From the Notes of Dr. Daniel Jackson

I don't think that I have ever truly been completely overwhelmed with information like I was right then. Even after Sha'rre's death I understood it, weather I accepted it or not, but now I was baffled to the point were my mind practically shut down until I finally got it. "Did you just say what I think you said"? "You heard me mortal. You did know Osiris had connections to Anubis" "of course, but I never knew it was anything like that". Bakura's smugness was honestly starting to bother me. "You're a man who appreciates myth, I'm surprised at you". He was right, in mythology Anubis was the son of Osiris, I should have known that the Goa'uld of the same names would have some substantial connection. "Are you sure about this" it was a dumb question he had all the knowledge of 3 of the major System Lords "of course I am," Bakura stated matter of factly "both Anubis and Osiris are sons of the ancient Goa'uld Atum".

From the Report of Cornel Samantha Carter

We set out from the Kaiba Corp Building for the Kami Game Shop, we were planning to launch a second wave, a wave of duelists, from there, Kaiba had brought all the cards he could fit into the numerous briefcases that we had dragged along with us. General O'Neill, Mr. Kaiba, Joey (after much negotiation), Isono, Teal'c, and myself were all comfortably contained inside one of Kaiba's limousines. We pulled up to the store and waited for Daniel and the second half of our duelist force, however they arrived before he did. At 1140 hours Tea, Tristian, and Duke burst through the door, shortly followed by a Mai Valentine, who seemed remarkably calm in comparison. At first none of us understood what was going on but Joey caught on soon enough and explained the danger of the situation to us. Apparently Bakrura, like Yugi, possesses a Millennium Item, a Millennium Ring that houses the persona of an Egyptian tomb robber, while I found this hard to believe I tried to open my mind. The worst part of this was that the tomb raider now had Daniel captive, while the loss of Daniel, despite his apart fluency with the game, wasn't too crippling it was the effects it had that worried me. With Ryou possessed by the tomb robber we had lost the next best duelist available and without Daniel no one here honestly knew the intricacies of real deck-building enough to build a deck worth wagering your soul on, instantly disarming Isono, Teal'c, and General O'Neill and seriously hurting Tea, Tristain, and my chances for victory (our decks were never designed with a great selection of cards or for anything more than friendly play). General O'Neill asked what I was thinking about and I reported my thoughts, which instantly gave everyone else in the room similar feelings, however things didn't stay grim for long, as Daniel rant through the door.

From the Jaffa Book of Tales as Translated By Dr. Daniel Jackson

Daniel Jackson rushed through the door, panting and sweating. He apologized most sincerely and rushed over to Seto Kaiba. "Did you bring them?" he asked, or so I remember. Seto Kaiba responded affirmatively and Daniel Jackson spared no time in beginning to make decks for O'Neill, Isono, and myself. It was one card in the game shop display case, however, that truly caught my eye, I stood staring at it for a moment and then discreetly took it and it's copies and placed them in my pocket. The young O'Neill stood over Daniel Jackson and made numerous comments about the decks but it seemed to evolve into an orderly debate. Isono's deck was finished quickly; it was no doubt a novice deck, Isono was indeed very brave and very loyal to stay with Seto Kaiba even when his soul was on the line. Young O'Neill's comments became more and more frequent as Daniel Jackson began to revise Tristian, Tea, Duke, and Cornel Carter's decks, he offered to help Mai Valentine as well but she refused to let him touch her deck. Then he went to work on O'Neill's deck and young O'Neill became even more judgmental, determined to ensure the worthiness of each and every card. I was worried about what my deck would look like, I feared what hypocrisies I would commit, commanding and sending the souls of innocents to their doom, no better than the Goa'uld. After almost 4 and 1/2 hours Daniel Jackson had completed all creations and modifications to the decks. "That's all of them, they're all as ready as they'll ever be," he sighed. I took my deck, I wanted to look through every card and apologize to each and every one for what I would have to do, but I could not, I could not bear to face them.

From the Report of Brigadier General Jack O'Neill

I took the pile of cards that Daniel had slaved over for almost an hour. It was a strange experience, I felt, to be frank, like an idiot. I was a grown man holding a deck of trading cards trying to convince myself that they would allow me to ward off an invasion from space, I have done and seen a lot of crazy things but this was defiantly near the top. I didn't really take a good look at the cards, some looked cool but I didn't stop to look at them. I did, however notice that most of the monster cards were of a machine sub-type. I wasn't worried about entrusting my life to a pile of cardboard, Mini-Me and Daniel had worked to long and too hard with too large a selection of cards (no seriously no one should have that many cards) for it to be a bad deck, I was only afraid of my own lack of ability. Joey came over to me. He asked if I was scared. I told him hell ya. Then he asked me about what. I told him about not being good enough and about loosing. Joey was cool about it. He was like me he'd probably never seen the 7 Samurai but he had seen more than enough American movies, his awkward Brooklyn accent was a testament, I finally appreciated what I did for my team before a battle. Joey told me that he was no where near as good as Yugi or Kaiba, he was probably just about Bakura's level, but he was still one of the top ranked duelists in the world, he continued to tell me he started out as a poor nobody duelist with a blind sister. That right there was a true underdog story but it didn't make me feel better about this ridicules, but apparently true, shadow magic stuff. I asked if he had a story for that. He smiled and began to tell me about a duel with a guy named Marik. When he was done Joey asked me if I had a story for facing the Goa'uld, he had no idea what he had brought upon himself.