"Shall We Duel? An Invitation to a Pair Duel" is the one hundred and sixty-first episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime. It first aired in Japan on November 14, 2007. The episode was never dubbed, but became available to the world with official subtitles via Crunchyroll on August 29, 2016.






Syrus and Chazz fight over who will be Alexis' partner.

Tag pairs

The various Tag-Team Duel pairs.



When Jaden heads back to Alexis, he is shocked that Alexis is upset with him. Jaden questions why is she angry. Alexis explains that even though her "Benten" was powered up by "Ritual Weapon", Jaden Tributed it like it was nothing. Jaden notes they still won. Alexis tells him it isn't all right. Though they are consistently winning, they are not functioning as a team, which is the whole point. Alexis tells him to trust her as a partner. Jaden tells her to trust him as he is trying to win 100%. Alexis gets even more angry at this, which leaves Jaden shocked and confused by what Alexis told him.

Featured Duels

Jaden Yuki and Alexis Rhodes vs. Chancellor Sheppard and Ms. Dorothy

Turn 1: Sheppard
Sheppard draws "Cyber Ogre". He then activates "Polymerization" to fuse his two "Cyber Ogres" together in order to Fusion Summon "Cyber Ogre 2" (2600/1900) in Attack Position. Sheppard then Sets a card.

Turn 2: Alexis
Alexis draws "De-Fusion". She then Normal Summons "Etoile Cyber" (1200/1600) in Defense Position and Sets a card ("De-Fusion").

Turn 3: Ms. Dorothy
Dorothy draws "Marshmallon" and subsequently Normal Summons it (300/500) in Attack Position.

Turn 4: Jaden
Jaden draws "De-Fusion". Jaden's hand contains "Elemental Hero Neos", "Hero Barrier", Elemental Hero Necroshade", "Elemental Hero Sparkman, and "Polymerization". He then activates "Polymerization" to fuse "Necroshade" with "Sparkman" in order to Fusion Summon "Elemental Hero Darkbright" (2000/1000) in Attack Position. "Darkbright" attacks "Marshmallon". Due to the latter's effect, it is not destroyed (Sheppard/Dorothy 4000 → 2300).

Jaden then activates his own "De-Fusion" to return "Darkbright" to the Fusion Deck and Special Summon "Necroshade" (1600/1800) and "Sparkman" (1600/1400) from his Graveyard in Attack Position. "Sparkman" and "Necroshade" then attack "Marshmallon". Due to the latter's effect, it is not destroyed (Sheppard/Dorothy 2300 → 1000 → 0).

Jaden Yuki and Alexis Rhodes vs. Obelisk Blue Pair

Duel already in progress. Jaden and Alexis control "Cyber Angel Benten" (1800/1500) in Attack Position.

Alexis's turn
Alexis activates "Ritual Weapon", equipping it to "Benten" and increasing its ATK and DEF by 1500 ("Cyber Angel Benten": 1800 → 3300/1500 → 3000). She then Sets a card ("Mystical Space Typhoon").

Obelisk Blue Boy's turn
The student draws. He then Normal Summons "Stone Statue of the Aztecs" (300/2000) in Defense Position. He then activates "Mist Body", equipping it to "Stone Statue" and granting it immunity to destruction by battle.

Jaden's turn
Jaden draws "Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab" and subsequently Normal Summons it (500/500) in Attack Position. He then activates "Fake Hero" to Special Summon "Elemental Hero Neos" from his hand (2500/2000) in Attack Position. Jaden then Contact Fuses "Neos" with "Flare Scarab" in order to Special Summon "Elemental Hero Flare Neos" (2500/2000) in Attack Position.

Jaden then activates "Neo Space". Now "Elemental Hero Neos" and all Fusion Monsters that list "Elemental Hero Neos" as a Fusion Material Monster will gain 500 ATK ("Flare Neos": 2500 → 3000/2000). Jaden then activates "H - Heated Heart" to increase the ATK of "Flare Neos'" by 500 ("Flare Neos": 3000 → 3500/2000) and grant it the ability to inflict piercing damage this turn. He then activates "Gift of the Martyr" to send "Benten" to the Graveyard and increase the ATK of "Flare Neos" by the original ATK of "Benten" until the End Phase ("Flare Neos": 3500 → 5300/2000).

Due to the effect of "Flare Neos", it gains 400 ATK for each Spell and Trap Card on the field. There are currently three ("Flare Neos": 5300 → 6500/2000). "Flare Neos" attacks "Stone Statue of the Aztecs". Due to the effect of "Mist Body", "Stone Statute of the Aztecs", is not destroyed, but "Flare Neos" inflicts piercing damage to the Obelisk Blue Pair (Obelisk Blue Pair 4000 → 0).

Featured cards

The following cards appeared in this episode.

Jaden Yuki
Alexis Rhodes


  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jaden can be seen holding this card before joining the party.