Roku, impatient, declares that swords cannot stop the flames of the tomb. He is about to attack through the swords using when Yugi reveals his combo.
Yugi’s plan is brute-force math: overwhelm the single-use trap with multiple weak attacks. Roku laughs. He reveals the true horror of Armor Exile . When it destroys a monster in battle, it can absorb that monster’s spirit, increasing its own ATK by half the destroyed monster's ATK. After absorbing a Kuriboh token (which has negligible ATK), the boost is small—but Roku then activates Burning Spear , a Spell that forces Yugi to send a monster from his hand to the Graveyard. Yugi discards Big Shield Gardna . Yu-Gi-Oh- Duel Monsters Episode 166
(300 ATK / 200 DEF) appears as a tiny, glowing angelic orb. Part 5: The Final Blow - Sacrifice of the Gentle Light Roku scoffs at the weak monster. He orders Armor Exile to attack and absorb it. Yugi activates Winged Kuriboh LV10 's special effect: When this monster is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, you can destroy all monsters on your opponent's side of the field and inflict their total ATK as damage to your opponent. Roku, impatient, declares that swords cannot stop the
slashes the tiny Kuriboh. It explodes into a brilliant white light. The light expands, consuming Armor Exile completely. Roku watches in disbelief as his 2400+ ATK monster disintegrates. The effect deals 2400 damage to Roku's remaining Life Points (1300 → 0). Roku laughs
The duel becomes a grueling war of attrition. Yugi manages to destroy using Mystical Space Typhoon , but Roku immediately replaces it with another Continuous Trap: Horn of the Phantom Beast , which gives Armor Exile piercing damage and lets Roku draw a card whenever it destroys a monster. Part 4: The Turning Point - Summoning the "Unsummonable" Yugi’s Life Points drop to 650. His field is empty. He draws his card and smiles. He plays Monster Reborn to revive Dark Magician Girl , then uses her effect to retrieve Dark Magician from the Graveyard. But instead of Tribute Summoning, he activates the Spell Swords of Revealing Light to stall.
Yugi activates , which allows him to activate Spells without paying their costs (typically Life Points). He then plays Monster Reborn a second time (normally illegal in the anime, but the tomb's magic bends rules) to revive Kuriboh .
He thanks Yugi for giving him a true duel that finally satisfied his spirit. The stone platform lowers, and the exit to the tomb opens. Yugi, Téa, Joey, and Tristan escape back to the Kame Game Shop's basement, where they find Grandpa (Sugoroku) safe and sound, having been knocked out earlier by the tomb's guardian.