Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 126
Kanji	地獄の詩人 ヘルポエマー
Rōmaji	Jigoku no Shijin Herupoemā
Japanese translation	Poet of Hell, Hellpoemer
English	The Darkness Returns - Part 2
Episode number	126
Japanese air date	September 17, 2002
English air date	May 22, 2004
Music
Japanese opening	WILD DRIVE
Japanese ending	Paradise 楽園
Chronology
Episode listing	Yu-Gi-Oh! episode listing (season 3)
Previous	The Darkness Returns - Part 1
Next	The Darkness Returns - Part 3

Contents 1 Featured Duel: Marik Ishtar VS. Joey Wheeler - Part 2 2 Changes to the English Dub 3 Mistakes 3.1 Trivia 3.2 Featured cards 3.3 Notes

Featured Duel: Marik Ishtar VS. Joey Wheeler - Part 2Edit

Duel continues from previous episode.

Turn 6: Joey Wheeler

• Due to "Plasma Eel's" effect, "Panther Warrior" loses 500 ATK ("Panther Warrior": 2000 > 1500 ATK / 1600 DEF).

Turn 7: Yami Marik

• Draws "Coffin Seller".
• Sets 2 cards.

Turn 8: Joey Wheeler

• Draws "Insect Queen".
• Joey's hand contains "Graceful Dice", "Insect Queen", "Baby Dragon", and "Foolish Burial".
• Normal Summons "Baby Dragon" (1200 ATK / 700 DEF) in Defense Position.
• Uses "Rocket Warrior" to attack "Drillago": thanks to "Rocket Warrior's" first effect, "Drillago's" ATK is reduced by 500 ("Drillago": 1600 > 1100 ATK / 1500 DEF); thanks to its other effect, "Rocket Warrior" is not destroyed and Joey receives no Battle Damage.
• Marik activates "Card of Last Will", drawing 5 cards since one of his monsters had lost ATK.
• Marik's hand contains "Legendary Fiend", "Premature Burial", "Relieve Monster", "Nightmare Mirror" and "The Winged Dragon of Ra".
• Joey attacks and destroys "Drillago" with "Panther Warrior" by tributing a "Sheep Token" (Marik: 3300 > 2900 Life Points).
• Marik activates "Coffin Seller". As long as this card is face-up on the field, Joey will take 300 damage each time a monster is sent to his Graveyard.
• "Helpoemer's" effect activates from Marik's Graveyard: Joey discards "Insect Queen". This activates "Coffin Seller's" effect, inflicting 300 damage to Joey (Joey: 4000 > 3700 Life Points).
• Due to "Plasma Eel's" effect, "Panther Warrior" loses another 500 ATK ("Panther Warrior": 1500 > 1000 ATK / 1600 DEF).

Turn 9: Yami Marik

• Draws "Nightmare Wheel".
• Sets a card.
• Activates "Premature Burial", paying 800 LP (Marik: 2900 > 2100 Life Points) to Special Summon "Drillago" from his Graveyard back to the field (1600 ATK / 1000 DEF) in Attack Position.
• Tributes "Drillago" to summon "Legendary Fiend" (1500 ATK / 1800 DEF) in Attack Position.

Turn 10: Joey Wheeler

• Draws "Little-Winguard".
• Marik activates "Nightmare Wheel", choosing "Rocket Warrior" as its target. While "Nightmare Wheel" is face-up, "Rocket Warrior" is forbidden from attacking and during each of Yami Marik's Standby Phases, Joey will take 500 damage.
• Joey summons "Little-Winguard" (1400 ATK / 1800 DEF) in Defense Position.
• Switches "Panther Warrior" to Defense Position.
• Due to "Plasma Eel's" effect, "Panther Warrior" loses another 500 ATK ("Panther Warrior": 1000 > 500 ATK / 1600 DEF).

Turn 11: Yami Marik

• Draws "Malevolent Catastrophe".
• "Nightmare Wheel's" effect inflicts 500 damage to Joey on the Standby Phase(Joey: 3700 > 3200 Life Points).
• Thanks to its effect, "Legendary Fiend's" ATK increases by 700 ("Legendary Fiend": 1500 > 2200 ATK / 1800 DEF).
• "Legendary Fiend" attacks & destroys "Little-Winguard". "Coffin Seller's" effect activates, inflicting 300 damage to Joey (Joey: 3200 > 2900 Life Points).
• Sets "Malevolent Catastrophe" face-down.

Turn 12: Joey Wheeler

• Draws "Question" and subsequently activates it. Yami Marik must guess the first monster that went to Joey's Graveyard. If he is right, the monster is removed from play, but if Yami Marik is wrong, the monster will be Special Summoned to the field. Since Marik cannot guess correctly (The card at the bottom of Joey's Graveyard was discarded by "Helpoemer"), Joey is able to Special Summon "Jinzo" (2400 ATK / 1500 DEF) from his Graveyard back to the field in Attack Position.
• "Jinzo's" effect activates, destroying "Coffin Seller", "Nightmare Wheel" and "Malevolent Catastrophe".
  • With "Nightmare Wheel" destroyed, "Rocket Warrior" is released.
• Switches "Baby Dragon" and "Panther Warrior" to Attack Position.
• Attacks and destroys "Legendary Fiend" with "Jinzo" (Marik: 2100 > 1900 Life Points).
• Attacks Marik directly with "Baby Dragon" and "Rocket Warrior", but Marik activates "Dark Wall of Wind" to prevent himself from taking any Battle Damage from direct attacks this turn.
• "Helpoemer's" effect activates from Marik's Graveyard: Joey discards "Foolish Burial".
• Due to "Plasma Eel's" effect, "Panther Warrior" loses another 500 ATK ("Panther Warrior": 500 > 0 ATK / 1600 DEF).

Turn 13: Yami Marik

• Draws "Lava Golem".
• Tributes "Jinzo" and "Baby Dragon" to Special Summon "Lava Golem" (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF) onto Joey's side of the field in Attack Position.
• Sets a card.

Duel continues next episode.

Changes to the English DubEdit

• The face on "Premature Burial" is obscured from view.
• Card of Last Will's cross is changed to a rounded gravestone in the dub.
• Little-Winguard is redisgned in the dub.

MistakesEdit

• In the English version, "Foolish Burial" is seen with its Japanese artwork.
• Also in the English version, a shot of Marik about to Set a card is re-added after he Sets it.

TriviaEdit

• Up until this episode, Little-Winguard was called Tiny Guardian.

Featured cardsEdit

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

Yami Marik

Monsters Normal Monsters Drillago[Notes 1] Effect Monsters Helpoemer Lava Golem Legendary Fiend Plasma Eel The Winged Dragon of Ra[Notes 2]

Magic Dark Wall of Wind

Traps Card of Last Will Coffin Seller Malevolent Catastrophe Nightmare Mirror[Notes 2] Nightmare Wheel[Notes 3] Relieve Monster[Notes 2] Scratch Wheel

Joey Wheeler

Monsters Normal Monsters Baby Dragon Little-Winguard[Notes 1] Effect Monsters Insect Queen[Notes 4] Jinzo Panther Warrior Rocket Warrior

Magic Foolish Burial[Notes 4] Graceful Dice[Notes 5] Question

Flashbacks

Monsters Normal Monsters Alligator's Sword Baby Dragon Drillago[Notes 1] Gil Garth Effect Monsters Helpoemer Jinzo Rocket Warrior Panther Warrior

Magic Tribute Burial

NotesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} This was played as a Normal Monster. It is an Effect Monster in the TCG/OCG.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} This card can be seen after Marik draw from his Deck from "Card of Last Will"'s effect.
3. ↑ In the dub, this card replaces "Scratch Wheel".
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} This card was discard randomly by "Helpoemer"'s effect.
5. ↑ This card can be seen in Joey's hand.

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