Joey Wheeler's Decks
Joey Wheeler's Deck has changed numerous times throughout the series. His strategies often involve luck, which is sometimes criticized by other characters. It usually consists of Warrior-Type monsters and later support for "Red-Eyes Black Dragon".
Initially he tried filling his deck with just powerful Monster Cards. His deck becomes more balanced as he learns more about the game.
Contents
Anime and manga
Duelist Kingdom
| Record | ||
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| Opponent(s) | Episode(s) | Outcome |
| Yugi Muto | 1 | Lose |
| Téa Gardner | 2 | Lose |
| Mai Valentine | 6 | Win |
| Rex Raptor | 11-12 | Win |
| Seto Kaiba | 16 | Lose |
| Bonz | 17-18 | Win |
| Paradox Brothers | 19-21 | Win (with Yugi Muto) |
| Bandit Keith | 31-32 | Win |
| Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi | 33-34 | Lose |
During Duelist Kingdom Joey's Deck comprised mainly of Warriors, Beast-Warriors or other tough Anthropomorphic animals.
Since the rules at this stage of the series excluded Tribute Summons, many of his monsters are above Level 4 and could be Summoned without Tributes.
In the anime on the boat trip to Duelist Kingdom, Joey acquired a few additions to his Deck. Yugi gave him the "Time Wizard" card and Joey traded with other people to get "Baby Dragon", "Salamandra", "Shield & Sword" and "Kunai with Chain". During the tournament, Tristan Taylor gave him the card "Lava Battleguard" in the anime. Joey won the card "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" off Rex Raptor by gambling the "Time Wizard" card.
Duelist Kingdom Deck (Manga)
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Normal Monsters
Effect Monsters Fusion Monsters |
Differences to OCG/TCG Cards
- "Time Wizard" and "Copycat" were treated as Spell Cards. "Time Wizard's" effect consisted of a spinning roulette. There was a 2 in 3 chance of it stopping on a skull symbol. This would destroy all the controller's monsters and cause them to take damage equal to half the combined ATK of all monsters they controlled. There was a 1 in 3 chance of landing on one of the win symbols, which would cause all monsters on the field, to age, which usually weakened them. In "Baby Dragon's" case it got stronger. "Dark Magician" got weaker but gained effects as "Dark Sage" when affected by "Time Wizard" while it was equipped with the Book of Secret Arts.
- "Flame Swordsman" was a Normal Monster, although the international dub of the anime, changed the color of the card to purple making it appear to be a Fusion Monster to match its real life equivalent, but the card was still used like a Normal Monster.
- "Thousand Dragon" was not a Fusion Monster. It wasn't a card, but "Baby Dragon" altered by the effect of "Time Wizard".
- "Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon" was not included in his Main Deck, but was actually "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" affected by "Metalmorph".
Vs. Duke Devlin
| Record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Opponent(s) | Episode(s) | Outcome |
| Duke Devlin | 46 | Lose |
In the anime, Joey dueled Duke Devlin using a Deck made from Booster Packs opened just before the Duel. Yugi objected that Joey shouldn't duel using cards he's not used to. All the cards are from the Pharaoh's Servant expansion of the actual card game.
Deck
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Battle City
| Record | ||
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| Opponent(s) | Episode(s) | Outcome |
| Seeker | 55 | Lose |
| Espa Roba | 58-59 | Win |
| Weevil Underwood | 63-64 | Win |
| Mako Tsunami | 68-69 | Win |
| Odion Ishtar | 86-89 | Win |
| Seto Kaiba, Yami Marik, Yugi Muto | 122-124 | Lose (3rd place) |
| Yami Marik | 125-128 | Disqualified |
| Seto Kaiba | 135-137 | Lose |
| Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi | 143 | Not Shown/Presumed Win |
Many changes are made to Joey's Deck during the Battle City tournament.
With the rules changed to match the OCG and TCG, Joey's Deck includes much less high Level monsters as they must now be Tribute Summoned.
The number of tough Warriors and Beast-Warrior-Type monsters decreases and he includes a few cartoon-like warriors, while many more luck based cards are added.
Due to the Ante rule, Joey loses his "Red-Eyes Black Dragon", but wins a few more rare cards. Although Yugi manages to win back Joey's "Red-Eyes", Joey refuses to take it back and says he'll earn it when he becomes a better duelist (in the English dub, he lends it to Yugi to help defeat Marik). Since he is shown to have it back in his deck in later arcs, it is implied he won his duel with Yugi after Battle City. However, Joey's last duel in the manga was his match with Marik, so that issue never came up.
Battle City Deck
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Normal Monsters
Effect Monsters
Ritual Monsters Fusion Monsters
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Possessed Deck
| Record | ||
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| Opponent(s) | Episode(s) | Outcome |
| Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi | 75-78 | Draw |
During the tournament, Joey gets possessed by Marik Ishtar and is forced to duel Yugi. Marik adds a number of Spell Cards to his Deck, while allow him to directly destroy monsters and inflict damage, although such cards were outlawed in this tournament.
Possessed Deck
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Normal Monsters Effect Monsters
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Pyramid of Light Deck
Pyramid of Light Deck
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Normal Monsters Effect Monsters |
Dream Deck
| Record | ||
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| Opponent(s) | Episode(s) | Outcome |
| Unidentified Kid #1 | 128 | Win |
| Unidentified Kid #2 | 130 | Win |
| Unidentified Kid #3 | 133 | Lose |
After losing to Marik, Joey falls into a coma, where he dreams he is participating in another tournament. This tournament uses early rules, prior to Battle City and Joey uses a different Deck, consisting of Warrior-Type monsters.
Dream Deck
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Normal Monsters
Effect Monsters
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Virtual World
| Record | ||
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| Opponent(s) | Episode(s) | Outcome |
| Johnson | 104-105 | Win |
| The Big Five | 111-113 | Win (with Yugi Muto) |
In Noah Kaiba's virtual world, Joey was made to construct a Deck to use in this world. He made one close to his Battle City Deck, but also included a number of "Harpie" cards as a homeage to Mai Valentine.
He used "Flame Swordsman" as his Deck Master, where it could distribute its ATK among Joey's other monsters.
He teamed up with Yugi to face the Big Five. Here Joey was able to combine "Flame Swordsman" with Yugi's Deck Master, "Dark Magician" to form "Dark Flare Knight" and "Mirage Knight" who became their shared Deck Master.
Virtual World Deck
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Normal Monsters Effect Monsters
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Waking the Dragons
| Record | ||
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| Opponent(s) | Episode(s) | Outcome |
| Mai Valentine | 151-154 | Duel Interrupted |
| Rex Raptor | 160-162 | Win |
| Valon | 169-172 | Win |
| Mai Valentine | 172-173 | Lose |
Joey's deck had evolved to incorporate even more luck cards. He also has included cards that end the opponents turns as well as Armor cards, much to Valon's surprise. The main addition, however, is "The Claw of Hermos" which can fuse with monster cards to become Equip Cards.
Grand Championship
| Record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Opponent(s) | Episode(s) | Outcome |
| Solomon Muto | 187-188 | Win |
| Zigfried von Schroeder | 190-191 | Lose |
In the Grand Championship Joey's Deck incorporates more support for low level monsters, such as the Landstar monsters. He continues his luck cards as well as his more memorable cards like "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" and "Jinzo."
Grand Championship Deck
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Normal Monsters
Effect Monsters
Ritual Monsters
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Yu-Gi-Oh! R
Deck
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Normal Monsters Effect Monsters
Fusion Monsters
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Video games
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004
Deck
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Normal Monsters Effect Monsters Fusion Monsters
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour
Dice Power
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Normal Monsters
Effect Monsters
Fusion Monsters
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Power of Luck
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Normal Monsters
Effect Monsters
Fusion Monsters
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Warrior Max
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Normal Monsters Effect Monsters
Fusion Monsters
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Super Warrior
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Effect Monsters
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Notes
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j This card was played as a Normal Monster. It is a Fusion Monster in the TCG/OCG.
- ↑ a b c d He traded with someone on the boat to Duelist Kingdom to acquire this card.
- ↑ a b c d This card can be seen in his hand at the beginning of episode 1.
- ↑ a b c d This card can be seen when Yugi checks Joey's deck during episode 2.
- ↑ a b This card was played in facedown Defense Position during his duel with Mai Valentine It's name was not mentioned.
- ↑ This card is summoned during his brief duel with Yugi at the start of episode 1.
- ↑ He won this card from Rex Raptor during episode 12.
- ↑ This card was given to him by Tristan Taylor during episode 11.
- ↑ This card was given to him by Yugi Muto during episode 3.
- ↑ He lost this card to Seeker during episode 55. Yugi Muto won it back in episode 57 and Joey told him to keep it.
- ↑ He won this card from Weevil Underwood during episode 64.
- ↑ He won this card from Espa Roba during episode 59.
- ↑ This card was placed into his deck by Weevil Underwood during episode 63.
- ↑ He won this card from Mako Tsunami during episode 69.
- ↑ This card is won from Mako Tsunami during episode 69, but he is not shown to ever play it.
- ↑ This card is discarded via the effect of "Helpoemer" during episode 127.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i This card was played as a Spell Card. It was depicted as a Trap Card in the English verison. It is a Trap Card in the TCG/OCG.
- ↑ This card is summoned during episode 120 when he battles to reach the exit to the Virtual World.
- ↑ a b c This card can be seen when he searches his deck to choose his Deck Master during 104.
- ↑ a b c This card can be seen in his hand during episode 111.
- ↑ This card can be seen in his hand after Mai activates "Card of Sanctity" during episode 173.
- ↑ a b This card is drawn but not played by him during episode 191. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "hand" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ a b This card is removed from play via the effect of "Goddess Urd's Verdict" during episode 191.
- ↑ This card is discarded via the effect of "Nibelung's Ring" during episode 191.
- ↑ This card can be seen in his hand during episodes 188 and 190.
- ↑ He later returned this card to Bandit Keith.
