Yu-Gi-Oh! Special - Christopher's First Duel

'Yu-Gi-Oh! Special - Christopher's First Duel' is a special of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters''.

This takes place in Domino City Battle before the Battle City arc officially begins. It also introduces the new antagonist Marik Ishtar. Chris plays the Duel Monsters for the first time. This marks the first appearance of the new Duel Disk, successor to the Duel Disk prototypes.

Plot
Christopher Thorndyke unexpectedly gets his wish to play the Duel Monster when Bandit Keith, controlled by Marik Ishtar, raided his mansion. Nelson gives Chris rare "VWXYZ" cards. Seto Kaiba also learns about Chris's rare find and organizes a tournament, where attendance is mandatory for those who receive an invitation. Yugi must help Chris to become a true Duelist.

Christopher Thorndyke vs. "Bandit" Keith Howard
Turn 1: Bandit Keith

Keith draws. He Normal Summons "Mechanicalchaser" (1850/800) in Attack Position. His hand contains "Cyber Jar", "Ground Attacker Bugroth", "Megasonic Eye", and "Machine Conversion Factory".

Turn 2: Chris

He then Summons "Launcher Spider" in Attack Mode (ATK: 2200; DEF: 2500). "Launcher Spider" attacks and destroys "Mechanicalchaser" (Keith: 2000 → 1600 LP). Chris's hand contains "Magic Metal Force", "Slot Machine", "Time Machine", and "7 Completed".

Turn 3: Keith

Keith draws. He then Normal Summons "Machine King" (2200/2000) in Attack Position. Due to the effect of "Maching King", it gains 100 ATK for each Machine-Type monster in the hand. There are currently three ("Machine King": 2200 → 2600/2000). "Machine King" attacks and destroys "Launcher Spider" (Chris: 2000 → 1800 LP).

Turn 4: Chris

Chris draws. He then Summons "Pendulum Machine" (ATK: 1750; DEF: 2000) in Defense Position.

Turn 5: Keith

Keith draws. "Machine King" attacks and destroys "Pendulum Machine"

Turn 6: Chris

Chris draws "Zoa" and subsequently Normal Summons it (2600/1900) in Attack Position. He then activates "Magic Metal Force", changing "Zoa" into "Metalzoa" (ATK: 3000; DEF: 2300). "Metalzoa" attacks and "Machine King" (Keith: 1600 → 900 LP)

Turn 7: Keith

Keith draws "Seiyaryu" and subsequently Normal Summons it (2500/2300) in Attack Position. "Seiyaryu" attacks and destroys Chris's Set monster, "Slot Machine" (2000/2300).

Turn 8: Chris

Chris recalls "Metalzoa" back into his hand. He draws "Barrel Dragon" and subsequently Normal Summons it in Attack Mode. (ATK: 2600; DEF: 2200). "Barrel Dragon" attacks and destroys "Seiyaryu". (Keith: 900 → 400 LP)

Turn 9: Keith

Keith draws. He then secretly swaps a card in his hand with "Jinzo". Keith then Normal Summons "Jinzo" (2400/1500) in Attack Position. Due to the effect of "Jinzo", Chris's Set "Time Machine" is destroyed. While Jinzo is on the field, its effect prevents the activation of Trap Cards and no Trap Cards can be Set either. He then activates "Amplifier", equipping it to "Jinzo" and increasing its ATK by 500 ("Jinzo": 2400 → 2900/1500). Also "Amplifier" will increase the ATK of "Jinzo" by 300 during each of Espa's Standby Phases. "Jinzo" attacks and destroys "Barrel Dragon" (Chris: 1800 → 1500 LP).

Turn 10: Chris

Chris draws. He then Normal Summons "Metalzoa" in Attack Position. "Metalzoa" attacks and destroys "Jinzo" (Keith: 400 → 0 LP)

Chris wins

Christopher Thorndyke vs. Rebecca Hawkins
Turn 1: Rebecca

Rebecca draws. She then Normal Summons "Witch of the Black Forest" (1100/1200) in Attack Position.

Turn 2: Chris

Chris draws. He then Normal Summons "Cyber Raider" (1400/1000) in Attack Position. "Cyber Raider" attacks and destroys "Witch of the Black Forest" (Rebecca: 2000 → 1700 LP). Since "Witch of the Black Forest" was sent from the field to the Graveyard, its effect activates, allowing Rebecca to add one monster with 1500 or less DEF from her Deck to her hand and shuffles her deck.

Turn 3: Rebecca

Rebecca draws. She then Normal Summons "Sangan" (1000/600) in Attack Position.

Turn 4: Chris

Chris draws. Summons "Cyber Commander" (750/700) in Defense Mode. "Cyber Raider" attacks and destroys "Sangan" (Rebecca: 1700 → 1300 LP). Since "Sangan" was sent from the field to the Graveyard, its effect activates, allowing Rebecca to add one monster with 1500 or lower ATK from her Deck to her hand and shuffles her deck.

Turn 5: Rebecca

Rebecca draws. She Summons "White Magical Hat" (1000/700) in Attack Mode. She then activates "Stop Defense" to switch "Cyber Commander" to Attack Position "White Magical Hat" attacks and destroys "Cyber Commander" (Chris: 2000 → 1600 LP) She then activates "Tribute to the Doomed" to discard one card from her hand and destroy "Cyber Raider". Rebecca then Sets a monster and sets a card.

Turn 6: Chris

Chris draws. He then Summon "The Fiend Megacyber" (2200/1200) in Attack Position. "The Fiend Megacyber" attacks and destroys "White Magical Hat" (Rebecca: 1300 → 1100 LP) "The Fiend Megacyber" attacks the face-down monster, revealing itself to be "Morphing Jar" (700/600). This activates it's effect, forcing both duelists to discard their hands and draw five new cards.

Turn 7: Rebecca

Rebecca draws. She then Normal Summons "Cannon Soldier" (1400/1300) in Attack Position. She Summons "Man-Eater Bug (450/600) in Attack Position. She then activates "Cannon Soldier's" effect to Tribute "Man-Eater Bug" and inflict 400 damage to Chris (Chris: 1600 → 1200 LP).

Turn 8: Chris

Chris draws. He then Summons "Jinzo" (2400/1500) in Attack Position. Due to the effect of "Jinzo", set Trap was negated and destroyed. "Jinzo" attacks and destroys "Cannon Soldier" (Rebecca: 1100 → 700 LP)

Turn 9: Rebecca

Rebecca draws. She then Summons "Lady of Faith" in Defense Position.

Turn 10: Chris

Chris draws "Amplifier" and subsequently activates it, equipping it to "Jinzo" and increasing its ATK by 500 ("Jinzo": 2400 → 2900/1500). Also "Amplifier" will increase the ATK of "Jinzo" by 300 during each of Chris's Standby Phases. "Jinzo" attacks and destroys "Lady of Faith".

Turn 11: Rebecca

Rebecca draws "Seiyaryu" and subsequently Normal Summons it (2500/2300) in Attack Position. "Seiyaryu" attacks and destroys "The Fiend Megacyber" (Chris: 1200 → 900 LP).

Turn 12: Chris

Chris draws. On Chris's Standby Phase, the second effect of "Amplifier" activates ("Jinzo": 2900 → 3200/1500). "Jinzo" attacks and destroys "Seiyaryu" (Rebecca: 700 → 100 LP)

Turn 13: Rebecca

Rebecca draws. She then surrenders by returning the card to the top of her deck and placing her hand on the same spot.

Chris wins

Mai Valentine vs. Koji Nagumo
Turn 1: Mai

Mai Normal Summons "Harpie Lady" (1300/1400) in Attack Position. She then sets card

Turn 2: Koji

Koji draws "Injection Fairy Lily" and subsequently Normal Summons it (400/1500) in Attack Position.

Turn 3: Mai

Mai draws. She then activates her face-down "Cyber Shield", equipping it to "Harpie Lady", increasing its ATK and DEF by 500 (1300 → 1800/1400 → 1900). "Harpie Lady" attacks and destroys "Injection Fairy Lily" (Koji: 2000 → 1500 LP) She sets a card

Turn 4: Koji

Koji draws. He then Summon "Maju Garzett" (?/0) in Attack Position.

Turn 5: Mai

Mai activates her face-down "Elegant Egotist" to turn one "Harpie Lady" into three "Harpie Ladies" (1300 → 2190/1400 → 2320 for newly Summoned "Harpie Ladies") in Attack Position. "Harpie Ladies" attacks and destroys "Maju Garzett" (Koji: 1500 → 900 LP)

Turn 6: Koji

Koji draws "Thunder Dragon". He then activates the effect of "Thunder Dragon" to discard it and add two more "Thunder Dragons" from his Deck to his Hand. Koji then activates "Polymerization" to fuse his two "Thunder Dragons" together and Fusion Summon "Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon" (2800/2100) in Attack Position.

Turn 7: Mai

Mai Summons "Harpie's Pet Dragon" (2000/2500) in Attack Position. There are three "Harpie Ladies" on the field (2000 → 2900/2500 → 3400). "Harpie's Pet Dragon" attacks and destroys "Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon" (Koji: 900 → 0 LP)

Mai wins

Christopher Thorndyke vs. Mai Valentine
Turn 1: Mai

Mai Normal Summons "Harpie Lady" (1300/1400) in Attack Position, then Sets a card.

Turn 2: Chris

Chris draws "Sword Hunter" and subsequently Normal Summons it (2450/1700) in Attack Position. "Sword Hunter" attacks "Harpie Lady", but Mai activates her face-down "Mirror Wall" to negate the attack and halve the ATK of "Sword Hunter" (2450 → 1550/1700).

Turn 3: Mai

Mai equips "Harpie Lady" with "Cyber Shield", increasing its ATK and DEF by 500 (1300 → 1800/1400 → 1900). Mai attacks and destroys "Sword Hunter" with "Harpie Lady" (Chris: 2000 → 1600).

Turn 4: Chris

Chris draws "Remove Trap" and subsequently activates it to destroy "Mirror Wall". He then Normal Summons "Oni Tank T-34" (1400/1700) in Defense Position.

Turn 5: Mai

Mai Summons "Harpie's Pet Dragon" (2000/2500) in Attack Position. "Harpie's Pet Dragon" gains 300 ATK and DEF for each "Harpie Lady" on the field, and there is currently one (2000 → 2300/2500 → 2800). Mai attacks and destroys "Oni Tank T-34" with "Harpie's Pet Dragon".

Turn 6: Chris

Chris draws. He then Normal Summons "Spikebot" (1800/1700) in Attack Position. "Spikebot" attacks and destroys "Harpie Lady" (Mai: 2000 → 1500)

Turn 7: Mai

Mai activates "Monster Reborn" to Special Summon "Harpie Lady" from her Graveyard in Attack Position. She then activates "Elegant Egotist" to turn her one "Harpie Lady" into three "Harpie Ladies" (2450/2100 each) in Attack Position.

Turn 8: Chris

Chris draws. He then Normal Summons "X-Head Cannon" (1800/1500) in Defense Position and Sets a card.

Turn 9: Mai

Mai draws. "Harpie's Pet Dragon" attacks and destroys "Spikebot" (Chris: 1600 → 1400)

Turn 10: Chris

Chris draws "Y-Dragon Head" and subsequently Normal Summons it (1500/1600) in Attack Position. He then activates the effect of "Y-Dragon Head" to equip itself to "X-Head Cannon" and increase its ATK and DEF by 400 ("X-Head Cannon": 1800 → 2200/1500 → 1900) in Attack Position.

Turn 11: Mai

Mai draws. Mai decides not to attack as she believes Chris's Set card is a Trap Card.

Turn 12: Chris

Chris draws. He then Normal Summons "Z-Metal Tank" (1500/1300) in Attack Position. Crhis then activates the effect of "Y-Dragon Head" to unequip itself from "X-Head Cannon" ("X-Head Cannon": 2200 → 1800/1900 → 1500). Chris then sends "X-Head Cannon", "Y-Dragon Head", and "Z-Metal Tank" to the Graveyard in order to Special Summon "XYZ-Dragon Cannon" (2800/2600) in Attack Position. "XYZ-Dragon Cannon" attacks and destroys "Harpie's Pet Dragon" and "Harpie Ladies" (Mai: 1500 → 0 LP).

Chris wins

Christopher Thorndyke vs. Seto Kaiba
Turn 1: Seto

Seto draws. Kaiba's hand is shown to contain "Hitotsu-Me Giant", "Saggi the Dark Clown", "Negative Energy Generator", "Judge Man" and "Battle Ox" and "Crush Card Virus". Kaiba Normal Summons "Hitotsu-Me Giant" (1200/1000) in Attack Position.

Turn 2: Chris

Chris draws. Chris's hand contains "Barrel Dragon", "Zoa", "Spikebot", "Gradius", "Magic Metal Force" and "Slot Machine". He then Summons "Spikebot" (1800/1700) in Attack Position. "Spikebot" attacks and destroys "Hitotsu-Me Giant" (Seto 4000 → 3400).

Turn 3: Kaiba

Kaiba draws. He Normal Summons "Judge Man" (2200/1500) in Attack Position. "Judge Man" attacks and destroys "Spikebot" (Chris 4000 → 3500).

Turn 4: Chris

Chris draws. He Summons "Barrel Dragon" in Attack Mode. (ATK: 2600; DEF: 2200). "Barrel Dragon" attacks and destroys "Judge Man" (Seto 3400 → 2300)

Turn 5: Seto

Seto draws. He then Normal Summons "Saggi the Dark Clown" (600/1500) in Defense Position and Sets "Crush Card Virus" card.

Turn 6: Chris

Chris draws "Mystical Space Typhoon" and subsequently activates it to destroy "Crush Card Virus". "Barrel Dragon" attacks and destroys "Saggi the Dark Clown". "Barrel Dragon" attacks directly (Seto 2300 → 2100)

Turn 7: Kaiba

Kaiba draws his first "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". He Normal Summons "Ryu-Kishin Powered" (1600/1400) in Defense Position.

Turn 8: Chris

Chris draws "V-Tiger Jet". He then Summons "Slot Machine" (2000/2300) in Defense Position.

Turn 9: Kaiba

Kaiba draws "Stop Defense". He summons "Grappler" in Defense Mode. (ATK:1300; DEF:1200).

Turn 10: Chris

Chris draws "W-Wing Catapult". He then Normal Summons "Gradius" (1200/800) in Attack Position. He then Sets a monster. "Barrel Dragon" attacks and destroys "Grappler".

Turn 11: Kaiba

Kaiba draws his second "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". Kaiba Normal Summons "Battle Ox" (1700/1000) in Attack Position. He then activates "Stop Defense" to switch Chris's Set "Dark Bat" (1000/1000) to Attack Position. "Battle Ox" attacks and destroys "Dark Bat". (Chris 3500 → 2800) He sets "Mystic Horseman" (ATK:1300; DEF:1550) in Defense Position.

Turn 12: Chris

Chris draws. He then Tributes "Gradius" and "Slot Machine" in order to Tribute Summon "Jinzo" (2400/1500) in Attack Position. "Jinzo" attacks and destroys "Battle Ox" (Seto 2100 → 1700)

Turn 13: Kaiba

Kaiba draws his third "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". He then Tributes "Mystic Horseman" and "Ryu-Kishin Powered" in order to Tribute Summon "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" attacks and destroys "Jinzo" (Chris 2800 → 2400)

Turn 14: Chris

Chris draws. Chris's hand contains "Time Machine", "V-Tiger Jet", "W-Wing Catapult" "Z-Metal Tank", "Y-Dragon Head", and "X-Head Cannon". He Normal Summons "V-Tiger Jet" (1600/1800) in Attack Position.

Turn 15: Kaiba

Kaiba draws "Obligatory Summon" and subsequently Sets it.

Turn 16: Chris

Chris draws "Enhanced Counter" and subsequently Sets it. He Normal Summons "W-Wing Catapult" (1300/1500) in Attack Position. Chris then removes "V-Tiger Jet" and "W-Wing Catapult" from play to Special Summon "VW-Tiger Catapult" (2000/2100) in Attack Position. He Normal Summons "X-Head Cannon" (1800/1500) in Defense Position.

Turn 17: Kaiba

Kaiba draws "Polymerization" and subsequently activates it to fuse the "Blue-Eyes" on his side of the field with the two "Blue-Eyes" in his hand and Fusion Summon "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" (4500/3800) in Attack Position. "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" attacks and destroys "Barrel Dragon" (Chris 2400 → 2000) Kaiba then activates his face-down "Obligatory Summon" to force Chris to Special Summon all monsters from his hand with the same Attribute as the monster he controls. Chris Special Summons "Z-Metal Tank" (1500/1300) and "Y-Dragon Head" (1500/1600).

Turn 18: Chris

Chris draws. Chris then removes "X-Head Cannon", "Y-Dragon Head", and "Z-Metal Tank" from play to Special Summon "XYZ-Dragon Cannon" (2800/2600) in Attack Position. Chazz then removes "VW-Tiger Catapult" and "XYZ-Dragon Cannon" from play to Special Summon "VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon" (3000/2800) in Attack Position. He then activates "Hyper Coat" to equip the latter onto "VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon" and increase the latter's ATK by 500 (3000 → 3500/2800)

Turn 19: Kaiba

"Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" attacks "VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon", but Chris activates his set "Enhanced Counter" to make that damage 0, then increase the ATK of "VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon" by that amount of damage (3500 → 8000/2800).

Turn 20: Chris

"VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon" attacks and destroys "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" (Seto 1700 → 0)

Chris wins

Time running

 * 101 minutes.

Trivia

 * The plot of the special is similar to the 30-minute Yu-Gi-Oh! the Movie.
 * Téa worked in the Duel Monsters Center.
 * Chris and Joey were teaching Danny how to play Duel Monsters.
 * Seto Kaiba used a security video camera in the Duel Monsters Center.
 * Kaiba organizes a tournament.