Dark Yugi and Maico ' s Duel Dark Yugi and Maico ' s Duel was a Project R . A . Duel in " Yu - Gi - Oh ! R " between Dark Yugi and Maico Kato . Events . Prior events . Macio was one of the thirteen Card Professor s hired by Yako Tenma to face Yugi Mutou during Project R . A . After defeating Kirk Dixon , Yugi reached a point where his key card couldn ' t take him any further . He looked around for a Duelist and spotted Maico . At first , he didn ' t think Maico was a Duelist and asked her if she ' d seen one . He pointed to his Duel Disk and asked if she ' d seen anyone with something like that attached to their arm . Maico replied that she hadn ' t , but showed knowledge of " Duel Monsters " and soon identified herself as his opponent . A Duel Disk floded out of a compartment on Maico ' s wheelchair and Yugi switched to Dark Yugi . Dark Yugi Summon ed " Big Shield Gardna " in Defense Position ( DEF : 2600 ) . Maico Summoned " Leprechaun " ( ATK : 400 ) and equip ped it with " Poison Crossbow " . The Duel . " Leprechaun " attack ed " Big Shield Gardna " . The effect of " Poison Crossbow " before damage calculation . Dark Yugi said it looked like Maico was a real Duelist after all . Maico replied that she was happy to hear that from the Duel King himself and wondered what she would buy for her grandchildren when she won the cash reward . Dark Yugi apologized and said that he was the one going to win . Dark Yugi Summoned " Jack ' s Knight " ( ATK : 1800 ) and got it to attack " Leprechaun " . However Maico activated " Deep Forest " , allowing " Leprechaun " to hide from the attack . Maico Set a card in the Spell & Trap Card Zone . " Leprechaun " attacked " Jack ' s Knight " and the effect of " Posion Crossbow " destroyed " Jack ' s Knight " . With " Leprechaun " back in sight , Dark Yugi used " Spellbinding Illusion " to hold it in place and lower its ATK ( ATK : 400 → 0 ) . Dark Yugi Summoned " Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts " ( ATK : 1500 ) and got it to attack " Leprechaun " ( Maico : 4000 → 2500 Life Points ) . With a member of the Forest family destroyed ( In the English manga , the requirement was a Beast - Type monster ) , Maico was able to pay 1000 Life Points ( Maico : 2500 → 1500 Life Points ) Special Summon " Green Baboon , Defender of the Forest " ( ATK : 2600 ) . Maico explained that the woods were weeping the death of one of its residents and this caused the forest ' s guardian to appear to get revenge . Dark Yugi thought he would be safe as he could use the effect of " Deep Forest " to hide " Gazelle " from attacks . However " Maico " equipped " Chameleon Colors " to " Green Baboon " camouflaging him into the forest and allowing him to attack Dark Yugi directly ( Dark Yugi : 4000 → 1400 Life Points ) . Dark Yugi Tribute d " Gazelle " to Summon " Archfiend of Gilfer " ( ATK : 2200 ) and activated " Flames of the Archfiend " . Maico tried using " De - Spell " to negate it , but Dark Yugi also used " De - Spell " to negate her " De - Spell " . " Flames of the Archfiend " destroyed " Deep Forest " , inflicted 1000 damage to both players ( Dark Yugi : 1400 → 400 Life Points , Maico : 1500 → 500 Life Points ) and lowered the ATK of " Green Baboon " by 1000 ( ATK : 2600 → 1600 ) . " Arhfiend of Gilfer " attacked and destroyed " Green Baboon " ( Macio : 400 → 0 Life Points ) , causing Dark Yugi to win . Atermath . Maico gave Dark Yugi the next key car . Both players said that they were glad to have dueled each other and Maico said her grandchildren would love to hear this story .