Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX - Episode 149 " The Ultimate Face - Off , Part 1 " , known as " Demon God Showdown ! Mythic Demon VS Exodia " in the Japanese version , is the one hundred and forty - ninth episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX " anime . It first aired in Japan on August 22 , 2007 and in the US on June 26 , 2008 . Summary . After Yubel defeats Zane Truesdale , Jaden Yuki vows to go after her to save Jesse Anderson from her possession . Having learned from his previous mistakes , he also chooses not to run on ahead , waiting until the few remaining friends he has left are ready before departing . However , Bastion Misawa and Tania choose to stay behind , with Bastion stating he ' ll bury Zane ' s Duel Disk where most of the others were sacrificed . He wishes Jaden luck as he departs with Winged Kuriboh , Syrus Truesdale , Ojama Yellow and Dr . Crowler . Yubel , still possessing Jesse , heads towards her tower , still surprised that she used up so much energy in her duel with Zane . However , she finds Adrian Gecko waiting for her , sitting atop the throne . He used Exodia ' s power to blast Jesse backwards . The two converse , with a flashback revealing that Yubel had attached the Devil Arm to Adrian after their arrival in this dimension , with Adrian following her orders ever since - that is , until he obtained Exodia . Adrian states he ' ll defeat her to become King of this world . After a brief struggle , the two agree to duel , with Jesse switching Decks before beginning . Yubel comments that the timing is perfect - she needs to recover her strength before she duels Jaden , and to do , she needs someone with a tremendous darkness in their heart and Adrian would do nicely . Jesse summons " Hamon , Lord of Striking Thunder " on his first turn , and Adrian has drawn four Exodia pieces already . However , Yubel knowing Adrian ' s strategy , as she had also used Exodia in the past , forces him to discard his hand with " Hand Destruction " . Adrian , however , is able to activate " Ritual of the Ultimate Forbidden Lord " from his Graveyard , Summoning " Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord " . Throughout the Duel , Yubel taunts Adrian for sacrificing Echo , and in the Japanese version , commenting that she herself wouldn ' t want to live without " her beloved Judai " . Yubel successfully Summons the fused form of the Sacred Beast s , " Chaos Phantasm Armityle , and uses it to banish " Exodius " . Featured Duel : Adrian Gecko vs . Jesse Anderson . Turn 1 : Jesse Jesse draws " Triangle Force " and subsequently activates it . Upon activation , the effect of " Triangle Force " activates two more " Triangle Forces " from Jesse ' s Deck . Jesses then sends all three " Triangle Force " cards to the Graveyard in order to Special Summon " Hamon , Lord of Striking Thunder " ( 4000 / 4000 ) in Attack Position . Adrian ' s hand contains " Right Arm of the Forbidden One " , " Right Leg of the Forbidden One " , " Left Arm of the Forbidden One " , " Left Leg of the Forbidden One " , and " Ritual of the Ultimate Forbidden Lord " . Jesse activates " Hand Destruction " to make both players send four cards in their hand to the Graveyard and force them to draw four cards . Adrian sends four cards in his hand ( " Ritual of the Ultimate Forbidden Lord " , " Left Leg of the Forbidden One " , " Left Arm of the Forbidden One " and " Right Leg of the Forbidden One " ) to the Graveyard and draws four cards . Since Jesse has only three cards in his hand , he sends those cards ( two " Delta Barriers " and " Dual Gate " ) from his hand to the Graveyard and draws three cards . Jesse then Set s a card . Turn 2 : Adrian Adrian draws . He then activates the effect of " Ritual of the Ultimate Forbidden Lord " from his Graveyard in order to return " Left Arm of the Forbidden One " , " Left Leg of the Forbidden One " , and " Right Leg of the Forbidden One " from his Graveyard to his Deck , discard " Exodia the Forbidden One " and " Right Arm of the Forbidden One " , and Special Summon " Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord " ( ? / 0 ) in Attack Position . Due to the fourth effect of " Exodius " , its ATK becomes equal to the number of " Forbidden One " monsters in Adrian ' s Graveyard times 1000 ( " Exodius " : ? → 2000 / 0 ) . Adrian then activates " Burden of the Mighty " . Now while this card is face - up on the field , the ATK of all of Jesse ' s monsters are decreased by 100 x their level ( " Hamon " : 4000 → 3000 / 4000 ) . " Exodius " attacks " Hamon " . Adrian then activates the third effect of " Exodius " to send " Left Arm of the Forbidden One " from his Deck to the Graveyard ( " Exodius " : 2000 → 3000 / 0 ) . Jesse activates his face - down " Delta Barrier " , whose first effect activates two more " Delta Barriers " from his Graveyard . Since there are three " Delta Barriers " on the field , Jesse activates the second effect of " Delta Barrier " to prevent the destruction of " Hamon " and reduce the Battle Damage he would take to 0 . " Exodius " is also not destroyed by battle either due to its first effect . Adrian explains that when all five " Exodia " pieces are in his Graveyard and " Exodius " is present on his side of the field , he can declare an Automatic Win . Turn 3 : Jesse Jesse draws . He then sends his three " Delta Barriers " to the Graveyard in order to Special Summon " Uria , Lord of Searing Flames " ( 0 / 0 ) in Attack Position . Due to the first effect of " Uria " , it gains 1000 ATK for each Continuous Trap card in Jesse ' s Graveyard ( " Uria " : 0 → 3000 / 0 ) . The effect of " Burden of the Mighty " affects " Uria " ( " Uria " : 3000 → 2000 / 0 ) . Jesse then activates " Eternal Reverse " and equips the latter to " Uria " . Jesse then activates the first effect of " Eternal Reverse " to set " Burden of the Mighty " ( " Hamon " : 3000 → 4000 / 4000 ; " Uria " : 2000 → 3000 / 0 ) . Jesse then activates the second effect of " Uria " to destroy Adrian ' s face - down " Burden of the Mighty " . " Hamon " then attacks " Exodius " . Due to the first effect of " Exodius " , it is not destroyed ( Adrian 4000 → 3000 ) . Turn 4 : Adrian Adrian draws . " Exodius " then attacks " Uria " . Adrian then activates the third effect of " Exodius " to send " Right Leg of the Forbidden One " from his Deck to the Graveyard ( " Exodius " : 3000 → 4000 / 0 ) . Jesse activates the second effect of " Eternal Reverse " to send the latter to the Graveyard and prevent the destruction of " Uria , Lord of Searing Flames " ( Jesse 4000 → 3000 ) . Turn 5 : Jesse Jesse draws " Dual Gate " and subsequently activates it to remove it and another " Dual Gate " in his Graveyard from play in order to draw two cards . Jesse then Normal Summon s " Illusion Brigadier " ( 1100 / 800 ) in Attack Position . Since " Illusion Brigadier " was Normal Summoned , its effect activates , letting Jesse Special Summon a " Brigadier Token " for every other monster he controls . Jesse has two other monsters , so " Illusion Brigadier " Special Summons two " Brigadier Tokens " ( 0 / 0 each ) in Attack Position . Jesse then activates the second effect of " Phantom Skyblaster " to inflict 300 damage to Adrian for every " Skyblaster " monster on his side of the field ( Adrian 3000 → 2100 ) . Jesse then Tributes " Phantom Skyblaster " and the two " Skyblaster Tokens " in order to Special Summon " Raviel , Lord of Phantasms " ( 4000 / 4000 ) in Attack Position . Jesse then activates " Dimension Fusion Destruction " to remove the three Sacred Beasts from play and Fusion Summon " Chaos Phantasm Armityle " ( 0 / 0 ) in Attack Position . Jesse explains that " Armityle " can ' t be destroyed in battle and it can inflict 10 , 000 Battle Damage to one monster on Adrian ' s side of the field . Jesse then activates the third effect of " Armityle " to give control of it to Adrian . On Jesse ' s End Phase , the fourth effect of " Armityle " removes " Exodius " from play and returns to Jesse ' s side of the field . Due to the last effect of " Exodius " , it is sent to the Graveyard instead of the Removed from Play Zone . " Duel continues in the next episode " . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .