The BEST episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX season 3

Every episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX season 3!

Set several years after the previous Yu-Gi-Oh! series, GX follows a new generation of duelists at the prestigious Duel Academy — a highly competitive boarding school where pencils and books have been replaced by Duel Disks and monster cards. Still, it’s not just about making the grade for these up and coming students – it’s about becoming the next King of Games.

Last Updated: 8/20/2024Network: TV TokyoStatus: Ended
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The Power Within (1)
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12.67
3 votes

#1 - The Power Within (1)

Season 3 - Episode 47 - Aired 9/5/2007

After Adrian's defeat, Jaden duels Jesse, who is still controlled by Yubel. Jaden tries to save Jesse by going into his mind to find him under the instructions of Neos, but realizes that Yubel has sealed Jesse's spirit into something besides his own body. He then realizes that he is locked away inside the Rainbow Dark Dragon. Jaden is almost defeated but then he hears Jesse's voice calling to him.

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Turning the Page (2)
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12.00
3 votes

#2 - Turning the Page (2)

Season 3 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/16/2007

As Chazz, Hassleberry, Alexis, and Atticus disappear before his eyes, Jaden decides to take his revenge on Brron. Syrus feels doubt about his friend and leaves, along with Jim and Axel. Jaden is all alone and feels he is to blame for everything that has happened to them.

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Return of the Supreme King (3)
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11.50
4 votes

#3 - Return of the Supreme King (3)

Season 3 - Episode 51 - Aired 10/3/2007

Jaden utilizes the "Crystal Beast" cards he was entrusted by Jesse to summon "Rainbow Neos," equipping it with "Rainbow Veil" and launching an attack on Yubel. In turn, Yubel transforms into her second form, activates Demon's Rose, and fends off the damage. In the end, Jaden uses Super Polymerization to fuse his spirit with Yubel. He saves his friends and they go back to their dimension, but Jaden doesn't come back. The episode ends with Hassleberry asking where the Sarge was and Syrus replying,"He's in the stars." Note: Along with Jaden, Zane, Bastion and Adrian didn't come back to their dimension either.

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The Ultimate Face-Off (2)
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10.00
2 votes

#4 - The Ultimate Face-Off (2)

Season 3 - Episode 46 - Aired 8/29/2007

Adrian's duel against Yubel continues. After Yubel utterly annihilates his Exodius strategy, Adrian starts his backup strategy of Fog Castle and Fog King, planning to once again gather the five Exodia pieces into his hand, but Yubel defeats him in the end and Adrian is sent to the stars.

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Jewel of a Duel (1)
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9.00
2 votes

#5 - Jewel of a Duel (1)

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2006

Four Transfer students, and Professor Thelonius Viper, arrive at Duel Academy. Jaden befriends a new student who can also see Duel Spirits. Then when the new students are revealed, one of them, Jesse Anderson, is missing. Then Jaden's new friend shows up last, claiming he got lost on the way to the ceremony, and reveals he is Jesse, who is in possession of a rare deck of "Crystal Beasts". Professor Viper makes Jaden and Jesse duel in an exhibition match.

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Head in the Clouds (1)
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9.00
2 votes

#6 - Head in the Clouds (1)

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/2006

Chazz is jealous of Adrian and he decides to challenge him. In order to not get expelled and so he doesn't lose energy, Adrian organizes a party for dueling so that he will be safe to duel. Chazz duels against Adrian Gecko, the heir to the Gecko financial group. He takes them up in a helicopter to duel in the sky.

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Trapper Keeper (1)
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9.00
2 votes

#7 - Trapper Keeper (1)

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/20/2006

While investigating the complex, Jesse and Syrus find Jaden unconscious. While Syrus goes for help Jesse stays behind with Jaden who finally awakes. They come across Trapper, a cruel man who hunts cards with spirits, who aims to steal the Crystal Beasts. Jesse reveals to Jaden that he has been hunting Trapper for several years after he came across a kid who's card was stolen by Trapper and made a promise to return it. Trapper takes Sapphire Pegasus and uses it as bait to get the rest of them.

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Sub-Desert Duel
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9.00
2 votes

#8 - Sub-Desert Duel

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/31/2007

When Blair becomes ill, Jaden, Jesse, Axel, Jim, and Adrian search for medicine at a submarine spotted by Bastion, but their search is blocked by The Rock Spirit. Even though they escape and reach the sub they are sealed inside.

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Return of the Sacred Beasts
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9.00
2 votes

#9 - Return of the Sacred Beasts

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/7/2007

As Jaden races to keep Marcel from releasing the Sacred Beasts, he reluctantly duels against Chazz.

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Third Time's a Charm
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8.00
1 votes

#10 - Third Time's a Charm

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2006

Jaden reflects on what happened to him last year and how his life changed because of that experience (Flashback/Recap episode).

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Primal Instinct
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8.00
1 votes

#11 - Primal Instinct

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/2006

With their new friend Jim Cook by their side, Jaden and the gang investigate a strange wave signal. Hassleberry goes dino because of the dinosaur blood he has and he duels Jim. But in the end, they both end up out of energy and in the hospital.

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Trapper Keeper (2)
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8.00
3 votes

#12 - Trapper Keeper (2)

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/27/2006

Trapper continues to imprison Jesse's Crystal Beasts, until Jaden comes to the rescue. He had used a kid's card so that Jesse couldn't attack or else go back on the promise he made several years ago to the owner of the card, but Jaden saved the card allowing Jesse to win.

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Inter-Dimensional Detention
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8.00
1 votes

#13 - Inter-Dimensional Detention

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/24/2007

After arriving in the strange world, our heroes come to realize that this isn't a game anymore and that spirits are real. They then learn their Bio Bands are still draining energy.

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Triple Play (2)
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8.00
1 votes

#14 - Triple Play (2)

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/28/2007

Jesse, Axel, and Jim face off with three Duel Ghouls, who were merged with monster spirits.

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Unleash the Dragon (1)
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7.22
27 votes

#15 - Unleash the Dragon (1)

Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/28/2007

While Jesse and Axel retrieve the Rainbow Dragon, Jaden duels Marcel, in order to end the madness he's caused.

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All for One
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7.18
28 votes

#16 - All for One

Season 3 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/11/2007

When Rainbow Dragon sends the Academy back, Jaden finds out that Jesse didn't come back. He says it's his fault and decides to rescue him. Shepard tells Jaden's friends about Yubel who Axel heard about briefly during the duel. When a portal opens to another dimension, Jaden is going to go through it alone in order to find Jesse, but his friends back him up and end up sending him, Syrus, Bastion, Jim, Axel, Alexis, Atticus, Chazz, Zane, Aster, Crowler, and Echo into it.

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What Lies Beneath (1)
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7.12
26 votes

#17 - What Lies Beneath (1)

Season 3 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/20/2007

Axel's courage begins to wain after watching Jim disappear, but with help from Zane and Aster, he resolves to finish what Jim started and goes to defeat the Supreme King.

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Turning the Page (1)
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7.04
26 votes

#18 - Turning the Page (1)

Season 3 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/9/2007

Jaden challenges Brron, Mad King of Dark World, in order to end his reign of terror, but he learns that his friends are being used as live sacrifices to awaken an ancient card. As a result of Jaden causing damage to Brron, Chazz goes to the stars as the first sacrifice.

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A Sight Unseen (2)
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7.04
26 votes

#19 - A Sight Unseen (2)

Season 3 - Episode 36 - Aired 6/13/2007

Jim does his best to defeat the Supreme King Jaden, but Super Polymerization leads to his defeat. Axel ends up scared by him and runs away, afraid to face him.

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The Forbidden Ritual (1)
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7.00
25 votes

#20 - The Forbidden Ritual (1)

Season 3 - Episode 40 - Aired 7/11/2007

As Jaden regains his senses he realizes what he has done, blames himself, and gets a fever. The group is then teleported and confronted by Adrian, who came to the other world to find Exodia and become ruler of that dimension. But in order to summon Exodia, he has to sacrifice duel energy and uses Echo to do it.

The Forbidden Ritual (2)
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7.00
25 votes

#21 - The Forbidden Ritual (2)

Season 3 - Episode 41 - Aired 7/18/2007

Adrian reveals that in order for him to claim Exodia, he must sacrifice his closest friend, Echo. Aster tries to stop him, but fails. He tells the rest of them to get out and save themselves. He ends up going to the stars and Adrian goes away riding on Exodia's shoulder, going to become ruler of that land.

Conquering the Past (1)
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7.00
25 votes

#22 - Conquering the Past (1)

Season 3 - Episode 42 - Aired 7/25/2007

Jaden begins to fear his Polymerization card, because of all the harm it caused when he was the Supreme King. Zane duels him to make Jaden see he isn't ready to go anywhere to try to find Jesse. But Zane's heart starts to fail and they must stop the duel.

Conquering the Past (2)
star
7.00
25 votes

#23 - Conquering the Past (2)

Season 3 - Episode 43 - Aired 8/8/2007

Jaden learns that the Supreme King is still a part of him. Meanwhile, Jesse is found at last, but he's under Yubel's control. He and Zane duel, Zane saying that he would rather be sent to the stars dueling than wait for his heart to fail him by lying down and doing nothing.

Unleash the Dragon (2)
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6.96
26 votes

#24 - Unleash the Dragon (2)

Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/4/2007

Jesse joins the duel and summons Rainbow Dragon to help Jaden face the Sacred Beasts. At the end, Jaden learns that Marcel was only a puppet of a ghost from Jaden's past: A monster spirit named Yubel. Jaden reveals very little about Yubel to Jesse, but then Yubel reveals her ultimate monster. Jesse says he has to stay to keep the energy going so that the school can get back to their world but the crumbling stadium forces Axel, Blair, Marcel and Jaden to escape, with Jaden and Marcel unconscious. Yubel and Jesse then vanish.

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Dueling with a Dark Army
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6.96
26 votes

#25 - Dueling with a Dark Army

Season 3 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/2/2007

Jaden heads to a slave camp where there are rumors that Jesse has been spotted, and ends up dueling the Dark World fiend named Zure.