Yu - Gi - Oh ! - Episode 067 " Mime Control , Part 3 " , known as " Surpass the God ! Ultimate Infinite Loop " in the Japanese version , is the sixty - seventh episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " anime . It first aired in Japan on August 7 , 2001 , and in the United States on March 15 , 2003 . Featured Duel : Yami Yugi vs . Strings , Part 3 . Yami Yugi has 2100 Life Points remaining and controls no cards . Strings has 3000 Life Points remaining and controls " Revival Jam " ( 1500 / 500 ) in Defense Position and " Slifer the Sky Dragon " ( 9000 / 9000 ) in Attack Position and " Jam Defender " , " Card of Safe Return " , " Infinite Cards " . Turn 18 : Yami Yugi Yami Yugi ' s hand contains " Berfomet " , " Big Shield Gardna " , and " Alpha The Magnet Warrior " . Yami Yugi draws " Monster Reborn " and subsequently Set s it . He then Normal Summon s " Big Shield Gardna " ( 100 / 2600 ) in Defense Position . Since " Big Shield Gardna " was summoned in Defense Position , the effect of " Slifer the Sky Dragon " activates , decreasing the DEF of " Big Shield Gardna " by 2000 ( " Big Shield Gardna " : 100 / 2600 → 600 ) . Turn 19 : Strings Strings draws ( " Slifer " : 9000 → 10000 / 9000 → 10000 ) . During Strings ' Standby Phase , the effect of " Lightforce Sword " expires , letting Strings return the card that " Lightforce Sword " removed from play back to his hand ( " Slifer " : 10000 → 11000 / 10000 → 11000 ) . " Slifer " attack s and destroy s " Big Shield Gardna " . Turn 20 : Yami Yugi Yami Yugi draws " Brain Control " . He then activate s his face - down " Monster Reborn " to revive " Buster Blader " ( 2600 → 3100 / 2300 ) in Attack Position . The effect of " Card of Safe Return " then activates ( " Slifer " : 11000 → 14000 / 11000 → 14000 ) . Since " Buster Blader " was Summon ed in Attack Position , the effect of " Slifer " activates , decreasing the ATK of " Buster Blader " by 2000 ( " Buster Blader " : 3100 → 1100 / 2300 ) . " Buster Blader " attack s " Slifer " , but the effect of " Jam Defender " redirects the attack to " Revival Jam " . " Buster Blader " destroys " Revival Jam " , but " Revival Jam " revives itself ( 1500 / 500 ) in Defense Position due to its effect . The effect of " Card of Safe Return " then activates ( " Slifer " : 14000 → 17000 / 14000 → 17000 ) . By anime mechanics , Yami Yugi activate s " Brain Control " to take control of " Revival Jam " as it is reviving , Special Summon ing it to his side of the field instead of Strings ' . As a monster was Summoned to Yami Yugi ' s field , the effect of " Slifer " activates , decreasing the DEF of " Revival Jam " by 2000 ( " Revival Jam " : 1500 / 500 → 0 ) and destroying it as its DEF was dropped to 0 . " Revival Jam " revives itself ( 1500 / 500 ) , by anime mechanics , back to Yami Yugi ' s side of the field in Defense Position due to its effect . The effect of " Card of Safe Return " activates ( " Slifer " : 17000 → 20000 / 17000 → 20000 ) . ( Note : From this scene , it can be conjectured that " Slifer ' s " anime effect does not activate if a new monster enters Yugi ' s field without being Summoned there , but rather " Brain Control ' s " anime mechanics allow it to take control of a monster that is in the middle of being Special Summoned . If the former were true , Yugi could have activated " Brain Control " immediately after drawing it , without having to Summon a monster to attack " Revival Jam " . ) As a monster was Summoned to Yami Yugi ' s field , the effect of " Slifer " activates , decreasing the DEF of " Revival Jam " by 2000 and then destroying it as before . " Revival Jam " revives itself ( 1500 / 500 ) to Yami Yugi ' s side of the field in Defense Position due to its effect . The effect of " Card of Safe Return " activates ( " Slifer " : 20000 → 23000 / 20000 → 23000 ) . As a monster was Summoned to Yami Yugi ' s field , the effect of " Slifer " activates , decreasing the DEF of " Revival Jam " by 2000 and then destroying it as before . " Revival Jam " revives itself ( 1500 / 500 ) to Yami Yugi ' s side of the field in Defense Position due to its effect . The effect of " Card of Safe Return " activates ( " Slifer " : 23000 → 26000 / 23000 → 26000 ) . As a monster was Summoned to Yami Yugi ' s field , the effect of " Slifer " activates , decreasing the DEF of " Revival Jam " by 2000 and then destroying it as before . " Revival Jam " revives itself ( 1500 / 500 ) to Yami Yugi ' s side of the field in Defense Position due to its effect . The effect of " Card of Safe Return " activates ( " Slifer " : 26000 → . . . / 26000 → . . . ) . The above infinite loop continues until Strings Decks out . ( For dramatic effect , " Slifer " is shown collapsing as though defeated , though it was never touched . ) Epilogue . Yami Yugi " obtains " Slifer the Sky Dragon " and a Locator Card from Strings as per the Battle City Rules . Kaiba then demands a Duel to see who gets to keep " Slifer the Sky Dragon " , but Marik briefly regains control of Strings to tell Yami Yugi that he is on his way to Battle City and that he is now going to target Yugi ' s own friends to turn them into his mind slaves and get what he wants . Yami Yugi calls off his Duel with Kaiba for the moment , so he can find his friends before Marik does so first . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .