Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s - Episode 131 " The Beginning of the End " , known as " Fight for the Future ! Machine Emperor Skiel VS Scar - Red Nova Dragon " in the Japanese version is the one hundred and thirty - first episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s " anime . It first aired in Japan on October 13 , 2010 and in the United States on August 13 , 2011 . The World Racing Grand Prix final between Team 5D ' s and Team New World begins . Yusei and company realize that New Domino City will vanish off the face of the earth if they don ' t win , so they need to fight . The match begins with Jack against Lester . Jack , wary of Lester ' s strategy , believing it to be the " Synchro Killer " " Meklord Emperor " , performs a Double Tuning to Synchro Summon " Red Nova Dragon " . Lester tries to fight back with " Meklord Emperor Skiel " , though this strategy fails as Jack uses the effect of " Red Nova Dragon " to remove it and negate an attack . Lester then reveals his " Infinite Aura " trap , which converts his Life Points into counter s . Jack finally defeats Lester , allowing the next Duelist Primo to go ; however , Yusei notes that Jack defeated Lester way too easily . Featured Duel : Jack Atlas vs . Lester . Turn 1 : Jack Atlas Jack draws " Dark Resonator " and subsequently Normal Summons it ( 3 / 1300 / 300 ) in Defense Position . Jack ' s hand contains " Gear Changer " , " Burning Strike " , " Dimension Switch " , and " Power Pressure " . Jack Set s three cards . Turn 2 : Lester Lester draws " Sky Core " . During the Standby Phase , the effect of " Speed World 2 " activates ( Jack ' s SPC : 0 → 1 ; Lester ' s SPC : 0 → 1 ) . Lester Normal Summons " Sky Core " ( 1 / 0 / 0 ) in Defense Position and Set s three cards . Turn 3 : Jack Atlas Jack draws . During the Standby Phase , the effect of " Speed World 2 " activates ( Jack ' s SPC : 1 → 2 ; Lester ' s SPC : 1 → 2 ) . Jack then activates his face - down " Dimension Switch " , which removes " Dark Resonator " from play . Jack then Special Summon s " Gear Changer " ( 4 / 1500 / 700 ) in Attack Position via its own effect as Lester has monsters on his field , but Jack doesn ' t . Jack then activates the effect of " Gear Changer " to increase its Level by the Level of " Sky Core " ( " Gear Changer " : 4 → 5 ) . Jack then sends " Dimension Switch " to the Graveyard in order to return " Dark Resonator " ( 3 / 1300 / 300 ) to the field in Defense Position . Jack then tunes " Gear Changer " with " Dark Resonator " in order to Synchro Summon " Red Dragon Archfiend " ( 8 / 3000 / 2000 ) in Attack Position . Jack then Normal Summons " Trust Guardian " ( 3 / 0 / 800 ) in Attack Position . He then Special Summons " Red Nova " ( 1 / 0 / 0 ) in Attack Position via its own effect as he controls " Red Dragon Archfiend " . Jack then double tunes " Red Dragon Archfiend " with " Trust Guardian " and " Red Nova " in order to Synchro Summon " Red Nova Dragon " ( 12 / 3500 / 3000 ) in Attack Position . Due to the first effect of " Red Nova Dragon " , it gains 500 ATK for each Tuner monster in Jack ' s Graveyard . There are currently three ( " Red Nova Dragon " : 3500 → 5000 / 3000 ) " Red Nova Dragon " attacks " Sky Core " , but Lester activates his face - down " Twin Vortex " to destroy " Sky Core " and " Red Nova Dragon " , however only " Sky Core " is destroyed as " Red Nova Dragon " can ' t be destroyed by Lester ' s card effects . Since " Sky Core " was destroyed by a card effect , its effect activates , allowing Lester to Special Summon " Meklord Emperor Skiel " ( 1 / 0 / 0 ) in Attack Position , " Skiel Top " ( 1 / 600 / 0 ) in Attack Position , " Skiel Attack " ( 1 / 1000 / 0 ) in Attack Position , " Skiel Guard " ( 1 / 200 / 300 ) in Defense Position , and " Skiel Carrier " ( 1 / 400 / 0 ) in Attack Position . Due to the effect of " Meklord Emperor Skiel " , its ATK is equal to the combined ATK of the other four Skiel monsters ( " Meklord Emperor Skiel " : 0 → 2200 / 0 ) . A replay occurs and Jack uses " Red Nova Dragon " to attack " Meklord Emperor Skiel " , but Lester activates the effect of " Skiel Guard " to negate the attack . Jack activates his face - down " Power Pressure " to inflict 1000 damage to Lester as a monster ' s attack was negated ( Lester 4000 → 3000 ) . Lester then activates his face - down " Infinite Aura " which gains ten Aura Counter s ( one Aura Counter for every 100 damage that Lester takes ) ( Aura Counters of " Infinite Aura " : 0 → 10 ) . Turn 4 : Lester Lester draws " Infinity Barrage " . During the Standby Phase , the effect of " Speed World 2 " activates ( Jack ' s SPC : 2 → 3 ; Lester ' s SPC : 2 → 3 ) . Lester activates the effect of " Meklord Emperor Skiel " to equip itself with " Red Nova Dragon " , but Jack activates the third effect of " Red Nova Dragon " to remove it from play and allow Jack to negate one attack this turn . Lester Set s a card . On Lester ' s End Phase , " Red Nova Dragon " ( 12 / 3500 → 5000 / 3000 ) returns to the field in Attack Position . Turn 5 : Jack Atlas Jack draws " Force Resonator " . During the Standby Phase , the effect of " Speed World 2 " activates ( Jack ' s SPC : 3 → 4 ; Lester ' s SPC : 3 → 4 ) . Jack Normal Summons " Force Resonator " ( 2 / 500 / 500 ) in Attack Position . Jack then activate s the effect of " Force Resonator " to send it to the Graveyard and prevent Lester from activating card effects that target " Red Nova Dragon " when it attacks this turn ( " Red Nova Dragon " : 5000 → 5500 / 3000 ) . " Red Nova Dragon " attacks " Meklord Emperor Skiel " . Lester activates his face - down " Infinite Prison " to take " Sky Core " from his Graveyard and Set it in his Spell & Trap Card Zone as a Spell Card by discarding " Skiel Carrier 5 " . " Red Nova Dragon " then destroys " Meklord Emperor Skiel " ( Lester 3000 → 0 ) . The effect of " Infinite Aura " activates ( Aura Counters of " Infinite Aura " : 10 → 40 ) . Since " Meklord Emperor Skiel " had been removed from the field , " Skiel Top " , " Skiel Attack " , " Skiel Guard " , and " Skiel Carrier " are all destroyed . Due to the rulings of the WRGP , it immediately goes to Jack ' s End Phase . Lester passes the baton to Primo who proceeds in Dueling Jack with all the cards that Lester had on his field . Mistakes . All mistakes are displaying in Dub version : Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .