Major Events
- This is a Shadow Game played between Yami Yugi and Yami Marik. As each player's Life Points decrease, their respective hosts (Yugi Muto and Marik Ishtar) will have more and more of their body wiped out.
- When a player loses, both spirit and host will be sent to the Shadow Realm.
- Before the match begins, Kaiba gives Yugi a card which will help him win the duel, "Fiend's Sanctuary".
Featured Duel: Marik Ishtar vs. Yugi Muto - Part 1
Turn 1: Yami Marik
- Marik draws "Vampiric Leech" and subsequently Normal Summons it (500 ATK / 1200 DEF) in Attack Position.
- "Vampiric Leech" attacks Yugi directly via its own effect (Yugi 4000 → 3500 Life Points).
- Activates "Vampiric Leech's second effect, discarding "The Winged Dragon of Ra" to switch "Vampiric Leech" to Defense Position.
- Marik's hand is shown to contain "Dark Spell Regeneration", "Juragedo", "Zombie's Jewel", and "Vengeful Bog Spirit".
- Sets a card.
Turn 2: Yami Yugi
- Yami Yugi draws "Exchange".
- Summons "Queen's Knight" (1500 ATK / 1600 DEF) in Attack Position.
- "Queen's Knight" attacks & destroys "Vampiric Leech".
- Sets 2 cards.
Turn 3: Yami Marik
- Yami Marik draws.
- Summons "Juragedo" (1700 ATK / 1300 DEF) in Attack Position.
- "Juragedo" attacks & destroys "Queen's Knight" (Yugi 3500 → 3300 Life Points).
- Sets 2 cards.
Turn 4: Yami Yugi
- Yami Yugi draws.
- Marik activates "Left Arm Offering", discarding his entire hand to add "Monster Reborn" from his Deck to his hand.
- Activates his set Spell Card "Exchange", forcing both players to take one card from their opponent's hand; Yami Yugi takes "Monster Reborn" from Marik's hand while Yami Marik takes "De-Fusion" from Yami Yugi's hand. (Other cards that were shown in Yugi's hand at this point include "King's Knight", "Kuriboh", and "Ragnarok").
- Activates Spell Card "Monster Reborn" to Special Summon "Queen's Knight" (1500 ATK / 1600 DEF) from his Graveyard in Attack Position.
- Summons "King's Knight" (1600 ATK / 1400 DEF) in Attack Position.
- Since "Queen's Knight was on the field when "King's Knight" was summoned, the effect of "King's Knight" activates, allowing Yami Yugi to Special Summon "Jack's Knight" (1900 ATK / 1000 DEF) in Attack Position.
Turn 5: Yami Marik
- Yami Marik draws.
- Sets a card (Yugi's "De-Fusion").
- Activates "Card of Sanctity" to make him and Yugi draw until they both have 6 cards in their hand
- Switches "Juragedo" to Defense Position.
Turn 6: Yami Yugi
- Yami Yugi draws "Slifer the Sky Dragon".
- Aside from "Slifer", Yami Yugi's hand contains "Ragnarok", "Kuriboh", "Dark Magician Girl", "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts", "Magical Dimension", and "Dark Magician".
- Tributes "Queen's Knight", "King's Knight" and "Jack's Knight" to Summon "Slifer the Sky Dragon" (X000 ATK / X000 DEF) in Attack Position.
- "Slifer" attacks "Juragedo", but Marik activates "Dark Spell Regeneration" to activate "Monster Reborn" straight from Yugi's Graveyard as his card, allowing Marik to Special Summon "The Winged Dragon of Ra" from the Graveyard in Attack Position.
- Yami Marik then transforms "The Winged Dragon of Ra" into Egyptian God Phoenix (0 ATK / 0 DEF).
Differences In Adaptations
- The card "Winged Dragon of Ra" is added over the close up of "Fiend's Sanctuary" in the US version.
- Cut from the US version are shots of Yami Marik sticking his tongue out.
- A shot of Yami Marik holding a card with his teeth is removed from the US version.
Featured cards
The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.
Notes
- ↑ This card can be seen in Marik's hand only in the dub.
- ↑ This card belongs to Marik but was taken by Yugi via "Exchange" in this episode.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 This card can be seen in Marik's hand.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 This card can be seen in Yugi's hand.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 A second copy of this card can be seen in Yugi's hand only in the dub
- ↑ This card can be seen when Yugi exchange card with Marik only in the dub.
- ↑ This card belongs to Yugi but was taken by Marik via "Exchange" in this episode.
- ↑ This card belongs to Kaiba but was given to Yugi in the previous episode.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 This card can be seen in Yugi's hand only in the dub.
