From the Report of Brigadier General Jack O'Neill

Carter gasped and I walked over to Kaiba. "If I can't do this I want you to finish the job" he seemed a bit shocked "you will do this, you're a leader". I loaded my deck and marched onto a small set of stairs serving as a podium. I was a grown man with an amazing fishing pond in charge of a high level top secret military organization, and I was about to play a trading card game to stop a slug with a god-complex and save an alternate reality Earth, it was what I was born to do".

From the Unofficial Account of Teal'c

We continued down our passageway, but our stamina was swiftly fleeing our bodies. We paused to rest and Joseph used a few pieces of wood he had brought to make a fire. It was he who began the conversation "hey Danny" no one called Daniel Jackson by that designation save O'Neill in jest but Daniel Jackson responded anyway "yes Joey". Joseph smiled continuing, "what's your spirit monster". "My spirit monster," Daniel Jackson questioned "ya," Joseph reassured him "the card that you feel represents you". Daniel Jackson was intrigued. "And not just your favorite monster, the one that represents you" "what's the difference". "Sometimes nothing, but not everybody is represented by a powerful monster or a card that is an honest representation. Like take me for instance, I'm the Flame Swordsman (1800/1600)" "courageous, determined, heroic, sounds about right to me," Daniel Jackson replied happily "yup, Flame Swordsman, weaker than Yugi's Dark Magician (2500/2100) or Noa's Shinato (3300/3000) but the embodiment of everything I believe and the virtues that got me my Red Eyes, the vessel of limitless potential, and the equal opposite of money-bags' B.E.W.D. (3000/2500)". Daniel Jackson chuckled at this "I donno which one represents me, hm, lemme think about it for a minute" "ok, how bout you Teal'c, any card in your deck you feel connected to" I responded "I do not know I have not viewed the contents of my deck". That was one feather more than the moon shields could bear referring to a famous Goa'uld battle between Bastet and the ancient system lord Thoth, in myth a moon god who weighed a persons heart against a feather after death, in which she became the first to nearly deplete his planetary shields and force the abnormally passive System Lord into battle. Equivalent with our own straw that broke the camels back, I would conquer this irrational phobia and the Goa'uld.

From the Report of Cornel Samantha Carter

The cloaked man went first. He played a monster face down and ended his turn. General O'Neill drew his first hand. He stared at it for a while "I play Overdrive (1600/1000) and attack your monster". Overdrive was a perfect card for General O'Neill and it crushed the face down monster, however it was Nimble Momonga and he gained 1000 life points before summoning two more by it's effect. It was the anonymous duelist's turn again "I play Enraged Minotaur in our dimension Enraged Battle Ox –Daniel) and attack, you lose 100 life points" he then played a magic or trap card face down. This guy wasn't half bad as far as I could tell, General O'Neill played Oni-Tank M46 (1400/1700) and Stinger Launch, a magic card with multiple abilities, you could choose to either double a machine's atk or give it two chances to attack, general O'Neill chose to use the prior, destroying the Minotaur, reducing it's owners life points to 3900. General O'Neill was playing uncertainly but well. The hooded man looked briefly at his draw and summoned Great Angus (1800/800), which would have quickly destroyed the enfeebled Oni-Tank if General O'Neill hadn't figured out trap cards like Life Force Barrier. Summoning Gradius and setting a face down magic or trap card, General O'Neill was well equipped to defend himself. The man removed his cloak to reveal yellowish cracking skin that gave him an almost snake like appearance and long brown hair. He spoke, his voice too was like a hissing snake, "you trust in your technology so much" the General and I looked on guilty as charged "you have forgotten the power that comes from the universe directly". I had finally figured out their decks and one of the reasons he was so intent on duel General O'Neill, either General O'Neill's Machine deck or the mystery duelist's Beast deck would have to go.

From the Notes of Dr. Daniel Jackson

"I guess this one, Neo the Magic Swordsman (1700/1000)," I stated. "Eh, why dat guy," Joey asked scratching his head "well…" I paused "I don't like guns". This was an odd statement for someone who spent so much time with a military team, much less an archeologist who carries a pistol with him, "they hurt people, and not just that they do it indiscriminately, there's nothing good that can come from shooting one man" Joey was looking at me with an intelligent curiosity in his eyes that I had not previously seen in him "Swords are the honorable weapon, if you kill a man with a broad sword or a rapier or a wakisaishi you are killing a person you have taken the time to get to know, in a gunfight you can only learn from those who sacrifice speed or power for personality. Long range combat is nothing evil, "spellcasters" may or may not have been bringing honor to the art of long range combat long before muskets, and Egyptian Priests were playing Shadow Games before the invention of gun powder". Teal'c and Joey looked at me silently and "took in" the information I had revealed. I had planned to keep that a secret for a while longer, my distaste for guns was slightly embarrassing, and my tiny interest in kendo had triggered a string of jokes and nicknames, chief among them Daniel Jackson Nighttime Ninja (where do they get this stuff). "I travel from world to world all the time, I balance my fighting range as best I can, I'm not strong for SGC personnel but I dare you to find a more danger friendly archeologist" Joseph laughed in agreement. "It's weird though" I cocked my head "you picked a light monster," Joey pointed out "your meaning is unclear are you implying that Daniel Jackson is not pure" "no not at all, it's just that most of the guys who pick dark monsters a good guys while those who use light monsters are usually jerks". Teal'c and I were confused "Like Yugi's Dark Magician and Duke's Strike Ninja, meanwhile Noa and the Paradox Brothers and Kaiba himself all choose light monsters, Tea does too but then again both Bakura's use dark monsters, so it's got a few exceptions on both sides" "well I suppose I have ascended into that category".