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Yu-Gi-Oh Reshef of Destruction
Gameboy Advance
Hall of Eternity FAQ and Decklist
Version 1.00
by KerntheGerm
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Table of Contents
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I. Introduction and Game Information
II. Gameplay Basics
III. What is the Hall of Eternity?
IV. Helpful Hints, Tips, and a Mini-FAQ.
V. Overview of the Hall of Eternity: Who to Duel.
VI. Quick Decklist
Maximillian Pegasus
Seto Kaiba
Dark Joey
Yami Bakura
Yami Yugi
Yami Marik
Noah
Shadi
Paradox
VII. Complete Decklist and Strategy
Maximillian Pegasus
Seto Kaiba
Dark Joey
Yami Bakura
Yami Yugi
Yami Marik
Noah
Shadi
Paradox
VIII. Thanks and Contact information
Control+f the Roman numerals and character names to quickly find them.
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I. Introduction and Game Information
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Shonen Jump began running Kazuki Takahashi's manga, Yu-Gi-Oh, in 1996. Since
then, YGO has blossomed into a huge commercial venture: A card game based on
the series, a wildly popular TV show, even a feature-length movie was recently
released in theaters. A game company called Konami holds all rights to all YGO
related games, including the actual TCG itself. In 1998, Konami Released the
first ever Yu-Gi-Oh Video game, Duel Monsters for the Gameboy. Since then,
Konami has created nearly thirty Yu-Gi-Oh games. One recent one, The Sacred
Cards (Duel Monsters 7 in Japan), was released on GBA to a lukewarm reception.
About the only thing it had going for it was its rather simplistic gameplay and
inclusion of the three Egyptian God Cards. Reshef of Destruction (Duel Monsters
8 in Japan), the sequel to Sacred Cards, was to improve on the new gameplay
rules, include a wider variety of cards to play, and provide more ways to play
the Egyptian God Monsters.
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II.Gameplay Basics
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Roughly one third of YGO: Reshef of destruction is spent running around town,
bullying your friends and random people into duels. In the field, RoD plays
much like a standard RPG, except there's no random battles and no treasure
chests. You will need to move around a great deal to accomplish your goals, so
I suggest you familiarize yourself with the controls. Personally, I like RoD's
system much more than I like any other YGO game's travel methods. It just seems
more convenient to me this way.
Controls in the Field:
Directional Pad - Move Character around
Select Button - Bring up the Deck Menu
Start Button - Bring up the Deck Menu
"A" Button - Talk to an NPC
"B" Button - Hold down to dash
Left Shoulder Button - Bring up Deck Menu
Right Shoulder Button - Challenge an NPC duelist
A small (or large, depending on how determined you are) part of YGO: Reshef of
Destruction is spent in the deck menu. This is where the most important part of
the game takes place: Deck Construction. Reshef of Destruction follows a
complicated deck system unlike any other YGO game before it, excepting its
predecessor, Sacred Cards. There are no booster packs in Reshef of Destruction.
Any and all cards you play with will either be bought from Grandpa's shop or
won from other duelists. In addition, you are not allowed to just put any card
you want into your deck. You have two statistics, Duelist Level and Deck
Capacity, that govern which cards you are permitted to put in your deck.
Deck Capacity: You begin the game with 1600 Deck capacity. The more you have of
this, the better. Random NPCs and Bosses give you 3 Deck Capacity when you
defeat them, but you can only duel them once. Important NPCs (People with
portraits and names) can be dueled an infinite number of times, but only give 1
Capacity when defeated. Deck Capacity is the measure of the size of your deck.
The more Capacity you have, the more high-level cards you can put into your
deck. For example, a level 50 card takes up 50 of your Deck Capacity. When you
run out of capacity, you won't be able to add more cards into your deck. So the
trick to managing a deck is using up as much of your deck capacity as possible
while still having the requisite 40 cards.
Duelist Level: You begin the game at Duelist level 72. This is also something
you'll want as high as possible. Your Duelist Level will rise at exactly one
third the rate at which your Deck capacity increases. That is to say, Bosses
and random NPCs will give 1 Duelist level, and important NPCs will give 1/3 of
a Duelist Level. Duelist Level is the measure of the most powerful card you are
permitted to put into your deck. For example, until you reach a duelist level
of 200, you will not be permitted to put level 200 cards into your deck.
It is important to note that, because you are restricted by Level and Capacity,
at no time during the game will you be able to use cards as powerful as your
opponents. The trick in building a successful deck lies in knowing how to get
around these restrictions.
Controls in the Deck Menu:
Directional Pad - Move Cursor
Select Button - Cycle Deck Organization type
Start Button - Select Deck Organization type
"A" Button - Confirm Selection
"B" Button - Cancel Selection
Left Shoulder Button - Cycle Card quick information
Right Shoulder Button - No Function
The bulk of Reshef of Destruction is spent in duels. You had best learn the
controls for duels well, or suffer the humiliation of losing an easy duel
because you accidentally discarded your most powerful card. Rules for dueling
in Reshef of Destruction are very similar to the rules of the actual card game:
You start with 8000 life points, one monster per turn, five magic/trap cards
and 5 monster maximum, sacrifices for stronger monsters and rituals, certain
cards are limited to one per deck, etc. However, in Reshef of Destruction, any
number magic cards can be laid or activated during your turn, and traps can
only be activated by an opponent's action during his own turn.
Things worth noting in duels:
1. All monster effects are flip effects. You can only activate a monster's
effect if it is face down and has not attacked that turn. Usually this means
you can only activate right after you play it, but some cards have the ability
to flip cards on your field face-down.
2. Trap cards activate automatically. If anything would set off a trap, the
trap goes off without any input from the player. If something would set off two
traps at once (for example, having both a Widespread Ruin and an Acid Trap Hole
when a monster attacks), the game activates either the trap that was put down
first or the trap furthest to the left (I'm not really sure on this one).
3. Your graveyard consists of exactly one card. For example, Vampire Lord's
effect is that he is resurrected to the field at the beginning of the turn if
he's in the graveyard. But if another monster is sent to the graveyard after
Vampire Lord, you lose him forever.
4. God cards are immune to virtually every trap, magic, or monster effect in
existence, with an exception for ones that increase or decrease level.
Ostensibly this is so that you can use a Megamorph on your Obelisk, but this
also allows Mai to stop and weaken your God Monster with an Amazon Archers
trap. Be careful.
Controls During a Duel:
Directional Pad - Move Cursor
Select Button - No Function
Start Button - No Function
"A" Button - Confirm Selection
"B" Button - Cancel Selection, View secondary Menu
Left Shoulder Button - Quick-view attack strengths of cards on the field
Right Shoulder Button - View Enemy Duelist's Hand
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III. What is the Hall of Eternity?
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After you beat the game, you can re-load your last save and a new location on
the world map will be opened, the Hall of Eternity. In the Hall of eternity you
can find some of the hardest duelists in the game. The duelists in the Hall
come in two varieties: Big and Small. These are just place names, so don't let
this distinction fool you into thinking the Small duelists are particularly
easier than the Big duelists.
Small duelists start with 30,000 life points and yield 2500 Domino and 10 Deck
Capacity when defeated. Big duelists start with 60,000 life points and yield
5000 Domino and 20 Capacity when defeated. Otherwise, there is no difference
between the Big and Small duelists, other than the obvious differences in their
decks.
20 Capacity and 5000 domino is the best you can find anywhere in the game. If
you want to level up to duel a friend, this is the place to do it. Since by the
time you can access the Hall of Eternity, you've already finished the entire
game, it is unfortunately not a place that you can use to level up for the
normal game.
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IV. Helpful Hints, Tips, and a mini-FAQ
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The number one thing you have to remember in this game is that enemy duelists
will always be much, much stronger than you unless you spend days leveling up
on NPCs (or dozens of hours dueling a friend). At almost no point in the game
will you be able to beat them down with powerful monsters. You'll be too poor
to beat down early duelists, and later duelists will just steal your own
monsters with Change of Heart and Monster Reborn. In addition, once you reach a
certain point in the game their traps and magic will almost always be more
powerful than yours, and their life points more plentiful.
Fortunately for you, the "certain point" at which duelists become harder is
right after you get your first God card. So this means that all of their
powerful magic, traps, and monsters are useless in the face of your supreme God
monsters.
The first person you should start dueling is Duke Devlin. He carries and drops
monsters with 700 attack power, about the strongest you'll be able to put into
your deck at that time, so fill up. Pick out about 4-6 one-tribute monsters
with 1500 attack or more and 1-2 two-tribute monsters with 2500 attack or more
of varying elements to use for beatdown. If you have one of these monsters out,
you can usually be sure to destroy an opponent's low-level monsters. It is
important to remember that monsters are the only resource in this game, so if
you keep an opponent from having monsters out, you can keep him from summoning
high-powered monsters and killing you. Even a single tribute monster is usually
enough to wipe out your entire deck.
Next duel Yugi for his Spellbinding Circles. They're worth oodles of Domino to
sell. The next monsters you should try to buy and find are good effect
monsters. Skelengel, Doron, and Fiend's Hand are good attack power early in the
game, and their effects are useful even later in the game. Different Dimension
Dragon is also a great card to have. Despite its huge Capacity cost, the
earlier you can get one of these, the better. Mirage Knight is also a card
that's definitely worth putting in your deck at this point.
Also make sure you have plenty of traps. Infinite Dismissals, Amazon Archers,
Houses of Adhesive Tape, Eatgaboons, Invisible Trip Wires, Acid Trap Holes, and
Widespread Ruins are invaluable. Obviously you'll want to tailor your traps
according to what enemy you're facing. An Eatgaboon is lovely against the first
few bosses, but largely useless against the later ones. And a Widespread Ruin
probably uses up too much deck space when you're against a low-level duelist or
boss. Get three Beckoning to Darkness cards. I cannot possibly stress how
awesome this card is. This card is so awesome, that at no point during the game
will you be unable to think of a way to use it.
After you get your first God card, you'll want to start looking for Vampire
Lords, Dark Flare Knights, Ancient Lamps, and Revival Jams. Keep your 1700+
attack power one-tribute monsters and drop all of your two-tribute monsters. At
this point you can also start hitting up the Duel Computer for money. Normal
mode drops 500-ish domino when defeated, and occasionally ritual and divine
monsters worth an astonishing 2000 domino to sell! Pow! Expert mode is probably
a little too hard for you right now, but if you're feeling lucky, there's no
harm in giving it a try. It drops 900-ish domino every time you win, but
doesn't seem to drop the more expensive cards, though. The Expert Duel computer
does, however, drop the kinds of cards you want to be using later in the game.
At this point your strategy should revolve around Slifer. Any other monster
will be destroyed by traps or stolen by magic, so even a Summoned Skull won't
do you any good. Your weak monsters will almost never touch your opponent's
life points. They're just there to provide you with something to tribute for
Slifer. Three Dorons and at least one Different Dimension Dragon should provide
plenty enough tribute fodder. Your monsters will be quickly killed, so you need
to keep them alive with the same kinds of traps you used before. Later duelists
will all have at least one Harpie's Feather Duster, so make sure you lay your
traps one at a time.
In addition, you will need to learn the technique of flushing out your
opponent's traps and magic strategically. If you suspect your opponent has a
Harpie's Feather Duster facedown on the field, you can put out a bait magic or
trap card to fool him into wasting it. Use Infinite Dismissals, Ritual Magic
Cards, Inexperienced Spies, and any other junk cards for bait. If you suspect
your opponent has a Monster Reborn facedown on the field, dump a weak monster
into your graveyard to prevent him from stealing one of your better ones.
To flush out traps, you'll probably need a God card in play, because all it
takes is one Torrential Tribute to wipe out your entire field. Get out a
Different Dimension Dragon if you can to probe for traps, and you'll have it
back the very next turn to try again. In lieu of a Dragon, you can use your
low-level junk monsters to set off traps as well. Never ever attack with a junk
monster unless the opponent either has no monsters on the field, or you can
kill one of the existing monsters via elemental advantage. No sense in wasting
a perfectly good attack if there isn't a trap. If you attack with the junk
monster and do not spring any traps, discard it from the field immediately. A
weak monster in attack mode is one of the fastest ways to lose.
At the last stage of the game, you're going to want Phoenix Ra. In fact, your
deck will be nearly the same as your mid-game deck, only now the monsters are
for stalling as well as sacrifice. As soon as you that Ra in your hand, it's
all over. I don't really like Slifer, because of the constant re-checking of
the permanent effect, so I usually take it out of my deck at this point. I do
admit that it can be quite useful though, as it's the most numerically powerful
of the God cards. Obelisk, in my opinion, is much beter. His effect packs as
much monster destruction as a Raigeki and can hit even through Swords of
Revealing Light with ease, a definite plus against Hall of Eternity duelists
who pack three Swords of Revealing Light each.
A new kind of baiting is required in the latest stages of the game: Defense
baiting. If you summon a God card while the opponent has a Swords of Revealing
Light out, there's no sense in putting it out in attack mode; you can't attack
with it anyway. Put it in defense mode and the enemy duelist, stupid as he is,
will automatically attack it because it's facedown. Now you can put that 4000
Defense power to good use and have it deal life point damage.
And that's about it. Against humans you're obviously going to need a very good
deck, so I suggest training extensively at the Hall of Eternity to build up
Duelist Level. Humans aren't going to have a bunch of Monster Reborns and
Change of Hearts, so you can afford to put high-power monsters in your deck.
Most of the best no-tribute monsters are Dark type, so throw in a few Dream
monsters if you know your opponent plays beatdown. Reflect Bounder is perfect
against human duelists, especially those who use God Cards.
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V. Overview of the Hall of Eternity: Who to Duel.
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Obviously if you want a particular card, the person you should duel is whomever
has it. In my personal experience, the hardest duelist is Yami Yugi, for a
variety of reasons. Mostly, though, because of the way his Dark Flare Knight
and Mirage Knight suddenly sprout powerful monsters if you don't keep an eye on
them. Paradox and Shadi have the hardest-hitting basic monsters in the entire
Hall, and their tribute monsters are pure beatdown as well. They both have a
lot of Divine summons, but Shadi barely edges out Paradox because more of his
monsters can take advantage of the Yami field. Even if you took off Yami,
they've both still got a hardcore beatdown waiting for you. Kaiba and Joey also
tend to be rather tough in my experience. Marik would have been a lot harder if
he would just use that Phoenix Ra correctly; sadly, he's too dumb to kill you
with it. Depending on how strong your monsters are, Pegasus can be either hard
or easy; he was easy for me. Bakura can also be either hard or easy depending
on how many cards he's already got on the field once Destiny Board hits play.
Usually, though, if you can avoid setting off his Anti-Raigeki or Torrential
Tribute, he will never finish Destiny Board and his deck will be sold short.
Out of the whole bunch, Noah is the easiest. Most of his monsters are Fairies,
so they get powered down by the Yami field. Even an apathetic beatdown deck
would cream him, and you can even use Invisible Trip Wire traps on his sorry
monsters.
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Overall ranking, from hardest to easiest:
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1. Yami Yugi
2. Shadi
3. Paradox
4. Seto Kaiba
5. Dark Joey
6. Yami Marik
7. Maximillian Pegasus
8. Yami Bakura
9. Noah
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VI. Quick Decklist
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Maximillian Pegasus
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Small duelist
Swords of Revealing Light x3
Relinquished x3
Harpie's Feather Duster x3
Castle of Dark Illusions x3
Pot of Greed x3
Change of Heart x3
Monster Reborn x3
Megamorph x3
Toon Summoned Skull x3
Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon x3
Thousand-Eyes Restrict x3
Big Shield Gardna x3
Torrential Tribute x3
Anti Raigeki x1
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Seto Kaiba
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Big Duelist
Ancient Lamp x3
Swords of Revealing Light x3
Z-Metal Tank x2
Y-Dragon Head x2
X-Head Cannon x2
Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon x1
Harpie's Feather Duster x3
Monster Reborn x3
Megamorph x3
Vorse Raider x3
Torrential Tribute x3
Pot of Greed x3
Blue-Eyes White Dragon x3
Obelisk the Tormentor x1
Lord of D. x1
Change of Heart x3
Master of Dragon Knight x1
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Dark Joey
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Small duelist
Megamorph x3
Swords of Revealing Light x3
Gilford the Lightning x1
Jinzo x1
Zombyra the Dark x3
Torrential Tribute x3
Boar Soldier x3
Steel Fan Fighter x1
Panther Warrior x3
Pot of Greed x3
Monster Reborn x3
Harpie's Feather Duster x3
Exarion Universe x1
Gearfeid the Iron Knight x3
Black Skull Dragon x1
Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon x1
Red-Eyes Black Dragon x1
Change of Heart x3
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Yami Bakura
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Big duelist
Harpie's Feather Duster x3
Dark Necrofear x1
Megamorph x3
Flash Assailant x3
Pot of Greed x3
Headless Knight x2
The Earl of Demise x2
Nuvia the Wicked x3
Swords of Revealing Light x3
Dark Elf x3
Monster Reborn x3
Destiny Board x1
Gernia x1
The Gross Ghost of Fled Dreams x1
Change of Heart x3
Earthbound Spirit x1
The Portrait's Secret x1
Torrential Tribute x3
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Yami Yugi
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Big duelist
Megamorph x3
Dark Elf x3
Change of Heart x2
Flash Assailant x3
Monster Reborn x3
Dark Magician x1
Slifer the Sky Dragon x1
Dark Flare Knight x1
Dark Paladin x1
Dark Magician Knight x1
Harpie's Feather Duster x3
Swords of Revealing Light x3
King's Knight x2
Jack's Knight x1
Queen's Knight x2
Big Shield Gardna x2
Pot of Greed x3
Dark Magician Girl x1
Mirage Knight x1
Torrential Tribute x3
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Yami Marik
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Big duelist
Change of Heart x3
Gil Garth x3
Dark Jeroid x3
Lava Golem x1
Torrential Tribute x3
Monster Reborn x3
Viser Des x3
Executor - Makyura x3
Newdoria x1
Harpie's Feather Duster x3
Pot of Greed x3
Swords of Revealing Light x3
Megamorph x3
Helpoemer x1
Winged Dragon of Ra (Phoenix Mode) x1
Byser Shock x1
Legendary Fiend x1
Anti Raigeki x1
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Noah
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Big duelist
Perfect Machine King x1
Nightmare Penguin x1
Shinato, King of a Higher Plane x1
Berserk Dragon x1
Yamata Dragon x1
F.G.D. x1
Anti Raigeki x1
Megamorph x3
Chirion the Mage x3
Giant Rex x3
Asura Priest x3
Aeris x3
Pot of Greed x3
Harpie's Feather Duster x3
Monster reborn x3
Change of Heart x3
Torrential Tribute x3
Swords of Revealing Light x3
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Shadi
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Small duelist
Change of Heart x3
Harpie's Feather Duster x3
Dark Elf x3
Megamorph x3
Monster Reborn x3
Boar Soldier x3
Pot of Greed x3
Flash Assailant x3
Cosmo Queen x1
Sengejin x1
Gemini Elf x3
Firewing Pegasus x1
Bracchio-raidus x1
Swords of Revealing Light x3
Torrential Tribute x3
Magician of Black Chaos x1
Crimson Sunbird x1
Anti Raigeki x1
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Paradox
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Small duelist
Torrential Tribute x3
Megamorph x3
Flash Assailant x3
Gemini Elf x3
Dark Elf x3
Change of Heart x3
Boar Soldier x3
Harpie's Feather Duster x3
Swords of Revealing Light x3
Pot of Greed x3
Monster Reborn x3
Zera the Mant x3
Black Luster Soldier x1
Aqua Dragon x1
Machine King x1
Cyber-Tech Alligator x1
Anti-Raigeki x1
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VII. Complete Decklist and Strategy
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Maximillian Pegasus
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Notes and Strategy
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Small type. 30000 life points, 10 Deck Capacity, 2500 Domino.
Like all Hall of Eternity Duelists, he's got three of pretty much everything.
But that's it. Only three. If you bait him into using all three Harpie's
Feather Dusters, Change of Hearts, or Torrential Tributes, you don't have to
worry about them again. Admittedly, it takes a lot of cards to flush out that
kind of firepower, but it can be done.
Aside from Divine, he only has three element types: Fiend, Earth, and Light.
And all three types have an equal number of cards, so an elemental strategy is
out. You'll have to rely on your God cards for this duel, since Pegasus has
effectively 9 Change of Hearts thanks to his Relinquished and Thousand Eyes
Restrict cards. Putting face-down defense mode monsters to lure him into attack
mode is useless because he'll probably just take them from you. But that's one
of his weaknesses: His monsters are only as strong as your own. Stick with weak
monsters and he'll never lay a finger on you. If you insist on a beatdown, at
least clear the field with a Last Day of Witch.
Your best bet is to just play it safe not put out any monsters unless you're
sure he can't take anything from you. His strongest no-tribute monster is
Castle of Dark Illusions, so you don't have to worry so much about him
depleting your life points unless things get dire. Beware though, he'll just as
soon steal your own monsters from you if you try to defend yourself. Fiend's
Hand and Beckon to Darkness work wonders to prevent him from putting out his
heavy hitters, or even to destroy them if he gets them out.
Because 6 of his monsters have 0/0 stats and thus will never attack, all it
takes is just a few trap cards to stop his handful of attacking monsters dead
in their tracks. Play it safe and you'll finish him off in no time.
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Flavor Text:
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Talk: The finest drink, the tastiest Gorgonzola cheese... The funniest comic
book in the world... What more can any man want?
Challenge: I've scanned your mind. I can read your strategies as if it were an
open book! I hate to say this, but your have no chance to win!
Turn: It's my turn!
Lose: Nooo! I'm the creator of Duel Monsters! Losing is not in the cards!
Unbelievable!
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Monsters
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Name: Castle of Dark Illusions
Number: 83
Level: 493
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 1200
Defense: 2500
Text/Effect: Plunges both fields into darkness at the start of your turn. It
also turns all own monster in the own field face down.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Toon Summoned Skull.
Number: 729
Level: 279
Stars: ****** (6)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Fiend
Attack: 2500
Defense: 1200
Text/Effect: A cartoony skeleton fiend that has been summoned from its castle.
It is a Summoned Skull in the Toon World.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Relinquished
Number: 731
Level: 999
Stars: * (1)
Type: Magician
Summon: Divine
Attack: 0
Defense: 0
Text/Effect: A horrifying monster that has a single malevolent eye. It can
steal the abilities of a monster on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Thousand-Eyes Restrict
Number: 734
Level: 999
Stars: * (1)
Type: Magician
Summon: Divine
Attack: 0
Defense: 0
Text/Effect: A monster with countless eyes. It can steal the abilities of a
monster on the foe's field to power up two levels.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Big Shield Gardna
Number: 758
Level: 532
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Warrior
Summon: Earth
Attack: 100
Defense: 2600
Text/Effect: A legendary shield of a massive size and ornate design. It is said
To have fended off a million-strong army in the past.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon
Number: 767
Level: 95
Stars: ******** (8)
Type: Dragon
Summon: Light
Attack: 3000
Defense: 2500
Text/Effect: A cartoony dragon that was a Blue-Eyes White Dragon. It had been
drawn into the Toon World and transformed.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Magic
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Name: Swords of Revealing Light
Number: 348
Level: 300
Text/Effect: A spell that reveals all the foe's monsters over three turns. The
opposing monsters are prevented from attacking over that time.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Monster Reborn
Number: 601
Level: 250
Text/Effect: A spell that resurrects a monster from the opponent's graveyard
and places it on the player's side of the field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Megamorph
Number: 657
Level: 200
Text/Effect: A spell that gigantically transforms a monster on the field. The
chosen monster is made much more powerful.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Harpie's Feather Duster
Number: 673
Level: 100
Text/Effect: A feather duster that is made from a Harpie Lady's feather. It
sweeps away all spell and trap cards on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Change of Heart
Number: 784
Level: 500
Text/Effect: A spell that can take over a monster on the opponent's field. The
affected monster is put under control.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Pot of Greed
Number: 789
Level: 150
Text/Effect: A card that allows the player to draw cards from the deck. Up to
two cards may be drawn if there is room in the hand.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Traps
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Name: Torrential Tribute
Number: 694
Level: 200
Text/Effect: A trap card that has dire consequences to anyone that trips it.
If attacked, it destrows all monsters on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Anti-Raigeki
Number: 782
Level: 150
Text/Effect: A trap card that protects the player's monsters from Raigeki.
Instead, it destroys all the monsters on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Seto Kaiba
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Notes and Strategy
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Big type. 60000 Life Points, 20 Deck Capacity, 5000 Domino
Like his brethren, Kaiba has 3 of pretty much everything. Again, you'll need to
flush out his Change of Heart and Torrential Tribute cards before it's safe to
send out your more powerful monsters, and you'll also need to flush out his
Harpie's Feather Duster's before you can safely set your more potent traps.
Stick to Amazon Archers and Infinite Dismissals if you can until you're sure
he's out, then move on to Widespread Ruins and your own Torrential Tributes.
Kaiba's monsters pack a wallop. His deck seems to be beatdown with dragons and
that whole XYZ schtick. Unfortunately, he doesn't have a unifying elemental
type, so an elemental advantage deck is out of the question.
Of important note is that Kaiba has absolutely no one-tribute monsters; all of
his power cards require two or more. You can safely leave one of his monsters
on the field, unless, of course, it happens to be one of the XYZ cards. A
fusion of two of those (by their effect) is Kaiba's substitute for mid-level
attack monsters. If he makes one, it will be dizzy for a turn and will also
pull two cards off of his field. When he makes one, it's the perfect time for
monster destruction cards. If you've got a Fiend's Hand handy, now is the time
to use it. Alternately, you can change the field to Umi to take the steam out
of his machine monsters. His Ultimate Dragon and Master of Dragon Knight may
seem a bit intimidating at first, but then you realize that they're just
regular monsters. You can kill them or take them from him as you please.
Obelisk is the one to look out for in this deck. Fortunately, he will prefer to
summon Blue-Eyes Ultimate and Master of Dragon Knight over Obelisk (they have
higher attack power), so you have a fair chance of avoiding the wrath of a God
card, especially if you prevent him from ever having 3 monsters to tribute.
Just be careful if he does summon it. The only way to take it off the field is
by summoning a stronger monster.
His strongest 4-star monster is the 1800 La Jinn (summoned by Ancient Lamp's
effect) because it gets a bonus from the Yami field type. Unless you've got
plenty of beatdown that's better than that, you should probably stay away from
a beatdown-style deck against him. If you've got the capacity and the cash to
stock better cards than him, just watch out for Change of Heart.
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Flavor Text:
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Talk: You want to know who my strongest rival is? Heh. One thing's for certain.
It's not you.
Challenge: A duel can start anyplace and any time two duelists meet. I accept
your duel!
Turn: [Sound byte of Kaiba saying "It's my turn."] My turn.
Lose: I...lost? Grr...you better not lose to anyone else! Not after you'd
beaten me!
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Monsters
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Name: Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Number: 1
Level: 95
Stars: ******** (8)
Type: Dragon
Summon: Light
Attack: 3000
Defense: 2500
Text/Effect: A legendary dragon that takes pride in its enormous power.
Its powers of destruction far exceed comprehension.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: X-Head Cannon
Number: 149
Level: 260
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Machine
Summon: Wind
Attack: 1800
Defense: 1500
Text/Effect: A combative machine that can combine with one or two other
specific war machines on the own field to form a new monster.
Quantity in Deck: 2
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Name: Obelisk the Tormentor
Number: 234
Level: 0
Stars: ************ (12)
Type: Warrior
Summon: Divine
Attack: 4000
Defense: 4000
Text/Effect: A monster that can wipe out all monsters on the foe's field.
At the same time, it hits the foe with 4,000 LP worth of damage.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Vorse Raider
Number: 268
Level: 289
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Beast Warrior
Summon: Fiend
Attack: 1900
Defense: 1200
Text/Effect: A ferocious beast warrior that dedicates itself to evil deeds.
It finds joy in carrying out misdeeds.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon
Number: 380
Level: 999
Stars: ************ (12)
Type: Dragon
Summon: Divine
Attack: 4500
Defense: 3800
Text/Effect: The ultimate of all dragons that has three awe-inspiring heads.
It is formed by three Blue-Eyes White Dragons.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Ancient Lamp
Number: 535
Level: 161
Stars: *** (3)
Type: Magician
Summon: Wind
Attack: 900
Defense: 1400
Text/Effect: An animated magic lamp. It can summon a La Jinn the Mystical Genie
of the Lamp if there is open space on the own field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Y-Dragon Head
Number: 575
Level: 207
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Machine
Summon: Pyro
Attack: 1500
Defense: 1600
Text/Effect: A combative machine that can combine with one or two other
specific war machines on the own field to form a new monster.
Quantity in Deck: 2
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Name: Z-Metal Tank
Number: 590
Level: 207
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Machine
Summon: Thunder
Attack: 1500
Defense: 1300
Text/Effect: A combative machine that can combine with one or two other
specific war machines on the own field to form a new monster.
Quantity in Deck: 2
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Name: Master of Dragon Knight
Number: 698
Level: 169
Stars: ************ (12)
Type: Dragon
Summon: Divine
Attack: 5000
Defense: 5000
Text/Effect: A huge and awesomely strong dragon that can be powered up based
on the number of dragons on the player's field.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Lord of D.
Number: 741
Level: 121
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Magician
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 1200
Defense: 1100
Text/Effect: A monstrous magician that wears a large, concealing cape.
It has the power to rule over many dragons.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Magic
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Name: Swords of Revealing Light
Number: 348
Level: 300
Text/Effect: A spell that reveals all the foe's monsters over three turns. The
opposing monsters are prevented from attacking over that time.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Monster Reborn
Number: 601
Level: 250
Text/Effect: A spell that resurrects a monster from the opponent's graveyard
and places it on the player's side of the field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Megamorph
Number: 657
Level: 200
Text/Effect: A spell that gigantically transforms a monster on the field. The
chosen monster is made much more powerful.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Harpie's Feather Duster
Number: 673
Level: 100
Text/Effect: A feather duster that is made from a Harpie Lady's feather. It
sweeps away all spell and trap cards on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Change of Heart
Number: 784
Level: 500
Text/Effect: A spell that can take over a monster on the opponent's field. The
affected monster is put under control.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Pot of Greed
Number: 789
Level: 150
Text/Effect: A card that allows the player to draw cards from the deck. Up to
two cards may be drawn if there is room in the hand.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Traps
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Name: Torrential Tribute
Number: 694
Level: 200
Text/Effect: A trap card that has dire consequences to anyone that trips it.
If attacked, it destrows all monsters on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Dark Joey
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Notes and Strategy
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Small type. 30000 Life Points, 10 Deck Capacity, 2500 Domino
Standard Hall of Eternity Traps/Magic. 3 of each.
Joey's got a hard beat-down deck. Fortunately, he doesn't have a single card
that can take advantage of the Yami field element. Virus Crush can wipe out his
entire field every time, and he doesn't have an Anti-Raigeki either. In
addition, his deck has a lot of Warriors, so if you needed any more monster
destruction, you could add a Warrior Elimination or two.
His elements heavily favor Shadow, so a few Dream monsters should give you an
advantage. Just watch out for his fiend-type dragons. If you keep his field
free of basic monsters, you shouldn't have to worry. But can always get lucky
and pull a Change of Heart and Monster reborn at the same time, so be on your
toes.
The big card to watch out for is Joey's Jinzo. It kills all your traps and he
can get it out with just one tribute. Keep a monster destruction/control card
handy just in case he puts out this monster, because you sure as hell aren't
going to stop it with a trap. If you're not careful he can wipe out your entire
strategy with Jinzo.
Gilford the Lightning is another card to be wary of. It takes to monsters to
summon, so it should be a bit less threatening than Jinzo, but its effect is
just as dangerous. In a flash, every monster you have on the field could be
wiped out instantly. Be ready.
Other than that, he's just got Red-Eyes Black and its variants. If you're
paranoid, put a Dragon Capture Jar in your deck. Otherwise, you shouldn't need
to worry about them. They go down just as easily as any other normal monster.
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Flavor Text:
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Talk: [Player Name]... You're goin' down...
Challenge: Even your Family won't recognize you after I finish pummeling ya!
Turn: [Sound byte of Joey saying "It's my turn!"] My turn! Here goes!
Lose: My... Memories... I remember I'm a True duelist... Gwaaaaaaaaaaaah!
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Monsters
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Name: Red-Eyes Black Dragon
Number: 82
Level: 12
Stars: ******* (7)
Type: Dragon
Summon: Fiend
Attack: 2400
Defense: 2000
Text/Effect: A sinister black dragon with eyes that shine a deep scarlet.
It furiously spouts black flames that incinerate all things.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Gearfried the Iron Knight.
Number: 115
Level: 260
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Warrior
Summon: Earth
Attack: 1800
Defense: 1600
Text/Effect: A warrior that has been constructed out of tensile steel.
Its steel hands have sharp cutting edges.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Boar Soldier
Number: 197
Level: 319
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Beast Warrior
Summon: Earth
Attack: 2000
Defense: 500
Text/Effect: A porcine beast warrior that wields a massive stone axe.
It destroys everything that happens to be within sight.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Black Skull Dragon
Number: 217
Level: 5
Stars: ********* (9)
Type: Dragon
Summon: Fiend
Attack: 3200
Defense: 2500
Text/Effect: A fiendish dark dragon that is of extremely high rarity.
It is the fusion of a rare fiend and a dragon.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Zombyra the Dark
Number: 517
Level: 350
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Warrior
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 2100
Defense: 500
Text/Effect: A superhero on the dark side. In return for powering
down, he can destroy one monster on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Gilford the Lightning
Number: 667
Level: 58
Stars: ******** (8)
Type: Warrior
Summon: Light
Attack: 2800
Defense: 1400
Text/Effect: A warrior of great strength with a devastating power.
He can wipe out all monsters on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Exarion Universe
Number: 675
Level: 289
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Beast Warrior
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 1800
Defense: 1900
Text/Effect: A centair-like being that has the power to hit the opponent
with LP loss identical to its ATK. It then powers down.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon
Number: 742
Level: 58
Stars: ******** (8)
Type: Machine
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 2800
Defense: 2400
Text/Effect: A Red-Eyes Black Dragon that has be metalized for more power.
Its type has changed from dragon to machine.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Panther Warrior
Number: 745
Level: 319
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Beast Warrior
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 2000
Defense: 1600
Text/Effect: A feline warrior that attacks faster than sweeping winds.
Its speed easily tops 60 mph.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Jinzo.
Number: 752
Level: 231
Stars: ****** (6)
Type: Machine
Summon: Thunder
Attack: 2400
Defense: 1500
Text/Effect: An android of great power distinguished by its thick, long neck.
It can destroy all the trap cards on the opponent's field.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Steel Fan Fighter
Number: 792
Level: 150
Stars: ****** (6)
Type: Warrior
Summon: Wind
Attack: 2200
Defense: 1850
Text/Effect: A warrior who uses a steel fan that is etched with a dragon.
He battles as if he were dancing.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Magic
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Name: Swords of Revealing Light
Number: 348
Level: 300
Text/Effect: A spell that reveals all the foe's monsters over three turns. The
opposing monsters are prevented from attacking over that time.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Monster Reborn
Number: 601
Level: 250
Text/Effect: A spell that resurrects a monster from the opponent's graveyard
and places it on the player's side of the field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Megamorph
Number: 657
Level: 200
Text/Effect: A spell that gigantically transforms a monster on the field. The
chosen monster is made much more powerful.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Harpie's Feather Duster
Number: 673
Level: 100
Text/Effect: A feather duster that is made from a Harpie Lady's feather. It
sweeps away all spell and trap cards on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Change of Heart
Number: 784
Level: 500
Text/Effect: A spell that can take over a monster on the opponent's field. The
affected monster is put under control.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Pot of Greed
Number: 789
Level: 150
Text/Effect: A card that allows the player to draw cards from the deck. Up to
two cards may be drawn if there is room in the hand.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Traps
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Name: Torrential Tribute
Number: 694
Level: 200
Text/Effect: A trap card that has dire consequences to anyone that trips it.
If attacked, it destrows all monsters on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Yami Bakura
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Notes and Strategy
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Big type. 60000 Life Points, 20 Deck Capacity, 5000 Domino
Standard Hall of Eternity Traps/Magic. 3 of each.
Bakura has a beatdown deck much like Joey's, except that his monsters are all
the right type to take advantage of the Yami field. In addition, most of them
have 2000 attack power or more. But, like Joey, he falls easily to a Raigeki or
a Crush Card, since he has nothing to stop them and little that would survive
them. Since every single monster in his deck but one is Fiend type, you can be
sure that an Exile of the wicked or two (or three) will rip his deck to pieces.
Alternately, changing the field type can simultaneously hamstring his monsters
and bolster your own, should you choose your monsters wisely.
Unfortunately, strong monsters aren't the only thing in Bakura's deck. He also
has a Destiny Board. Once its activated, you've got just a few short turns to
either finish him off or destroy it, otherwise you lose instantly. If you get a
Harpie's Feather Duster early in the duel, save it until this hits the field.
Actually, even when it hits the field, you'll want to save it. Wait until he's
got 4 of the letters on his board before you destroy it. That way, he'll have
his magic/trap zone choked up for as long as possible. Jinzo will also work
here, as will a Trap Master. I'm not exactly sure about this, but I think if
you kill the Destiny Board with Trap Master, the other two or three Spirit
Messages will stay on the field and clog up his Magic and Trap space. Good
deal.
If you're lucky, though, he might choke himself with Destiny Board. On many
occasions, he's put out Destiny board while he had one card facedown on his
field that he refused to activate. With that one slot taken up by a facedown
card and the other four taken up by Destiny Board, he was wholly unable to play
any magic at all. Usually it will be a Torrential tribute, so if you make sure
to never ever attack except with God Cards, he'll never get Destiny Board to
work.
His elements very heavily favor Shadow. He's also only got one Fiend-summon
card, so if you load up with Dream monsters he won't stand a chance. But not
too many, because he also has some Earth-summon monsters that will do fine
against Dream monsters.
All in all, Bakura is one of the easier Hall of Eternity duelists if you
prepare correctly.
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Flavor Text:
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Talk: Hahahahaha! I don't think it's wise for you to get to know me!
Challenge: My occult deck will banish you to the shadows!
Turn: My turn!
Lose: Grr... I won't forget this... I will get my revenge!
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Monsters
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Name: Headless Knight
Number: 108
Level: 233
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Earth
Attack: 1450
Defense: 1700
Text/Effect: A knight who had been beheaded on a fake charge of treason.
Now its fiendish specter wanders without a head.
Quantity in Deck: 2
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Name: Dark Necrofear
Number: 138
Level: 58
Stars: ******** (8)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 2200
Defense: 2800
Text/Effect: A being that can take over a monster on the opponent's field.
The affected monster is put under the player's control.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Flash Assailant
Number: 181
Level: 319
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 2000
Defense: 2000
Text/Effect: An extremely quick fiend that uses its speed to best advantage.
If it is seen, the witness is sure to be killed instantly.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: The Earl of Demise
Number: 472
Level: 86
Stars: ***** (5)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 2000
Defense: 700
Text/Effect: A fiend of aristocratic status and fearsome bearing.
He is feared by not only humans, but also by weaker fiends.
Quantity in Deck: 2
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Name: Earthbound Spirit
Number: 526
Level: 319
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Earth
Attack: 500
Defense: 2000
Text/Effect: A fiendish spirit that cannot take leave from the earth.
It is made from the souls of soldiers vanquished in battle.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Dark Elf
Number: 551
Level: 319
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Magician
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 2000
Defense: 800
Text/Effect: A black-hearted elf that loves to fight above all else.
It can be a troublesome enemy if it gets to strike first.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Gernia
Number: 569
Level: 3140
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Fiend
Attack: 1300
Defense: 1200
Text/Effect: A fiend whose arms end in large cruelly curved talons.
It uses its powerful jumps to attack foes from above.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Nuvia the Wicked
Number: 551
Level: 319
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 2000
Defense: 800
Text/Effect: A dark fiend that had once been a woman fixated on revenge.
She changed to this form by selling her soul to a dark entity.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: The Portrait's Secret
Number: 779
Level: 183
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Earth
Attack: 1200
Defense: 1500
Text/Effect: A portrait painting that has a sinister reputation of bad luck.
It is said to bring misfortune to all those who own it.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: The Gross Ghost of Fled Dreams
Number: 780
Level: 260
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 1300
Defense: 1800
Text/Effect: A dark fiend that haunts the dreams of those it comes to possess.
Once it is in control, the victim cannot awaken voluntarily.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Magic
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Name: Swords of Revealing Light
Number: 348
Level: 300
Text/Effect: A spell that reveals all the foe's monsters over three turns. The
opposing monsters are prevented from attacking over that time.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Monster Reborn
Number: 601
Level: 250
Text/Effect: A spell that resurrects a monster from the opponent's graveyard
and places it on the player's side of the field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Megamorph
Number: 657
Level: 200
Text/Effect: A spell that gigantically transforms a monster on the field. The
chosen monster is made much more powerful.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Harpie's Feather Duster
Number: 673
Level: 100
Text/Effect: A feather duster that is made from a Harpie Lady's feather. It
sweeps away all spell and trap cards on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Change of Heart
Number: 784
Level: 500
Text/Effect: A spell that can take over a monster on the opponent's field. The
affected monster is put under control.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Pot of Greed
Number: 789
Level: 150
Text/Effect: A card that allows the player to draw cards from the deck. Up to
two cards may be drawn if there is room in the hand.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Traps
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Name: Destiny Board
Number: 583
Level: 500
Text/Effect: A board that adds a letter at the start of the own turn.
Victory is automatic if the "FINAL" message is completed.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Torrential Tribute
Number: 694
Level: 200
Text/Effect: A trap card that has dire consequences to anyone that trips it.
If attacked, it destrows all monsters on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Yami Yugi
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Notes and Strategy
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Big type. 60000 Life Points, 20 Deck Capacity, 5000 Domino
Standard Hall of Eternity Traps/Magic. 3 of each, except Change of Heart, of
which he only has two.
Yugi's deck is a hard one to classify. I'd say it's mostly a Dark Magician
based Shadow deck than anything else. Surprisingly, his deck is mostly Warrior
type monsters rather than the Magician types you'd suspect. Well, his heavy
hitters are largely warriors. About half of his basic monsters are capable of
taking advantage of the Yami field type. In addition, he has the Royal Knights
combo, with Jack, Queen, and King. He doesn't really seem to get much use out
of these three, and they can't even get the Yami bonus, so they're pretty
useless. A warrior Elimination might help, but he probably won't ever have
warriors on the field when you've got it in your hand. I would stick with
Crush, Raigeki, and Beckon to Darkness because they're guaranteed to work every
time. Change the field to anything but Sogen to slightly weaken him.
The only warrior you really need to worry about is the Dark Flare Knight. If he
gets this card out, get ready for a world of hurt. Once it dies, it summons a
Mirage knight onto the field, which in turn splits into a Dark Magician and a
flame Swordsman. Your best bet is to wait until you have some extra monster
destruction handy before you try to kill it. When the Mirage Knight pops up,
immediately use your monster destruction on it to prevent him from getting out
a 3000+ attack power Yami-boosted Dark Magician on the field. As if that
weren't enough, he also has another Mirage Knight lurking in his deck. if
you're lucky, though, he won't get a chance to summon it.
Worst of all is Slifer. God help you if Yugi gets this card on the field.
Immune to all traps and magic, the only way you can kill it is with another,
stronger monster. Thanks to its heavy powerup bonus, that means any other card
is pretty much useless unless it's another Slifer. The only way to combat this
monster is to have your own Slifer out early or just prevent him from summoning
it entirely. I'm not sure if Dragon Capture Jar will work on Slifer, but it
couldn't hurt to try. At worst you'll just die anyway when he summons it.
One of the hardest duelists of the bunch. Beat him once for the sake of
completion, but stay away from him otherwise.
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Flavor Text:
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Talk: [Player name], what can be seen and not see at the same time?
Challenge: I accept your challenge!
Turn: [Sound clip of Yami Yugi saying "It's my turn!"] My turn!
Lose: You've become much stronger, [Player name]. But you won't win so easily
next time.
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Monsters
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Name: Dark Magician
Number: 35
Level: 20
Stars: ******* (7)
Type: Magician
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 2500
Defense: 2100
Text/Effect: A sinister spell caster that possesses both power and defense.
It is among the best of al magicians.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Flash Assailant
Number: 181
Level: 319
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 2000
Defense: 2000
Text/Effect: An extremely quick fiend that uses its speed to best advantage.
If it is seen, the witness is sure to be killed instantly.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Slifer the Sky Dragon
Number: 238
Level: 0
Stars: ************ (12)
Type: Dragon
Summon: Divine
Attack: 4000
Defense: 4000
Text/Effect: A dragon that can power up based on the cards in the hand.
For every card in the player's hand, power is upped 3 levels.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Dark Elf
Number: 551
Level: 319
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Magician
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 2000
Defense: 800
Text/Effect: A black-hearted elf that loves to fight above all else.
It can be a troublesome enemy if it gets to strike first.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Queen's Knight
Number: 555
Level: 201
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Warrior
Summon: Light
Attack: 1500
Defense: 1600
Text/Effect: A female warrior that bewilders foes with sinuous movements.
It strikes abruptly when it spots an opportunity.
Quantity in Deck: 2
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Name: Jack's Knight
Number: 557
Level: 61
Stars: ***** (5)
Type: Warrior
Summon: Light
Attack: 1900
Defense: 1000
Text/Effect: A warrior who is fully versed in all styles of swordplay.
He fight to protect the weak from the forces of evil.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: King's Knight
Number: 563
Level: 207
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Warrior
Summon: Light
Attack: 1600
Defense: 1400
Text/Effect: A grandiose warrior that can summon Jack's knight if a Queen's
knight is on the player's field.
Quantity in Deck: 2
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Name: Dark Magician Knight
Number: 578
Level: 20
Stars: ******* (7)
Type: Warrior
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 2500
Defense: 2100
Text/Effect: A Dark Magician that has earned the title of a knight.
It has gained the mighty power of a warrior.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Dark Paladin
Number: 636
Level: 76
Stars: ******** (8)
Type: Warrior
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 2900
Defense: 2400
Text/Effect: A warrior that can destroy a spell on the opponent's
Field by discarding the far left card in the own hand.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Dark Flare Knight
Number: 645
Level: 150
Stars: ***** (5)
Type: Warrior
Summon: Pyro
Attack: 2200
Defense: 800
Text/Effect: A warrior of dark flames. If it is in the player's graveyard,
it is able to summon a Mirage Knight to the own field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Mirage Knight
Number: 646
Level: 58
Stars: ******** (8)
Type: Warrior
Summon: Dream
Attack: 2800
Defense: 2200
Text/Effect: A warrior who, at the start of the foe's turn, can split
into a Dark Magician and a Flame Swordsman.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Big Shield Gardna
Number: 758
Level: 532
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Warrior
Summon: Earth
Attack: 100
Defense: 2500
Text/Effect: A legendary shield of a massive size and ornate design.
It is said to have fended off a million-strong army in the past.
Quantity in Deck: 2
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Name: Dark Magician Girl
Number: 760
Level: 86
Stars: ****** (6)
Type: Magician
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 2000
Defense: 1700
Text/Effect: A beautiful female counterpart to the male Dark Magician.
She powers up if there is a Dark Magician in the graveyard.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Magic
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Name: Swords of Revealing Light
Number: 348
Level: 300
Text/Effect: A spell that reveals all the foe's monsters over three turns. The
opposing monsters are prevented from attacking over that time.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Monster Reborn
Number: 601
Level: 250
Text/Effect: A spell that resurrects a monster from the opponent's graveyard
and places it on the player's side of the field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Megamorph
Number: 657
Level: 200
Text/Effect: A spell that gigantically transforms a monster on the field. The
chosen monster is made much more powerful.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Harpie's Feather Duster
Number: 673
Level: 100
Text/Effect: A feather duster that is made from a Harpie Lady's feather. It
sweeps away all spell and trap cards on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Change of Heart
Number: 784
Level: 500
Text/Effect: A spell that can take over a monster on the opponent's field. The
affected monster is put under control.
Quantity in Deck: 2
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Name: Pot of Greed
Number: 789
Level: 150
Text/Effect: A card that allows the player to draw cards from the deck. Up to
two cards may be drawn if there is room in the hand.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Traps
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Name: Torrential Tribute
Number: 694
Level: 200
Text/Effect: A trap card that has dire consequences to anyone that trips it.
If attacked, it destrows all monsters on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Yami Marik
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Notes and Strategy
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Big type. 60000 Life Points, 20 Deck Capacity, 5000 Domino
Standard Hall of Eternity Traps/Magic. 3 of each.
Marik has a very bizarre deck. Hard to classify. If I had to, though, I'd call
it a "from behind" sort of deck. A lot of his cards seem to have sneaky,
underhanded effects. They power you down, they work from the graveyard, they
steal your own monsters and sap your life points. Marik seems to have no real
elemental theme, except maybe a slight lean towards Shadow, but I doubt that
Dream monsters will do you any good because of all the other element types he's
got in there. He does, however, have a very large number of Fiend-type
monsters: all of his monsters but two are fiends. Obviously this means he can
take advantage of the Yami field type, but since most of his monsters have low
attack power anyway, it's not like it does him any good, and that also means
changing the field type won't hurt him much. Choose umi if anything to weaken
Ra. Exile of the Wicked is perfect for dueling against Marik.
Both Helpoemer and Newdoria can hurt you from beyond the grave. If he's got one
of these on the field, I highly suggest you keep it alive until such time that
you can safely dump another monster on top of it to prevent its effect. Or, if
you have a Monster Reborn handy, you can just take them from him.
Viser Des and Dark Jeroid will both power down your monsters. It's not too much
of a problem for me, since my basic monsters too weak for it to matter and my
God cards are too strong for it to matter, but your particular deck might have
some trouble with it so watch out.
Lava Golem is the best card in his whole deck. By "best," of course I mean
"best for you." For the paltry sum of 700 LP per turn, you get a 3900-attack
power monster on your field that doesn't even take up space in your deck or
hand. Marik Rarely summons this monster, preferring instead to hand it over to
you, so you shouldn't worry about it being on his side of the field too much.
700 would normally be a problem when you start to run out of LP, but the great
part about Reshef of Destruction is that you can simply discard Lava Golem from
the field when you tire of it. Keep it, sacrifice it, suicide attack with it,or
simply dump it as you see fit.
The one to watch out for, though, is Phoenix Ra. He rarely has enough cards to
summon it, though, and never ever simply discards it from his hand to put it in
Battle Mode. In fact, even if he gets it on the field, he probably won't have a
chance to use Battle Mode's effect. It's obviously not going to die unless you
attack it, so when you kill it and it comes back in Battle Mode, he will be
unable to change it from attack position. When his turn comes, all his attack
position cards are flipped face-up, so he is unable to use Battle Mode's
effect. And thank God for that. If he had any brains at all, he'd be the
hardest duelist in the entire game.
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Flavor Text:
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Talk: Hahahahahahaha! I'll destroy you and plunge the world into darkness!
Challenge: I'll annihilate you quick. In fact, I'll beat you in one turn!
Fuhahahahaha!
Turn: My turn!
Lose: Wh-what? How could I lose... Just wait. I will send you to the Shadow
Realm in time! Ha ha ha...
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Monsters
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Name: Winged Dragon of Ra (Phoenix Mode)
Number: 412
Level: 0
Stars: ************ (12)
Type: Pyro
Summon: Divine
Attack: 4000
Defense: 4000
Text/Effect: A creature that can wipe out all enemy monsters at 1000LP cost.
It can be returned from the graveyard in the Battle Mode.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Gil Garth
Number: 565
Level: 260
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Fiend
Attack: 1800
Defense: 1200
Text/Effect: A fiendish, murderous machine clad in an armor of tough steel.
It attacks remorselessly with a wicked huge sword.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Helpoemer
Number: 604
Level: 500
Stars: ***** (5)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Dreams
Attack: 2000
Defense: 1400
Text/Effect: If this is in the own graveyard on the enemy's turn, and if
the foe has 3 or more cards in hand, the foe must discard one.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Lava Golem
Number: 605
Level: 95
Stars: ******** (8)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Pyro
Attack: 3000
Defense: 2500
Text/Effect: If this is in the own hand, it can be made to appear on
the enemy's field for two enemy monsters as tributes.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Newdoria
Number: 606
Level: 121
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Dreams
Attack: 1200
Defense: 800
Text/Effect: If this is in the own graveyard at the start of the player's
turn, it destroys an enemy monster, and then disappears
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Dark Jeroid
Number: 607
Level: 183
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Aqua
Attack: 1200
Defense: 1500
Text/Effect: An odd aqua fiend that, if it is on the own field, will power
down a monster on the opponent's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Executor Makyura
Number: 616
Level: 207
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Warrior
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 1600
Defense: 1200
Text/Effect: A menacing monster that has been given the role of an executioner.
It slices up the condemned with the sharp claws on its forelegs.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Byser Shock
Number: 619
Level: 0
Stars: ***** (5)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Thunder
Attack: 800
Defense: 600
Text/Effect: A fiend that can return all face-down cards on both fields to
the hands of both players if there is space in the hands.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Viser Des
Number: 623
Level: 121
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 500
Defense: 1200
Text/Effect: A dark fiend that can power down an enemy monster on the foe's
field at the start of the own turn.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Legendary Fiend
Number: 676
Level: 41
Stars: ****** (6)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 1500
Defense: 1800
Text/Effect: A fiend with large black wings that is described in legends.
It has the ability to power itself up.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Magic
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Name: Swords of Revealing Light
Number: 348
Level: 300
Text/Effect: A spell that reveals all the foe's monsters over three turns. The
opposing monsters are prevented from attacking over that time.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Monster Reborn
Number: 601
Level: 250
Text/Effect: A spell that resurrects a monster from the opponent's graveyard
and places it on the player's side of the field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Megamorph
Number: 657
Level: 200
Text/Effect: A spell that gigantically transforms a monster on the field. The
chosen monster is made much more powerful.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Harpie's Feather Duster
Number: 673
Level: 100
Text/Effect: A feather duster that is made from a Harpie Lady's feather. It
sweeps away all spell and trap cards on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Change of Heart
Number: 784
Level: 500
Text/Effect: A spell that can take over a monster on the opponent's field. The
affected monster is put under control.
Quantity in Deck: 2
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Name: Pot of Greed
Number: 789
Level: 150
Text/Effect: A card that allows the player to draw cards from the deck. Up to
two cards may be drawn if there is room in the hand.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Traps
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Name: Torrential Tribute
Number: 694
Level: 200
Text/Effect: A trap card that has dire consequences to anyone that trips it.
If attacked, it destrows all monsters on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Anti-Raigeki
Number: 782
Level: 150
Text/Effect: A trap card that protects the player's monsters from Raigeki.
Instead, it destroys all the monsters on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Noah
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Notes and Strategy
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Big type. 60000 Life Points, 20 Deck Capacity, 5000 Domino
Standard Hall of Eternity Traps/Magic. 3 of each.
Noah has a rather heavy predilection for Fairy monsters. One might call him the
"King of Fairies," a fitting title if you consider what Yami does to Fairy
types. If there were a card that killed all Fairies on the field it would be
great against Noah, but there isn't. You can't even use Virus Crush or Raigeki
because all his monsters are too weak to die from one, and he has a trap to
counter the other. Not that you'd really need it, not after Yami field is done
turning all of his monsters into helpless weaklings.
Other than fairies, he seems to have a slight bias towards earth type, both of
which are beat-down monsters. A Harpie's Brother fits right in, and so does an
Ancient Lamp (especially with that La Jinn it spits out).
His heavy tribute monsters are pushovers as well. Yamata dragon is too weak for
the 2 tributes it costs him, Berserk Dragon dissolves itself if you wait long
enough, Nightmare Penguin is too weak anyway, and even Five God Dragon dies
just the same to any monster destruction you throw at it. Doubly so,
considering its almost always going to the be strongest one on the field.
Perfect Machine King is about the only thing in his arsenal you need to worry
about, and even then only if you've got Battle Mode Ra on the field. Wait it
out and finish him with an Aqua monster (one of the multiplying types) or just
any old Monster destruction.
Honestly, there's not really a lot going for Noah. He's the one to sink your
teeth into when you first reach the Hall and the one to train on if you want to
boost for a link battle. Makes you almost feel sorry for the little guy.
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Flavor Text:
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Talk: My name is Noah. Shall I make you a permanent citizen of my virtual
world?
Challenge: Heh. You want me to duel you? I admire your courage, but your
stupidity will be your downfall! Savor the bitter taste of defeat!
Turn: It's my turn!
Lose: This can't be! My skills are superior to yours in every way!
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Monsters
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Name: Nightmare Penguin
Number: 216
Level: 32
Stars: ***** (5)
Type: Aqua
Summon: Aqua
Attack: 1300
Defense: 1750
Text/Effect: A penguin that, while on the player's field, powers up all the
aqua,fish, Sea Serpent, and reptile types on the same field.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Perfect Machine King
Number: 236
Level: 43
Stars: ******* (7)
Type: Machine
Summon: Pyro
Attack: 2700
Defense: 2200
Text/Effect: A fiery war machine that, while on the own field, powers up
two levels for every machine-type monster on both fields.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Aeris
Number: 435
Level: 260
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Fairy
Summon: Earth
Attack: 1800
Defense: 1400
Text/Effect: An earth fairy that has a rare quality about its style.
It prefers to fight with weapons rather than spells.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Giant Rex
Number: 445
Level: 319
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Dinosaur
Summon: Earth
Attack: 2000
Defense: 1200
Text/Effect: An earth dinosaur with a finned back that boasts a high ATK.
It never fails to bring down targeted prey.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Asura Priest
Number: 514
Level: 233
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Fairy
Summon: Dreams
Attack: 1700
Defense: 1200
Text/Effect: A fairy of dreams, and a deity of war in the Far East.
Using its six arm, it effortlessly mows down enemies.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Berserk Dragon
Number: 617
Level: 229
Stars: ******** (8)
Type: Zombie
Summon: Dragon
Attack: 3600
Defense: 0
Text/Effect: A powerful zombie that can attack all enemy monsters at once.
It powers down at the start of the foe's turn.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Yamata Dragon
Number: 643
Level: 117
Stars: ******* (7)
Type: Dragon
Summon: Pyro
Attack: 2600
Defense: 3100
Text/Effect: A legendary dragon of the orient with eight serpent-like heads.
It easily succumbs to the allure of alcohol.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Shinato, King of a Higher Plane
Number: 644
Level: 168
Stars: ******** (8)
Type: Fairy
Summon: Light
Attack: 3300
Defense: 3000
Text/Effect: The merciful king of the heavens where the fairies live.
It shows no mercy to those it considers to be enemies.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: F.G.D.
Number: 697
Level: 169
Stars: ************ (12)
Type: Dragon
Summon: Divine
Attack: 5000
Defense: 5000
Text/Effect: A divine dragon of great power and five huge heads.
It has the power to destroy every card on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Chirion the Mage
Number: 772
Level: 260
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Beast
Summon: Earth
Attack: 1800
Defense: 1000
Text/Effect: A centaur soldier that is clad in a knight's armor for war.
It can destroy one monster on the opponent's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Magic
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Name: Swords of Revealing Light
Number: 348
Level: 300
Text/Effect: A spell that reveals all the foe's monsters over three turns. The
opposing monsters are prevented from attacking over that time.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Monster Reborn
Number: 601
Level: 250
Text/Effect: A spell that resurrects a monster from the opponent's graveyard
and places it on the player's side of the field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Megamorph
Number: 657
Level: 200
Text/Effect: A spell that gigantically transforms a monster on the field. The
chosen monster is made much more powerful.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Harpie's Feather Duster
Number: 673
Level: 100
Text/Effect: A feather duster that is made from a Harpie Lady's feather. It
sweeps away all spell and trap cards on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Change of Heart
Number: 784
Level: 500
Text/Effect: A spell that can take over a monster on the opponent's field. The
affected monster is put under control.
Quantity in Deck: 2
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Name: Pot of Greed
Number: 789
Level: 150
Text/Effect: A card that allows the player to draw cards from the deck. Up to
two cards may be drawn if there is room in the hand.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Traps
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Name: Torrential Tribute
Number: 694
Level: 200
Text/Effect: A trap card that has dire consequences to anyone that trips it.
If attacked, it destrows all monsters on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Anti-Raigeki
Number: 782
Level: 150
Text/Effect: A trap card that protects the player's monsters from Raigeki.
Instead, it destroys all the monsters on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Shadi
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Notes and Strategy
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Small type. 30000 Life Points, 10 Deck Capacity, 2500 Domino
Standard Hall of Eternity Traps/Magic. 3 of each.
Shadi has a generic beatdown deck. No unifying type theme, no unifying summon
theme. The only way I can see is a lean towards Fiends and Magicians equally,
and another lean towards Divine monsters. But what Shadi's deck lacks in
variety, he makes up for in power. There is little to no chance you'll ever
find yourself beating this guy's deck down. Crush Card is perfect against
Shadi, doubly so considering his Anti-Raigeki. All I can say is pack a lot of
monster destruction and pray for Phoenix Ra.
His tribute monsters heavily favor Divine type, so there's no point in trying
for an elemental advantage there, either. Unfortunately for you, unlike the
rest of his Hall of Eternity counterparts, Shadi has a large number of heavy
hitting tribute monsters, many of which are capable of taking advantage of the
Yami field bonus. First thing on your list should be changing the Yami field,
especially to something that will benefit your own monsters.
Short, simple, and to the point, Shadi's deck will put you in a world of hurt
if you take him lightly.
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Flavor Text:
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Talk: My name is Shadi... You have a room in your soul... Which I will
disassemble!
Challenge: This duel has been foretold milleniums ago... Can you overcome my
test?
Turn: It's my turn!
Lose: You have prevailed... I am thoroughly defeated.
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Monsters
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Name: Flash Assailant
Number: 181
Level: 319
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 2000
Defense: 2000
Text/Effect: An extremely quick fiend that uses its speed to best advantage.
If it is seen, the witness is sure to be killed instantly.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Boar Soldier
Number: 197
Level: 319
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Beast Warrior
Summon: Earth
Attack: 2000
Defense: 500
Text/Effect: A porcine beast warrior that wields a massive stone axe.
It destroys everything that happens to be within sight.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Crimson Sunbird
Number: 407
Level: 188
Stars: ****** (6)
Type: Winged Beast
Summon: Pyro
Attack: 230
Defense: 1800
Text/Effect: An inferno of a bird that blazes wildly in crimson all over.
It looses a shower of embers with every flap of its wings.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Bracchio-radius
Number: 509
Level:150
Stars: ****** (6)
Type: Dinosaur
Summon: Earth
Attack: 2200
Defense: 2000
Text/Effect: A gargantuan dinosaur that has a thick and elongated neck.
It stomps on anything that it discovers moving near its feet.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Gemini Elf
Number: 532
Level: 289
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Magician
Summon: Light
Attack: 1900
Defense: 900
Text/Effect: Twin elven sisters who practice in the ways of magic.
They take turns while they attack.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Quantity in Deck: 3
Name: Dark Elf
Number: 551
Level: 319
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Magician
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 2000
Defense: 800
Text/Effect: A black-hearted elf that loves to fight above all else.
It can be a troublesome enemy if it gets to strike first.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Sengenjin
Number: 704
Level: 999
Stars: ******** (8)
Type: Beast Warrior
Summon: Divine
Attack: 2750
Defense: 2500
Text/Effect: A primitive humanoid that awakened from a sleep of 1,000 years.
It relies on strength and nothing else, no matter what.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Cosmo Queen
Number: 708
Level: 999
Stars: ******** (8)
Type: Magician
Summon: Divine
Attack: 2900
Defense: 2450
Text/Effect: A woman of distinguished demeanor and enormous power.
She is said to rule over all the stars and planets in the cosmos.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Firewing Pegasus
Number: 714
Level: 168
Stars: ****** (6)
Type: Beast
Summon: Pyro
Attack: 2250
Defense: 1800
Text/Effect: A horse with massive wings that blaze in vivid, scarlet flames.
It is a fiery sight to behold as it gallops across the sky.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Magician of Black Chaos
Number: 721
Level: 999
Stars: ******** (8)
Type: Magician
Summon: Divine
Attack: 2800
Defense: 2600
Text/Effect: A master of magicians who embodies the sinister power of chaos.
He is the fusion of shadow and light.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Magic
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Name: Swords of Revealing Light
Number: 348
Level: 300
Text/Effect: A spell that reveals all the foe's monsters over three turns. The
opposing monsters are prevented from attacking over that time.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Monster Reborn
Number: 601
Level: 250
Text/Effect: A spell that resurrects a monster from the opponent's graveyard
and places it on the player's side of the field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Megamorph
Number: 657
Level: 200
Text/Effect: A spell that gigantically transforms a monster on the field. The
chosen monster is made much more powerful.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Harpie's Feather Duster
Number: 673
Level: 100
Text/Effect: A feather duster that is made from a Harpie Lady's feather. It
sweeps away all spell and trap cards on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Change of Heart
Number: 784
Level: 500
Text/Effect: A spell that can take over a monster on the opponent's field. The
affected monster is put under control.
Quantity in Deck: 2
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Name: Pot of Greed
Number: 789
Level: 150
Text/Effect: A card that allows the player to draw cards from the deck. Up to
two cards may be drawn if there is room in the hand.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Traps
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Name: Torrential Tribute
Number: 694
Level: 200
Text/Effect: A trap card that has dire consequences to anyone that trips it.
If attacked, it destrows all monsters on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Anti-Raigeki
Number: 782
Level: 150
Text/Effect: A trap card that protects the player's monsters from Raigeki.
Instead, it destroys all the monsters on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Paradox
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Notes and Strategy
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Small type. 30000 Life Points, 10 Deck Capacity, 2500 Domino
Standard Hall of Eternity Traps/Magic. 3 of each.
Paradox has a deck almost exactly like Shadi's, only there aren't as many
magicians in it. Pure beatdown is the fare of the day. Stock Crush Cards and
monster destruction primarily. Pretty much your only hope of beating him is
with a God Card on the field.
His deck has a bit of everything, so turn the field to Arena with Giant Soldier
of Stone to prevent any of his monsters from getting a field bonus. Zera the
Mant and Black Luster Soldier are his biggest heavy hitters, both divine type.
Keep your monster destruction ready for when one of these shows up. Sometimes
though, he can choke himself with all the Zera's he's got, especially if you
can keep his basic monsters off the field.
A very simple, straightforward deck.
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Flavor Text:
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Talk: I am Paradox. I am the sage for all duelists.
Challenge: You're challenging me? Either you're brave... Or you underestimate
me...
Turn: It's my turn now.
Lose: Perhaps my time has passed...
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Monsters
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Name: Flash Assailant
Number: 181
Level: 319
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 2000
Defense: 2000
Text/Effect: An extremely quick fiend that uses its speed to best advantage.
If it is seen, the witness is sure to be killed instantly.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Boar Soldier
Number: 197
Level: 319
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Beast Warrior
Summon: Earth
Attack: 2000
Defense: 500
Text/Effect: A porcine beast warrior that wields a massive stone axe.
It destroys everything that happens to be within sight.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Zera the Mant
Number: 360
Level: 999
Stars: ******** (8)
Type: Fiend
Summon: Divine
Attack: 2800
Defense: 2300
Text/Effect: An extremely strong evil monster of imposing size.
It attacks with its bulk and horribly hooked claws.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Black Luster Soldier
Number: 364
Level: 999
Stars: ******** (8)
Type: Warrior
Summon: Divine
Attack: 3000
Defense: 2500
Text/Effect: The strongest of all warriors, it suitably wears black.
It equals the Blue-Eyes White Dragon in ability.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Machine King
Number: 407
Level: 150
Stars: ****** (6)
Type: Machine
Summon: Pyro
Attack: 2200
Defense: 2000
Text/Effect: A sturdy machine that, while on the own field, powers up
one level for every machine-type monster on both fields.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Aqua Dragon
Number: 442
Level: 168
Stars: ****** (6)
Type: Sea Dragon
Summon: Aqua
Attack: 2250
Defense: 1900
Text/Effect: A furtive dragon that lurks quietly out of sight underwater.
It attacks by shooting blocks of water from its mouth.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Name: Gemini Elf
Number: 532
Level: 289
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Magician
Summon: Light
Attack: 1900
Defense: 900
Text/Effect: Twin elven sisters who practice in the ways of magic.
They take turns while they attack.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Dark Elf
Number: 551
Level: 319
Stars: **** (4)
Type: Magician
Summon: Shadow
Attack: 2000
Defense: 800
Text/Effect: A black-hearted elf that loves to fight above all else.
It can be a troublesome enemy if it gets to strike first.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Cyber-Tech Alligator
Number: 799
Level: 279
Stars: ***** (5)
Type: Machine
Summon: Wind
Attack: 2500
Defense: 1600
Text/Effect: A winged dragon that has been made powerful using technology.
It was made a cyborg by its owner on its deathbed.
Quantity in Deck: 1
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Magic
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Name: Swords of Revealing Light
Number: 348
Level: 300
Text/Effect: A spell that reveals all the foe's monsters over three turns. The
opposing monsters are prevented from attacking over that time.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Monster Reborn
Number: 601
Level: 250
Text/Effect: A spell that resurrects a monster from the opponent's graveyard
and places it on the player's side of the field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Megamorph
Number: 657
Level: 200
Text/Effect: A spell that gigantically transforms a monster on the field. The
chosen monster is made much more powerful.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Harpie's Feather Duster
Number: 673
Level: 100
Text/Effect: A feather duster that is made from a Harpie Lady's feather. It
sweeps away all spell and trap cards on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Change of Heart
Number: 784
Level: 500
Text/Effect: A spell that can take over a monster on the opponent's field. The
affected monster is put under control.
Quantity in Deck: 2
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Name: Pot of Greed
Number: 789
Level: 150
Text/Effect: A card that allows the player to draw cards from the deck. Up to
two cards may be drawn if there is room in the hand.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Traps
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Name: Torrential Tribute
Number: 694
Level: 200
Text/Effect: A trap card that has dire consequences to anyone that trips it.
If attacked, it destrows all monsters on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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Name: Anti-Raigeki
Number: 782
Level: 150
Text/Effect: A trap card that protects the player's monsters from Raigeki.
Instead, it destroys all the monsters on the foe's field.
Quantity in Deck: 3
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VIII. Thanks and Contact information
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Thanks to:
- Chen Goujin for his excellent DM8 password guide. I never would have been
able to get some of the card effects if not for him.
Contact me at
[email protected] if you spot any errors or have anything to
suggest. Thanks for reading my FAQ!
