Yu - Gi - Oh ! - Episode 042 " The Ties of Friendship " , known as " The Deadly Shadow Ghoul " in the Japanese , is the forty - second episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " second series anime . It aired in Japan in February 13 , 2001 and in the United States on October 12 , 2002 . Summary . The Duel between Rebecca and Yugi continues , and Rebecca repeatedly accuses Solomon of stealing her grandfather ' s " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " , getting on everyone ' s nerves . Solomon tells the story of how he met Arthur Hawkins . It was at an archaeological dig in Egypt years ago . Arthur was reading some Egyptian hieroglyphics and notice they resemble Duel Monsters , making him believe that ancient Egyptians used these monsters in battle for power and control . Unfortunately , no one believed him , but he never gave up on his research . One day , Solomon and Arthur were in a tomb when the roof caved in , trapping the two men . There was only enough water for one person , so they decide to Duel for it . In the end , Solomon surrenders , even though he could have won , because he knew Arthur would need the water more than him . He notices the Duel between Rebecca and Yugi is going in the exact same way as the Duel he had . In the end , Yugi does surrender . Rebecca demands her " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " card back . Solomon reluctantly shows the " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " to Rebecca , which ( to Rebecca ' s shock ) has been taped together . Rebecca rages out of control upon seeing this as she thinks Solomon tore it up . Solomon tries to tell Rebecca he would never do such a thing , but Rebecca again won ' t listen to him . At this point , Arthur arrives and tells Rebecca to behave herself . He shows Rebecca the top card of Yugi ' s Deck , which was " Soul Release " . It would have allowed Yugi to remove up to five cards from either player ' s Graveyard . This would have decreased the ATK of " Shadow Ghoul " to 2300 , allowing Yugi ' s " Dark Magician " to destroy it and win the Duel . Rebecca is shocked upon finding out about this , but she asks why did Yugi forfeit when he had the chance to win . Arthur explains that Yugi deliberately forfeited to teach Rebecca about the Heart of the Cards and that there is more to life than winning . Rebecca apologizes and to prove their friendship , Yugi gives her the " The Ties of Friendship " card that he got from Maximillion Pegasus in the previous episode . Featured Duel : Yugi Muto vs . Rebecca Hawkins . Yugi has 1000 LP remaining and control s " Summoned Skull " ( 2500 / 1200 ) in Attack Position and no Set cards . Rebecca has 1300 LP remaining and controls " Cannon Soldier " ( 1400 / 1300 ) in Attack Position , " Millennium Shield " ( 0 / 2500 ) in Defense Position equip ped with " Ring of Magnetism " , and no Set cards . Turn 12 : Yugi Yugi draws " Catapult Turtle " and subsequently Normal Summon s it ( 1000 / 2000 ) in Attack Position . He then activate s " Brain Control " to take control of " Millennium Shield " until the end of this turn . He then activates the effect of " Catapult Turtle " to Tribute " Millennium Shield " and inflict damage to Rebecca equal to half the ATK of " Millennium Shield " , which is 0 . " Summoned Skull " attack s and destroy s " Cannon Soldier " ( Rebecca : 1300 → 200 LP ) . Turn 13 : Rebecca Rebecca ' s hand contains " Electric Snake " , " Sangan " , " Witch of the Black Forest " , " Skelengel " , another " Sangan " and " Shadow Ghoul " . Rebecca draws " Judgment Blaster " and subsequently activates it to discard five cards from her hand and destroy every monster on Yugi ' s side of the field . She then Normal Summons " Shadow Ghoul " ( 1600 / 1300 ) in Attack Position . Due to the effect of " Shadow Ghoul " , it gains 100 ATK for every monster in Rebecca ' s Graveyard , and there are eleven ( " Shadow Ghoul " : 1600 → 2700 / 1300 ) . Turn 14 : Yugi Yugi draws a monster and subsequently Sets it . Turn 15 : Rebecca Rebecca draws " Stop Defense " and subsequently activates it to switch Yugi ' s Set " Dark Magician " to Attack Position ( 2500 / 2100 ) . " Shadow Ghoul " attacks and destroys " Dark Magician " ( Yugi : 1000 → 800 LP ) . Turn 16 : Yugi Yugi draws . He then activates " Swords of Revealing Light " . Now for three turns , all monsters Rebecca controls must be face - up and cannot attack . Turn 17 : Rebecca Rebecca draws , then passes her turn . The effect of " Swords of Revealing Light " will expire in two turns . Turn 18 : Yugi Yugi draws . He then activates " Monster Reborn " to Special Summon " Dark Magician " ( 2500 / 2100 ) from his Graveyard in Attack Position . Turn 19 : Rebecca Rebecca draws . She then Normal Summons another " Cannon Soldier " ( 1400 / 1300 ) in Defense Position . The effect of " Swords of Revealing Light " will expire in one turn . Turn 20 : Yugi Yugi draws . " Dark Magician " attacks and destroys " Cannon Soldier " ( " Shadow Ghoul " : 2700 → 2800 / 1300 ) . Turn 21 : Rebecca Rebecca passes her turn . At the end of Rebecca ' s turn , the effect of " Swords of Revealing Light " expires . Turn 22 : Yugi Yugi draws " Soul Release " . He then surrenders . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .