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 Tokens" (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 in Crow's field. 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 card, "Black Feather Cursed Guard", negating the effect of "Dark Rebellion" over "Raikiri". He 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 a Xyz Monster being treated as a Level 7 monster, the effect of "Odd-Eyes Rebellion" 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 "Odd-Eyes Rebellion" destroys the three "Black Feather Tokens". Yūya equips "Wings of the Supreme Ruler" to "Odd-Eyes Rebellion". He then activates the other effect of "Odd-Eyes Rebellion", detaching an Overlay Unit ("Odd-Eyes Rebellion": 2 → 1 ORU) 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 Tokens" were destroyed, "Odd-Eyes Rebellion" can attack three times. "Odd-Eyes Rebellion" attacks "Raikiri", and the effect of "Black Feather Cursed Guard" activates twice, preventing its destruction twice ("Raikiri": 2200 → 1800 → 1400/2000, CG Star 6 → 5 → 4) (Crow: 2400 → 1600 → 400 LP). "Odd-Eyes Rebellion" attacks a third time. The effect of "Black Feather Cursed Guard" activates a third time, preventing "Raikiri" from being destroyed ("Raikiri": 1400 → 1000/2000, CG Star 4 → 3) and Crow activates his other face-down card, "Black Feather Hope", halving his LP to reduce the Battle Damage to 0 (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, gaining 300 ATK for each "Black Feather" monsters in his Graveyard. As he has five "Black Feather" monsters in his Graveyard, the ATK of "Chidori" increases by 1500 ("Chidori": 2600 → 4100/2000). "Chidori" attacks and destroys "Odd-Eyes Rebellion" (Yūya: 1400 → 300 LP), but the effect of "Wings of the Supreme Ruler" activates, destroying the attacking monster when "Odd-Eyes Rebellion" is destroyed by battle and inflicting damage to Crow equal to Chidori's current ATK. "Chidori" is destroyed (Crow: 200 → 0 LP).