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I was watching this [Yu-Gi-Oh! AMV](https://youtu.be/6DLQHUdVH20) about the
duel between Yami Marik and Yami Bakura.

In the duel, Yami Bakura activates the spell card "[Dark
Designator](https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Dark_Designator_\(anime\))" for
declare a card in Yami Marik's deck and then use
"[Exchange](https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Exchange_\(anime\))" for get from
Yami Marik's hand to Yami Bakura's hand.

In the [4:28](https://youtu.be/6DLQHUdVH20?t=268) of the linked AMV video,
Yami Bakura achieves summon The Winged Dragon of Ra, but I wonder:

  * Why Yami Bakura could summon "The Winged Dragon of Ra" without been in "sphere mode"? - as happened when Mai Valentine summons him in previous episodes.
  * Why Yami Bakura could summon "The Winged Dragon of Ra" without pronouncing the chanting? - as Yami Yugi/Atem did in next episodes?


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How Yami Bakura could summon "The Winged Dragon of Ra" without be in "sphere mode" and neither pronouncing the chanting?


**Its probably skipped for brevity.**

In [episode 97 of season 2](https://www.tvnow.de/serien/yu-gi-
oh-12193/staffel-2/episode-97-mariks-zweites-gesicht-teil-2-340016), Bakura
offers three monsters as a tribute to summon the Winged Dragon of Ra, just
like any other monster he instantly appears. Sphere Mode, as well as the
cinematic appearance of the summoning, was probably just skipped because after
[Joyful Doom](https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNL8iUTHUjY) (however I couldn't find
the Japanese original to check if it's missing there too).

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).

As 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.

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. 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.

One should note that [Winged Dragon of Ra wasn't an actual playable card at
that
time](https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/The_Winged_Dragon_of_Ra_\(original\)) and
had no official effects and writers often bended or completely changed the
rules of the game or single cards to fit the narrative. Only much later the
[Winged Dragon of Ra got an official effect](https://www.db.yugioh-
card.com/yugiohdb/card_search.action?ope=2&cid=5000) and an actual [Sphere
Mode](https://www.db.yugioh-
card.com/yugiohdb/card_search.action?ope=2&cid=11927) as well as the dreaded
[Phoenix Mode](https://www.db.yugioh-
card.com/yugiohdb/card_search.action?ope=2&cid=12234). 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](https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Egyptian_God#Abilities).


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Gather around kids, papa V has a story to tell.

To understand the way Ra works in the show, we need to point out a few
important things about the divine beasts. We all know that Pegasus created the
Duel Monster cards based on stone tablets he found in ancient Egypt.
Unknowingly, Pegasus recreated the ritual battles that magicians and kings
used to solve their conflicts, and turned it into a game of cards. It is noted
throughout each arc of the series that the duel monster spirits reside inside
the cards. 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. 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. Needles to say, everyone who
worked on designing the cards was either hurt or killed. 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. Some people
couldn't understand why Pegasus regretted creating the cards, but couldn't
tear and destroy them. These people easily forget the part where the spirits
(in this case gods) where directly connected to the cards. Destroying them
would mean that you are assaulting an actual deity and you risk bringing the
wrath of the gods upon yourself. Soo Pegasus decided to seal them away. The
cards have a will of their own. Especially the god cards.

Soo let's talk about the strongest god card (At least in the anime), The
Winged Dragon Of Ra. The first time Ra was shown being played, was when Odion
used a fake version of the card. 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. Which is why we don't see Ra clearly
when it appeared in that duel. It was being disrespected by being forced on
the field trough another vessel. The wrath of Ra struck both Odion and Joey
with lightning and then the divine beast disappeared from the field. Odion and
Joey survived, however the same cannot be said for the people who previously
tried to use a fake card of Ra. It is shown in a flashback that whenever one
of the minions of Maryk tried to summon Ra trough a fake card, the divine
beast would struck and kill the person who dares to do so. (I guess the show
really wanted to teach people that playing with fake cards is not ok XD )

Now let's talk what happens when you play the real card. May Valentine managed
to summon the winged dragon of Ra and she was not hurt when she did so.
However, the god sensed that she was a nobody with no royal heritage, and so
it came on the field in a sealed state in the form of a sphere. Ra wanted to
test if she was worthy to control it's power by forcing her to speak the
ancient chant written on the card. She couldn't, which is why even though Ra
was on May's side of the field, control of the monster switched to Maryk who
knew how to read the ancient text. Meaning that only those who prove
themselves worthy, could use the power of a god. Later on in the series, Maryk
summoned Ra multiple times throughout the series, without the need to read the
ancient chant. However in the final face off against Atem, when Maryk summoned
the winged dragon of Ra for the last time before the game ended, Ra once again
appeared in the sealed sphere mode, even though Maryk played Ra 2 times before
that during the same duel and he didn't need to say the chant up until this
point. This is a perfect example of how the divine beast has a mind of it's
own and it will test it's owner to know if he is still worthy to wield it's
power. What I realized right then and there was, that reading the chant is not
only necessary to prove if you are worthy to wield the power of the strongest
god card, but also a way to show your respect to the god. Now let's finally
move on to the duel with Yami Maryk and Yami Bakura. Yami Bakura was in
control during the duel and his aura was not that of a mere mortal. It is
possible that Ra sensed this and deemed unnecessary to test Bakura. It is also
worth noting that the soul of Maryk's good side was also there inside Bakura.
Soo even if Ra did decide to test Bakura, the good side of Maryk would've
helped with the reading of the chant. It is worth mentioning for those who
didn't knew, that the chant in the dub and the chant in the sub sound
completely different. And it's not because in dub they speak english and in
sub they speak japanese. In the dub Maryk says the whole "Great beast of the
sky,please hear my cry" to unleash Ra from his Sphere mode,however in the sub
version, Maryk literally mumbles words that no one could understand. The many
effects of Ra are hidden inside the text of the chant. Which is why when Maryk
uses the point to point transfer ability and instant attack, in the sub
version he mumbles a part of the ancient chant because the effect is hidden
within it. While in the Dub version, Yami Maryk simple says what effects he is
going to use. The good Maryk knew how to read the chant, but he was obviously
not smart enough to figure out the hidden effects in it. Which is why the good
side of Maryk was soo surprised when he learned that Ra had more abilities.
Yami Maryk had all of the time he needed while he was sealed in the
subconscious of his good counterpart, to figure out the effects in the chant.
He also slowly but surely was manipulating the mind of his good counterpart,
distracting him with feelings of hate, thoughts of revenge and desire for
power.

Bonus information: In Yu-Gi-Oh!GX, Industrial illusions created a new copy of
the winged dragon of ra, since once Atem went to the afterlife, he took the
original god cards with him. It is not explained if there where any incidents
during the process of the creation of the card, but the company wanted to
recreate the card for testing purposes. The card was very much original and it
served as a new vessel for the spirit of the Winged Dragon of Ra. Franz, who
was a card designer working for Industrial Illusion, stole the copy of the
winged dragon of ra. He was able to create the only card capable of binding an
Egyptian God against its will, "Mound of the Bound Creator". Which explains
why Ra never came on the field in it's sphere mode. Franz could also use all
of the abilities of Ra without chanting the anchient text. Due to being bound
against it's will and unable to retaliate, Jaden could sense the sadness
coming out from the card. Later in the same duel, Jaden summoned the winged
dragon of Ra on his field to defeat Franz. Whether it was because Jaden was
the reincarnation of the supreme king or because Ra wanted revenge on Franz,
Ra allowed Jaden to use it's power, without the need to speak the ancient
chant.


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