From the Report of Cornel Samantha Carter

According to our best guesses the Goa'uld would arrive in less than a day, this was our final preparation time. I looked through the science based cards in my deck, I felt secure with them for some reason. I looked at the people around me. Duke and Tristain were afraid but they'd never admit it, they'd probably tell me they had to live to come back to Serenity, I didn't doubt they would. Mai was a solid wall of feministic pride and courage, she wouldn't be afraid and with that attitude she didn't necessarily have to be. Tea was afraid, as well, but she displayed a courage that was truly inspiring, people say that courage isn't being unafraid it's resisting the fear, if I have ever seen a better example of this I can not remember it. Joey and General O'Neill had conquered their fears and looked as if they were about to lead us into the heart of battle without fear or doubt. Isono was a professional, a servant to Mr. Kaiba (and very close to him) he would follow his master weather he knew how to duel or not, admirable in theory but his legs were shaking in reality. Kaiba was incredible, even against this he was suppressing no fear and completely calm, the man had no doubt that he would be victorious. That was what really got me thinking. What did I look like? I was so afraid. The Goa'uld were coming, something that would normally scare me, but this time the only people we had experience fighting with (or had experience fighting for that matter) were the Jaffa. Meanwhile I was going to be using a deck of cards instead of a P-90. It was scary but if Tea and Kaiba and General O'Neill could prepare themselves for this so could I, my dad would want me too. Then I thought of who really had reason to be afraid. "I just wish that Yugi was here to tell me I'm right" It was Daniel. There was a great deal of pressure placed on Daniel it's not surprising that he longed for encouragement that only a skilled duelist could provide him. It was then that things took a turn for the worst.

From the Notes of Dr. Daniel Jackson

I won't lie I was frightened, everyone in that room's lives were in my hands. God, how does Jack put up with this stuff? It was then that Joey spoke up "OH NO DANIEL WATASHI DOWASURE". We were all startled. "What is it Joey, what did you forget". Joey's smug Brooklyn accent returned as he switched back to English "Yugi gave me this before he was captyored" It was Yugi's deck. I nearly jumped out of my seat, Yugi's deck contained on of the few cards I had needed for Teal'c's deck. By luck, fate, or sheer convenience it was the bottom card and I reached for it. After adding it to Teal'c's dueling deck I returned to Joey and took the remaining cards. Then things went black again. This was really not a good time.

From the Report of Brigadier General Jack O'Neill

Daniel had passed out again. Of all the possible times for it to happen this was one of the worst. Joey seemed horrified; all the kid had done was give Daniel Yugi's deck. And that's when it hit me, Daniel had passed out last time he touched Yugi's deck too. Something about that deck was affecting Daniel. I asked Joey to let me see the deck. One card in particular caught my eye, I was no expert on this game and I knew that the Duel Monsters card game was based of Egyptian rituals but I knew something was wrong with it. "Hey guys, since when are Duel Monsters cards written in Egyptian". I had stumbled upon Yugi's most powerful cards. "Give me those," Kaiba snapped, "you have no idea what they are". I was slightly peeved "enlighten me". "These, General O'Neill are the Egyptian God Cards, only certain duelists can use them". I had to ask, "What the heck do you mean". Kaiba said that according to the superstitious types you had to have spoken Hieratic in a former life, but he believed that the cards were laced with a special nano-tech-somthin' or other that allowed only high level duelists play them. Kaiba placed a blue card into his deck, claiming Yugi wasn't going to use it. Joey looked longingly at the yellow card, no doubt the Ra card he'd told me about earlier, but didn't touch it. I took back the other two and replaced them. These "God Cards" were interesting but I assumed that by either definition I couldn't use them. Now I returned my attention to Daniel and what to do with him.

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

This latest development was extremely unfortunate. I began to think about the revelation of these Egyptian God Cards. The blue one interested me most of all. The two other cards were named after the two Goa'uld that ruled Earth, however Obelisk the Tormentor was an oddity. I wondered why only this card was not named after a Goa'uld. I searched my memories for the name, it seemed familiar. In time I began to recall short bursts of memory, bursts of words. Obelisk, power, unity, holy, and one final one: Decara.