With the potent powers of Claw of Hermos, Jonouchi transforms Time Wizard into an almighty... hammer? Dazed and confused, can Jonouchi master the uncanny abilities of his new card to pound Mai’s Harpie Ladies before they slash him to shreds? And even if Jonouchi wins, Mai’s soul will be sent into the ether! It’s a no-win situation!

Professor Hopkins has discovered startling connections between the world’s chaotic conundrums, the Orichalcos stones and an ancient lost civilization! However, before he can reveal his findings to Yugi, he’s kidnapped by Rafael! Yugi’s on the trail, but is this an elaborate plan to trap the Pharaoh?

Valon is ready to take on the world and fight... for the heart of Mai? And the first adversaries standing in his way are Ryuji and Rebecca! Not only is it a two-on-one handicap match, but Valon’s armor monsters have zero attack points! All the cards appear to be on Ryuji and Rebecca’s side, but when there’s more to the armor than meets the eye, who really has the advantage?

Buckle your safety belts – it’s a duel thirty thousand feet in the air as Amelda squares off against Kaiba on top of an airplane flying at hundreds of miles per hour! If that wasn’t enough to make Kaiba airsick, the pilot’s missing, the autopilot is malfunctioning and the plummeting plane is on a collision course with a massive mountain!

Amelda dispatches his airborne arsenal Air Fortress Ziggurat, a mechanical menace that’s not only armed with countless cannons but can also summon a battalion of Robot Tokens! How can Kaiba defeat an endless rank of robots, much less a monster the size of the plane itself? He’s running out of time to think of a plan - the plane is minutes away from crashing!

Not only is Jonouchi’s soul captured, but before this episode is over, another of our loved ones will also lose his or her soul! Also, it’s a rematch between the Pharaoh and Rafael – but this time, the Pharaoh doesn’t have Yugi to protect him! Is the Pharaoh still haunted by his devastating loss at the hands of Rafael? He better pull himself together, for Rafael is taking off the kiddie gloves and unleashing even more powerful guardians than before!

Rafael, unlike the Pharaoh, fully knows how to harness the powers of Seal of Orichalcos to his advantage to annihilate the Pharaoh while fortifying his own defenses! But as Rafael embraces the darkness within his heart, Rafael starts breaking his own bond with his monsters by destroying them for the greater cause! Rafael appears to be losing control and creating an opening for the Pharaoh’s counterattack, but Rafael has even more dreadful displays of terror in mind to finish off the Pharaoh

From the depths of darkness, Rafael calls forth Guardian Dreadscythe, a ravaging reaper that can never be defeated... for it resurrects automatically! As the invincible sickled stalker shaves off the Pharaoh’s life points every turn, how can the Pharaoh survive this onerous onslaught, much less rescue Rafael from the darkness feasting on his soul?

It’s the start of the KC Grand Championship! Sixteen of the world’s greatest duelists are all vying for a chance to challenge Yugi as the King of Games! There’s no time for Jonouchi to revel in the festivities, for he’s in the first match against the not-so-mysterious masked duelist Mask the Rock! But when Jonouchi forgets that it’s time to duel, if he doesn’t reach the duel arena in time, he’s disqualified! Will Jonouchi’s bonehead move cost him the tournament before he even draws his first card?

Mysteries abound! How does Mask the Rock know all of Jonouchi’s strategies? How can Jonouchi stop the masked master when he gathers his ancient cards to unleash the fiercest monster from the great past? But the biggest mystery is: How can Jonouchi not know who Mask the Rock is?

In the semifinals of the KC Grand Championship, it’s a duel between child prodigies as Rebecca faces Leon Wilson and his fairy tale faction! Rebecca is counting on Yugi to cheer and support her, but Yugi has bigger problems to ponder – Grandpa is missing!

Yugi finds Grandpa’s kidnapper, but is it really a kidnapping? The truth is painful – literally! While Yugi unravels the truth, Rebecca is starting to unravel when her dragons fall prey to Leon’s fervent fables! Rebecca must think of a new plan quick or there will be no happy ending!

It’s Sieg vs. Leon for the right to challenge Yugi in the KC Grand Championship Finals... but Kaiba stops the duel! Why would Kaiba interfere in his own tournament? The answers may lie in the very origins of KaibaCorp and the invention of the Duel Disk!

It’s a battle between Siegs’s Valkyries and Kaiba’s Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Siegs quickly gains the advantage by destroying Kaiba’s monsters before he can even draw them! With Siegs’s army growing in strength while Kaiba’s forces falter, Siegs is unstoppable!

Even with the potent power of Obelisk the Tormentor, the Pharaoh couldn’t prevent the bandit Bakura from escaping! Everyone knows that treacherous thief will return for a rematch, so Seto has a plan to create a powerful army... but not only is his strategy dangerous, it’s inhumane!

Mahad vows to stop the bandit king Bakura’s sneak attacks once and for all, but he may have made a promise he can’t keep! The bandit Bakura’s Diabound is more powerful than before because it has the ability to absorb its opponent’s abilities! Two entered the underground chamber, but only one will escape in the most dangerous duel yet!

The bandit Bakura has stolen the Millennium Puzzle and sent the Pharaoh plummeting into the abyss – now he’s another step closer to obtaining all seven Millennium Items and resurrecting the malevolent Zorc, the greatest evil of all time! While the bandit king is close to executing his master scheme, Aknadin has set his own grand plan into motion – now that the Pharaoh is gone, he wants Seto to become the new Pharaoh!

The secret is out! The Pharaoh’s journey was more than a trip to the past – it’s the greatest Shadow Game ever created! Yami Yugi and Yami Bakura’s Shadow Game has already reached apocalyptic proportions, but it’s only the beginning of cataclysmic events! Aknadin has taken the form of the powerful Great Shadow Magus and embedded the seven Millennium Items into the sacred stone! The countdown to Zorc’s resurrection – and the end of civilization – has started!

Even Exodia the Forbidden One was unable to defeat Zorc! However, Exodia was able to buy enough time for the Pharaoh to get his Millennium Puzzle back – he can now summon the almighty Egyptian Gods! It’s time for the Pharaoh’s counterattack in the biggest brawl in history!

The time of destiny is now! Yugi vs. Atem! If Yugi defeats Atem, Yugi proves he's ready to stand on his own, and Atem can join his friends in the world beyond... but Yugi and Atem will be separated forever! If Atem defeats Yugi, they can stay together... but Atem will not journey to the next world! The final test is about to begin!