Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 053
Kanji	運命のはじまり！ 新入生エド・フェニックス
Rōmaji	Unmei no Hajimari! Shinnyūsei Edo Fenikkusu
Japanese translation	The Beginning of Destiny! New Student, Edo Phoenix
English	Back to Duel
Episode number	53
Japanese air date	October 5, 2005
English air date	August 21, 2006
Cards
Featured card	Elemental HERO Tempest
Music
Japanese opening	99%
English opening	Get Your Game On!
Japanese ending	WAKE UP YOUR HEART
Chronology
Episode listing	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode listing (season 2)
Previous	The Graduation Match, Part 2
Next	Champion or Chazz-Been?

"Back to Duel", known as "The Beginning of Destiny! New Student, Edo Phoenix" in the Japanese version, is the fifty-third episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime. It first aired in Japan on October 5, 2005 and in the United States on August 21, 2006.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Featured Duel: Jaden Yuki vs. Aster Phoenix 3 Featured cards 4 Differences in adaptations 5 Notes

SummaryEdit

Jaden Yuki has begun his second year at Duel Academy. Chancellor Sheppard has left on a trip, and so Dr. Crowler has been promoted to "temporary principal" in his absence. He acts in concert with a new employee, Vice-Chancellor Bonaparte. The two go to the docks to meet the incoming first-year students, with both curious as why Aster Phoenix has chosen to enroll, as he already Duels professionally.

Unaware of Aster's status, Jaden Duels him, eager to teach a new student about Dueling. During the Duel, Ms. Dorothy reveals that he constructed the Deck out of eight packs of cards he purchased that morning. Jaden attempts to give him advice, which Aster pretends to take. He receives a cell phone call from a white-cloaked man, who had told Aster to seek out Jaden in the first place, as the cloaked man believes Jaden to be "the one". Aster is not impressed by Jaden, and leaves after being defeated. Syrus Truesdale realizes who Aster really was, and Jaden is eager to have a rematch with Aster when the latter is using his true Deck.

Crowler and Bonaparte wait all day at the docks for Aster, but he arrived earlier. They meet Tyranno Hassleberry, a Ra Yellow student, who is perturbed that he was not admitted into Obelisk Blue. Bonaparte reveals his intentions of destroying the Slifer Red dorm, believing it to be a blot on the school's reputation, as he views all of the dorm's Duelists as weaklings.

Featured Duel: Jaden Yuki vs. Aster PhoenixEdit

Turn 1: Aster

• Aster draws "Ojama Yellow" and subsequently Normal Summons it (0/1000) in Defense Position.

Turn 2: Jaden

• Jaden draws "Hero Ring".
• Jaden's hand contains "Elemental Hero Avian", "De-Fusion", "The Flute of Summoning Kuriboh", "Elemental Hero Clayman", and "Elemental Hero Sparkman".
• Summons "Elemental Hero Sparkman" (1600/1400) in Attack Position.
• "Sparkman" attacks and destroys "Ojama Yellow".

Turn 3: Aster

• Aster draws "Wild Nature's Release".
• Aside from "Wild Nature's Release", Aster's hand contains "Soul Absorption", "Beckoning Light", "Reload", "Chaos Greed", and "Recycle".
• Sets a card ("Beckoning Light").
• Activates "Reload", shuffling his hand back into his Deck and drawing a new hand with the same amount of cards that he shuffled back into his Deck.
• Aster's hand now contains "The Sanctuary in the Sky", "Warrior of Zera", "Archlord Zerato", and "Mystical Shine Ball".
• Activates "The Sanctuary in the Sky". Now any Battle Damage that a player takes that involves a Fairy-type monster they control will become 0.
• Summons "Warrior of Zera" (1600/1600) in Attack Position.
• Tributes "Warrior of Zera" to Special Summon "Archlord Zerato" (2800/2300) in Attack Position.
• Activates "Zerato's" effect, discarding "Mystical Shine Ball" to destroy "Sparkman".
• "Archlord Zerato" attacks Jaden directly (Jaden 4000 → 1200)

Turn 4: Jaden

• Jaden draws "Metamorphosis".
• Summons "Elemental Hero Clayman" (800/2000) in Defense Position.
• Activates "Metamorphosis", Tributing "Clayman" to Special Summon "Elemental Hero Clay Guardian" (0/2800) in Defense Position.
  • Since "Clay Guardian" was Special Summoned, its effect activates, inflicting 200 damage to Aster for each card he controls. Aster controls three cards, so he takes 600 damage (Aster 4000 → 3400).
• Sets a card.

Turn 5: Aster

• Aster draws "Monster Gate".
• Activates his face-down "Beckoning Light", discarding "Monster Gate" to add the "Mystical Shine Ball" in his Graveyard to his hand.
• Activates "Zerato's" effect, discarding "Mystical Shine Ball" to destroy "Clay Guardian".
• "Archlord Zerato" attacks Jaden directly, but Jaden activates "The Flute of Summoning Kuriboh", Special Summoning "Winged Kuriboh" (300/200) from his Deck in Defense Position.
• A replay occurs, and "Zerato" attacks and destroys "Winged Kuriboh" instead.

Turn 6: Jaden

• Jaden draws Elemental Hero Bubbleman and subsequently Normal Summons it (800/1200) in Attack Position.
  • Since "Bubbleman" was summoned while Jaden controlled no cards, its effect activates, allowing Jaden to draw two cards(they are "The Warrior Returning Alive" and "Polymerization").^{[Notes 1]}
• Sets a card.
• Activates "The Warrior Returning Alive", returning "Sparkman" from his Graveyard to his hand.
• Activates "Polymerization", fusing "Sparkman", "Bubbleman" and "Elemental Hero Avian" to Fusion Summon "Elemental Hero Tempest" (2800/2800) in Attack Position.
• "Tempest" attacks "Zerato". Jaden activates "Tempest's" effect, sending his Set card to the Graveyard to prevent its destruction. Because of that, only "Archlord Zerato" was destroyed. ^{[Notes 2]}
• Activates "De-Fusion", returning "Tempest" to his Fusion Deck and Special Summoning "Avian" (1000/1000), "Bubbleman" and "Sparkman" from his Graveyard in Attack Position.
• "Sparkman", "Avian", and "Bubbleman" attack Aster directly (Aster 3400 → 1700 → 700 → 0).
• Jaden wins.

Featured cardsEdit

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

Jaden Yuki

Monsters Normal Monsters Elemental Hero Avian Elemental Hero Clayman Elemental Hero Sparkman Effect Monsters Elemental Hero Bubbleman Winged Kuriboh Fusion Monsters Elemental Hero Clay Guardian Elemental Hero Tempest

Spells De-Fusion Metamorphosis Polymerization The Flute of Summoning Kuriboh The Warrior Returning Alive

Traps Hero Ring (in hand)

Aster Phoenix

Monsters Normal Monsters Mystical Shine Ball Ojama Yellow Warrior of Zera Effect Monsters Archlord Zerato

Spells Chaos Greed[Notes 3] Monster Gate (in hand) Recycle[Notes 3] Reload Soul Absorption[Notes 3] The Sanctuary in the Sky Wild Nature's Release[Notes 3]

Traps Beckoning Light

Magazine

Monsters Effect Monsters Vampire's Curse Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord

Spells Owner's Seal

Differences in adaptationsEdit

• In the dub, the narration in the beginning of the episode is done by both Jaden Yuki and Syrus Truesdale. In the original version, the narration is only done by Syrus. While Vellian Crowler and Jean-Louis Bonaparte are running to the ship, the animation stops (in the dub) and Jaden says "Yep, you heard right. Crowler's head of the school now. And that short stocky balding guy is his new sidekick, Vice-chancellor Bonaparte. Now these two ..." Syrus interrupts by saying, "Uh, Jaden, you're narrating again." Jaden then says, "Uh, right sorry." and then the episode resumes. In the Japanese version. there is no pause nor narration when Crowler and Bonaparte are running to the ship.

• In the original version, the white-cloaked man tells Aster that he is destined to lose the first Duel, but that he was to use the Duel as the opportunity to see his tactics to know how to defeat him the next time afterwards. In the English dub however, the white-cloaked man tells Aster to lose the Duel on purpose against Jaden, to confirm if Jaden is the one or not.

NotesEdit

1. ↑ In the TCG/OCG, the effect of "Elemental Hero Bubbleman" only activates when he is the only card in your hand and on your side of the Field when he is Summoned.
2. ↑ Although it wasn't shown, the set card was "Hero Ring" since Jaden's hand becomes empty after he activates his final Spell Card.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} This card is in his hand before he plays "Reload" to draw a new one.

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