Recaps

Sherry LeBlanc used traps to stop Alexis Rhodes’s Cyber Angel Vrash, then revived Centaur Mina and Synchro Summoned her true ace, Flower Knight. She sent Flower Knight to attack Vrash, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Sherry LeBlanc activated Security Orb to switch Cyber Angel Vrash to Defense Position and stop its attack.
• Sherry LeBlanc summoned Flower Synchron, then activated Call of the Haunted to revive Centaur Mina.
• Sherry LeBlanc tuned Flower Synchron with Centaur Mina and Synchro Summoned Flower Knight.
• Sherry LeBlanc declared that Flower Knight would attack Cyber Angel Vrash.

Alexis Rhodes countered Sherry LeBlanc's Flower Knight and its ability to negate her Ritual Spell by activating a prepared trap. She Ritual Summoned Cyber Angel Dakini, leaving the duel poised to continue.

• Sherry LeBlanc used Flower Knight to destroy Alexis Rhodes's Threatening Roar, then destroyed Alexis's Cyber Angel Vrash in battle.
• Sherry ended her turn with Flower Knight still on the field, while Alexis had 4000 Life Points against Sherry's 800.
• Alexis paid 2000 Life Points to activate Machine Angel Absolute Ritual, but Sherry used Flower Knight to negate and destroy it.
• Alexis activated Urgent Ritual Art and banished Machine Angel Absolute Ritual from her Graveyard to copy its effect.
• Alexis returned Cyber Angel Vrash from her Graveyard to her Deck and Ritual Summoned Cyber Angel Dakini.

Alexis Rhodes and Sherry LeBlanc ended their duel in a simultaneous draw after Sherry activated Ring of Destruction. Akiza Izinski then took Alexis’s place against Mizoguchi, who gained the first turn and began building his field.

• Alexis used Cyber Angel Dakini’s effect to send Sherry’s Flower Knight to the Graveyard, then attacked directly.
• Sherry activated Ring of Destruction, destroying Dakini and reducing both duelists’ Life Points to zero.
• Akiza replaced Alexis on the duel track, while Mizoguchi replaced Sherry.
• Mizoguchi began the next turn by summoning Touching Samurai, whose effect let him Special Summon the Tuner Heel Samurai from his hand.

Mizoguchi Synchro Summoned Indomitable Fighter Lei Lei and attacked Akiza, but she used Night Day Grepher and Glow-Up Bulb to assemble Synchro Materials on his turn. On her turn, Akiza drew with Speed Spell - Angel Baton and summoned Blue Rose Dragon, leaving her next move unresolved.

• Mizoguchi tuned Heel Samurai and Touching Samurai to Synchro Summon Indomitable Fighter Lei Lei.
• Indomitable Fighter Lei Lei attacked Akiza directly, reducing her Life Points from 4000 to 1600.
• Akiza Special Summoned Night Day Grepher after taking battle damage, then used its effect to Special Summon Glow-Up Bulb from her hand.
• Mizoguchi set two cards and ended his turn.
• Akiza activated Speed Spell - Angel Baton, drew two cards, and discarded a Level 2 Plant monster.
• Akiza summoned Blue Rose Dragon in attack position.

Akiza Synchro Summoned [Black Rose Dragon] and reduced [Indomitable Fighter Lei Lei]'s ATK to zero, but Mizoguchi’s monster survived the attack and destroyed her dragon. Mizoguchi’s trap threatened to defeat Akiza with effect damage, so she activated [Interference Tomato]’s graveyard effect to prevent that damage for the turn.

• Akiza tuned [Glow-Up Bulb] with [Party Knight Token] to Synchro Summon [Black Rose Dragon].
• Akiza banished [Glow-Up Bulb] to reduce [Indomitable Fighter Lei Lei]’s ATK to zero, then attacked it with [Black Rose Dragon].
• [Indomitable Fighter Lei Lei] survived the battle and used its effect to destroy [Black Rose Dragon].
• Mizoguchi activated [Master and Servant's Resolve], which would inflict damage equal to [Black Rose Dragon]’s ATK when it was destroyed by an effect during the Battle Phase.
• Akiza banished [Interference Tomato] from her graveyard to reduce all effect damage she took that turn to zero.

Akiza Izinski defeated Mizoguchi but revived Black Rose Dragon before Axel Brodie took over the duel. Axel used Bad Luck Blast to destroy the dragon and reduce Akiza to 400 LP, leaving her in danger from Master and Servant's Resolve.

• Akiza Izinski used Interference Tomato to survive Mizoguchi's effect damage and defeated him with Blue Rose Dragon's attack.
• Mizoguchi's Indomitable Fighter Lei Lei destroyed Blue Rose Dragon, but Akiza revived Black Rose Dragon from her graveyard.
• Axel Brodie took over the duel with Mizoguchi's monsters and traps, then paid 1000 LP to keep Master and Servant's Resolve on the field.
• Axel activated Bad Luck Blast to destroy Black Rose Dragon and dealt 1200 damage to both himself and Akiza, leaving Akiza with 400 LP.

Akiza Izinski lost her Life Points but revived Black Rose Dragon to destroy Axel Brodie’s monster and Trap before handing the duel to Jiang He. Axel burned Jiang He for 500 LP and set three cards, then Jiang He summoned Swordsoul of Mo Ye.

• Axel Brodie activated Master and Servant's Resolve to deal damage to Akiza Izinski and reduce her LP to zero.
• Akiza Izinski activated Call of the Haunted to revive Black Rose Dragon, which destroyed Axel's Indomitable Fighter Lei Lei and Master and Servant's Resolve.
• Jiang He took over the duel with 4000 LP while Axel could no longer attack that turn.
• Axel summoned Volcanic Blades, used its effect to reduce Jiang He's LP to 3500, and set three cards before ending his turn.
• Jiang He drew a card and summoned Swordsoul of Mo Ye in Attack Position.

Jiang He used his Swordsoul monsters to summon Tuner Tokens, but Axel destroyed his first Synchro materials with a Volcanic burn combo. Jiang He then summoned Longyuan and another Token, leaving him ready to Synchro Summon again.

• Jiang He summoned Swordsoul of Mo Ye, whose effect created a Level 4 Tuner Swordsoul Token.
• Axel activated Blaze Accelerator Magazine, discarded Volcanic Shell, and used its effect to destroy Mo Ye and the Token while dealing 1,500 damage to Jiang He.
• Jiang He activated Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan’s effect by discarding a Swordsoul Spell, Special Summoning Longyuan and another Tuner Token.

Jiang He summoned [Swordsoul Sinister Sovereign - Qixing Longyuan], whose effects turned Axel Brodie’s attempt to gain life points into another source of damage. After destroying Axel’s [Volcanic Blades], Jiang He faced Axel’s final set card as Axel revealed [Back to the Front].

• Jiang He Synchro Summoned [Swordsoul Sinister Sovereign - Qixing Longyuan] using [Swordsoul Token] and [Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan].
• Jiang He used [Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan]’s graveyard effect to deal 1,200 damage, but Axel Brodie activated [Energy Absorbing Monolith] to gain 1,200 LP instead.
• Jiang He used [Swordsoul Sinister Sovereign - Qixing Longyuan]’s effect to banish [Energy Absorbing Monolith] and deal 1,200 damage, returning Axel’s LP to 1,800.
• Jiang He ordered [Swordsoul Sinister Sovereign - Qixing Longyuan] to attack and destroy Axel’s [Volcanic Blades].
• Axel revealed his final set card, the trap [Back to the Front].

Axel revived Sherry LeBlanc’s [Flower Knight], but Jiang He banished it with [Swordsoul Sinister Sovereign - Qixing Longyuan] and burned Axel down to 600 LP. Axel drew [Volcanic Queen], his apparent comeback card, as his turn began.

• Axel Special Summoned [Flower Knight] from his graveyard, intending to use its effect to negate a Spell or Trap.
• Jiang He activated [Swordsoul Sinister Sovereign - Qixing Longyuan]'s effect to banish [Flower Knight] and deal Axel 1200 damage.
• Jiang He set three cards and ended his turn after dealing Axel 3600 damage that turn.
• Axel drew [Volcanic Queen], which could be Special Summoned by Tributing a monster on Jiang He's field.

Axel Brodie tried to use Volcanic Queen to remove Jiang He's Swordsoul Sinister Sovereign - Qixing Longyuan, but Jiang He blocked Tributing and kept the monster's threat in play. Jiang He then revived Swordsoul of Mo Ye and began a Level 10 Synchro Summon, leaving Axel and the spectators anticipating its arrival.

• Axel Brodie revealed Volcanic Queen, but Jiang He activated Mask of Restrict, preventing either player from Tributing monsters.
• Unable to use Volcanic Queen, Axel Brodie summoned Volcanic Counter in Defense Position and ended his turn.
• Jiang He activated Call of the Haunted to revive Swordsoul of Mo Ye from his Graveyard.
• Jiang He used Swordsoul of Mo Ye's effect to summon a Swordsoul Token, then summoned Bixi, Water of the Yang Zing.
• Jiang He tuned the Level 4 Swordsoul Token with Bixi and Swordsoul of Mo Ye to begin a Level 10 Synchro Summon.

Jiang He used Baronne de Fleur to defeat Axel Brodie and secure Team GX’s victory, impressing Sherry LeBlanc with the evolved version of her ace monster. After the duel, Sherry claimed she had won her bet with Alexis Rhodes and Akiza Izinski because her individual duel with Alexis had ended in a draw.

• Jiang He Synchro Summoned Baronne de Fleur, shocking Sherry LeBlanc and the spectators with a Flower Knight-series monster she did not possess.
• Jiang He used Baronne de Fleur to destroy Axel Brodie’s Volcanic Counter, then negated its Graveyard effect when Brodie tried to reflect battle damage.
• Baronne de Fleur attacked directly and reduced Brodie’s remaining 600 Life Points to zero, giving Team GX the match victory.
• Sherry LeBlanc felt aggrieved that Brodie had lost to an evolved version of her ace monster, then returned to the viewing area with Mizoguchi.
• Alexis Rhodes and Akiza Izinski asked Sherry to hand over the rare card she had wagered, but Sherry argued that she had won because her earlier duel with Alexis had ended in a draw.

Jiang He accepted Sherry LeBlanc’s offer to become his third queen, including her family’s Duel Monsters company, after she pressed Alexis and Akiza to honor their bet. When Team New World defeated its opponents through a suspected dark-spirit attack, Jiang He recognized Primo and prepared to confront the Three Emperors of Yliaster, who had killed Sherry’s parents.

• Sherry LeBlanc used a recording and offered Akiza a duel to pressure Alexis and Akiza into accepting the bet’s outcome.
• Jiang He offered to help Sherry seek revenge another way, but she proposed becoming his third queen and bringing the LeBlanc Family’s Duel Monsters company as her dowry.
• Jiang He accepted Sherry’s terms, and Alexis and Akiza appeared less opposed to the arrangement.
• The host announced Team New World’s victory, and Jiang He recognized the departing Primo and suspected the team had used a dark Duel Monsters spirit to crash its opponents’ D-Wheels.
• Jiang He recalled that the Three Emperors of Yliaster had killed Sherry’s parents to obtain her rare card and considered countering their hidden ace with Fusion Summoning.
• The host announced Team Legendary Duelists would face Team Unicorn from Crash Town, and Jiang He noted that Kalin Kessler had not gone there in this altered course of events.

Lotten of Team Unicorn tried to defeat the masked legendary duelist B with his one-turn damage strategy, but B countered it and powered up Armed Samurai · Ben Kei. The duel was left at the start of B’s attack.

• Lotten summoned Gatling Ogre and set five cards to deal B 4,000 effect damage.
• B discarded Winged Kuriboh to prevent all effect damage for the turn, forcing Lotten to end his turn.
• B summoned Armed Samurai · Ben Kei, equipped it with two Mage Power cards, and set two more cards.
• B raised Ben Kei’s attack to 4,500 and ordered it to attack Gatling Ogre with Kusanagi Slash.

Jiang He’s team watched a mysterious Legendary Duelist sweep Team Unicorn, while Team New World changed its plans for the next Duel. Back at the villa, Jiang He told Sherry LeBlanc that Team New World was likely connected to her parents’ deaths, and she suspected they were the Three Emperors of Yliaster.

• The black-clad Legendary Duelist defeated Lotten with Armed Samurai · Ben Kei’s extra attacks, then defeated Team Unicorn’s remaining two contestants in one turn each.
• Jiang He predicted that Team 5D's would join his team, Team New World, and Team Legendary Duelists in the semifinals.
• Lester, Jakob, and Primo discussed the threat posed by Jiang He and Team Legendary Duelists, and Jakob proposed changing their plan for the next day’s Duel.
• At the villa, Jiang He told Sherry LeBlanc that Team New World might be connected to the grudge over her parents’ deaths.
• Jiang He said he sensed an energy aura like the one on Sherry’s [Z-one] card from a member of Team New World, and Sherry suspected they were the Three Emperors of Yliaster.

Jiang He and the others discussed the Three Emperors of Yliaster’s plan to gather special duel energy and decided to wait for the WRGP semifinal before confronting them. At the venue, Team GX was drawn against Team Legendary Duelists while Team 5D’s faced Team New World, and Aster Phoenix and Chazz Princeton prepared to duel.

• Alexis Rhodes identified Team New World as the Three Emperors of Yliaster, and Jiang He confirmed they were collecting special duel energy through D-Wheels powered by New Domino City’s perpetual motion machine.
• Mizoguchi suggested asking the Serpent God Kingdom to capture the Three Emperors, but Jiang He argued they should wait for the semifinal and deal with them directly if needed.
• Sherry entrusted the situation to Jiang He, who agreed to help her avenge her parents.
• Jiang He and his companions arrived at the WRGP venue and met Bruno, whom Jiang He recognized as Antinomy, a visitor from the future allied with Yusei Fudo.
• The semifinal draw matched Team GX against Team Legendary Duelists and Team 5D’s against Team New World.
• Aster Phoenix volunteered to duel first for Team GX, and Chazz Princeton claimed he would take the second duel.

Aster Phoenix began a Speed Duel against the mysterious legendary duelist code-named B and summoned his new ace, Destiny HERO - Dystopia. Aster activated Dystopia’s effect to inflict 3,500 damage, leaving the duel poised for B’s response.

• Jiang He volunteered to fight second and persuaded Chazz to serve as the team’s last line of defense.
• Aster Phoenix and code-named B began a Speed Duel, and B remarked that Aster’s D-Wheel had been made by Industrial Illusions.
• Aster took the first turn, activated Destiny Draw, discarded Destiny HERO - Malicious, and used its effect to Special Summon another Malicious.
• Aster fused the summoned Malicious with Destiny HERO - Dogma in his hand to Special Summon his new ace, Destiny HERO - Dystopia.
• Aster activated Dystopia’s effect, targeting Dogma in his Graveyard to deal 3,500 damage to B, shocking the spectators.

Aster Phoenix faced the mysterious Team Legendary Duelists rider, who revealed himself as Chairman Pegasus after negating Destiny HERO - Dystopia’s effect damage. Pegasus then cleared Aster’s set cards and began setting up Toon World, while Jiang He suspected one of the remaining rivals was a Duel Monsters Spirit.

• Pegasus discarded Winged Kuriboh to prevent all effect damage he would take that turn, blocking Dystopia’s attack.
• Aster and the spectators realized the mysterious duelist was Pegasus, who removed his helmet and identified himself as the legendary duelist.
• Jiang He sensed that one of Team Legendary Duelists’ two remaining riders was a Duel Monsters Spirit inhabited by a legendary duelist’s spiritual will.
• Aster set two cards and ended his turn, but Pegasus activated Heavy Storm and destroyed both of them.
• Pegasus activated Toon World and paid 1,000 life points, leaving Syrus and the others wondering why the Spell Card had no other effect.

Chairman Pegasus used [Comic Hand] to steal Aster Phoenix's [Destiny HERO - Dystopia], transform it into a Toon monster, and attack Aster directly. Aster began his next turn by drawing [Mystical Space Typhoon], which could destroy [Toon World] and potentially free his stolen monster.

• Bastion Misawa and Chazz Princeton identified [Toon World] as the key to Chairman Pegasus's Toon deck and recalled that [Heavy Storm] had destroyed Aster's set card.
• Chairman Pegasus activated [Comic Hand] to take control of [Destiny HERO - Dystopia] and turn it into [Toon Destiny HERO - Dystopia].
• Chairman Pegasus's [Toon Destiny HERO - Dystopia] attacked Aster directly, reducing Aster's LP from 4000 to 1200.
• Chairman Pegasus set two cards and ended his turn, and Aster drew [Mystical Space Typhoon].
• Aster activated [Mystical Space Typhoon], prompting Bastion Misawa and Jaden Yuki to note that destroying [Toon World] could also destroy [Comic Hand] and return [Destiny HERO - Dystopia] to Aster.

Aster Phoenix tried to destroy Pegasus’s [Toon World], but Pegasus negated the attack with [Toon Narrator]. Aster then rebuilt his hand and summoned several Destiny HERO monsters, ending with [Destiny HERO - Plasma] ready to enter the duel.

• Aster Phoenix activated [Mystical Space Typhoon] to destroy Pegasus’s [Toon World], but Pegasus used [Toon Narrator] to negate and destroy it.
• Aster activated [Dark World Guidance], discarded [Destiny HERO - Denier], and Pegasus discarded the card he drew.
• Aster used [Card of Demise] to draw three cards because Pegasus controlled three face-up cards.
• Aster Special Summoned [Destiny HERO - Denier] from his Graveyard and used [Destiny HERO - Malicious] to summon another copy from his deck.
• Aster Normal Summoned [Destiny HERO - Drilldark], then revealed [Destiny HERO - Plasma] and prepared to Tribute his three monsters to summon it.

Chairman Pegasus returned Aster Phoenix’s newly summoned Destiny HERO - Plasma to the Deck, then used Toon cards to set up an attack against Aster. He sent Toon Destiny HERO - Dystopia’s direct attack toward Aster, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Aster Phoenix Tributed three monsters to Special Summon Destiny HERO - Plasma, but Chairman Pegasus activated Toon Briefcase and returned Plasma to Aster’s Deck.
• Aster ended his turn, and Chairman Pegasus activated Card of Sanctity so both players drew until they had six cards in hand.
• Chairman Pegasus activated Toon Page-Flip and let Aster choose among Toon Ancient Gear Golem, Toon Black Luster Soldier, and Red-Eyes Toon Dragon; Aster chose Toon Black Luster Soldier.
• Chairman Pegasus Special Summoned Toon Black Luster Soldier, prepared three face-down cards, and ordered Toon Destiny HERO - Dystopia to attack Aster directly.

After Aster Phoenix lost, Jiang He entered the duel against Chairman Pegasus and began dismantling Pegasus’s defenses with rare Spell Cards. He reclaimed Destiny HERO - Dystopia, while the duel continued on the track.

• Aster Phoenix’s Life Points reached zero, and Jiang He took his place in the duel against Chairman Pegasus.
• Jiang He activated Harpie's Feather Duster, but Pegasus negated and destroyed it with the Counter Trap Toon Narrator.
• Jiang He followed with Heavy Storm, which destroyed the cards on both fields, including Pegasus’s Toon defenses and Comic Hand.
• The destruction of Comic Hand returned Destiny HERO - Dystopia to Jiang He’s field.
• Aster Phoenix watched Jiang reclaim the monster and felt as though he had been NTR'd again.

Jiang He stole Chairman Pegasus’s Toon Black Luster Soldier with Snatch Steal and used Darklord Nurse Reficule to turn its LP recovery into damage. After drawing with Card of Demise and setting cards, Jiang He ordered the stolen monster to attack, but Pegasus activated Super-Electromagnetic Turtle’s Graveyard effect to interrupt the battle.

• Jiang He equipped Snatch Steal to Toon Black Luster Soldier, taking control of Pegasus’s monster and causing Pegasus to gain 1,000 LP during each Standby Phase.
• Jiang He Normal Summoned Darklord Nurse Reficule, whose effect turned Pegasus’s LP recovery into 1,000 damage each turn.
• Jiang He activated Card of Demise, drew until he had five cards, and set three more cards.
• Jiang He declared a direct attack with Toon Black Luster Soldier, but Pegasus activated Super-Electromagnetic Turtle’s effect from his Graveyard.

Jiang He turned Chairman Pegasus’s life-point recovery into damage with [Darklord Nurse Reficule] and [Bad Reaction to Simochi], while Pegasus fought back by destroying Reficule and preparing a direct-damage play. The duel continued with Pegasus at 1,000 LP as he activated [Shadow Toon] and targeted one of Jiang He’s monsters.

• Pegasus used [Super-Electromagnetic Turtle] from his graveyard to end the battle phase and stop [Toon Black Luster Soldier]’s attack.
• During Pegasus’s standby phase, Jiang He’s [Darklord Nurse Reficule] turned [Snatch Steal]’s 1,000-LP recovery into damage, dropping Pegasus from 3,000 to 2,000 LP.
• Pegasus drew two cards with [Pot of Greed] and used [Fissure] to destroy [Darklord Nurse Reficule].
• Jiang He activated [Bad Reaction to Simochi], ensuring future life-point recovery effects would damage Pegasus instead.
• Pegasus paid 1,000 LP to activate another [Toon World], leaving himself at 1,000 LP, then activated [Shadow Toon] to inflict damage equal to one of Jiang He’s monsters’ attack.

Jiang He used Monster Reborn and DNA Surgery to summon Victory Dragon, then launched a direct attack against Chairman Pegasus. Pegasus tried to stop it with Negate Attack, leaving the duel's outcome unresolved.

• Pegasus used Shadow Toon to inflict 3000 damage on Jiang He, reducing his Life Points to 1000, then ended his turn confidently.
• Jiang He drew a card and revived Darklord Nurse Reficule with Monster Reborn.
• Jiang He revealed DNA Surgery, changed all monsters on the field to Dragons, and Tributed three monsters to summon Victory Dragon.
• Jiang He ordered Victory Dragon to attack Pegasus directly.
• Pegasus revealed his set Counter Trap, Negate Attack, to stop the attack.