The Story of Jack Poker

Ch 1) Prologue

tl;dr: This chapter is basically setting up the SI-OC and his deck.

Published:2/16/19

Edit:2/23/19 – Removed summary. Bolded tl;dr. Added "Publish" and "Edit" date. Removed A/N. Bolded card names.

Petit Angel → Petit Dragon, minor changes to story

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Glancing left and right with nothing but a flashlight to illuminate the way, I surveyed the surrounding area. No cards on that side. A Petit Dragon near that rock. A Mushroom Man lining the icky puddle over there. A Mr. Volcano and Parrot Dragon sitting majestically inside a little hole in the wall. Several Mokey Mokey and Ojama muddied on their backside. All in all, a good haul. Good enough for the time being, anyhow.

The reason for collecting all of these near useless card? Because I needed a new deck. And why did I need a new deck? The better question is how did I got here and how did this kid I ended up taking over not have a deck in duel academy?

For the sake of having an obligatory sobby backstory, I was studying all night for my final exam when suddenly I fell asleep. When I awoke, I quickly realized I was in a new location. How did I know? Because I did not know where the restroom was, and I always know where the restroom is.

When I did finally found the restroom, autopilot set in for a split second. By autopilot, I mean nearly putting a foreign toothbrush into my mouth. Yuck! On the bright side though, it shocked my brain enough to let me become aware of my surrounding, and consequently aware of the unknown face staring at me in the mirror.

The logical thing to do after that to is reach into my back pocket and hope to god I had some form of identifier on me. And indeed, there was. A wallet. A wallet with two lonely $1 bill, my school id with Jack Poker in the name slot, along with a handful of rare and powerful cards. Cards including, but not limited to, 2 Effect Monsters, 2 Quick-Play Spell Cards, and 2 Trap Cards. Oh, and a Mushroom Man. Can't forget Mushroom Man.

Ah, I remember the good old days when I was a naive duelist and thought Mushroom Man was good. I mean, it was a Normal Level 2 Earth Plant, meaning that it can be revived by Junk Synchron and Swing of Memories, searched by both Unexpected Dai and Lonefire Blossom, and ... now I am getting off topic.

Getting back on topic, I decided to see where the rest of my cards are. I mean, I am pretty sure that I a deck does not consist of seven cards. And considering that there is only 1 bed here, any and all cards found here are probably mine to begin with. It was a safe bet. And to my surprise, there were only a few other cards to be found: one in my other pocket, a second under a magazine, and a third on the coffee table. Clearly 10 cards were not sufficient to make a deck, not even in Duel Links. But I checked every nook and cranny, from the back of the fridge to the bottom of the bed. So the question becomes, where in the world am I supposed to get more cards?

The first answer that came up in my head was the card shop. And why not? I had $2; surely cards couldn't be so expensive that $2 wasn't enough. Right? Sadly, $2 only netted me 8 cards: 2 low-level Normal Monster Cards, 5 Trap Cards, and 2 Spell Cards. Not bad at all, but it only totaled up to 18 cards. Oh yeah, did I forgot to mention that apparently there are no structure deck or era specific packs, only completely random packs. Fun times.

The second answer to where in the world can I get card was whatever well Chazz used to get the rest of his Ojama. Hopefully taking the cards early did not effect cannon too much. I wanted to live a relatively normal life, thank you very much.

Majority of the cards here were normal monsters, such as Charcoal Inpachi and Meteor Dragon. A handful of cards were traps like Widespread Ruin, Metal Reflect Slime, and Threatening Roar. Still, others baffle me.

Who in the name of Ra throws away Polymerization? Ring of Destruction? Messenger of Peace? Gravity Bind? Yata-Garasu? Cosmos Queen? Chaos Emperor Dragon, Envoy of the End? Pre-errata too! Granted, the last one was ripped in half, rendering it useless, but still! These people were idiots. This isn't some one man trash is another man treasure. Some of these cards were very good, especially considering the time period we are in.

Enough of my ranting, I just found the last three cards. Black Illusion, Relinquish, and ... never mind. That was the 5th Ojama Yellow? And that card over there, Mushroom Man number 10. Petit Dragon number 6 over there. Thousand-Eye Idol number 3. Looks like that's about all of the cards here. Time to go home!

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