Yu - Gi - Oh ! - Episode 034 " Best of Friends , Best of Duelists , Part 2 " , known as " Finals of Friendship - Yuugi vs . Jounouchi ( Part 2 ) " in the Japanese version and " The Final Tournament of Friendship ( Part 2 ) " in the Odex dub , is the thirty - fourth episode of Yu - Gi - Oh ! . It first aired in Japan on December 12 , 2000 and in the United States on September 14 , 2002 . Summary . The final Duel of the Duelist Kingdom finals continues between Yugi Muto and Joey Wheeler . Yugi Summon s " Dark Magician " and activate s " Magical Hats " . He buys himself enough time to activate " Spellbinding Circle " on " Black Skull Dragon " , lowering its ATK to 2500 while activating " Book of Secret Arts " on " Dark Magician " , giving it 300 more ATK and allowing it to destroy " Black Skull Dragon " . Joey Summons " Baby Dragon " and Set s a card . Yugi , believing the Set card is " Time Wizard " , attack s , but Joey activates " Kunai with Chain " to stop its attack . Joey then draws the " Time Wizard " and succeeds in its effect , turning " Baby Dragon " into " Thousand Dragon " while turning " Dark Magician " into an old man with only 100 ATK . However , this actually turns " Dark Magician " into " Dark Sage " , which allows Yugi to activate " Makiu , the Magical Mist " in order to negate " Thousand Dragon ' s " attack . Yugi then activates " Monster Reborn " to Special Summon " Black Skull Dragon " . With both Duelists and Téa shedding tears , Yugi attacks , destroying " Thousand Dragon " and winning the Duel . Afterwards , Joey tries to give his " Glory of the King ' s Hand " to Yugi , but Yugi tells him to keep it since Joey needs the money more than he does and Yugi only came because he wanted to rescue his grandfather . With the Duel over , it ' s time for the ultimate showdown between Yugi and Maximillion Pegasus . Featured Duel : Yami Yugi vs . Joey Wheeler . Yugi has 550 LP remaining and control s no cards . Joey has 750 LP remaining and controls " Black Skull Dragon " ( 3200 / 2500 ) in Attack Position and no Set cards . Turn 9 : Yami Yugi Yugi draws " Dark Magician " and subsequently Normal Summon s it ( 2500 / 2100 ) in Attack Position . He then activate s " Magical Hats " to hide " Dark Magician " within one of four " Hats " . Turn 10 : Joey " Black Skull Dragon " attack s and destroy s a " Hat " , but it ' s empty . Joey Normal Summons " Garoozis " ( 1800 / 1500 ) in Attack Position , hoping to lure Yugi into attacking " Garoozis " with " Dark Magician " , which would allow Joey to attack and destroy " Dark Magician " with " Black Skull Dragon " and win the Duel . Turn 11 : Yami Yugi Yugi , not falling for the bluff , Sets a card into one of the three remaining " Hats " . Turn 12 : Joey " Black Skull Dragon " attacks and destroys a " Hat " , but it ' s empty . Turn 13 : Yami Yugi Yugi draws , then passes his turn . Turn 14 : Joey Joey draws . " Black Skull Dragon " attacks and destroys a " Hat " , but it ' s revealed to contain " Spellbinding Circle " which immediately activates , decreasing " Black Skull Dragon ' s " ATK by 700 and forbidding Joey from attacking with it or changing its battle position ( " Black Skull Dragon " : 3200 → 2500 / 2500 ) . Joey switches " Garoozis " to Defense Position . Turn 15 : Yami Yugi Yugi draws " Book of Secret Arts " and subsequently activates it , equip ping it to " Dark Magician " and increasing its ATK and DEF by 300 ( " Dark Magician " : 2500 → 2800 / 2100 → 2400 ) . " Dark Magician " attacks and destroys " Black Skull Dragon " ( Joey : 750 → 450 LP ) . Turn 16 : Joey Joey draws " Baby Dragon " and subsequently Normal Summons it ( 1200 / 700 ) in Attack Position . He then Sets a card . Turn 17 : Yami Yugi " Dark Magician " attacks " Baby Dragon " , but Joey activates his face - down " Kunai with Chain " to negate the attack and forbid " Dark Magician " from changing its battle position , as well as equip " Kunai with Chain " to " Garoozis " and increase its ATK by 500 ( " Garoozis " : 1800 → 2300 / 1500 ) . Turn 18 : Joey Joey draws " Time Wizard " and subsequently Normal Summons it ( 500 / 400 ) in Attack Position . He then activates the effect of " Time Wizard " and succeeds in the effect , so " Baby Dragon " transforms into " Thousand Dragon " ( 2400 / 2000 ) in Attack Position and " Dark Magician " transforms into " Dark Sage " ( 100 / ? ) in Attack Position . " Thousand Dragon " attacks " Dark Sage " , but Yugi uses the effect of " Dark Sage " to activate " Makiu , the Magical Mist " from his hand and negate the attack . Turn 19 : Yami Yugi Yugi activates the effect of " Dark Sage " to add " Monster Reborn " to his hand instead of conducting his Draw Phase . Yugi activates " Monster Reborn " to Special Summon " Black Skull Dragon " ( 3200 / 2500 ) from Joey ' s Graveyard to his side of the field in Attack Position . " Black Skull Dragon " attacks and destroys " Thousand Dragon " ( Joey : 450 → 0 LP ) . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .