Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s - Episode 136 " Victory or Doom " , known as " A Do - Or - Die Battle ! The Machine Imperial God VS The Synchro Monsters " in Japan , is the one - hundred - and - thirty - sixth episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s " anime . This is the last episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s " English dub . The dubbed episode includes scenes from the beginning of the following episode . Summary . Reused footage . Yusei and Aporia have just entered the old B . A . D . area to continue their Duel . Aporia uses the effect of " Meklord Astro Mekanikle " to send " Wisel Attack 5 " to the Graveyard , allowing " Mekanikle " to inflict double Piercing damage . Yusei reminds Aporia that he still has " Scrap - Iron Scarecrow " , which can negate the attack . However Aporia calls that useless , since " Wisel Attack 5 " has an additional effect , which prevents the activation of his opponent ' s Trap Cards when it attacks . Leo , Luna and Bruno calculate that Yusei is due to lose 3000 Life Points , although he only has 2800 . Jack and Crow try getting out of their beds , fearing what will happen to the city if Yusei loses . Back at the Duel , Aporia asks what Yusei thinks of the taste of despair . New footage . The MC commentates that Yusei still has his ace " Shooting Star Dragon " and wonders if it will survive another attack . Aporia claims that he will emerge victorious next turn and the Grand Design will be complete and when that happens limitless amounts of Ener - D will be released and the Ark Cradle will appear in order to guide New Domino . The destruction will lead to the start of a new future free of despair , he feels . Yusei wonders what he can do to destroy " Meklord Astro Meknikle " , while Aporia brags that they shall go to a new future . Team Ragnarok watch the Duel and hope for Yusei to hang in just a little longer . Lazar presses his face against a window and begs for God to save them . Inside the B . A . D . , Crow and Jack , now out of the infirmary , race up to the Duel on their own Duel Runner s . Team 5D ' s watch in anticipation and wonder if the two of them will be okay . Jack and Crow tell Yusei that they have come to join him , as they still have a battle to finish . Yusei tries to talk them out of it , as it ' s too dangerous with them still injured from losing to Jakob . That ' s of no interest to Jack and Crow , who feel that this burden doesn ' t just belong to Yusei and they should be sharing it . Thinking of the three of them , Yusei remembers that he hasn ' t yet used the card that Jack left him . Since the cards contain the bonds between the three of them , he thinks he can ' t lose . Aporia gets " Meklord Astro Mekanikle " to attack " Shooting Star Dragon " with its " Cube of Despair " attack . Yusei activates " Scrap - Iron Scarecrow " . Aporia repeats that that move is useless as the effect of " Wisel Attack 5 " negates and destroys Trap Cards . However once " Scrap - Iron Scarecrow " is destroyed , Yusei reminds him that he can only destroy 1 Trap Card and then proceeds to use Jack ' s card , " Revenge Twin Soul " . By removing 2 Synchro Monsters in his Graveyard from play , " Shooting Star Dragon " gains DEF equal to their combined Level s x 100 . He removes " Red Nova Dragon " and " Black - Winged Dragon " , giving " Shooting Star Dragon " 2000 more DEF , raising it to 4500 . If the attacking monster ' s ATK is lower than the target monster ' s DEF , the attacking monster is also destroyed . " Shooting Star Dragon " withstands the blast and it is deflected back at " Mekanikle " . However , Aporia uses an effect of " Mekanikle " to remove a " Meklord Emperor " component from his Graveyard from play to negate the destruction . He removes " Granel Carrier " , saving " Mekanikle " , but he still takes 500 Battle Damage , dropping his Life Points to 3400 . The stadium is almost empty apart from Team 5D ' s , but the MC continues to commentate , explaining that Yusei has evaded the attack and inflicted damage . Leo thinks that it ' s too bad Yusei didn ' t manage to destroy " Mekanikle " too , but Luna ' s optimistic over Yusei inflicting some damage . Lazar thanks God and begs for Yusei to win . Aporia admits that Yusei is stronger than he had thought , but insists that resistance is futile and all will still be lost . Aporia Set s 1 card in his Spell & Trap Card Zone and ends his turn . The DEF of " Shooting Star Dragon " returns to 2500 as the effect of " Revenge Twin Soul " wears off . Crow says that it is time for a counterattack . Yusei begins his turn and both players ' SPC rises to 3 . Since he has at least 2 Speed Counter s , Yusei activates " Speed Spell - Angel Baton " , drawing 2 cards and sending " Guard Master " to the Graveyard . He then activates his face - down " Dimension Voyage " to Special Summon as many of his removed from play Synchro Monsters as he can . He Summons " Red Nova Dragon " and " Black - Winged Dragon " , the cards Jack and Crow left for him . Yusei explains that the turn those monsters are Special Summoned , their effects are negated , they cannot attack and are removed from play during the End Phase . Aporia wonders what Yusei is planning to do with monsters that can ' t attack or use their effects . Yusei switches " Shooting Star Dragon " to Attack Mode and activates " Trust Chain " . This allows him to increase the ATK of " Shooting Star Dragon " by the total ATK of all Synchro Monsters he controls , but prevents Synchro Monsters from attacking . The ATK of " Shooting Star Dragon " rises to 9600 . Jack says that Yusei has done it and Crow claims that their bonds will bring them through despair . Yusei adds that no amount of despair can affect their bonds , which will carve a new future for themselves . Since " Shooting Star Dragon " has 9600 ATK and Aporia has only 3400 Life Points , the MC calculates that if this attack works , Yusei will win . Leo points out that " Trust Chain " prevents Synchro Monsters from attacking , but Bruno reminds him that the effect of " Salvagent " is preventing " Shooting Star Dragon " from being treated as a Synchro Monster . Yusei speeds on , as lightning hits a nearby building , knocking it over . Yusei gets " Shooting Star Dragon " to attack " Mekanikle " . Aporia asks if Yusei has not realized yet that true despair cannot be beaten so easily and activates " Banishing Climb " . It removes all Synchro Monsters from play . A hole cracks in the sky , which " Red Nova Dragon " and " Black - Winged Dragon " are sucked into it , before it reseals itself . Without them " Shooting Star Dragon " loses its ATK increase from " Trust Chain " , bringing it back down to 3300 . Leo starts to worry since " Shooting Star Dragon " now has less ATK than " Mekanikle " , but Yusei uses the other effect of " Trust Chain " , by sending " Trust Chain " to the Graveyard , he ends the Battle Phase , cancelling the attack . The effect of " Banishing Climb " causes " Red Nova Dragon " and " Black - Winged Dragon " to be returned to the field at the end of the Battle Phase and negates their effects . Akiza sees this as a problem ; " Banishing Climb " has overwritten the effect of " Trust Chain " , so the two dragons will remain on the field . Luna realizes that Yusei had wanted the dragons to be removed from play during the End Phase . Leo doesn ' t see what immediate affect this will have , and Akiza explains that on the next turn Aporia will be able to use the effect of " Mekanikle " to absorb Synchro Monsters . Aporia tells Yusei to end his turn quickly and asks how he will deal with true despair . The MC points out the problem with the Synchro Monsters too and adds that Team 5D ' s is truly in an ultimate pinch . Yusei Sets 1 card in his Spell & Trap Card Zone and ends his turn . Aporia begins his turn and uses the effect of " Mekanikle " to equip itself with " Red Nova Dragon " and gain ATK equal to that of the equipped monster . The ATK of " Mekanikle " rises to 7500 . Aporia sends " Granel Top 5 " from his hand to the Graveyard so that " Mekanikle " can gain its effects . This allows it to absorb another Synchro Monster . He takes " Black - Winged Dragon " and the ATK rises to 10300 . Aporia then asks Yusei to watch as he changes the future . Aporia is confident that the Duel ' s victor is already decided . With 10300 ATK , one attack from " Mekanikle " is enough to end it all and the new future will be realized . A few more lines on the Grand Design are formed as he says this . The MC points explains how Team 5D ' s has just had 2 Synchro Monsters absorbed , bringing " Mekanikle " up to 10300 ATK and asks if the Duel is over . Lazar falls to his knees , praying for it to stop . " Mekanikle " attacks " Shooting Star Dragon " , but Yusei activates the effect of " Guard Master " , removing it from his Graveyard from play to change " Shooting Star Dragon " to Defense Mode and make it unable to be destroyed by battle . The attack is deflected from " Shooting Star Dragon " and hits a nearby building , damaging it . Lazar breathes a sigh of relief . During the End Phase , Aporia uses another effect of " Mekanikle " . By sending a Synchro Monster equipped to it to the Graveyard , he can inflict damage to Yusei equal to the ATK of that Synchro Monster . He chooses " Red Nova Dragon " , which has 3500 ATK . The ATK of " Mekanikle " is lowered to 6800 . Jack and Crow start to panic as this is enough damage to defeat Yusei if it succeeds . However Yusei activates " Hardship " . He equips it to " Shooting Star Dragon " , lowering its ATK and DEF to 0 , but lowering all the effect damage inflicted by " Mekanikle " to 0 . Aporia declares that he shall use the effect of " Mekanikle " again , sending " Black - Winged Dragon " to the Graveyard this time . Yusei is puzzled why he would do that , knowing that " Hardship " will reduce the damage again . " Black - Winged Dragon " is sent to the Graveyard , lowering the ATK of " Mekanikle " to 0 . Yusei activates " Hardship " again to prevent the damage again . However once that resolves , Aporia activates " Infinite Feast " to reequip " Black - Winged Dragon " and " Red Nova Dragon " to " Mekanikle " and inflict 600 damage per monster to Yusei for each time " Mekanikle " has been equipped with a Synchro Monster this turn . Since the 2 dragons were equipped during the Standby Phase and during the End Phase , Jack calculates Yusei will lose 2400 damage . Crow wishes Yusei had " Black - Winged Dragon " to negate the damage . Aporia calls out " Eat this " as Yusei is hit by the blast , lowering his Life Points to 400 . Team 5D ' s all breath a sign of relief when Yusei manages to maintain control of his Duel Runner after the blast . " Infinite Feast " also causes Aporia to gain 600 Life Points , bringing him up to 4000 . With the two Synchro Monsters equipped , " Mekanikle " has its ATK brought back to 10300 . Aporia ends his turn , telling Yusei that the next turn will be when he settles everything . With only 400 Life Points left , Yusei fears that if he takes any more damage he will lose . Jack discourages Yusei from hesitating , reminding him that their bonds are not broken so easily . Crow adds that their bonds shall lead them to victory , while over in the pitstop , Luna and Akiza with their Marks of the Dragon glowing , wish Yusei luck . Yusei looks at his mark and thinks he hasn ' t lost hope . Thinking this last card is his final hope , he asks his Deck to answer his call before drawing it . The card starts to glow and Yusei draws . His and Aporia ' s SPC both up to 5 and he looks at the card he just drew ; " Mystic Piper " . Yusei activates the effect of " Hardship " , destroying it and subsequently the equipped monster ; " Shooting Star Dragon " . Aporia is surprised by this , but the effect also destroys all Equip Cards on the field , including " Red Nova Dragon " and " Black - Winged Dragon " . The ATK of " Mekanikle " is returned to its original 4000 . Jack is glad to see its ATK lowered , but Aporia points out that Yusei ' s field is now empty , leaving him with no way to defeat it . Yusei says that his turn isn ' t over and Summons " Mystic Piper " . He Releases it to draw a card and if that card is a monster , he can draw another . Yusei gets " Sonic Chick " , allowing him to draw another , saying that in his hand lies hope . Yusei activates his face - down " Ghoul Summoner " to revive a Synchro Monster destroyed this turn and equip it with " Ghoul Summoner " . He chooses " Black - Winged Dragon " . Aporia asks does Yusei not get it , Synchro Monsters are no match for " Mekanikle " . The other effect of " Ghoul Summoner " , allows Yusei to discard 1 card to revive another Synchro Monster and take damage equal to its ATK . He chooses " Red Nova Dragon " . Aporia wonders if Yusei is really going to take that damage , but Crow points out the effect of " Black - Winged Dragon " . " Black - Winged Dragon " gains 1 Black Feather Counter , causing it to lose 700 ATK , but also negates the damage . Jack declares that " Red Nova Dragon " gains 500 ATK for every Tuner monster in the Graveyard ; " Mono Synchron " and " Formula Synchron " , thus bringing its ATK to 4500 . Yusei then uses the effect of " Ghoul Summoner " again . He discards another card to revive " Shooting Star Dragon " . " Black - Winged Dragon " negates the damage again , by gaining another Black Feather Counter . Seeing Yusei Summon three Synchro Monsters in one turn , Aporia wonders if this is the true power of a Signer . Yusei tells Aporia that the despair will be overpowered by hope . Featured Duel : Yusei Fudo vs . Aporia . Turn 20 : Aporia Aporia has just used the effect of " Meklord Astro Mekanikle " to send " Wisel Attack 5 " from his hand to the Graveyard and give " Mekanikle " the effects of " Wisel Attack 5 " until the End Phase . " Meklord Astro Mekanikle " attack s " Shooting Star Dragon " , but Yusei activates his face - down " Scrap - Iron Scarecrow " to negate the attack , however Aporia activates the " Wisel Attack 5 " - granted effect of " Meklord Astro Mekanikle " to negate and destroy " Scrap - Iron Scarecrow " . Yusei then activates his face - down " Revenge Twin Soul " to remove from play " Red Nova Dragon " and " Black - Winged Dragon " from his Graveyard and increase the DEF of " Shooting Star Dragon " by 2000 ( the increase is equal to the combined Levels of the removed monsters times 100 ) ( " Shooting Star Dragon " : 3300 / 2500 → 4500 ) . The attack fails ( Aporia 3900 → 3400 ) . The second effect of " Revenge Twin Soul " activates , destroying " Meklord Astro Mekanikle " at the end of the Damage Step , but Aporia activates the third effect of " Mekanikle " to remove from play " Granel Carrier " from his Graveyard and prevent " Mekanikle " from being destroyed . Aporia Set s a card . on Aporia ' s End Phase , the effect of " Revenge Twin Soul " expires ( " Shooting Star Dragon " : 3300 / 4500 → 2500 ) . Turn 21 : Yusei Fudo Yusei draws " Speed Spell - Angel Baton " . During the Standby Phase , the effect of " Speed World 2 " activates ( Yusei ' s SPC : 2 → 3 ; Aporia ' s SPC : 2 → 3 ) . Yusei then activates " Speed Spell - Angel Baton " to draw two cards ( " Ghoul Summoner " and " Guard Master " ) and send " Guard Master " from his hand to the Graveyard . Yusei then activates his face - down " Dimension Voyage " to Special Summon " Red Nova Dragon " ( 12 / 3500 / 3000 ) and " Black - Winged Dragon " ( 8 / 2800 / 1600 ) in Attack Position at the cost of negating the effects of the Special Summoned monsters and forbidding them from attacking . Yusei then switches " Shooting Star Dragon " to Attack Position ( 10 / 3300 / 2500 ) . Yusei activates his face - down " Trust Chain " to increase the ATK of " Shooting Star Dragon " by the ATK of all Synchro Monsters Yusei controls ( " Shooting Star Dragon " : 3300 → 9600 / 2500 ) , however no Synchro Monsters Yusei controls can attack while " Trust Chain " is face - up ( " Shooting Star Dragon " does not contribute to the ATK boost and is not affected by the attacking restriction as it is currently not treated as a Synchro Monster due to it being revived by the effect of " Salvagent " in the previous episode ) . " Shooting Star Dragon " attacks " Meklord Astro Mekanikle " , but Aporia activates his face - down " Banishing Climb " to remove from play " Red Nova Dragon " and " Black - Winged Dragon " ( " Shooting Star Dragon " : 9600 → 3300 / 2500 ) . Yusei activates the second effect of " Trust Chain " to destroy itself and end the Battle Phase . At the end of the Battle Phase , the second effect of " Banishing Climb " activates , returning " Red Nova Dragon " ( 12 / 3500 / 3000 ) and " Black - Winged Dragon " ( 8 / 2800 / 1600 ) to the field in Attack Position with their effects negated . Yusei Sets a card . Turn 22 : Aporia Aporia draws . During the Standby Phase , the effect of " Speed World 2 " activates ( Yusei ' s SPC : 3 → 4 ; Aporia ' s SPC : 3 → 4 ) . Aporia then activates the effect of " Meklord Astro Mekanikle " , equipping itself with " Red Nova Dragon " ( " Mekanikle " : 4000 → 7500 / 4000 ) . Aporia then activates the second effect of " Mekanikle " to send " Granel Top 5 " from his hand to the Graveyard and grant its effects to " Mekanikle " until the End Phase . Aporia then activates the " Granel Top 5 " - granted effect of " Mekanikle " to equip itself with " Black - Winged Dragon " ( " Mekanikle " : 7500 → 10300 / 4000 ) . " Mekanikle " attacks " Shooting Star Dragon " , but Yusei removes from play " Guard Master " from his Graveyard in order to switch " Shooting Star Dragon " to Defense Position and prevent it from being destroyed by battle . The attack continues , but " Shooting Star Dragon " isn ' t destroyed . During the End Phase , Aporia activates the final effect of " Mekanikle " and sends " Red Nova Dragon " to the Graveyard ( " Mekanikle " : 10300 → 6800 / 4000 ) , but Yusei activates his face - down " Hardship " , equipping the latter to " Shooting Star Dragon " and reducing the ATK and DEF of " Shooting Star Dragon to 0 ( " Shooting Star Dragon " : 3300 → 0 / 2500 → 0 ) in order to reduce all damage he would take from the effect of " Mekanikle " this turn to 0 . Aporia then activates the final effect of " Mekanikle " and sends " Black - Winged Dragon " to the Graveyard ( " Mekanikle " : 6800 → 4000 / 4000 ) , but Yusei takes no damage . Aporia activates his face - down " Infinite Feast " to take " Red Nova Dragon " and " Black - Winged Dragon " from the Graveyard and equip them onto " Mekanikle " ( " Mekanikle " : 4000 → 10300 / 4000 ) . After that is done , " Infinite Feast " inflicts 2400 damage to Yusei ( Yusei 2800 → 400 ) ( 600 damage for each time that a Synchro Monster got equipped onto a Meklord this turn ) while Aporia gains 600 Life Points ( Aporia 3400 → 4000 ) . Turn 23 : Yusei Fudo Yusei draws " Mystic Piper " . During the Standby Phase , the effect of " Speed World 2 " activates ( Yusei ' s SPC : 4 → 5 ; Aporia ' s SPC : 4 → 5 ) . Yusei activates the second effect of " Hardship " to send itself to the Graveyard and destroy " Shooting Star Dragon " and all Equip Cards on the field ( " Meklord Astro Mekanikle " : 10300 → 4000 / 4000 ) . Yusei Normal Summons " Mystic Piper " ( 1 / 0 / 0 ) in Attack Position . Yusei then activates the effect of " Mystic Piper " to Tribute itself and draw one card ( " Sonic Chick " ) . Since Yusei drew a monster , he activates the second effect of " Mystic Piper " to draw one more card ( " Graceful Revival " ) . Yusei activates his face - down " Ghoul Summoner " to revive " Black - Winged Dragon " ( 8 / 2800 / 1600 ) in Attack Position and equip it with " Ghoul Summoner " . Yusei then activates the second effect of " Ghoul Summoner " to discard " Sonic Chick " and revive " Red Nova Dragon " ( 12 / 3500 → 4500 / 3000 ) in Attack Position and take damage equal to its ATK . Yusei then uses the effect of " Black - Winged Dragon " to place one " Black Feather Counter " on " Black - Winged Dragon " and nullify the damage ( " Black - Winged Dragon " : 2800 → 2100 / 1600 ) . Yusei activates the second effect of " Ghoul Summoner " to discard " Graceful Revival " and revive " Shooting Star Dragon " ( 10 / 3300 / 2500 ) in Attack Position . Yusei then uses the effect of " Black - Winged Dragon " to place another " Black Feather Counter " on " Black - Winged Dragon " in order to nullify the damage ( " Black - Winged Dragon " : 2100 → 1400 / 1600 ) . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards which debuted here are in italics .