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Featured Duel: Seto Kaiba + Yami Yugi vs. Dartz - Part 4

Duel continues from previous episode.

Dartz's Turn

• Dartz just activated Field Spell Card "Orichalcos Tritos": it gains all the effects of "The Seal of Orichalcos" and "Orichalcos Deuteros", plus a few effects of its own.
• Thanks to the Deuteros effect of "Orichalcos Tritos", each turn Dartz gains 500 LP for each monster he controls. With 6 monsters, he gains +3000 LP (Dartz: 15500 → 18500 Life Points).
• Activates "Orichalcos Malevolence's" special ability, switching Seto's "Different Dimension Dragon" to Attack Position.
• Uses "Orichalcos Malevolence" to attack Seto's "Different Dimension Dragon".
  • Seto activates Quick-Play Spell Card "Shrink" to halve "Orichalcos Malevolence's" ATK, but Dartz activates "Orichalcos Tritos's" effect: it negates Seto's "Shrink" spell.
  • Yami activates Trap Card "Ambush Shield": he Tributes "Big Shield Gardna" to transfer its DEF (2600) to Seto's "Different Dimension Dragon's" ATK ("Different Dimension Dragon": 1400 → 4000 ATK / 1500 DEF).
  • Dartz's "Orichalcos Malevolence" is destroyed, but thanks to "Orichalcos Kyutora's" special ability Dartz receives no Battle Damage.
• Dartz uses his four "Mirror Knight Tokens" to attack Yami directly. This time they obey (Yami: 3500 → 3000 → 2500 → 2000 → 1500 Life Points). Before it strikes however, "Mirror Knight Pegasus" tells Yami that the special card he made and left for him (at Pegasus headquarters) holds the key to unlock the secret of the Legendary Dragons.
• Sets a card.

Seto Kaiba's Turn

• Four turns have passed since "Card of Demise's" activation: in one turn Seto must discard his entire hand.
• Activates "The Fang of Critias", fusing it with Yami's Trap Card "Mirror Force" to form "Mirror Force Dragon" (2800 ATK / 2500 DEF) in Attack Position.
• Uses "Mirror Force Dragon" to attack "Mirror Knight Pegasus".
  • Thanks to its special ability, "Mirror Knight Pegasus" gains ATK equal to that of the monster it's battling ("Mirror Knight Pegasus": 500 → 2800 ATK / 0 DEF).
  • "Mirror Knight Pegasus's" second special ability allows it to destroy his Shield Counter to prevent his own destruction.
  • "Mirror Force Dragon's" special ability activates: all Battle Damage to it is negated and all of Dartz's monsters are destroyed.
• Before they go, Yugi, Joey, Mai, and Pegasus's "Mirror Knight Tokens" thank Seto for freeing them, suggesting that their souls are safe.
• Upon its destruction, "Orichalcos Kyutora's" final special effect activates: it lets Dartz Special Summon "Orichalcos Shunoros" in Attack Position (? ATK / 0 DEF), "Orichalcos Dexia" in Attack Position (0 → 500 ATK / 0 DEF) and "Orichalcos Aristeros" in Defense Position. (NOTE: in the anime, "Orichalcos Dexia" and "Orichalcos Aristeros" are shown to be Shunoros's right and left arms respectively, detaching from Shunoros's body).
  • "Orichalcos Shunoros's" ATK is equal to the total amount of damage negated by "Orichalcos Kyutora" i.e 19500 ("Orichalcos Shunoros": ? → 19500 → 20000 ATK / 0 DEF). (NOTE #1: to see how this result is achieved, see damage prevention table in the NOTES section below) (NOTE #2: in the English dub, how its ATK is calculated is never explained) (NOTE #3: in the real game, "Orichalcos Shunoros" has different ATK and different special effects).
  • Dartz places "Orichalcos Shunoros" in his Spell & Trap Card Zone (back row), and "Orichalcos Dexia" and "Orichalcos Aristeros" in his Monster Card Zone (front row). This means that as long "Orichalcos Dexia" and "Orichalcos Aristeros" exist on the field, "Orichalcos Shunoros" cannot be attacked.
• Dartz activates Trap Card "Martyr Curse": Seto's "Mirror Force Dragon's" special abilities are negated and it is forced battle with "Orichalcos Shunoros". "Mirror Force Dragon" is destroyed (Seto: 600 → 0 Life Points). Seto loses.
  • "Orichalcos Shunoros's" third special effect activates: its power drops by the ATK of the monster it just battled i.e. 2800 ("Orichalcos Shunoros": 20000 → 17200 ATK / 0 DEF) (NOTE: in the English dub, this effect is never fully explained).
  • Before his soul is taken away, Seto activates Trap Card "Wish of Final Effort": "Mirror Force Dragon's" ATK points are added to Yami's LP (Yami: 1500 → 4300 Life Points).
• At this point Dartz uses more of his magic:
  • He moves Seto's soul-less body outside of the Seal, and knocks out Tristan, Téa, and Mokuba.
  • He triggers another vision of the past, this time of Ancient Egypt and the Pharaoh.

Duel continues next episode.

Notes

• In the anime, Dartz calls "Orichalcos Tritos" the 3rd Level of the "The Seal of Orichalcos". Indeed, activating "Orichalcos Tritos" adds a third larger circle on the two Seals already present on the Duel floor.

• During episodes 177 to 180, "Orichalcos Kyutora" accumulates a significant amount of Battle Damage before it is eventually destroyed. Its destruction results into the Special Summon of "Orichalcos Shunoros", whose ATK is equal to all the damage prevented by Kyutora. The table below outlines how the total of 19500 is achieved.