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. Kaiba 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

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.