Was Noah About To Defeat Yugi/Kaiba? [Virtual World Arc Finale]

[@TGSAnime]

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[@sundad]

The monsters summoned by Shinato’a Ark are randomized. That’s why he didn’t choose Stone Soldier.

[@sundad]

Also, in the sub it’s noted that Noah purposely withheld his LP gaining effect of Shinato to torment Seto with Mokuba’s arrival right before his “win”. Technically Noah didn’t cheat out of a loss.

[@connerphaneuf]

You should do a all number cards video including 101 to 107, 0, and 1,000 +number xx. C and S numbers too. You don't have to say the effects or anything like, that just showing them is good enough. There's no good video for showing them all. Probably because there's to many people forget some, or don't have them all if they're showing the physical and not just show a picture of the card.

[@christianhollans4940]

NICE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO DIS

[@Bangke55555]

A duel that could be fun but would take a long time to cover would be Yuma + Nasch Vs Don Thousand. Mainly because of Don Thousand's abillity to rewrite their card.

[@finaldarkfire]

Funny enough, there is actually a LOT of interesting symbolism to this duel regarding Noah and his two decks. You already mentioned his fixation on gaining life-points, but just the way Shinato's Ark collects the 'spirits' of destroyed monsters has a lot of death-and-rebirth symbolism. Not to mention the way his deck seems focused on repeatedly wiping the field with floods, storms, ice, etc. has a rather biblical vibe, complete with his deck master being an 'ark'. Kid definitely has a god complex. And his second deck has more interesting symbolism. Obviously a 'spirit' deck parallels Noah being an digitally-preserved consciousness (a spirit, basically), but there's also the fact that the spirit monsters are all based in Hindu mythology, which has a central concept of a cycle of reincarnation. Oh, and there's also the irony of just WHO Noah is dueling here in Yami-Yugi and Kaiba: A disembodied SPIRIT trapped in an artificial vessel and a REINCARNATED spirit, respectively :D

[@heavydonkeykong5190]

Wow, the duel really does have some really good storytelling.

[@BlazinNate12]

I dont want to be that guy, but the spirit monsters are based on Japanese Shinto mythology not Hindu.

[@himothy9871]

noahs ark… nuff said

[@mbrusyda9437]

​@@BlazinNate12 not to be that another guy, but it's not strictly Shinto, just general Japanese myth, since there's Asura there

[@phtuber5469]

In the original japanese version Noah played out the seven turns of creation at one point. So there you go, straight from the Bible.

[@bradleyharris774]

So Noah's Deck Master ability was actually giving us a preview of what Yu-Gi-Oh card effects would look like in 20 years. Neat.

[@colmecolwag]

If that card existed today it'd still be mad broken tbh Gonna put it in my Floo deck

[@TheLordofMetroids]

Good guy Noah, he tried to warn us. A real hero that one.

[@dudono1744]

Tbf it would be a good boss card for a video game

[@TheRicardobtc]

@@TheLordofMetroids Ironicaly, Noah ends up being the hero at the end of this Arc by saving everyone.

[@557deadpool]

@@colmecolwag no it wouldn't lol

[@Sindragozer]

11:23 Kaiba didn't finish him off right away because he was trying to finish his Master Duel daily tasks. He's got quotas to fill for how many monsters he needs to destroy and the amount of damage he needs to do lol

[@Maliwans_Executive]

God I hate those tasks lol

[@drakox9603]

Me toob

[@calebk4232]

​@@Maliwans_Executive same

[@MotorcycleCheetah]

MAYBE I DON’T WANNA USE 5 SPELL CARDS IN ONE BATTLE!

[@JayboCorp.2014]

This is one reason to not like mobile games.

[@ron2millionare972]

Another mistake Noah made was using Otohime to switch Kuriboh to Attack Position instead of Big Shield Gardna. In the Japanese version, he said he wanted revenge on Kuriboh for attacking him. If he wasn't so petty and attacked Big Shield Gardna instead, Yami would have had 1600 Life Points after his Nutrient Z play. Inaba White Rabbit would reduce him to 900. The Chaos Barrier Field trick would reduce him to 100, then Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi would have wiped him out.

[@michaelnally2841]

Also Yugi could’ve tributes his big shield gardna in order to summon Dark Magician girl instead of his magnet warrior so he could’ve dealt more damage before activating dark renewal and then use his magnet warrior to bring back dark magician. Granted it doesn’t change much in the grand scheme of things but thought I’d mention it

[@timaeus22222]

Noah could also have normal summoned Yata-Garasu and attacked with it for game for like 4 turns but oh well. :-)

[@ron2millionare972]

Wait a second, how? There was never a time he could attack directly with it.

[@timaeus22222]

@@ron2millionare972 Oh, I don't know why I thought Yata attacks directly. In that case it's fine. I thought it was weird for a moment as well that yugi summoned kuriboh but he had swords.

[@DusknoirOscuro]

What if Yugi just decided to SET Big Shield Gardna for once and not Normal Summon it in Defense Mode (illegal in the real game, as you know)? Otohime wouldn't have been able to target it.

[@Erebi05]

The fact that Noah's Deck Master abilities were so broken and the panic look on his face when he looked at the cards in his hands hoping that there was something he can do so he won't lose made this victory all the more satisfying.

[@TheNewblade1]

Noah lost cause he wasn't constantly hand shuffling or taping his plays out on the duel disk.

[@varkolak7779]

He thought he had a Hand Trap, this duel was before 5Ds where Hand Traps were common.

[@TheGimpyMerc]

ALSO. the countless cheating. seriously. he cheated a LOT.

[@mystery8820]

@@TheGimpyMerc Using Mokuba as a meat shield was cheating enough. So yeah, Noah DESERVED to lose the way he did.

[@ColeMeCrazy]

To add to that, in the dub, Atem says to Noah, "You've been exposed as the frightened child you are!" Victory well deserved by Atem & a clutch last turn!

[@Lonelysarchives]

The dedication to analyze this long-ass Duel is really admirable. Major props

[@1346528000]

Haha Funny man is here.

[@prototipolq-84i46]

He is fast!

[@goatlick21]

holy crap is lonelysarchives!

[@nyctophobia4573]

When you said Noah's deck master ability was "You can banish all monsters in both graveyards from play", I was like "Yeah, that's pretty broken because Kaiba won't be able to special summon anything from the graveyard most likely". But then you kept listing abilities until Noah had a whole paragraph and I bust out laughing. Noah wasn't even pretending to make things fair.

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

Cvit: I just keep making up BS that keeps giving me advantages, like my deck master.

[@heavydonkeykong5190]

Noah took a page from Pegasus.

[@NinjaLobsterStudios]

I just think, would it have been so bad to just take out half the effects and make them into a field spell that Noah has to play? The result would still be broken but at least he'd have to commit another card to the field

[@arenbuffaloe6578]

@@NinjaLobsterStudios Then again, I think that Shinato being so broken was half the point, considering he wanted to beat Kaiba, but gave himself an advantage, like how any businessman would. All the effects, however, just showcase even before he lost that he was willing to take any advantage he could, and is beyond petty when Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Kaiba's ace, has a trash Deck Master Ability even in comparison to the entire pool. All these points just show how much of a failure Noah really is, especially since he still would have, and did, lose despite the massively unfair advantage.

[@Sigismund697]

It's even funnier because Shinato's Ark isn't even a monster, it's a ritual spell used for summoning Shinato who is one of those shitty early ritual spells that required a load of resources to bring a 3000 beatstick to the field

[@patussus]

I think the reason that Kaiba didn't set his ring of destruction and ring of defense earlier is because he was being cautious. Noah had a monster that could destroy spells and traps for free, not to mention he had so many field wiping cards (granted the field wiping cars were for monsters), so maybe Kaiba wanted to make sure that he didn't have any more spell/ trap removal. Great video btw.

[@darksideofevil13]

Good point. Though I believe you have to discard for Chiron’s ability.

[@DarkSymphony777]

@@darksideofevil13 in the anime you didn't discard for Chiron

[@michaelnally2841]

That as well as I think saving it for when he really needed it plus he didn’t know about Shinato’s ability to bring out monsters that were in the ark until Noah summoned Vampire Lord. (Though that doesn’t excuse Noah for not bringing out giant soldier of stone)

[@DarkSymphony777]

@@michaelnally2841 someone in another comment said that the monsters pulled out of the ark are random

[@michaelnally2841]

@@DarkSymphony777 okay I think I saw that after I made my comment however I only saw the English dub which I don’t think they implied it was random

[@EdgyBobby]

Amazing. He went the entire video without calling the deck master "Noah's Ark."

[@mako8091]

Noah's Arc. Lol

[@careu8695]

@@tgsanime3038 bots be botting.

[@vali_bg5234]

@@careu8695 this shit be balling

[@tahashah9467]

Must of been a tricky

[@roninwarriorsfan]

"Meet my deck master, Shinato's arc! Get it seto, my name is noah, and my deck master's an arc" "A bible reference, isn't that inappropriate for a kid's show?"

[@jinxtheunluckypony]

I know it’s cheesy but Yugi coming into a duel with 400 life points and no hand is one of the coolest moments in the entire show.

[@iBenjamin1000]

it's not cheesy it's just cool. plus I think when he challenges Noah in the dub he's absolutely furious at Noah for cheating. it's a really great bit of acting.

[@sedrickgipson8088]

He’s the pharoah 🔥

[@michaelnally2841]

@@iBenjamin1000 for Noah cheating and being a hypocrite especially since the English dub does also have Noah call out Johnson for cheating in his duel with Joey.

[@razorshark6790]

@tgsanime-on.bestgram-text The fact youtube takes down innocent videos but doesn't do shit about you annoying ass bots😐

[@paradoxzee6834]

I remerber after Yugi took over how tense the duel was. As a kid it was not chessy at all but epic

[@sebarsht12]

This duel has my favourite form of foreshadowing: The card "Last Turn" that Kaiba used in his half of the duel, its artwork features two of the Spirit monsters that Noah used in his Yugi half of the duel.

[@Mekartur]

I did notice this, and I was quite surprised when I realized it too. Incredible how Kaiba had a trap card with a Win Condition portraiting the exact same monsters that Noa uses later. Perhaps when he saw the trap card he got the idea to change to that deck? Very interesting anyway

[@corkedscientist]

Also, Last Turn would have caused Kaiba to win the duel if Blue Eyes White Dragon was still on the field. At the end of Yugi's duel, it was.

[@TheKpa11]

There’s also the foreshadowing I guess of when lector in Tristan’s body had spring of rebirth in his hand. Card Noah uses for his spirit deck Although it’d be cooler “foreshadowing” if those two monsters on Last Turn had to fight each other to cause Noah to lose, now that would have been very convenient foreshadowing

[@john-vl3mm]

>Now I don't know if this is a translation error, but "winning" is a strong word Here's my translation of Yugi's dialogue here: "Perfect victory? What this duel revealed was ultimately your own failure! This turn, Kaiba still had Twilight Zone Dragon on the field: a monster that cannot be destroyed in battle. Had he not summoned Blue-Eyes, Last Battle's effect would have resulted in a guaranteed tie. Kaiba deliberately chose to summon Blue-Eyes rather than take this option - in order to restore Mokuba's soul! Noah! Your soul is selfish to its core; could *you* have ever made such a choice? You can't so much as connect to one person, and you intend to run Kaiba Corporation? Don't make me laugh!" Looking at the subtitles in your video footage, yes, it was a translation error. He didn't say "would've prevailed"; he said, well, what I wrote (海抜はブルーアイズを召喚しなければラストバトルの決着を確実に引き分けに持ち込めた). Though Kaiba obviously intended to win, and would have had Noah not pulled yet another hax Deck Master ability out of his arse at the last second. I think Yugi missed this point, to be honest. He didn't choose the safe option, but he didn't throw either. Crunchyroll didn't mistranslate this scene, though I'd argue their phrasing "You're the one who actually lost this duel!" borders on it, since Yugi clearly means a philosophical, worthiness-of-character sense, not that Kaiba literally didn't lose according to the effect of Last Turn (which he did), and this doesn't come across the way it does in the original dialogue. A more literal, albeit clunky, translation of this line: "The one who lost in this duel's true meaning was you!"

[@spoofy8885]

For April fools you should do a “Was X about to beat Y” video but for Duelist Kingdom and say a bunch of DND-like stuff that the characters could’ve done to stay in the duel

[@roninwarriorsfan]

I suggested something for April Fools before....he didn't do it (it was the Sylvan archetype in Vanguard), and I added to the suggestion "to make this as serious as possible, just list the spell/trap support from the yugioh archetype for the vanguard cards". It would've been funny. Instead, it was Weavil vs Yugi

[@danh9093]

Don't know why Kaiba didn't attack toon world with rude kaiser on turn 3

[@theruoc147]

Brilliant

[@greilthelegendaryhero252]

He could also say something like "Kaiba couldn't screw the rules because Pegasus also has money" Making reference to yugioh abridged where Kaiba said, "Screw the rules I have money"

[@shapeoffour2319]

Forget April's fool and Just do this like regular videos honestly. Such a cool idea

[@dn22pkkdd476]

The whole intrigue of the Yugi portion of this duel, was seeing Yugi use a crazy combo deck of his and Kaiba's cards. But for most of the duel, Yugi just used his own cards until the last turn. I wish the anime had let Yugi utilize more of Kaiba's cards in diffrent ways.

[@scantyer]

Same, it would be interesting to see how Yugi would play using some of kaiba's card

[@NicheXCC]

To be fair, Kaiba picked a new deck, a deck that shocked even Yugi because it was like his own deck.

[@DarkEclipse23]

I wish the anime let Kaiba be the fucking hero of his own story for once.

[@roncerjani9063]

Kaiba had used up like a third of his Deck at that point. Of course most remaining cards would be Yugi's.

[@adaurysantos]

Yugi summoning all 3 of his Black Magicians is probably my favorite moment from this arc

[@ammarharith5512]

And to add cherry on the top, summoned the whole shebang of Blue Eyes White Dragons to complete the trifecta. 🔥

[@xonicallstar9951]

Thats was the coolest moment!

[@Atmatan]

They didn't need to animate the monsters as being sentient, but they always did 😔

[@wompastompa3692]

For me, it's Kuriboh's bite.

[@jamiewalsh3349]

Not as cool as Yugi summoning Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attacks via Quick Attack, then separating it into 3 Blue-Eyes White Dragon's for game

[@lucasthelegolas8682]

19:10 The Japanese's version of last turn is more clear on this. The monsters summoned does not need to be the original monsters it's just whoever still has a monster on the field wins the duel. So, if you have a cyber jar set for example. It would play out like this: The two monster battle, and cyber jar is flipped destroying both monsters, both players then reveal their top 5 cards of their deck, and then one of 4 things will happen. Option A: Only player 1 revealed a monster(s), so they win the duel Option B: Only player 2 revealed a monster(s), so they win the duel Option C: Both players revealed a monster(s), but because the two original monsters already have performed a battle this turn which means that no further battling will take place and the effect of last turn moves the game to the end phase where the duel will end in a draw. Option D: Neither player reveals a monster(s), which then results in a draw as neither player has a monster on the field.

[@420mralucard]

Ah makes sense, though then the duel should have been a draw because the battle only happens once and with both of them still having a monster then no one won. There goes Noah, cheating again.

[@lucasthelegolas8682]

@Andrew Howland To My understanding, that's how it should work, but if I'm wrong, anyone can correct me on it. On the history of Jank they had a similar experience where they talked about Last Turn, if anyone is interested.

[@DuskoftheTwilight]

You forgot Option D: Neither player reveals a monster, which then results in a draw as neither player has a monster on the field.

[@lucasthelegolas8682]

@@DuskoftheTwilight That is true, but since that is part of the Last Turn effect ("The player whose monster remains alone on the field at the End Phase of this turn wins the Duel. Any other case results in a DRAW.") But yes you're correct I should have included it. Which I will do so now,

[@procity9284]

The "I'm sorry, I'm not done yet" had me wheezing

[@SamiTheAnxiousBean]

this entire duel has a lot of symbolic meaning, the lifepoint point you made obviously but also A lot of stuff about Noah, including his name is referencing the noah's ark backstory to the world used in all ibrahamic relegions, which itself represents a new world because the previous one got so bad it needed a reset He has a shit ton of field wipe cards and then there's obviously Shinato's ark and Shinato I don't need to explain that xD The entire battleground goes through the "Stages of life" our world had Ocean and stone, Dino age, Ice age etc. in order I like the theme-ing

[@randomman5]

Fun fact: another dub change! In the dub, when Noah draws because of Cyber Jar and Yugi tells him to summon any monsters he drew, Noah yells "I don't have one!" without explaining that Spirit monsters can't be special summoned. It instead makes it sound like Noah just bricked five times in a row.

[@SerenitySpiderMonkey]

tbh, that's hilarious!

[@roninwarriorsfan]

Tbf spirit monsters are bricks in cyber jar's effect

[@michaelnally2841]

I just assumed before this he just drew 5 spells and traps or monsters with over level 4.

[@paradoxzee6834]

Another dub change is Noah explained the Ark summons monsters at random, that's why he didn't summon giant soldier of stone

[@darkstorm2579]

@@paradoxzee6834 That was in the sub. I don't remember if the dub had that line.

[@abdan7262]

As a kid I loved this arc. I found it unique in terms of how it played with the deck master and that everyone got to duel so it was fun seeing that.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

It was painful watching Serenity duel. I was so happy she never dueled again for the rest of the anime. Serenity was so bad she made Tea look like the next King of Games. 😂

[@TotalEvo7]

Technically, Queen of Games. However, Tea and Mai could be great tutors to Serenity

[@DarkEclipse23]

@@RenaldyCalixtestill better than Tristan.

[@okagron]

As an adult this arc is terrible. The deck master's abilities are always an asspull, specific abilities that only work in very specific situations, situations that 99% of the time would never happen. All fillers arcs in Duel Monsters are terrible for that matter.

[@MackRangerPower]

Noah’s entire deck is symbolic for his character. It’s really cool to think about.

[@dwainsimmons3447]

It about evolution of the earth and the afterlife.

[@darksideofevil13]

Yeah I admire the filler writer's creativity with the decks and duels.

[@cameraredeye3115]

Another very symbolic deck was Misty's from 5D's. During her second duel with Aki, she used 3 Continuous Spells to tell her own life story about how and why she became a Dark Signer, ultimately setting herself up to summon the even more symbolic Dragon Queen of Tragic Endings. Warning to those who are sensitive: Misty's back story is quite heavy and dark. The dub waters it down to an unsolved kidnapping incident, but the real story in the sub is much darker...

[@Verebazs]

6:28 Seto probably thought Noah would see through the Ring of Destruction/Ring of Defense combo, because earlier he saw through the Crush card combo.

[@masterofmythology]

If Kaiba had attacked with Thunder Dragon first, Noah would still have brought in Mokuba to save himself.

[@knockout8157]

But he’d have already declared the attack, so neither of them could do anything to stop it.

[@timaeus22222]

@@knockout8157 Yeah you think, but Yugi called off the attack against Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon during Duelist Kingdom. I don't think calling off attacks is off the menu. :-)

[@knockout8157]

@@timaeus22222 Duelist kingdom was something else tho. It really didn’t have established rules except “monsters battle and 0 life points means you lose”

[@timaeus22222]

@@knockout8157 Yeah. You could say it for Battle City-adjacent as well. We have Fusion Monsters and the inability for them to attack on-Summon, but there had been more development of rules (I don't think we even saw a decently long Chain yet).

[@knockout8157]

@@timaeus22222 That’s true, but it still had _some_ sort of structure at least.

[@freetoplayking7362]

5:44 I think the reason why kaiba didn't set both is in fear of noah having another card that destroys set cards

[@thefirespecialist9007]

So can we also talk about how, Noah summoning Mokuba infront of Kaiba's winning attack, to make Kaiba call off the attack and end his turn... basically the same as what Kaiba did to Yugi at Duelist Kingdom? 😂

[@AhmedMohamed-qm4wd]

Oh snap, never thought of that, karma at its finest.

[@shadow_blaze2317]

That's what I initially thought he was talking about when he mentioned hypocrisy.

[@nivgaming1255]

Karma sure comes to Kaiba's butt

[@professornervegrates6268]

Not to mention Kaiba's further hypocrisy during the duel with Dartz when Dartz also does the exact same thing. Although none of the tokens looked like Mokuba so he just flat out didn't care.

[@kidomni5283]

Karma do be a super sized bitch.

[@AlexTheOilersFan]

24:25 I think I can explain the whole "this is one of Kaiba's cards" line. Remember, they're in a virtual world and have to build their decks from scratch. Yugi, more than likely, didn't put Cyber Jar in his virtual deck. And since he combined his deck with Seto's, that probably explains the line from Yugi.

[@nightwingnl5354]

The biggest heart of the cards moment happens during this duel

[@MountainMemelord]

Infinity+1.

[@ColeMeCrazy]

Atem activated his Millennium Puzzle's special ability: gain a dramatic luck boost to your draw in the most dire situations!

[@JulesVonBasslake]

@@ColeMeCrazy I think either Sam here, or maybe it was DuelLogs, but I think it was Sam since he did a video on the Millenium Items and their powers, deduced that the Puzzle/Pendant is basically able to manipulate luck, especially in duels.

[@ahmedhyder3875]

@@MountainMemelord it's actually ∞ vs ∞ the both monsters got destroyed

[@federicomacias1946]

Yup. Yugi made two comebacks with the three magicians and last turn

[@CobaltDraco]

So! 1. I assume the thing with deckmasters (in particular with Shinato's Ark) is that because of the whole deckmaster rules, any transformations have to treat them as the same entity so that the player doesn't immediately lose upon using them for whatever shenanigans. 2. For Cyber Jar, I figure that it's because Yugi knows he didn't put Cyber Jar in his virtual world deck, so therefore it must be Kaiba's. Plus, overall, Cyber Jar is far more of a Kaiba card. 3. Honorable mention to the scene at the end of the duel, where Noah tries to take Yugi's body by force despite losing the duel. Turns out that trying to possess a body already possessed by an ancient pharaoh is a bad idea.

[@giovanniorellana2200]

For April Fool's, you should do a "Was Rex About to Defeat Joey" Duel Analysis during the Seal of Orichalcos arc to mirror the one you did for Yugi vs Weevil during that same arc.

[@isjor5]

Was knight of hanoi about to defeat Brave Max

[@sasir2013]

@@isjor5 now, that one I do encourage

[@RodimusMinor1987]

Yeah he did Yugi vs Weevil this year

[@supernicedude2972]

he may have if he hadn't resurrected Joey's red eyes to try and attack it again. but Joey turns it into a sword and we know the rest

[@RodimusMinor1987]

@@supernicedude2972 To quote TCG rex thought that he had game and he wasn't worried about Joeys face down as his Tyrant Dragon is immune to traps as he thought the face down would target tyrant dragon, rex had no idea what Joey had

[@Señor-Donjusticia]

4:15 One thing to keep in mind about this format is that they need to forge their decks from a random pool of cards, so Kaiba may have included Vampire Lord, simply to have a half-descent self-reviving beat-stick.

[@mattoliver4073]

Vampire Lord's effect isn't really even bad either. As someone who has played Vampires a lot in the TCG, the only real trap to the "send 1 card" ability is declaring "Monster". Never do this! Calling Spell, or occasionally Trap (depending on what you are up against), is usually safe, and it can sometimes even snipe an important combo piece or staple since most decks don't generally tend to run excess m/t cards.

[@TGA_BAY_BAY]

Theory: The card that Kaiba drew was, ultimately, something that he couldn’t have used based off of the current field state. Probably something like his ritual spell White Dragon Ritual.

[@shadowseeker97]

I like how not only was the deck symbolic the duel itself was. A trapped spirit in a virtual world versus an ancient spirit from Egypt. One trapped by an evil man. One trapped for the greater good. Also, Noah showing kaiba what it feels like to not win because of mokuba duelist kingdom esque shenanigans is lovely.

[@zacharygossman5203]

Noah was really in over his head this duel - even more so then Dartz. The only times Noah could have won this duel were towards the end. Not that its surprising how in over his head he was - he was facing the two strongest duelists in the Virtual World

[@roninwarriorsfan]

It's probably a good thing for Kaiba that noah destroyed Crush Card Virus, otherwise Shinato's Arc's deck master effect would have abused the fodder it recieved

[@trevorrose3769]

I’m not sure if you take requests; but I was wondering if you would ever consider doing Mai vs Marik? Could Mai have beaten Marik without the need of Ra? Did Marik hold back like he did with Joey? There’s only one way to find out!

[@TGSAnime]

Absolutely will get a video in the future!

[@nivgaming1255]

@@TGSAnime YES PLEASE!!!! I AKWAYS WANTED TO KNOW

[@nakedjalen2731]

Yes! Mai could have easily won if she had just attacked with her Harpes!

[@emmarosie7176]

@mihaeljelic7191 he wasn’t holding back, marik is a trash of a duelist, literally mai could’ve won if she just attacked, even joey would have won if he wasn’t so tired of the shadow duel which is a cheap way for marik to weaken him so he couldn’t keep up😊

[@briansilva3344]

@God Incarnate Mai also had a counter for most of Marik’s plays, and even removed his ace monster.

[@jesusarusrex]

I liked this virtual world season. Dark Magician Girl and Jinzo were both in play. Plus I liked that people who don't normally have duels ended up dueling.

[@ASoulphoenix]

Although it was a "power of love" kinda moment, Yami Yugi beating Noah so brutally epic

[@RodimusMinor1987]

One of the best wins in the OG series

[@emrysmcgee4994]

Kiaba not attacking because he doesn't want to hurt his little brother, is one those moments that remindes he loves mokuba dearly, more than any duel.

[@jetguy128]

If Mokuba was one of Mirror Soldiers that Dartz controlled, he would not have used hologram trick excuse to attack him either

[@laplongejunior]

IIRC he only believes about this trick in the 4kids version. I think in the sub he simply determined they were either tributed by a winning Dartz, or going to be killed at some point... or it was a bluff. In all possibilities, attacking was the best choice.

[@OmnicidalClown1992]

I'd love to see another Virtual World Arc video focusing on the Big Five duels some time in the future.

[@WheeledHamster]

Yes was I asking for that and the Noah duel, he finally delivered this one.

[@DarkSymphony777]

I mean Johnson could have won if Noah decided to say "I'm going to call bull and be a hypocrite later"

[@OmnicidalClown1992]

@@WheeledHamster Same here. I also had a few other ideas like Yami Marik vs. Yami Bakura, Yami Yugi vs. Yami Marik, and Yugi vs. Yami Bakura (That one duel that took place in the Dawn of the Duel Arc where Bakura, after taking over Tristan, tries to prevent Yugi and friends from learning the Pharaoh's name).

[@OmnicidalClown1992]

@@DarkSymphony777 Yeah, but what would've happened if Johnson didn't cheat by rigging Joey's luck-based cards?

[@DarkSymphony777]

@@OmnicidalClown1992 that's...... actually a good question. My guess is that Johnson would have played differently

[@sagacious03]

Clicked this as soon as I saw this! These duel analysises are probably my favorite thing your channel does! Thanks so much for uploading this big video! Will probably comment more later!

[@timedragon5492]

I wondered for a while now if Joey could have beaten Mai in their duel during the filler Awaken the Dragons Arc. That ending was kind of Marick 2.0 with Joey passing out due to his previous duel against Valon (one of my favorite duels in the whole series)

[@kyuubinaruto17]

It's been a long time since I've seen that duel, but I believe Joey had his legendary dragon in his hand, so he held back.

[@Guy8288]

@@kyuubinaruto17 I think he used his dragon in his last turn.

[@playmajor]

@@kyuubinaruto17 he could’ve won but he misplayed a few times I attribute it to his exhaustion from the literal fist fight(duel)he had with Valon. he could barely stand, see, or hold/set his cards

[@RodimusMinor1987]

No Mai was abouts to attack him directly with 2300 he would have lost but Mai's love for Joey broke through and she didn't call her attack but Joey passed out, it depends on what Joey drew, Mai had 800 LP left so unless Joey busted out a 3100 monster he couldn't have won

[@Blazecap]

When in the rematch he had scapegoat and Gilford the lighting in his opening hand. I don’t remember what Mai’s hand was but he could have defeated her before she activated the seal.

[@EllroyOne]

This channel keeps on giving ! Discovered it recently and as a former duelist and fan of the anime, I must say your content is top notch ^^ You're brilliant !

[@KnownScoundrel]

Noah's that kid on the playground who would keep making up rules so he wouldn't lose.

[@TheSkywardAvenger]

It's so nice to see these again. Like real talk, I've had a blast watching these Was X About to Defeat Y videos and was absolutely floored with joy seeing you compete in the Master Duel Invitational! You're awesome!

[@serenebryant6287]

Love these videos❤. A duel I think would be fun to analyze would be “Was Valon about to beat Joey and was Joey about to beat Mai” Love to learn the effects of Valon’s armor cards, and the effects of Lord of the Red in the Anime Like this comment if you like this idea.

[@LanerGuy]

Two of my top 5 Joey Duels! I'd love this!

[@brocautry5063]

You can't really blame Kaiba for not attacking with twin headed thunder dragon first and immediately winning since Noah probably would have just brought out Mokuba as a shield anyway. So even if he did declare that attack it still wouldn't have worked.

[@animeproduction401]

0:00: intro 0:47: First duel (Noah Vs Kaiba) 21:30: Second duel (Noah Vs Yugi/Atem)

[@mog-myownbestfriend]

I am a stalwart defender of filler arcs in anime. They may not slot into timeframes perfectly, and the difference in writing is often jarring, but they so often do just the *coolest* and most bonkers ridiculous twists that the main storyline wouldn't even dare consider. More time with characters you love is also a major plus, and side characters usually get way more to do. This arc, though...

[@genyakozlov1316]

I needed a break from Battle City before we got to the stupid five episode, three turns per episode Kaiba vs Yugi duel. It's unbearable as it is, and if we had it after a whole tournament of standing around on the same platform I would have lost it. I hate Battle City finals so much. Virtual World, on the other hand has some of my favourite duels in the series, like a three on one, Jonouchi showing his mastery of the poker face, Kaiba blowing up a satellite, and of course this duel filled with symbolism and containing the best animated episode of the series to this day with episode 115. Only Yugi vs Raphael could stand shoulder to shoulder with it, no "canon" duel could ever hope.

[@Bonkatsu12]

Honestly I kinda agree. Filler duels are better than canon duels for the most part.

[@Sigismund697]

This arc does something really interesting tho, it gives Kaiba's backstory which was explained in the manga but never in the anime (in the OG manga Gosaburo kills himself after Kaiba takes the company from him, like he straight up just congratulates Kaiba for being a worthy successor and turns around and jumps off his back window) and because the older show did show what Kaiba was doing after that it was a neat and elegant way to bring it up within the Duelist continuity plus it does a lot to humanize Kaiba with his relationship with Mokuba

[@LanerGuy]

@@Sigismund697 That's one of the biggest things I love about the Virtual World. In addition to be the absolutely welcomed rest-break intermission for the Battle City Finals and the Tournament as a whole (the story arc that I've found myself become increasingly critical of as the years go by), it finally humanized Kaiba and fleshed out both him and Mokuba in a way that hadn't been done in the show beforehand. It was here where I finally began to really love Kaiba as a character, instead of just tolerating him because he's always around. Combined with the aforementioned rest-break, having some of the show's most fun Duels, and letting everyone get a chance to Duel (heck yeah Tristan and Serenity Dueling!), it's one of my favorite parts of the Classic Anime. I very much love all of the Anime-original story arcs, to be honest.

[@Ramona122003]

@@Bonkatsu12 I have to disagree since I find most of the filler duels over-the-top and people making misplays left and right. While the canon duels are more down-to-earth and most of the misplays happened because the anime goes off-script from the manga to make things longer.

[@jackryan8736]

I think Yugi made a misplay on the turn he summoned "Dark Magician Girl" as well: tributing his "Alpha the Magnet Warrior" instead of "Big Shield Gardna" to summon "D.M.G.". It's not a big mistake in hindsight, because as we see Yugi wins anyway a few turns later, but in theory had he tributed "Big Shield Gardna" instead of "Alpha", Yugi could have dealt some more damage on that turn with "Alpha" alongside the damage he dealt with "Dark Magician Girl", then when Noah brings out "Inaba White Rabbit" again, Yugi could have used "Alpha" as his tribute cost for "Dark Renewal". He was probably being cautious, sure, but it is a bit of a misplay.

[@victor_e_dafeet8218]

7:30 Noah may have summoned Vampire Lord instead of Soldier of stone because he wanted to make sure Kaiba redeclared his attack, or else his Spear Dragon would’ve remained in attack and he wouldn’t be able to destroy it the following turn. If it had stayed, Kaiba could use it for some sort of play, or he just wanted to keep fueling his deck master.

[@onurvatansever218]

Actually monsters are randomly summoned from Shinato's Ark. In the Japanese version Noah explains it.

[@Vaithegamingwarrior]

Okay. Coming back to this a month later and analyzing the duel, I THINK I have an explanation for why Kaiba would attack with his Different Dimension Dragon first: He was scouting for any more of Shinato's Ark's abilities as a Deck Master Yeah, you already listed them. But that doesn't mean Shinato's Ark couldn't have had any more BS abilities that hinder Kaiba's ability to fight back. So, by attacking with Different Dimension Dragon first, he semi-confirms that sort of "okay, no other broken abilities, I'm good to go for game here" Or I could just be talking out my ass and he was trying to style on Noah like you said

[@naijal2761]

I really like how the Dub changed Yami's statement against Noah from that Kaiba could have ended the duel in a draw to calling him out on using Mokuba as a Shield.

[@glenncross4987]

Kind of amazing that the Arc that may have the most split opinions had the longest duel in the series

[@RenaldyCalixte]

That's only because it's technically 2 duels in one duel.

[@NicheXCC]

​@@RenaldyCalixteNo, it was a long continuos duel. Kaiba still didn't even lose on his first try, Yugi just took over after him.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

@@NicheXCC I know it was one continousl duel. I just meant technically it was two duels since Noah added a second deck before he dueled Yugi.

[@NicheXCC]

@@RenaldyCalixte Oh

[@fooddaily3609]

Why is it called Virtual World Arc and not Noah's Arc?

[@cmxb2081]

Because his dad is a main villain too there

[@StareachValcin]

I definitely think that Noah is the best enemy duelist in the virtual world arc, and is capable of dueling on the level of Seto Kaiba or Yugi Muto, but not being able to defeat either of them. Seto could have defeated Noah if he didn't use Mokuba as a shield, and Yugi only had trouble because he was dueling with a handicap, but Yugi still managed to win with help from Seto Kaiba's Blue Eyes White Dragons.🐉

[@firewolf950tfwgaming7]

Best enemy, yes, best duelist, hard no. As an enemy, he was set up perfectly, so much BS made him to be feared and really set in the tone of “oh crap, my life is on the line cause this is a real uphill battle”. As a duelist however, I have to hard disagree. The only reason Noah was really as hard as he was, was due to Shinato, 1 card out of his whole deck. Remove this one card and he’d still be threatening, but nowhere near on the level of Yugi or Kaiba who has multiple ways of winning than just having a boss monster.

[@StareachValcin]

@@firewolf950tfwgaming7 I respectfully disagree. Noah was definitely a better duelist than any of the big 5 and especially his father Gozaburo, whose whole dueling strategy depended on Seto Kaiba's Exodia trauma. Also, Noah's whole deck and strategy wasn't dependent on Shinato, especially not with his duel with Yugi. It was only an important part of his strategy, especially with the deck master rule system. Noah used other cards and strategies against Seto and Yugi. In fact, during his duel with Yugi, Noah relied heavily on spirit monsters and was forced to remove Shinato from the dueling field, only able to use his deck master ability to restore life points when Yugi received damage. Sorry, but I would argue that Noah is capable of dueling Yugi and/or Seto. I never said he could beat either of them, but he could duel them.

[@punklingyt]

Yugioh TCG: "We don't really want any religious imagery or references to be too obvious in the game in case people pitch a fit about it." TV Show: "SO HERE'S NOAH...AND HIS ARK...AND HIS DECK THEMED AROUND FLOODS AND CATASTROPHES AND MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES...did they get the reference?"

[@Jeff-te2cc]

I love the ending of this duel. Activating diffusion and getting to attack with all three dragons is insane

[@SerenitySpiderMonkey]

I've been waiting for the Virtual World!!

[@NLookabill94]

Virtual world and waking the dragons are some of my favorite parts as well so I love the good taste!

[@Calyxsys_]

dude your videos are so good, your passion for making videos not only shows, but its just so nice to see/hear you talk about the videos you make, so much info and research and it never stops impressing me how much effort you put into your videos TGS, much love and ty for all these awesome videos they are so cool and interesting to watch because this show meant so much to me when i was younger

[@amulrei8149]

Kaiba getting screwed by plot contrivances happens so often, it's something you set your watch to.

[@stormshadowproductions1660]

This is my top five favorite duels of the original Yu-Gi-Oh

[@buddyzilla4557]

Noah's decks are also themed around his name and story in succession. His first deck recreates the biblical deluge in a repetitious form that recognizes historical events. The biblical story of Noah's arc saw humanity as the dominant lifeforms on the planet become tainted by sin and thus fall before a cataclysm that reset the world. His first deck recreated the rise and fall of dinaosaurs, pleiocene mamels and even ends on man. Thats also why his deck has so many field wipe cards. It thrives on this mechanic as it fits the theming of buikding up, wiping out everything at once then restarting. It is tneme important to him as he and all on his side were powerful or corrupted then met a sudden terirble fate. They were able to survive it in a sense by having their minds downloaded to the comp but their bodies died. Noah was thr snotty rich entitled kid of Gozubura. Depite all his privlage however, the accident he found himself the victim of was beyond most of that influence. All his father could do was have his mind uploaded onto his own digital Noah's arch to save his "soul" while awaiting a new oppertunity beyond. When Seto pulled his stunt, Gozubura saw potential for Seto to become the new vessel for Noah since seto's brain was so developed and he even looked a lot like Noah. He instead started to see more promise in his adopted child than his own spoiled brat and trained Seto through a phycholigical gauntlet to replace Noah completely instead. Of course he did too good and Seto claimed his company. This humilaition caused Gozubura to kill himself but also somehow upload his mind. The big 5 aslo were involved with a plethora of corperate corruption and illegal acts at the top of KC. They all also fell when the pritagonissts helped Kiaba beat them in the video game world, leaving them trapped. Noahs second deck takes place AFTER the flood. The spirit monsters in addition to their japanese folklore relavance, also represent the souls of the deceased after leaving rhe mortal coil but not fully passed on. All the deal ib purgatory or earthbound who for whatever reason remain..like himself. The game world is his arch to survive the end of the world. There even was a judgment moment ending the first duel. A final judgment day before those left behind.

[@adamantium4999]

22:35 Not only gaining life points to try and revive himself, but him playing a “ Spirit” deck, when he himself could arguably be called a “Spirit”.

[@bluwzrdphone]

Cyber Jar and Spear Cretin are two of my favorite cards from the early stages of the TCG.

[@tgsanime3038]

I GOT SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR YOU 😊.....🔺🔺🔺

[@runningoncylinders3829]

This duel is pretty spectacular, and I love your commentary on it, hilarious.

[@lulukomadori9651]

It always weird when the duels get an increased budget during the final duel in an arc when compare to the rest of the previous ep in the filler arc

[@redlox2]

9:58 the good old days where Ring of Destruction wasn’t nerfed (where now YOU have to take damage first before it inflicts any damage to the opponent).

[@jokerpilled2535]

It’s crazy how Yugioh managed to make even their filler arcs just as good as the main storyline. Battle city seriously had some of the most brilliant writing in anime history.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

Um...I agreed with the 1st part of your comment but I don't agree with the 2nd part.

[@BrotherHood-xh9sg]

​@@RenaldyCalixte I dissagree with both parts of that comment.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

@@BrotherHood-xh9sg The Filler arcs in Yugioh are better than the Filler arcs in other anime. You have to admit that's true.

[@BrotherHood-xh9sg]

@@RenaldyCalixte I highly doubt that. But I can't come up with another filler "arc", except that filler arc in Bleach. So for now I will give you that, as I have no proof otherwise.

[@BrotherHood-xh9sg]

@@RenaldyCalixte I googled it, the answer is no. Here are some things qualified as filler arc's that are better then yuigoh's filler arc (imo, but I can also see it as a general rule). 1. Naruto: Itachi Shinden Book: Light and Darkness 2. Hunter x Hunter: Zoldyck Family Arc 3. Naruto: Kakashi's Anbu Arc

[@redlox2]

Honestly I have been really loooking forward to this duel analysis!! You mentioned in stream that it should have been Kaiba tagging in but I think he probably would to refuse to “take yugioh sloppy seconds” even if it was to beat Noah. Just my opinion

[@xOmniCloudx]

Also, I want to say that you're one of the few channels that can make half hour vids that feel like 5 minutes and, wish were longer due to how entertaining they are.

[@ΤακηςΑνδρεολας]

Literally my favourite duel in the first Yu-Gi-Oh

[@Robin280497]

Fitting how a merging of Yugi and Kaiba's Deck finishes with going from an empty hand to 6 Blue-Eyes lazers.

[@itstimetodu...learnenglish1934]

A video on Mai’s duel vs Marik would be great. At least the in the anime she looked like a beast, she could have won for sure. The manga is another pair of hands, but I digress.

[@RodimusMinor1987]

I would like to see Kaiba vs Ishizu, she could have won if she hadn't been so focused on having Kaiba lose to his Obelisk, If she had just not summoned a third Monster she could have just attacked with Zolga and Kelbek and Won, however Kaiba would have probably used Soul Exchange to get Blue Eyes out but then Blue Eyes would have had the Sacrifice Blast Trap Within it and Kaiba would have lost, so Misplay Ishizu

[@royalty843]

I so wanted kaiba to lose just to see what would happen 😂

[@TravellingCultivator]

Super cool breakdown of a legendary duel, nothing more to say here!

[@MrKakuzukun]

Don't you get it, noah used the special ability of mokuriboh. It's his effect: if a dragon monster is on the field, special summon this monster from your deck, in face up defence mode. Noah played fair and square

[@justinpe8271]

On the turn that Noah drew Deepest Impact, Kaiba also could have won by using Ring of Destruction on Different Dimension Dragon rather than Last Tusk Mammoth to win the duel.

[@roninwarriorsfan]

Well, noah would have to use Shinato's Arc's effect to gain life points before Ring of Destruction's burn damage resolves

[@roncerjani9063]

​@@roninwarriorsfanIn that case, a case can be made that Noah could have used this effect even if Kaiba had attacked him directly for the win. If Noah can really increase his LP at any point in the Duel, then Kaiba had absolutely no way of winning anyways.

[@Deathking142]

Whenever he dose these videos this is my free ticket to see the duels I never got to see

[@nikola4107]

I watched this as a kid, I forgot how good this duel was :D

[@KINFIN123]

Anyone else notice that in a single duel, Yugi summoned all three of his Black Magicians and then also got 3 Blue Eyes White Dragons out too?

[@NLookabill94]

One thing I was wondering is could team Ragnarok have actually beaten team 5D's. Could you analyze the duels between each team member or maybe the entire duel if it isn't too much for a single video? I always wondered what could have happened between them. I think dragan could have actually beaten jack much earlier after Thor was summoned but I don't know for sure. Great video btw!! Loved your commentary on this duel and you've done a great job with this series as a whole!!

[@canaldecasta]

Cant express enough how much I enjoy these.

[@PhoenixLive_YT]

10:09, then he summons Thunder dragon COLOSUS

[@AliacadosDuelistas]

I would like to see a "Was yuya about to defeat Reiji?", because their second duel is pure gold nuts! I was socked when Yuya lost to Reiji, I couldn't believe on that! So, for me, it would be cool to see a video of yours about it :v O/

[@firewolf950tfwgaming7]

Yuya could have easily won their second duel if he didn’t screw up wings of misdirection as he stupidly activated it during Reji’s main phase, a time when Reji could summon stronger monsters, instead of in the battle phase and catch Reji by surprise and beat him in retaliation. Even if Reji still summoned Kali Yuga, Yuya could have just not played the card that turn. Then when he summons Odd eyes rebellion and activates wings the first time, Reiji counters and uses Kali Yuga to reset his cards which gives him the effect of wings of misdirection to which Yuya then activates wings of misdirection’s graveyard effect and then negate Reiji’s cards once more and following in the card’s namesake as being wings of MISDIRECTION. I’ve, I’ve been bottling this up for 7 years.

[@AliacadosDuelistas]

@@firewolf950tfwgaming7 Also, why Yuya NORMAL SUMMON Pendulum Sorcerer?? I literally never understood this play, like, it is one of the best Performapal cards and it was used just one time in a normal summon! That's nuts!

[@Isthatthegrimreaper170]

It’s funny In the dartz duel he could’ve won by dueling for himself And here he would’ve clinched the draw by not freeing Mokuba

[@Dragoon601]

I love how Noah's Deck Master is literally just when we were kids and kept one upping each other with our cool "super powers."

[@joshfarmer8408]

I really wanted kaiba to solo this duel

[@oz88og40]

Yeah I agree with you on that and I feel like kaiba could have defeated him if Noah hadn't used his brother mokuba as a shield because he knew he was about to lose the duel.

[@joshfarmer8408]

@oz88og40 he also could have used ring of destruction on different dimension dragon and deal 1400 to both players. At this point, Noah only had 1400 life points left and there is nothing he could of done because he was mid battle

[@danielhenrique4466]

Well, he dominated it. He was miles ahead of Noah during the whole duel

[@MugenEclipse]

He would've if noah didn't make his ace's deck master ability objectively garbage, cheat god knows how many times then yoink another monster out of his ass after last turn so yugi could lowkey rob kaiba. Still not as bad as DSOD not giving him his day.

[@illusiveman8027]

I remember watching this dual years back, and the shenanigans were off the charts.

[@alexpulford1282]

I'd argue that the reason Last Turn didn't give Kaiba the win after destroying Shinato's Ark, was because Noah's deck master was the Ritual spell card used to summon Shinato King of a Higher Plane. So technically Kaiba didn't destroy a monster, he destroyed a spell card and Noah didn't really have a monster to use for Last Turn's effect, and therefore when Shinato did get summoned Last Turn then defaulted to that as Noah's choice.

[@dwainsimmons3447]

The ark counts as a monster in this duel.

[@samquik]

Wow, the animation can actually be pretty amazing during this duel!

[@LegendsForever206]

Even if Kaiba attacked Noah with his highest attacking monster first, Noah would’ve used Mokuba as a human shield anyways.

[@RobertLydonReviews]

The Yugi vs Noah part of the duel is one of my favorites but I find it funny two times Yugi has the advantage Noah draws the out. Also the turn he summoned DMG I wonder why he didn’t tribute Gardna. He would of inflicted 3700 damage

[@chrisallen9296]

The deck master name thing doesn't matter. If your opponent picks a masked dragon and it battles your dark magician, you can summon another monster with masked dragon. If the turn ends there it'll be a tie cause you both have monsters. Summoning another monster is entirely possible regardless of last turn. In the situation I just described the duel would be a tie because you would both have a monster at the end phase. What just happened is similar. During the little green jerks turn Seto uses last turn. Little jerk picks his deck master and attacks, when it loses the fight, it summons the king of a higher plane with a masked dragon like effect. Because it is jerk faces turn, he can attack with it, so he does, and it takes out blue eyes. At the end of the turn last turns effect is enforced and because the little green loser has a monster and Seto doesn't Seto loses.

[@roncerjani9063]

It shouldn't have been legal, as Last Turn predicts only one battle, and that battle was between BEWD and Shinato's Ark. It doesn't matter if Shinato the King can wipe the floor with BEWD, the battle initiated by the card is over and there are 2 monsters standing. Even if Shinato is treated as being "Shinato's Ark" while on the field, still it would be a new monster with the same name as the previous one. No matter how you slice it, this Duel should have ended in a tie.

[@chrisallen9296]

@roncerjani9063 last turn does not specify that only one attack can occur. And a new monster summoned during the battle phase can attack. It's a win for Noah. The duel should have ended with Noah losing cause he cheesed it with mokuba. But the activation and resolution of last turn was accurate to the real game

[@roncerjani9063]

@@chrisallen9296 I went ahead and re-read the anime effect. It states that the player who has a monster in the End Phase wins and all other cases are a draw. So far, Noah is the winner of this exchange. However, it also states that this card forces one battle between only 2 monsters selected by each player (Shinato's Ark and Blue Eyes respectively). It doesn't force a new battle between Shinato king of the higher plane and Blue Eyes. And since we're still in Kaiba's turn, Noah cannot attack with Shinato during his opponents turn. So, Last Turn doesn't allow Shinato to attack. It being Kaiba's turn means Noah's monsters cannot attack. Blue Eyes crashed into Shinato's Ark, not Shinato. Therefore, where did Shinato's attack come from? What gave that card the right to attack? In the End Phase, both Shinato and Blue Eyes should have remained on the field, meaning a tie.

[@chrisallen9296]

@roncerjani9063 it was not still kiabas turn. It couldnt be. He set last turn during the final turn he got in that duel. If it was still his turn he wouldnt have been able to activate it. It was Noah's. Last turn forced the arc to attack blue eyes, then it summoned shinato. Shinato then attacked with its normal attack during Noah's battle phase and took out blue eyes.

[@roncerjani9063]

@@chrisallen9296 Oh, yeah you're right. I was wrong there. I guess Noah didn't win dirty after all

[@DriftMaster.]

36:00 this reminds me of a sudo blue-eyes-tyrant combo in duel links, just equip the tyrant burst, 10200 damage in one turn if all direct, also works on blue eyes ultimate

[@andrewnorman3791]

Noah's deck master was the definition of 'it's my game so I make the rules"

[@murphythestoryteller6378]

@6:29 A generous interpretation that we can make is that Kaiba saw that Noah's field was empty, so the cards would not do anything unless Noah summoned something. While just sitting there on the field, both rings would be sitting ducks for any Spell/Trap removal. Kaiba had previously seen that Noah runs cards like Chiron the Mage, which completely shut down his Giant Germ/Crush Card combo. Who's to say he doesn't have Heavy Storm? So, you could argue he's playing it extra safe based on previous experience and knowledge from this duel.

[@tristarnova3454]

2:46 and even if crush card virus did actually succeed, noah could just activate shinato’s ark right then and there, since remember, the ark banishes monsters in the graveyard and puts them under itself, thus rendering them immune to crush card’s effect, and that means Kaiba just gave him a ton of lifepionts he can gain, as well as a whole host of monsters he can choose form to do both offense and defense.

[@joeyescamilla3104]

19:19 I think shinato’s ark being the ritual spell to summon the ritual monster shinato king of a higher plane is why it was still treated as the same shinato

[@lilithhiddenvillain5086]

honestly, the way you gave that play by play, it didn't seem like Yugi was on the back foot at any point except before he drew Card of Sanctity, despite Noah's endless OP moves.

[@HunteryGo]

I am pretty sure Shinato’s Ark is always treated as Shinato, King of a Higher Plane, not the other way around.