The BEST episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX season 4

Every episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX season 4!

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of duelists at the prestigious Duel Academy — a highly competitive boarding school where pencils and books have been replaced by Duel Disks and monster cards.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: 11/14/2024Network: TV TokyoStatus: Ended
The True Graduation Duel! Judai vs. Legendary Duelist
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#1 - The True Graduation Duel! Judai vs. Legendary Duelist

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/26/2008

Yami Yugi manages to summon some of the Egyptian Gods, but although the end of the Duel is never shown, it had concluded with Yami Yugi (Pharaoh Atem)'s victory. After the Duel, Jaden finds out that the thing he lost which was a passion for dueling. The show concludes with Jaden, Banner's spirit, and Pharaoh running into the distance, awaiting their next adventure.

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The Combo of Terror, Nihilty and Infinity
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#2 - The Combo of Terror, Nihilty and Infinity

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/5/2008

Jaden succeeds in separating Nightshroud from Fujiwara, but the world is still wrapped in the darkness of a total solar eclipse. Out from the midst of that darkness finally comes the true Nightshroud, who informs Jaden that the World of Darkness was created through the darkness in the hearts of all duelists. Jaden challenges Nightshroud in order to save everyone from his World. Nightshroud activates the combo of terror, Zero and Infinity, and ironically, the only help Jaden has comes from Yubel.

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Duel Academia Crisis! The Jewel Beasts Blocking the Way!
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#3 - Duel Academia Crisis! The Jewel Beasts Blocking the Way!

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/30/2008

Jaden has finished his match with Sartorius and headed towards the Academy, but this time, Trueman blocks his path, which leads to a duel. Trueman started the battle using a Crystal Beast deck, one that only Jesse should possess. Jaden gets shocked, realizing that Jesse has fallen into Trueman's clutches.

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A Looming Threat! The Mysterious Visitor
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#4 - A Looming Threat! The Mysterious Visitor

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/17/2007

A month has passed since the Yubel incident. Life at the Academy has started anew, but Jaden has stayed secluded in the Red dorms, not taking a step out. In the midst of things, something suddenly goes wrong with the Duel System. Cards that don't respond to Solid Vision start popping up. Chazz, Alexis and Fujiwara have examined the computer rooms in order to get to the bottom of all this. Meanwhile, Jaden has received a cell phone from an unknown sender and is told about some enigmatic information.

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Graduation Duel! Chronos vs. the Original Dropout Boy
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#5 - Graduation Duel! Chronos vs. the Original Dropout Boy

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/26/2007

When Crowler looks at the Graduation Album, he begins to act abnormal. He conducts rigid classes for no reason, suddenly make his students dictate multiplication tables and make them do push-ups... in the end, they end up boycotting the lessons and fleeing. Jaden then challenges Crowler to a duel, the first since the entrance exams.

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Shall we Duel? Invitation to a Pair Duel
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#6 - Shall we Duel? Invitation to a Pair Duel

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/14/2007

Hassleberry and other students plan to hold a Dueling Party as a memory maker. Meanwhile, Alexis has her career path on her mind, about whether to stay at the Academy and become a children's school teacher, or to go study overseas. In the middle of that, at the Duel Party being held, people have formed boy-girl pairs so that they will all duel with graduates against the students. Alexis accidentally gets paired with Jaden by Hassleberry, but they are not cooperating well.

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Judai vs. Asuka! Face-Down Card of Hidden Emotions
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#7 - Judai vs. Asuka! Face-Down Card of Hidden Emotions

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/21/2007

Blair has confirmed that the duel pair of Jaden and Alexis aren't both on the same page as one another and slyly places a card face-down. Then, Jaden tells Alexis to check her face-down card, but stages his own duel regardless of what she may expect. Blair has opened her face-down card towards Alexis, who gets angry at the situation.

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The End of Destiny! Magma Neos vs. The Dark Ruler
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#8 - The End of Destiny! Magma Neos vs. The Dark Ruler

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/23/2008

Jaden gets stuck in a predicament as his deck steadily decreases through Sowing of the Fool. He listens to Winged Kuriboh there and manages to retaliate to The Dark Ruler. Jaden hears Sarina, as he gets backed into the corner with 13 cards left, and she urges him to save her brother. Jaden realizes that he must defeat Sartorius in order to understand and rescue him.

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Battle Royale! Judai vs. Johan vs. Fujiwara
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#9 - Battle Royale! Judai vs. Johan vs. Fujiwara

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/2008

Jaden and Jesse form a tag team and start their duel against Fujiwara, who deploys Clear World and activates Negative Effect, launching a powerful attack against Jaden using a combo of his monsters. However, Jaden avoids disaster with Jesse backing him up. A furious Fujiwara, grasping the fact that he cannot win unless he severs Jaden and Jesse's bonds, has peeped into Jesse's mind in search of the darkness in his heart.

Rainbown Neos, Protector of Bonds vs. Clear Vicious Knight
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#10 - Rainbown Neos, Protector of Bonds vs. Clear Vicious Knight

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/27/2008

Fujiwara attempts to use the darkness in Jesse's heart to destroy the strong bonds between Jaden and Jesse, but to no avail. Fujiwara, their bond infuriating him, has activated Attribute Gravity and Attribute Chameleon. The two effects that Fujiwara has put into motion have caused both Jesse and Jaden's monsters to attack one another, and Jesse doesn't resist the strike. However, Honest appears before Fujiwara and reminds him of sad memories.

Saio Returns! The Decisive Power of Absolute Destiny!!
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#11 - Saio Returns! The Decisive Power of Absolute Destiny!!

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/16/2008

Sartorius saves Jaden from Trueman and tells him important news: the dark emissary is going to attack the Duel Academy. However, Sartorius suddenly corners the boy and challenges him to a duel, rendering him unable to summon monsters with his combo of Arcana Force 0 - The Fool and Tour of Doom.

Armed Dragon vs. Dragoon D-END!
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#12 - Armed Dragon vs. Dragoon D-END!

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/19/2007

Chazz's mistake causes Aster to retire from the Pro League and completely disappear. Meanwhile, the boy has been discovered by Mike, a TV Director, and tried his hand at the seat of a Star Duelist. Mike's next gimmick is "Teacher-Pupil Clash! Aster vs. Chazz!!". However, there's a certain secret lying behind Aster's Pro League retirement.

Shoot For It! Manjyome, the Path to a Pro Duelist!
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#13 - Shoot For It! Manjyome, the Path to a Pro Duelist!

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/12/2007

Chazz aims to be a Pro Duelist without his brothers' help, but all he has received are rejection notices. Crowler, who can't bear to see Chazz as such, brings him to Aster's cruiser, and requests Phoenix to make Chazz his disciple. However, the daily life of a Pro Duelist is beyond Chazz's wildest imagination. Calls for research for articles at seven in the morning, the huge lines at handshaking events, and what shocks him the most, Aster, admired as a genius, goes through tough and bloody dueling training with a coach.

Fusing Souls! Neos vs. Five God Dragon
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#14 - Fusing Souls! Neos vs. Five God Dragon

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/7/2007

Honest is unmasked by Jaden and launches a massive attack, which is countered by Yubel's power within Jaden's soul. Honest agrees to reveal about the worldwide disaster happening at the moment, but is quickly destroyed by the ominous Trueman, who also intends to kill all the others. Jaden adds Honest to his Deck and prepares to face Trueman.

Directors: Hatsuki Tsuji
The Truth Behind Darkness! Judai vs. Fubuki
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#15 - The Truth Behind Darkness! Judai vs. Fubuki

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/31/2007

Axel has saved Atticus from Fujiwara; then, Jaden decides to duel Atticus in order to solve the mystery behind Nightshroud. Atticus, borrowing Nightshroud's power, summons Red-Eyes Black Dragon, and then sacrifices Red-Eyes Black Dragon to Special Summon Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon to launch an assault on Jaden. As the duel continues, more about Atticus's dark past is revealed, and there's a lot about Fujiwara and Nightshroud to discover...

Directors: Hatsuki Tsuji
The Inherited Cyber-Dark Dragon
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#16 - The Inherited Cyber-Dark Dragon

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/5/2007

Syrus decides to take the place of his brother and duel Inotsume. However, his practicing using Zane's deck doesn't go well. He realizes that he will not succeed if he only tries to mimic his brother, and decides to "listen" both his and Zane's decks. Finally, Syrus and Inotsume duel, and a battle between Cyber Dark Dragon and Jinzo ensues.

The Price of Decision! O'Brien, Darkness in Fire
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#17 - The Price of Decision! O'Brien, Darkness in Fire

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/9/2008

Axel has battled against Trueman, who taunted him with painful memories and thoughts. Trueman defeats Axel, and all memories of the boy are erased, as if he never existed. Jaden arrives Domino City to investigate, and finds himself face to face with an army of evil Axels.

Activate, Clear World! Ferocious Negative Effect
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#18 - Activate, Clear World! Ferocious Negative Effect

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/13/2008

Fujiwara speaks of the wonders of the World of Darkness, but Atticus doesn't share the same sentiments. Fujiwara has activated the Field Magic, Clear World, and inflicted the Negative Effect on Atticus, who is backed into a predicament. Fujiwara shows him the darkness in the hearts of Chazz, Alexis, Syrus, and the others, in order to land the final blow against him.

Goodbye Judai! Tears of Graduation
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#19 - Goodbye Judai! Tears of Graduation

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/19/2008

Jaden and his friends have safely made it to their graduation ceremonies. That evening, a thank-you party is held, but Jaden is nowhere to be found there. In front of him, who plans to pack up and venture out, Winged Kuriboh has appeared and led him to the exhibition gallery. There, Yugi Muto was waiting, and tells him that it's time to begin the real graduation duel. Yugi informs a doubtful Jaden that Jaden has gained a lot of power over the past three years, but has lost something special, and that he must retrieve it. Once he holds his card over the deck, a timeslip to the world of the past comes from out of nowhere. Waiting there is Yugi from the past, which, by dueling him, will allow that special thing to be retrieved. The duel begins, and when the Duel starts heating up, Yami Yugi takes over the Duel, sensing that Jaden is a powerful opponent.

Farewell, Duel Academia! The Path Judai Chooses!
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#20 - Farewell, Duel Academia! The Path Judai Chooses!

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/24/2007

Jaden has seen through Fujiwara, and also makes a grave decision and submits his Notification of Withdrawal to Chancellor Sheppard. Jaden meets some people who are Sheppard's indication not to accept his Notification of Withdrawal: Sartorius and Kagemaru have come to tell Jaden that they have sensed a crisis that might happen somewhere down the road. Then, a mysterious man appears before them.

Challenge from Psycho Shocker
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#21 - Challenge from Psycho Shocker

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/28/2007

Out of nowhere, the person who has assaulted Chancellor Sheppard appears. The person is Makoto Inotsume, a wielder of the Psycho-Style, which was created around the same time as its rival, Cyber-Style. His goal has been to defeat the Cyber-Style to make Psycho-Style the main-style school. In order to achieve his objective, he challenges the weakened Zane Truesdale, and they face-off.

Graduation Duel Starts! Neos vs. Horus the Black Flame Dragon
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#22 - Graduation Duel Starts! Neos vs. Horus the Black Flame Dragon

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/4/2008

The Graduation Duel at the Duel Academy starts and Jaden has been flooded with challenges for the Duel. And so, Sorano, a talented second-grade student from the Blue Dorms, challenges him. Meanwhile, Axel has caught wind of a disaster in Domino City, because Trueman has risen from the shadows and is ready to put his scheme in motion.(Miho's name is ritten on the list in this episode.)

Darkness Invasion, The Stolen Memories
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#23 - Darkness Invasion, The Stolen Memories

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/6/2008

Trueman has possessed Sorano's body and has been assaulting students in the academy one by one. The students he defeats get dragged into Nothingness and memories of them get wiped clean from the populous. Chazz and the others also fall to Trueman, and Atticus, having forgot about them, meanders around the barren academy by himself. Jaden and Jesse manage to reach him, and then the real mastermind behind Trueman finally shows up...

Final Hope! Yuki Judai
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#24 - Final Hope! Yuki Judai

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/12/2008

Jaden fuses together Neos and Yubel, summoning Neos Wiseman, and attacks Nightshroud. However, Nightshroud has a relaxed smile about his face. He revives his Darkness Eye and activates his Zero and Infinity combo. In the midst of his seesaw offense and defense unfolding, Nightshroud reveals the shocking truth: Nightshroud himself is the embodiment of mankind's future. Jaden battles with the fate of all life on his success.