1 - You Gotta Be Kidding Me
I wake from what I could only hope was a dream.
Opening my eyes, I see that I am lying on a comfortable bed inside an unfamiliar room.
'Yup. It really happened.' I think with a sigh as I remember the strange white room I had found myself in after I had a tumble from my mountain bike off a 60-foot cliff.
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"Where...am I?"
Nothing and no one answered my question. I looked in all directions, but the only thing I saw was a white floor and a white sky as far as the eye could see. It was strange. It caused me to feel claustrophobic and messed with my spatial perception as I could not make out any lines in the white world around me. I could be in a vast open space or wrapped in a white bubble and I would not have been able to tell the difference.
Just as panic started setting in, a black translucent box with golden edges and Egyptian hieroglyphs popped up in front of me.
Hey Josh, Dad here! =D If you are seeing this, then it must have worked! Listen...I kinda fucked up. hahaha... So, remember that trip I made to Egypt and never returned from? Well, the boys and I got SUPER waisted and snuck into some old sealed Egyptian temple. I know, I know - Not my best idea... Anyway, a lot of crazy shit happened and, long story short, I'm trapped in the Shadow Realm. Yeah. Like that old Yu-Gi-Oh! show you used to watch. Turns out that shit was real! Who knew? hahaha Anyway, if you could free me, then I think I have an artifact that can send us both home. Good luck! ~ Love and Kisses, Dad |
I stare blankly at the golden and black screen in front of me. My brain seems to have fried, and I had to reread the message about 20 times.
'He's...alive?' I think in shock.
My dad disappeared in Egypt 13 years ago, and we were never able to find where he went. Mom remarried and, honestly, things have been much better since his drunken escapades stopped putting our family in the local news. I've always missed him, however, and I even visited Egypt once in a vain attempt to find him.
'Even when he's gone, he drags me into shit...' I shake my head with a sigh as I finally start processing the information on the screen.
Then, I start freaking out.
"Of all the worlds to be sent to...WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE YU-GI-OH!?!" I scream at the injustice of the world.
Don't get me wrong, I loved Yu-Gi-Oh!...at least I did when I was a kid! Sure, I felt a twinge of nostalgia that made me smile, but that didn't change reality. The show I watched as a kid was made up of plots without a lick of common sense. The idea that I was going to a world that might have a megalomaniac like Pegasus or the "Rich Young Master To End All Rich Young Masters" in Seto Kaiba gave me chills.
'I don't even know WHEN I am being sent. If this is after the first few seasons, I am fucked!' I think, letting out yet another long-suffering sigh.
When GX started, I stopped watching the anime. I was no longer young enough for the show to capture my full attention. It would seem that may have been a mistake...
Before I had a chance to really get into how absolutely screwed and depressed I was feeling, another popup appeared.
Please Choose Your Starting Deck: |
'Phew.' I exhaled a breath of relief. At least I knew these decks and cards. In fact, it seemed I was starting from the very beginning, or, at least, I was getting cards from the very beginning of the trading card game. I could get behind that.
Now, the real question was...is this the anime world or just a world that uses Yu-Gi-Oh! cards in some way?
The answer to this was quite simple, however, as my dad said he was stuck in the Shadow Realm; Meaning the story should be as it was in the Anime since that is the only place the Shadow Realm was mentioned. The problem was...
"How the hell do I save him from the Shadow Realm? Can I fly there? Is there an interdimensional subway system?" I mused aloud.
Not A Valid Choice. Please Choose Your Starting Deck: |
Wow...pushy much? Fine. Let's think this through.
Luckily when I imagined clicking on a pack, I was given a list of the cards I would receive and a chance to read through my options before picking.
Looking through the lists, I was faced with an easy choice. The fact of the matter was, if I own a Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Kaiba was gonna hunt me down. That was the first major arc of the story, after all. Yugi's Grandpa had a card Kiaba wanted, so he...kidnapped him and forced him into a duel so that he could win the card...only to rip it up as soon as he had it...
See? Makes no sense.
Also, even though Starter Deck: Kaiba has some good cards, Starter Deck: Yugi has some stupidly broken cards.
That being said, if I had a stronger monster and trap deck, couldn't I just wipe the floor with Kaiba? It's not like he would get physically violent with me over it or have me killed over it...right? Surely, I could make a name for myself as the "Other Owner Of Blue-Eyes" and even hurt his reputation with it. The Kaiba deck had some equally broken cards...hmm...
Better go with ______.
After making that decision, another box popped up in front of me.
Please Choose 10 Booster Packs: Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon | Metal Raiders | Spell Ruler |
This time, I had to go in blind. I could not remember what was in these packs for the life of me, and mentally clicking on them didn't give me any information.
'I guess...I guess I will have to pray for luck from the Gods.'
I take a shuddering breath and make my picks. ______________
As soon as my choice was made, a final box popped up.
Thank You, Choices Registered. Your Deck & Trunk Have Been Updated. Before Proceeding, Please Make Note Of The Following: - You will start will 2000 Duel Points. - Winning duels will award you 100 Duel Points and losing duels will remove 100 Duel Points from your balance. - Additional Duel Points may be earned in special cases or by betting on a duel's outcome. - Duel Points are the currency of this world, so do not waste your points carelessly. - Should your Duel Points ever hit zero, you will be sent to the Shadow Realm. - You may buy more cards, booster packs, or decks from either in-world card shops or through the Transmigrator Shop. - You may only access the Transmigrator Shop once per month and only cards, decks, and packs up to the current story point will be available. - You will start as a high school-aged orphan with a house, inheritance paid each month, and necessities provided. All information about your life and the world as you know it will be downloaded into your mind. We Sincerely Hope You Enjoy Your New Life. |
Before I had a second to work through all the information I just learned, my mind ceased functioning and darkness enveloped me.
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So here I am. In bed. In a new life. In Yu-Gi-Oh!
"What did I ever do to deserve this?" I ask piteously to no one in particular. My palms quickly found their way to my eye sockets as I tried to rub my frustration and the new headache I was feeling away.
Spoiler alert: It didn't help.
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Leave a comment on what your choices are for the deck and the 10 packs!
Also, let me know what you think of this idea in the poll!
Thanks, everyone! Hope you enjoyed it!
In first season a kaibaman deck with blue eyes would be super strong. Only issue is anime doesn’t follow TCG rules we play irl. With like, normal summon and sacrifice summon in the same turn etc, something to think about.
If the world works exactly like the anime, and true belief in the heart of the cards is a thing, I’d choose the yuri deck if it holds the magician support cards, as they are broken when used correctly.
If it follows more of the irl rules, Kaiba deck, get 3 blue eyes, kaibaman and like por of greed jar of avarice etc
Finally another Yu-Gi-Oh! story
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Thanks for the comment! I will check it out! Always looking for a new read.
I have no clue for the packs but go with kaido's deck, it would be more interesting to see kaido's reaction to someone else having 3 blue eyes white dragons
I’d probably go with the Yugi deck and then 5 Legend, 3 Raider, and 2 Ruler.
Thanks for the comment and for reading! You are the top liked comment with the picks so I will be going with your choice! Hope you continue to enjoy it!
@Overload, it would be better if you just make a poll with the options available!
Are you planing to use anime or real world card number in the booster packs? In the anime there was something like 12 or 15 cards per pack. And in real something like 6 in a pack.
Thanks for the comment! The next chapter dives into it, but the answer is below if you want a spoiler for the next chapter.
His Transmigrator Shop is based on https://db.ygoprodeck.com/pack-open/ but the packs in the world have a hard limit of 5 cards per pack. This is explained in the next chapter.
no restrictions or bans? this will be cancerous indeed.
Haha I am looking forward to it! Thanks for reading and commenting!
Suggested deck for the mc. I want the latest odd-eyes deck effect cards and to summon Supreme King Z-Arc or Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon as soon as possible. If not dragon cards I think Sky Striker deck would be amazing, not the strongest cards in attack but more effect cards and also the cards are all cute and they have a cute name too. I also suggest if you put a creepy or weird character Shadoll deck will cool with that! And if the mc will battle the strongest character (not villain, maybe something the mc idolized) i suggest for that character to have the hero deck with one turn annihilation from combo of core, sunrise, evil hero and link hero. I suggest to put Ritual summon too cuz it s cool and some like trump card for every chara.
Rip all of them are meta deck. I'm a big fan of Yu gi oh so I hope this story the best.
This is going to be fun I can just feel it