"Birth of the Ultimate Tag!!" is the forty-seventh chapter of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga. It was first printed in Japanese in the V Jump magazine and in English in the Shonen Jump magazine. Both of which were printed in volume 7 of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX graphic novels afterwards.

SummaryEdit

Alexis and Bastion Tag Duel against Adrian and Jesse.

Featured Duel: Alexis Rhodes & Bastion Misawa vs. Adrian Gecko & Jesse AndersonEdit

Duel continues from the previous chapter.

Turn 5: Alexis
Alexis Normal Summons "Ice Doll" (800/1000) in Defense Position and activates "Curtain of Hail". As long as it is face-up, all Level 3 and lower WATER monsters are immune to destruction by both battle and card effects. She then Sets a card.

Turn 6: Adrian
Adrian Normal Summons "Forbidden Beast Dharmjul" (1200/1400) in Attack Position. He then activates "Forbidden Mantra", which will unlock the effects of his "Forbidden Beasts" as long it remains on the field. He activates the effect of "Dharmjul" in an attempt to destroy "Curtain of Hail", but Alexis activates her face-down "The Ice-Bound God", negating the effect of "Dharmjul" as she controls two face-up WATER monsters. Adrian Sets a card.

Turn 7: Bastion
Bastion draws "Daidara-Bocchi". He Tributes Alexis' "Ice Doll" and "Crystal Girl" to Summon it (2900/2500) in Attack Position. He then activates "Phantasmagoria", which will treat all face-up monsters as Yokai Monsters. Therefore, "Daidara-Bocchi" gains 600 ATK via its own effect. He attacks, but Adrian activates his face-down "Mantra's Curse-Binding", paying 800 Life Points (Adrian/Jesse 4000 → 3200) to prevent the attack. During each of Bastion and Alexis' End Phases, "Daidara-Bocchi" will lose 500 ATK. Bastion Sets two cards and the ATK of "Daidara-Bocchi" goes down to 3000.

Turn 8: Jesse
Jesse uses the effect of Adrian's "Dharmjul" to destroy "Phantasmagoria", so the ATK of "Daidara-Bocchi" decreases to 2400. He Normal Summons "Rose Papillon" (1400/800), and attacks directly with it (Alexis/Bastion 4000 → 2600) via its effect, as there is another face-up Insect-Type monster on the field. Jesse attacks "Daidara-Bocchi" with "Forbidden Beast Boa Bolan" (Adrian/Jesse 3200 → 2500), who destroys "Daidara-Bocchi" at the end of the Damage Step via its effect. Jesse Sets a card.

Turn 9: Alexis
Alexis Normal Summons "Snowman" (900/1500) in Defense Position.

Turn 10: Adrian
Adrian Tributes Jesse's "White Papillon" and "Rose Papillon" to Summon "Forbidden Beast Bronn" (2700/2100). He activates the effect of "Dharmjul", but Alexis activates Bastion's face-down "Leaf of the Transforming Tanuki", negating the destruction and destroying "Forbidden Mantra" instead. Therefore, the "Forbidden Beasts" lose their effects. Adrian activates a second "Forbidden Mantra" from his hand. He attacks with "Bronn", but Alexis activates her face-down "Ice Barrier", reducing the ATK of "Bronn" to 0 and preventing it from attacking again and changing Battle positions.

Turn 11: Bastion
Bastion Normal Summons "Nurikabe" (900/2000) in Defense Position and Sets a card.

Turn 12: Jesse
Draws "Insect Horde", while his hand is shown to contain "Butterfly Fairy" and three unspecified cards. He attacks and destroys "Nurikabe" with "Bronn". He Sets a card.

Turn 13: Alexis
Alexis draws "Ice Doll Mirror" and activates Bastion's face-down "Fate of the Living", which will treat all monsters in the Graveyard as Yokai Monsters. She activates the effect of the "Mezuki" in Bastion's Graveyard, removing it from play to Special Summon "Ice Doll" (800/1000) in Attack Position. She then activates Bastion's face-down "Ghostly Reinforcements", paying 1000 Life Points (Alexis/Bastion 2600 → 1600) to Special Summon "Nurikabe" (900/2000) and "Long-Tailed Black Horse" (1400/800) from Bastion's Graveyard. She Tributes them to Summon "Blizzard Princess" (2800/2100), whose effect prevents the opponents from activating Spells and Trap cards this turn. She activates "Ice Doll Mirror", which allows her to treat "Ice Doll" as having the same stats and name as "Blizzard Princess". She attacks "Dharmjul" and "Bronn" with "Ice Doll" and "Blizzard Princess" (Adrian/Jesse 2600 → 0).^{[Notes 1]}

Featured cardsEdit

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

NotesEdit

1. ↑ The Duel ends here, though their Life Points are not shown hitting zero until the next chapter.