Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL - Episode 069 " A Trio ' s Challenge : Part 1 " , known as " The Three Heroes Unite , One Last Duel For The Future ! " in the Japanese version , is the sixty - ninth episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " anime . It first aired in Japan on August 27 , 2012 , and in the United States on July 13 , 2013 . Summary . As Yuma , Shark and Kite hold their ace card s aloft , Yuma declares that they ' ve made their decision - with everyone ' s future at stake , they challenge Dr . Faker to a Duel . Faker agrees , while Astral , still trapped within the Sphere Field , simply mutters " Yuma . . . " . Tori , kneeling by the deactivated Orbital 7 , tells Yuma to show Faker his strongest " kattobingu " . Faker says he ' ll crush them to pieces here and now - there is nothing they can do . Yuma insists Faker will be the one crushed to pieces , while Kite vows to make Faker pay . Shark adds that he will crush Faker ' s boring ambitions . Faker can hardly believe they would oppose him as the Sphere Field glows with pink electricity , which hits Faker . He rises from this throne and his clothes tear as robotic parts are revealed underneath , which expand . A chrome plate latches over Faker ' s left eye , functioning as his Duel Gazer . He tells them to come at him - they may all do so at once . Yuma and Shark arm their Duel Gazers and D - Pad s while Kite undergoes Photon Transformation , his D - Pad flying in from off - screen . Astral mutters that they ' ll leave this to three of them - the future is in their hands . Faker says that Yuma , Shark and Kite will share 4000 Life Points , while his own Life Points will be 12000 . He continues that he ' ll go first and show them his " Duel of soul " . He draws and send s the " Garbage Ogre " in his hand to the Graveyard to add a " Garbage Lord " from his Deck to his hand . He reveals he may pay 1000 Life Points to Special Summon " Garbage Lord " from his hand . He pays 3000 Life Points to Special Summon three copies of " Garbage Lord " , which appear in Attack Position . Yuma is surprised at the triple Summon and Kite asks what ' s he ' s afraid of . Shark simply comments that something must be coming . Faker overlays his three Level 5 monster s and fierce winds blare through the room , causing Tori to shout ( in the dub , Tori simply braces herself in the winds ) . Faker tells them to take a look at the strongest " Number " , which stands on a pinnacle above all others . He instructs it to " equip the supernatural armor and shock the world . " It begins to form out of mist , as the " Numbers " cards float around Astral in the Sphere Field . Astral appears weaker and comments that the powers of the " Numbers " were absorbed . Finally , the " Number " appears - " " . Shark and Kite comment it has only 100 ATK , while Faker reveals that it is immune to all of their monster , Spell and Trap effects . Set ting two cards , Faker ends his turn . Yuma says he ' ll go next and Shark warns him that there must be something else that " Number " can do . Yuma insists he can defeat since it has only 100 ATK . Faker is pleased his first opponent is Yuma and adds he ' ll eliminate him first then . Yuma asks how that could happen - he is beside Shark and Kite , his friends that he gained due to Astral . Declaring he ' ll save Astral for sure , Yuma draws and then Normal Summon s " Goblindbergh " . Three " Goblinberghs " appear carrying a metal box on chains between them as Yuma explains that when he Summons " Goblindbergh " , he can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower monster from his hand . The box opens and " Gagaga Magician " drops out of it in Attack Position . He overlays his two Level 4 monsters to Xyz Summon " " in Attack Position , referring to it as " the bond between me and Astral " . Faker isn ' t surprised to see " Utopia " , but activate s his face - down Continuous Trap Card , " Battle Route " . As long as its face - up and Faker control s a monster , his opponents must attack it with their Attack Position monsters if they choose to conduct a Battle Phase . Shark is confused as to what Faker is doing . Yuma asks what he means and Kite answers that the " Number " has only 100 ATK - why would he activate a trap that forces battle ? Yuma asks if his goal is to be attacked then . Kite confirms it , so they cannot let their guard down . Yuma disagrees and immediately declares an attack . Faker says Yuma ' s ignorance is just as large as Kazuma ' s then . Yuma continues with " Rising Sun Slash " , but Faker reveals one of the effects of " Heart - eartH " . When it is attacked , he may equip it with a monster from his Graveyard . He equips " Garbage Ogre " , who floats upward and is absorbed into the heart of " Heart - eartH " . This allows it to gain the original ATK of the monster that is attacking it , so its ATK rises to 2600 . Kite realizes what Faker was planning now and Shark says that even if that card has low ATK , it can always exceed the ATK of the attacking monster . Faker declares " Infernal Surge " , but Yuma activates the effect of " Utopia " , detach ing an Overlay Unit to negate his own attack . Shark tells Yuma that was good and that he should continue . Yuma activates " Double or Nothing ! " , doubling the ATK of " Utopia " to 5000 and letting it attack again as its attack was negated . He attacks with " Rising Sun Slash " again . Seeing the impact , Yuma says this is his hope . Faker laughs and declares such hope as to be nothing but trash before him . His Life Points at 6600 , Faker says he will grind the hope to dust and explains that he can send the equipped monster to the Graveyard to prevent the destruction of " Heart - eartH " by battle . " Garbage Ogre " falls from the heart of " Heart - eartH " back into the Graveyard portal . When this happens , Faker can inflict damage equal to half the amount of the increase in the ATK of " Heart - eartH " , which launches a beam from its core , hitting and Yuma and throwing him onto the ground , his team ' s Life Points at 2750 . Tori yells Yuma ' s name and Faker continues he ' s now using the effect of " Heart - eartH " that requires an Overlay Unit to be detached - he can gain Life Points equal to the damage he inflicted , so his Life Points rise to 7850 as he cackles . Kite and Shark are shocked at these abilities as Astral declares that this truly is the strongest " Number " . In pain , Yuma Sets a card and ends his turn . Shark walks forward , telling Yuma he ' s Dueling as lacklusterly as always , but still saying he did a good job . He draws , claiming he ' ll bite Faker to pieces with his sharp fangs . He grunts in pain and Yuma asks what ' s wrong . He claims he ' s fine , but he ' s bleeding heavily - he was injured by a litterbot ' s scythe in the battle ( the bleeding is cut from the dub ) . Faker asks if Shark is scared . He tells Faker to shut up and Normal Summons " Hammer Shark " . Saying he can use his allies ' cards as well , he detaches the remaining Overlay Unit from " Utopia " . Yuma is confused and upset , but Shark tells him to stop complaining ( in the dub , Yuma also asks why Shark couldn ' t get any Overlay Units from Kite instead ) . He reveals that by doing this he can Special Summon " Xyz Remora " from his hand via its own effect . When its Summoned by this effect and he uses it in a Xyz Summon , it can be counted as an additional Overlay Unit for each Unit that was detached in its Summon . He overlays his two Level 4 monsters treated as three to Xyz Summon " " in Attack Position . Shark tells Yuma his Dueling has given him in a hint . Yuma is confused but Shark tells him to watch . He equips " Utopia " with " Shield Fin " and asks to borrow his monster . He orders an attack with " Utopia " , with Faker claiming such an attack can ' t defeat a genius like him . He uses the effect of " Heart - eartH " , equipping " Garbage Ogre " . Its ATK rises to 2600 once more . He tells Shark to disappear , while also adding that his lack of attention would cost him , and yells " Infernal Surge ! " . Shark says he was waiting for that and reveals the effect of " Shield Fin " - until the End Phase , the original ATK of the equipped monster will become 0 and it cannot be destroyed by battle . The ATK of " Utopia " drops to 0 and with it the ATK of " Heart - eartH " drops to 100 , as its effect is based on the original ATK of the monster it battles . Kite compliments him , saying he discovered the weakness of " Heart - eartH " . Shark adds they ' ll still take damage - but only 100 . He says all credit for this should go to Yuma - it was Yuma ' s reckless attack that let him determine the weakness of " Heart - eartH " . Saying that the ATK boosting effect of " Heart - eartH " can only be used once per turn and since its ATK wasn ' t changed , its damage effect also can ' t be activated , Shark orders " Shark Drake " to attack with " Deep Sea Destruction " . Faker ' s Life Points fall to 5150 , with him chuckling that the hungry shark must smell the blood ( in the dub , Faker says that Shark ' s brain is tinier than he realized ) . He declares the attack useless and sends the equipped " Garbage Ogre " to the Graveyard again , preventing the destruction by battle . Yuma is unsure how to proceed - Faker keeps recovering . Faker says he ' ll destroy their hope further and unveils " another " effect of " Heart - eartH " . Detaching an Overlay Unit , he can inflict damage equal to half the damage he received . He insists they take his " genius judgment " ( " gift " in the dub ) and " Heart - eartH " fires another beam from its heart , hitting Shark and dropping the trio ' s Life Points to 1300 . Yuma yells Shark ' s name , while Shark curses , saying he can ' t believe that Life Point recovery became an attack . Kite steps forward and glances back at Shark , who Sets a card in response and ends his turn . Kite claims he ' ll inherit their wills and draws . Faker calls Kite a fool - how dare he oppose him . He says he ' ll send them all to hell ( in the dub , Faker says that when the Duel is over , Kite will lose everything ) . Kite asks him to spare him the nonsense and raises his hand towards the Sphere Field ( the scene showing Hart is cut from the dub ) . Vowing to save Hart , he Sets a card . Examining his hand , he sees he has " Galaxy - Eyes Photon Dragon " , " Photon Slasher " , " Photon Prevent " , " Kuriphoton " and " Photon Crusher " . He Normal Summons " Photon Crusher " and reveals that since he controls an Xyz Monster , he can Special Summon " Photon Slasher " from his hand via its own effect . He Tribute s them both to Special Summon " Galaxy - Eyes " . Tori says their bonds have been integrated now - everyone has their ace monsters out . Faker addresses Kite as " my foolish son " and urges him to come at him if he has the strength . Kite falls to one knee in pain , but insists he ' s fine . Faker speculates that it seems that Kite ' s body has reached its limit due to " Number " hunting . Yuma says it ' s all because of Faker and asks if he ' s really qualified to be a father . Kite claims that due to Faker ' s sins , he and " Galaxy - Eyes " have been " contaminated " this whole time . He vows to make Faker atone for his sins . Faker questions Kite on how to stop him . Kite thinks , knowing he can use " Shield Fin " to damage Faker , but that still leaves the problem of how to avoid the effect damage afterwards . He asks to borrow Yuma ' s monster , who agrees . Kite orders " Utopia " to attack , with Faker equipping " Garbage Ogre " again . Kite uses " Shield Fin " in the same way Shark did , so they take only 100 damage from " Infernal Surge " . Faker claims they are simply repeating the same stupidity as Kite orders " Shark Drake " to attack with " Deep Sea Destruction " . Faker ' s Life Points fall to 2450 as " Garbage Ogre " falls from " Heart - eartH " , preventing its destruction by battle . Faker detaches an Overlay Unit to inflict the same amount of damage he received . Yuma says they have only 1200 Life Points , with Astral adding it ' s over if this hits . Faker tells Kite to kneel before him . Kite says Faker will be the one to kneel and activates " Photon Prevent " negating the effect damage as he controls a " Photon " monster . Shark says he still has " Galaxy - Eyes " left to attack with and Faker has only 2450 Life Points - they can win here . Kite points at Faker , saying he always followed his orders as a Number Hunter without question and hunted the souls of many innocents . He realizes now it never would have helped Hart - Faker deceived him the whole time . He will save the soul of Hart and of many others by defeating Faker . He asks if Faker is ready for his " confession " and orders " Galaxy - Eyes " to attack with " Photon Stream of Destruction " . " Heart - eartH " explodes and Tori says it seems they won then as Yuma dances around , excited to have defeated Faker . As the smoke clears , they see sitting there . Yuma wonders if it ' s a new " Number " as Faker laughs maniacally . Featured Duel : Dr . Faker vs . Yuma Tsukumo , Reginald " Shark " Kastle and Kite Tenjo . Dr . Faker begins with 12000 Life Points while Yuma , Shark and Kite share 4000 Life Points and may use any card their partners control as their own . Turn 1 : Faker Faker draws " Garbage Ogre " . He then activate s the effect of " Garbage Ogre " to send it from his hand to the Graveyard and add " Garbage Lord " from his Deck to his hand . Faker activates the effect of his three " Garbage Lords " to pay 1000 Life Points and Special Summon each " Garbage Lord " ( 5 / 0 / 2400 each ) in Attack Position ( Faker : 12000 → 9000 LP ) . Faker overlays his three " Garbage Lords " in order to Xyz Summon " " ( 5 / 100 / 100 , ORU : 3 ) in Attack Position . Due to the second effect of " Heart - eartH " , it is unaffected by the opponent ' s card effects . Faker Set s two cards . Turn 2 : Yuma Yuma draws . He then Normal Summon s " Goblindbergh " ( 4 / 1400 / 0 ) in Attack Position . As " Goblindbergh " was Normal Summoned , Yuma activates its effect to Special Summon " Gagaga Magician " ( 4 / 1500 / 1000 ) in Attack Position . Yuma overlays " Goblindbergh " and " Gagaga Magician " in order to Xyz Summon " " ( 4 / 2500 / 2000 , ORU : 2 ) in Attack Position . Faker activates his face - down " Battle Route " . Now as long as Faker controls a monster , all his opponent ' s face - up Attack Position monsters must attack , if able during their Battle Phase . " Utopia " attack s " Heart - eartH " , but Faker activates the third effect of " Heart - eartH " , equip ping the " Garbage Ogre " in his Graveyard to it and increasing the ATK of " Heart - eartH " by the current ATK of the attacking monster ( " Heart - eartH " : 100 → 2600 ATK ) . Yuma activates the effect of " Utopia " to detach an Overlay Unit ( " Utopia " : 2 → 1 ORU ) and negate the attack . Yuma activates " Double or Nothing ! " to double the ATK of " Utopia " ( " Utopia " : 2500 → 5000 ATK ) and allow it to attack again as its attack was negated . " Utopia " attacks " Heart - eartH " , but Faker activates the fifth effect of " Heart - eartH " , sending the equipped " Garbage Ogre " to the Graveyard ( " Heart - eartH " : 2600 → 100 ATK ) in order to prevent " Heart - eartH " from being destroyed by battle ( Faker : 9000 → 6600 LP ) . As the equipped " Garbage Ogre " was sent to the Graveyard , the sixth effect of " Heart - eartH " activates , inflicting damage to Faker ' s opponents equal to half the difference between its original ATK and previous ATK ( Yuma , Shark and Kite : 4000 → 2750 LP ) . Faker activates the seventh effect of " Heart - eartH " to detach an Overlay Unit ( " Heart - eartH " : 3 → 2 ORU ) and gain Life Points equal to the damage he inflicted ( Faker : 6600 → 7850 LP ) . At the end of the Damage Step , the effect of " Double or Nothing ! " expires ( " Utopia " : 5000 → 2500 ATK ) . Yuma Sets a card . Turn 3 : Shark Shark draws . He then Normal Summons " Hammer Shark " ( 4 / 1700 / 1500 ) in Attack Position . Shark detaches the remaining Overlay Unit from " Utopia " ( " Utopia " : 1 → 0 ORU ) in order to Special Summon " Xyz Remora " ( 4 / 800 / 800 ) in Attack Position via its own effect . As " Xyz Remora " was Summoned through its own effect , it can reduce the number of monsters required for the Xyz Summon of a WATER Xyz Monster by the number of Overlay Units that were detached for it summon . Shark overlays " Hammer Shark " and " Xyz Remora " in order to Xyz Summon " " ( 4 / 2800 / 2100 , ORU : 2 ) in Attack Position . Shark equips " Utopia " with " Shield Fin " . Now when a card or effect is activated during the Battle Phase , Shark can reduce the original ATK of the equipped monster to 0 , and prevent it from being destroyed by battle , " Utopia " attacks " Heart - eartH " , but Faker activates the third effect of " Heart - eartH " by equipping the " Garbage Ogre " in his Graveyard to it ( " Heart - eartH " : 100 → 2600 ATK ) . Shark activates the effect of " Shield Fin " ( " Utopia " : 2500 → 0 ATK ; " Heart - eartH " : 2600 → 100 ATK ) to prevent " Utopia " from being destroyed by battle ( Yuma , Shark and Kite : 2750 → 2650 LP ) . " Shark Drake " attacks " Heart - eartH " , but Faker sends " Garbage Ogre " to the Graveyard to prevent " Heart - eartH " from being destroyed by battle ( Faker : 7850 → 5150 LP ) . As Faker took Battle Damage , he activates the eighth effect of " Heart - eartH " to detach an Overlay Unit ( " Heart - eartH " : 2 → 1 ORU ) and inflict damage to his opponents equal to half the damage he took ( Yuma , Shark and Kite : 2650 → 1300 LP ) . Shark Sets a card . On Shark ' s End Phase , the effect of " Shield Fin " expires ( " Utopia " : 0 → 2500 ATK ) . Turn 4 : Kite Kite draws . He then Sets a card . Kite ' s hand contains " Galaxy - Eyes Photon Dragon " , " Photon Slasher " , " Photon Prevent " , " Kuriphoton " and " Photon Crusher " . Kite Normal Summons " Photon Crusher " ( 4 / 2000 / 0 ) in Attack Position . As he controls an Xyz Monster , Kite Special Summons " Photon Slasher " ( 5 / 2100 / 1000 ) in Defense Position via its own effect . Kite then Tribute s " Photon Crusher " and " Photon Slasher " in order to Special Summon " Galaxy - Eyes Photon Dragon " ( 8 / 3000 / 2500 ) in Attack Position via its own effect ( as the Tributed monsters had at least 2000 ATK ) . " Utopia " attacks " Heart - eartH " , but Faker activates the third effect of " Heart - eartH " by equipping the " Garbage Ogre " in his Graveyard to it ( " Heart - eartH " : 100 → 2600 ATK ) . Kite activates the effect of " Shield Fin " ( " Utopia " : 2500 → 0 ATK ; " Heart - eartH " : 2600 → 100 ATK ) to prevent " Utopia " from being destroyed by battle ( Yuma , Shark and Kite : 1300 → 1200 LP ) . " Shark Drake " attacks " Heart - eartH " , but Faker sends " Garbage Ogre " to the Graveyard to prevent " Heart - eartH " from being destroyed by battle ( Faker : 5150 → 2450 LP ) . Faker then activates the eighth effect of " Heart - eartH " ( " Heart - eartH " : 1 → 0 ORU ) , but Kite activates " Photon Prevent " to take no damage from the effect of " Heart - eartH " as he controls a " Photon " monster . " Galaxy - Eyes Photon Dragon " attacks " Heart - eartH " , but Faker activates the final effect of " Heart - eartH " ( as the latter card has no Overlay Units ) to Xyz Summon " " in Attack Position and attach " Heart - eartH " to it as an Overlay Unit ( 9 / 0 / 0 , ORU : 1 ) . " Duel continues in the next episode . " Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .