Ginger took part in the Grand Championship tournament. Roland introduced him as the "master of magic cards". He tried to show off by summoning a cloud of pink smoke during the introduction ceremony, but wound up coughing from his own haze. Balfry defeated Jafar Shin and Detective Paul McGregor in Rounds 1 and 2. Just as Paul claimed that he was "clued in" on Balfry's strategy at the beginning of their Duel at the music hall, Zigfried's virus messed up Kaiba Land's "unity system," causing the curtains to fall. Balfry and Paul were left to Duel in the dark, until the system was rectified. Zigfried Lloyd ended Balfry's winning streak in the first semifinal Duel, in the Galaxy Theater in Round 3.
