The BEST episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters season 4
Every episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters season 4!
Follows the adventures of high school student Yugi, who has a magical secret that comes to life when he plays his favorite card game: 'Duel Monsters.
#1 - Fighting For A Friend (Part 2 of 5)
Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired 9/9/2003
As Joey and Valon's duel continues, Yami Yugi and the others are intercepted by a bunch of Orichalcos Soldiers. Timaeus and Critias easily defeat them, and after the battle, Kaiba and Mokuba take their leave. Kaiba does hint at how to find Joey, and Rebecca begins hacking into KaibaCorp's mainfraim so they can find Joey. Back at the duel, Valon finally plays The Seal of Orichalcos, along with the magic card Full Armor Gravitation, which helps him build another suit of armor. With each Armor moster having its own unique special ability, the duel looks grim for Joey. The the tide seems to turn when he draws his Claw of Hermos card...
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#2 - A New Evil (Part 2 of 2)
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/25/2003
The seal of Orichalcos is still in effect and it is hindering Yugi each turn. However, he finds a way to destroy his opponents' ""endless"" ranks of monsters, and has Dark Magician Girl eradicate the rest of his life points. The man's soul is sealed in Orichalcos as a result. The strange bikers (Rafael, Valon, and Alister) steal the God cards, but give back Rex and Weevil's soul cards. Later that day, Yugi and his friends meet Rebecca again, who tells them that her grandfather wants to see them about something...
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#3 - A New Evil (Part 1 of 2)
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/18/2003
A man with a strange-looking duel disk challenges Weevil Underwood and Rex Raptor to a duel where they have to bet their souls. Yugi is ready to go to the museum alone but Joey Tea and Tristan follow him. Yugi takes the 3 God Cards and holds them up. A light shows from the Millennium Puzzle symbol on the tablet. There is someone performing a dark ritual on the tablet so Yugi fails recovering his memories. Suddenly everyone hears a noise and they walk outside. There are Duel Monsters flying around the city. Everyone thinks its Kaiba Corp. but Kaiba it too busy to be spoken to. Everyone is watching TV at Yugi's house. Then Grampa yells. They go out and he is lying on the ground and the God cards are STOLEN. Joey runs outside and sees Obelisk in the sky. When the others run out, Slifer and Ra appear too. 3 men on motorcycles appear and challenge Yugi, calling him Pharaoh, to follow them. When he arrives at the duel's location, a man jumps down to duel Yugi. As they duel, the three men fro
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#4 - Deja Duel! (Part 2 of 2)
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/8/2003
Kaiba and Alister's duel continues, with Alister seeming to get the upper hand. His Gorlag's attack points rise from 1000 to 2500 just on the turn it's summoned due to its special effect and the effect of The Seal of Orichalcos. Then, Alister tells Kaiba about his past, and how his little brother Mikey was captured by enemy troops during a war. Kaiba Corperation was providing the tanks to the army that captured his brother, so Alister wants revenge on the Kaiba family. And it seems he might be able to achieve that by looking at how the duel is going. Alister now has two Blue Eyes White Dragons and his Gorlag on the field, with a combined attack power of 10,000. Just as Kaiba is about to give up, he is transported to the Duel Monsters world. He gains the power of the dragon Critias and comes back to the real world, amazed to find a card with Critias's picture on it. He plays it anyway, and almost wins, but Alister uses a trap card and because of its effect, the duel ends in a tie and Al
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#5 - On The Wrong Track (Part 1 of 3)
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 6/24/2003
As everyone boards the train, Yami Yugi remembers how angry Rebecca was because she couldn't go with them. Afterwards, Yami Yugi, Tea, Joey, and Tristan set out on the train with Duke waving goodbye. During the ride, Tea tries to cheer Yami Yugi up, but he just says ""Sorry"" and walks away. In the space between the cars, Yami Yugi just thinks about how he lost Yugi and everything he could have done to prevent it. Back in the passenger car, Tristan notices that everyone else who was just on the car has disappeared. The three of them go searching through the train, but don't find any people. When the find Yami Yugi, they tell him about the situation, and he runs off. As he crosses over to another car, the cable connecting them breaks loose and the car that Tea, Joey, and Tristan are on begins slowing down. Tea quickly jumps to the car Yami Yugi is in, meaning she and Yami Yugi are on the still-moving train and Joey and Tristan are on the slowing car following it. Joey's car comes to a com
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#6 - On The Wrong Track (Part 2 of 3)
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 6/24/2003
As the two duels continue, Weevil and Rex reveal how their famous status as Regional Champion and Regional Runner-up plummeted when they were knocked out of Duelist Kingdom at such an early stage. However while Weevil seems to be turning the tides in his favor with the help of an old strategy, Joey also appears to be pulling ahead thanks to the help of an old friend. But with such high stakes on the line victory could still go to any two of the four duelists.
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#7 - A Duel With Dartz (Part 3 of 6)
Season 4 - Episode 35 - Aired 11/12/2003
As the duel continues, Yami Yugi and Kaiba are shocked to see Yugi, Joey, Mai, and Pegasus as the Mirror Knights. While Kaiba refuses to let it affect him, Yami Yugi no longer has the will to attack. Kaiba attempts to destroy the Mirror Knights, but the knights' friendship gets in his way and defend each other. Dartz also summons Orichalcos Malevolence to cause trouble for Kaiba and Yami Yugi. Kaiba is angry that Yami Yugi won't do anything, but Yami Yugi can't bring himself to attack his friends. The duel is put on hold, however, when Rafael appears and attempts to get Dartz to stop. Dartz just laughs and explains to Rafael that he'll never get rid of his darkness. He tells everyone about how he got Rafael, Valon, and Alister to be his pawns. He posed as Gozaburo Kaiba and made Alister believe that it was Kaiba Corperation's fault that his brother was gone. He framed Valon for his first ever crime. He used his powers to sink the ship that Rafael and his family were on the day he was s
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#8 - A Duel With Dartz (Part 4 of 6)
Season 4 - Episode 36 - Aired 11/19/2003
Because of Orichalcos Tritos, magic and trap cards won't affect Dartz's monsters. Yami Yugi's out of monsters, so Dartz uses his 4 Mirror Knights to attack him. But as Mirror Knight Pegasus attacks him, he calls out to him and tells him to play the card he gave him earlier. It's getting down to the wire, and Kaiba knows that if he can't think of something soon, he'll lose. And with perfect timing, he draws and plays the Fang of Critias card. He combines it with Yami Yugi's Mirror Force and creates Mirror Force Dragon. He attacks Mirror Knight Pegasus and uses the energy reflected by Pegasus's shield to attack all 4 Mirror Knights thanks to Mirror Force Dragon's special ability, much to Yami Yugi' dismay. This means Orichalcos Kyutora is also destroyed, but not before absorbing the damage caused by the attack. But when Orichalcos Kyutora is destroyed, it is replaced by Orichalcos Shunoros, whose attack points are determined by the amount of damage it absorbs as Orichalcos Kyutora. It al
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#9 - Rise Of The Great Beast (Part 2 of 2)
Season 4 - Episode 40 - Aired 12/17/2003
Merged together with the Great Levathain, Dartz attacks Yami Yugi. Yami Yugi realises that he overcome the Beast with the power of his friends. Yami Yugi remembers everything that has happened, and manages to make the Great Levathain disappear for good. Yami Yugi sees Dartz on the floor, and it becomes clear that Dartz was under the control of the Orichalcos. Chris and Ironheart appear to help Dartz, and they thank him for his help. As Yugi and the Pharaoh return to the real world and leave Dartz, Ironheart, and Chris, Joey and Kaiba arrive at the helicopter and everyone is forced to leave without Yugi. Meanwhile, Weevil, Rex, Alister, Valon, and Mai all wake up since their souls have returned to their bodies. Weevil and Rex are still determined to get their revenge on Yugi and Joey, Alister still wants to find his brother, and Mai sets off to prove herself as a true duelist so she can face Joey again. Meanwhile, Yugi and Yami Yugi awaken on the shore of an island. The Legendary Dragon
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#10 - Flight Of Fear (Part 1 of 2)
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 8/12/2003
The pilot of the plane turns out to be Alister, who, after trapping him on his own plane, forces Kaiba into a rematch. But as Alister uses his Soldier Deck and activates The Seal of Orichalcos, the auto pilot system fails and Mokuba is forced to try to fly the plane on his own. Meanwhile, Alister uses the power of Orichalcos to show Kaiba visions of the consequences of the weapons provided by the old Kaiba Corp. Kaiba refuses to be affected by Alister's tricks, and is able to destroy his army of Tank monsters. But with the plane about to crash into a mountain and Alister claiming to have a perfect strategy, is there any way Kaiba can come out of this duel alive?
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#11 - A Duel With Dartz (Part 1 of 6)
Season 4 - Episode 33 - Aired 10/29/2003
As Paradius HQ collapses under them, Roland plays the unlikely hero role as he appears in his helicopter and prepares to take everyone away. However, Rafael, still weak from his duel, is too slow to make it and with his last ounce of stregnth, throws Yami Yugi to where the others are waiting and gives him a map to where Dartz is. As Paradius collapses and Rafael appears to be dead, our heros are intercepted by some U.S. Air Force men who explain their situation to Yami Yugi and Kaiba. They refuel their helicopter and everyone flies to Dartz's island for the final confrontation. Dartz is happy to see them, and explains his plan to them. He invites both Yami Yugi and Kaiba to duel him at the same time. Meanwhile, Rafael, having miraculously survived, rescues Mai's body and puts her and Valon's body in a Jeep and promises to save them. Back to the duel, Yami Yugi and Kaiba manage to summon strong monsters, but Dartz summons the Seal of Orichalcos, Orichalcos Gigas, and Orichalcos Kyutora.
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#12 - A Duel With Dartz (Part 2 of 6)
Season 4 - Episode 34 - Aired 11/5/2003
Before the duel continues, Dartz shows them what happened in ancient Atlantis. He explains how the Orichalcos appeared and corrupted the hearts of the humans and turned people into monsters, including his own wife, Iona. Dartz was shown the truth, however, when he encountered an Orichalcos stone and it explained everything to him and gave him the power of the Great Leviathan. His father, Ironheart, and daughter, Chris, tried to stop him by gaining the help of the monsters from the Dominion of the Beasts, but neither side was victorious. Dartz wants to finish the battle he began 10,000 years ago, and explains that due to his Orichalcos Kyutora's ability, his Life Points are safe from Yami Yugi and Kaiba's last attack. He then plays Orichalcos Deuteros, the second level of the Seal. As the duel progresses, things look dim for Yami Yugi and Kaiba, especially when Dartz plays his Mirror Knight Calling card which summons four Mirror Knights to the field. Kaiba destroys Mirror Knight Calling
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Season 4 - Episode 39 - Aired 12/10/2003
Yugi, Joey, and Kaiba continue their battle with the Great Leviathan, but their monsters' attacks have no effect. The monsters are destroyed, and the Leviathan proceeds to absorb the three into itself. However, before Yami Yugi is completely absorbed, he is able to call to all of the absorbed souls to lend him their power. With this, Yami Yugi is able to break them out, and then proceeds to revive the God Cards, Obelisk, Slifer, and Ra. He has them destroy the Great Beast, and as a result the lost souls are restored to their bodies. Joey and Kaiba then leave the area, but before Yugi can he is confronted by Dartz one final time. Yami Yugi realizes that he must finally extinguish the darkness in Dartz once and for all, or the terrible events that have occured will happen again.
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#14 - Grappling With A Guardian (Part 3 of 3)
Season 4 - Episode 32 - Aired 10/22/2003
Yami Yugi and Rafael begin to experience visions of Rafael's past thanks to Yami Yugi's Underworld Circle card. The vision shows Rafael and Dartz meeting in a cemetary. Dartz told Rafael to start digging in one of the graves. When he does, he finds a Duel Disk. Guardian Eatos appears, but Dartz tells Rafael to ignore it. Rafael draws and plays The Seal of Orichalcos, and because of that, Eatos disappears and is replaced with Guardian Dreadscythe. Yami Yugi, watching this, believes that Dreadscythe is Rafael's darkness, and if he can destroy Dreadscythe, he can save Rafael. But suddenly, the present Rafael reveals that Dreadscythe can't be destroyed! As long as Rafael has cards in his hand to sacrifice, Guardian Dreadscythe won't leave the field. The duel continues, and because of the Underworld Circle card, Yami Yugi can summon monsters from his graveyard to the field on both his and his opponent's turn. Yami Yugi manages to bring back Timaeus and combines it with his Dark Magician Gir
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#15 - Legend Of The Dragons
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/4/2003
After their first encounter with the new evil, Yugi and the others are concerned to learn from Professer Hawkins that their appearance could have some connection to the destruction of the ancient civilisation, Atlantis. With so many thoughts running through his mind, Yugi's sleep is restless as he is drawn to a world of Duel Monsters where he is told of the three Legendary Dragons and unseals the first of them, Timaeus.
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#16 - Grappling With A Guardian (Part 2 of 3)
Season 4 - Episode 31 - Aired 10/15/2003
With Rafael having played the Seal of Orichalcos and all of his guardian monsters getting power boosts, things don't look good for Yami Yugi. But things go from bad to worse as Rafael summons Guardian Eatos, the monster that defeated him in their last duel. But Yami Yugi turns the tables by summoning Timaeus and fusing him with the Dark Magician to form Amulet Dragon. Using his new monster, he destroys Guardian Eatos. However, a new Guardian takes its place! Rafael explains that when Eatos is sent to the graveyard, a new monster, Guardian Dreadscythe, will appear in its place. Rafael then shocks everyone by sacrificing all of his Guardian monsters in order to power up Dreadscythe. His mind has been completely clouded by the Orichalcos. He destroys Amulet Dragon and pushes Yami Yugi into a corner. Yami Yugi decides that he must free Rafael from the darkness, and plays the magic card Underworld Circle. Darkness covers the field, and now Tristan, Tea, Kaiba, and Mokuba can't see the duel.
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#17 - My Freaky Valentine (Part 2 of 3)
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/29/2003
As the duel continues, Joey finally gets serious by summoning Fiend Megacyber to the field and destroying one of Mai's Harpies, sending her Life Points down to 3600. At that point, Mai remembers about when she met Dartz, and agreed to give up her weak side in order to gain the powers of Orichalcos. Still determined to win, Mai continues her assault by summoning Harpy's Pet Dragon. Turn after turn, Joey fights her off but doesn't seem to be making any progress and is just holding off his eventual defeat. Meanwhile, Duke, Weevil, and Rex arrive at Industrial Illusions, and Duke runs off to try to unlock the gates around the building. Back to the duel, Joey is trapped into a corner again. But when he draws again, his deck glows, and he and Yami Yugi are taken to the Dominion of the Beasts, where the last Dragon, Hermos, is waiting to be unsealed. Joey pulls the sword, and he and Yugi are transported back to the duel. Although confused about what just happened, Joey draws the Claw of Hermo
#18 - Self Destruction
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/8/2003
As the train to Florida crashes, Dartz senses that the Pharaoh is being shielded from him and sends Rafael to find him. Meanwhile, Yami Yugi and Téa wake up to find themselves being cared for by a small girl, Chris, and her wolf friend Skye. Meeting up with Chris's grandfather, Ironheart, Yami Yugi is lead to an ancient site where he will hopefully be able to forgive himself for what happened to Yugi. However as the Pharoah and Yugi meet face to face, the reunion does not look set to be a happy one. Yugi insists on dueling against his other self, which confuses Yami Yugi. He's even more confused after Yugi plays the Seal of Orichalcos soon after the duel begins! Yugi wants Yami Yugi to pay for what he did by having his soul sealed up too. He then uses the same strategy used by Yami Yugi in his duel against Rafael by using Catapult Turtle to fire monsters, but the Pharaoh activates Divine Wind, reflecting the attack back at Yugi. But even as he disappears, Yugi smiles, because he knows
#19 - Grappling With A Guardian (Part 1 of 3)
Season 4 - Episode 30 - Aired 10/8/2003
Everyone is upset that Joey has lost his soul. Angered, Yami Yugi rushes off to find and duel Dartz to settle things once and for all. As he reaches Paradius, the elevator doors open, and Mai's soulless body falls out. Yami Yugi goes up the elevator to the roof, where he finds Rafael waiting. Rafael gives Yami Yugi the Claw of Hermos card and explains that he defeated Mai and took her soul. Rafael is determined to help Dartz in his goal no matter what. He explains that the Great Leviathan only needs one more strong soul to revive. Meanwhile, Tea and Tristan meet up with Kaiba and Mokuba, and they agree to find Yami Yugi together. Meanwhile, the rematch between Yami Yugi and Rafael finally begins. Rafael begins with the same stratagy he used in his last duel by playing several Guardian monsters. He manages to destroy some of Yami Yugi's monsters, but Yami Yugi can't destroy any of Rafael's monsters because of his conviction to keep his monsters out of the graveyard no matter what. But e
#20 - A Duel With Dartz (Part 6 of 6)
Season 4 - Episode 38 - Aired 12/3/2003
Yami Yugi uses Hermos's special ability to escape Dartz's attack. Then he has Critias and Hermos attack Divine Serpent at the same time, and with their respective special abilities, they are able to form a loop on Divine Serpent's head creating a power even more powerful than infinity. Yami Yugi then fuses the three knights together to form the Knight of Destiny. He attacks Divine Serpent, destroying it and winning the duel. Dartz is amazed that he lost, and refuses to believe it. A portal open behind him and he disappears into it. The three knights use a rip in the barrier between the two sides to call back the souls of Yugi, Kaiba, and Joey. After a touching reunion, Roland runs in to inform everyone of some bad news. Atlantis is rising from the ocean depths, creating a large tsunami with it. The tsunami will destroy the entire American east coast within one hour. Yugi, Kaiba, and Joey decide to go to Atlantis themselves and defeat Dartz once and for all, much to the dismay of everyo
#21 - Deck of Armor
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/29/2003
At Dartz's headquarters, Mai begins to grow tired of taking orders from Dartz and sets out on her own, determined to find and defeat Joey. As Valon heads off after her, the two eventually meet up and Valon explains to Mai that he cares for her and would do anything to make her happy. While Mai seems unimpressed by the announcement, the two have little time to discuss things further when Rebecca and Duke arrive, challenging Valon to a 2 vs. 1 duel in the hopes of winning back Yugi's soul. Valon agrees to the duel only because he wants to show off his dueling skills to Mai. As they duel, Valon seems to play nothing but Armor monsters with zero attack strength. Rebecca and Duke are confused, but continue to duel, only to have their life points wiped out three turns into the duel by Valon's Armored Gravitation card. Meanwhile, Kaiba and Mokuba are flying to Florida on the KC1 as an aurora appears in the sky again...
#22 - The Creator Returns
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/11/2003
Yugi receives a parcel from Maximillion Pegasus, containing a VHS tape and a card with key on it. Joey and Tristan freak, but Yugi inserts the tape anyway. Pegasus appears, showing his usual cocky attitude, but tells Yugi he has information for him concerning all the recent happenings. However, he can't divulge it on the tape for fear that the wrong person will get it, so he requests Yugi to come see him in person. Joey, Tristan, and Téa all decide to go with him. Elsewhere, Dartz and his warriors conspire. Dartz wants them to keep an eye on Pegasus. Also, Rafael is determined to take down the Pharaoh. Valon has his eye on destroying Joey, while Alister wants a piece of Seto Kaiba. Yugi needs the card from Pegasus to enter the compound, so he takes it with him. Pegasus has a private jet ready to take them to California. What they don't realize is that Weevil and Rex hid in the luggage. After they all arrive, the bag in which Weevil and Rex were hiding in gets thrown into lost and found
#23 - Deja Duel! (Part 1 of 2)
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/18/2003
Kaiba has finally arrived at the Duelest Kingdom to confront Pegasus about what he knows of the Duel Monsters coming to life, and why he has suddenly bought the Kaiba Corp. stock. Pegasus however, wants to duel Kaiba, and Kaiba obliges. The duel is soon underway, and though Pegasus plays his infamous ""Toon World"" card, Kaiba still does well and is able to destroy Toon World. However, Kaiba realizes that something is wrong. The man dueling him is only mimicking Pegasus's past moves... So ""Pegasus"" reveals his true identity... he is in fact Alister, ready to take revenge against Kaiba! And he begins by playing the Seal of Orichalcos...
#24 - The Challenge
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/13/2003
Although Yugi and Joey are determined to defeat Dartz using the Legendary Dragon cards, Kaiba is less than enthusiastic about the idea. He still refuses to believe it and walks off with Mokuba. The others decide to go to Professer Hawkins's house to try to find some clues, but Kaiba and Mokuba have already flown off in their Blue Eyes jet, so they have to go in Duke's car, bringing Rex and Weevil along in the trunk. Meanwhile, Mai reprimands Valon for stopping the duel, claiming that she would have beaten Joey if he hadn't interferred. Rafael tells Mai that she would have lost because Joey had his Hermos card. Mai rides off angrily on Valon's motorcycle, and Rafael decides it's time to target the Pharaoh. Meanwhile at Professer Hawkins's place, while Rebecca is coming home from the grocery store, Hawkins is kidnapped by Dartz's men and his lab is destroyed. Rebecca finds a card with a note written on it at the scene. Yugi and the others arrive to see the charred mess. As everyone discu
#25 - Trial By Stone
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/10/2003
Weevil and Rex jump on the helicopter that Rafael and Alister are on, and Alister has no choice but to continue flying with Weevil and Rex. Meanwhile, Yami Yugi and the others return to where Tea and Rebecca are waiting. They're happy to see Yugi back, but not after they find out that Yami Yugi lost and Yugi's soul was taken. Rebecca blames Yami Yugi for everything, and he agrees with her. Joey tries to snap him out of it and tells him if he's going to save Yugi he can't just stand there moping. Meanwhile, at Dartz's headquarters, Rafael, Alister, Weevil, and Rex have arrived and walk into the main meeting room. Dartz greets them, Valon appears and tells them they got the wrong soul. Rafael is amazed, but vows to reclaim the Pharaoh's soul later. Then, Weevil and Rex jump in and say they want to join them. Dartz is reluctant at first, but decides to test them by placing two Orichalcos shards in front of them. If they can grab them, they are worthy to weild the power of Orichalcos. But