While Bakura and Tristan continue to face the guards protecting Mokuba's body, Yami and Yugi struggle with the Shadow Realm's effects, especailly when Pegasus adds monsters that can block attacks. Yugi only holds on for so long and eventually collapses, rendering the duo's Mind Shuffle tactic useless. Worse still, Pegasus then brings out a monster that can snatch opponent's monsters and use them as a shield while also preventing its owner from taking any battle damage. Yami then faces a monster with the ability to destroy all monsters out at the time it self-destructs and cost Yami the Duel if successful. Yami doesn't want to admit it but as far as he's concerned there's no way for him to win this Duel.