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One thing I didn't get to in yesterday's episode, because it wasn't present, was the intro. We see mostly characters we've seen already but some new mystery guy with almost bandages or gauze on his head kind of rising up from below and somehow Yugi and Kaiba end up in different clothing and falling into some unknown chasm. The music isn't my favorite though but still trounces some of today's music. At their school, Joey and Tea` are playing a Duel Monsters game and Joey plays Rock Ogre (Rock Ogre Grotto #1 in the CG) (800) in Attack Mode, feeling totally confident about it. Tea` plays Happy Lover (800) in Attack Mode (although she doesn't mention that that's what the card's name is) and uses Breath of Light, a card that destroys Rock-Type monsters. She attacks directly (so much for that rule not being in place or there's some inconsistency here) and wins the duel.

Joey can't figure out what he's doing wrong and asks Yugi to help out. Upon inspecting Joey's deck, Yugi says that the deck couldn't win by anyone's hands since it's just full of Monster Cards. The game is about combining monsters with Spell Cards to increase their strength (Trap Cards too, Yugi but in all fairness, we've only barely seen Spell Cards thus far). He takes Joey to Grandpa's shop and is warned at how complex the game is (well, try coming here as it just got even more complex). Grandpa agrees to train Joey if he's willing to spend endless days and nights of rigorous training.

(Sheesh, it isn't THAT complex because if it were, no one would be playing the actual card game today) Joey bombs it on the simplest of questions and weeks later, the group find themselves watching the final duel of a Duel Monsters Championship featuring Weevil Underwood and Rex Raptor. However, Joey can't keep his eyes open from lack of sleep and awakens after Tristan makes fun of him. Grandpa comes in, requesting Joey's next lesson to begin as they aren't done by a long shot but Joey is coming along. Joey goes to give him a hug but is seconds too late as Grandpa hands a package to Yugi, leaving Joey to fall over the back of the couch. They discover it's from Industrial Illusions, the company that makes the Duel Monsters game but can't figure out why yet Yugi ponders if the company heard about Kaiba's defeat, leading Kaiba to drop out of the tournament.

Joey asks about the tournament's contenders and concludes that Rex will win this with Yugi having doubts about that. For the match, Rex plays the strongest card in his deck Two-Headed King Rex (1600) in Attack Mode. (Either Rex beat a TON of REALLY bad duelists to get here or the announcers are just hyping things up for viewers because otherwise that title is a joke, especially with no face down cards.) All Weevil has for a beginning move is Basic Insect (500) in Attack Mode. Joey is still confident Rex will win and Rex would agree because he attacks right into Weevil's Vortex (Infinite Dismissal in the CG) Trap Card, stopping THKR's attack. (The real card destroys all Level 3 or less monsters that are summoned except by Special Summon during the End Phase. For his turn, Weevil equips his BI with Armor with Laser Cannon, giving his monster more ATK than THKR, destroying it and apparently winning the duel. (The real card gives the equipped Insect-Type monster 700 ATK) A man named Maximillion Pegasus hands Weevil his trophy and invites him to a new tournament to be hosted at Duelist Kingdom.

Later, Pegasus consults with one of his men by car and learns that the package was delivered to Yugi as ordered. Speaking of which. Yugi opens the package after all the excitement of the tournament to find a glove, stars and a video tape. He puts in the tape to find Pegasus' greetings and a special duel where Yugi is physically pulled away from reality and only 15 minutes to duel. Once again they add Yugi's transformation to Yu-Gi-Oh and the duel begins with Pegasus setting 1 card face down. Yu-Gi-Oh has never faced a duelist like Pegasus before and is assured that Pegasus is good and is shown firsthand when Pegasus identifies the card Yu-Gi-Oh is about to play. He knows every move Yu-Gi-Oh will make before it's made, giving him a distinct advantage. He activates Dragon Capture Jar, imprisoning Yu-Gi-Oh's Koumori Dragon card.

(The real card only affects face up Dragon-Type monsters already on the field and simply changes them to Defense Mode.) Does Yu-Gi-Oh believe there's magic in the cards? Pegasus says he's not actually the inventor and tells about the Ancient Egyptians' version of the game. Pegasus plays Dragon Piper (200) in Attack Mode and uses its effect to Special Summon Koumori Dragon from the Dragon Capture Jar card. (The real card just destroys all copies of DCJ on the field.) Yu-Gi-Oh counters with Silver Fang (1200) in Attack Mode, which gets destroyed, leaving himself down to 1500 LPs. (Apparently they're having KD have 1700 ATK because the actual difference in the two monsters' ATKs is 300.) Pegasus adds pretty much what the episode's viewers like me were told about in the intro before resuming and anticipating Yu-Gi-Oh's summoning of Zombie Warrior by activating a Trap Card that apparently destroys Zombies on the field.

However, Yu-Gi-Oh figures out that Pegasus' weird eye can see the cards in hand but not from the deck and has managed to summon by luck Dark Magician (2500) in Attack Mode and chooses to attack KD, destroying it and leaving Pegasus down to 1200. (Unless Dragon Piper is in Defense Mode, that move was pretty stupid.) Pegasus draws and plays the very rare Faceless Mage (Illusionist Faceless Mage in the CG) (1200) in Attack Mode and equips it with Eye of Illusion. Oops! From 17:41 to 17:44 into the episode, Yu-Gi-Oh called Dark Magician a Magic Card, when it's actually a Spellcaster-Type monster!

Yu-Gi-Oh counterattacks but the attack does nothing and is only ahead in LPs because Pegasus is toying with him. He has to figure out a way to win this duel! He plays Celtic Guardian (1400) in Attack Mode and attacks but it gets destroyed as the Eye of Illusion had Dark Magician attack instead, bringing Yu-Gi-Oh's score down to 400. With just 10 seconds left, Yu-Gi-Oh brings out Summoned Skull (2500) in Attack Mode but time runs out before the attack connects. Pegasus isn't giving Yu-Gi-Oh a choice in the matter and introduces him to the magic of his Millennium Eye by taking Grandpa's soul. They'll duel again for far higher stakes next time and how else will Yu-Gi-Oh reclaim Grandpa's soul?

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