Dueling Bonds Episode 18

"Miracles VS Honor" is the 18th episode of the series and 56th overall.

The semi finals begins and Davis duels against Josh. Will he avenge Cody?

Featured Duel: Davis Motomiya vs. Josh
 Turn 1: Josh 

Josh draws. He then Normal Summons "Gentle Ghost" (1300/800) in Attack Position. He then Sets a card.

 Turn 2: Davis 

Davis draws. He then Normal Summons "Rock Star Drum" (1400/1200) in Attack Position, but Josh activates his face-down "Torrential Tribute" to destroy all monsters on the field, except for "Gentle Ghost" as it can't be destroyed by card effects. He then activates "The Crest of Reliability" to Special Summon "Soccer Warrior" (1500/700) in Attack Position. "Soccer Warrior" attacks and destroys "Gentle Ghost" (Josh 4000 > 3800).

 Turn 3: Josh 

Josh draws. He then activates "Cost Down" to discard one card and reduce the Levels of all monsters in his hand by two. He then Normal Summons "Jungle Man" (1700/1400) in Attack Position without Tributing. "Jungle Man" attacks and destroys "Soccer Warrior" (Davis 4000 > 3800). He then activates "Hinotama" to inflict 500 damage to Davis (Davis 3800 > 3300). He then activates "Ty Breaker" to toss a coin. If it lands on heads, Josh will take 1000 damage. If it lands on tails, Davis will take 1000 damage. It lands on tails (Davis 3300 > 2300).

 Turn 4: Davis 

Davis draws. He then Normal Summons "Mirror Guardian" (0/1700) in Defense Position. He then Sets a card.

 Turn 5: Josh 

Josh draws. He then activates "King Of The Jungle" to Tribute "Jungle Man" in order to Special Summon "Jungle King" (2400/1400) from his hand in Attack Position. "Jungle King" attacks and destroys "Mirror Guardian". Since "Mirror Guardian" was destroyed by battle, its effect activates, inflicting damage to Josh equal to half the ATK of "Jungle King" (Josh 3300 > 2100). Since "Jungle King" destroyed a monster by battle, its effect activates, inflicting 200 damage to Davis for every card in Josh's Graveyard. There are currently six (Davis 2300 > 1100).

 Turn 6: Davis 

Davis draws. He then activates "The Crest of Hope" to add "Rock Star Piano" from his Deck to his hand. He then Normal Summons "Rock Star Piano" (1200/200) in Defense Position. He then activates "The Crest of Love" to reduce the ATK of "Rock Star Piano" to 0 and increase his Life Points by the same amount ("Rock Star Piano": 1200 > 0/200; Davis 1100 > 2300).

 Turn 7: Josh 

Josh draws. He then activates "The Shallow Grave" to allow both players to Special Summon one monster from their respective Graveyards in face-down Defense Position. Davis Special Summons "Mirror Guardian" (0/1700) while Josh Special Summons "Gentle Ghost" (1300/800). He then Tributes "Jungle King" and "Gentle Ghost" in order to Tribute Summon "Raveinja" (2500/2000) in Attack Position.

The duel continues in the next episode...