Scripted Duel
A scripted Duel has been an annual tradition at public Tournaments since 2011. It is a non-canon Duel in which 4Kids Entertainment English dub voice actors are invited to reprise their roles in a theatrical fashion. As the voice actors read their parts through the duel, a live video feed of a field managed by two duelists shows the current state of the duel. These duelists – and in one instance, even a cameraman – may sometimes have special roles to act out certain card effects: Pegasus hid a monster underneath the "Toon World" card before summoning a Toon counterpart and places Toon monsters underneath "Toon World" when a monster would be protected by its own effect; Yugi tossed dozens of "Kuriboh" on his field when activating "Multiply"; Pegasus performed a winding action with his hand when activating Wind-Up effects; Yugi took out four copies of "Magical Hats" when using its effect. More recently, certain music is played for dramatic effect during certain turning points, such as when Yugi transitions into Yami Yugi, calls upon the Heart of the Cards, or plays "The Eye of Timaeus".
One to three duels are presented per year, during the summer in the United States, at the North American World Championship Qualifiers. An exception was during the fall, at a regional Championship Series tournament , where two duels were presented. Another exception was during the World Championship in 2013, which happened to be hosted by the United States.
Beginning in 2016, Konami has also started to organize and hold scripted duels at Weekly Shōnen Jump-related public events in Japan, featuring Japanese language voice actors from the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime. These duels are presented similarly to their American counterparts, albeit with the inclusion of 3D imagery of a duelist's significant monsters on the video feed when those monsters are summoned or attacking.
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Script[edit]
The script contains a small plot involving two or more characters meeting at the tournament event and one of them eventually challenging another to a duel. This script also gives a lot more references to Game Mechanics such as chains and missing the timing as opposed to dialogue in the manga or anime, as well as often breaking the fourth wall. The dialogue is intended to be humorous and is slightly cruder compared to 4Kids dialogue, to complement the more mature audience of tournament players.
Decks[edit]
The live video feed features duelists with physical copies of the cards mentioned in the script. Duelists draw and play cards normally. Whenever a card is to be searched from the deck per Card effect, the card meant to be searched is already on top of the deck or in an otherwise pre-determined location in order to avoid shuffling the rigged deck.
The decks are played with the characters' most iconic monsters from the anime, although occasionally cards that the character have never played or have never even been seen in the series have been shown, usually Staple cards, or cards related to cards that the character has played in the series. The script of TCG scripted duels do not adhere strictly to the Advanced Format, and it is not uncommon for characters to play cards Forbidden at the time. In contrast, OCG scripted duels do comply with the Advanced Format at the time.
The duel is conducted under the rules set in the anime, with each duelist starting with 4000 Life Points. In TCG scripted duels, card effects are usually applied as shown in the anime. In rare scenarios, a played card might adhere to its OCG/TCG effect instead of its anime one. Rarer still, a played card may not adhere to its effect depicted in either the anime or the OCG/TCG. In contrast, played cards in OCG scripted duels adhere to their OCG/TCG effects, rather than their anime ones.
In TCG scripted duels, characters can utilize summoning methods that didn't exist during their time period. For instance, in World Championship 2016 Special: Yugi vs. Kaiba, Seto Kaiba Synchro Summons "Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon", while Yugi Muto Xyz Summons "Ebon High Magician". In OCG scripted duels, characters only utilize summoning methods that existed during their time period.
New cards played by characters[edit]
Seto Kaiba
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Maximillion J. Pegasus
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Astral
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Ishizu Ishtar
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Jack Atlas
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Jean-Claude Magnum
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Cards played differently from their OCG/TCG versions[edit]
Cards played differently from their anime versions[edit]
Deck
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Series Representation[edit]
Most of the TCG scripted duels feature a character from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. The duels can feature characters from different anime series, such as Yugi Muto from Yu-Gi-Oh! and Astral from Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL. Characters from Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, and Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS have been represented. {{wikia:ygotas||Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series}} has been referenced.
Initially, the OCG scripted duels featured characters from the current anime series. However, after Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS finished broadcasting, the OCG scripted duels began to feature characters from past anime series. All of the OCG scripted duels feature characters from the same anime series. Characters from Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, and Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS have been represented.
Featured actors[edit]
TCG[edit]
- Greg Abbey as Tristan Taylor, Yusei Fudo, Jean-Claude Magnum
- Billy Brake as himself
- Darren Dunstan as Maximillion Pegasus
- Wayne Grayson as Joey Wheeler
- Dan Green as Yugi Muto, Yami Yugi
- Ted Lewis as Bakura, Yami Bakura, Jack Atlas
- Michael Liscio Jr. as Yuya Sakaki
- Mike Pollock as Arthur Hawkins
- Jonathan Todd Ross as Marik Ishtar, Yami Marik
- Erica Schroeder as Mai Valentine, Akiza Izinski
- Eric Stuart as Seto Kaiba
- Marc Thompson as Astral
- Oliver Wyman as Aster Phoenix, Zigfried von Schroeder
- Nell Balaban as Ishizu Ishtar
- Matthew Labyorteaux as Jaden Yuki
- Billy Bob Thompson as Gong Strong
OCG[edit]
- Takanori Hoshino as Jack Atlas
- Yamato Kinjo as Shay Obsidian
- Kensho Ono as Yuya Sakaki, Yuri
- Manpei Takagi as Yuto
- Shinpei Takagi as Yugo
- Shouya Ishige as Yusaku Fujiki/Playmaker
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Ryoken Kogami/Varis
- Takahiro Sakurai as Ai
- Yuya Miyashita as Yusei Fudo
- Tasuku Hatanaka as Yuma Tsukumo
- Toshiki Masuda as Shark
- Hiroki Takahashi as Joey Wheeler
- Tetsuya Iwanaga as Yami Marik
- Haruhi Terada as Mai Valentine
- Shunsuke Kazama as Yami Yugi
- Kenjiro Tsuda as Seto Kaiba
List of TCG scripted Duels[edit]
- Yugi vs. Yusei at North American World Championship Qualifiers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 17, 2011
- Yusei vs. Akiza at Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Providence in Providence, Rhode Island on October 21, 2012
- Mai, Joey, and Yugi vs. Pegasus and Bakura at Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Providence in Providence, Rhode Island on October 22, 2012
- Joey vs. Kaiba at North American World Championship Qualifiers in Columbus, Ohio on July 1, 2012
- Kaiba vs. Pegasus at North American World Championship Qualifiers in Chicago, Illinois on July 14, 2013
- Mai vs. Yugi at World Championship 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 11, 2013
- Astral vs. Yugi at North American World Championship Qualifiers in Detroit, Michigan on July 13, 2014
- Marik vs. Pegasus at North American World Championship Qualifiers in Nashville, Tennessee on June 28, 2015
- Joey vs. Pegasus at YCS Origins in Columbus, Ohio on June 19, 2016
- Yusei vs. Yuya at North American World Championship Qualifiers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 10, 2016
- Yugi vs. Kaiba at World Championship 2016 in Orlando, Florida on August 21, 2016
- Pegasus vs. Jack and Aster vs. Jack at North American World Championship Qualifiers in wikipedia:Chicago, Illinois on July 9, 2017
- Jean-Claude Magnum vs. Zigfried von Schroeder at North American World Championship Qualifiers in wikipedia:Fort Worth, Texas on July 1, 2018
- Joey vs. Ishizu at North American World Championship Qualifiers in wikipedia:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 23, 2019
- Yugi vs. Kaiba at World Championship 2019 in wikipedia:Berlin, Germany on August 11, 2019
- Yugi vs. Pegasus, a Remote Speed Duel performed on the July 17, 2020.
- Jaden vs. Aster, performed at the North America Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Championship 2022 in wikipedia:Chicago, Illinois on July 17, 2022.
- Gong vs. Jack, performed at the 2023 North America World Championship Qualifier in wikipedia:Raleigh, North Carolina on July 9, 2023.
List of OCG scripted Duels[edit]
- Yugo vs. Jack Atlas at Jump Festa 2016.
- Yuto vs. Jack Atlas at Jump Festa 2016.
- Shay Obsidian vs. Yuto at Jump Festa 2016.
- Yuya Sakaki vs. Jack Atlas at Jump Victory Carnival 2016.
- Yuto and Yugo vs. Jack Atlas at Jump Victory Carnival 2016.
- Yuya Sakaki and Yuri vs. Yugo and Yuto at Jump Festa 2017.
- Playmaker vs. Varis - First Scripted Duel at Jump Festa 2018.
- Playmaker vs. Varis - Second Scripted Duel at Jump Festa 2018.
- Playmaker vs. Varis - First Scripted Duel at Jump Victory Carnival 2019.
- Playmaker vs. Varis - Second Scripted Duel at Jump Victory Carnival 2019.
- Yusei Fudo vs. Jack Atlas at Jump Festa 2020.
- Yuma Tsukumo vs. Shark at Jump Festa 2020.
- Playmaker vs. Varis at Jump Festa 2020.
- Joey Wheeler vs. Yami Marik at Jump Festa 2020.
- Mai Valentine vs. Joey Wheeler, a Remote Duel performed on the 27th of May, 2020.
- Yami Yugi vs. Seto Kaiba at Jump Festa 2021.
- Playmaker vs. Varis at Jump Festa 2023.
- Yusei Fudo vs. Jack Atlas at The Legend of Duelist Quarter Century event at Tokyo Dome 2024.
- Yuma Tsukumo vs. Shark at The Legend of Duelist Quarter Century event at Tokyo Dome 2024.
- Playmaker vs. Varis at The Legend of Duelist Quarter Century event at Tokyo Dome 2024.
- Joey Wheeler & Mai Valentine vs. Yami Marik at The Legend of Duelist Quarter Century event at Tokyo Dome 2024.