VS Emmanuel! Absolute Seal of E-HEROs! Pt 1

[I Love Manzuri]

Summary as according to JAnime:

The six keys of the spirit has already been open. Juudai goes to an abandoned dorm to find Daitokuji mummy corpse. There appears the last 7 star Emmanuel (which coincedentally is a pr0no). Thus, the duel between Juudai and Emmanuel begins. Emmanuel's deck is based upon Alchemy type. Although Juudai attacks by various E-HERO monsters, they are nullified by the permanent trap card Element Absorber. Also, due to the Alchemy Chaos Distil, the next monster can appear, and a direct attack is made.

Juudai's monsters: None confirmed, but due to what we've heard from the trap Element Absorber, I can guess Featherman, Burstlady, Clayman, and Bubbleman.

Emmanuel's monsters: A steel dragon, a big washing machine, a wolf, and a red serpent

Your thoughts?

[MetallicPyreal]

wonder how I'll get it this time...-.-it was really hard to get last week...

Oh well, sounds like an awesome ep. Can't wait.

[OmegaT]

When does it air? Wait, dumb question-tommorow.My thoughts are that Emmanuel is just a punk who hides behind his trap card. I'm kinda Yuuki Judai- prejiduce :p .

[I Love Manzuri]

"I'm kinda Yuuki Judai- prejiduce"

*my quote button isn't working well*

Care to try that again? Are you saying you're like Juudai; prejudice? Since when was Juudai prejudice?

Hmm, the 7th looks fricken awesome. I doubt he's inexperienced and foolish enough to just rely upon the trap. Plus, it'll only take R-Right Justice to nuke it (which we can all doubt he'll use, sadly). Wildman is unaffected by it, though, he is weak. Yeah, I can't wait to see how this turns out. I'm thinkin perhaps a Rampart Gunner?

[Lil' Yugi]

wonder how I'll get it this time...-.-it was really hard to get last week...

Oh well, sounds like an awesome ep. Can't wait.

I can give you a link, on friday...

I want to now what this guy's cards are ><

[MetallicPyreal]

I can give you a link, on friday...

I want to now what this guy's cards are ><
I know where to get it at...but my DivX player decided to be mean and not let me watch any of the eps last friday, and I had to watch 44 on my computer on WMVplayer....I'll just have to see if my WMVplayer lets me watch this one too(it's funny like that...it let me watch 41, but not 42 for some reason). Thanks for the offer, though.

[Asuka Tenjoin]

I'm just getting this prediction out there now: the giant stove looking Machine is Element Absorber, I'm almost sure of it. And I have a suspicion about that Meteor Shower spell... you notice there were never any monsters on Emmanuel/Amnael's field before it was played? I think it transmutes the destroyed monster to summon one from his hand, maybe equal to the level of the transmuted monster. It would explain why they dissolve into base materials.

[Warahyuu]

I am really looking forward to this episode. I hope Emmanuel's deck isn't a big letdown. He already looks cooler than all of the other stars :D I wonder what his cards do.

[~Linked~]

From the looks of Emanuel in 44 his deck is not gonna dissapoint.

[OmegaT]

"I'm kinda Yuuki Judai- prejiduce"

*my quote button isn't working well*

Care to try that again? Are you saying you're like Juudai; prejudice? Since when was Juudai prejudice?

Hmm, the 7th looks fricken awesome. I doubt he's inexperienced and foolish enough to just rely upon the trap. Plus, it'll only take R-Right Justice to nuke it (which we can all doubt he'll use, sadly). Wildman is unaffected by it, though, he is weak. Yeah, I can't wait to see how this turns out. I'm thinkin perhaps a Rampart Gunner?

I love E-HEROes and Yuuki. I want him to win. I think of him as the best in GX. Kinda.

[I Love Manzuri]

I love E-HEROes and Yuuki. I want him to win. I think of him as the best in GX. Kinda.

Yeah, I love Juudai and the E-HEROs too. I like how he turns over duels in a reasonable manner, not just one card: "I remove my entire Graveyard and Deck!" or "This can only be used upon a level 7 or higher monster" kinda thing

[~Linked~]

if you guys love the e heroes then you should join the EEA! Just PM me.

[I Love Manzuri]

Well kids, it's officially Thursday in Japan, and the afternoon here in America, anyone got a spoiler nya?

[Asuka Tenjoin]

Summary will be up shortly.

[Horoko]

o_0

Wtf? Do you have like T16 or something?

[Asuka Tenjoin]

Attempting a full summary for a change, interesting episode.

The episode begins with Manjoume awakening floating in a field of stars... and as he looks around, he sees Asuka and Fubuki floating nearby inside transparent planets, and is rather shocked to see the Earth in front of them. The scene transfers to Judai and the others looking at the pillars of light, and Judai holding what he recovered from Manjoume's deck... including Ojama Yellow, who is actually moving around inside the card portrait crying. Judai talks about Asuka, Manjoume, and Daitokuchi as the creepy chant music plays... He's going to rescue them it looks like.

Cut to the abandoned dorm... Amnael is in the basement in front of some coffins, and he finally talks. Amnael is officially Daitokuchi. He talks about alchemy before the circular platform he's standing in front of bursts into an alchemy symbol, and the outside of the dorm is lit up with the unclosed circle from last episode. Lightning starts striking the island, breaking a tree and scaring Judai and the others, lol. It turns into a chain of disappearing alchemy symbols leading Judai to the dorm. Pharaoh freaks out when they get inside and runs ahead, leading them to a newly broken wall in the tunnels that reveals a secret passage. They're all scared to go in... but inside is the circular area where Amnael is, full of scientific equipment and three stone tablets showing the demons. Judai approaches the coffins... and finds a Daitokuchi mummy inside! It's really dehydrated and by no means alive. He's even wearing his glasses... all of a sudden the lights click on and Amnael approaches them.

He sounds like Daitokuchi talking through speaker distortion. He introduces himself as Amnael (definitely didn't sound like Emmanuel), the Seventh Star Assassin. It looks like a Yami no Duel for Judai's friends sealed in his book. Judai leaps into the alchemy circle arena to begin the duel. Break cut shows Judai with Bubbleman, then Amnael with his hood off (he has white hair and only his face is blue like its a mask) with that furnace from the last preview.

The pillars intensify as the duel begins.

Amnael begins, drawing and playing said furnace, which looks to be a continuous spell. Amnael plays a spell which disappears into the furnance, visible floating in the glass window on its side. A pillar of flame shoots up and summons a metal dragon with 500 attack. He plays two more Alchemy-related spells into the furnace, creating a wolf and snake monster (both with 500 attack as well). He sets a card and ends his turn.

Judai draws and a new rock-ish song plays as he summons Bubbleman, drawing 2 cards. He equips Bubbleman with Bubble Shot and attacks, but Amnael activates his face-down Element Absorber (I was wrong). He discards what looked like an Aqua Spirit, and a wall of water blocks Bubbleman's attack. Looks like you discard an element to block one. Judai ends his turn.

Amnael draws and attacks directly with all three monsters (Judai LP: 2500). He quick-plays a magic card with a prism design on it. He tributes all three monsters, then plays three more spells into the furnance... I'm REALLY in need of Horoko's help here. It's hard to decipher what he's actually doing without understanding of the cards. :o Nonetheless, placing the spells into the furnace nets him three more 500 monsters. Amnael ends his turn.

Judai draws and plays Clayman then... omg, I can't believe I'm saying this, but... he equips it with a go-kart. Seriously. He uses a spell called Burst Max, and Clayman jumps in a go-kart... boosting to 1100 attack. He attacks, but Amnael discards (from hand or deck I'm wondering) a Rock Spirit to negate the attack with Element Absorber. The go-kart crashes into a rock wall. All of his Elemental Heroes are locked down. His turn ends.

Amnael draws and summons the gold golem (he calls it a Homunculus) from last episode... which is boosted to a whopping 3900! Amnael razes Judai's LP with his direct attackers (J LP: 1000), then attacks Go-Kart Clayman with the Homunculus, destroying it... but Clayman is still standing and Judai's LP are intact. The equip appears to save it... as well as let him summon more E-Heros when it's destroyed? Featherman takes the field as the hero music kicks on.

This turn confuses me... Judai draws Burst Lady and summons her to the field. Featherman attacks, but runs into Elemental Absorber via Garuda the Wind Spirit, and the Homunculus increases in attack to 4100. Then Judai plays Burst Return, returning the other E-Heros to his hand... then he plays a new spell Burst Impact, and Burst Lady glows on fire, nuking Amnael's entire field and reducing his LP by her attack (Amnael LP: 2800). I'm GUESSING it needed him to have triggered Absorber for all four base elements for Burst Impact to work somehow... Amnael's mask cracks down the middle, and Pharaoh shows up meowing. Pharaoh runs to Amnael, rubbing against his leg... The chant plays as he removes his mask. It's Daitokuchi... except his face is scarred with veins like Titan. He hugs Pharaoh and talks about alchemy... everyone is shocked as he chuckles and the episode ends.

Next episode shows Amnael holding up his alchemy book smiling like Daitokuchi, him and Judai in space, and a solar flare striking a blocking Edgeman, who punches through it. Judai reveals a new fusion who looks like Mid Shield Gardna but white-skinned and slimmer, Amnael attacks with a phoenix of fire, and Judai is shown fusing all four base E-Heros as Sho mentions Elixerer.

Horoko's translations will clear this up a lot... I have a suspicion Amnael was RFGing monsters from his deck for Absorber, but it might have been discarding, and from deck or hand I can't tell. He went through so many cards SOME of them must have come from his deck. This is a really confusing episode to summarize through context alone.

[Manjyome Thunder]

Maybe Daitokuchi has been living for many many years and only in recent years he came to the school and has to transfer his mind and such into new bodies to survive. Sounds like an interesting duel, cant wait to hear the conclusion next week.

[Master Diesel]

It sounds awesome Asuka. Poor Pharoh, watch he's the true leader of the 7. That, that would be funny

[I Love Manzuri]

A Go-Kart?

Wow...

Now that's original O_O

Yeah, it's been under question regarding whether or not the 4 base E-HEROs would ever fuse. I mean, technically Shining Flare Wingman is a fusion of the 3, so, most thought it'd be stupid to throw Clayman into the mix.

A fusion like Mid Shield Guardna...

interesting.

[DeathJester1324]

ROFLMAO Clayman has a Go-Kart!!!!!!

Clayman freakin rocks (no pun intended) :p

I knew it was going to be Daitokuji for soem reason, he couldnt of just been mummified like that. Cant wait to see the 2 new E-Hero fusions. The first one I believe is Edgeman and Featherman and the second one of course is Bubbleman, Featherman, Burst Lady, and Clayman. The next episode is going to freakin rock!!!

[OliverPhoenix]

Wow being the RFG player that I am I just loved some of the cards this duel,I have waited for a magic card version of Banisher of the light and Alchemic kettle-chaos destill is kinda similar to it but it works with other cards to...I hope these cards get released in the OCG soon!

Also Burst lady started off with a pretty situational support card at first and then gets one of the best ones,mass removal with direct damage to boot!It makes me want to use Burst lady more but this card will definately get toned down when released.

Mad max...to Mud max X D .

[Ryusaki]

It was a good episode (apart from Mud Max, which is stupid). Amnael had a good deck and cool theme. More inexplicable spontanious conbustion but I've come to expect this from GX. Veiny Daitokuji looks pretty strange. At least the useless Burst Return now has a use.

[Armageddomon Deus]

I think the intended name was Emmanuel.

Anyway about the 2 new fusions....

The first one is a fusion of Featherman & Bubbleman.
(Burstlady, Clayman & Sparkman already have one with him)

The 4-fusion one however......makes you wonder if it's attribute is Light since it probably wont hold any other specific element.

(By the way, I think Emmanuel is an old alchemist (or maybe necromancer) that used a body to transfer his soul or ? into Daitokuji for the purposes of espionage. I wanna say that Daitokuji was 'created', but thats hard to prove for now. If Daitokuji stays dead at the end of the series, then he may have never been alive to begin with all this time.....)

[imcp]

did you guys notice that one of the new E-Heroes in the preview had anchor symbols on his shoulder pads? heck, he even has anchors on his arms!! hmmm...suddenly I'm thinking it might be a fusion of Featherman and Bubbleman (the association of anchor with sea = water = Bubbleman). I dunno, I could be wrong though....

[~Linked~]

yeah the new e heros look pretty cool and Emanuels deck was awesome.

[kingofgames3]

I could finally end watching the episode. Burst Impact is very cool and it finally gives us a great Magic for Burst Lady. ><

Anyway, Amnael deck was very cool too.

[~Linked~]

Burst Impact was crazy. I could have done without the simple ball floating over as the attack. I also think the new fusion will be Dark just to mix it up.

[kingofgames3]

Card translations, thanks to Horoko:

AMNAEL'S CARDS

ALCHEMIC KETTLE - CHAOS DISTILL
Permanent Magic
All cards that go to your Cemetery are removed from play.

IRON LAMP
Magic Card
When [Alchemic Kettle - Chaos Distill] is on the Field, you can Special Summon
a [Alchemic Beast Iron Salamander] from your hand or deck.

ALCHEMIC BEAST IRON SALAMANDER
Fire/????/3/500/?
This card cannot be Normal Summoned. This Monster can only be Summoned
by the effect of [Iron Lamp.] This Monster can attack your opponent directly.

COPPER SCALES
Magic Card
When [Alchemic Kettle - Chaos Distill] is on the Field, you can Special Summon
a [Alchemic Beast Copper Ouroboros] from your hand or deck.

LEAD COMPASS
When [Alchemic Kettle - Chaos Distill] is on the Field, you can Special Summon
a [Alchemic Beast Lead Lion] from your hand or deck.

ALCHEMIC BEAST LEAD LION
{?}/????/3/500/?
This card cannot be Normal Summoned. This Monster can only be Summoned
by the effect of [Lead Compass.] This Monster can attack your opponent directly.

ALCHEMIC BEAST COPPER OUROBOROS
{?}/????/3/500/?
This card cannot be Normal Summoned. This Monster can only be Summoned
by the effect of [Copper Scales.] This Monster can attack your opponent directly.

ELEMENTAL ABSORBER
Permanent Trap
Remove 1 Monster card in your hand from the game. If the removed Monster
is the same Main-Type as an opponent's Monster, this card makes it unable
to attack.

SPIRIT OF THE WATER AQUERIA
Water/Water/4/1600/1200
This Monster is Special Summoned by removing 1 Water Main-Type
monster in your Cemetery from the game. During your opponent's
Standby Phase, you may change the mode of 1 of your opponent's
face-up Monsters. That Monster cannot change its mode again
during that turn.

SPIRIT OF THE EARTH TITAN
Earth/Rock/4/1700/1000
This Monster is Special Summoned by removing 1 Earth Main-Type
monster in your Cemetery from the game. During your opponent's
Battle Phase, increase this Monster's attack strength by 300.

SPIRIT OF THE FIRE EFREET
Fire/Fire/4/1700/1000
This Monster is Special Summoned by removing 1 Fire Main-Type
Monster in your Cemetery from the game. During your Battle
Phase, increase this Monster's attack strength by 300.

SPIRIT OF THE WIND GARUDA
Air/Bird/4/1600/1200
This Monster can is Special Summoned by removing 1 Air Main-Type
monster in your Cemetery from the game. At the end of your
opponent's turn, you may change the mode of 1 of your opponent's
face-up Monsters.

BLACK PROCESS NIGRED
Magic Card
You can only activate this card if you have a [Alchemic Kettle - Chaos Distill] on the
Field and 0 cards in your hand. Remove all Monsters with [Alchemic Beast] in their
name from your Field. For each Monste removed this way, draw 2 cards from your
deck.

WHITE PROCESS ALBED
Magic CardWhen
[Alchemic Kettle - Chaos Distill] is on the Field, you can Special Summon
a [Alchemic Beast Gold Hormunculus] from your hand or deck.

TIN MAGIC PANEL
Magic Card
When [Alchemic Kettle - Chaos Distill] is on the Field, you can Special Summon
a [Alchemic Beast Tin Aitos] from your hand or deck.

FOUNTAINHEAD HOURGLASS
Magic Card
When [Alchemic Kettle - Chaos Distill] is on the Field, you can Special Summon
a [Alchemic Beast Fountainhead Echeneis] from your hand or deck.

SILVER KEY
Magic Card
When [Alchemic Kettle - Chaos Distill] is on the Field, you can Special Summon
a [Alchemic Beast Silver Moonface] from your hand or deck.

ALCHEMIC BEAST TIN AITOS
{?}/????/3/500/?
This card cannot be Normal Summoned. This Monster can only be Summoned
by the effect of [Tin Magic Panel.] This Monster can attack your opponent directly.

ALCHEMIC BEAST FOUNTAINHEAD ECHENEIS
{?}/????/3/500/?
This card cannot be Normal Summoned. This Monster can only be Summoned
by the effect of [Fountainhead Hourglass.] This Monster can attack your opponent directly.

ALCHEMIC BEAST SILVER MOONFACE
{?}/????/3/500/?
This card cannot be Normal Summoned. This Monster can only be Summoned
by the effect of [Silver Key.] This Monster can attack your opponent directly.

ALCHEMIC BEAST GOLD HOMUNCULUS
{?}/????/?/?/?
This Monster cannot be Normal Summoned. This Monster can only be Summoned
by the effect of [White Process Albed.] This Monster's attack and defense strength
is equal 300x the number of cards you have removed from play.

JUUDAI'S CARDS

MUD MAX
Equipment Magic
This card can only be Equipped to a [E-HERO Clayman.] Increase the attack strength
of the Equipped Monster by 300. If the Equipped Monster is attacked, destroy this card
and negate the attack. Then, special summon 1 level 4 or less [E-HERO] from your hand.

BURST IMPACT
Magic Card
You can only activate this card if you have a [E-HERO Burstlady] on your Field. Destroy
all Monsters on the Field except for [E-HERO Burstlady] and do damage 300 damage
to the controllers equal to the number of Monsters destroyed this way.

[Abisal]

Amnael's deck looks terrible. Those monsters better have additional effects, because right now they are just Subpar(Correction: Subpar and Nomi) versions of TCG monsters.
And, are you sure all those monsters were FIRE mains? Because that would make all the Element Spirits in his deck useless.

[Horoko]

Amnael's deck looks terrible. Those monsters better have additional effects, because right now they are just Subpar(Correction: Subpar and Nomi) versions of TCG monsters.
And, are you sure all those monsters were FIRE mains? Because that would make all the Element Spirits in his deck useless.
I saw nothing but red on the cards where the main type was.

The reason he had those Elementals was for Elemental Absorber anyway.

[Romancer]

It was a decent episode, but hard to follow when you understand little or no Japanese, and the duel was tricky to follow. As I was watching it, I had this sense of deja vu, like I was seeing new guardian monsters. Then I thought, " I hope Shadow of Infinity isn't clogged with these 500 attack direct arttacking monsters that require magic cards to be summoned."

Daitokuji's deck does look awesome though. His monsters have great art, but the deck wouldn't translate into a nice real world deck.

[Warahyuu]

Amnael's deck is cool. If his cards are released, I hope those direct attackers get additional effects to make them better.

Also, they seemed to use elemental attacks so I don't think they're all fire. However, I don't know anything in Japanese xD

[MetallicPyreal]

This ep rocked. Loved all of the new cards played. ^^

Poor old Daitokuji...wonder what his fate will be? He has a nice look on his face in this pic:
http://www.geocities.com/yami_doma_gx/GXEpisodes.html

Maybe it means that Amnael's not all bad...?

[Horoko]

Oh yeah...kingofgames, could you update what you posted to what I have posted on Janime's now? Thanks. Same place, btw.

Mr. Penguin Zero of Janime's did this. All credit goes fully to him.

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Well, that took a surprisingly long time for me to download, but it was definitely worth it. And, given that I wanted to rewatch it anyway, I decided to do a synopsis of it myself. Horoko's obviously done the card translations already, and Cloud managed a much quicker summary, but I hope this appeals to people a bit. Dialogue translations are approximate, but I'm confident in them in most cases. Enjoy, and let me know if you see any errors I can fix.

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Space. Manjoume Jun lies surrounded by a red haze, unconscious. He abruptly jerks awake, and looks about wondering where he is. Nearby, he sees two planet-like shapes of similar haze, with Asuka and Fubuki unconscious inside them. He turns to look at a light from above, and is in utter shock as he realizes it's the Earth...

Duel Academia. The six pillars of light surround the island. Judai, Hayato, and Shou look around, wondering what they are, as Pharoah clings to Hayato's chest. Judai suddenly realizes -- six pillars, six keys besides his own -- could the Seven Stars have gotten to the others? Ojama Yellow, from his card in Judai's hand, tearfully confirms that Manjoume was beaten. Judai thinks about the others. There were four key-holders left, himself, Manjoume, Asuka, and Daitokuji. This must mean that all three of the others have been beaten in quick succession.

Shou urges Judai to run away while he still can -- if the Seven Stars beat him now, they'll be able to release the Legendary Demons, and who knows what would happen then? But Judai refuses. He's not going to let Manjoume and Asuka's efforts be for nothing. There's only one of the Stars left, and one keyholder -- one way or another, this will be the final battle. He's getting energized just thinking about it.

Beneath the burned-out dorm, in an underground room much like the chamber where Titan battled, Amnael stands in front of a simple coffin propped up against the wall. He chuckles to him self. The time has come for the ultimate alchemy of his life... time to face Yuuki Judai. On the floor, a carved symbol flares -- a circle with a dot in it, the alchemical symbol for the sun. Above the dorm, a giant version of it (Amnael's hand-drawn-looking version, with a gap in the circle) flares, then fades -- and lightning strikes.

Specifically, it strikes a tree by the lakeside, which topples over and almost lands on Judai, Shou, and Hayato. Rattled by their narrow escape, they are then surprised to see Amnael's symbol glowing beside the tree stump for a moment. It fades, then reappears farther away, down a path through the forest, before fading again and reappearing even further down the path. Our heroes easily deduce that it's telling them to follow it.

The trail of marks leads them to the burned-out dorm, but once inside, they're left undirected until a bolt of lightning startles Pharoah, who leaps from Hayato's arms and runs down the stairs -- towards the underground area where Titan duelled. They give chase, and find that the wall of the tunnel has collapsed at one point, leading to a previously-hidden stretch of tunnel. Pharoah's paw-prints in the dust lead them that way, and they soon emerge into a very odd room.

The room (which Amnael was using earlier) has three stone tablets on the back wall, vaguely Egyptian in style, apparently depicting the Three Legendary Demons. Around the edges of the room are large pieces of equipment that Judai is baffled by, but Hayato recognizes them as distilleries, and speculates that someone was making sake down there. But that wouldn't explain the massive bookshelves... or the coffin.

Shou and Hayato are set to trembling by the sight of the coffin -- could it be another vampire? A mummy? Judai, on the other hand, walks straight over to the coffin, and asks Hayato for help getting it open. Hayato declines -- 'I'm really not that good at this sort of thing' he nervously protests. Judai manages to shove off the heavy lid by himself...

"A mummy!" The body inside the coffin isn't wrapped like traditional mummies, but it has the same withered, well-preserved appearance, for all that it's dressed in a white suit and lab coat. But whose mummy could it be? Judai hesitates, getting a strange feeling he's seen this mummy before, and asks Hayato to pass him a flashlight. Pulling aside the coat, he finds a name written on the mummy's breast pocket...

Daitokuji.

They're all shocked to think that this could be Daitokuji-sensei. It doesn't make sense -- he couldn't have withered and mummified this much in such a short time. Did he lose a Shadow Duel?

Their speculations are cut short as the room's lights suddenly turn on. Amnael's voice welcomes them to his laboratory. He steps forward into the light, in front of the three tablets, and says that he no longer needs to run or hide. Ojama Yellow, cowering behind Judai, says that this is the guy who beat 'Thunder-aniki,' and begs Judai to hurry and beat him to save Manjoume.

"That's right. I am the one you have been searching for, the seventh of the Seven Stars. Amnael."
"Amnael?" Judai exclaims. "Then... Asuka and Manjoume were..."
"I have your friends in my custody." He pulls his book from inside his cloak, and we see images of Asuka, Fubuki, and Manjoume trapped in their planets. (Manjoume is pounding on his, trying to get out, to no avail, while the others are still unconscious.) "They were true duellists to the very end... but they couldn't prevail against me."
"Then you're the one who did that to Daitokuji-sensei, too?"
"I'm sorry to say, but that's incorrect. That mummy has been in this laboratory for quite a long time."

Judai is confused by the implications of that, and even more confused as Amnael expounds on the lowest becoming highest, and the highest becoming lowest. "If you would know reality, then confront the truths in this book, the Emerald Tablet, and accept the challenge of a duel with me. The Emerald Tablet contains the ultimate secrets of alchemy... and I am your final ordeal."

Hayato and Shou are struck by the fact that Amnael, like Daitokuji, practices alchemy, but Judai just steps forth to take Amnael on. He and Amnael ready their duel disks, as Amnael pushes back his hood to reveal long, somewhat spiky white hair. Judai proclaims this the final battle between him and the Seven Stars, and the duel begins...

((Commercial Break. Eyecatch images: Judai with Bubbleman behind him; Amnael holding the Emerald Tablet, with Chaos Distill behind him. Oh, for detailed effects of the cards in the upcoming duel, refer to Horoko's post.))

Amnael draws, and plays Alchemic Kettle -- Chaos Distill, explaining that it means that all his cards that would go to the graveyard are instead removed from the game. He then plays Iron Lamp, which appears in the burning interior of the Chaos Distill to summon Alchemic Beast -- Iron Salamander. He then plays Copper Scales and Lead Compass to likewise summon Copper Oroborous and Lead Lion. He then sets one card face down and ends his turn.

Judai is amazed that he summoned three monsters in his first turn, and Amnael says his alchemical skills make Duel Monsters comparatively easy. But Judai just draws, and then plays Bubbleman in attack mode. Since Bubbleman is the only card on his field, he draws two more cards, then equips Bubble Shot to Bubbleman. Bubbleman attacks, but Amnael reveals his face-down card -- Elemental Absorber. He discards Spirit of the Water -- Aqueria from his hand, and one of the Absorber's four spikes glows blue. An inverted triangle -- the alchemical symbol for water -- appears, and a wall of water erupts between the two sides of the field, absorbing the water blast Bubbleman had fired.

Amnael's turn. He draws, then orders his monsters to direct attack. All three do, and Judai's life drops to 2500. Hayato encourages him not to give up -- Amnael's hand is almost empty now, so Judai can still turn this around! But Amnael laughs at that. He plays Black Process Nigredo (an alchemical term, referring to a step in the creation of the Philosopher's Stone involving cooking all the components into a uniform black matter). As it's the last card in his hand and Chaos Distill is on the field, he can remove all his monsters from play, and draw two cards for each monster so removed, giving him a hand of six. He then plays Tin Magic Panel, Fountainhead Hourglass, and Silver Key to summon Tin Aitos, Fountainhead Echeneis, and Silver Moonface.

Judai's turn. He draws, then summons Clayman in attack mode, and equips him with Mud Max, raising his attack to 1100 (and putting him in a sporty little rocket-powered dune buggy). His water-type attacks may be blocked, but his deck has heroes of all elements. Clayman attacks, but Amnael discards Spirit of the Earth -- Titan to activate Elemental Absorber. A spine glows yellow, the symbol of Earth (an inverted triangle with a horizontal line across the inside) appears, and a wall of rocks erupts in front of Clayman. The Mud Max skids out on the wall, unable to get past, and returns to Judai's side.

Judai thinks it looks bad -- somehow, it's as if this guy is prepared for everything he'll play. Amnael picks up on his feelings, and says that in fact their decks are very much alike. "What do you mean?" Judai asks, but Amnael replies, "That is a question only you can seek out the answer to. But you don't have much time left to seek."

Amnael's turn. He draws, then plays White Process Albedo (another alchemical stage, referring to coagulation and synthesis, which follows Nigredo). Gold Homunculus is summoned to the field. Amnael explains that its attack and defense are equal to 300 times the number of his cards removed from the game -- and that currently thirteen of his cards have been removed, giving Gold Homunculus an attack and defense of 3900.

Amnael attacks with his three lesser Alchemic monsters, reducing Judai to 1000 life, then commands Gold Homunculus to attack Clayman. This, he thinks, is the end -- but when the smoke clears, Judai's still standing. He explains Mud Max's special effect -- when Clayman is attacked, Judai can destroy Mud Max to end the attack, and special summon one level 4 or less Elemental Hero. He chooses Featherman.

Judai's turn. He draws Burst Lady, and plays her in attack mode. He then attacks Tin Aitos with Featherman, only to have Amnael discard Spirit of the Wind -- Garuda to activate Elemental Absorber. A spike glows green, the symbol of air (an upright triangle with a horizontal line across it) appears, and the feathers of Feather Break bounce off a swirling wall of wind. With the discard of Garuda, Gold Homunculus's strength raises to 4200. Burst Lady then attacks Tin Aitos with Burst FIre, but Amnael discards Spirit of the Fire -- Efreet to activate the Absorber (red glow, upright triangle) and block it with a wall of flame.

Shou and Judai are worried now -- Amnael's effectively stopped the attacks of all his Water, Earth, Wind, and Fire monsters, which pretty much means he can't attack. But Judai smiles, and says his Elemental Heroes aren't just useful in battles. He plays Burst Return to return Featherman, Bubbleman, and Clayman to his hand, then plays Burst Impact. Burst Lady, wreathed in flames, throws a huge fireball at Amnael's side of the field, and all four of his monsters are destroyed, dropping his life points to 2800. A crack appears in the forehead of Amnael's black mask...

Just as Shou and Hayato are cheering about this sudden turnaround, they hear a plaintive meow. Pharoah has arrived at last, and Shou picks him up. "You knew this was an important time, and came to cheer Aniki on, didn't you?"

Pharoah bares his claws and slashes Shou across the face.

Shou shrieks and drops Pharoah, who immediately bounds across the field to rub up against Amnael's leg. Hayato is shocked that Pharoah would be so affectionate with someone he's never met -- which is when the penny drops for Judai. "It couldn't -- you couldn't possibly be --"

"Yes. That's right, Judai. My true form is..." He removes the mask. Judai, Shou and Hayato gasp in shock -- for the face underneath the mask is Daitokuji's, but bulging with grotesque veins.

Judai is shocked, and asks about the mummy. Amnael, crouching down to pet Pharoah and then pick him up, explains that the mummy is truly him as well. But by the power of his alchemy, he was able to return from the world of death. The boys look on in shock as Amnael chuckles slightly, petting the purring cat in his arms...

To Be Continued.

[Black Luster God]

I am going to make a prediction here. I believe that if Amnael's Alchemic monsters are ever released in the OCG they will not be nomi monsters. I can't read a word of Japanese (so I don't know what the cards said) but it strikes me that even if Amnael's Alchemic monsters were not nomi monsters he probably would use the specific alchemic search magic cards to power up his Golden Homuculus and to thin out his deck.

[myth buster]

One interesting thing that should be brought up here is what the name Emmanuel means. It is Hebrew for "God is with us." Makes you wonder, are they throwing together names haphazardly, or is there some foreshadowing in this? One thing I do know, is that Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters has a lot of religous references in it, and there have been complaints that GX hasn't followed suit. Emmanuel is the name of the Messiah in Jewish tradition, and therefore, in Christian tradition as well.

[Horoko]

Taken from the Alchemy Journal Vol.6 No.1

"We might even think of this as the Alchemical Method: revelation, demonstration and transmutation. The key then becomes the source of the revelation. Where is the information coming from? In the Isis fragment, the knowledge comes from a higher order of angel, implying at least a planetary level being, who bears the signs of Nuit and Khonsu and is called "Amnael." This angel is of course unique, appearing nowhere else in Hebrew angelology. There is a faint resemblance in name to the angel of Venus, Hanael or Anael. However, this line of conjecture quickly comes to a dead end; Isis is the Morning Star, is she learning from Herself?"

[kingofgames3]

Horoko: I'm on it.

EDIT: Done.

[KuroKarasu]

I liked that tin bird card...I hope it's a new Bird-Type Monster in the card game, soon...

Pharaoh, the kitty of DOOM, finally has a relevant role besides being cute. Meow! :D

[Nosniv Star]

I just saw the episode and I must say that the Mud Max rocks.

[Asuka Tenjoin]

I liked that tin bird card...I hope it's a new Bird-Type Monster in the card game, soon...

Pharaoh, the kitty of DOOM, finally has a relevant role besides being cute. Meow! :D

That scene with Pharaoh and Amnael was like a total heartstring tugger... I felt bad for the poor little cat looking so happy right then. :(

I think so far that the Alchemy deck is only slightly more likely than Dartz' Orichalcos deck OCG-wise though... A bunch of 500 attack Nomis isn't exactly the kind of thing Konami seems about to go for. It's a shame, they were all pretty nice designs. And thank you very much for that much better summary, it was really hard to understand that episode... RFG-heavy stuff always makes it difficult.

Also, a question: Did Elemental Absorber have a continuous effect for the removed monsters? Because the lights that lit up for each negation never went off, so I assumed it wasn't something you'd have to pay for twice if say, two Earth monsters attacked... maybe I'm wrong.

[Horoko]

Well the card didn't really have an activation trigger, so you could pretty much do it anytime you want. So I dunno....

Bah...I messed up again. I mistook "Mercury" with "Fountainhead" since the two looked so similar.

AMNAEL'S CARDS

ALCHEMIC KETTLE - CHAOS DISTILL
Permanent Magic
All cards that go to your Cemetery are removed from play.

IRON LAMP
Magic Card
When [Alchemic Kettle - Chaos Distill] is on the Field, you can Special Summon
a [Alchemic Beast Iron Salamander] from your hand or deck.

ALCHEMIC BEAST IRON SALAMANDER
Fire/????/3/500/?
This card cannot be Normal Summoned. This Monster can only be Summoned
by the effect of [Iron Lamp.] This Monster can attack your opponent directly.

COPPER SCALES
Magic Card
When [Alchemic Kettle - Chaos Distill] is on the Field, you can Special Summon
a [Alchemic Beast Copper Ouroboros] from your hand or deck.

LEAD COMPASS
When [Alchemic Kettle - Chaos Distill] is on the Field, you can Special Summon
a [Alchemic Beast Lead Lion] from your hand or deck.

ALCHEMIC BEAST LEAD LION
{?}/????/3/500/?
This card cannot be Normal Summoned. This Monster can only be Summoned
by the effect of [Lead Compass.] This Monster can attack your opponent directly.

ALCHEMIC BEAST COPPER OUROBOROS
{?}/????/3/500/?
This card cannot be Normal Summoned. This Monster can only be Summoned
by the effect of [Copper Scales.] This Monster can attack your opponent directly.

ELEMENTAL ABSORBER
Permanent Trap
Remove 1 Monster card in your hand from the game. If the removed Monster
is the same Main-Type as an opponent's Monster, this card makes it unable
to attack.

SPIRIT OF THE WATER AQUERIA
Water/Water/4/1600/1200
This Monster is Special Summoned by removing 1 Water Main-Type
monster in your Cemetery from the game. During your opponent's
Standby Phase, you may change the mode of 1 of your opponent's
face-up Monsters. That Monster cannot change its mode again
during that turn.

SPIRIT OF THE EARTH TITAN
Earth/Rock/4/1700/1000
This Monster is Special Summoned by removing 1 Earth Main-Type
monster in your Cemetery from the game. During your opponent's
Battle Phase, increase this Monster's attack strength by 300.

SPIRIT OF THE FIRE EFREET
Fire/Fire/4/1700/1000
This Monster is Special Summoned by removing 1 Fire Main-Type
Monster in your Cemetery from the game. During your Battle
Phase, increase this Monster's attack strength by 300.

SPIRIT OF THE WIND GARUDA
Air/Bird/4/1600/1200
This Monster can is Special Summoned by removing 1 Air Main-Type
monster in your Cemetery from the game. At the end of your
opponent's turn, you may change the mode of 1 of your opponent's
face-up Monsters.

BLACK PROCESS NIGREDO
Magic Card
You can only activate this card if you have a [Alchemic Kettle - Chaos Distill] on the
Field and 0 cards in your hand. Remove all Monsters with [Alchemic Beast] in their
name from your Field. For each Monste removed this way, draw 2 cards from your
deck.

WHITE PROCESS ALBEDO
Magic CardWhen
[Alchemic Kettle - Chaos Distill] is on the Field, you can Special Summon
a [Alchemic Beast Gold Hormunculus] from your hand or deck.

TIN MAGIC PANEL
Magic Card
When [Alchemic Kettle - Chaos Distill] is on the Field, you can Special Summon
a [Alchemic Beast Tin Aitos] from your hand or deck.

MERCURY HOURGLASS
Magic Card
When [Alchemic Kettle - Chaos Distill] is on the Field, you can Special Summon
a [Alchemic Beast Mercury Echeneis] from your hand or deck.

SILVER KEY
Magic Card
When [Alchemic Kettle - Chaos Distill] is on the Field, you can Special Summon
a [Alchemic Beast Silver Moonface] from your hand or deck.

ALCHEMIC BEAST TIN AITOS
{?}/????/3/500/?
This card cannot be Normal Summoned. This Monster can only be Summoned
by the effect of [Tin Magic Panel.] This Monster can attack your opponent directly.

ALCHEMIC BEAST MERCURY ECHENEIS
{?}/????/3/500/?
This card cannot be Normal Summoned. This Monster can only be Summoned
by the effect of [Fountainhead Hourglass.] This Monster can attack your opponent directly.

ALCHEMIC BEAST SILVER MOONFACE
{?}/????/3/500/?
This card cannot be Normal Summoned. This Monster can only be Summoned
by the effect of [Silver Key.] This Monster can attack your opponent directly.

ALCHEMIC BEAST GOLD HOMUNCULUS
{?}/????/?/?/?
This Monster cannot be Normal Summoned. This Monster can only be Summoned
by the effect of [White Process Albed.] This Monster's attack and defense strength
is equal 300x the number of cards you have removed from play.

JUUDAI'S CARDS

MUD MAX
Equipment Magic
This card can only be Equipped to a [E-HERO Clayman.] Increase the attack strength
of the Equipped Monster by 300. If the Equipped Monster is attacked, destroy this card
and negate the attack. Then, special summon 1 level 4 or less [E-HERO] from your hand.

BURST IMPACT
Magic Card
You can only activate this card if you have a [E-HERO Burstlady] on your Field. Destroy
all Monsters on the Field except for [E-HERO Burstlady] and do damage 300 damage
to the controllers equal to the number of Monsters destroyed this way.

[Atem]

i have nuthing against people caling him Amnael but his name is Emmanuel

[MetallicPyreal]

i have nuthing against people caling him Amnael but his name is Emmanuel
He was called Amnael in the ep. It did NOT sound anything like "Emmanuel." He said "Amnaeru" or "Amnael." Feel free to prove me wrong if you have sufficient evidence, though.

[Horoko]

i have nuthing against people caling him Amnael but his name is Emmanuel
Exactly who DID come up with "Emmanuel" in the first place? It was Amnael...then I heard "Emmanuel" being stated afterwards. Who made this up?

[MetallicPyreal]

I think Janime had "Emmanuel" on her site when she did the summaries.

[Horoko]

I think Janime had "Emmanuel" on her site when she did the summaries.
Nope...it was Amunel when I saw it there first and then it changed to Emmanuel.

[MetallicPyreal]

When I first went on there and saw them, it was Emmanuel...must've been a bit late.

She also has "Airslog Sunrise" instead of "Ayers Rock Sunrise", but we don't know which is right. And "Airslog" could be mistaken for "Ayers Rock", or vise versa.

[Horoko]

When I first went on there and saw them, it was Emmanuel...must've been a bit late.

She also has "Airslog Sunrise" instead of "Ayers Rock Sunrise", but we don't know which is right. And "Airslog" could be mistaken for "Ayers Rock", or vise versa.
When she FIRST put up the summary it was "Amnael" and then all of the sudden (two days or so later) BOOM! Emmanuel.

Yeah, that part is just incorrect. I'll contact her on that.

[Asuka Tenjoin]

When she FIRST put up the summary it was "Amnael" and then all of the sudden (two days or so later) BOOM! Emmanuel.

Yeah, that part is just incorrect. I'll contact her on that.

I had a feeling that was the case... it just didn't sound like Emmanuel, and the Alchemy connotations alone gave a lot of support to Amnael.

You know, the more I think about this episode... Judai isn't that bright. Couldn't he have done the Burst Return/Impact combo at the START of the turn and then attacked with Burst Lady for even further damage? He would've knocked him all the way down to 1600. :confused:

[beaverteeth92]

When I first went on there and saw them, it was Emmanuel...must've been a bit late.

She also has "Airslog Sunrise" instead of "Ayers Rock Sunrise", but we don't know which is right. And "Airslog" could be mistaken for "Ayers Rock", or vise versa.

It was Ayer's rock. Ayer's Rock is in Australia, which is where Koalas and Kangaroos come from, so wouldn't it make sense that is was in Hayato's deck? Plus, it is the world's largest rock. The sunrise is beautiful when the sun rises above Ayer's rock.

http://blogs.bootsnall.com/theisen/archives/DSC00384-resize3.jpg

http://www.redcenter.nl/wijreizen/pics/j24-13.jpg

[Horoko]

You know, the more I think about this episode... Judai isn't that bright. Couldn't he have done the Burst Return/Impact combo at the START of the turn and then attacked with Burst Lady for even further damage? He would've knocked him all the way down to 1600.
He still had Elemental Absorber.