Anubis is satisfied to have helped in some way as he runs forward to close some of the distance between him and the strange things called into existence by the cards.

As he runs forward he tosses his staff toward the Phoenix, but rather than attack it, he intends to extend the power of the Ancients in a restraining bubble around it. If he couldn't kill it, he'd try to ensnare it. He has no idea if it'll work, but he has to try.