Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s - Episode 133 " Against All Odds " , known as " The Looming Giant Emperor ! Machine Emperor Grannel " in the Japanese version , is the one - hundred - and - thirty - third episode of " Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s " anime . It first aired in Japan on October 27 , 2010 and in the United States on August 27 , 2011 . Summary . Jack is defeated when " Meklord Emperor Granel " absorbs " Red Nova Dragon " , causing its ATK to become 15500 . In the presence of that unbelievable power , Team 5D ' s is dominated by a feeling of despair . And entering the battle in the midst of all that is Crow . Crow resolves himself to bet his life on his fight , while he Summon s the card he prepared for the Anti - Synchro " Meklord Emperor " tactics of his opponent , " Blackwing - Aurora the Northern Lights " . He combines it with a " Steam Token " and " Blackwing Armor Master " to try to terminate " Granel " ; but Jakob reveals that using the effects of " Granel Attack " & " Granel Guard " , he can use " Red Nova Dragon " in battle . Crow begins stall ing while trying to find a strategy against " Granel " ; but Crow , not having any way to defeat him , is forced to leave two cards for Yusei and lose . Featured Duel : Crow Hogan vs . Jakob . Turn 11 : Crow Crow draws . During the Standby Phase , the effect of " Speed World 2 " activates ( Crow ' s SPC : 9 → 10 ; Jakob ' s SPC : 9 → 10 ) . Crow then activate s the effect of " Speed World 2 " to remove ten Speed Counter s ( Crow ' s SPC : 10 → 0 ) and destroy " Meklord Emperor Granel " , but Jakob activates his face - down " Infinity Wall " to negate all card effects that would destroy any cards Jakob controls this turn . Crow Normal Summon s " Blackwing - Steam the Cloaked " ( 3 / 800 / 1200 ) in Attack Position . As Crow controls a " Blackwing " monster , he Special Summon s " Blackwing - Bora the Spear " ( 4 / 1700 / 800 ) from his hand in Attack Position via its own effect . He then removes his two monsters from play in order to Special Summon " Blackwing - Aurora the Northern Lights " ( 10 / 0 / 0 ) from his hand in Attack Position via its own effect . Due to the effect of " Aurora the Northern Lights , its Level becomes the combined Levels of the two removed monsters ( " Aurora the Northern Lights " : 10 → 7 ) . As " Steam the Cloaked " has left the field , its effect activates , Special Summoning a " Steam Token " ( 1 / 100 / 100 ) in Attack Position . Crow then activates the second effect of " Aurora the Northern Lights " to remove from play " Blackwing Armor Master " from his Extra Deck in order to treat the ATK and effects of " Aurora the Northern Lights " as the ATK and effects of " Blackwing Armor Master " ( " Aurora the Northern Lights " : ? → 2500 / 0 ) until his next Standby Phase . Crow intends to attack " Meklord Emperor Granel " with " Aurora " , which will allow Crow to place a Wedge Counter on " Meklord Emperor Granel " at the end of the Damage Step . Crow would then remove the counter to reduce the ATK of " Meklord Emperor Granel " to 0 . This will activate the effect of the " Steam Token " which will remove " Meklord Emperor Granel " from play and destroying all the parts of " Meklord Emperor Granel " . " Aurora " attack s " Meklord Emperor Granel " , but Jakob activates the effect of " Granel Guard " to treat the " Red Nova Dragon " equip ped to " Granel " as a face - up Attack Position monster ( 12 / 3500 / 3000 ) in the Spell & Trap Card Zone during the Damage Step and change the attack target to it . Due to the " Blackwing Armor Master " - granted effects of " Aurora the Northern Lights " , it is not destroyed and Crow takes no Battle Damage . At the end of the Damage Step , a Wedge Counter is placed on " Red Nova Dragon " , however " Red Nova Dragon " becomes an Equip Card again at the end of the Damage Step . Crow ' s hand contains " Blackwing - Ghibli the Searing Wind " , " Blackwing Revenge " , and " Blackboost " . Crow Set s two cards . On Crow ' s End Phase , the " Steam Token " destroys itself via its own effect . Turn 12 : Jakob Jakob draws . During the Standby Phase , the effect of " Speed World 2 " activates ( Crow ' s SPC : 0 → 1 ; Jakob ' s SPC : 10 → 11 ) . Jakob then activates the effect of " Speed World 2 " to remove ten Speed Counters ( Jakob ' s SPC : 11 → 1 ) and destroy " Aurora the Northern Lights " . " Meklord Emperor Granel attacks directly , but Crow Special Summons " Blackwing - Ghibli the Searing Wind " ( 3 / 0 / 1600 ) from his hand in Defense Position via its own effect . A replay occurs and Jakob uses " Meklord Emperor Granel " to attack and destroy " Ghibli " . As a Winged Beast - Type monster with 1000 or less ATK was destroyed in battle and sent to the Graveyard , Crow activates his face - down " Black Wing Revenge " to Special Summon two " Blackwing - Black Crest Tokens " ( 2 / 0 / 800 for both ) in Defense Position . Crow then activates his face - down " Blackboost " to draw two cards as he controls at least 2 " Blackwing " monsters . Jakob activates the effect of " Granel Attack " to treat the " Red Nova Dragon " equipped to " Meklord Emperor Granel " as an Attack Position monster ( 12 / 3500 / 3000 ) in Jakob ' s Spell & Trap Card Zone during the Battle Phase only as well as allow " Red Nova Dragon " to inflict piercing damage but also forbid it from attacking directly . " Red Nova Dragon " attacks and destroys a " Black Crest Token " . " Red Nova Dragon " then inflicts piercing damage to Crow ( Crow 4000 → 1300 ) . Jakob Sets a card . Turn 13 : Crow Crow draws . During the Standby Phase , the effect of " Speed World 2 " activates ( Crow ' s SPC : 1 → 2 ; Jakob ' s SPC : 1 → 2 ) . Crow then Tribute s his " Black Crest Token " in order to Tribute Summon " Blackwing - Hillen the Tengu - wind " ( 5 / 0 / 2300 ) in Defense Position . Crow ' s hand contains " Urgent Tuning " and " Shadow Impulse " . Crow then Sets two cards . Turn 14 : Jakob Jakob draws . During the Standby Phase , the effect of " Speed World 2 " activates ( Crow ' s SPC : 2 → 3 ; Jakob ' s SPC : 2 → 3 ) . Jakob then activates the effect of " Granel Attack " to treat the " Red Nova Dragon " equipped to " Meklord Emperor Granel " as an Attack Position monster ( 12 / 3500 / 3000 ) in Jakob ' s Spell & Trap Card Zone during the Battle Phase only as well as allow " Red Nova Dragon " to inflict piercing damage but also forbid it from attacking directly . " Red Nova Dragon " attacks and destroys " Hillen the Tengu - wind " . " Red Nova Dragon " then inflicts piercing damage to Crow ( Crow 1300 → 100 ) . Jakob intends for Crow to Synchro Summon " Black - Winged Dragon " , but Crow chooses not to . " Meklord Emperor Granel " attacks directly ( Crow 100 → 0 ) . Crow activates the effect of " Blackwing - Hillen the Tengu - wind " to revive itself ( 5 / 0 / 2300 ) and " Blackwing - Ghibli the Searing Wind " ( 3 / 0 / 1600 ) in Attack Position . He then activates his face - down " Urgent Tuning " to tune " Ghibli " with " Hillen " in order to Synchro Summon " Black - Winged Dragon " ( 8 / 2800 / 1600 ) in Defense Position . Due to the rulings of the WRGP , it goes immediately to Jakob ' s End Phase . " Red Nova Dragon " becomes an Equip Card again . Crow passes the baton to Yusei Fudo who proceeds in Dueling Jakob with all the cards that Crow had on his field . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .