Episode 7: Money isn't Everything

The episode opens up to show the Duel Sanctuary Castle throne room. The mysterious man is once again sitting on his throne. He announces, "Lux, Nox, what information do you bring me?"

The two ninjas of light and dark appear in the room. Lux says, "My lord, our scanners have just picked up an incoming jet."

Nox continues, "The jet matches the description of one registered to the Kaiba, Seto Ossius."

Their leader immediately responds, "Yes, just as my vision told me. Soon we will possess the yin to go with our yang. Bring the young Kaiba to me."

They both respond at once, "It will be done my lord."


Seto is in his jet, the Kaiba Jet 2. A computer voice says, "Now approaching the Duel Sanctuary. Suitable landing spot located. Proceed to land?"

Seto says out loud, "Acknowledged. Land when ready."

Seto's jet lowers down on to the island, landing in the middle of a clearing. Two duelists, who were dueling in the same clearing, jump out of the way of the landing jet. Seto gets out of his jet. One of the disrupted duelists shouts at him angrily, "Who do you think you are?! We were dueling here! You can't just go and land your jet where ever you want!"

Seto responds, "Who I am is no matter to you, but trust me I am more important than both of you combined. And maybe if you don't want someone landing in the middle of your duel, you'll think next time before dueling in the only suitable landing pad on this island." Seto walks off.

After walking for a little bit Lux and Nox appear in front of him. Lux says, "Seto Ossius, we have orders to bring you to our master, the Lord of Chaos."

Nox says, "We will force you to come, if you don't come peacefully."

Seto thinks, As if they could take me. These losers must work for the person I'm looking for. "I have no intentions of resistance. Please, lead the way."


The scene is once again showing the throne room. Large doors open, and Lux and Nox, followed by Seto, enter the room. Lux says, "Hail to the Lord of-"

Seto cuts him off and holds up his entry cards, "I am Seto Ossius. I bring before you five entry cards. I demand a duel against you for the Another Hope card."

Nox says, "How dare you speak to the Lord of Chaos in such a way! You should be punished for such blasphemy!"

The Lord of Chaos says, "Do not worry yourself with him Nox. Please, you two give us some privacy."

"I apologize, my lord." Lux and Nox exit the room.

"I apologize for my servants. I hope they treated you well on your trip here."

"Oh, they were just dandy. Now we duel."

"I am sorry, but I owe you no such pleasure."

Seto holds up his entry cards once again, "I have gathered five entry cards, you owe me a duel!"

"Do not try to fool me, even if you had gathered five, you would have to enter the finals, then duel me. But, both you and I know that those entry cards are fake. They were bestowed upon you by a man that you know not the identity of, but I know him very well." The man's eyes begin to glow through the shadow of his hood, one purple and one yellow. He snaps his fingers and instantaneously Seto's entry cards burst into a black and white flame.

Seto drops his cards as they burn away. "Do not try to intimidate me with your cheap parlor tricks."

"I can assure you, that was much more than a mere parlor trick. That was the power of Chaos. I will make a deal with you though."

"I'm listening."

"First, I want you to gather five entry cards, real ones this time."

"Yes."

"Then I want you to duel and beat a duelist known as Yuni Oha."

Seto thinks in shock as shows it on his face, Yuni! It seems fate has some humor after all.

"You know Yuni Oha?"

"We are…acquainted."

"Very good. Once you complete those tasks, I will humor you with a duel. What do you say?"

"These conditions suit my needs. I will be back soon." Seto leaves the room.

The Lord of Chaos says, "Lux, Nox, I know you two are listening, you may cease your eavesdropping and return."

The two ninjas reappear. Lux says, "Our highest apologies, sir."

"Do not apologize. The only reason I sent you away was to make the young Seto more comfortable, I knew you would stay to listen."

Nox says, "You never cease to amaze, my lord."

"That is why I am the Lord of Chaos."

Lux says, "Might I ask, why have Seto Ossius duel Yuni Oha?"

"You should know, everything I do is the will of Chaos. Those two are our yin and yang. Having them duel is a necessary ritual."

"I am sorry to question you, my lord."


Yuni and friends are walking. They are exiting the forested area and entering a coastal area. Everyone looks gloomy after the loss of Yuni's card. Brutus suddenly exclaims, "I know what will cheer us all up, watching me win a duel and getting my fourth entry card!" Brutus looks from left to right, looking for a duelist. He spots a group of people. There is one man surrounded by several girls. The man has black hair and is wearing a fancy get-up, a tuxedo, monocle, and top hat.

He is holding a deck of cards and is showing off the cards in it. He says in a British accent, "As you can see, this deck has some of the best cards money can buy. In fact it is currently undefeated."

Brutus runs over to him. He says excitedly, "Awesome, are you a duelist too! Can I see?!"

The man and the girls recoil, as if in disgust. "You dare to compare yourself to me? You are but a peasant!"

"I am not a peasant!" Yuni and Tori walk behind Brutus. Brutus whispers to Yuni, "What's a peasant?"

Yuni responds, "It means your poor."

"Hey! I am not poor! I am comfortably middle class!"

The man responds, "Is there really a difference? I am Lord William III. And I am the richest duelist in the world."

"Well William, why don't we duel?"

"I duel the likes of you? My deck is the best money can buy. Your deck isn't even worth my time."

"People like you sicken me. You think you can drop a sack of cash to get an unbeatable deck, but you look over the most important part. A deck isn't a good deck unless you put yourself into it. Anyone can spend a lot of money on some deck list and the cards to go with it, but only a true duelist can make a true deck by himself!"

"You make me laugh."

Yuni, upset by William, walks next to Brutus and says to William, "I can't believe you, a deck is nothing without heart!"

William responds, "Who do you think you are, Yugi Muto?"

"So what if I am, he is… I mean he was the King of Games for a reason."

"Fine then, I will duel this…brute, and show you who is right."

"Good luck Brutus." Yuni steps back to let Brutus duel.

Yugi comments to Yuni, Thanks for that, for defending me I mean.

No problem.

Just tell me one thing, back there you said that a deck is nothing without heart, but I thought you didn't believe in the Heart of the Cards.

I don't believe in the concept that a deck has a heart that can change the course of a duel depending on whether or not you believe in it. What I do believe in is that every duelist owes it to their decks to put heart into it. Only when one's deck can reflect one's self is when a duelist can truly win.

Don't you see though, it is the same. You put your heart into the cards and the cards give their heart back.

I guess that makes sense enough.

Brutus and William begin their duel; both attach their decks to their Duel Gauntlets. The computer voice chimes, "Scanning decks…decks accepted. Commence dueling."

William says, "Please go first, you'll need all the help you can get."

"Not that I'll need it, I'll take it! It's Time to Duel!" Brutus draws his first card. "Since I control no monsters, I can special summon Solo-Soldier (Dark/Level 4/Warrior/Effect/ATK 2400/DEF 0)!" The summoned monster is a warrior wearing battle worn armor. Its skin is covered in battle scars and it has an aggressive look on its face. It also has a large sword. "This monster might be powerful, but he doesn't play nice with others, so I can't summon anything else, I set a card and end my turn (Brutus' hand: 5). Try topping that!"

"I think I will. I activate Flash-Fire Ignition. Whenever I summon a pyro type monster, I can special summon a Flash-Fire monster from my hand. I normal summon Flash-Fire Ignus (Fire/Level 4/Pyro/Effect/ATK 1600/DEF 1200)." The monster looks like a pile of half molten rocks that are burning and have taken on a humanoid form. "All of my Flash-Fire monsters share an effect. When one is summoned, you take damage equal to the number of Flash-Fire monsters I control times 200. So you take 200 damage." Ignus releases a burst of fire at Brutus, decreasing his life points (Brutus' LP: 3800). "Also, since I summoned a Flash-Fire monster, my Ignition activates, allowing me to summon a Flash-Fire monster. I summon Flash-Fire Vulcan (Fire/Level 4/Pyro/Effect/ATK 1700/DEF1500)." This monster looks like a volcano, but personified. "Its effect now activates, inflicting 400 damage." The monster releases another burst of fire (Brutus' LP: 3400). I activate Vulcan's other effect, I can destroy one monster you control and you take damage equal to half of its attack." Vulcan releases an eruption from the top of its head. The stream of lava rains down on Solo-Soldier, destroying it. Some of the lava splashes at Brutus and knocks him back (Brutus' LP: 2200). "Lucky for you, I can't attack the turn I activate that effect (William's hand: 3)."

Brutus gets up. "You'll have to do better than that if you want to beat me! I summon Master Blaster (Fire/Level 4/Machine/Effect/ATK 2300/DEF 0)!" Master Blaster is a mechanical soldier. It holds a large, over-sized RPG. "This monster can only attack when you control more monsters then I do, luckily, you do. Master Blaster, attack his Flash-Fire Vulcan!" The RPG is fired at Vulcan, blowing it up (William's LP: 3400). "I set another card and I end my turn (Brutus' hand: 4)."

William draws. "I summon Flash-Fire Pyron and inflict 400 damage to you (Brutus' LP: 1800)." Pyron looks like a body of fire. "I use Flash-Fire Ignition to summon Flash-Fire Torchan! You take 600 damage (Brutus' LP: 1200)." The monster looks like a scorched, human form piece of wood that is lit on fire. "I overlay my three monsters to build the overlay network. I Xyz summon Flash-Fire Mortar Blaster (Fire/Rank 4/Pyro/Xyz/ATK 2400/DEF 2000)." The Xyz monster looks like its made of a fiery metal. On its back is a large mortar cannon. "I remove one overlay unit to destroy one monster you control, also you take 1000 damage." Mortar Blaster's overlay unit goes into its cannon. The cannon glows and fires a ball of lava at Master Blaster.

"I activate Mystik Wok! I can tribute one monster I control and gain life points equal to its attack!" Master Blaster goes away just as the lava ball is about to hit it (Brutus' LP: 3500).

"I'm not done yet, I first set one card, then I attack you directly!" William's monster fires its cannon again, this time at Brutus, knocking him back (Brutus' LP: 1100). "I end my turn (William's hand: 1)."

Brutus draws. "You're doomed now! I activate my face down, Power Trick. This card lets me special summon two level four monsters with 2000 or more attack, one from my hand and one from my deck. I summon The Great Terror from my hand (Dark/Level 4/Fiend/Effect/ATK 2200/DEF 0) and Goblin Attack Force from my deck (Earth/Level 4/Warrior/Effect/ATK 2300/DEF 0). Sadly, I can't attack with them and they are destroyed during the end phase, but that won't matter. I tribute The Great Terror to summon Brutal Massive Dragon (Earth/Level 6/Dragon/Effect/ATK 2800/DEF 0)! I tribute my Goblin Attack Force to allow my dragon to attack and give him half of their attack points." Brutal Massive Dragon eats the Attack Force, strengthening itself (ATK 3950). "Brutal Massive Dragon, unleash your Brutal Bombardment!" The dragon fires its spike-missiles at William's only monster.

"I activate Inferno Shield! This counter trap card negates an attack against a pyro type monster." A fiery wall comes out of the trap card and burns away the spikes.

"Alright, fine. I set a card and end my turn (Brutal Massive Dragon's ATK 2800) (Brutus' hand: 2)."

"And I begin mine. I summon Flash-Fire Lavon (Fire/Level 3/Pyro/Tuner/ATK 1000/DEF 1000) . You now take 400 damage (Brutus' LP: 700)." The monster is a humanoid form made up of lava. "Also his effect allows me pay 1000 life points in order to draw a card for every Flash-Fire monster I control (William's LP: 2400)." William draws two cards. "A perfect draw, as always. Since I control a Flash-Fire monster, I can special summon Flash-Fire Infern from my hand (Fire/Level 4/Pyro/Effect/ATK 1800/DEF 1500). Which means you take another 600 damage (Brutus' LP: 100). Now, my level three Lavon tunes my level four Infern. I Synchro summon Flash-Fire Magma Master (Fire/Level 7/Pyro/Synchro/ATK 2600/DEF 2300)!" William's monster is a massive beast, made of lava. It has a volcano on its back. "Now I activate the spell card, Polymerization! I fuse my two monsters in order to summon Flash-Fire Volcannon (Fire/Level 9/Pyro/Fusion/ATK 3500/DEF 3000)!" This monster is a giant. It is made from a combination of metal and rocks. Both of its hands are cannons.

Yugi mentally comments to Yuni, It's nice to see that you guys still use Fusion monsters.

They're not used as much as they used to, but we actually use them quite a bit compared to a while back. When Synchros and Xyzs first came out they completely took over and people only used them, but now we have learned to balance all four types of extra deck monsters.

Back at the duel William says, "When my monster is summoned, you take 1000points of damage. I win."

"I'm not done yet; I activate my face down, Monster Seal! I can only activate this counter trap card if you activate a monster effect, your monster's effect is negated for the rest of the turn and you can't attack this turn!"

"You delay the inevitable, peasant. I end my turn (William's hand: 0)."

Brutus draws. He looks at his hand and thinks, This is it. I'm done for. I put up a good fight, but I have nothing left to do. Maybe he was right, maybe his deck is better.

Yuni sees the look of despair on Brutus' face. He yells to Brutus, "Remember Brutus, you aren't limited to the cards in your hand, you have an extra deck!"

Brutus looks at his hand for a second, and then a look of realization crosses his face, Of course, the extra deck! Why do I always forget about the extra deck!? "I summon Shadow of Power (Dark/Level 4/Fiend/Effect/ATK 2000/DEF 0)! This card normally can't attack unless I remove a monster from play in my graveyard. I remove my Brutal Massive Dragon. As a bonus, Shadow of Power's attack, level and name change to match the removed monster's (Name: Brutal Massive Dragon/Level 6/ATK 2800)." The monster that was originally a 3-D shadow, changes into a shadowy form of Brutal Massive Dragon. "Now that I control a 'Brutal Massive Dragon' I can evolve it. With power comes adaptability, with adaptability comes evolution, and with evolution comes even more power! I evolve my Brutal Massive Dragon into Brutanic Master Dragon (Earth/Level 8/Dragon/Evolution/ATK 3500/DEF 0)!" Brutal Massive Dragon cloaks itself in a harsh light. When it comes out, it has doubled in size; its armor looks more spiked and jagged. Also its fangs, claws, horns, and spikes have grown larger and more numerous. "This mega-powerful monster destroys itself at the end of the turn instead of devolving, but that won't matter, I will beat you this turn. That will happen because in order to attack I have to banish a monster from my grave, but he gains attack equal to that monster until the end of the turn. I banish Solo-Soldier so my dragon can gain 2400 attack (ATK 5900)! Brutanic Master Dragon, attack now! Brutanic Armageddon!" Brutus' monster fires all of its massive spike-missiles at Flash-Fire Volcannon. They rain down on it, blowing up on impact, these explosions leaving behind mushroom clouds (William's LP: 0). Brutus wins.

"This is impossible! How have I lost to the likes of you!?"

"You lost because of all the reasons I said before. You have to put your heart and soul into your deck if you want to win!"

"It does not matter! I care not of what you say! Only the cards that are in your deck matter, the 'heart!'"

"Think what you like, but the proof is in the duel. I won, you didn't!"

"It's all just a fluke!" William runs away dropping an entry card.

Brutus picks up the card and Tori and Yuni join him. Yuni says, "Whether he accepts it or not, you taught him a lesson he can't forget."

Tori adds, "Yeah, you've planted the seeds in his mind. Good job Brutus."

Brutus sighs and asks, "How can duelists like him even exist. You would think any duelist would have more honor than just to buy all of the cards on a list and call it a deck."

Yuni answers, "The world can be weird sometimes, and not everyone thinks that honor matters. What does matter though is that we duel with honor and integrity. We made our decks ourselves, from our hearts. We have honor and thus, we are the better duelists."