Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duelist - Duel 138 One Card of Life and Death ! is a chapter of the Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duelist manga . Yugi Muto u and Katsuya Jonouchi continue their Duel , with Jonouchi under Marik ' s control . Summary . “ Archfiend of Gilfer ” attacks and destroys “ Rocket Warrior ” , dropping Jonouchi ’ s Life Points to 2400 . Yugi becomes anxious as the attack wasn ’ t enough to shake him out of Marik ’ s control . He looks down at the weakened “ Red - Eyes Black Dragon ” , thinking it may be the only monster capable of snapping Jonouchi out of it . But with Red - Eyes too weak to even stand up , Yugi begins to sweat , wondering what is he supposed to do now . Kaiba watches insecurely . With less than ten minutes left , Yugi must do something or both players will end up drowning . One of the Ghouls seizes Mokuba . With that Kaiba can no longer tolerate having himself stand helplessly on the sideline . Jonouchi begins his turn , drawing “ Skull Dice ” . Marik laughs to himself as considers seeing both players drown . He tells Jonouchi to take a break ; he no longer needs to fight his friend ; he just needs to wait for the end to come . Yugi calls across the field to Jonouchi , reminding him of the promise they made in Duelist Kingdom . Jonouchi had fought hard to save Shizuka and won the prize , but after Yugi gave him the prize money , he promised Yugi that he ’ d owe him one until the day he beats Yugi . Yugi ’ s words begin to slowly shift Jonouchi back to his normal self . Jonouchi continues his turn and switches “ Panther Warrior ” to Attack Position and Set s two cards in the Spell & Trap Card Zone . Marik is shocked to see Jonouchi continue after he told him not to . There ’ s no way his brainwashing could have worn off , he thinks , could Jonouchi be fighting purely by instinct . Certain he can get Jonouchi ’ s heart back by fighting , Yugi begins his turn . He draws “ Mystical Rift Panel ” and Sets it . Yugi attacks “ Panther Warrior ” with “ Archfiend of Gilfer ” . Jonouchi laughs , saying he had put “ Panther Warrior ” in Attack Position , to lure Yugi into attacking . Yugi says to himself that he knew Jonouchi did . Jonouchi flips his two face - down cards , “ Skull Dice ” and “ Graceful Dice ” to strengthen his monster and weaken Yugi ’ s , but Yugi plays “ De - Spell ” destroying “ Graceful Dice ” . “ Skull Dice ” rolls a 1 , which has no affect on “ Panther Warrior ’ s ” ATK . Gilfer destroys “ Panther Warrior ” . Jonouchi and Yugi ’ s Life Points are now both at 700 . Yugi wonders if he managed to get both players ’ go to 0 at the same time would that let them both escape . With less than four minutes left on the timer , Kaiba sees that he must do something . He reaches to is Deck , hoping to draw a common card , instead he draws , “ Blue - Eyes White Dragon ” . Regardless he throws it at the Ghoul who is holding Mokuba captive . The card impales into his hand , causing his to drop his knife and release Mokuba . Kaiba dashes over and punches him and another Ghoul . Jonouchi begins his turn , drawing “ Meteor of Destruction ” . Marik smiles and tells him to play it if he wants to beat Yugi that badly . If he does so , he will kill Yugi and save his own life . If not both players will die . Featured Duels . Yugi Mutou vs Katsuya Jonouchi Yugi attack s and destroy s " Rocket Warrior " with " Archfiend of Gilfer " . ( Jonouchi : 2400 Life Points ) Jonouchi draws " Skull Dice " . His hand contains : " Graceful Dice " , " Skull Dice " , " Card Destruction " and " Time Wizard " . Jonouchi switches " Panther Warrior " to Attack Position ( ATK 500 ) and Set s the 2 " Dice " cards . Yugi draws " Mystical Rift Panel " and Sets it . Yugi attacks " Panther Warrior " with " Archfiend of Gilfer " . Jonouchi activates his two face - down cards , " Skull Dice " targeting " Archfiend of Gilfer " and " Graceful Dice " tergeting " Panther Warrior " . Yugi plays " De - Spell " , destroying " Graceful Dice " . " Skull Dice " lands on a 1 , having no afffect on " Panther Warrior ' s " ATK . " Archfiend of Gilfer " destroys " Panther Warrior " . ( Jonouchi : 700 Life Points ) . Jonouchi draws " Meteor of Destruction " . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this chapter . Cards in italics debuted here . Production history . One Card of Life and Death ! is the 138th chapter of Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duelist . In the Japanese manga it is the 197th chapter of Yu - Gi - Oh ! . In was first printed in Japanese in the Weekly Jump magazine . It was reprinted in volume 23 of the Japanese graphic novels and volume 16 of the Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duelist graphic novels in English . Anime adaption . This chapter was redone in the end of episode 77 and start of episode 78 of the Yu - Gi - Oh ! second series anime . Differences included :