Hey there! I'm really surprised by the number of reviews this story has
already. It's only been 12 hours and I already have 6 reviews!
I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed my story and/or spent a bit of time filling me in on the cards Yugi and Joey won and lost in Battle City, especially Yoshimo. Thanks guys!
Next I'd like to thank Squall Leonheart for letting me use his Millennium Item cards. You can see more of his cards in Wise Man Domingo's story Eternal Duelist Soul. Also I'd like to thank Dude for his card, The Norseman Beserker.
This is my second version of this chapter. I made a halfhearted attempt to fix the formatting. I just have to face the fact that Wordpad just wasn't designed with the Internet in mind. It's really frustrating.
***Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament of the Millennium***
***Chapter 2: Preparations***
"Hey Yug! Check it out! I got my acceptance letter for the tournament!" Joey shoved a crumpled letter into Yugi's small hands. "Go ahead and read it!" He smiled and looked expectantly at Yugi. They were in the Game Store and it was an early Sunday morning. It was, in fact, 7:30, a time of day Joey had probably never heard of before.
Yugi took the letter and unfolded it, then began to read aloud some of the more interesting parts.
Dear Mister Joey Wheeler, I am pleased to inform you that your registration for my tournament has been fully processed and your account on our tournament database is ready to be activated. Due to extensive research on your previous tournament placings we have deemed you the 3rd most acomplished duelist in this tournament.
Yugi stopped at this and looked up at Joey. "Wow! You're doing better than I thought!" After the compliment Yugi resumed reading.
"Enclosed you will find your first progression card, vital for reaching the finals. There are five different varities of the progression card and you must collect all five to continue to Round 2. More information on Round 2 will be distributed apon acomplishment of the collection of the five progression cards. This cards may not be used during this tournament, but are perfectly legal in normal tournaments."
Yugi skipped past some more text but slowed down and started to read aloud again at an interesting part.
"When you arrive at the tournament you will be required to present a signature card to activate your account. Your signature card is Red-Eyes Black Dragon. This is simply a procedure to authenticate your account and confirm that you are who you say. This is due to recent events containing imposters who pose as great duelists."
"Oh yeah, I heard about that happening in the news." Yugi commented casually. "Looks good Joey. So, can I see your new cards?" He looked at Joey hopefully.
Joey grinned like he'd been waiting for Yugi to ask that question, which, truth be told, he probably had been. "'Course ya can Yug! Hang on, I'll get 'em." Joey pulled a small envelope out of his pocket, the same characteristic black as the invitation and acceptence letter. He carefully pulled two cards from the envelope and dropped them into Yugi's lap.
Yugi looked at the first one and gasped. "These are the progression cards?" He was staring at a red card. A red Left Arm of the Forbidden One to be exact. Yugi then nodded his head, his golden bangs bouncing up and down. Joey guessed that Yami had made some kind of comment to Yugi. "I agree. It's a really clever system. The people who make it to Round 2 are rewarded with a full set of Exodia cards. This'll get people to try harder to win, and get them to find more duels quicker!"
Yugi looked excited. "This'll be great!" He then looked at Joey's other card. Joey watched his violet eyes flick across the text of his card. Then Yugi looked up. "Wow! This is an awesome card Joey! And it goes really well with your deck theme! Hey, let's go to the trading store and get some new cards while I wait for the post!" With this outburst Yugi ran upstairs to get ready.
Joey looked at his card, stupified. "I have a deck theme?"
***
"Grandpa! I'm home!" Yugi called as he came into the shop. He'd been able to get some good cards by trading Arkana's Dark Magician. He hadn't wanted to but Joey had managed to convince him to. And Yugi had to agree that he'd gotten some very good cards for it.
"Oh, Yugi, you're home. Did you have fun?" Grandpa asked kindly as he wiped his hands on a dishtowel. He'd been in the kitchen, cleaning up after breakfast.
"Yeah, I got some great cards. Did the mail come yet?" Yugi asked eagerly. Grandpa nodded. "Did I get any-" Yugi stopped. What a stupid question. Of course he had mail. From countless fans.
Grandpa laughed. "Yes Yugi, the acceptence letter has arrived. Here it is." He handed a black envelope to Yugi.
Yugi ran into the kitchen, shouting "Thanks Grandpa!". He opened the letter and read it carefully. It was almost the same as Joey's except that he was ranked number 1 and that his signature card was the Dark Magician. Then he retrieved the smaller envelope from the letter and opened it carefully. The first card that fell out was an Exodia the Forbidden One. Yugi pulled the other one out. He'd only just seen the picture when alarm bells started to ring in his mind.
'Can you see this Yami?' Yugi asked uncertainly.
'Indeed. It seems someone knows what we possess.' Yami's tone was grave.
Yami emerged from Yugi, in his spirit form, and both of them looked at the card. It was the Millennium Puzzle.
***
Ryou looked at the envelope sitting on the doorstep. It was probably the confirmation letter for the tournament he'd been invited to a week ago. He bent down and picked it up, then walked inside to read it.
He sat down on his bed, pushing aside the deck he'd been modifying. He carefully slid his finger along the top of the envelope, tearing it cleanly open. His slender fingers reached inside and pulled out the letter. Apparently he was ranked 5th on the list of duelists attending. Ryou guessed the better ones than him were Yugi, Kaiba, Malik and Joey, probably in that order. His signature card was Dark Necrofear. That was great. Didn't the organiser know that he'd lost it to Yugi?
'Looks like I'll have to try and find another one. Those cards are very hard to obtain though.' Ryou thought miserably. 'I can get one for you, if you'll only let me...' A sneering voice echoed through his head. Ryou gasped. He hadn't heard that voice in over a year, except for in his dreams. He got up quickly and looked around before talking clearly and slowly.
"Go away. You cause me nothing but pain, anguish and suffering. I would never let you take control of me just to get in a tournament. Actually, I would never let you take control of me period." Ryou's voice was softly spoken, yet commanding. The Spirit of the Ring guessed he'd been preparing for this in case he came back.
Ryou listened again, but nothing could be heard. He knew the Spirit was trying to lull him into a false sense of security. But he'd been practising using mental barriers with Yami for the last eight months, so it would be a lot harder for the Spirit to gain control of him this time. Because of projecting the mental barrier for weeks on end, though, Ryou was permanently tired these days. He knew that he'd need to have at least 48 hours without any mental protection, and that he'd have to do it soon. Hopefully, when that time came, he'd have all his friends to help make sure that the Spirit didn't do anything. Ryou yawned. He could worry about that later. Right now he needed to sleep. He was worn out from his brief conversation with the Spirit. It was much harder to talk through the mental barrier. Ryou got changed and went to bed. He knew he could sleep tonight without fear of losing control to the spirit because his mental barrier was still strong. Maybe tomorrow he could ask Ishizu if she could help.
Within minutes Ryou was sound asleep, so he failed to notice the Ring glow. The Spirit emerged in his non-corporeal form. He walked over to the envelope but was unable to touch it, due to the fact that he was completely spiritual. He cursed softly in his native language. If he could get control of Ryou for just half an hour, it would be enough. He'd learnt many things during his imprisonment in the Shadow Realm. Many things...
***
Yugi looked through his deck and yawned. It had been a hard day, and he'd spent a lot of it worrying about the Millennium Puzzle card. Eventually Yami had convinced him not to worry, and that they would face whatever was coming together. So Yugi had gone into his room to read the rules and re- build his deck. He glanced at the Rulings Sheet again. It read:
The rules for this tournament will follow the basic rules of Battle City except for minor differences. They are listed below.
-The maximum deck size is 50 cards.
-The starting life points of each duelist will be 8000.
-Monsters that are Special Summoned may attack on the turn they are summoned.
-You may play and activate as many magic or trap cards per turn as you wish.
-Monsters with nine Level Stars or more require 3 tributes to Normal Summon them.
-Certain monsters that require specific parameters to be filled to be summoned may be placed in the Fusion Deck. An example of this is the Dark Sage. Due to it's special summoning requirements you are allowed to place it in your Fusion Deck instead of your Main Deck. Monsters placed in the Fusion Deck in this way are NOT considered Fusion Monsters. These monsters may be placed in the Fusion Deck:
Dark Sage
Dark Magician's Knight
Mirage Knight
Valkyrion the Magna Warrior
Larvae Moth
Great Moth
Perfectly Evolved Great Moth
Gate Guardian
Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon
Metalzoa
Nosferatu Lich
Exodia Necros
Berserk Dead Dragon
Eternal Being of the Light
Zenobria Unleashed
All other rules remain the same as in Battle City, including the card ante rule.
Yugi yawned again and put the last card into his deck. He then looked at the deck plan he had drawn up on a sheet of paper.
Yugi Moto's Heart of the Cards Deck
Monsters
3 Tribute Monsters
Slifer the Sky Dragon
2 Tribute Monsters
Dark Magician
Buster Blader
Gilford the Lightning
1 Tribute Monsters
Summoned Skull
Dark Magician Girl
Gilfar Demon
Beast of Talwar
Jack's Knight
No Tribute Monsters
Breaker the Mage Knight
Tenacious Old Magician
Alpha the Magnet Warrior
Beta the Magnet Warrior
Gamma the Magnet Warrior
Mask of Darkness
Spear Cretin
Spear Cretin
Yatagarasu
Queen's Knight
King's Knight
Big Shield Gardna
Kuriboh
Special Summoned Monsters
Dark Necrofear
Total: 23
Magic
Normal Magic
Change of Heart
Card Destruction
Graceful Charity
Revival of Energies
Polymerization
Harpie's Feather Duster
Monster Reborn
Raigeki
Pot of Greed
Exchange
Swords of Revealing Light
Tribute to the Doomed
Mystic Boxes
Instant Magic
Mystical Space Typhoon
Multiply
Dimension Magic
Continuous Magic
Spellbinding Circle
Lifeline
Millennium Puzzle
Equipment Magic
Premature Burial
United We Stand
Total: 21
Traps
Normal Traps
Itiqua's Gale
Negate Attack
Mirror Force
Bottomless Trap Hole
Magic Cylinder
Counter Traps
Horn of Heaven
Total: 6
Deck Size: 50
Yugi smiled with satisfaction and put his deck on the bedside table. Now he was ready.
***
Joey had done a similar thing, as Yugi had shown him that it helped you organise your deck. He sat in the middle of his room surrounded by hundreds of cards. It was 3:47 in the morning. Joey kept telling himself he had a month and a half to organise his deck, and to finish it tomorrow. But he refused to. He had to get it done.
His piece of paper looked like this:
***Joey's Champion Prize Winning 'Roll of the Dice' Deck***
Monsters (* are cool cards)
Gearfried the Iron Knight *
Knight of Aquasky
The Norseman Berserker * (Psycho)
Jinzo * (Me like)
Fortress Whale
Panther Warrior *
Alligator Sword
Copycat
Baby Dragon
Swordsman of Landstar *
Altimeter Warrior
7 Coloured Fish
Rocket Warrior
Sun Warrior *
Insect Queen * (Weevil's card, not cool)
Sangan *
Witch of the Black Forest *
Red-Eyes Black Dragon **** (AWESOME!!!)
Goddess with the Third Eye (Freaky)
Time Wizard * (Yeah! My old friend!)
Eternal Child of Light (eternal life! I wish I had that)
Goddess of Whim *
Jirai Gumo (Dangerous!)
Dice Pot (This guy RULES!)
Magic/Trap Cards
Waboku (I'd rather have Yug's Negate Attack)
Shield and Sword
Vow of the Great Whale
Pot of Greed (wish I had 3. I'm greedy)
Gaia Power
Dark Hole
Magic Arm Shield (Cool, cool, cool)
Overwhelming Forces (little guys untie! I mean unite)
Graverobber
Kunai Whip Chain
Skull Dice
Trap Hole
Monster Reborn
Polymerization
Devil Comedian (he ain't so funny. 'specially if I screw up)
Graceful Dice (my awesomest magic card ever!)
Axe of Despair (chop chop)
Scapegoat (pantherfood)
Seven Tools of the Bandit (hey! that's my lucky number! or was it 478?)
Quiz
Heavy Storm
Blind Destruction (he needs glasses)
Traveller's Riddle
Time Capsule
The Reverse Quiz
Die of Fate (sorry Gracy! THIS is my best magic card)
Joey finished modifying his deck and looked at his watch. "Oh man! It's 5:00! Or is that a 3?"
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Well, there's the end of that chapter. Hope you guys like it! Now I kinda need to know what cards Bakura won/lost. Can anyone help me out?
I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed my story and/or spent a bit of time filling me in on the cards Yugi and Joey won and lost in Battle City, especially Yoshimo. Thanks guys!
Next I'd like to thank Squall Leonheart for letting me use his Millennium Item cards. You can see more of his cards in Wise Man Domingo's story Eternal Duelist Soul. Also I'd like to thank Dude for his card, The Norseman Beserker.
This is my second version of this chapter. I made a halfhearted attempt to fix the formatting. I just have to face the fact that Wordpad just wasn't designed with the Internet in mind. It's really frustrating.
***Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament of the Millennium***
***Chapter 2: Preparations***
"Hey Yug! Check it out! I got my acceptance letter for the tournament!" Joey shoved a crumpled letter into Yugi's small hands. "Go ahead and read it!" He smiled and looked expectantly at Yugi. They were in the Game Store and it was an early Sunday morning. It was, in fact, 7:30, a time of day Joey had probably never heard of before.
Yugi took the letter and unfolded it, then began to read aloud some of the more interesting parts.
Dear Mister Joey Wheeler, I am pleased to inform you that your registration for my tournament has been fully processed and your account on our tournament database is ready to be activated. Due to extensive research on your previous tournament placings we have deemed you the 3rd most acomplished duelist in this tournament.
Yugi stopped at this and looked up at Joey. "Wow! You're doing better than I thought!" After the compliment Yugi resumed reading.
"Enclosed you will find your first progression card, vital for reaching the finals. There are five different varities of the progression card and you must collect all five to continue to Round 2. More information on Round 2 will be distributed apon acomplishment of the collection of the five progression cards. This cards may not be used during this tournament, but are perfectly legal in normal tournaments."
Yugi skipped past some more text but slowed down and started to read aloud again at an interesting part.
"When you arrive at the tournament you will be required to present a signature card to activate your account. Your signature card is Red-Eyes Black Dragon. This is simply a procedure to authenticate your account and confirm that you are who you say. This is due to recent events containing imposters who pose as great duelists."
"Oh yeah, I heard about that happening in the news." Yugi commented casually. "Looks good Joey. So, can I see your new cards?" He looked at Joey hopefully.
Joey grinned like he'd been waiting for Yugi to ask that question, which, truth be told, he probably had been. "'Course ya can Yug! Hang on, I'll get 'em." Joey pulled a small envelope out of his pocket, the same characteristic black as the invitation and acceptence letter. He carefully pulled two cards from the envelope and dropped them into Yugi's lap.
Yugi looked at the first one and gasped. "These are the progression cards?" He was staring at a red card. A red Left Arm of the Forbidden One to be exact. Yugi then nodded his head, his golden bangs bouncing up and down. Joey guessed that Yami had made some kind of comment to Yugi. "I agree. It's a really clever system. The people who make it to Round 2 are rewarded with a full set of Exodia cards. This'll get people to try harder to win, and get them to find more duels quicker!"
Yugi looked excited. "This'll be great!" He then looked at Joey's other card. Joey watched his violet eyes flick across the text of his card. Then Yugi looked up. "Wow! This is an awesome card Joey! And it goes really well with your deck theme! Hey, let's go to the trading store and get some new cards while I wait for the post!" With this outburst Yugi ran upstairs to get ready.
Joey looked at his card, stupified. "I have a deck theme?"
***
"Grandpa! I'm home!" Yugi called as he came into the shop. He'd been able to get some good cards by trading Arkana's Dark Magician. He hadn't wanted to but Joey had managed to convince him to. And Yugi had to agree that he'd gotten some very good cards for it.
"Oh, Yugi, you're home. Did you have fun?" Grandpa asked kindly as he wiped his hands on a dishtowel. He'd been in the kitchen, cleaning up after breakfast.
"Yeah, I got some great cards. Did the mail come yet?" Yugi asked eagerly. Grandpa nodded. "Did I get any-" Yugi stopped. What a stupid question. Of course he had mail. From countless fans.
Grandpa laughed. "Yes Yugi, the acceptence letter has arrived. Here it is." He handed a black envelope to Yugi.
Yugi ran into the kitchen, shouting "Thanks Grandpa!". He opened the letter and read it carefully. It was almost the same as Joey's except that he was ranked number 1 and that his signature card was the Dark Magician. Then he retrieved the smaller envelope from the letter and opened it carefully. The first card that fell out was an Exodia the Forbidden One. Yugi pulled the other one out. He'd only just seen the picture when alarm bells started to ring in his mind.
'Can you see this Yami?' Yugi asked uncertainly.
'Indeed. It seems someone knows what we possess.' Yami's tone was grave.
Yami emerged from Yugi, in his spirit form, and both of them looked at the card. It was the Millennium Puzzle.
***
Ryou looked at the envelope sitting on the doorstep. It was probably the confirmation letter for the tournament he'd been invited to a week ago. He bent down and picked it up, then walked inside to read it.
He sat down on his bed, pushing aside the deck he'd been modifying. He carefully slid his finger along the top of the envelope, tearing it cleanly open. His slender fingers reached inside and pulled out the letter. Apparently he was ranked 5th on the list of duelists attending. Ryou guessed the better ones than him were Yugi, Kaiba, Malik and Joey, probably in that order. His signature card was Dark Necrofear. That was great. Didn't the organiser know that he'd lost it to Yugi?
'Looks like I'll have to try and find another one. Those cards are very hard to obtain though.' Ryou thought miserably. 'I can get one for you, if you'll only let me...' A sneering voice echoed through his head. Ryou gasped. He hadn't heard that voice in over a year, except for in his dreams. He got up quickly and looked around before talking clearly and slowly.
"Go away. You cause me nothing but pain, anguish and suffering. I would never let you take control of me just to get in a tournament. Actually, I would never let you take control of me period." Ryou's voice was softly spoken, yet commanding. The Spirit of the Ring guessed he'd been preparing for this in case he came back.
Ryou listened again, but nothing could be heard. He knew the Spirit was trying to lull him into a false sense of security. But he'd been practising using mental barriers with Yami for the last eight months, so it would be a lot harder for the Spirit to gain control of him this time. Because of projecting the mental barrier for weeks on end, though, Ryou was permanently tired these days. He knew that he'd need to have at least 48 hours without any mental protection, and that he'd have to do it soon. Hopefully, when that time came, he'd have all his friends to help make sure that the Spirit didn't do anything. Ryou yawned. He could worry about that later. Right now he needed to sleep. He was worn out from his brief conversation with the Spirit. It was much harder to talk through the mental barrier. Ryou got changed and went to bed. He knew he could sleep tonight without fear of losing control to the spirit because his mental barrier was still strong. Maybe tomorrow he could ask Ishizu if she could help.
Within minutes Ryou was sound asleep, so he failed to notice the Ring glow. The Spirit emerged in his non-corporeal form. He walked over to the envelope but was unable to touch it, due to the fact that he was completely spiritual. He cursed softly in his native language. If he could get control of Ryou for just half an hour, it would be enough. He'd learnt many things during his imprisonment in the Shadow Realm. Many things...
***
Yugi looked through his deck and yawned. It had been a hard day, and he'd spent a lot of it worrying about the Millennium Puzzle card. Eventually Yami had convinced him not to worry, and that they would face whatever was coming together. So Yugi had gone into his room to read the rules and re- build his deck. He glanced at the Rulings Sheet again. It read:
The rules for this tournament will follow the basic rules of Battle City except for minor differences. They are listed below.
-The maximum deck size is 50 cards.
-The starting life points of each duelist will be 8000.
-Monsters that are Special Summoned may attack on the turn they are summoned.
-You may play and activate as many magic or trap cards per turn as you wish.
-Monsters with nine Level Stars or more require 3 tributes to Normal Summon them.
-Certain monsters that require specific parameters to be filled to be summoned may be placed in the Fusion Deck. An example of this is the Dark Sage. Due to it's special summoning requirements you are allowed to place it in your Fusion Deck instead of your Main Deck. Monsters placed in the Fusion Deck in this way are NOT considered Fusion Monsters. These monsters may be placed in the Fusion Deck:
Dark Sage
Dark Magician's Knight
Mirage Knight
Valkyrion the Magna Warrior
Larvae Moth
Great Moth
Perfectly Evolved Great Moth
Gate Guardian
Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon
Metalzoa
Nosferatu Lich
Exodia Necros
Berserk Dead Dragon
Eternal Being of the Light
Zenobria Unleashed
All other rules remain the same as in Battle City, including the card ante rule.
Yugi yawned again and put the last card into his deck. He then looked at the deck plan he had drawn up on a sheet of paper.
Yugi Moto's Heart of the Cards Deck
Monsters
3 Tribute Monsters
Slifer the Sky Dragon
2 Tribute Monsters
Dark Magician
Buster Blader
Gilford the Lightning
1 Tribute Monsters
Summoned Skull
Dark Magician Girl
Gilfar Demon
Beast of Talwar
Jack's Knight
No Tribute Monsters
Breaker the Mage Knight
Tenacious Old Magician
Alpha the Magnet Warrior
Beta the Magnet Warrior
Gamma the Magnet Warrior
Mask of Darkness
Spear Cretin
Spear Cretin
Yatagarasu
Queen's Knight
King's Knight
Big Shield Gardna
Kuriboh
Special Summoned Monsters
Dark Necrofear
Total: 23
Magic
Normal Magic
Change of Heart
Card Destruction
Graceful Charity
Revival of Energies
Polymerization
Harpie's Feather Duster
Monster Reborn
Raigeki
Pot of Greed
Exchange
Swords of Revealing Light
Tribute to the Doomed
Mystic Boxes
Instant Magic
Mystical Space Typhoon
Multiply
Dimension Magic
Continuous Magic
Spellbinding Circle
Lifeline
Millennium Puzzle
Equipment Magic
Premature Burial
United We Stand
Total: 21
Traps
Normal Traps
Itiqua's Gale
Negate Attack
Mirror Force
Bottomless Trap Hole
Magic Cylinder
Counter Traps
Horn of Heaven
Total: 6
Deck Size: 50
Yugi smiled with satisfaction and put his deck on the bedside table. Now he was ready.
***
Joey had done a similar thing, as Yugi had shown him that it helped you organise your deck. He sat in the middle of his room surrounded by hundreds of cards. It was 3:47 in the morning. Joey kept telling himself he had a month and a half to organise his deck, and to finish it tomorrow. But he refused to. He had to get it done.
His piece of paper looked like this:
***Joey's Champion Prize Winning 'Roll of the Dice' Deck***
Monsters (* are cool cards)
Gearfried the Iron Knight *
Knight of Aquasky
The Norseman Berserker * (Psycho)
Jinzo * (Me like)
Fortress Whale
Panther Warrior *
Alligator Sword
Copycat
Baby Dragon
Swordsman of Landstar *
Altimeter Warrior
7 Coloured Fish
Rocket Warrior
Sun Warrior *
Insect Queen * (Weevil's card, not cool)
Sangan *
Witch of the Black Forest *
Red-Eyes Black Dragon **** (AWESOME!!!)
Goddess with the Third Eye (Freaky)
Time Wizard * (Yeah! My old friend!)
Eternal Child of Light (eternal life! I wish I had that)
Goddess of Whim *
Jirai Gumo (Dangerous!)
Dice Pot (This guy RULES!)
Magic/Trap Cards
Waboku (I'd rather have Yug's Negate Attack)
Shield and Sword
Vow of the Great Whale
Pot of Greed (wish I had 3. I'm greedy)
Gaia Power
Dark Hole
Magic Arm Shield (Cool, cool, cool)
Overwhelming Forces (little guys untie! I mean unite)
Graverobber
Kunai Whip Chain
Skull Dice
Trap Hole
Monster Reborn
Polymerization
Devil Comedian (he ain't so funny. 'specially if I screw up)
Graceful Dice (my awesomest magic card ever!)
Axe of Despair (chop chop)
Scapegoat (pantherfood)
Seven Tools of the Bandit (hey! that's my lucky number! or was it 478?)
Quiz
Heavy Storm
Blind Destruction (he needs glasses)
Traveller's Riddle
Time Capsule
The Reverse Quiz
Die of Fate (sorry Gracy! THIS is my best magic card)
Joey finished modifying his deck and looked at his watch. "Oh man! It's 5:00! Or is that a 3?"
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Well, there's the end of that chapter. Hope you guys like it! Now I kinda need to know what cards Bakura won/lost. Can anyone help me out?