Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX - Chapter 044 " King Rhodie ! ! " , known as " King Fubuki ! ! " in the Japanese version , is the forty - fourth chapter of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX " manga . It was first printed in Japanese in the " V Jump " magazine and in English in the " Shonen Jump " magazine . Both of which were printed in volume 6 of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX " graphic novels afterwards . Summary . Jaden is very excited , having just completed building a new Deck . He finishes the Deck with " Winged Kuriboh " , while he places " Elemental Hero Terra Firma " into a Deck case full of cards . He leaves that case on his desk and puts his new Deck into another case , which he puts in his jacket pocket . Syrus rushes into the room and informs Jaden that the American students have arrived . Jesse , Axel , Adrian and James step off their helicopter onto the grounds of Duel Academy . Principal MacKenzie joins them , telling them to enjoy themselves , while he does the same in his own way . Tragoedia mentally hopes that they don ' t disappoint him and put on a fine show . Midori has a conversation with her mother over the phone , who tells her to inform her if anything else comes up . She later teaches her class , and is livid to see Jaden asleep during it . Elsewhere across campus , Alexis plays baseball in gym class , Bastion sits in the video room and Chazz attends Professor Sartyr ' s class . MacKenzie meets with Chancellor Sheppard and introduces his students . He tells him that each of them competed in an won various tournaments sponsored by KaibaCorp and Industrial Illusions , along with David , Reggie and Aster Phoenix . Sheppard asks where the fifth student is , and MacKenzie replies that Aster is currently competing in a world tournament in Korea , but will arrive later . Later , James looks out the window in his room and sees Atticus approach Reggie . She tells him she ' s going back to her dorm and that she doesn ' t want to see her father . Atticus recalls Jaden and Midori telling him that she has lost her memory after he Duel with Jaden concluded . James confronts Atticus in the forest and says he was lucky to find Atticus so soon after arriving . Atticus tells him he has no idea who he is and that he wouldn ' t remember anyway since James is not a woman . James tells him that he wished to get revenge on David , but Atticus beat him to the punch . He challenges Atticus as a proxy instead , tossing him an Academia Disk . Atticus accepts and the Duel begins . Featured Duel : Atticus Rhodes vs . James Crocodile Cook . Turn 1 : Atticus Atticus draws . He then Normal Summon s " Air Sphere " ( 400 / 300 ) in Defense Position and Set s a card . Turn 2 : James James draws . He then Normal Summons " Lion Alligator " ( 1900 / 200 ) in Attack Position . " Lion Alligator " attack s and destroy s " Air Sphere " , but Atticus activate s his face - down " Wind Pressure Compensation " , switching " Lion Alligator " to Defense Position as it destroyed Atticus ' monster by battle . Turn 3 : Atticus Atticus draws . He then Normal Summons " Transforming Sphere " ( 100 / 100 ) in Attack Position . He activates its effect , discard ing a card from his hand to equip " Lion Alligator " to it and increasing its ATK by that of the equipped monster ( " Transforming Sphere " : 100 → 2000 / 100 ) . Atticus attacks directly ( James 4000 → 2000 ) , which activate s the effect of " Transforming Sphere " , switching itself to Defense Position . Atticus Sets a card , and " Lion Alligator " is Special Summon ed back to James ' side of the field in Defense Position during the End Phase . Turn 4 : James James draws " Ancient Charge " and subsequently activates it , allowing all Reptile - Type monsters to inflict piercing damage to Defense Position monster . He then Tribute s " Lion Alligator " to Tribute Summon " Spawn Alligator " ( 2200 / 1000 ) in Attack Position . He attacks and destroys " Transforming Sphere " , with " Ancient Charge " inflicting piercing damage ( Atticus 4000 → 1900 ) . " Duel continues in the next chapter . " Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this chapter . Cards in italics debuted here .