Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duelist - Duel 017 " The Legendary Dragon " is the seventeenth chapter of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duelist " manga in the English version and the seventy - sixth chapter of " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " in the Japanese version . It was first printed in Japanese in the " Weekly Shōnen Jump " magazine . It was reprinted in volume 2 of " Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duelist " and volume 6 of the bunkoban . Summary . The Ventriloquist of the Dead is surprised to see the " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " he played just disappear in front of him . Dark Yugi is also stunned at first , but suspects this was due to Kaiba . He had believed in Kaiba and knew that his will to lived dwelled in that card . Jonouchi doesn ' t understand why the dragon self - destructed , but compliments Dark Yugi , thinking it was a result of something he did . Anzu wonders why it happened and thinks that it was like Kaiba ' s card refused to attack , but Jonouchi tells her that idea is stupid , since cards can ' t think like people do . Regardless of how it happened , Bakura notes that Dark Yugi now has a chance to win . Saruwatari wonders if there was some sort of malfunction with the Battle Box , but Mokuba says that a KaibaCorp Battle Box would not break that easily and that his brother ' s cards can ' t be used by just anyone . Dark Yugi and the ventriloquist continue the Duel . Their Life Points stand at 500 and 700 respectively . The ventriloquist has no monsters in play , so Dark Yugi urges him to hurry - up and play one . The ventriloquist doubts that a miracle will happen twice and thinks if he can draw the remaining " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " , his victory will be assured . In the meantime , he plays " Grappler " , which has 1200 DEF , in Defense Mode . Dark Yugi suspects that he plans on playing defensive until he draws the dragon . With " Stop Defense " in play , Dark Yugi has to play his monsters in Attack Mode . This means if the ventriloquist plays the last " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " , Dark Yugi will lose . Dark Yugi plays one card face - down and then Summons " Celtic Guardian " , which he uses to attack and destroy " Grappler " . The ventriloquist plays an unnamed monster in Defense Mode and another card face - down . Dark Yugi plays another card face - down and " Mystical Elf " in Attack Mode . The ventriloquist looks at Dark Yugi ' s field , which now contains two face - down cards and three monsters . The amount of monsters he has doesn ' t matter , since Dark Yugi will lose if " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " destroys just one of them . Jonouchi gets a bad vibe off the Duel and comments that its so thick with tension , its difficult to watch . With face - down cards on both sides , Bakura bets that one of them is the trump card that will decide the Duel . The ventriloquist begins his turn . He draws and Summons the third " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " . Bakura , Honda , Anzu and Jonouchi watch in suspense and Mokuba hopes that for just once Dark Yugi will beat his brother ' s card . " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " uses " Burst Stream of Destruction " to attack " Mystical Elf " , who has now begun chanting a spell . Dark Yugi activates " Mirror Force " to reflect the attack back at " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " . However the ventriloquist counters with " Negate Attack " , sucking the burst stream into holes in space - time . ( In the English version , " Trap Card " is printed on " Negate Attack " , despite the ventriloquist calling it a Spell Card and it being a Spell Card in the Japanese version . ) The ventriloquist laughs that he ' s always a step ahead of Dark Yugi . As Dark Yugi begins his turn , the ventriloquist comments that he must be at his wits end , as this will be his last turn . Dark Yugi laughs and reveals that his other face - down was " Monster Reborn " . The ventriloquist worries about the thought of one of his monsters being revived onto Dark Yugi ' s side of the field . Dark Yugi says that he is wrong ; it is not the ventriloquist ' s card he is bringing back , but Kaiba ' s , as he revives one of the " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " cards . The ventriloquist curses Dark Yugi and thinks the equally matched dragons will have to kill each other . However , Dark Yugi explains that the " Mystical Elf " has been chanting a spell since he played her and the chant is a bolstering magic , which lets him transfer her ATK to another monster . He chooses the dragon he revived and has its ATK raise to 3800 . Using its " Holy Burst Stream " attack , it attacks and destroys the other " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " , defeating the ventriloquist . Dark Yugi refuses to let the ventriloquist just walk away after the Duel . Angered over him stealing Kaiba ' s Deck and playing his soul with a a doll , he inflicts a Penalty Game on the ventriloquist . This causes the ventriloquist to imagine the Kaiba doll changes into a doll of him , comes to life and begins to taunt him . He screams for help , while in reality , the doll is lying harmless on the ground . After the Duel , Dark Yugi now has six Star Chip s and managed to get back Kaiba ' s Deck . However he notices Mokuba is gone and suspects Pegasus ' men took him back to the castle . At Kaiba Manor , Kaiba , who has just awoken from his coma storms out of the mansion , angry with his bodyguards who allowed Mokuba to get kidnapped . His maid tries telling him not to leave , as he is still unwell . However he tells her to be quiet and has a helicopter ready to take him to Duelist Kingdom . Featured Duels . Dark Yugi vs . Ventriloquist of the Dead . " . . . Continued from the previous chapter . " Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this chapter . Cards in italics debuted here . Anime adaption . In the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " anime , the end of the tenth episode , , is based on this chapter . There are a number of differences including :