedgehog, whose effect allows it to be Summoned from the Graveyard when there’s a Tuner monster on his field, returns to the field. Leo comments that Yusei is striking back. Jack tells him to face off with all their might and Yusei says that's what he intended to do from the beginning. He sacrifices his 3 monsters to Synchro Summon Stardust Dragon.

The Audience
Leo is excited by it, while Luna says that Yusei seems to be much more heated up than usual. Akiza wonders if the spirits told her that and Luna tells her that she knows it even though she can’t sense the voices of the spirits and that for Yusei and Jack, this duel is a very important and special one. Akiza returns to watching the Duel, saying that is the fate of the pursuer and the pursued.

MC makes his comment about the duel, saying that the crowd looks forward to the heated crash of the two duelists.

The Duel
Jack thinks that seeing Stardust Dragon heats up his soul. Yusei Sets one card face-down and ends his turn.

Yusei hopes that Jack will attack him now. Jack thinks it won’t be a true undefeated legend if he won’t defeat him.

Both duelists’ SPC goes to 3. It’s Jack's turn and he draws a card. He attacks Stardust Dragon with Red Dragon Archfiend, but Yusei activates the Continuous Trap Card, Revolution - Trick Battle,which causes the Attack Position monster with the highest ATK to be destroyed. Red Dragon Archfiend’s attack is reflected and it's destroyed.

The Audience
The crowd is amazed. Leo is glad that Stardust Dragon is fine, but Luna and Akiza says that Jack won’t let it end like this.

The Duel
An orb of fire appears and Red Dragon Archfiend returns in a new form and with 3500 ATK, which surprises Yusei and Leo. Jack reveals that he has activated the Trap Card, Assault Mode, which Special Summons one monster with Assault Mode in its name from his Deck in face-up Attack Position when he sacrifices a monster with the same name. Jack says no matter what strategy Yusei’s thinking of, he’ll be one step ahead of him and that only victory can be seen at the end of the road. Jack thinks about Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode’s effect, preventing it from being affected by his opponent’s spell, trap and effect monsters, meaning Revolution - Trick Battle’s effect will be negated and it will be the end of Stardust Dragon.

He orders Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode to attack Stardust Dragon, resulting in its destruction. An orb of light then appears and Stardust Dragon returns to the stadium in a new form and with 3000 ATK. Yusei’s face-down Trap Card was Assault Mode too.

The Audience
Leo is surprised that both Yusei and Jack played the same Trap Card. Luna says that Akiza was right about this duel being a destined battle.

The Duel
Jack laughs and says that even though Yusei has an Assault Mode monster as well, his Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode is still stronger than Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode in terms of ATK. Jack then orders it to attack while Yusei tells his dragon to do the same. The monsters strike each other, causing a bright explosion. Once the explosion is over Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode is revealed to be fine, but Yusei still lose 500 Life Points. He says to Jack that just like his dragon, Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode cannot be destroyed in battle during this turn.

Jack Sets up 4 cards face-down and ends his turn. After seeing this, Yusei wonders just how much Jack has seen through his strategy and that only the pursued one has the complete defense.

Both duelists’ SPC goes to 4. It’s Yusei's turn and he draws a card. It’s the Trap Card Skill Successor. The other cards in his hand are all Trap Cards: Urgent Tuning, Synchro Destructor and Jump Guard.

The Audience
Leo thinks that as long as Yusei has Revolution - Trick Battle on the field he still has the advantage, Akiza agreed with him. But Luna has concerns about it.

The Duel
Yusei sends Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode to attack Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode. Before he can go through with the attack, however, a black hole appears and Jack's dragon disappears. He reveals that he has activated one of his 4 face-down cards, the Trap Card Interdimensional Matter Transporter, which removes Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode from play until the End Phase of Yusei’s turn. This doesn't stop Yusei and he orders his dragon to attack Jack directly. Jack activates another one of his 4 face-down cards, the Trap Card "Half or Nothing" which forces Yusei to choose between ending his Battle Phase or halving Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode’s ATK. Jack urges Yusei to choose.

Yusei refuses to hesitate and says that even if he were to reduce his attacks by half, he'd still attack. Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode’s ATK goes from 3000 to 1500 and it attacks Jack directly, causing him to lose 1500 Life Points.

The Audience
Leo says that Jack wanted to protect his monster even if that means receiving damages. Akiza says that is because his monster is his pride.

MC announces that because of Speed World's effect, Jack loses one SPC after receiving more than 1000 points of direct damage. His SPC goes from 4 to 3.

The Duel
Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode’s ATK goes back to 3000. Yusei sets 3 cards face-down and ends his turn, causing Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode to return to the field.

It’s Jack turn and he draws a card, Trap Eater. Jack’s SPC goes to 4 while Yusei’s SPC goes to 5. He Special Summons Trap Eater, destroying Revolution - Trick Battle.

The Audience
Leo is confused and says when cards would be destroyed by a card effect, Yusei would be able to negate the destruction and destroy the card by releasing Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode. Akiza clarifies that it's not an effect, but a cost and that he lost an advantage.

The Duel
Yusei never thought that Jack would negate the effect of Revolution - Trick Battle like that. Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode attacks Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode but Yusei activates one of his 3 face-down cards, the Trap Card Skill Successor, and sacrifices Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode to negate the effect of the Trap Card and destroy it.

The Audience
Leo doesn’t understand why would Yusei negate the Trap Card that he just activated.

The Duel
Jack says that Yusei decided to accept the direct attack instead of suffering the insult of letting Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode be destroyed in battle. He sends Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode to attack Yusei directly and Yusei activates the second of his 3 face-down card, the Trap Card Jump Guard which turns any Battle Damage to 0 when a monster is removed from play by a card effect. It also causes his Duel Runner to jump high into the air to avoid the attack of Jack's monster. The crowd is amazed by it, Leo, Luna, Akiza and Jack included, and Yusei explains the effect of Jump Guard.

The Audience
Akiza concludes that the damage done by Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode is reduced to 0 and Leo is impressed by the way Yusei made his Duel Runner jump so high.

The Duel
Yusei lands in front of Jack and says that he should see how it feels to be the pursuer too. Jack found Yusei’s stunt to be not so bad. He sacrifices Trap Eater to activate the 3rd of his 4 face-down cards, the Trap Card Nightmare Archfiends, which Special Summons 3 Nightmare Tokens, each with 2000 ATK, to Yusei's side of the field.

Jack tells Yusei that even though Yusei is running in front of him, the feeling of being the pursuer will always come back. He also says that he’s a king whom foresees moves 2 to 3 steps further than anyone else, and orders his Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode to attack one of Yusei's Nightmare Tokens. Once again Yusei activates the effect of Jump Guard and takes his Duel Runner up high in the air again.

The Audience
Leo says that due to the effect of Jump Guard, Yusei’s Battle Damage will be reduced to 0 once again. Luna wonders if Jack had made a mistake, Akiza thinks that that’s impossible and that Jack must have something up his sleeve.

The Duel
Jack says that Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode’s effect will destroy all the Tokens on the field. The attack done makes Yusei lose control of his Duel Runner. Jack says to him that when the Nightmare Tokens are destroyed, each will deal 800 points of damage to their controller. Yusei’s Life Points are reduced to 1100 and he manages to regain control of his Duel Runner. Jack says that this is the retribution for running in front of the king. Yusei wonders if Jack already knows that he’ll release Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode, and says to Jack that even though Jump Guard will negate battle damages dealt to him, it will not negate effect damages. Jack tells Yusei that Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode will not return until the End Phase.

Jack then activates the last of his 4 face-down cards, the Continuous Trap Card, Spell of the Ruler, which equips itself to Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode and increases his ATK to 4200 once it’s activated.

The Audience
Leo and Luna are shocked by this turn of events. Akiza understands that Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode’s effect of negating a Trap Card couldn’t be activated when it’s in the Graveyard. Leo concludes that Jack activated the Trap Card before the return of Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode.

The Duel
Jack ends his turn and Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode returns to the field. Jack asks Yusei if he can defeat the 4200 ATK Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode and that no matter what he’ll do, Yusei will not be able to ride in front of him anymore.

The Audience
Luna says that Jack looks scary now. Akiza says that Jack’s desire to win is definitely stronger then Yusei's and that looking at this chase, the two of them are just like the front and back of a card.

The Duel
Yusei’s SPC goes to 6 while Jack’s SPC goes to 5. It’s Yusei's turn and he draws a card. He activates Speed Spell - Speed Energy, which can only be activated when he has 2 or more SPC and its effect causes the selected monsters' ATK to increase by 200 points for each SPC Yusei has. Yusei choose Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode and since he has 6 speed counters, its ATK is raised to 4200, the same as Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode.

Jack says to Yusei that both monsters will be destroyed in battle due to the fact that they both have the same ATK, he thinks that that isn’t what Yusei is aiming for. Yusei orders Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode to attack Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode and at the same time Jack responds with an attack from his own dragon. Both dragons are destroyed in battle which surprises the crowd. Their destruction causes an explosion which causes a fog that covers the entire stadium.

Jack says that Yusei has indeed intended to destroy his monster without hesitation. He also says that when Spell of the Ruler is destroyed, it will deal 700 points of damage to the opponent, causing Yusei’s Life Points to drop to 400. Then, the MC falls over. Due to the fog, Yusei and Jack ride in circles. Yusei tells Jack to continue the duel.

Jack says that when an Assault Mode monster is destroyed, the original monster can be Special Summoned. Yusei and Jack Special Summon Stardust Dragon and Red Dragon Archfiend respectively and the crowd is amazed by the return of the 2 dragons. Jack says that even if it's revived this way, Stardust Dragon will not be able to destroy Red Dragon Archfiend with its low ATK. Yusei responds that he’ll have to see it for himself then.

Yusei activates Skill Successor from his graveyard, which Jack recognizes as the Trap Card that Yusei negated. Yusei tells Jack about Skill Successor’s effect which, when it’s activated in the Graveyard, will increase a monster’s ATK by 800 points causing Stardust Dragon’s ATK to become 3300. Jack is surprise by this turn of events.

The Audience
Leo sees that Stardust Dragon’s ATK has become higher than Red Dragon Archfiend’s ATK. Luna says that Yusei was actually the one with the trick up his sleeve.

The Duel
Yusei activates the last of his 3 face-down cards, the Trap Card Synchro Destructor which deals damage to his opponent equal to the ATK of the destroyed monster when a Synchro Monster on his side of the Field destroys the said monster during battle. He then proceeds to make Stardust Dragon attack Red Dragon Archfiend, destroying it in the process and the effect of Synchro Destructor reduces the rest of Jack’s Life Points to 0.

Yusei wins the duel.

Featured Duels
 Yusei Fudo vs Jack Atlas 

Yusei draws "Assault Mode Activate". His hand contains "Assault Mode Activate", "Shield Wing", "Quillbolt Hedgehog" and 3 Trap Cards. He Normal Summons "Shield Wing" in face-up Defense Position (DEF: 900) and Sets 1 card in the Spell & Trap Card Zone.

(Yusei: 1 SPC, Jack: 1 SPC) Jack Special Summons "Vice Dragon" in Defense Position (DEF: 2400) His hand contains "Dark Resonator", "Interdimensional Matter Transporter", "Assault Mode Activate" and 2 Trap Cards. He Summons "Dark Resonator" and uses both his monsters to Synchro Summon "Red Dragon Archfiend". "Red Dragon Archfiend" attacks "Shield Wing". "Shield Wing" is not destroyed by battle due to its effect, but it is then destroyed by "Red Dragon Archfiend's" effect. Jack Sets 1 card in the Spell & Trap Card Zone.

(Yusei: 2 SPC, Jack: 2 SPC) Yusei draws "Speed Spell - Angel Baton" and activates it, drawing 2 cards and discarding "Quillbolt Hedgehog". He then Summons "Debris Dragon" and uses its effect to revive "Shield Wing". Next he revives "Quillbolt Hedgehog" with its own effect. He uses his 3 monsters to Synchro Summon "Stardust Dragon". Yusei Sets 1 card in the Spell & Trap Card Zone.

(Yusei: 3 SPC, Jack: 3 SPC) Jack attacks Stardust Dragon with "Red Dragon Archfiend", but Yusei activates "Revolution - Trick Battle". Jack plays "Assault Mode Activate", tributing "Red Dragon Archfiend" to Summon "Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode". "Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode" attacks "Stardust Dragon" Yusei activates "Assault Mode Activate", tributing "Stardust Dragon" to Summon "Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode". A Replay occurs and Jack selects "Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode" as the new attack target, but Yusei activates the effects of "Assault Mode Activate" to prevent "Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode" from being destroyed in battle (Yusei: 3500 Life Points). Jack Sets 4 cards in the Spell & Trap Card Zone.

(Yusei: 4 SPC, Jack: 4 SPC) Yusei attacks "Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode" with "Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode", but Jack activates his face-down "Interdimensional Matter Transporter". A Replay occurs and Yusei attacks directly instead, but Jack activates "Half or Nothing", forcing Yusei to choose between ending his Battle Phase or halving Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode's ATK. Yusei chooses to halve its ATK. The attack continues (Jack: 2500 Life Points, 3 SPC). Yusei Sets 3 cards in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. "Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode returns to the field during the End Phase.

(Yusei: 5 SPC, Jack: 4 SPC) Jack sends "Revolution - Trick Battle" on Yusei's field to the Graveyard to Special Summon "Trap Eater". "Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode" attacks "Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode", but Yusei activates "Skill Successor", and then Tributes "Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode" to negate "Skill Successor". A Replay occurs and Jack attacks Yusei directly, but Yusei activates "Jump Guard" to negate the damage. Jack then Tributes "Trap Eater" to chain "Nightmare Archfiends" to "Jump Guard". Another Replay occurs and "Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode" attacks one of the Tokens, but Yusei activates "Jump Guard's" effect again and negates damage to his Life Points. "Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode's" effect destroys all the Tokens and the Tokens' effects inflict a total of 2400 damage to Yusei (Yusei: 1100 Life Points). Jack then activates "Spell of the Ruler", equipping it to "Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode" (ATK: 4200). During Jack's End Phase, "Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode" returns to the field.

(Yusei: 6 SPC, Jack: 5 SPC) Yusei activates "Speed Spell - Speed Energy" selecting "Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode" (ATK: 4200). Yusei attacks "Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode", destroying both monsters. Both players activate their monsters' effects to Special Summon "Stardust Dragon" and "Red Dragon Archfiend". Yusei activates Skill Successor's effect from the Graveyard to increase "Stardust Dragon's" ATK to 3300. "Stardust Dragon" attacks and destroys "Red Dragon Archfiend" (Jack: 2200 Life Points). Yusei then activates "Synchro Destructor" which inflicts damage to Jack equal to half of "Red Dragon Archfiend's" original ATK twice (Jack: 0 Life Points).