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{{Infobox/Yu-Gi-Ohchapter| image = YuGiOh!/ChapterDuel046.jpg| en_name = The Evil Dragon Cards (Part 1)| ja_name = {{Ruby|魔|ま}}の{{Ruby|龍札|ドラゴン・カード}}〈{{Ruby|前|ぜん}}{{Ruby|編|ぺん}}〉| base_romaji_name = Ma no Ryu Fuda ❬Zenpen❭| romaji_name = Ma no Doragon Kādo ❬Zenpen❭ | series = Yu-Gi-Oh! | image name number = YuGiOh!Duel046.jpg46| ja_magazine = Weekly Shōnen Jump| ja_issue = 1997 #39 | image size en_magazine = Shonen Jump | image caption en_issue = | kanji volume = 魔の龍札<前編>6 | romaji bunkoban_volume = 4 | english sjr_volume = The Evil Dragon Cards (Part 1)2 | japanese translated ja_release_date = The Evil Dragon Cards August 25, 1997<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegrandline.com/odatocLIVE.htm|title=Oda's Deep Thoughts|publisher=thegrandline.com}}<Part 1/ref> | chapter number en_release_date = 46

"'''The Evil Dragon Cards (Part 1)''' " is the fourty forty-sixth chapter of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|''Yu-Gi-Oh! '' manga]].

This chapter was originally printed in the ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]] '' magazine in Japanese. Its first English release was in the [[Shonen Jump]] magazine. It has been reprinted in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Volume 006|volume 6]] of the tankōbon and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! bunkoban - Volume 004|volume 4]] of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (bunkoban)|bunkoban]].

[[{{Chapter summary::|[[Yugi MutoMutou (manga)|Yugi]]'s]] classmate [[Hajime Imori|Imori]] arrives at the [[Kame GameStore (manga)|Kame Game Store]], asking about an ancient game, he's has found. [[Solomon MutoSugoroku Mutou (manga)|SugorokuMutou]] recognizes it as an the ancient game called , [[Dragon Cards]] , and warns Imori not to open it as [[wikipedia:yin and yang|yin and yang]] would clash, creating a warped power.]]}}

===Kame GameStore===At the [[Kame GameStore (manga)|Kame Game Store]], [[Solomon MutoSugoroku Mutou (manga)|Sugoroku]] shows [[Yugi MutoMutou (manga)|Yugi]], [[Joey WheelerKatsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Jonouchi]] and [[Téa GardnerAnzu Mazaki (manga)|Anzu]] a [[dogs and jackals]] game. He says that it is an Ancient ancient Egyptian game where players race their pieces around a board shaped like a frog. Jonouchi says that "Ancient Egypt" sounds familiar and is intrigued that they had board games back then. Sugoroku states that the history of games goes back 5000 years.

The store's bell rings and a customer enters carrying a box and pot bound together in some rope. The customer greets Yugi, who recognizes him as [[Hajime Imori|Imori]] from his class. Yugi thinks to himself, he hasn't has not spoken much to Imori before, but now that he's is coming to the family shop, this may be a chance to make friends with him.

[[File:Dragon Cards gamesealed.jpgpng|thumb|left|120px200px|The [[Dragon Cards]] in their seal.]]Having heard Yugi's family run a game store, Imori says that there is something he'd would like them to take a look at. He and puts the pot and box on the counter, saying that this is what he'd like them to look at. Yugi and Jonouchi are both puzzled by what it is, but Sugoroku is surprised as he recognizes it. Imori explains that his grandfather, who was a game collector picked it up in Manchuria during World War II and recently Imori found it lying around in their shed and thought Sugoroku might know what it is. Yugi doesn't does not think it looks like a game and Jonouchi comments that it's is more like an urn.

Jonouchi asks if he can open it and Imori says to go ahead, he hasn't has not done so himself yet. However Sugoroku yells at Jonouchi not to. Sugoroku apologizes for shouting, but insists that the seal must not be broken. He explains that this is ancient Chinese game called [[Dragon Cards]]. He has heard rumors of it, but this is the first time that he has seen it.

[[File:YGO-046 Power Imori thinks about the power of the Shadowsshadows....jpgpng|thumb|right|[[Hajime Imori|Imori]] thinks about the "power of the shadows".]]

Yugi is astonished and Jonouchi is freaked out. Sugoroku asks Imori to promise he won't will not break the seal. Anzu is amazed and slightly urged to break the seal. Jonouchi calls her stupid, commenting that she'll will get cursed. Yugi looks at the sealed-up cards anxiously and wonders what kind of game Dragon Cards was. Imori takes it back and smirks thinking "power of the shadows" ("power of darkness" in the Japanese version). {{-}}

[[File:YGO-046 Yugi finds the Messenger of Darkness note.jpgpng|thumb|left|[[Yugi MutoMutou (manga)|Yugi]] finds the note.]]Afterwards Yugi and Jonouchi return to the changing room. Jonouchi celebrates how summer was made for the pool; "Good for the body! Good for the heart! And easy on the eyes!". As Yugi goes to collect his clothes, he finds that the [[Millennium Puzzle (manga)|Millennium Puzzle]] is gone. He finds a note saying:

Jonouchi asks what's is wrong, but Yugi says it's is nothing.

{{-clear}}

====Set-upSetup====[[File:YGO-046 Imori with the Millennium Puzzle.jpgpng|thumb|right|Imori with the [[Millennium Puzzle (manga)|Millennium Puzzle]].]]Yugi races to Room C, where he finds Imori sitting alone at a desk. On the desk is an object hidden under a piece of cloth. Other than him, the room was devoid of people. Imori holds up the Millennium Puzzle, which he was now wearing around his neck. Yugi says that this wasn't is not funny and demanded demands the puzzle back.

Imori explains that he has been interested in Yugi for a while; Not a weird way, but rather that he looks up to him. Clutching onto the Millennium Puzzle he says that Yugi used to be bullied by everyone, but one day he got the Millennium Puzzle and gained the powers of darkness, and asked Yugi if that was right. Yugi is surprised but doesn't does not say anything. Imori tells Yugi that his own grandfather left him all sorts of books on games and Ancient Egypt. At first, he didn't did not think that there was a connection, but then he found the secret of the Millennium Puzzle. It was written in the book:

Imori had sworn to himself that he would defeat Yugi and take his place as the guardian of darkness. Saying the that Yugi must defeat him in this [[Shadow Game]] in order to get back the Millennium Puzzle, he pulls the cloth off the object on the table, revealing it to be the Dragon Cards.

[[File:YGOYugi VS Imori -046 Set-upgame start.jpgpng|thumb|left|Yugi and Imori get ready to play.]]Yugi tries stopping him, but Imori removes the seal from the box and pot, laughing that he is releasing the shadow power. After visiting Yugi's family shop, Imori says that he did some research on the Dragon Cards in a text about Ancient China. According to the text, once the seal on the Dragon Cards is broken, a Shadow Game must be played or the people of that land will suffer eternal disaster. There is only one way to replace the seal, Imori explains; The loser of the Shadow Game must offer their soul to the soul-eating jar to calm the wrath of the cards. he He opens the box containing the cards and tells Yugi not to try backing out, as he can't cannot escape the Dragon Cards.

{{-clear}}

Yugi sits at the table and Imori explains the rules: The deck is placed in the center of the table. According to feng shui, chi develops in mountains and flows into the earth. That's is called Dragon's Breath. In this case, the deck acts like the mountains and the table acts like the earth. There is power flowing around the deck. These are the five elements of evil held in balance.

{| <div class="toccolours">|-| A diagram displaying the elements and which element can beat which is shown:

[[File:YGO-046 Hand of Dragon Cards.jpgpng|thumb|right|120px180px|The Dragon Cards.]]

Imori goes first and draws a level 4 water dragon. Since he already has another level 4 water dragon in his hand, he just needs one more to be able to summon the water dragon, [[Shui Long]]. He then discards a level 1 metal dragon that he doesn't does not need. He thinks to himself that like in other card games, you can read your opponent's hand by the cards they throw away. Yugi starts his turn. He draws a level 5 fire dragon and discards a level 1 dragon.

[[File:YGOYugi VS Imori -046 Dragons summonedSummoned.jpgpng|thumb|left|The dragons summoned.]]

[[File:Yugi's soul taken by the Dragon Cards.png|thumb|right|Yugi's soul getting sucked into the jar.]]Since Yugi lost, Imori laughs that he must now suffer a [[Penalty Game]] and give his soul to the dragons. Shui Long sticks its arm into Yugi's torso, pulls out his soul in the form of a sphere and dissolves back into the pot, taking the soul with it. Imori laughs that Yugi's soul was is sucked into the [[soul-eating jar]]. (In the Japanese version, he calls the jar the ''Xing Zhen Hu (心鎮壷, ''Xīn Zhēn Hú''), which is Chinese for jar of soul suppression.) Yugi's soulless body flops onto the table, but manages to touch the Millennium Puzzle with one hand as Imori celebrates.

Yugi's soulless body flops onto the table, but manages to touch the Millennium Puzzle with one hand as Imori celebrates. The puzzle activates and Yugi switches to [[Yami Dark Yugi(manga)|Dark Yugi]], who says just in time. He takes back the puzzle and says next time he'll will stake his other soul. {{clear}}

Episode 18 {{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! First Series(first series)|18}}, of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (first series Toei anime)|first series Toei anime]] is based on this chapter and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Duel 047|the next]].