It was being disrespected by being forced on the field trough another vessel. Which is why we don't see Ra clearly when it appeared in that duel. Keep in mind that the spirit of the real Ra, reside in the original card that was within Maryk and it was livid with anger when it was summoned trough a fake card. The first time Ra was shown being played, was when Odion used a fake version of the card. Soo let's talk about the strongest god card (At least in the anime), The Winged Dragon Of Ra. Destroying them would mean that you are assaulting an actual deity and you risk bringing the wrath of the gods upon yourself. These people easily forget the part where the spirits (in this case gods) where directly connected to the cards. Some people couldn't understand why Pegasus regretted creating the cards, but couldn't tear and destroy them. Pegasus was also going to suffer the same fate but he survived the wrath of the gods only because he was shielded by the magic of his millennium eye.
Needles to say, everyone who worked on designing the cards was either hurt or killed. Soo against the gods will, these people unknowingly where creating a vessel for the gods' spirit which they would now be bound to reside in. Slifer (or Osiris in Japanese version), Ra and Obelisk where LITERAL Egyptian gods and these deities where being forced into the world by people who where trying to design cards based on them.
#Yu gi oh season 1 episode 1 eng sub series#
It is noted throughout each arc of the series that the duel monster spirits reside inside the cards. Unknowingly, Pegasus recreated the ritual battles that magicians and kings used to solve their conflicts, and turned it into a game of cards. We all know that Pegasus created the Duel Monster cards based on stone tablets he found in ancient Egypt. To understand the way Ra works in the show, we need to point out a few important things about the divine beasts. Gather around kids, papa V has a story to tell. And even in the Manga cards have different effects than in the actual TCG although the God Card's effects were more defined in the original Manga. Only much later the Winged Dragon of Ra got an official effect and an actual Sphere Mode as well as the dreaded Phoenix Mode. One should note that Winged Dragon of Ra wasn't an actual playable card at that time and had no official effects and writers often bended or completely changed the rules of the game or single cards to fit the narrative.
Also the God Cards seem to be special in the way that they seem to have a will on their own, which is indicated in several episodes and maybe Ra didn't feel like it. In-Universe the explanation could be similar, since Ra was summoned with no ATK, the Duel Disk Device could have seen Sphere Mode as not necessary although one can only guess or maybe it was enough that Marik (or his Soul) already successfully summoned Ra once and proved worthy to control him. Shown on screen or not, Bakura and Marik's Soul both were capable of summoning the Winged Dragon because of their ancient Egypt heritage and Marik's knowledge of the card's text (both are additional requirements in the Yu-Gi-Oh Universe, although in GX! an Yu-Gi imposter manages to summon Ra despite that).Īs far as I remember in later episodes the chanting and sphere mode were also skipped some times, probably to get more story into the limited time of an episode. Sphere Mode, as well as the cinematic appearance of the summoning, was probably just skipped because after Joyful Doom's effect a Ra with 0 ATK is not a spectacular sight and would cost precious animation time they could use to explain what Pot of Greed does for the hundredths time (however I couldn't find the Japanese original to check if it's missing there too). In episode 97 of season 2, Bakura offers three monsters as a tribute to summon the Winged Dragon of Ra, just like any other monster he instantly appears.
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