Duelist Kingdom (arc)

Japanese
Japanese	決闘者の王国 (デュエリストキングダム)
Base	決闘者の王国;
Furigana	デュエリストキングダム
Romaji	Dyuerisuto Kingudamu;

Duelist Kingdom
Names
English	Duelist Kingdom
Japanese
Japanese	決闘者の王国 (デュエリストキングダム)
Base	決闘者の王国;
Furigana	デュエリストキングダム
Romaji	Dyuerisuto Kingudamu;
Arc
Medium	Anime
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh!
First episode	1: "The Heart of the Cards"
Last episode	40: "Aftermath"
Chronology
Next	Domino City Battles

This article is about the anime arc. For the manga arc, see Duelist Kingdom (manga arc).

Story 1: Duelist Kingdom (Ｓｔｏｒｙ (ストーリー) １決闘者の王国 (デュエリストキングダム) Sutōrī Ichi: Dyuerisuto Kingudamu) is the first arc of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime.

Yugi Muto is forced to take part in Maximillion Pegasus' Duelist Kingdom tournament in order to free the soul of his grandfather, after Pegasus' strips it from his body. His friend Joey Wheeler takes part too as he needs the prize money to pay for his sister's eye operation.

Appearances[]

Characters[]

Cards[]

Monster[]

Normal

Effect

Ritual

Fusion

Magic[]

Trap[]

Non-physical[]

Non-game[]

Duels[]

Winners are in bold.

Game	Players		Penalty Game
Duel	Yugi Muto	Joey Wheeler
Duel	Yami Yugi	Seto Kaiba	Mind Crush
Duel	Téa Gardner	Joey Wheeler
Duel	Rex Raptor	Weevil Underwood
Duel	Maximillion J. Pegasus	Yami Yugi	SOUL TV
Duel	Weevil Underwood	Yami Yugi
Duel	Generic Duelist	Mai Valentine
Duel	Mai Valentine	Joey Wheeler
Duel	Mako Tsunami	Yami Yugi
Duel	Mokuba Kaiba	Yami Yugi
Duel	Yami Yugi	Ghost Kaiba	Mind Crush
Duel	Generic Duelist	Mai Valentine
Duel	Rex Raptor	Joey Wheeler
Duel	Yami Yugi	Yami Bakura
Duel	PaniK	Mai Valentine
Duel	PaniK	Yami Yugi	Mind Crush
Duel	Seto Kaiba	Joey Wheeler
Duel	Bandit Keith	Maximillion Pegasus Sam
Duel	Bonz	Joey Wheeler
Duel	Paradox Brothers	Yami Yugi Joey Wheeler
Labyrinth Coin	Yami Yugi	Paradox Brothers
Duel	Seto Kaiba	Yami Yugi
Duel	Mai Valentine	Téa Gardner
Duel	Seto Kaiba	Maximillion Pegasus	Mind Card
Duel	Yami Yugi	Mai Valentine
Duel	Bandit Keith	Joey Wheeler
Duel	Yami Yugi	Joey Wheeler
Duel	Yami Yugi	Maximillion Pegasus
Shadow Game	Yami Bakura	Maximillion Pegasus

Story[]

Prior to the tournament[]

The anime begins with Seto Kaiba kidnapping Yugi's grandfather and defeating him in a Duel order to acquire his rare four-of-a-kind card, "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". On doing so he tears up the card so it can't be used against him. Yugi then Duels Kaiba to get revenge. Not entirely conscious of the transformation, he switches to Yami Yugi for the Duel. Yugi learns that Kaiba possess the other three "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" cards as he Summons them. Yami starts to doubt he can win, but thinking of how his friends are supporting him in spirit, he manages to Summon the "Exodia", an instant win card combination. Yami then inflicts the Mind Crush Penalty Game on Kaiba, dispelling his evil side.^[1]

Joey takes up learning Duel Monsters, but proves a weak player after losing to Téa and Yugi at school. Yugi agrees to help him improve and they start by watching the Japanese regional Duel Monsters tournament final at Yugi's house. The tournament ended with Weevil Underwood defeating Rex Raptor. As Weevil was congratulated by the creator of Duel Monsters, Maximillion Pegasus, he received an invitation to an upcoming tournament.^[2]

After watching the finals, Yugi opened a package he received, containing a gauntlet, 2 Star Chips and a videotape. The tape contained a recording of Pegasus, who invited Yugi to Duel on the spot. Yugi switched to Yami Yugi, upon realizing that this was a Shadow Game. Pegasus won the Duel due to an imposed time limit and took the soul of Yugi's grandpa as Yugi's penalty.^[2] In order to get the soul of his grandpa back he accepts Pegasus' invitation to Duelist Kingdom and his friend(s) join him.

Trivia[]

With the exception of Pegasus beating Kaiba, as well as PaniK beating Mai, every time that there was a victor in a seen Duel, whoever was on the blue side of the arena was the victor.

Episodes[]

Number	Names		Japanese air date	English air date
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1	Japanese	戦慄のブルーアイズ・ホワイト・ドラゴン (Senritsu no Burū Aizu Howaito Doragon)	18 April 2000	29 September 2001
	Translated Japanese	The Terrifying Blue-Eyes White Dragon
	English	The Heart of the Cards
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 2	Japanese	幻想師ノー・フェイスの罠 (Iryūjonisuto Nō Feisu no Wana)	25 April 2000	6 October 2001
	Translated Japanese	The Trap of Illusionist No Face
	English	The Gauntlet Is Thrown
Episode 2
Episode 2
Episode 2
Episode 2
Episode 2
Episode 2
Episode 2
Episode 2
Episode 2
Episode 2
Episode 2
Episode 2
Episode 2
Episode 2
Episode 2
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 3
Episode 3
Episode 3
Episode 3
Episode 3			... further results

Featured Duels[]

Duel #	Episode(s)	Duelist #1	vs	Duelist #2	Winner	LP #1	LP #2	Turns
1	001	Yugi Muto	vs.	Joey Wheeler	Yugi Muto	N/A	0	N/A
2	001	Seto Kaiba	vs.	Yami Yugi	Yami Yugi	0	400 (Ex.)	17
3	002	Téa Gardner	vs.	Joey Wheeler	Téa Gardner	N/A	0	N/A
4	002	Rex Raptor	vs.	Weevil Underwood	Weevil Underwood	0	N/A	N/A
5	002	Maximillion Pegasus	vs.	Yami Yugi	Maximillion Pegasus	1200 (Won by Time)	400	17
6	004-005	Weevil Underwood	vs.	Yami Yugi	Yami Yugi	0	50	28
7	006	Joey Wheeler	vs.	Mai Valentine	Joey Wheeler	1020	0	9
8	007	Mako Tsunami	vs.	Yami Yugi	Yami Yugi	0	1480	12
9	008	Mokuba Kaiba	vs.	Yami Yugi	Interrupted	1100	2000	3
10	009-010	Ghost Kaiba	vs.	Yami Yugi	Yami Yugi	0	500	18
11	011	Mai Valentine	vs.	Unknown Duelist	Mai Valentine	N/A	0	N/A
12	011-012	Joey Wheeler	vs.	Rex Raptor	Joey Wheeler	235	0	21
13	013	Yami Yugi	vs.	Yami Bakura	Yami Yugi	500	0	13
14	014	Mai Valentine	vs.	PaniK	PaniK	0	N/A	N/A
15	014-015	PaniK	vs.	Yami Yugi	Yami Yugi	0	300	17
16	016 (flashback)	Maximillion Pegasus/Sam	vs.	Bandit Keith	Sam	N/A	0	N/A
17	016	Seto Kaiba	vs.	Joey Wheeler	Seto Kaiba	1600	0	19
18	017-018	Bonz	vs.	Joey Wheeler	Joey Wheeler	0	150	24
19	019-021	Para + Dox	vs.	Yami Yugi + Joey Wheeler	Yami Yugi + Joey Wheeler	0-0	400-650	34
20	022-024	Seto Kaiba	vs.	Yami Yugi	Seto Kaiba	400	0	29
21	025	Téa Gardner	vs.	Mai Valentine	Téa Gardner	1100	1600 (Su.)	10
22	026-027	Maximillion Pegasus	vs.	Seto Kaiba	Maximillion Pegasus	1200	1000 (De.)	19
23	029-030	Mai Valentine	vs.	Yami Yugi	Yami Yugi	750 (Su.)	300	23
24	031-032	Bandit Keith	vs.	Joey Wheeler	Joey Wheeler	0 (Di.)	450	26
25	033-034	Yami Yugi	vs.	Joey Wheeler	Yami Yugi	550	0	19
26	035-039	Yami Yugi	vs.	Maximillion Pegasus	Yami Yugi	100	0	37

References[]

↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! episode 1: "The Heart of the Cards"
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Yu-Gi-Oh! episode 2: "The Gauntlet Is Thrown"

[1] Yu-Gi-Oh! episode 1: "The Heart of the Cards"

[ep_2-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Yu-Gi-Oh! episode 2: "The Gauntlet Is Thrown"

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