Playing with a Parasite, Part 2, known as The Steel Knight - Gearfried in the Japanese version, is the sixty-fourth episode of Yu-Gi-Oh!. It aired in Japan on July 17, 2001, and in the US on February 22, 2003.
Featured Duel: Joey Wheeler vs. Weevil Underwood - Part 2
Duel continues from previous episode.
Weevil's turn
Weevil has just managed to summon his "Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth". "Perfectly Ultiamte Great Moth" attacks and destroys "Alligator's Sword".
Joey's turn
Joey draws. He then Sets 1 card. Next Joey changes "Panther Warrior", "Parasite Paracide", and "Little-Winguard" to Attack Position.
Weevil's turn
Weevil Underwood draws a monster and subsequently sets it. "Leghul" attacks Joey directly via its effect (Joey 3100 → 2800 Life Points). "Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth" attacks "Parasite Paracide", but Joey activates the Trap Card "Skull Dice", rolling a die in order to divide the ATK of "Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth" by the die result. The die result is a 2, so the ATK of "Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth" is halved ("Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth": 3500 → 1750 ATK / 3000 DEF). Joey then activates Quick-Play Magic Card "Graceful Dice", rolling a die in order to multiply the ATK of "Parasite Paracide" by the die result for this turn. The die result is a 4, so the ATK of "Parasite Paracide" is quadrupled ("Parasite Paracide": 500 → 2000 ATK / 300 DEF). "Parasite Paracide" destroys "Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth" (Weevil 5700 → 5450 Life Points). At the End Phase, the effect of "Graceful Dice" wears off ("Parasite Paracide": 2000 → 500 ATK / 300 DEF)
Joey's turn
Joey draws. He then passes.
Weevil's turn
Weevil draws. He then Normal Summons "Insect Soldiers of the Sky" in Attack Position (1000 ATK / 800 DEF). Next Weevil activates Magic Card "Insecticide" to destroy an Insect-type monster on the field. He chooses to destroy his Set monster: "Pinch Hopper". Since "Pinch Hopper" was sent from the field to the Graveyard, its effect activates, alolwing Weevil to Special Summon 1 Insect-Type monster from his hand. Weevil Special Summons "Insect Queen" in Attack Position (2200 ATK / 2400 DEF). Due to the effect of "Insect Queen", it gains 200 ATK for each Insect-Type monster on the field. Since there are 5, she gains 1000 ATK ("Insect Queen": 2200 → 3200 ATK / 2400 DEF). Weevil Tributes "Leghul" in order to allow "Insect Queen" to attack. "Insect Queen" attacks and destroys "Little-Winguard" (Joey 2800 → 1000 Life Points). Since "Insect Queen" destroyed a monster by battle, her effect activates, Special Summoning 1 "Insect Monster Token" in Attack Position to Weevil's side of the field (100 ATK / 100 DEF).
Joey's turn
Joey draws a card and subsequently sets it.
Weevil's turn
Weevil draws. He then Normal Summons "Cockroach Knight" in Attack Position (800 ATK / 900 DEF). He then Tributes it so "Insect Queen" can declare an attack. Since "Cockroach Knight" was sent to the Graveyard, its effect activates, returning it to the top of Weevil's Deck. "Insect Queen" attacks "Panther Warrior", but Joey activates Trap Card "Magic Arm Shield", changing the attack target of "Insect Queen" to "Insect Soldiers of the Sky" instead. "Insect Queen" destroys "Insect Soldiers of the Sky" (Weevil 5250 → 3250 Life Points). The effect of "Insect Queen" activates, Special Summoning 1 "Insect Monster Token" in Attack Position (100 ATK / 100 DEF) to Weevil's side of the field.
Joey's turn
Joey draws. He then changes "Panther Warrior" and "Parasite Paracide" to Defense Position.
Weevil's turn
Weevil draws "Cockroach Knight" and subsequently Normal Summons it in Attack Position (800 ATK / 900 DEF). He then Tributes "Cockroach Knight", so "Insect Queen" can declare an attack. "Insect Queen" attacks and destroys "Panther Warrior". The effect of "Insect Queen" activates, Special Summoning 1 "Insect Monster Token" in Attack Position (100 ATK / 100 DEF) to Weevil's side of the field.
Joey's turn
Joey draws "Gearfried the Iron Knight". He then Sets 1 card. Next Joey Normal Summons "Gearfried the Iron Knight" in Attack Position (1800 ATK / 1600 DEF). Due to the effect of "Gearfried", the effect of "Parasite Paracide" can't change its Type, so it can't become an Insect-type monster. "Gearfried the Iron Knight" attacks and destroys an "Insect Monster Token" (Weevil 3250 → 1550 Life Points). The ATK of "Insect Queen" becomes lower as an Insect-type monster has been removed from the field ("Insect Queen": 3200 → 3000 ATK / 2400 DEF).
Weevil's turn
Weevil Normal Summons "Soldier Ant" in Attack Position (500 ATK / 1200 DEF) ("Insect Queen": 3000 → 3200 ATK / 2400 DEF). He then activates Magic Card "Ant Reproduction", Tributing "Soldier Ant" to Special Summon 10 "Army Ant Tokens" in Attack Position (500 ATK / 1200 DEF) ("Insect Queen": 3200 → 6000 ATK / 2400 DEF). Weevil Tributes an "Army Ant Token" ("Insect Queen": 6000 → 5800 ATK / 2400 DEF) (although it seemed as if he Tributed all 10), so "Insect Queen" can declare an attack. "Insect Queen" attacks "Gearfried the Iron Knight", but Joey activates Trap Card "Graverobber" to activate the Magic Card "Insecticide" from Weevil's Graveyard, destroying one Insect-type monster on the field. Joey chooses to destroy "Insect Queen", saving his "Gearfried".
Joey's turn
"Gearfried the Iron Knight" attacks and destroys an "Insect Monster Token" (Weevil 1550 → 0 Life Points).
Joey wins.
Epilogue
Joey obtains "Insect Queen" and 2 Locator Cards from Weevil.
Featured cards
The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.
Trivia
- The "Parasite Paracide" card can be seen several times on Weevil's side of the field, on his Duel Disk, and on the laptop readout in place of "Reckless Parasite".
- In the English dub, Joey calls Gearfried "Gearfield" just before his final attack.
- After Joey activates "Magical Arm Shield" and Weevil's Life Points decrease, we go back to the hospital and on the laptop we see Weevil's Life Points get decreased to 3250, but then his Life Points suddenly become 0 for a brief second .
- The scene with "Insect Queen" eating "Leghul" is shown twice when the 2nd should be "Insect Queen" eating "Cockroach Knight" as we see that monster's armor drop to the ground afterwards.
Notes
- ↑ This card was played as a Normal Monster. It is an Effect Monster in the TCG/OCG.
- ↑ This card belongs to Weevil but was placed in Joey's Deck due to his helper's assist in the previous episode.
- ↑ This card was played as a Magic Card. It is an Trap Card in the TCG/OCG.
