Episode 11

"At One With The Sword!! Synchro User 'Yaiba Todo'" is the eleventh episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime.

Synopsis
In the third Duel, You Show Duel School is represented by Gongenzaka while his opponent is Yaiba Todo from the LDS Synchro Course. Yaiba bounds around the field, all the while Synchro Summoning, as he tries to corner Gongenzaka, who keeps himself planted on a single portion of the field. Everyone is blown away by the fact Gongenzaka doesn't take a chance to get his hands on Action Cards. Meanwhile, he assembles a surprising strategy.

Noboru Gongenzaka vs. Yaiba Tōdō
Duel continues from the previous episode.

Gongenzaka has 4000 LP remaining, 4 cards in his hand, and controls "Superheavy Samurai Kabuto" (CG Star 4/1000/2000 → 2500) in Defense Position and no Set cards. Yaiba has 4000 LP remaining, 3 cards in his hand, and controls "X-Saber Souza" (CG Star 7/2500/1600) and "XX-Saber Gatmuz" (CG Star 9/3100/2600) both in Attack Position and no Set cards.

Turn 2: Yaiba

"XX-Saber Gatmuz" attacks and destroys "Superheavy Samurai Kabuto". "X-Saber Souza" attacks directly (Gongenzaka: 4000 → 1500 LP). Yaiba Sets 1 card.

Turn 3: Gongenzaka

Gongenzaka draws "Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei". As his opponent controls two or more monsters, Gongenzaka Special Summons "Superheavy Samurai Ten Bin" (CG Star 4/800/1800) from his hand in Attack Position via its own effect. As it was Normal or Special Summoned, its other effect activates, letting him Special Summon a "Superheavy Samurai" monster from his Graveyard. He Special Summons "Kabuto" (CG Star 4/1000/2000) in Attack Position. Gongenzaka Releases his two monsters to Advance Summon "Big Benkei" (CG Star 8/1000/3500), whose effect allows it to be Advance Summoned in face-up Defense Position instead of being Set. "Big Benkei" may attack while it is Defense Position, with its DEF being applied as its ATK. "Big Benkei" attacks and destroys "Gatmuz" (Yaiba: 4000 → 3600 LP). Gongenzaka's hand contains "Superheavy Samurai Soul Break Armor", "Superheavy Samurai Soul Fire Armor" and "Superheavy Samurai Soul Big Bang".

Turn 4: Yaiba

Yaiba Normal Summons "XX-Saber Boggartknight" (CG Star 4/1900/1000). As it was Normal Summoned, its effect activates, letting Yaiba Special Summon a Level 4 or lower "X-Saber" monster from his hand. He Special Summons "XX-Saber Ragigura" (CG Star 1/200/1000) in Attack Position. As it was Normal or Special Summoned, its effect activates, letting Yaiba add an "X-Saber" monster from his Graveyard to his hand. He adds "XX-Saber Faultroll". As he controls two or more "X-Saber" monsters, Yaiba Special Summons "Faultroll" (CG Star 6/2400/1800) from his hand in Attack Position via its own effect. Yaiba activates the effect of "Faultroll", letting him Special Summon a Level 4 or lower "X-Saber" monster from his Graveyard once per turn. He Special Summons "XX-Saber Fulhelmknight" (CG Star 3/1300/1000) in Attack Position. Yaiba tunes the Level 3 Tuner monster "Fulhelmknight" with the Level 6 "Faultroll" to Synchro Summon another "XX-Saber Gatmuz" (CG Star 9/3100/2600) in Attack Position. Yaiba finds and activates the Action Card "Extreme Sword", increasing the ATK of a monster on the field by 1000 until the End Phase ("Gatmuz": 3100 → 4100/2600). "Gatmuz" attacks "Big Benkei", with Yaiba activating his face-down "Meteorain", letting his monsters inflict piercing battle damage this turn (Gongenzaka: 1500 → 900 LP). Gongenzaka activates the effect of the "Soul Fire Armor" in his hand, sending it to the Graveyard to target a Level 5 or higher Defense Position "Superheavy Samurai" monster he controls. It cannot be destroyed by battle this turn, but its DEF is decreased by 800 ("Big Benkei": 1000/3500 → 2700). Yaiba finds and activates the Action Card "Extreme Sword", increasing the ATK of a monster on the field by 1000 until the End Phase ("Souza": 2500 → 3500/1600). "Souza" attacks "Big Benkei", with "Soul Fire Armor" preventing its destruction by battle, but Gongenzaka still receives Piercing battle damage (Gongenzaka: 900 → 100 LP, "Big Benkei": 1000/2700 → 1900). Yaiba activates the effect of "Gatmuz", letting him Release an "X-Saber" monster to discard a random card from Gongenzaka's hand. He Releases "Boggartknight" and Gongenzaka discards "Soul Big Bang". Yaiba activates the effect again, Releasing "Ragigura" to force Gongenzaka to discard "Soul Break Armor". Yaiba Sets 1 card.

Turn 5: Gongenzaka

Gongenzaka draws "Superheavy Samurai Soul Great Wall" and subsequently Normal Summons it (CG Star 3/1200/1200). He activates its effect, letting him equip it to a "Superheavy Samurai" monster he controls and increase its DEF by 1200 ("Big Benkei": 1000/1900 → 3100). "Big Benkei" attacks and destroys "Souza" (Yaiba: 3600 → 3000 LP). As he controls an "X-Saber" monster, Yaiba activates his face-down "Gatmuz's Emergency Orders", letting him Special Summon two "X-Saber" monsters from either Graveyard. He Special Summons "Souza" (CG Star 7/2500/1600) and "Ragigura" (CG Star 1/200/1000), both in Attack Position. As it was Normal or Special Summoned, the effect of "Ragigura" activates, so Yaiba adds "Faultroll" from his Graveyard to his hand.

Turn 6: Yaiba

As he controls two or more "X-Saber" monsters, Yaiba Special Summons "XX-Saber Faultroll" (CG Star 6/2400/1800) from his hand in Attack Position via its own effect. Yaiba activates the effect of "Faultroll", Special Summoning "XX-Saber Fulhelmknight" (CG Star 3/1300/1000) from the Graveyard in Attack Position. Yaiba tunes the Level 3 Tuner monster "Fulhelmknight" with the Level 6 "Faultroll" to Synchro Summon another "XX-Saber Gatmuz" (CG Star 9/3100/2600) in Attack Position. Yaiba activates the effect of "Souza", letting him Release an "X-Saber" monster to allow "Souza" to destroy any monster it battles at the start of the Damage Step or prevent it from being destroyed by the effects of Trap Cards. He Releases "Ragigura" to activate the former effect. "Souza" attacks "Big Benkei", but Gongenzaka activates the effect of "Soul Great Wall", sending it to the Graveyard as the equipped monster is being attacked. This negates the attack, but reduces the DEF of the equipped monster to 0 ("Big Benkei": 1000/3100 → 0). The first "Gatmuz" attacks "Big Benkei", but Gongenzaka activates the effect of the "Soul Break Armor" in his Graveyard as there are no Spell/Trap Cards in it and he controls a monster whose current DEF is lower than its original DEF that is being attacked. He banishes "Soul Break Armor" to inflict damage to his opponent equal to the difference between the current and original DEF, meaning 3500. As he controls an "X-Saber" monster and would take effect damage, Yaiba activates the Instant Magic Card "Saber Reflect", inflicting the damage to his opponent instead. As he controls a "Superheavy Samurai" monster, has no Spell/Trap Cards in his Graveyard and his opponent has activated a card effect that would inflict damage, Gongenzaka activates the effect of the "Soul Big Bang" in his Graveyard, banishing it to reduce the damage to 0, destroy all monsters on the field and inflict damage equal to their combined Levels × 100 to both players, meaning 3300 (Gongenzaka: 100 → 0 LP, Yaiba: 3000 → 0 LP).