Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Nah. He could've won by force if he wanted to since Marik had only 1 lifepoint left when he and his dark side switched places, and Yugi still had Dark Magician and what not on his side of the field (if I recall right), so it would've been futile even if he hadn't surrendered.. Marik wanted to lose once he regained control of his body anyway to ensure that the rest of his dark side got vanquished, so it was a win-win situation for Yugi.
I was being literal about how he won, n00b 😛.
Also, about the whole Joey with Ra thing, he wouldn't have been able to summon it in its regular form. It'd be in Sphere mode. He'd be better off sacrificing three monsters for Gilford. If he had won Ra, he'd be smart enough to realize that. He could try to repeat what Marik said, but that would just incur Ra's wrath I would think.
Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Yeah, that's right. If Joey had enough strength left after the attack to summon Gearfried the Iron Knight to the field though, he also still should've been able to just tell the thing to attack... gay.
True, it was gay. What sucks even more is that we never got to see the Joey vs. Yugi match at the end of the arc (for REBD). That was what the final should have been. They should have at least had the balls to show that match >__>.
Though, my point was that Joey could trade blows with a Ra-less Marik. Joey would have lost if Marik used Ra (and to full effect) earlier in the duel.
Without Ra, Yami Marik was good, but not as impressive as some of the others, and he was below Kaiba and Yugi imo.