Dark Yugi and the Rare Hunter ' s Duel ( manga ) Dark Yugi VS the Rare Hunter was the first Duel of the Battle City tournament . It featured Dark Yugi facing the Rare Hunter , who had taken Katsuya Jonouchi ' s " Red - Eyes Black Dragon " card . Events . Prior events . When Yugi Mutou and Katsuya Jonouchi collected their Duel Disk s at the RPG Hobby Trading Cards shop in advent of the Battle City tournament , the card shop manager noticed Jonouchi had a rare valuable card , " Red - Eyes Black Dragon " . He alerted the Rare Hunters , leading them to target Jonouchi that night . After one of them defeated Jonouchi in a Duel , he and his associates assaulted Jonouchi and took his " Red - Eyes " card . The next day , during the Battle City tournament , Dark Yugi overheard a confrontation between Jonouchi and the Rare Hunter , who had defeated him . Disgusted by people who steal others ' sentimental cards , Dark Yugi challenged the Rare Hunter to a Duel , against the advice of Jonouchi . Jonouchi tried to warn Dark Yugi of the hunter ' s strategy , but Dark Yugi refused to accept an unfair advantage . The Duel . 1st turn : Dark Yugi Dark Yugi Summoned " Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts " and Set " Polymerization " . 2nd turn : Rare Hunter The Rare Hunter ' s opening hand contained " Right Arm of the Forbidden One " , " Left Leg of the Forbidden One " , " Barrieroid Garman " and two others . The hunter drew " Graceful Charity " and activate d it , drawing three cards and discard ing two . His hand then contained " Right Arm of the Forbidden One " , " Right Leg of the Forbidden One " , " Left Arm of the Forbidden One " , " Barrierroid Garman " . He Summoned " Stone Statue of the Aztecs " in Defense Mode and ended his turn . Dark Yugi suspected the Rare Hunter was a " turtle " - style player , whose defenses he would need to get through . The hunter was happy to have Dark Yugi focus on his monsters , while he gathered the cards that he needed . 3rd turn : Dark Yugi Dark Yugi Summoned " Baphomet " and activated his face - down " Polymerization " , fusing " Baphomet " with " Gazelle " to Summon " Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast " . According to the Super Expert Rules , monsters cannot attack the same turn they are fused , so he ended his turn . 4th turn : Rare Hunter The Rare Hunter activated another " Graceful Charity " , with " Right Arm of the Forbidden One " and " Exodia the Forbidden One " among the cards he drew . He cursed the repetition of the " Right Arm " , but was relieved to be just one card short of completing " Exodia " . Using his specialized contact lenses on the specially inked counterfeit cards , he could see that the final piece , " Left Arm of the Forbidden One " was on top of his Deck . The hunter Summoned " Gear Golem the Moving Fortress " in Defense Mode and ended his turn . 5th turn : Dark Yugi Dark Yugi grew suspicious of the hunter ' s hand exchanges and disinterest in attacking and deduced that he must be planning on winning with " Exodia " . He called the hunter out on his plan and vowed to crush " Exodia " with the card in his hand . Dark Yugi worried about playing " Chain Destruction " this turn , as it would prevent him from Summoning another monster , but fearing the Rare Hunter had already gathered most of the pieces of " Exodia " , decided to go for and played it . Dark Yugi attacked " Stone Statue of the Aztecs " with " Chimera " , destroy ing it . He then Set " Lightforce Sword " and ended his turn . 6th turn : Rare Hunter As the Rare Hunter was about to draw his card , Dark Yugi activated " Lightforce Sword " , forcing one card from the hunter ' s hand , " Right Arm of the Forbidden One " onto the field . He then activated " Chain Destruction " to destroy it and all further copies in the Hunter ' s hand and Deck . With no copies of the " Right Arm " left , the Rare Hunter was left unable to gather a complete set of the five pieces . Without " Exodia " , Dark Yugi declared that the hunter had no way to win . The hunter admitted he had lost , but was shocked that his Deck could be defeated . Aftermath . Using the Millennium Rod , Marik Ishtar took control of the Rare Hunter , in order to speak with Dark Yugi . Per the ante rule , Dark Yugi received the " Red - Eyes Black Dragon " . He tried to return it to Jonouchi , but Jonouchi refused to accept it until he had grown as a fighter . Decks . The following cards from each players ' Decks were shown .