"Jaden is planning drawing polymoryzation at some point during the duel" is the most evergreen statement you can make for a Jaden duel.

Who else loved that Dimitri did a Dan Green impression of Atem in the dub. I think that was a nice touch as Marc Thompson does a good job. Also, he’s voiced by Vector’s VA in the sub.

Observation: Dimitri actually does live up to the king of games deck, because he kept making every single misplay that Yami Yugi makes constantly, especially the whole "forgetting to set cards for Card of Sanctity."

Funfact: In the german dub the voice actor of Yami Yugi speaks Dimitri through the whole duel, implying, he was so caught up in the act, he even changed his voice to copy (Yami) Yugi.

I wouldn't call Jaden attacking Dimitri directly (albeit he forgot the Kuriboh) a misplay because it's never a bad thing to force your opponent to use their clutch cards & it's not like Dimitri was going to Summon Kuriboh again since Multiply was in the GY.

When I first saw this duel back in at my childhood, seeing Dimitri playing Yugi’s deck made me miss the King of Games a lot sometimes. I get he sometimes gets mention or seen, but still.

Who knew that Dimitri would be the first to start the long tradition of seeing a deck top at Worlds and then just copy it card-for-card, he truly was the true pioneer for modern competitive Yugioh.

I like the small detail that Dimitri was using Monster Reincarnation instead of Monster Reborn because Atem passed on after Yugi banished Monster Reborn to win in their final duel.

Notes from an Ancient Gear Mechanic; Sadly, the Yugiverse seems to have an issue with Information Distribution. Because the "Children's Card Game" is considered such a big deal, Players don't want anyone to know their Strategies or Deck's completely for fear of being hard countered. The fact that Dimitri managed to work out the Strategies for SEVERAL Prominent Duelist's from just the Media coverage & interviews shows just how intelligent and Dangerous he could truly be if he managed to make his own Deck... This is Pilot Trevelyan signing off, Game Over! P.S.; as for Jaden's mystery card.... let's say it was a Winged Kuriboh card(can't remember the name of it though).

Dimitri's biggest misplay was activating card of sanctity,he was in a stronger position, Jayden had no cards in his hand and he was on cause to win

A little thing, I remember on the last turn in the dub Jaden says a line I really like. After activating double Spell, he says "if you need more info, just look in the official handbook under the heading, 'How'd I lose?'"

In all fairness, Dimitri's ability to learn off of and copy another player just based on their recorded Duels and strategies is *really impressive* Keep in mind, he had *no time* to practice with Yugi's deck and yet he was able to use it almost as if he was the King of Games himself. If Dimitri had just gone with Bastion's route he might have been really succesfull tbh. Basically, instead of trying to have one deck that he copied, he should instead have multiple decks for different types of opponents. A strategy where his knack for studying others would have been at its strongest.

I am surprised that the Dark Magician misplay wasn't mentioned. When Jaden summoned Bladeedge, Dimitri could have had Dark Magician destroy Burstinatrix, then summoned Dark Magician of Chaos with the spell card dedication to light darkness to destroy Bladeedge. Jaden would have been in a worse position, and probably even lost. This definitely shows that Dimitri will never use Yugi's deck as good as Yugi can.

In the show it mentions that Dimitri had even copied Kaiba's deck at one point. My question is how did Dimitri get his hands on 3 Blue-Eyes White Dragons? He would need those to copy Kaiba's deck one for one which is impossible as there are only 3 Blue-Eyes White Dragons in the Yugioh world.

I really appreciate the work that he puts into these videos, as analyzing Yugioh Duels in the later series and trying to examine every possible play each player could make is a lot of effort, especially when you have to piece together the opening hands. It's really helped me put more thought into my own scripted Duels for the Yugioh stories I write, so I just wanna say thanks for making this series, as not only is it fun to do an in depth analysis of the series I've loved for decades now, it's helped me become not only a better player at the game, but a better writer who wants to deliver the best possible story I can.

While yes Jaden setting polymerization was shenanigans for card of sanctity, I don't think it's as outlandish as it looks. Yugi's deck is LEGENDARY and with how big of a fan Jaden seems to be in the short moments we get to see him talk about the King of Games, I believe Jaden and quite a few others would know a lot of the cards Yugi plays, including Cards of Sanctity, which means foresight is something Jaden absolutely has here. Jaden could have easily predicted that Dimitri would draw that card at some point because the duel has been going for a while.

Can there be a "Was Zigfried about to beat Kaiba video"? That was my favorite Kaiba duel of the series.

"I used Yugi's deck, why couldn't I win?" "Yugi ran Summoned Skull, Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, Dark Magician of Black Chaos, the three God cards, Buster Blader, and Valkyrion in one deck. I'm more surprised you didn't brick." (Inspired by a piece of fanart of Yugi bricking)

Jaden gains the ability of foresight and sets a card the turn before Card of Sanctity Dmitri somehow forgets to set his card before activating it Love that Yu-Gi-Oh logic

I can relate to Dimitri a lot. Almost every deck I play at tournaments and online are based of characters from the anime but unlike Dimitri, I use my own ideas to the mix for variety and more unpredictability. My favourites to use include Yuma, Shun and Revolver some of whom gotten me 2nd place at locals a few times which I’m proud of.

Yay been looking forward to this one! Honestly I found this one pretty good two part episode. It was still early days when Jaden only had his “basic” Elemental heroes but obviously Dimitri didn’t have the “heart of the cards” of Yugi/Yami (or Yami ability to “will” cards to his hand).

If I recall Dimitri is the mirror match opponent in the games he appears in. Literally copies your hand. Only 2 fusions he knows he can make. One thing established in season 2 is that Jaden actually doesn’t know that his HEROes have a lot of different potential results when fused. Granted we don’t see many in the anime and manga and most of these fusions are legacy support and one could argue that they might not exist in-universe (despite them clearly having cards that we don’t have so that line is a bit blurry in my opinion.)

Additional misplay you didn't cover: Jaden should have set emergency provisions for a few reasons 1: If Jaden waits for the activation conditions of Hero spirit, as tributing it would have given him 1000 extra LP. 2: keeping the unknown card he tributed with his effect could be useful on a later turn potentially, so he shouldn't have activated Emergency provisions until he absolutely had to. 3: This would have had the side effect of Dimitri being unable to use spider's web to regain enough Life Points to survive Flame Wingman's effect.

16:27 Let's say the spell is Fusion Gate, because Jaden knows he need the extra attack boost from Skyscraper to survive and win the duel.

Easily one of my favorite duels in the series. I had the two partner on dvd as a kid and watched it a ton. Seeing stuff like BLS and DMOC was so cool especially cause it implies Yugi had upgraded his deck since the end of the original series. That plus I just love the way the dub has Dimitri imitate the voice of Atem. It’s seriously a good impression and I loved that little bit of charm added to the duel.

I recommend "Was Joey about to TIE with Mai" from their first duel in the Oricalchos arc. Joey wanted to force a tie in that duel, but I don't even know how that could work from the cards Joey has.

So, I have a SUPER ambitious idea you could do for the series: Could the Big 5 have won their respective duels and against both Joey and Yugi? I think this could be an amazing video, dissecting each duel in one video, plus it could be a big special after doing this for a while now? Idk, I'd just love to see you tackle a challenge like this, cause it would be dope af. Also, I say all on one video is because I don't think there is enough to go on in each duel respectively, but maybe I'm wrong, LOL.

A couple things I thought about watching this video. One was that I love when Chaos Soldier is treated as a boss monster, it is my favorite monster and what I built my deck around once I got back into Yugioh through video games a few years ago(yes I know it is not actually considered good but I am a casual player and just like using what I like). Second is the ending statement really is right, when you build your deck picking your own cards for all the particular plays and scenarios that could come up it gives you this great feeling of "okay I know if I draw this card, this card, or this card then I know I can get out of this situation" which is a great feeling.

Why after the A Hero Emerges replay occurs, Dark Magician didn't attack Burstinatrix ? That way, Dimitri could have activated the Quick-play Dedication trough Light and Darkness to summon Dark Magician of Chaos which would destroy Bladedge and then let Judai's field completely empty !

Another misplay was Dimitri should have used Dark Magician to attack Burstinatrix before using Dedication Through Light and Darkness. I like to imagine the cards Dimitri sacrificed for Emergency Provisions were Exchange and Chain Destruction.

I think if Dimitri had made that turn 1 play you suggested, he probably would have won the moment he used Magical Knives, assuming all other factors of the duel remained constant, or at least consistent enough.

I appreciate seeing this duel again. It makes me smile remembering this since this is what made me yearn to make more unique decks instead of borrowing the same ol' stuff as others. So I very much so appreciate the revisit!

Welcome back Sam! That duel was so unique for Jaden to duel Yugi's deck for the 1st time

YES YES YES I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD EVENTUALLY DO THIS DUEL

9:40 misplay by Demetri. He should’ve attacked burstinatrix with dark magician as his attack hasn’t been negated then used magician of chaos to destroy bladedge - open field. Also Demetri making the classic king of games mistake of not using all possible cards before using card of sanctity. Edit: remembered that replay don’t exist in the anime so technically the attack was negated I think 🤔

The hero emerges trick, which is mentioned is something the Jaden does often, so it's kinda weird he didn't do it this time.

Love this series keep up the amazing work!

9:28 That Dark Magician face though XD

In regards to the Cards of Sancity play I feel Judai would anticipate this. As a fan of the game and a fan of Yugi's duels, as shown in this ep, Judai would know Yugi's...'thing' of playing Card of Sanctity when his hand is near empty. Is this super awkward and a little iffy, sure. But you can always just see this as 'dramatising' considering any real duelist would have dumped their hand for the Hero Kenzan (i love the Japanese way of saying this card) play

If someone ever made a movie about Yugi, Dimitri would be a great person to play him on the big screen

Oh, no way, I love this duel. Such an underrated piece of fanservice.

One of my favorite duels! thanks for covering 😁

I love this series, nice to get another episode. Much appreciated!

This is my favorite episode (or episodes since it was a 2-parter) of the series. I loved how the music kept switching back and forth from the normal GX background music to the classic score whenever Dimitri made a move. I also love how seemingly EVERYONE forgot that BLS was a part of Yugi's deck (though the one that Yugi summoned was the effectless ritual monster, not the retrained Chaos version) and the leadup to BLS almost winning the game was, up to that point, the most dramatic near-defeat of the series. "The trouble isn't deep, it's subterranean" was also a fantastic line.

Love this series, and I just finished GX last night! Suggestion: could Fujiwara have beaten Jaden and Jesse at the end of season 4?

I'm going to say that the mysterious card that Jaden draw is Kishido Spirit.

Dimitri is literally half of the players.

I like how when it's Dimitri's turn the original Yugioh soundtrack is playing in the background.

Would have been cool to see the aces stare each other down Dark Magcian and Flame Wingman I don’t want to hear any of that neos ace stuff we all know who the real ace is

Yay!!! One of my favorite duels from the GX era!!! And you finally analyzed it!!!

Demetri: Insults DM Atem: Egyptian Rage

Love this type of series! Keep up the good work! 🙌

So a big shenanigan in this duel is Skyscraper's effect, in every other duel and in real life card effect, Skyscraper only gives 1000 atk boost when a Hero monster attacks a monster with higher attack, not when it's being attacked. In this duel Jaden should have lost in two instances, when Dark magician girl attacked Bubbleman ( Jaden had 1500 LP left; 2300-800=1500 damage k.o.) and when BLS attacked Avian ( Jaden had 1800 LP; 3000-1000=2000 damage k.o.).

Speaking of play manipulation by the writers, Jaden's Super Junior Confrontation play only works because in the anime you can choose to summon your defense mode monsters in either face up or face down position. If this was real life then Jaden would have to summon Winged Kuriboh either in attack or set it, meaning he wouldn't be able to meet the conditions for his trap card

Great video! I remember I had this episode in a DVD I played it on repeat when we had no power

I want to believe that the spell card that Jaden sacrificed was a second copy of Bubble Blaster. With no intention of further using Bubbleman, he would have no use for this card and so would see it as perfect discard fodder.

I could have sworn when I saw the English dub. You can actually see part of dark magician as Dimitri sends it to the grave via monster reincarnation; I definitely remember being able to see part of it when I first watched this

always look forward to these videos, keep it up! possible misplay by jaden at 3:30: after he fuses for thunder giant, he could've also summoned burstinatrix or wroughtweiler, that way he has an extra attack once thunder giant deals with chimera and berfomet.

One thing i love about this duel in the dub, when is Jaden turn, the Yugioh Gx ost played in the background, when is Dimitri turn, the Yugioh Dm ost played

I live for these uploads. Your commentary and delivery are just great! Keep it up man! Much love from Texas!

Basically, Dimitri did technically win when he attacked Bubbleman with Dark Magician Girl and Avian with Black Luster Soldier but in the anime, Jaden’s Skyscraper Field Spell gives his Elemental Heroes 1,000 extra attack points during his opponents battle phase - in real life it only works on your own battle phase leaving your Elemental Hero wide open when your opponent summons and attacks with a stronger monster in their turn.

Need to mention that Jaden's bluff with Polimerisation also does not make sense because Dimitri knew it was Poli cause Jaden had added it earlier with Wroughtveiler. Dimitri, if he had set Reincarnation, could have activated it to get Pot of Greed, get BLS immediately, then switch all his Kuribo tokens to attack, activate Reincarnation to get back DM, tribute watapon and Dark Magician of Chaos for DM, special BLS, attack Burstinatrix with BLS, attack again, attack Bubbleman with DM (Jaden 1300 -> 600) and finish it with the Kuribo tokens. Yeah, kinda counterintuitive, but logical if you think through it.

20:19 Kuriboh is like…uhh yeah sure whatever you say I guess 😅

Wow I was just watching your old videos yesterday and you post today! Great video idea

This episode was great. The end also was hilarious, Dimitri started coping Jayden and i would love to see elemental heroes vs elemental heroes, that would be a great idea for an an episode

Claiming one of Dimitri's worthless cards was De-Spell would (unless I'm mistaken) a big mistake. If he *Actually* had De-Spell he'd have been able to use it to destroy Skyscraper, which would have made Dark Magician Girl the strongest on the Field again.

I really like this part of GX, because they have Jaiden duel simulacra of the big 3 of Duel Monsters. Dimitri using Yugi’s deck Atticus using Red-Eyes and Jinzo using.....well, Jinzo reflecting Joey And Kaibaman just being Kaiba

Been waiting for another duel analysis for awhile. Keep it up! (please)

WIthout hindsight, I think Dimitri made the best turn 1 play. Yeah, he could've dealt a quick 2100 damage, but it'd mean burning through his hand: playing it careful because Jaden still had a full hand was the right move: over-extending was just too dangerous at that point. Likewise, Swords of Revealing Light is best saved for when you know you need the attack block (such as the next turn where Dimitri was in top-decking move, so it was too risky to risk Jaden battling Gazelle without summoning anything). Of course, had Dimitri known he'd want Dark Magician in the GY and an extra body on the field due to Dark Renewal, that'd change everything, but he had no way of knowing what he'd top-deck.

Side note: Dimitri attacked with Chimera the first turn he summed it, in battle city this wasn't allowed without the use of a magic card, I believe this is allowed as its not battle city but the yugioh gx era, and who knows exactly when then deck comes from

16:20 I'd say spark blaster is that card. Unless he used it during this duel but I don't remember him using it this time around. Not a huge loss really lol great video dude!! I love watching these duel analysis videos!! If I may can I ask you to analyze the duels between team 5D's and team Ragnarok? That set of duels was crazy and I honestly think it could have played out differently but I don't know for sure

This is the first time ever that I have seen another person analyze what cards each player in a duel draws throughout a duel - I have done that with a lot of duels in both Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - it just shocks me a little bit to see that I'm not the only one that has done that kind of analysis to things. 😅🙏

Jaden + Jesse vs Yubel It had a weird ending so it would be interesting to get your thoughts + analysis Year 15 of waiting for new Yubel support

Omg I remember that Duel! This was such a great way to bring back the Pharaoh without actually bringing him back xD

since clayman was used as fusion material and wasnt seen again this episode im gonna say the mysterious spell card is Clay Wrap

This has always been one of my favorite episodes a long with the one with Jinzo

I would love to see a video talking about Blood Shepherd Vs. Lightning. It was such an intense duel, and I’d love to see if there were any mistakes, anything that could’ve been done better.

I think it’s an interesting duel. Anyways there’s one duel I think you can cover and that is Atem vs Marik in the battle city final and also please include that look on Kaiba’s face when Atem summons Obelisk The Tormentor.

wow that thing about building your own deck resonated here

El único duelo de la serie donde el efecto de rascacielos se activa al ser atacado.

Wow, I was watching these episodes a few days ago and was thinking "Could he have beaten Jaden?"

I don't know if Jaden attacking with Sparkman just to get stopped by Kuriboh was really a misplay. I mean, he has to bait the thing out eventually, right?

That was some horrific kuriboh on kuriboh violence we witnessed at 11:40 I'd never wish it on anyone

Great analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

Can you cover Yugo vs Yuri? Specifically, could Yugo have beaten Yuri if Kite and Aster hadn't jumped into the dule?

Actually, Dmitri had a hilariously effective option with BLS Envoy's effect: Banish Skyscraper. I'm serious, banishing Skyscraper basically sets him up for a win on the following turn, since without it, Jaden at this point in the series lacks anything that could kill the powerful Chaos monster.

16:29 I bet it was Transcendent Wings since Jaden doesn't have Winged Kuriboh in his field anymore

Interesting gameplay mechanic regarding Emergency Provisions: If Jaden/Judai had set the Spell/Trap cards first and then used Polymerization/The Warrior Returning Alive, he could've chained Emergency Provisions to gain an extra 1000 life while still getting the card effect off since it doesn't negate it.

Honestly I think Dimitri's weakness isn't even that he "net decks." It's that he thinks if he can find the one magical perfect deck he'll become the best duelist. He has good technical skills, and is able to adapt his playstyle to a new deck extremely well. If he just stuck with those decks for a while and got his reps in, he'd be a force to be reckoned with, kind of like Mimasaka from Food Wars with his "Perfect Trace"

Protagonist plot Def is strong because unless I’m mistaken, Dimitri pulling off the combo mentioned at the beginning, leads directly into a win 1 or 2 turns later since with the direct attack from Chimera, Dark Magician ends it when he’s brought out.

i love how offended dark magician looks in the orichalcos scene XD

0:40 yeah it takes a millenium puzzle

I think Dimitri should have more credit. The whole "make your own deck and believe in your cards" is cute. But it's said in front of large amount of background characters that contribute absolutely nothing to the series. Knowing and believing in their decks didn't take them anywhere either. Demitri's ability to learn and copy that well based on limited information is amazing. He should be encouraged to further his talents. Not discard them for a playstyle that won't take him anywhere either.

Dimitri's biggest mistake is forgetting that Multiply actually summons an impenetrable wall of infinite Kuribohs.

Dimitri should've won on turn 6. Turn 1: Jaden plays Elemental Hero Burstinatrix in Defence Mode. Turn 2: Dimitri Fusion Summons Chimaera The Flying Mythical Beast. Then he activates Monster Reincarnation (discarding Dark Magician) to add Gazelle The King Of Mythical Beasts to his hand... then he summons it and uses it to attack Elemental Hero Burstinatrix, then goes for a direct attack with Chimaera The Flying Mythical Beast. (Jaden's LP=1900). Turn 3: Jaden draws and plays Polymerisation, to fusion summon Elemental Hero Thunder Giant. He destroys Chimaera The Flying mythical Beast (Causing Dimitri to revive Berformet in Defence Mode). Jaden attacks and destroys Gazelle The King Of Mythical Beasts. (Dimitri's LP=3100). Turn 4: Dimitri Draws and sets Dark Renewal. Then plays Swords Of Revealing Light. Turn 5:Jaden Draws and summons Dark Catapulter (Causing Dimitri to use Dark Renewal to summon Dark Magician). Turn 6: Dimitri draws Thousand Knives and uses it to destroy Elemental Hero Thunder Giant. Then with no monsters eft on the field he attacks directly with Dark Magician for game.

The only thing which mildly niggled me about this episode was Zane saying in the dub that "there is no amount of studying that you can do to be able to use someone else's deck as well as they can" because that's absolutely _not_ how it works irl lmao.

I would love to see one of these on Yami Yugi vs Yami Marik (Battle City Finals).

I just realized, flame wingman’s effect shouldn’t have activated when he destroyed dark magician of chaos. Flame wingman’s effect only works if the monster goes to the graveyard, and DMoC gets banished when it leaves the field

Winged koriboh vs koriboh is so funny to me. Imagine meeting an alternate angelic version of yourself with wings and finding out it would die from bumping into you

17:08 technically in rl, he wouldn't take the damage as dmoc banishes itself when it leaves the field and flamewingman requires the monster to be in the gy