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==Synopsis==
Following a snippet of the "[[Virtual World (arc)|Virtual World]]" opening theme, Marik voices his amazement at the many Duelists playing for fun at the qualifiers and wishes he could have fun Dueling as well. Pegasus introduces himself as the creator of Duel Monsters, and the founder and president of [[Industrial Illusions]]. After teasing Marik with discreet displays of [[Millennium Items|Millennium Item]] magic, Pegasus offers to have a Duel with Marik now so he can enjoy himself.
Marik begins the Duel by activating "[[Necrovalley]]" and Setting a monster, and Pegasus counters with his own [[Field Spell Card]], "Toon Kingdom," and uses it to summon "[[Toon Cyber Dragon]]" and "[[Toon Masked Sorcerer]]." Marik attempts to use card effects against Pegasus's toons, but the powers of "Toon Kingdom" protects them. Marik uses "[[Gravekeeper's Descendant]]" to destroy "Toon Kingdom" and subsequently destroys Pegasus' Toon monsters. Outraged at his Toons being destroyed, Pegasus destroys "Necrovalley" and then activates another copy of "Toon Kingdom." With "Toon Kingdom" in play again, Pegasus summons three Toon monsters at once, then uses "[[Mimicat]]" to copy the effect of the "[[Raigeki]]" Marik activated earlier, destroying his Gravekeeper's monsters. Ashamed of himself for failing to defend his honor as a tombkeeper, Marik's hatred intensifies and [[Yami Marik]] takes control of him.
Yami Marik draws "[[The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode]]" and summons it to Pegasus' side of the field by Tributing his monsters. Pegasus fails to draw a monster card and Sets a card, and at the end of his turn "The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode" shifts control to Yami Marik. Yami Marik uses the effect of "The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode" to Tribute it and summon "[[The Winged Dragon of Ra]]" from his deck, and increase its ATK and DEF to 4000. Pegasus defends himself from the direct attack and takes his turn, drawing "[[Comic Hand]]." Using the power of "Comic Hand," Pegasus takes control of "The Winged Dragon of Ra" and transforms it into "Toon Winged Dragon of Ra," allowing him to attack and end the Duel.
Yami Marik is defeated and the real Marik regains control of his body, dazed and not remembering what happened. Pegasus consoles he gave him a good Duel, and Marik looks forward to telling [[Odion]] the story of his duelDuel.
==Featured Duel: Marik Ishtar vs. Maximillion Pegasus==
<u>'''Turn 4: Pegasus'''</u><br />
Pegasus draws a a second "[[Toon Kingdom]]". "Shard of Greed" gains a [[Greed Counter]] when Pegasus draws during his Draw Phase. "Toon Cyber Dragon" and "Toon Masked Sorcerer" attack Marik directly via their effects (Marik 4000 → 1000). The effect of "Toon Masked Sorcerer" activates as it inflicted [[battle damage]], letting Pegasus draw a card. He draws "[[Shadow Toon]]" and activates it. This lets Pegasus inflict damage equal to the current ATK of a monster on the field. He targets "Assailant", but Marik [[chain]]s "[[Imperial Tombs of Necrovalley]]", as a card effect was activated while a "Gravekeeper's" monster and "Necrovalley" are on the field. It [[negate]]s the effect of "Shadow Toon" and destroy destroys it.
<u>'''Turn 5: Marik'''</u><br />
[[File:Yu-Gi-Oh! 2015 North American WCQ - Pegasus vs. Marik Scripted Duel|thumb|center|335 px]]
==Featured cards (in order of appearance)==Cards are listed in order of appearance. Cards in ''italics'' debuted here prior to an anime or manga appearance. Cards in '''bold''' have never been used by the character or their partners in any canon series.
{{Decklist|"Maximillion Pegasus"
|normal monsters =
* [[Toon Alligator]]
|effect monsters =
* '''''[[Toon Cyber Dragon]]''* ''[[Toon Goblin Attack Force]]''* '''[[Toon Masked Sorcerer]]'''<ref group=Notes name=alister>Although Pegasus has never been seeing directly seen using this card in anime canon, it is implied [[Alister]] stole it from his Deck, indicating that he owns it.</ref>
* [[Toon Mermaid]]
|spells =
* [[Toon KingdomComic Hand]]* '''[[Heavy Storm]]'''* [[Mimicat]]* [[Monster Reborn]] x2
* '''[[Pot of Greed]]'''
* [[Shadow Toon]]
* ''[[Shard of Greed]]''
* [[Shadow ToonKingdom]]* '''[[Heavy Storm]]'''* [[Monster Reborn]]* [[Mimicat]]* [[Comic Hand]]x2
|traps =
* [[Toon Briefcase]]
* '''[[Toon Mask]]'''<ref group=Notes name=alister>Although Pegasus has never been seeing using this card in anime canon, it is implied [[Alister]] stole it from his Deck.</ref>
}}
{{Decklist|"MarikIshtar" / "Yami Marik"
|effect monsters =
* '''[[Gravekeeper's Assailant]]'''* ''[[Gravekeeper's Commandant]]''* '''[[Gravekeeper's Descendant]]'''
* '''[[Gravekeeper's Spy]]'''
* '''[[Gravekeeper's Descendant]]'''* '''[[Gravekeeper's AssailantJuragedo]]'''* ''[[The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode]]''<ref group=Notes>Appeared as an alternate form of "The Winged Dragon of Ra", not as an independent card.</ref>
* [[The Winged Dragon of Ra]]
|spells =
* '''[[Necrovalley]]'''
* [[Raigeki]]
* '''[[Royal Tribute]]'''
|traps =
* '''''[[Imperial Tombs of Necrovalley]]'''''
}}
==Trivia==
* This is the first scripted Duel to reflect the 2014 rule changes. Marik, as the starting player, skips his first [[Draw Phase]], and both players can have an active [[Field Spell Card]] at once. Pegasus references and takes responsibility for these rule changes.
* This is the only scripted Duel that concludes with both players having empty [[hand|hands]] s because they had played every card in there.
* This is the only scripted Duel that features two primary antagonists dueling against each other.
* This is the only scripted Duel that has no narrator. Furthermore, the Life Point displays representing each player are not deducted until the End Phase.
* This is the only scripted Duel in which no [[Monster Card|monsters]] are [[Normal Summon]]ed in [[Defense Position]].
* Yami Marik implies the effect of Pegasus' "[[Comic Hand]]" can only affect "[[The Winged Dragon of Ra]]" until the [[End Phase]], whereas Pegasus implies "Comic Hand's" nature of turning the equipped monster that because it was turned into a [[Toon monster]] removes this distinctiondoes not apply. As that turn never reaches the End Phase, these allegations are not seenit is never clarified who was correct.** This implication comes from the effect of the [[Egyptian God Monsters]] s in the anime, where any targeting effects are negated at the End Phase. However, this simultaneously contradicts another implied effect in the anime, that control of the Egyptian God Monsters Cards cannot change controlswitch.
** The [[legal]] rendition of "The Winged Dragon of Ra" has no restriction or stipulation with opposing targeting effects.
* Unlike previous scripted Duels, feeds of both duelistsDuelists' hands are periodically shown. This allows the audience to see the cards drawn by both players at a given time and know their hands' contents.
** This is worked into the dialogue as being a result of Millennium magic. Pegasus reads Marik's plays throughout the duel using the [[Millennium Eye]], while Yami Marik uses the [[Millennium Rod]] to have the cameraman magnify Pegasus' hand.
* Pegasus makes a gameplay error on Marik's last turn of the Duel using "[[Toon Mask]]" to Summon "[[Toon Alligator]]", as "Toon Mask" only Summons [[Toon monster]]s and not "[[Toon]]" monsters. "Toon Alligator" is a member of the "Toon" archetype but is not a Toon monster. Whether this error is unintended or ignored for stylistic creativity is ambiguous, but this is the only card in the duel Duel that does not stay true to its [[TCG]]/[[OCG]] effect.
* For dramatic effect, when "[[Toon Kingdom]]" and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" are activated and Summoned, respectively, their background music theme from the dub is played.
* When Marik Summons "The Winged Dragon of Ra", he recites the hieratic chant used in the dub. However, there are some minor wording changes - he says "envelop the desert'''s'''" instead of "envelop the desert", "unlock your powers '''from''' deep within" instead of "unlock your powers deep within", and "appear in this Shadow" instead of "appear in this Shadow '''Game'''".