Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX - Episode 095 Tough Love , known as Codeless Duel between Brothers - Ryo VS Sho in the Japanese version , is the ninety - fifth episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX " anime . Summary . Syrus Truesdale is shown Dueling against an Obelisk Blue student . Syrus has " Patroid " and " Submarineroid " on the field , while his opponent has " Gagagigo " and " Amphibian Beast " . Syrus defeats him with a direct attack using the effect of " Submarineroid " . In doing so , he wins his opponent ' s Genex Medallion and Jaden Yuki comments that Syrus is getting much better , but questions why Syrus has not been using " Power Bond " . Syrus explains that he will include " Power Bond " in his Deck when he can use it in a Respect Duel . Just then , Tyranno Hassleberry calls them , telling them that Zane Truesdale and Aster Phoenix are in front of Duel Academy and about to Duel . Aster asks Zane if Zane wants revenge for the defeat Aster handed him in their first Duel . Zane responds that he doesn ' t care about revenge , but simply wants victory . Syrus asks Aster to allow him to Duel Zane instead . Aster doesn ' t mind , as Zane and Aster can Duel each other anytime in the Pro League . Zane accepts Syrus ' challenge ; saying that he doesn ' t care who he defeats - Aster or Syrus , as long as he wins . However , he insists that they both wear the Shock - Amplifying Devices that Zane wore during his Duel with Mad Dog . Syrus accepts , and says that he will show Zane the meaning of the respect Duel that Zane himself taught Syrus . The Duel begins , and Zane takes the first turn . He summons " Infernal Dragon " in Defense Position and then Set s 1 card to end his turn . Hassleberry wonders why Zane is putting " Infernal Dragon " , which has 2000 ATK , in Defense Position when it has 0 DEF . Syrus begins his turn , thinking to himself that he knows why Zane has placed his " Infernal Dragon " in Defense Position . With that , he summons his " Truckroid " in Attack Position . Syrus orders " Truckroid " to attack " Infernal Dragon " and explains that the monster " Truckroid " destroys does not go to the Graveyard , but rather is equipped to " Truckroid " as an Equip Card . Then , " Truckroid " gains ATK equal to the ATK of the equipped monster . Syrus tells himself that with no monsters in Zane ' s Graveyard , Zane can ' t use his monster effects to power up the monsters on his side of the field . Then he Sets 1 card and ends his turn . Zane begins his turn , summoning " Exploder Dragon " in Attack Position . He then declares an attack with " Exploder Dragon " , with Syrus wondering why his brother is doing so . " Exploder Dragon " is destroyed , but afterwards , so is " Truckroid " . Syrus asks why " Truckroid " was destroyed , and Zane explains that when " Exploder Dragon " is attacking an opponent ' s monster , he takes no Battle Damage , and the monster that destroys " Exploder Dragon " is automatically destroyed . Next , Zane activates " Quick Summon " , which lets him Normal Summon a monster from his hand , and he chooses " Cyberdark Horn " . " Cyberdark Horn " equips itself with a Level 4 or lower Dragon - Type monster from either player ' s Graveyard when Normal Summoned , and he chooses " Infernal Dragon " . Due to " Cyberdark Horn ' s " effect , it gains ATK equal to the ATK of the equipped monster , making its ATK 2800 . Zane orders " Cyberdark Horn " to attack Syrus directly with " Dark Spear " , but Syrus activates his face - down card , " Life Force " . While this card is on the field , Syrus can pay 400 Life Points whenever he is about to take Battle Damage . But , as Syrus ' s Life Points decrease to 3600 , the Shock - Amplifying Devices he is wearing send an electric shock through his body . While Syrus is feeling the aftereffects from the recent shock , he realizes that this pain must have been what changed his brother into " Hell Kaiser " . He decides that he must not lose and then begins his turn , drawing " Submarineroid " and summoning it in Attack Position . Syrus explains that " Submarineroid " can attack the opponent directly , and after it does so , it can switch to Defense Position . Syrus declares an attack with " Submarineroid " , ordering it to attack Zane directly with " Deep Depth Impact " , causing Zane ' s Life Points to drop to 3200 . Since it attacked directly , Syrus activates " Submarineroid ' s " effect to switch it to Defense Position . Then he Sets 1 card and ends his turn . Feeling the shock from the Shock - Amplifying Devices , Zane denounces Syrus ' s meaning of the Respect Duel as weak and meaningless . Then he begins his turn , drawing " Cyberdark Edge " and summoning it in Attack Position . He activates " Cyberdark Edge ' s " effect to take " Exploder Dragon " from his Graveyard and equip it to " Cyberdark Edge " , who gains ATK equal to the ATK of " Exploder Dragon " , making its ATK 1800 . Then he orders " Cyberdark Horn " to attack " Submarineroid " , but Syrus activates his face - down " Cyber Repairer " , which prevents his Machine monsters from being destroyed in battle , at the cost of Zane drawing 1 card . Zane then explains that " Cyberdark Horn " inflicts Piercing damage when attacking a Defense Position monster , but Syrus activates the effect of " Life Force " , paying 400 Life Points to nullify the Battle Damage he would take , taking a shock from the Shock - Amplifying Devices as his Life Points drop to 3200 . However , Zane ' s turn isn ' t finished yet , as he attacks directly with " Cyberdark Edge " , at the cost of halving its ATK . As " Cyberdark Edge " launches its " Counter Burn " attack , Syrus activates the effect of " Life Force " again , paying 400 Life Points to nullify the Battle Damage he would take . As Syrus ' s Life Points drop to 2800 , he takes another shock from the Shock - Amplifying Devices . With that , Zane Sets 1 card and ends his turn . As he watches the Duel , Aster is in disbelief , because Zane used to respect his cards as well as his opponents , and now , Zane has changed drastically . Meanwhile , Syrus remarks that this Duel is not a Duel . Zane laughs and declares he thought so as well when he participated in a " Hell Duel " for the first time , but the pain caused him to think differently , and he later threw away his ideas about respect . Syrus asked Zane if respect was his brother ' s way of life , but Zane tells him that ways of life change . Syrus tells him that he is wrong and begins his turn , activating " Pot of Greed " to draw 2 cards . Then he summons " Cycroid " in Attack Position and equips it with " Training Wheels " . Due to " Training Wheels ' " effect , " Cycroid " can attack directly , and after damage calculation , " Cycroid " and " Training Wheels " will be removed from play until Syrus ' s next Standby Phase . Then he switches " Submarineroid " into Attack Position and attacks directly with both " Cycroid " and " Submarineroid " . Zane ' s Life Points drop to 1600 as a result , and after the attack , " Submarineroid " switches to Defense Position , while " Cycroid " and " Training Wheels " are removed from play . Then Syrus Sets 1 card and ends his turn . Zane begins his turn , activating his own " Pot of Greed " to draw 2 cards . Then he summons " Cyberdark Keel " in Attack Position . He orders " Cyberdark Horn " to attack " Submarineroid " , telling Syrus he takes Piercing damage from the attack . On this , Syrus uses the effect of " Life Force " to pay 400 Life Points and shield himself from the Battle Damage , feeling the shock from the Shock - Amplifying Devices as his Life Points drop to 2400 . Then , Zane orders " Cyberdark Edge " and " Cyberdark Keel " to attack Syrus directly , but Syrus activates the effect of " Life Force " twice , dropping his Life Points to 1600 . Zane Sets 1 card to end his turn , but at this point , the aftereffects of the Shock - Amplifying Devices have taken their toll on Syrus , and he tells himself that he can ' t understand the man Zane has become and can ' t respect his brother when he is like this . Zane tells Syrus that he has no room for respecting his opponents and can only respect victory , even if he has to disrespect his own opponents . Syrus wants Zane to be the man he once was and nearly gives up , but Jaden urges him to carry on with the Duel . Jaden explains to Syrus that Syrus is feeling pain and suffering , but he still has cards , so he must trust and respect the cards in his Deck , and they will not betray him . Syrus realizes that Jaden is right : While he may not be able to defeat Zane , he decides that he will not betray the cards in his Deck . Syrus begins his turn , and he realizes that he has drawn " Power Bond " . He determines that Jaden must have secretly placed the card in his Deck when he shuffled it for Syrus . Syrus decides to himself that he shouldn ' t throw away the meaning of respect that his brother taught him and he ' ll inherit the Respect Duel . On this , Syrus activates the effect of " Training Wheels " , bringing it and " Cycroid " back to the field . Then he activates " Power Bond " , fusing the " Cycroid " on the field with another " Cycroid " in his hand and Fusion Summon ing " Pair Cycroid " in Attack Position . Due to " Power Bond " , " Pair Cycroid " has its ATK doubled , from 1600 to 3200 , but on the End Phase of Syrus ' s turn , he ' ll take damage equal to " Pair Cycroid ' s " original ATK . Due to " Pair Cycroid ' s " effect , it can attack directly , but loses 500 ATK before damage calculation . As " Pair Cycroid " attacks with " Double Cyclone " , Zane counters with " Power Wall " , discarding 27 cards from his Deck to the Graveyard and reducing the Battle Damage by 100 per card sent , which means the damage he takes is zero . Syrus Sets 1 card , but Zane reminds him of " Power Bond ' s " final effect : Syrus takes damage equal to " Pair Cycroid ' s " original ATK , which is 1600 . If Syrus takes that damage , Zane will win . As " Power Bond " is about to inflict damage to Syrus , Syrus reminds his brother that his Life Points are also 1600 and activates a Trap Card , " Mirror Damage " , which , if Syrus is about to take damage equal to a monster ' s original ATK , redirects the damage to his opponent . However , Zane is also ready for this with his Counter Trap Card , " Fusion Guard " , which negates the effect of " Power Bond " and sends a random Fusion Monster from Zane ' s Fusion Deck ( revealed to be " Cyber End Dragon " ) to the Graveyard . On this , Syrus ends his turn . Zane declares that this is the last turn and one of them will be defeated , Syrus declares that he also knows as Zane begins his turn . He activates " Warp Beam " , which targets a number of monsters he controls and sends an equal number of monsters to the Graveyard . He targets " Cyberdark Horn " and " Cyberdark Keel " and sends " Infernal Dragon " and " Exploder Dragon " to the Graveyard . In doing so , the targeted monsters ' ATKs become 600 , but are allowed to attack directly . He also halves " Cyberdark Edge ' s " ATK so it can also attack directly . Syrus realizes that if he activates " Life Force " , he ' ll have 400 Life Points left , and Zane will lose due to a Deck Out . Zane has his 3 " Cyberdark " monsters attack Syrus directly , and Syrus uses " Life Force " three times and drops his Life Points to 400 . But Zane has not ended his turn yet : he activates " Rebirth Judgment " , which allows him to declare 1 type of monster , and all monsters in the Graveyard will become that type . He declares Dragon , and then activates " Instant Fusion " , which fuses his 3 " Cyberdarks " into " Cyberdark Dragon " , and Syrus realizes that this monster is the one that Zane has abandoned his " Cyber Dragon s " for . Zane uses " Cyberdark Dragon ' s " effect to take " Cyber End Dragon " from his Graveyard and equip it to this card , raising " Cyberdark Dragon ' s " ATK by the ATK of " Cyber End Dragon " , and then its own effect gives it 100 ATK for every card in Zane ' s Graveyard . Due to being equipped with " Cyber End Dragon " and its own effect , " Cyberdark Dragon ' s " ATK is 8800 . Aster realizes that Syrus can ' t activate " Life Force " to protect himself , so if this attack goes through , Syrus will lose . Zane orders " Cyberdark Dragon " to attack " Pair Cycroid " . " Cyberdark Dragon " launches its " Full Darkness Burst " attack , but Syrus declares that he prepared for this and activates " Emergency Provisions " , which allows him to send Spells or Traps to the Graveyard and gain 1000 Life Points per card sent . He sends " Mirror Damage " to the Graveyard , which destroys " Pair Cycroid " , and his Life Points rise to 1400 . Then he activates the effect of " Life Force " , paying 400 Life Points to reduce Battle Damage to zero . The Shock - Amplifying Devices activate as Syrus ' s Life Points drop to 1000 , but Syrus murmurs that he has defeated his brother . Unfortunately , this is not so , as Zane is revealed to have activated " De - Fusion " to split " Cyberdark Dragon " into the three monsters used for its Fusion Summon . Zane declares victory as he attacks directly with all three monsters and defeats Syrus . The final shock from the Shock - Amplifying Devices nearly knocks Syrus unconscious as Jaden runs to Syrus and checks to make sure his friend is okay , while tears stream down Syrus ' s face as Syrus declares that he does have respect for his brother , in the past and the present . Jaden is in disbelief that Zane would even treat his brother with such disrespect . Featured Duels . Syrus Truesdale vs . Obelisk Blue student . Duel already in progress . Syrus has 2500 Life Points and has " Submarineroid " ( 800 / 1800 ) and " Patroid " ( 1200 / 1200 ) in Attack Position while the Obelisk Blue student has 700 Life Points and has " Gagagigo " ( 1850 / 1000 ) and " Amphibian Beast " ( 2400 / 2000 ) in Attack Position . Turn ? : Syrus " Submarineroid " attacks directly via its own effect ( Student 700 → 0 ) . Syrus Truesdale vs . Zane Truesdale . Turn 1 : Zane Zane draws " Infernal Dragon " and subsequently Normal Summons it ( 2000 / 0 ) in Defense Position . He then Set s a card . Turn 2 : Syrus Syrus draws " Life Force " . He then Normal Summons " Truckroid " ( 1000 / 2000 ) in Attack Position . " Truckroid " attacks and destroys " Infernal Dragon " . Since " Truckroid " destroyed an opponent ' s monster by battle and sent it to the Graveyard , Syrus activates the effect of " Truckroid " , equipping the destroyed monster to " Truckroid " and increasing the latter ' s ATK by the ATK of the destroyed monster ( " Truckroid " : 1000 → 3000 / 2000 ) . Syrus then Sets a card . Turn 3 : Zane Zane draws . He then Normal Summons " Exploder Dragon " ( 1000 / 0 ) in Attack Position . " Exploder Dragon " attacks " Truckroid " . " Truckroid " destroys " Exploder Dragon " , but due to the second effect of " Exploder Dragon " , Zane takes no Battle Damage . Since " Exploder Dragon " was destroyed and sent to the Graveyard , its first effect activates , destroying " Truckroid " . Zane then activate s " Quick Summon " to Normal Summon " Cyberdark Horn " ( 800 / 800 ) in Attack Position during the Battle Phase . Since " Cyberdark Horn " was Normal Summoned , Zane activates its first effect to take " Infernal Dragon " from his Graveyard and equip it to " Cyberdark Horn " , increasing the latter ' s ATK by the ATK of " Infernal Dragon " ( " Cyberdark Horn " : 800 → 2800 / 800 ) . " Cyberdark Horn " attacks directly , but Syrus activates his face - down " Life Force " . Now if Syrus would take Battle Damage , he can pay 400 Life Points to nullify the damage he would take . Syrus activates the effect of " Life Force " ( Syrus 4000 → 3600 ) . Turn 4 : Syrus Syrus draws " Submarineroid " and subsequently Normal Summons it ( 800 / 1800 ) in Attack Position . " Submarineroid " attacks directly via its own effect ( Zane 4000 → 3200 ) . At the end of the Damage Step , Syrus activates the second effect of " Submarineroid " to switch the latter to Defense Position . Syrus then Sets a card . Turn 5 : Zane Zane draws " Cyberdark Edge " and subsequently Normal Summons it ( 800 / 800 ) in Attack Position . Since " Cyberdark Edge " was Normal Summoned , Zane activates its first effect to take " Exploder Dragon " from his Graveyard and equip it to " Cyberdark Edge " , increasing the latter ' s ATK by the ATK of " Exploder Dragon " ( " Cyberdark Edge " : 800 → 1800 / 800 ) . " Cyberdark Horn " attacks " Submarineroid " , but Syrus activates his face - down " Cyber Repairer " to prevent all Machine - type monsters he controls from being destroyed by battle this turn by letting Zane draw a card . Zane explains to Syrus that " Cyberdark Horn " will inflict piercing damage to Syrus since it attacked a Defense Position monster , but Syrus activates the effect of " Life Force " ( Syrus 3600 → 3200 ) . " Cyberdark Edge " attacks directly via its own effect at the cost of Zane halving the Battle Damage that Syrus would take , but Syrus activates the effect of " Life Force " ( Syrus 3200 → 2800 ) . Zane then Sets a card . Turn 6 : Syrus Syrus draws " Pot of Greed " and subsequently activates it to draw two cards . Syrus then Normal Summons " Cycroid " ( 800 / 1000 ) in Attack Position . Syrus then activates " Training Wheels " to equip the latter to " Cycroid " and allow it to attack directly . Syrus then switches " Submarineroid " to Attack Position . " Submarineroid " attacks directly via its own effect ( Zane 3200 → 2400 ) . At the end of the Damage Step , Syrus activates the second effect of " Submarineroid " to switch it to Defense Position . " Cycroid " attacks directly via the effect of " Training Wheels " ( Zane 2400 → 1600 ) . Since " Cycroid " inflicted Battle Damage to Zane through a direct attack , the second effect of " Training Wheels " activates , removing " Cycroid " and " Training Wheels " from play until Syrus ' s next Standby Phase . Syrus then Sets a card . Turn 7 : Zane Zane draws " Pot of Greed " and subsequently activates it to draw two cards . He then Normal Summons " Cyberdark Keel " ( 800 / 800 ) in Attack Position . Zane ' s hand contains " De - Fusion " , " Instant Fusion " , and " Fusion Guard " . " Cyberdark Horn " attacks and destroys " Submarineroid " . " Cyberdark Horn " would normally inflict piercing damage at this point , but Syrus activates the effect of " Life Force " ( Syrus 2800 → 2400 ) . " Cyberdark Edge " and " Cyberdark Keel " attack directly , but Syrus activates the effect of " Life Force " twice ( Syrus 2400 → 2000 → 1600 ) . Zane then Sets a card . Turn 8 : Syrus Syrus draws " Power Bond " . On Syrus ' Standby Phase , " Cycroid " ( 800 / 1000 ) and " Training Wheels " return to the field . Syrus then activates " Power Bond " to fuse " Cycroid " with another " Cycroid " in his hand and Fusion Summon " Pair Cycroid " ( 1600 / 1300 ) in Attack Position . Due to the effect of " Power Bond " , the ATK of " Pair Cycroid " is doubled ( " Pair Cycroid " : 1600 → 3200 / 2000 ) . " Pair Cycroid " attacks directly via its own effect at the cost of Syrus decreasing the ATK of " Pair Cycroid " by 500 during damage calculation ( " Pair Cycroid " : 3200 → 2700 / 2000 ) , but Zane activates his face - down " Power Wall " to send a number of cards from the top of his Deck to the Graveyard and decrease the Battle Damage he would take by 100 for each card discarded this way . Zane sends the top twenty - seven cards of his Deck in order to completely nullify the damage he would take . After damage calculation , " Pair Cycroid " regains the ATK it lost through its own effect ( " Pair Cycroid " : 2700 → 3200 / 2000 ) . Syrus Sets a card . On Syrus ' End Phase , the final effect of " Power Bond " activates , which would inflict damage to Syrus equal to the original ATK of " Pair Cycroid " , but Syrus activates his face - down " Mirror Damage " and equips the latter to " Pair Cycroid " . Due to the effect of " Mirror Damage " , the damage that Syrus would take from the final effect of " Power Bond " is redirected to Zane , but Zane activates his face - down " Fusion Guard " to negate the final effect of " Power Bond " and send " Cyber End Dragon " from his Fusion Deck to the Graveyard . Turn 9 : Zane Zane draws " Warp Beam " and subsequently activates it to target " Cyberdark Keel " and " Cyberdark Horn " and send " Infernal Dragon " and " Exploder Dragon " to the Graveyard ( " Cyberdark Horn " : 2800 → 800 / 800 ; " Cyberdark Edge " : 1800 → 800 / 800 ) in order to decrease the ATK of " Cyberdark Keel " and " Cyberdark Horn " to 600 ( " Cyberdark Horn " : 800 → 600 / 800 ; " Cyberdark Keel " : 800 → 600 / 800 ) and allow them to attack directly this turn . " Cyberdark Horn " and " Cyberdark Keel " attack directly , but Syrus activates the effect of " Life Force " twice " ( Syrus 1600 → 1200 → 800 ) . " Cyberdark Edge " attacks directly through its own effect , but Syrus activates the effect of " Life Force " ( Syrus 800 → 400 ) . Zane then activates his face - down " Rebirth Judgment " and declares Dragon for its effect . Now all monsters in both players ' Graveyards will become the declared type while " Rebirth Judgment " is face - up . Zane then activates " Instant Fusion " to fuse " Cyberdark Horn " , " Cyberdark Edge " , and " Cyberdark Keel " together and Fusion Summon " Cyberdark Dragon " ( 1000 / 1000 ) in Attack Position . Since " Cyberdark Dragon " was Special Summoned , Zane activates its first effect to take " Cyber End Dragon " from his Graveyard and equip it to " Cyberdark Dragon " , increasing the latter ' s ATK by the ATK of " Cyber End Dragon " ( " Cyberdark Dragon " : 1000 → 5000 / 1000 ) . Due to the third effect of " Cyberdark Dragon " , it gains 100 ATK for each card in Zane ' s Graveyard . There are currently thirty - eight ( " Cyberdark Dragon " : 5000 → 8800 / 1000 ) . " Cyberdark Dragon " attacks Syrus ' " Pair Cycroid " , but Syrus activates his face - down " Emergency Provisions " to send " Mirror Damage " to the Graveyard and gain 1000 Life Points ( Syrus 400 → 1400 ) . Since " Mirror Damage " was removed from the field , its final effect destroys " Pair Cycroid " . A replay occurs and Zane uses " Cyberdark Dragon " to attack directly , but Syrus activates the effect of " Life Force " ( Syrus 1400 → 1000 ) . Zane then activates " De - Fusion " to return " Cyberdark Dragon " to the Fusion Deck and Special Summon " Cyberdark Horn " , " Cyberdark Edge " , and " Cyberdark Keel " ( 800 / 800 each ) from his Graveyard in Attack Position . " Cyberdark Horn " , " Cyberdark Edge " , and " Cyberdark Keel " attack directly ( Syrus 1000 → 200 → 0 → 0 ) . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .