Was Joey About To Defeat Kaiba? [Battle for the Bronze]

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  @TGSAnime · 4 years ago · pinned

  Thanks to the comments we now know that;<br>Joey could have attacked into Kaiser Sea Horse instead with Blue-Eyes [TURN 10]. This would force Kaiba during his turn to use monster reborn to bring back Kaiser Sea Horse, so that it could be sacrificed for Blue-Eyes. Kaiba then Crashes his Blue-Eyes into Joey&apos;s, then he attacks the defence position Hayabusa Knight with Blade Knight.<br>Joey&apos;s turn and he draws Baby Dragon, he summons it into defence and Ends his turn.<br>Finally back to Kaiba&apos;s turn he draws stop defence, he switches Baby Dragon to attack and then attacks with blade knight.<br>Since Kaiba is dealing less than 2000 damage Joey cant use Nutrient Z and since joey only has 100 life points left then that means Kaiba Wins the duel even earlier.

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  @teacupkoala175 · 3 years ago

  Kaiba: rips the 4th Blue Eyes so no Blue Eyes White Dragon can ever be used against him<br><br>Joey: Observe

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  @Flaris · 3 years ago

  I&apos;m half surprised that after Joey took his Blue Eyes that Kaiba didn&apos;t tell a sniper he had nearby to ready his shot...He looked ready to literally kill Joey.

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  @TheGman4747 · 4 years ago

  Even if Joey wasn&apos;t gonna win this duel, him taking control of Blue Eyes even for a second and seeing a seething Kaiba have to witness that has always been a moment that stuck out to me for this series.

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  @prototypemaster1 · 4 years ago

  You can see the difference between Kaiba and Marik when Joey faced them.<br><br>Marik wanted to torture and play with Joey. Because of that, Joey almost pulled a win from right under Marik. Joey had a chance.<br><br>Kaiba wanted to end it right then and there. He wasted no time eliminating almost all of Joey&apos;s options. Joey had no chance, but he managed to anger Kaiba by taking that Blue Eyes.

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  @sonicXstarhedgehog · 4 years ago

  Joey: You said nobody could use your Blue-Eyes White dragon against you if you had every copy, but you were wrong, Koiba! Feel the power of my Brooklyn rage!<br><br>Kaiba: <b>Intetnally screaming and cursing Joey with all his might</b>

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  @bladersmosh · 4 years ago

  Kaiba’s reaction to seeing Joey steal his Blue Eyes is absolutely priceless. You can see the pure anger and disgust seeing the pride of his deck be in the possession of someone he deems as a deadbeat. Meanwhile, Joey is taking great pleasure out of it and at the time, pulled one of the best troll moments of YGO.

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  @TheGoodPickUpLineOfArkvoodle · 4 years ago

  Even though Joey lost this duel, You got to give him credit for how far he pushed kaiba. He brought Kaiba down to 700 LP without access to his best monsters, Kaiba still had access to his best monsters, where as Joey only had access to his monsters that were under 1500 ATK. The fact that Joey was able to not only last as long as he did but also bring Kaiba down to 700 LP without something like Jinzo shows how great of a duelist Joey actually is.

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  @zeospark9715 · 4 years ago

  The best thing about this duel is that even though Joey lost, he was extremely humble about it and even felt bad for Kaiba that he&apos;ll never truly would enjoy duel monsters for what is supposed to be for: Having fun. Compare Joey now than back when he first lost to Kaiba at Duelist Kingdom. Dude practically threw a tantrum when he lost but he is now so humble at the guy he dislikes more than anyone barring the villains like Marik.

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  @neilyoungboy · 4 years ago

  Whats ironic about Kaiba is that he is one of the very few opponents Joey has faced (especially in span of battle city and virtual world) that plays fair. <br><br>- The Rare Hunter who stole Red Eyes used counterfeits (or marked in the dub)<br>- Esper Roba had someone spy on Joey&apos;s hand<br>- Weevil hired someone to sneak a card in Joey&apos;s deck. <br>- Odion tried to play fair but Marik blackmailed him into playing a fake Ra. <br>- Johnston fixed all of Joey&apos;s luck cards so they would fall in his favour.<br>- Marik used a shadow game to weaken Joey.

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  @THEGRUMPTRUCK · 4 years ago

  I&apos;ll be honest, Jounochi/Joey was my favorite character, but I never wanted him to win massively important main antagonist duels. If he did, it would ruin his character.<br><br>Think of it. Joey is the underdog, he&apos;s the everyman. He&apos;s the guy like you and me that&apos;s doing what is right, and always trying his best. <br><br>He&apos;s the guy who did better against Marik than Yugi did, and Yugi beat him. Joey, a random nobody, had Marik <b>screaming</b> in fear and anger about how impossible it was to be pushed so far by a nobody. In the Japanese version, Marik throws up after his duel with Jounochi because he was at one moment so absolutely terrified of this underdog of a guy who made him a literal joke in front of everyone watching.<br><br>Joey has Moral victories. He duels because it&apos;s the right thing to do. To many extents, even more than the Pharoah, Joey can be called a real hero. He doesn&apos;t get disheartened from losing, he always gets back up and he keeps going.<br><br>When the chips are down I&apos;ll always bet on Joey. Even if he loses, he fought his best, and he holds zero regrets.

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  @TGSAnime · 4 years ago (edited)

  [REDACTED: SEE PINNED COMMENT] As the comments say, if Joey would have attacked Kaiser Sea Horse instead of Blade Knight toward the end of the duel. Then next turn Kaiba would have been forced to use monster reborn to bring a monster back so that he could tribute it and Blade knight to summon his second blue-eyes. Then when he crashes his blue-eyes into joeys blue eyes, Kaibas field is now completely empty. And Joey would be able to attack for game next turn.<br>You guys so smart, how did I miss that.

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