Recaps

Tachibana Shingo opened with Hydrogeddon and two set cards, but Yūki answered with Level Limit - Area B and three face-down cards. Tachibana destroyed the restriction, summoned Ultimate Tyranno, and activated Heavy Storm to wipe out the back row, leaving Yūki’s defenses in danger.

• Tachibana Shingo summoned Hydrogeddon and set two cards, saying he had studied Yūki’s decks.
• Yūki said Tachibana had underestimated how many decks he used, then activated Level Limit - Area B and set three cards.
• Tachibana destroyed Level Limit - Area B with Mystical Space Typhoon and used Big Evolution Pill to tribute Hydrogeddon and summon Ultimate Tyranno.
• Tachibana activated Heavy Storm to destroy all Spell and Trap Cards on the field, including Yūki’s three set cards.

Yūki trapped Tachibana Shingo’s dinosaurs with Gravity Bind and set up Wave-Motion Cannon while waiting for an opening. He then damaged Tachibana and used his two monsters as Tributes to Special Summon a powerful lava demon to Tachibana’s field.

• Yūki negated Tachibana Shingo’s Heavy Storm with Dark Bribe, then stopped Ultimate Tyranno’s attack with Gravity Bind.
• Yūki played Wave-Motion Cannon, threatening to deal damage if Tachibana could not clear his field.
• Tachibana Shingo summoned Sword-Horned Dragon and Set Royal Decree, planning to disable Yūki’s Trap Cards next turn.
• Yūki activated Just Desserts to deal Tachibana Shingo 1,000 damage for the two monsters on his field.
• Yūki announced that he would Tribute Ultimate Tyranno and Sword-Horned Dragon to Special Summon a lava demon to Tachibana Shingo’s field.

Fujiwara Yūki defeated Tachibana Shingo with Lava Golem and Wave-Motion Cannon, earning a place in the Championship Match. After the duel, Mokuba Kaiba ordered the match record sent to his company, while Yūki offered Tachibana a brief review.

• Yūki tributed Tachibana's Ultimate Tyranno and Swordhorned Dragon to summon Lava Golem to Tachibana's field, where Gravity Bind prevented it from attacking.
• Yūki sent Wave-Motion Cannon to the Graveyard and dealt Tachibana 2,000 damage, leaving him with 1,000 LP.
• At the start of Tachibana's turn, Lava Golem dealt its controller 1,000 damage and reduced his LP to zero, giving Yūki the victory and a place in the Championship Match.
• Mokuba Kaiba asked his staff to send the full match record to his company, especially information about where Lava Golem came from.
• Yūki praised Tachibana's preparation and reviewed how his strategies had been countered before telling him to get up from the cold dueling platform.

Yūki defeated Tachibana Shingo with a Lava Golem, but Tachibana recovered in the repechage and earned a place in the Championship Match. As the teams gathered for lunch, Tachibana signaled that he was ready to face Yūki again.

• Tachibana Shingo wondered where Yūki had gotten the Lava Golem, while Jaden praised it and Yūki told him to learn Fusion Summoning first.
• Sato Renshan warned Yūki that the afternoon matches still mattered and asked where the Lava Golem came from; Yūki said he had picked it up.
• Yūki predicted Tachibana would win the repechage against Beiqiu Academy’s Beast-Type duelist because his Dinosaur deck could develop its field quickly.
• Tachibana used Royal Decree and Mystical Space Typhoon to shut down his opponent’s traps, then summoned Ultimate Tyranno and won the duel.
• Tachibana gestured toward Yūki from the arena, while Yūki’s teammates gathered around him at lunch and praised the Lava Golem.

Yūki explained his Lava Golem strategy and claimed he had found the card in a box, while Jaden decided the card had chosen him. In the championship duel, Tachibana Shingo opened cautiously to guard against Lava Golem, but Yūki set two back-row cards and left his new strategy unclear.

• Yūki explained that Lava Golem worked well against Tachibana Shingo’s aggressive Dinosaur deck, but said he would use it only if his opening hand called for it.
• Yūki claimed he had found Lava Golem in a cardboard box behind a card shop, and Jaden said the card must have chosen him.
• Fujiwara Yūki and Tachibana Shingo began the championship match, with Tachibana winning the first turn.
• Tachibana used Pot of Greed, set one monster and two back-row cards, and ended his turn to avoid giving Yūki two monsters for Lava Golem.
• Yūki used Pot of Greed, set two cards in his back row, and ended his turn, leaving Tachibana unsure what strategy he would use.

Yūki entered the championship match with a HERO Deck, but drew an unusable hand and tried to hide his bad luck behind two face-down cards. Tachibana Shingo destroyed Royal Decree and began summoning Super Conductor Tyranno as Yūki hoped his remaining Mirror Force would save him.

• Yūki drew a HERO Deck hand with no fusion materials, then used Pot of Greed and drew another Polymerization and Swords of Revealing Light.
• Yūki set Royal Decree and Mirror Force while keeping his fusion cards and Elemental HERO Neos in hand.
• Tachibana Shingo activated Mystical Space Typhoon and destroyed Yūki's Royal Decree.
• Tachibana Shingo activated Fossil Dig, discarded Super Conductor Tyranno, and used Fossil Dig's effect to target it for a Special Summon with its effects negated.

Tachibana Shingo brought out two powerful Dinosaurs and prepared to finish the duel, but Yūki’s last Set card was Mirror Force, which destroyed both monsters. The field was left empty, and Yūki concealed that his hand was bricked.

• Tachibana Shingo Flip Summoned Super-Ancient Dinobeast beside Super Conductor Tyranno, giving him 4,800 total ATK against Yūki’s empty field.
• Tachibana Shingo sent Super-Ancient Dinobeast to attack Yūki directly.
• Yūki activated Holy Barrier - Mirror Force, destroying both of Tachibana Shingo’s Attack Position Dinosaurs and leaving the field empty.
• Tachibana Shingo regained his composure and said the trap was very much Yūki’s style.
• Yūki stayed silent because he feared revealing that his hand was bricked.

Yūki drew Elemental HERO Stratos and revealed an Elemental HERO strategy, then used it to build a powerful field against Tachibana Shingo. The chapter ended with Yūki controlling Stratos at 2200 ATK and Sunrise at 2900 ATK while Shingo had no monsters and 4000 LP.

• Yūki drew Elemental HERO Stratos and Normal Summoned it, surprising the spectators with his fourth Deck.
• Yūki used Stratos's effect to add Elemental HERO Necroshade to his hand.
• Yūki activated Polymerization and fused Necroshade with Elemental HERO Neos to Summon Elemental HERO Sunrise.
• Yūki used Sunrise's effect to add Miracle Fusion to his hand and boost Sunrise and Stratos by 400 ATK each.

Fujiwara Yūki destroyed Tachibana Shingo’s opening position with Elemental HERO Stratos, then used Swords of Revealing Light to prevent attacks while Shingo summoned Swordhorned Dragon. Yūki began another Fusion Summon with Miracle Fusion, ending the chapter as he called forth Elemental HERO Terra Firma.

• Stratos dealt 2,200 damage to Tachibana Shingo, and Tachibana destroyed Sunrise with Sakuretsu Armor before Yūki activated Swords of Revealing Light.
• Tachibana drew and Normal Summoned Swordhorned Dragon, but the attack lock prevented him from attacking.
• Yūki drew a card and Normal Summoned Elemental HERO Clayman, leaving the commentators and spectators puzzled.
• Yūki activated Miracle Fusion, banished Clayman from his field and Elemental HERO Neos from his Graveyard, and began summoning Elemental HERO Terra Firma.

Fujiwara Yūki defeated Tachibana Shingo in the Eight-School Campus Duel League championship and secured the title for Third Municipal Middle School. After the award ceremony, Mokuba Kaiba invited Yūki to Kaiba Corporation headquarters the next morning to choose his champion’s prize.

• Yūki used Elemental HERO Terra Firma’s effect to halve Swordhorned Dragon’s attack and raise Terra Firma’s attack to 3150.
• Yūki attacked with Continental Shockwave, destroyed Swordhorned Dragon, and reduced Tachibana Shingo’s Life Points to zero.
• The crowd celebrated as Fujiwara Yūki was declared champion, and Tachibana Shingo accepted his loss before promising to challenge him again after attending Duel Academy.
• Yūki received 37 Soul Power, 3260 Duel Coins, and an exemption from Duel Academy’s written entrance exam for his five league duels.
• Mokuba Kaiba presented Yūki with the championship trophy and invited him to Kaiba Corporation headquarters at ten the next morning to claim his prize.

Fujiwara Yūki visited Kaiba Corporation to collect his Eight-School Campus Duel League prize and learned that the corporation’s Card Vault cataloged half of all cards in circulation. Mokuba Kaiba showed the duelists the vault and explained its limits, leaving Yūki thinking about how powerful cards could exploit gaps in the rules.

• Fujiwara Yūki arrived at Kaiba Corporation, where staff praised his Lava Golem and Elemental HERO Sunrise and said researchers wanted to study his match recordings.
• Fujiwara Yūki rode down with Tachibana Shingo and the third-place duelist to collect their prizes, and Mokuba Kaiba greeted them at basement level twenty-eight.
• Mokuba Kaiba led the duelists past Kaiba Corporation exhibits, including Seto Kaiba’s privately held Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
• Mokuba Kaiba opened Card Vault C-07 and showed them a vast synchronized space containing card projections and database records.
• Mokuba Kaiba explained that the database covered about fifty percent of cards in circulation and that card replication and creation remained constrained by dueling rules.
• Fujiwara Yūki considered how powerful cards could exploit gaps in those rules as he followed Mokuba deeper into the Card Vault.

After winning the championship, Yūki chose Card of Demise from Kaiba Corporation’s rare Card Vault and accepted Mokuba’s invitation to test a new dueling system. The chapter ended with Yūki facing Mokuba for a duel, wondering what cards he might unlock if he won.

• Yūki reflected that his HERO Deck was a useful strategic weapon, but his bond with the HEROs remained shallow.
• Tachibana Shingo and the female contestant selected rare monster cards from the Card Vault.
• Yūki chose Card of Demise, and Mokuba revealed that Seto Kaiba ran three copies because his opponents rarely survived five turns.
• Mokuba invited Yūki to test Kaiba Corporation’s new dueling system, and Yūki accepted.
• Mokuba equipped a test Duel Disk and challenged Yūki, who wondered what archetype’s card packs a victory might unlock.

Yūki tested Kaiba Corporation’s new Duel Disk against Mokuba Kaiba, using a hand-disruption Deck to strip away Mokuba’s key cards. Mokuba built a Thunder Dragon engine and ended the chapter summoning Thunder Dragon Colossus.

• Yūki opened with Pot of Greed, then used Confiscation to discard Mokuba’s Thunder Dragon Fusion and The Forceful Sentry to return Royal Decree to the Deck.
• Yūki Set Mystic Tomato and two cards, then used Drop Off to discard the Pot of Greed Mokuba drew.
• Mokuba discarded Thunder Dragon to add two more copies from his Deck, then used Thunder Dragondark to revive Thunder Dragon from the Graveyard.
• Mokuba discarded Thunder Dragonduo to recover Thunder Dragondark from the Graveyard.
• Mokuba Tributed Thunder Dragon and Special Summoned Thunder Dragon Colossus from his Extra Deck.

Yūki defeated Mokuba by using Change of Heart to take control of Thunder Dragon Colossus and combine its attack with Don Zaloog’s for lethal damage. Mokuba praised Yūki’s play and confirmed that the duel’s impact feedback had been strong enough to validate the system’s test data.

• Mokuba protected Thunder Dragon Colossus from Yūki’s Bottomless Trap Hole by banishing Thunder Dragon from his Graveyard, then destroyed Mystic Tomato in battle.
• Mystic Tomato’s effect Special Summoned Don Zaloog from Yūki’s Deck, and Mokuba ended his turn.
• Yūki drew Change of Heart and used it to take control of Thunder Dragon Colossus, leaving him with enough attack power to defeat Mokuba.
• Thunder Dragon Colossus and Don Zaloog attacked directly, reducing Mokuba’s Life Points to zero and making Yūki the winner.
• Mokuba stood up after the duel, said the impact feedback felt real, and praised Yūki for carefully counting his resources.

After defeating Mokuba Kaiba in a three-turn test duel, Yūki unlocked the Thunder Dragon Archetype Pack and left Kaiba Corporation with Tachibana Shingo. Impressed by Yūki’s unusual tactics, Mokuba recommended that Duel Academy’s Principal Samejima keep an eye on him, leaving Mokuba eager for a rematch.

• Yūki saw that his duel victory had earned Soul Power and Duel Coins and unlocked the Thunder Dragon pack, which he could draw from twenty times.
• Mokuba and Yūki joked about the Test Duel Disk’s pain feedback before Yūki returned it and departed with Tachibana Shingo.
• Mokuba reviewed the duel record and recognized how Yūki had dismantled his hand and prevented his Thunder Dragon deck from establishing its field.
• Mokuba called Principal Samejima and asked him to monitor Yūki when he attended Duel Academy, explaining that Yūki’s tactics had made him question Kaiba Corporation’s research.
• Mokuba watched the recording of Yūki stealing Thunder Dragon Colossus with Change of Heart and looked forward to their next meeting.

Yūki opened the Thunder Dragon packs he had unlocked, but the key cards came mostly as single copies, leaving him with an incomplete yet playable deck. Jaden told him he had passed Duel Academy’s written exam and invited him to attend the practical exam at Kaiba Land together the next day.

• Yūki reviewed his system panel and concluded that his HERO Deck had reached a limit because later HERO support remained locked.
• Yūki spent 6,300 Duel Coins on twenty-one Thunder Dragon packs and received a playable collection, including Thunder Dragon Colossus and Thunder Dragon Titan.
• Yūki found that he had only one Thunder Dragondark and one Thunder Dragonroar, so he packed the incomplete Thunder Dragon Deck away for later use.
• Jaden messaged Yūki that he had passed Duel Academy’s written exam and asked him to go to the practical exam at Kaiba Land the next day.
• Yūki agreed to go with Jaden and told him that the Kaiba Corporation had given him a deck.

Yūki and Jaden met Yugi Muto on their way to Duel Academy’s practical exam and received his autographs. Yugi gave Jaden Winged Kuriboh and Yūki Silent Magician, leaving Yūki baffled about why the magician wanted to join his deck.

• Yūki met Jaden and headed with him toward Kaiba Land for Duel Academy’s practical exam.
• They encountered Yugi Muto in a park, where Jaden accidentally bumped into him.
• Yūki recognized Yugi and asked him to autograph Lava Golem, then Jaden requested an autograph on Elemental HERO Flame Wingman.
• Yugi offered each of them a card, saying his partners wanted to go with them.
• Jaden received Winged Kuriboh, while Yūki received Silent Magician and wondered why she wanted to join his deck.

Yūki wondered why Silent Magician had chosen him, then set aside the idea of challenging Yugi Muto and hurried with Jaden to the Duel Academy entrance exam. Yūki was assigned to Area A as candidate nine, while Jaden learned he would duel last as candidate 110.

• Yūki searched for Silent Magician’s spirit, and Yugi explained that spirits chose whether to appear and might follow duelists to find what they sought.
• Yugi wished Yūki and Jaden luck and left; Yūki considered challenging him to unlock his Archetype Packs, but decided the risk and the approaching exam made it a bad idea.
• Yūki and Jaden reached Kaiba Land with fifteen minutes to spare, and Yūki guided the excited Jaden through registration.
• The staff assigned Yūki to Area A as practical exam candidate nine and told Jaden he was candidate 110, the last examinee.
• Jaden embraced his last-place assignment and promised to show the examiner his skill, while Yūki offered to treat him to a meal if he got into the academy.

Fujiwara Yūki began his Duel Academy practical exam against examiner Ryosuke Uchida after catching the attention of upperclassmen Zane Truesdale and Alexis Rhodes. He opened with one face-down monster and three set cards, and Uchida summoned Axe Raider as the duel continued.

• Yūki noticed Zane Truesdale and Alexis Rhodes watching the candidates from the upper stands, while Alexis wondered why he had looked at her as if he knew her.
• The announcement called Yūki to Duel Arena 2, where examiner Ryosuke Uchida explained that the practical exam was about showing his usual dueling ability.
• Yūki and Uchida began their duel with 4000 Life Points each, and Yūki went first.
• Yūki set one monster and three back-row cards, prompting Tachibana Shingo to silently pity the examiner.
• Uchida praised Yūki's cautious opening, then Normal Summoned Axe Raider.

Yūki used Spirit of the Harp to withstand the examiner’s Axe Raider, then activated Secret Barrel and Torture Wheel to damage and restrain his opponent. Ryosuke Uchida recognized Yūki’s defensive burn strategy, while Axe Raider remained trapped and unable to attack.

• Ryosuke Uchida summoned Axe Raider, equipped it with Legendary Sword, and attacked Yūki’s face-down monster.
• Yūki revealed Spirit of the Harp, whose effect prevented it from being destroyed by Axe Raider’s 2,000 ATK.
• Yūki activated Secret Barrel and inflicted 1,200 damage on Ryosuke Uchida, reducing his Life Points from 4,000 to 2,800.
• Yūki activated Torture Wheel, chaining Axe Raider and preventing it from attacking or changing its battle position.
• Ryosuke Uchida recognized Yūki’s defensive burn strategy, and Yūki said he preferred to let his opponent calm down first.

Yūki continued pressuring the examiner with burn effects and defensive cards, but the examiner cleared his restraints and built a stronger field. Hoping to draw Lava Golem for a lethal play, Yūki instead drew Silent Magician.

• Torture Wheel activated during Yūki’s Standby Phase and reduced the examiner’s Life Points to 2300.
• Yūki played Wave-Motion Cannon and set another monster, while Alexis Rhodes and Zane Truesdale watched and discussed his strategy.
• The examiner summoned The Stern Mystic, destroyed Spirit of the Harp, then used Double Summon to Tribute Axe Raider and summon Curse of Dragon.
• The examiner ended his turn with The Stern Mystic and Curse of Dragon on the field, leaving Yūki facing two monsters.
• Yūki anticipated drawing Lava Golem for a lethal play, but revealed Silent Magician instead.

During the entrance exam, Yūki summoned Silent Magician and used her to destroy The Stern Mystic. He ended his turn with Silent Magician, a set monster, and Wave-Motion Cannon facing the examiner's remaining Curse of Dragon.

• Yūki changed his plan and Flip Summoned Witch of the Black Forest, then tributed her to Special Summon Silent Magician.
• Witch of the Black Forest's effect let Yūki add Marshmallon from his deck to his hand, while Silent Magician's effect raised her ATK to 2000.
• Silent Magician attacked and destroyed The Stern Mystic, reducing the examiner's Life Points from 2300 to 1900.
• Yūki set a monster, lowering Silent Magician's ATK to 1500, and ended his turn with Curse of Dragon still on the examiner's field.

Fujiwara Yūki defeated the examiner by using Silent Magician to negate Smashing Ground, then Mirror Force to destroy Curse of Dragon. He let Silent Magician deliver the final attack, winning the exam and earning Soul Power and Duel Coins.

• The examiner activated Smashing Ground, but Yūki used Silent Magician's effect to negate and destroy the Spell Card.
• The examiner sent Curse of Dragon to attack Silent Magician, and Yūki activated Mirror Force to destroy the dragon.
• Yūki drew a card, raising Silent Magician's ATK to 2,000, and chose not to use Wave-Motion Cannon.
• Yūki ordered Silent Magician to attack directly, reducing the examiner's Life Points to zero and winning the duel.
• Yūki received 12 Soul Power and 1,500 Duel Coins.

After defeating the Duel Academy examiner, Yūki met Jaden’s new friends Syrus Truesdale and Bastion Misawa, who praised his resource-focused deck. Bastion challenged him to duel after the entrance exam, leaving Yūki amused by the clash between Bastion’s calculations and Jaden’s faith in his partners.

• Yūki checked his system panel, saw that he had earned 1,700 Duel Coins and reached 79% Soul Power progress, then left Duel Arena 2.
• Jaden rushed over to congratulate Yūki on beating the examiner and praised his teamwork with Silent Magician.
• Jaden introduced Syrus Truesdale, who admired Yūki’s duel and took heart from his advice about overcoming powerful monsters.
• Bastion Misawa analyzed how Yūki’s cards turned his opponent’s resources into part of his win condition and asked to duel him after the exam.
• Yūki agreed to Bastion’s challenge but said he might choose among several decks, while Jaden and Bastion debated preparation versus trusting their partners.

Yūki gave Bastion and Syrus advice before they went to their practical exams, and promised to watch Jaden duel. After examining Yūki’s deck and victory, Professor Crowler recommended him for Ra Yellow, with a possible transfer to Obelisk Blue later.

• Bastion Misawa left for Duel Field Five after saying goodbye to Yūki and promising to prove his six-attribute deck made sense.
• Syrus Truesdale asked Yūki for advice, and Yūki told him to check for monster protection and consider the worst-case scenario before attacking a face-down card.
• Jaden Yuki asked Yūki to watch his exam, and Yūki agreed before Jaden hurried to his waiting area.
• Professor Crowler reviewed Yūki’s duel record and deck, noting its defensive and burn cards, three Marshmallons, and unused Wave-Motion Cannon.
• Crowler judged Yūki’s deck-building skill and Silent Magician worthy of cultivation, then recommended him for Ra Yellow and considered transferring him to Obelisk Blue in his second year.