Scripted Duel

A scripted duel is a non-canon duel in which 4Kids Entertainment English dub voice actors are invited to reprise their roles in a theatre-like fashion at a public Tournament. As the voice actors read their parts through the duel, a live video feed of a Playing Field managed by two duelists shows the current state of the duel. These duelists may sometimes have special roles to act out certain card effects: Pegasus hid a monster underneath the "Toon World" card before summoning a Toon counterpart and places Toon monsters underneath "Toon World" when a monster would be protected by its own effect; Pegasus performed a winding action with his hand when activating Wind-Up effects; Yugi took out four copies of "Magical Hats" when using its effect; Yugi placed a deck full of "Kuriboh" on the field when activating "Multiply"; in the most recent scripted duel, music played during Yugi's transition into Yami Yugi and when he calls upon the Heart of the Cards.

Script
The script contains a small plot involving two or more characters meeting at the tournament event and one of them eventually challenging another to a duel. This script also gives a lot more references to Game Mechanics such as chains and missing the timing as opposed to dialogue in the manga or anime, as well as often |breaking the fourth wall. The dialogue is intended to be humorous and is slightly cruder compared to 4Kids dialogue, to complement the more mature audience of tournament players.

Decks
The live video feed features duelists with physical copies of the cards mentioned in the script. Duelists draw and play cards normally. Whenever a card is to be searched from the deck per Card effect, the card meant to be searched is already on top of the deck or in an otherwise pre-determined location in order to avoid shuffling the rigged deck.

The decks are played with the characters' most iconic monsters from the anime, although occasionally cards that the character have never played or have never even been seen in the series have been shown, usually Staple cards. The script does not adhere strictly to the Advanced Format, and it is not uncommon for characters to play cards Forbidden at the time.

The duel is conducted under the rules set in the anime, with each duelist starting with 4000 Life Points and using card effects as shown in the anime.

New Cards Played by Characters
Yugi: Cost Down Joey: Silent Doom Kaiba: Alexandrite Dragon, Maiden with Eyes of Blue, The White Stone of Legend, Dragon Shrine, Graceful Charity, Silver's Cry, Shard of Greed, Trade-In, Castle of Dragon Souls Mai: Harpie Channeler, Harpie Queen, Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon, Harpie's Pet Phantasmal Dragon, Harpies' Hunting Ground, Hysteric Sign, Pot of Greed Pegasus: Adreus, Keeper of Armageddon, Cannon Soldier, Gemini Elf, Gorz the Emissary of Darkness, Masked Sorcerer, Tiras, Keeper of Genesis, Toon Goblin Attack Force, Toon Cannon Soldier, Toon Masked Sorcerer, Wind-Up Dog, Wind-Up Magician, Wind-Up Rabbit, Wind-Up Rat, Wind-Up Shark, Wind-Up Warrior, Wind-Up Zenmaines, Book of Moon, Dark Hole, Pot of Duality, Pot of Greed, Smashing Ground, Wind-Up Factory, Snatch Steal, Bottomless Trap Hole, Compulsory Evacuation Device, Dimensional Prison, Mirror Force, Solemn Judgment

Cards Played Differently from their TCG/OCG Effects

 * Alligator's Sword Dragon
 * Ancient Lamp
 * Catapult Turtle
 * Dragon Piper
 * Jigen Bakudan
 * Obelisk of Tormentor
 * Toon Gemini Elf
 * Toon Goblin Attack Force
 * Toon Masked Sorcerer
 * Toon Mermaid
 * Toon Summoned Skull
 * Valkyrion the Magna Warrior
 * Card of Sanctity
 * Elegant Egotist
 * Enemy Controller
 * The Flute of Summoning Dragon
 * Multiply
 * Thousand Knives
 * Toon World
 * Dragon Capture Jar
 * Castle of Dragon Souls
 * Crush Card Virus
 * Graverobber
 * Magical Hats
 * Mirror Wall
 * Mystical Refpanel
 * Spellbinding Circle

Featured Actors
So far, only characters from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's and, most prominently, the Second series anime have been represented, although Yu-Gi-Oh! GX and Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL have both been referenced.


 * Greg Abbey as Tristan Taylor, Yusei Fudo
 * Billy Brake as himself
 * Wayne Grayson as Joey Wheeler
 * Dan Green as Yugi Muto, Yami Yugi
 * Darren Dunstan as Maximillion J. Pegasus
 * Ted Lewis as Bakura, Yami Bakura
 * Mike Pollock as Arthur Hawkins
 * Erica Schroeder as Mai Valentine, Akiza Izinski
 * Eric Stuart as Seto Kaiba

List of Scripted Duels

 * Yugi vs. Yusei at North American WCQ in |Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 17, 2011
 * Yusei vs. Akiza at YCS Providence in |Providence, Rhode Island on October 21, 2012
 * Mai, Joey, and Yugi vs. Pegasus and Bakura at YCS Providence in |Providence, Rhode Island on October 22, 2012
 * Joey vs. Kaiba at North American WCQ in |Columbus, Ohio on July 1, 2012
 * Kaiba vs. Pegasus at North American WCQ in |Chicago, Illinois on July 14, 2013
 * Mai vs. Yugi at World Championship 2013 in |Las Vegas, Nevada on August 11, 2013