Joey Wheeler's Decks

Joey Wheeler's Deck has changed numereous times throughout the series. His strategies often involve luck, which is sometimes critized by other characters. It usually consists of Warrior-Type monsters and later support for "Red-Eyes B. Dragon\Red-Eyes Black Dragon".

Initially he tried filling his Deck, with just powerful Monster Cards. His Deck becomes more balanced as he learns more about the game.

Duelist Kingdom
During Duelist Kingdom Joey's Deck comprised mainly of Warriors, Beast-Warriors or other tough Anthropomorphic animals.

Since the rules at this stage of the series excluded Tribute Summons, many of his monsters are above Level 4 and could be Summoned without Tributes.

In the anime on the boat trip to Duelist Kingdom, Joey aquired a few additions to his Deck. Yugi gave him the "Time Wizard" card and Joey traded with other people to get "Baby Dragon", "Salamandra", "Shield & Sword" and "Kunai with Chain". During the tournament, Tristan Taylor gave him the card "Lava Battleguard" in the anime. Joey won the card "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" off Rex Raptor by gambling the "Time Wizard" card.

Differences to OCG/TCG Cards

 * "Time Wizard" and "Copycat" were Spell Cards. "Time Wizard's" effect consisted of a spinning roulette. There was a 2 in 3 chance of it stopping on a skull symbol. This would destroy all the controller's monsters and cause them to take damage equal to half the combined ATK of all monsters they controlled. There was a 1 in 3 chance of landing on one of the win symbols, which would cause all monsters on the field, to age, which usually weakened them. In "Baby Dragon's" case it got stronger. "Dark Magician" got weaker but gained effects as "Dark Sage" when affected by "Time Wizard".


 * "Flame Swordsman" was a Normal Monster, although the international dub of the anime, changed the color of the card to purple making it appear to be a Fusion Monster to match its real life equivalent, but the card was still used like a Normal Monster.


 * "Thousand Dragon" was not a Fusion Monster. It wasn't a card, but moreso "Baby Dragon" altered by the effect of "Time Wizard".


 * "Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon" was not included in his Main Deck, but moreso "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" affected by "Metalmorph".

Battle City
Many changes are made to Joey's Deck during the Battle City tournament.

With the rules changed to match the OCG and TCG, Joey's Deck includes much less high Level monsters as they must now be Tribute Summoned.

The number of tough Warriors and Beast-Warrior-Type monsters decreases and he includes a few cartoon-like warriors, while many more luck based cards are added.

Due to the Ante rule, Joey loses his "Red-Eyes Black Dragon", but wins a few more rare cards. Although Yugi manages to win back Joey's "Red-Eyes", Joey refuses to take it back and says he'll earn it when he becomes a better duelist.

During the tournament, Joey gets possessed by Marik Ishtar and is forced to duel Yugi. Marik adds a number of Spell Cards to his Deck, while allow him to directly destroy monsters and inflict damage. Although such cards were outlawed in this tournament.

After losing to Marik, Joey falls into a coma, where he dreams he is participating in another tournament. This tournament uses early rules, prior to Battle City and Joey uses a different Deck, consisting of Warrior-Type monsters.