Joey Wheeler gets challenged to a “Shadow Duel” via a bootleg Duel Disk that speaks in reverse Latin. His Red-Eyes Black Dragon is temporarily corrupted into (a dub-exclusive monster with no OCG counterpart). The card’s flavor text reads: “This monster cannot exist in any official record.”
Set on Kaiba’s island of Alcatraz, these episodes feature a unique four-way free-for-all duel between Yugi, Joey (Jounouchi), Kaiba, and Marik. Unlike standard duels, this battle royale serves a strategic purpose: to determine the semi-final pairings. yugioh duel monsters episodes 1224 english dub exclusive
In most complete English dub box sets and streaming services, these episodes are inserted into Joey Wheeler gets challenged to a “Shadow Duel”