Battle City battle royal (manga)

The Battle City tournament, featured a battle royal game of Duel Monsters, in the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga.

It was to determine the match-ups for the semifinals, between Dark Yugi, Katsuya Jonouchi, Seto Kaiba and Dark Marik. The first two players to lose were to Duel in the first semifinal and the other two in the second.

Prior
The Duel took place in the Duel Tower. Each semifinalist got into a pod, which would be elevated, as they lost Life Points, bringing losers to the top of the tower. The first two to the top would face each other in the first semifinal.

Each player contemplated how they would like to be matched up for the next round.
 * To defeat "The Sun Dragon Ra", Kaiba figured he would need two God cards, so he aimed to face Dark Yugi next, to acquire his God card, "Slifer the Sky Dragon".
 * Dark Marik did not mind who his next opponent would be, due to his confidence that nobody could defeat "Ra", but if he had to choose, would select Dark Yugi to satisfy his craving to get rid of him.
 * Jonouchi had hoped to Duel Dark Yugi, as a testament to his development as a Duelist, but was willing to put that aside, while he needed to defeat Dark Marik to save Mai Kujaku.
 * Dark Yugi had motive to Duel all three; Dark Marik, his true enemy, Jonouchi, whom he had promised to Duel and Kaiba, with whom he was to have a fated Duel.

To determine the order of play for the battle, each participant removed one Monster Card from their Deck. They were to take turns in order of ATK of the selected monsters, starting with the highest. Kaiba was eager to take the advantage of going first and choose a high-ATK card, he won through the ante rule. Jonouchi was intent on saving his strongest cards for the Duel and choose a weak monster.
 * 1) Kaiba: "Masked Beast of Guardius", 3300 ATK
 * 2) Dark Marik: "Lekunga", 1700 ATK
 * 3) Dark Yugi: "Feral Imp", 1300 ATK
 * 4) Jonouchi: "Swordsman of Landstar", 500 ATK

Duel
Turn 1: Kaiba

Kaiba Set a card and Summoned "Vorse Raider".

Turn 2: Dark Marik

Dark Marik Summoned "Newdoria" in Defense Mode.

Turn 3: Dark Yugi

Dark Yugi Set a card and Summoned "Big Shield Guardna" in Defense Mode.

Turn 4: Jonouchi

Jonouchi did not get any Monster Cards in his opening hand, so he just Set a card and ended.

Turn 5: Kaiba

Kaiba said he would teach Jonouchi the food chain of the fight and got "Vorse Raider" to attack him directly, but Dark Yugi got "Big Shield Guardna" to block the attack.

Cards used
The following cards appeared in this Duel. Each player excluded one card from their Deck to determine the order of play.