I suppose this requires a bit of background. This is an alternate version of one of the duels during the Duelist Kingdom arc in Season 1 of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime. For those of you who are put off by the comparative simplicity of those duels compared to how the card game plays out now, don't worry – this is as complex and exciting a duel as could be hoped for, and it follows the established Duelist Kingdom rules exactly, with no sudden rules introduced just for plot, as many episodes there do. The background is as follows:
After Yugi and the others enter the castle at the start of Episode 26, Pegasus informs Kaiba and Yugi that since they both entered the castle with enough star chips, and there are five duelists when there can only be four finalists, Yugi and Kaiba must share a final spot. They are allowed to let either of them duel any duel, though should one of them lose, they are both eliminated. Should they win the semi-finals and the final, both of them may individually challenge Pegasus. Naturally, Kaiba doesn't like this one bit but has no choice but to go along with it. Kaiba tells Yugi that he will let him duel by default as long as Yugi lets Kaiba challenge Pegasus first when they get there.
Therefore, the rest of Episode 26 and Episode 27 (Kaiba's failed attempt at dueling Pegasus for Mokuba's soul) are skipped, with the events of episode 28 merged in (the episode about the night before the finals). Episodes 29 and 30 (Yugi vs. Mai) and Episodes 31 and 32 (Joey vs. Bandit Keith) proceed exactly as they do in the show, the only difference being that Kaiba sulks off before Joey and Keith play, declaring the duel won't last five turns. He returns just as Keith is ejected after losing and attempting to attack Pegasus, and expresses the highest level of shock upon learning that Joey actually beat Keith.
This is where we begin now, at the start of Episode 33 (Best of Friends, Best Of Duelists, Part 1). The first minute and a half of the episode proceeds as it does in the show, but start to vary at that point.
Perhaps this is all just an excuse for a duel between Kaiba and Joey, but seeing as they only ever duel twice, can I be blamed? Especially since Joey was made much stupider for their first duel. This fanfiction will take up four chapters, each chapter corresponding to half of a TV episode. So a chapter end either at the ad break, or at the episode's end. To that end, though the overall fic has a title, I gave the two 'episodes' within here individual titles or their own, following the naming convention of the episodes as they are in the Japanese version. You know, bold dramatic titles that have exclamation marks.
I have already finished this fanfiction, so I will put out a new chapter once a week, on a scheduled basis. Look forward to regular updates for this four-part fanfiction! Though, since I am in the process of getting the last fanfictions I have in my system out before bidding farewell to writing the stuff, don't expect me to be a regular Yu-Gi-Oh! fanfiction writer by any stretch.
I hope you all enjoy this!
Best Of Rivals, Best Of Duelists
Chapter 1: Brutal Beat-Down! Joey Vs. Kaiba! (1/2)
"Joey, wait a sec," said Yugi with anxiety in his voice, and worry all over his face.
"Listen, Yug," said Joey, with a lot more seriousness in his voice. "I hope this isn't about you having any second thoughts duelling me."
"Huh?" Yugi raised his head slightly, his eyes widening a little at Joey's audacity.
"Come on, pal." Joey snapped back, only letting it sound as harsh as was necessary.
"I'm sorry Joey." Yugi let his eyes lower to the card display counter that his fists rested on. "But I don't know if I can do this…"
"Then I'll do it."
"Huh?" Yugi looked up in confusion at these words. Tilting his head behind and up, Yugi saw that none other then Seto Kaiba stood behind him, arms folded and glaring forward as stoic as ever. And Yugi was not the only to be surprised. Up on the balcony, Tea, Tristan and Bakura looked equally shocked, as did Joey, his mouth hanging open a little. Even Croquet was staring in marginal surprise. Pegasus was the only one who showed no reaction, smiling to himself in his chair on the sidelines. He let out a small, bemused chuckle.
"What?" Yugi turned to face Kaiba, still shocked from what Kaiba had proposed. "Kaiba, are you serious?"
"Dead serious, Yugi." Kaiba turned to look down at his duelling rival. Yugi grunted again in surprise. "Look, I can tell that it would be hard for you to go through with this duel. I can understand that. It would be like if I had to duel Mokuba." Unbeknownst to anyone but himself, Pegasus' mouth curled upwards at these words, a chuckle audible to no one but himself escaping briefly. "So let me duel in your place, Yugi."
"I…" Yugi looked down again, his hands uncurling from the loose fists they had been in. "I'm not sure, Kaiba…"
"What a superb idea." Yugi turned, along with Kaiba, to look to the side at Pegasus' throne. "That sounds absolutely wonderful, Kaiba Boy. In fact, it's so wonderful that I'll grant a special privilege to this duel between you and young Joseph. Should you lose, Yugi and Joey can have their duel as normal, if they so wish."
"Oh." Startled briefly, Yugi turned back to Joey. "Well… what do you think, Joey?
"Huh?" Joey, who hadn't moved from his startled state, reprimanded himself, clenching a fist as he grinned. "I think it's a great idea, Yug! Either you get to go straight to Pegasus, or we can duel like we planned! What have you got to lose?"
"Okay then." Yugi turned back to Kaiba. "Go ahead then, Kaiba." Kaiba nodded, and moved past Yugi, stepping up to the ring. He took out his deck from inside his cloak, and placed it down in the Deck Zone on the blue display board, picking up Yugi's deck from the same place. He then turned around and silently handed it out for Yugi. Yugi took the deck slowly, staring as his cards as he pulled his deck close.
"As per the orders of Mr. Maxamillion Pegasus," began Croquet from the sidelines as Yugi began walking back down his side of the conveyor belt, "Seto Kaiba will duel in Yugi Muto's place against Joey Wheeler. Your gracious host will now make a few opening remarks."
"Oh boy," remarked Tristan to the side as Pegasus unfolded his legs and stood up. Pegasus stepped forward a few paces, and cleared his throat.
"Congratulations to both of you. You truly are the finest in the world to make it here. It is for that reason that I look forward to a match that's sure to consist of your dueling best! After all…" Pegasus paused briefly to let his normal eye dart back and forth between Joey and Kaiba before stopping to look straight ahead. "Should you give me anything less, I will know." Pegasus' Millennium Eye flashed under his silver hair, while his normal eye clenched ever so slightly. Pegasus chuckled softly to himself. Kaiba has no response except to clench his fists tighter, and scowl silently. However, he kept his eyes focused on Joey across from himself.
"Listen Kaiba, before we start, I just want to say thanks." Kaiba's eyes unclenched a little, as he looked up in surprise. However, it was short lived, for he smirked, looking down briefly.
"Don't flatter yourself, Wheeler." Kaiba wasn't even looking as Joey as he spoke. "I'm not doing this because I want to duel you. I'd rather watch paint dry." Joey grunted in surprise, forming a glare. "I'm only doing this so I can get to Pegasus quicker!"
"Is that so, Kaiba?" remarked Joey. Joey was still glaring, though he managed to keep his cool. "Well, I have my own reasons why I'm not about to lose to you today. You'd better be prepared for the duel of your life, Kaiba, because it's hurtling your way!"
"Will you just stop fooling yourself that you have a chance against me, Wheeler?" Kaiba was starting to lose his cool a little now. "I don't know how you managed to get here, much less advance to the finals, but I know it wasn't due to skills."
"Oh come now, Kaiba Boy, there's no need for that." Both Joey and Kaiba were surprised, Joey at Pegasus standing up for him, and Kaiba at Pegasus' support of Joey. "You really did miss quite the duel between Joey and Keith, you know. Truly, I don't know whether I have ever seen such a close duel, card for card."
"Is that so, Pegasus?" Kaiba turned back to Wheeler, not at all moved by what he had just heard. "I guess Keith must have lost his touch, then."
"That doesn't faze me, Kaiba." Joey grinned, but it was quickly replaced by a serious look. "Enough talk. Now let's do this!" Kaiba nodded in determination, just as focused on the upcoming duel as Joey was.
'Hmm…' Bakura thought hard as he watched Joey and Kaiba psyching themselves up. 'I don't think Pegasus has to worry much about these two not duelling their very hardest. With what's on the line here, they're both sure to go all out.'
Bakura was not the only one thinking hard to himself. Pegasus laughed to himself silently. 'How amusing. It would seem Kaiba truly believes that Joey doesn't stand a chance against him, despite the evidence to the contrary. And here they are, bested against each other in a desperate match that can boast but a single winner. What a splendid show this should make…'
'Alright,' thought Kaiba through gritted teeth. 'I'll defeat Wheeler quick and move on to rescuing Mokuba.'
'Kaiba.' Joey looked straight ahead at the young President, not otherwise moving. 'I'm not gonna insult either of us by letting this be a repeat of our last duel. I'm gonna use every tactic I got and come at you hard, right from the start.'
Back up at the balcony, Tea, Tristan and Bakura were still transfixed at the suspense below. It truly was like they were out in the old west, waiting for the first cowboy to draw.
"Hey guys." Grunting in surprise, they all turned to see Yugi stepping up to them, stopping beside Tea.
"Yugi!" The three all turned to him. "I'm surprised you're okay with this," remarked Tristan.
"Well," thought Yugi slowly as he look back out over the balcony, watching the duel ring below, "you heard what Pegasus said. If Kaiba wins, I get to go straight to Pegasus. If Joey wins, we can duel like we planned."
"That's right," remarked Tea, turning along with the other two to join Yugi. "But I wonder how Joey feels about all this…"
"True, there's a lot of pressure." Bakura managed to remained calm despite what he was speaking about. "Not only does Joey have to deal with battling Kaiba, but he also had to deal with facing Yugi should he win."
"How can he win?" asked Tristan. "Last time, Kaiba squashed him."
"True, Kaiba's one of the best duelists out there, but so is Joey." Yugi nodded as he spoke. "Besides, last time they dueled using Kaiba's new Duel Disk system, and he used it to confuse Joey. This time, they're on even ground." The other three all gasped upon this realization, looking back down at Joey, who hadn't moved from staring across at Kaiba. "Besides, when Joey dueled Bandit Keith, he used the fact that Keith underestimated him to his advantage." The other three watched Yugi, mesmerised, as he spoke with clarity. Yugi clenched the balcony rail tighter with his fingers. "I wouldn't be surprised if he did that during this duel."
"Yugi has a point," said Bakura. "Joey knows Kaiba has lots of really powerful cards in his deck, so we'll have to see whether he can use Kaiba's confidence to get the best of him."
"You mean Kaiba's three Blue-Eyes White Dragons, right?" Tristan looked down solemnly at Kaiba. "How can Joey beat them? Even you struggle with them, Yugi."
Yugi nodded. "True, those Blue-Eyes White Dragons are powerful, and so is Kaiba." Right now, Kaiba was still staring across at Joey, both waiting for the duel to commence. "But Joey earned his place in this match. I'm sure he'll find a way to defeat all of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes'."
"One more thing, Yugi," said Tristan. Yugi looked up to his taller friend. "Would you have gone through with this duel has Kaiba not stepped in?"
"Hmm… I was having some small doubts." Yugi paused for a moment to look down. He then looked back up, determined. "But, I would have. Not just to save Grandpa, but also to give Joey the best duel I could." Tristan smiled down at Yugi, proud of how far Yugi had come too. Tea also smiled. They then all looked down at the ring, where the duel was surely about to commence.
"Let the match begin," announced Croquet from his position beside Pegasus. On his command, the virtual projectors on either side of the duel ring lit up, and the card spaces were projected on the ring between Joey and Kaiba. The Life Point counters on both sides clocked to two thousand points. And Joey and Kaiba had already drawn five cards each.
"Let's duel!" yelled both Joey and Kaiba. Both duelists then looked down at their cards, ready to instigate the match.
Joey gently took hold of the first card on his deck and picked it up. His eyes swept across the cards, keeping his face stoic even though his thoughts were racing.
'All right!' From back to front and from left to right, Joey had good cards. At the left were Garoozis and Giltia the Knight, followed by Salamandra and Axe Raider. But the real jewel was the Red-Eyes Black Dragon at the right, being the last card Joey had drawn in his opening hand, and joined by the Lava Battleguard he has just drawn. 'This is a really strong opening hand. Not only do I have a lot of my best monsters, but I have my Red-Eyes Black Dragon already!'
'But…' Joey looked up at Kaiba, who was examining his own hand carefully. 'I don't know what Kaiba has. I could risk my Red-Eyes by playing him straight away. I gotta save him for when I really need him.' Nodding to himself, Joey added the card he had drawn to his hand, and then plucked out a card from the middle.
"All right then, Kaiba," announced Joey looking up. "Let's do this! I'll throw this out in Attack Mode to start things off." Joey placed down a yellow card with an illustration of a strong warrior carrying a heavy axe. "Go, Axe Raider!" The card registered on the placement slot, and a shower of lights appeared on the corresponding zone in the ring. Axe Raider rose out of the floor as the light glowed and faded, grunting as he appeared in full. Kaiba grunted quietly at the appearance of the 1700 Attack Point monster.
"You know," said Tea up on the balcony, "it was one thing when Joey and Kaiba duelled before, and they were just testing out that Duel Disk. But here…"
"Everything is at stake." Tea looked to the side upon what Tristan had said. "The money for Serenity's operation, the matches that could save Mokuba and Yugi's Grandpa… talk about pressure. I wish both of them and Yugi could win."
"The stakes are high," mused Bakura, while Yugi kept his eyes on the arena down below, "but hopefully, after everything's said and done, there'll be a way for both of them and Yugi to get what they've fought so hard for."
Down below, unknown to all but himself, Pegasus was quickly contemplating everything Bakura had said, and chuckling deeply inside his own head. 'Wishful thinking, Bakura. But after everything's said and done, I'll be the only one to get what I want… including what I want from you.' As Pegasus lowered his head ever so slightly, his Millennium Eye flashed briefly and ominously.
'Wheeler doesn't have any monsters with an Attack Strength of over two thousand other then that Red-Eyes Black Dragon,' thought Kaiba, scanning over his cards. 'And he probably has very few magic and traps cards too, since he used none last time.' Kaiba looked up, grinning. 'Beating a no-strategy deck like his will be all too easy!'
'All right, Wheeler, let's go!" Having already drawn a card, Kaiba also grabbed a card from the middle of his hand, and quickly slapped it down. "Go, La Jinn!" The mystical green genie of the lamp materialised out of green smoke, grunting as he folded his arms into a stoic position. Joey clenched his eyes a little, knowing La Jinn had 1800 attack points.
"Go, La Jinn!" yelled Kaiba. "Take out the Axe Raider!" Smirking, La Jinn reared his head back, and then threw it forwards, spurting out a stream of magical fire. It encircled Axe Raider, who looked around in confusion as it did. His confusion did not last long, for the fire rapidly shrunk, striking Axe Raider. Axe Raider yelled out in pain before he shattered, the hologram dematerialising away.
"Looks like Axe Raider couldn't take the heat!" jeered Kaiba, clenching a fist. Joey remained static even as his Life Points dropped a hundred points to 1900.
"What was Joey thinking, leading with a monster in Attack Mode?" Tristan seemed genuinely worried for his longtime friend. "He's lucky Kaiba didn't play anything stronger."
"Do you think he got a bad opening hand?" said Tea.
"I don't think so, guys," said Yugi. The others turned to watch him "I'm sure Joey is already planning something big."
"Yugi's right," said Bakura, also believing in Joey's move. "Joey wouldn't open with a move like that unless he had something big planned. Besides, anyone can chip off a hundred life points. Joey may have lost that round, but he's proven he can stay focused and make the big plays when they count. Its true Kaiba has a lot of experience, but it would be premature to make assumptions just yet."
Back down at the arena, Joey chuckled to himself, watching Kaiba and his genie. 'Well, Kaiba let with a monster I can defeat easily. But there's more to this game then that. I just have to remember what Gramps taught me…'
As thought it was a long time ago, Joey recollected one of his duelling lessons with Yugi's Grandpa, though in reality it was only a few weeks prior.
"You see, Joey," said Yugi's Grandpa inside his shop from behind the counter, while Joey leaned against it, listening closely, "a monster's strength does matter, but something else that matters equally is luring your opponent to make the move that benefits you the most." Joey gasped softly, listening attentively.
"Take this for instance, Joey," said Grandpa, sweeping his hand over a half dozen magic and trap cards on the table. "Since a player can only attack with one monster per turn, if you can fool them into attacking with a monster that will benefit you, not only will you win the round, but you'll be able to attack the next turn before they can do anything about it!" Joey gasped even louder, and nodded attentively, recognizing the importance in good strategy.
Having remembered what Grandpa had told him, Joey picked up a card from his deck. His eyes widened upon seeing what it was. 'All right! If I play this right, I can do some serious damage!' Joey looked back up to Kaiba and La Jinn, and grinned.
"Alright Kaiba, here goes." Joey took one card and placed it face down in the lower half of his playing field. He they took another card that depicted a pink muscle head carrying a club and placed it straight in the Monster zone above the first card. "Lava Battleguard, Attack Mode!" The barbarian rose up into the field, grunting a rather deep grunt and wielding a trusty and dangerous looking brown club. This monster had 1550 Attack Points and 1800 Defense Points.
At this move, Kaiba thought. 'What could Wheeler be thinking? Lava Battleguard is no match for my Genie.' Kaiba paused for a moment. 'Is he trying to trick me?'
Up on the balcony, the others stared in equal confusion. "Why is Joey playing that card I gave him like that? He's not thinking at all."
"Who knows," mused Bakura. "It might seem that Joey hasn't learned as much as we thought, but only he knows what that other card he played is. Guess we'll find out soon." The other two looked to Bakura in shock, but Yugi kept his eyes on the Battleguard and genie down below.
Pegasus chuckled deeply to himself, already knowing what Joey was planning. 'I see, Joey,' mused Pegasus to himself, calmly opening his normal eye again to watch the action.
Still contemplating, Kaiba drew another card. 'Hmm. Good card. But if I'm right, and Wheeler's trying to lure out a strong monster, I'd be walking right into a trap.' Kaiba looked up to Joey who was keeping his attention on the monsters out of the field, and not on Kaiba.
'I'm not falling for it.' Kaiba clenched his eyes. 'I'll just dispose of his trap with a different monster instead.' Kaiba grabbed a card towards the back of his hand and plucked it out, deciding to use it instead.
"Your plan won't work, Wheeler," yelled Kaiba as he placed the card down. An ox covered in battle armor and with a deadly looking axe materialized to the right of La Jinn. "You want me to play a strong monster and spring your trap on it, but you can't fool me with a third rate strategy like that!" Joey had no response except to grin a smirk that Kaiba couldn't see. "And what better way to ruin your plan then with a monster that's crushed you before?
"Go, Battle Ox! Axe Slam Wheeler's Battleguard!" Grunting in approval, Battle Ox raised his axe and then charged as fast as his Minotaur legs would allow, straight for Lava Battleguard.
"Gotcha." Kaiba grunted in complete shock at Joey's delight. "I was hoping you'd attack with a monster like Battle Ox, Kaiba. My plan worked perfectly.
"But here," added Joey, reaching down to the card he had placed face down. "You don't have to take my word for it, you can see for yourself." In one swift move, Joey flipped over the hidden card below Lava Battleguard, placing back down a card with an illustration of a medieval warrior carrying a shield and a sword, with arrows leading from a circle on each weapon to the other. "Shield & Sword!"
"Oh no!" yelled Kaiba in genuine fear, realizing too little too late what Joey had been planning.
'Now you're in for it, Kaiba Boy,' thought Pegasus in delight at Kaiba having underestimated Joey and paid the price.
Tea and Tristan gasped in delight. "All right, Joey, brilliant move!" Yugi yelled down to Joey.
"The magic of the Shield & Sword card flips each monster's Attack Points with their Defense Points for a turn," said Bakura.
"I get it now," said Tristan in realization. Down on the field, Joey's Lava Battleguard was flickering, as his Attack Points incremented to 1800 while his Defense Points decremented downwards to 1550. "Now Kaiba's Battle Ox will be attacking Joey's Lava Battleguard when it's weaker! He used my card in a clever move." On the other side, the Minotaur that was still charging flickered too, his Defense Points increasing up to 1700 but his Attack Points lowering down to a mere 1000.
"Wait, Battle Ox!" Kaiba called, reaching out with a spare hand. But it was too late, for Battle Ox finally reached Lava Battleguard. Lava Battleguard countered the axe with his club, the two weapons locking together. Battle Ox struggled briefly, but it was fruitless, for Lava Battleguard shoved forwards, sending Battle Ox flying. He then leapt after the Minotaur, and swung his club forward.
The Minotaur yelled and shattered, the fragments of the hologram scattering everywhere as they faded, while Lava Battleguard returned to his zone, wielding his trusty club in front of him once again.
"How do you like that, Kaiba?" Joey jeered, clenching a fist. "Battle Ox's been clubbed back to the Labyrinth!"
Kaiba gnarled furiously, his grip on the cards in his hands shaking. Alongside this, his Life Points plummeted from 2000 down to 1200, but he cared less about that then he did about having been psyched out in a mind game.
"That was a really clever strategy," remarked Yugi happily up on the balcony. "Joey could have used Shield & Sword on La Jinn during his turn, but then his Lava Battleguard would have been vulnerable to Kaiba's next move. By luring Kaiba into attacking, now Joey can get another move off before Kaiba can recover!"
"So that's what Joey was going for," remarked Tristan.
"See, this is what I meant," said Bakura. "Joey made Kaiba think he hadn't learned much since last time, so Kaiba made a mistake. I don't think Joey's going to make a mistake himself, he knows Kaiba's a strong duelist."
"Okay Wheeler," snarled Kaiba across the ring. "You may have improved since our last duel." Kaiba clenched a fist visibly, raising his voice. "But don't think for a moment that you can actually beat me in this duel!"
"Is that so, Kaiba?" remarked Joey. "Well, we'll just have to see about that." Joey picked up a card and added it to his hand. "My turn. First, I'll switch Lava Battleguard to Defense Mode." As Joey spoke, Lava Battleguard crouched down on the field, turning his club sideways and raising his arms in a blocking stance. "And then I'll play this." Joey whipped his arm forward, slapping another monster down beside the horizontally aligned Lava Battleguard card. "Giltia The Knight, in Attack Mode!" A knight in green reflective armor and with blue and purple clothing, carrying a long magical spear, rose out on Lava Battleguard's left. He trusted his spear forward, ready for battle. Sporting 1850 Attack Points alongside 1500 Defense Points, he was one of Joey's strongest monsters.
"Attack!" yelled Joey to his knight. "Soul Spear!" Readying himself for an offensive assault, Giltia pulled back his spear, and then struck it forward. A blast of magical purple energy collected at the tip and then shot forward. Kaiba growled again, knowing his field was about to get cleaned out.
The magical shot reached La Jinn, connecting with his wispy tail first. He gulped in shock as the magical attack surged up his torso and all over his body, overpowering his own magic. La Jinn finally shattered, scattering to pieces as the remnants from the magical attack faded away too. This time, Kaiba didn't seem too phased about the monster loss, nor his Life Points inching down to 1150.
"What's the matter, Kaiba?" Joey grinned across at the young president. "Too stunned to say anything now that your genie's been sent back to his lamp?"
"Hmm…" thought Yugi up on the balcony. "I dunno… Joey shouldn't be taunting Kaiba like that." The others turned to listen to Yugi. "Joey may be dominating the game right now, but he shouldn't get too confident."
"You may be right, Yugi," muttered Bakura, thinking hard. "Knowing Kaiba, after being outwitted like that, he's going to come back at Joey even harder then before. Joey still has a long way to go."
"You'd better be ready, Wheeler," snarled Kaiba, angry but under control. He raised his finger suddenly and then pointed straight at Joey. "Now it's my turn!" Joey grunted, turning his face down.
Tristan nodded in approval, turning back to the field. "You know what that means, guys. This duel's just warming up, and warming up real fast." The other nodded too, keeping their attention focused on the game.
Outside, the weather reflected the activities inside the castle perfectly. The sharp wind rustled the bushes harshly, and storm clouds hovered in the vicinity over the Duelist Kingdom Island. And just like the duel inside, this storm was just heating up.
I find that the anime duels can be even more exciting when it's not overloaded with new cards that make their debut in that episode. Hence, neither duelist uses cards throughout this duel that he was not seen using elsewhere with this deck. Before writing this, I wrote out the duel layout, constantly revising it until it was exciting, making sure every move Joey and Kaiba made makes sense at the time, and just pushing them to their limits. I even noted what cards each duelists had in their hands each and every turn, even if it is not seen (though you'll see it throughout enough times to deduce most of their hands at any point). Don't worry, folks – the next part's just around the corner.
As a reminder, the differences between the rules here and Battle City onwards, apart from certain cards having different effects, boil down to five simpler rules - Life Points start at 2000, tributes are not required for higher level monsters, direct attacks did not exist, a duelist can only attack with one monster per turn, and magic cards could be activated during your opponent's turn (the distinction between Magic and Trap cards here is mostly for other cards that specify one or the other).