Episode 88

"The Thunder Strikes!" (雷鳴の一撃！ Raimei no Ichigeki) is the eighty-eighth episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime.

Synopsis
Yūya, Yūto, Yūgo, and Yūri…The four's minds are synchronized, and Yūya turns vicious! He summons "Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon" and drives Crow into a corner. Noticing that something is wrong with Yūya and worrying about his well-being, Sora begs for Crow's help. Having accepted Sora's earnest wish, Crow disregards his own safety and faces the Duel with everything he got in order to save Yūya!! However, at the same time, Academia's army is approaching the City…!

Yūya Sakaki vs. Crow Hogan
Duel continues from the previous episode. Yūya controls "Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon" (Rank Star 4/2500/2000/2 ORU) and "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon" (CG Star 7/2500/2000), has "Antithesis Magician" and "Synthesis Magician" in his Pendulum Zones, has 1400 LP and one card in his hand. Crow controls "Assault Black Feather - Raikiri the Sudden Shower" (CG Star 7/2600/2000) and three "Black Feather Token"'s (CG Star 1/0/0), two Set cards, has 2400 LP and no cards in his hand. It is currently Yūya's turn.

Turn 4: Yūya

Yūya activates the effect of "Dark Rebellion", detaching an Overlay Unit ("Dark Rebellion": 2 → 1 ORU) to halve the ATK of a Level 5 or higher monster his opponent controls and have "Dark Rebellion" gain ATK equal to that value. He chooses "Raikiri" ("Raikiri": 2600 → 1300/2000) and add that amount to its own ATK ("Dark Rebellion": 2500 → 3800/2000). Crow activates his face-down Continuous Trap Card, "Black Feather Cursed Guard", as an opponent's monster effect is targeting a "Black Feather" monster he controls. The effect is negated. Yūya activates the Pendulum Effect of "Antithesis Magician", giving "Dark Rebellion" a Level equal to its current Rank ("Dark Rebellion": Rank Star 4 → CG Star 4). Yūya activates the Pendulum Effect of "Synthesis Magician", changing the Level of "Dark Rebellion" to that of another monster he controls. He targets "Odd-Eyes" ("Dark Rebellion": CG Star 4 → 7). Yūya overlays his two Level 7 Dragon-Type monsters to Xyz Summon "Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon the Supreme King Black Dragon" (Rank Star 7/3000/2500/2 ORU) in Attack Position. As it was Xyz Summoned using an Xyz Monster being treated as a Level 7 monster, the effect of "Rebellion Dragon" activates, destroying all Level 7 or lower monsters his opponent controls and inflicting damage equal to the total ATK of those monsters to Crow. Crow activates the other effect of "Black Feather Cursed Guard", negating the destruction of "Raikiri" by lowering its Attack by 400 and its level by 1 ("Raikiri": 2600 → 2200/2000, CG Star 7 → 6). The effect of "Rebellion Dragon" destroys the three "Black Feather Token"'s. Yūya equips "Wings of the Supreme King" to "Rebellion Dragon", which will prevent the destruction of itself and the equipped monster by card effects. He activates the other effect of "Rebellion Dragon", detaching an Overlay Unit to let it attack a number of times this Battle Phase, up to the number of opponent's monsters destroyed this turn. Since three "Black Feather Token"'s were destroyed, "Rebellion Dragon" can attack three times. "Rebellion Dragon" attacks "Raikiri" three times, but the effect of "Black Feather Cursed Guard" activates thrice, ("Raikiri": 2200 → 1800 → 1400 → 1000 ATK, CG Star 6 → 5 → 4 → 3, Crow: 2400 → 1600 → 400 LP). As a "Black Feather" monster he controls is battling, Crow activates his face-down "Black Feather Hope", halving his LP to reduce the battle damage to 0 on the last attack (Crow: 400 → 200 LP).

Turn 5: Crow

Crow draws and subsequently Normal Summons "Black Feather - Death the Mourning Wind" (CG Star 4/1000/1000). He tunes the Level 3 "Raikiri" with the Level 4 Tuner monster "Death the Mourning Wind" to Synchro Summon "Assault Black Feather - Chidori the Light Rain" (CG Star 7/2600/2000) in Attack Position. The effect of "Chidori" activates, increasing its ATK by 300 for each "Black Feather" monsters in his Graveyard; he has five ("Chidori": 2600 → 4100/2000). "Chidori" attacks and destroys "Rebellion Dragon" (Yūya: 1400 → 300 LP), but the effect of "Wings of the Supreme King" activates, destroying the attacking monster when "Rebellion Dragon" is destroyed by battle and inflicting damage to Crow equal to the ATK of "Chidori". "Chidori" is destroyed (Crow: 200 → 0 LP).

List of Featured Cards
The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * 1) Crow Hogan
 * 2) Yūya Sakaki
 * 3) Yūto
 * 4) Yūgo
 * 5) Yūri
 * 6) Melissa Claire
 * 7) Tops
 * 8) Commons
 * 9) Jack Atlas
 * 10) Jean-Michel Roget
 * 11) Sora Shiun'in
 * 12) Amanda
 * 13) Tanner
 * 14) Frank
 * 15) Yuzu Hīragi
 * 16) Serena
 * 17) Reira Akaba
 * 18) Tsukikage
 * 19) Security
 * 20) Sergey Volkov
 * 21) Gael
 * 22) Gray
 * 23) White Taki
 * 24) Azul
 * 25) Bordeaux
 * 26) Reiji Akaba
 * 27) Obelisk Force