Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist - Duel 102

"The Fatal Duel!" known as "Very Confined Duel!!" in Japanese, is the 102th chapter of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist in the English version and the 161th chapter of Yu-Gi-Oh! in the Japanese version.

This chapter was originally printed in the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in Japanese. Its first English release was in the Shonen Jump magazine. It has been reprinted in in volume 12 of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist.

{{Chapter summary|Dark Yugi face a Rare Hunter who use the Black Magician, Pandora the Conjurer.

Summary
Pandora tell Yugi that there only one room for magic-themed duelist in this world and telling him that the winner of the match will earn the title of Master of Magicians! and remind him not to run from the duel, Yugi then accept Pandora challenge, Pandora tell Yugi that the room is too small to fight saying that he have prepared a Duel Arena in the basement of the shop he tell Yugi that Marik told him that Yugi might be dropping be... saying that he had set something special so Yugi wouldn't get bored, Yugi shocked to hear about Marik the leader of the Ghouls.. the owner of the last Millennium Item Yugi tell Pandora to tell him where Marik is, Pandora say that he close... too close then he saying that he might be here (points to his brain) Yugi think that he's right Marik has the power to possess his underlings and make them do whatever he wants, wondering if Marik could be watching right now. then they both enter a a door to the Duel Arena Yugi note that the room contains all kinds of magic tools and occult paraphenalia saying that it like a bad dream, Pandora say that a conjurer has many powers from simple card tricks to the ability to bring nightmares to life, then they both put down thier decks on the table, each duelist start to shuffle his Opponent deck, Pandora say whether they can draw thier Magicians or die horribly all depends on this moment, Yugi tell Pandora that Shotgun Shuffle will damage his cards Pandora say that he used to this way and tell Yugi that there an old saying among gamblers Trust your friends, but always cut the cards Yugi tell him that he didn't make friends with ghouls, Pandora tell Yugi that he will show him something special that will prove that they're truly Blood Brothers, he pull a chain, then a shackles capture both player legs, Pandora tell him that neither of them can escape and tell him that he will witness the greatest show of the century.. Pandora daring escape from the very jaws of death   Pandora explains that this is a 100-tooth carbide-tipped saw blade just like the one used to saw woman in half, saying that this duel will use his house rules he continue to explain that the numbers marked on the cutter's rails are the player Life Points as the player's life points reach zero the blades get closer and closer until... chop, he say that this is a Nightmare Game where the loser's body will be sawed apart he then say that the box under the chair contains a key that unlock the shackles on thier legs and the display on the box shows the enemy's life points it's designed to open when it reaches zero in other words only the winner can escape, Yugi tell Pandora that he's crazy, Pandora say according to Greek mythology Pandora's Box where created by the Gods to contain all the misfortune in the world but when a woman named pandora opened it, all the evil escaped, bringing evil, suffering and pain but one thing remained in the box... Hope, then he say the key is there hope but only for one of them, Yugi ask Pandora is a battle that kills people is fun, Pandora replies yes because he's the one who will win, Yugi angrily tell Pandora that he's a filthy scum and say that he will take him to the very edge of his life, they both start duel, Yugi go first, Pandora think that the luck is on his side he already drew the Dark Magician of course it wasn't just luck as a prefessional stage magician and he know more than 1000 techniques to cheat at cards, Pandora has used the Stripper technique'' he had shaved off the edge of the card to make it just slightly smaller than the others  naturally all three of his Dark Magician cards had been treated this way and when Yugi cut the deck before the duel, the Dark Magician would be on the top. Yugi play his turn, he play a Face-Down card and summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior in Defense Mode (1700) Pandora turn he summon Legion the Fiend Jester in defense mode (1500), Pandora think that according to Super Expert Rules he just need to play one more monster and then he can Sacrifice them to summon Dark Magician, Yugi turn, he tell Pandora that instead of attacking he will play a Spell Card and that card is Card Destruction both player discard thier hands result in Pandora discard his Dark Magician toom, Yugi tell Pandora that judging from his look of panic he guess he have Dark Magician he say only a fool would duel a conjurer without taking precautions against cheating someone who Shotgun Shuffle thier cards obviously doesn't care about hurting them he tell him that he know he had cut up his cards and mark them without thinking twice, Yugi then reveal his face-down card Brain Control to take Pandora's Legion the Fiend Jester, he then sacrifice them both to summon his Dark Magician, Pandora shocked to see Yugi Dark Magician, Yugi tell Pandora that he will teach him how his cards feel when he cut them up.


 * Continued next chapter....

Featured Duel: Dark Yugi vs. Pandora
Turn 1: Dark Yugi

Dark Yugi set Face-Down card and Normal Summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior in Defense Mode (1700).

Turn 2: Pandora

Pandora Normal Summon Legion the Fiend Jester in Defense Mode (1500).

Turn 3: Dark Yugi

Dark Yugi activate Card Destruction discarding all cards in both player hands and draw another cards then he activate Brain Control to take Control of Legion the Fiend Jester, he then Sacrifice his two monsters to Normal Summon Dark Magician in Attack Mode (2500).


 * Continued next chapter....

Featured cards
The following cards appeared in this chapter. Cards in italics debuted here.

Anime adaption
Episode 60 of the second series anime, is based on this chapter.

Difference includes:-


 * In the anime, they didn't duel in a shop but in a tent.


 * In the anime, Anzu and Sugoroku were searching for Yugi and they enter to the place of the duel.


 * In the anime, the duel field didn't contain hexagram.


 * In the anime, they didn't shuffle thier decks on a table but in thier hands.


 * In the anime, Pandora was using an alternate artwork for Dark Magician.