Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters

10 Best Episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - Season 4

Bullies often target someone frail and weak—someone exactly like Yûgi Muto. He treasures his Millennium Puzzle, an ancient Egyptian artifact that was brought into his grandfather's game shop. Believing that solving the puzzle will grant him his wish, he completes the puzzle, unleashing a new personality within him, the soul of the "King of Games." The new personality named Yami Yûgi is the exact opposite of Yûgi. Upon any injustice toward him, Yami Yûgi takes over Yûgi's body and forces the opponent into a "Shadow Game".

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - S4E5

#15 - Deja Duel! (Part 1 of 2) (Season 4 - Episode 5)

Kaiba has finally arrived at the Duelest Kingdom to confront Pegasus about what he knows of the Duel Monsters coming to life, and why he has suddenly bought the Kaiba Corp. stock. Pegasus however, wants to duel Kaiba, and Kaiba obliges. The duel is soon underway, and though Pegasus plays his infamous ""Toon World"" card, Kaiba still does well and is able to destroy Toon World. However, Kaiba realizes that something is wrong. The man dueling him is only mimicking Pegasus's past moves... So ""Pegasus"" reveals his true identity... he is in fact Alister, ready to take revenge against Kaiba! And he begins by playing the Seal of Orichalcos...

The episode was rated 7.69 from 29 votes.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - S4E32

#14 - Grappling With A Guardian (Part 3 of 3) (Season 4 - Episode 32)

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Yami Yugi and Rafael begin to experience visions of Rafael's past thanks to Yami Yugi's Underworld Circle card. The vision shows Rafael and Dartz meeting in a cemetary. Dartz told Rafael to start digging in one of the graves. When he does, he finds a Duel Disk. Guardian Eatos appears, but Dartz tells Rafael to ignore it. Rafael draws and plays The Seal of Orichalcos, and because of that, Eatos disappears and is replaced with Guardian Dreadscythe. Yami Yugi, watching this, believes that Dreadscythe is Rafael's darkness, and if he can destroy Dreadscythe, he can save Rafael. But suddenly, the present Rafael reveals that Dreadscythe can't be destroyed! As long as Rafael has cards in his hand to sacrifice, Guardian Dreadscythe won't leave the field. The duel continues, and because of the Underworld Circle card, Yami Yugi can summon monsters from his graveyard to the field on both his and his opponent's turn. Yami Yugi manages to bring back Timaeus and combines it with his Dark Magician Gir

The episode was rated 7.70 from 20 votes.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - S4E2

#13 - A New Evil (Part 2 of 2) (Season 4 - Episode 2)

The seal of Orichalcos is still in effect and it is hindering Yugi each turn. However, he finds a way to destroy his opponents' ""endless"" ranks of monsters, and has Dark Magician Girl eradicate the rest of his life points. The man's soul is sealed in Orichalcos as a result. The strange bikers (Rafael, Valon, and Alister) steal the God cards, but give back Rex and Weevil's soul cards. Later that day, Yugi and his friends meet Rebecca again, who tells them that her grandfather wants to see them about something...

The episode was rated 7.71 from 31 votes.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - S4E10

#12 - My Freaky Valentine (Part 3 of 3) (Season 4 - Episode 10)

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Although everyone is confused about Joey getting Hermos, he still wants to play it, hoping to somehow get his and Mai's Life Points down to 0 at the same time. Meanwhile, Duke arrives at main computer for Industrial Illusions and tries to hack into the security program. Back at the duel, Joey plays Hermos in combination with Time Wizard to create a small hammer thingy. Joey uses it, and succeeds in getting all of Mai's monsters off the field, then directly attacks her, sending her LPs down to 1400. Mai is afraid that she's going to lose, but suddenly Harpy's Pet Dragon reappars because of the hammer thingy's effect. Mai tries to attack, but Joey activates Skull Dice to prevent her attack. Mai panics, but suddenly Valon jumps down from the balcony and uses his Orichalcos shard to break the seal and stop the duel. Rafael scolds him, and then vows to make up for it by taking the Pharaoh's soul. He then uses his Orichalcos shard to make Mai, Valon, and himself disappear. At that moment, Du

The episode was rated 7.76 from 25 votes.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - S4E33

#11 - A Duel With Dartz (Part 1 of 6) (Season 4 - Episode 33)

As Paradius HQ collapses under them, Roland plays the unlikely hero role as he appears in his helicopter and prepares to take everyone away. However, Rafael, still weak from his duel, is too slow to make it and with his last ounce of stregnth, throws Yami Yugi to where the others are waiting and gives him a map to where Dartz is. As Paradius collapses and Rafael appears to be dead, our heros are intercepted by some U.S. Air Force men who explain their situation to Yami Yugi and Kaiba. They refuel their helicopter and everyone flies to Dartz's island for the final confrontation. Dartz is happy to see them, and explains his plan to them. He invites both Yami Yugi and Kaiba to duel him at the same time. Meanwhile, Rafael, having miraculously survived, rescues Mai's body and puts her and Valon's body in a Jeep and promises to save them. Back to the duel, Yami Yugi and Kaiba manage to summon strong monsters, but Dartz summons the Seal of Orichalcos, Orichalcos Gigas, and Orichalcos Kyutora.

The episode was rated 7.79 from 19 votes.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - S4E8

#10 - My Freaky Valentine (Part 1 of 3) (Season 4 - Episode 8)

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Joey decides to duel, but he's afraid that if he wins, Mai's soul will be taken again. Yugi contemplates ways of saving them, and thinks he may be able to use the Eye of Timaeus card somehow. Back at the duel, Mai has already gotten Joey's life points down to 2200. Joey wonders how he can break the spell over her, but Mai tells him that there is no spell, and that Rafael and Valon did nothing to her. Everything she's doing is of her own free will. She tells them that after Battle City, she moved from tournament to tournament, trying to make a name for herself. But no matter how many tournaments she won, she couldn't move out of Yugi and Joey's shadow. She also had nightmares every night about Yami Marik sending her to the Shadow Realm again. She always woke up shaking and feeling weak. Then one night as she walked through an ally, she met up with Valon, who challenged her to a duel. Valon won easily, and told her that if she wanted true power, she'd follow him. She did, and gained the

The episode was rated 7.79 from 24 votes.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - S4E1

#9 - A New Evil (Part 1 of 2) (Season 4 - Episode 1)

A man with a strange-looking duel disk challenges Weevil Underwood and Rex Raptor to a duel where they have to bet their souls. Yugi is ready to go to the museum alone but Joey Tea and Tristan follow him. Yugi takes the 3 God Cards and holds them up. A light shows from the Millennium Puzzle symbol on the tablet. There is someone performing a dark ritual on the tablet so Yugi fails recovering his memories. Suddenly everyone hears a noise and they walk outside. There are Duel Monsters flying around the city. Everyone thinks its Kaiba Corp. but Kaiba it too busy to be spoken to. Everyone is watching TV at Yugi's house. Then Grampa yells. They go out and he is lying on the ground and the God cards are STOLEN. Joey runs outside and sees Obelisk in the sky. When the others run out, Slifer and Ra appear too. 3 men on motorcycles appear and challenge Yugi, calling him Pharaoh, to follow them. When he arrives at the duel's location, a man jumps down to duel Yugi. As they duel, the three men fro

The episode was rated 7.82 from 34 votes.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - S4E18

#8 - On The Wrong Track (Part 3 of 3) (Season 4 - Episode 18)

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With their duels still unresolved, both Yami Yugi and Joey draw their Legendary Dragon cards at similar times and both summon them to the field. However while Joey successfully combines Hermos with his Red-Eyes Black Dragon, Timaeus vanishes as Yami Yugi summons it leaving him stranded with his main hope for victory gone. Nonetheless, Yami Yugi is determined to defeat Weevil and find out where Yugi's soul is being kept, but the pressure of the guilt residing within him seems to be growing stronger by the minute. Joey is able to defeat Rex easily with Hermos's power, but things look bad for Yami Yugi. He eventually wins using his Berzerker Soul magic card, but he's still no closer to finding Yugi's soul. At that moment, the train derails, and Yami Yugi, Tea, and Weevil's souless body go plummeting into a ravine.

The episode was rated 7.83 from 23 votes.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - S4E29

#7 - Fighting For A Friend (Part 5 of 5) (Season 4 - Episode 29)

As Yami Yugi, Tea, and Tristan continue searching and Kaiba and Mokuba fight off swarms of Orichalcos Soldiers, the duel between Joey and Mai continues. Joey again tries to convince Mai that she should stop, but it doesn't work. The duel continues, and Mai continues to have the upper hand. Joey finally draws his Claw of Hermos and uses it to create the Red Eyes Black Dragon sword. Victory seems in his hand, but Mai makes quick work of his sword with her Harpy's Feather Duster. Things look hopeless for Joey as Mai begins her final assult. She is ready to attack his Life Points and end the duel, but she stops. She begins to remember all the good times she and Joey had and all the times Joey protected her from danger. But at that moment, Joey begins to collapse. Mai rushes towards him, but it's too late. As the seal closes in around them, Joey tells Mai that he's glad her soul is safe and pushes her out. As the Seal takes Joey's soul, Mai screams and her Orichalcos shard shatters. Dartz s

The episode was rated 7.86 from 22 votes.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - S4E13

#6 - Fate Of The Pharaoh (Part 2 of 3) (Season 4 - Episode 13)

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Yugi uses his five Kuriboh brothers to block Rafael's attack, but Rafael still isn't worried about losing... that is, until Yugi summons his Eye of Timaeus and fuses it with his Dark Magician Girl to form Dark Magician Girl, The Dragon Knight. The monster destroy's Rafael's Guardian Grarl, but Rafael activates Self Tribute, bringing Grarl back to the field at a cost of 1000 life points. Rafael then tells Yugi the truth about the Orichalcos and how the stone was a trial to test the hearts of man, and it found that all hearts of humans are dark and evil. When Rafael claims that Yami Yugi was an evil Pharaoh, Yami Yugi tries to deny it. But Rafael says if he has no memories of his past, how does he know if he was good or evil? Rafael then activates Exchange, and since both Yugi and Rafeal has only one card in their hand, they must trade them. Yugi gives Rafael his Necromancy card, while Rafael gives Yugi The Seal of Orichalcos! Then Rafael activates his Crystal Seal trap card, sealing up

The episode was rated 7.87 from 23 votes.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - S4E9

#5 - My Freaky Valentine (Part 2 of 3) (Season 4 - Episode 9)

As the duel continues, Joey finally gets serious by summoning Fiend Megacyber to the field and destroying one of Mai's Harpies, sending her Life Points down to 3600. At that point, Mai remembers about when she met Dartz, and agreed to give up her weak side in order to gain the powers of Orichalcos. Still determined to win, Mai continues her assault by summoning Harpy's Pet Dragon. Turn after turn, Joey fights her off but doesn't seem to be making any progress and is just holding off his eventual defeat. Meanwhile, Duke, Weevil, and Rex arrive at Industrial Illusions, and Duke runs off to try to unlock the gates around the building. Back to the duel, Joey is trapped into a corner again. But when he draws again, his deck glows, and he and Yami Yugi are taken to the Dominion of the Beasts, where the last Dragon, Hermos, is waiting to be unsealed. Joey pulls the sword, and he and Yugi are transported back to the duel. Although confused about what just happened, Joey draws the Claw of Hermo

The episode was rated 7.88 from 25 votes.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - S4E38

#4 - A Duel With Dartz (Part 6 of 6) (Season 4 - Episode 38)

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Yami Yugi uses Hermos's special ability to escape Dartz's attack. Then he has Critias and Hermos attack Divine Serpent at the same time, and with their respective special abilities, they are able to form a loop on Divine Serpent's head creating a power even more powerful than infinity. Yami Yugi then fuses the three knights together to form the Knight of Destiny. He attacks Divine Serpent, destroying it and winning the duel. Dartz is amazed that he lost, and refuses to believe it. A portal open behind him and he disappears into it. The three knights use a rip in the barrier between the two sides to call back the souls of Yugi, Kaiba, and Joey. After a touching reunion, Roland runs in to inform everyone of some bad news. Atlantis is rising from the ocean depths, creating a large tsunami with it. The tsunami will destroy the entire American east coast within one hour. Yugi, Kaiba, and Joey decide to go to Atlantis themselves and defeat Dartz once and for all, much to the dismay of everyo

The episode was rated 7.88 from 17 votes.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - S4E6

#3 - Deja Duel! (Part 2 of 2) (Season 4 - Episode 6)

Kaiba and Alister's duel continues, with Alister seeming to get the upper hand. His Gorlag's attack points rise from 1000 to 2500 just on the turn it's summoned due to its special effect and the effect of The Seal of Orichalcos. Then, Alister tells Kaiba about his past, and how his little brother Mikey was captured by enemy troops during a war. Kaiba Corperation was providing the tanks to the army that captured his brother, so Alister wants revenge on the Kaiba family. And it seems he might be able to achieve that by looking at how the duel is going. Alister now has two Blue Eyes White Dragons and his Gorlag on the field, with a combined attack power of 10,000. Just as Kaiba is about to give up, he is transported to the Duel Monsters world. He gains the power of the dragon Critias and comes back to the real world, amazed to find a card with Critias's picture on it. He plays it anyway, and almost wins, but Alister uses a trap card and because of its effect, the duel ends in a tie and Al

The episode was rated 7.96 from 28 votes.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - S4E37

#2 - A Duel With Dartz (Part 5 of 6) (Season 4 - Episode 37)

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As Dartz and Yami Yugi talk, Joey wakes up in the soul-prison world. He, Yugi, and Pegasus talk about the chances of Yami Yugi defeating Dartz, and Pegasus says that he can win with the card he gave him. The card has the power to break the seal on the Legendary Dragons and turn them human. Back at the duel, Dartz succeeds in breaking Yami Yugi's spirit. Dartz has 20,000 life points and three invincible monsters on his field. Dartz tries to convince Yami Yugi that he'll do much more for his friends by surrendering and going to where they are than attempting to draw the duel out longer. Yami Yugi prepares to surrender, but a teardrop hits the Millennium Puzzle and the Seal of Orichalcos closing in all around him is repelled. Dartz is confused, and Yami Yugi says that he was able to look into his heart and knows that all his friends are with him. He draws a card. It's the card Pegasus gave him, Legend of Heart. Using it, he summons the Legendary Dragons and transforms them into the Legend

The episode was rated 8.00 from 19 votes.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - S4E14

#1 - Fate Of The Pharaoh (Part 3 of 3) (Season 4 - Episode 14)

Because Yami Yugi activated The Seal of Orichalcos, his Timaeus card disappears because it can't mix with the power of Orichalcos. Angry, Yami Yugi summons many monsters to the field and is able to destroy Rafael's Guardian Grarl, meaning his Purity of the Cemetary card is destroyed. But Rafael plays Monster Rebirth, sending his Grarl card into the deck, proving that Rafael still doesn't want any of his monsters in the graveyard. Meanwhile, from some dark place, Yugi wakes up to see that his other self really did activate the Seal and started becoming evil. When Joey, Tristan, and Duke arrive outside the duel arena, Rex explains to them that Yugi got the Orichalcos card and played it, which Joey can't believe. Back to the duel, Rafael activates Swords of Revealing Light, stopping Yami Yugi's monsters from attacking for 3 turns. Yami Yugi shrugs it off and plays Catapult Turtle, which he uses to catapult his monsters at Rafael's life points. Although Rafael still has 100 life points lef

The episode was rated 8.52 from 25 votes.

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