Was Odion About To Defeat Joey? [Awakening Of Evil]

Odion had one duel in the series and Marik really went out of his way to ruin it. "- Master Marik, I'm about to win ! I have finally summoned my boss monster, there's nothing Joey can do ! - Use the God Card to convince them you're me. - But Master, they are already convinced and you've given them no reason to suspect you. - Don't care, use it. - But Master, this card has killed every duelist that tried to play it ! It's like playing russian roulette but the gun is fully loaded ! - The Mega Ultra Chicken, Odion ! Use it ! -... I hate my life."

This battle really showed how chaotic Joey's deck is. Jinzo and Gilford are the only powerhouses with no gambling risks.

“I stood up, so I win!” “Way to be a biped, Joey!”

"Traps do emotional damage." Me, going up against Runik stun at my locals with my ghoti deck, tears in my eyes: yeah Yugi. Yeah they sure do

Reading through the manga, Odion's field spell apparently lets HIM place 2 trap cards down at once. So apparently a rule in Battle City is only putting down a single set card at a time. His temple is also a continuous spell card, not a field spell card. On his first turn, he summons Gearfried, Panther Warrior...and Landstar. Geez. It is fully stated, even written on the visible card shown, that the Apophis Trap Monsters are summonable after an attack. Fisherman is a 4 star monster in the manga, and because Joey didn't take Insect Queen, he has Jinzo and Fisherman on the field when Odion draws the fake Ra. So instead, he puts down Baby Dragon. Yeah, Selket doesn't ever have its defense displayed in the manga, since it is unnecessary. Oh, and Joey did have a monster in his hand in the manga, but didn't play it due to Selket being too strong. But Odion also gives Joey his respect, which is why Joey calls him out on not being Marik. So Marik orders Odion to prove otherwise by summoning Ra. Yugi already had suspicions that Odion isn't Marik, which he reveals after Joey calls Odion out, and showing a card in the midst of the duel would probably be illegal. So the only way to prove it would be to summon Ra, which Yugi suspected was sealed in the temple. And yeah, Marik says that sealing a card in the temple would protect him from both attacks and magic. So yes, shenanigans at the end, but for Marik, it was entirely justifiable. Only by summoning Ra would Odion dash away any claims that he isn't Marik, and showing the card may reveal it to be a fake, or even illegal during a duel.

Odion deserves some respect: he didn't rely on Shadow Games nor used Millenium items like Marik and Ishizu, he played fair and square just like any regular duelist and he could have the won if he didn't played the fake Winged Dragon of Ra. Also he won 12 locator for him and Marik which is also impressive.

Insane how the fake Marik fought better than the real one against the same dude

With this every duel in the battle city finals has been covered

when mai says that playing against traps can lead you to self-destruct she could also be referring to when she lost against yugi for that exact reason

If you look back at the duel, you’ll notice that not ONCE does Odion mention the Shadow Realm, which would both be a giveaway to the characters that he wasn’t Marek, but ALSO a giveaway to the VIEWERS that he wasn’t evil

I vote that Joey's final mysterious card was Graceful Dice

I don't know if this was intentional or not by the writers, but I love how Joey's Battle City finals starts with him summoning Gearfried, and ends with him summoning Gearfried again at the end of his duel with Marik

Im a simple man. I see "Was X about to defeat Y?"... I like

17:12 That shot with all the signature monsters of the people Joey has beaten looks badass

In the manga, Battle City rules state that each player may only set 1 Spell and 1 Trap face down per turn, and Temple of the Kings allows the user to set 2 Traps per turn instead, that could be why Odion is only setting 2 of his cards per turn instead of flooding his backrow on his first turn. I’m going to say that the anime works the same way before the Battle City semi finals since nobody does seem to set more than 1 of each type per turn up until the semi finals I believe but I might be wrong.

Mai’s line about being afraid of traps was likely a reference to when she fell for Yugi’s bluff in Duelist Kingdom

I’ll always find Joey’s Foolish Burial + Graverobber = Jinzo play iconic. I will say that I do find it frustating that Joey was dead to rights and had no outs to escape Odion’s direct attack. At least if he did have a way out, I would respect him in this duel more, but Marik really almost destroyed himself by forcing Odion to play fake Ra. I think it could’ve been interesting if Joey had a card that would win him the duel during the last turn, so when Marik commands Odion to play fake Ra, he has a 2nd reason as Ra wouldn’t have been affected by the set card. In this scenario, Odion would be gambling on what the set card is, but as we see, he really didn’t want to play fake Ra. As we see in later Battle City, a similar scenario occurs in Joey vs Marik with plot armor saving Marik there, as it does save Joey here.

You know you are in the future when 11-turn duels are mostly extinct nowadays.

23:22 - Counterpoint, had Joey swung with Gearfried and Hayabusa full force at the start of the duel, Odion would’ve been left at 200 LP and would’ve been doomed if Joey ever got another opportunity to swing, period. Which Jinzo absolutely would’ve secured later on.

I like how beast of serket's body changes based on the monster it eats