Editing World Duel Carnival

{{About|the tournament|the story arc|[[World Duel Carnival (arc)]]}}
{{Infobox tournament
| image            = WDC Logo.jpg
| caption          = Logo of the WDC
| headers          = true
| english name     = World Duel Carnival 
| japanese name    = ワールド・デュエル・カーニバル
| romaji name      = Wārudo Dyueru Kānibaru 
| alternative name = WDC<ref name="ep15">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|15|ref}}</ref>
| structure        =
* [[Battle royal (tournament)|Battle royal]] (preliminaries)
* [[Single-elimination]] (finals)
| location         = [[Heartland]]
| winner           = [[Yuma Tsukumo]]
| runner-up        = [[Vetrix]]
| participation    = 10,000+
| appears anime    = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]
}}

The '''World Duel Carnival''' was a Duel tournament held in [[Heartland City]] in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'' anime. 

==Purpose==
The World Duel Carnival is really a plan designed by [[Mr. Heartland]] and [[Dr. Faker]] to find [[Number holder]]s so that [[Kite Tenjo]] can hunt them more efficiently. If the latter wins the tournament, they will gather most of the "Number" cards.<ref name="ep14">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|14|ref}}</ref> Unfortunately, Kite was defeated in his duel to Vetrix due to his "[[Number 69: Heraldry God - Coat of Arms]]"<ref name="ep64">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|64|ref}}</ref>, but Dr. Faker still allows the tournament to go as planned because the [[Sphere Field]] has the power to take "Numbers" from any holder.<ref name="ep65">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|65|ref}}</ref> The effect still remains the same due to Vetrix taking Kite's numbers from him.

Others besides Dr. Faker and Mr. Heartland who know or at least suspect the real purpose of this tournament such as [[Vetrix]] and [[Astral]] are also using it to collect "Numbers".

==Organization==
===Monitoring===
[[Dextra]] and [[Nistro]] are acting as referees of the tournament<ref name="ep30">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|30|ref}}</ref> and punish Duelists who cheated.<ref name="ep37">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|37|ref}}</ref> However, their true task is the search of "[[Number]]" cards,<ref name="ep37"/>, much like the [[Battle City]] tournament was used to search for [[Egyptian God]] monsters.

They are also involved in investigated incidents during the tournament and may decide whether something is allowed, as was the case with [[Tombo Tillbitty]]'s [[Basket Rule]]s.<ref name="ep30"/> 

If they discover someone cheated, they have authority to decide what kind of punishment the person will get, even if said punishment would be a physical one. For example, Nistro forced a boy into a [[Duel]] and ordered him to disappear from [[Heartland City]]. Next, he made [[Flip Turner|Flip]] eat all his "Heart Piece" candies and bound him with a rope. Nistro threatened he would confiscate his deck, while Flip would be disqualified and deprived from all future participation in the tournaments for the rest of his life. Additionally, he claimed he would make sure Flip never Dueled again by beating him out of Heartland City.<ref name="ep37"/>

===Special rules===
Having their own special rules in a Duel is not allowed. However, such rules can be approved by the referee, as was the case with [[Tombo Tillbitty]]'s [[Basket Rule]].<ref name="ep30"/>

==Flow of the tournament==
===Preliminaries===
The preliminaries happen for three days in [[Heartland City]], and each [[Duelist]] must accept all challenges. The tournament has an [[ante rule]] of betting their [[Heart Piece]]s and if all pieces are lost, the participant will be automatically disqualified. In order to enter the finals, the Duelist must gather five correct Heart Pieces to make a perfect heart.<ref name="ep26">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|26|ref}}</ref>

The tournament begun with more than 10,000 participants. Only 24 Duelists were able to complete their Heart Pieces. Trey was a finalist but could not participate in the semi-finals due to him being in a coma after being defeated by Yuma and Astral, therefore only 23 Duelists advanced to the finals.

==Finals==
====First Stage====
The first stage of the finals is called SkyScape section known as the Park Section in the Japanese version, which occurs all throughout [[Heartland]]. The Duelists use the [[Duel Coaster]] system which works similarly to a [[Battle Royal]] Duel. The Duelists ride the Duel Coaster and Duel if another Duelist is on the same lane. Multiple Duelists can Duel against the same opponent and several parts of the lanes have [[Spell Card|Spell]]/[[Trap Card]]s set which activate when the Duelist crosses over them.<ref name="ep51">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|51|ref}}</ref>

Those who remain from the 23 finalists will pass to the next course of the Duel Coaster which is the underground section called Dragon's Den.

====Second Stage====
The second stage consists of one-on-one battles, which happen in [[Duel Field|special fields]]:  magma, space, jungle, and canyon. There seem to be beneficial uses with these fields as some Duelists, such as Dextra and Quattro, state that they can put their opponents at disadvantages with these locations.<ref name="ep53">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|53|ref}}</ref> Whatever value of [[Life Points]] each player had at the end of the Duel Coaster becomes their starting Life Points for the quarterfinals match-ups. The [[Duel Field]]s are treated as [[Field Spell Card]]s and provide various [[effect]]s which affect both [[Duelist]]s.<ref name="ep54">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|54|ref}}</ref>

[[File:Eight Finalists The WDC.jpg|thumb|Second stage finalists.]]
<u>Finalists in each field</u><br>
[[Jungle Field|Jungle]] - [[Vetrix]] vs [[Dextra]]<br>
[[Magma Field|Magma]] - [[Reginald Kastle|Shark]] vs [[Quattro]]<br>
[[Space Field|Space]] - [[Kite Tenjo]] vs [[Quinton]]<br>
[[Dangerous Canyon|Canyon]] - [[Nistro]] vs [[Yuma Tsukumo]]<br>

===Semi-Finals===
The semifinals of the World Duel Carnival take place on the [[Duel Tower (ZEXAL)|Duel Tower]] that's situated inside the Duel Stadium.

===Finals===
The finals continue on the top of Duel Tower where both finalists Duel in the [[Sphere Field (card)|Sphere Field]]. It is part of [[Dr. Faker]]'s plan to draw out the power of "[[Number]]s".<ref name="ep65">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|65|ref}}</ref>

==Dueling Tree==
[[File:Yuma Wins.png|thumb|Yuma wins]]
{{Round8
<!--Episode|Duelist 1|LP 1|Duelist 2|LP 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
| ''Episode [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 054|54]]''| '''[[Vetrix]]'''|100|[[Dextra]]|0
| ''Episodes [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 055|55]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 056|56]]''|[[Quinton]]|0|'''[[Kite Tenjo]]'''|100
| ''Episodes [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 057|57]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 058|58]]''|'''[[Reginald Kastle|Shark]]'''|500|[[Quattro]]|0
| ''Episode [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 059|59]]|'''[[Yuma Tsukumo]]'''|300|[[Nistro]]|0
<!--Episode|Duelist 1|LP 1|Duelist 2|LP 2 -->
<!--semi finals -->
| ''Episodes [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 063|63]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 064|64]]''|'''[[Vetrix]]'''|700|[[Kite Tenjo]]|0
| ''Episodes [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 061|61]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 062|62]]''|[[Reginald Kastle|Shark]]|0|'''[[Yuma Tsukumo]]'''|400
<!--finals -->
|''Episodes [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 065|65]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 067|67]]''|[[Vetrix]]|0|'''[[Yuma Tsukumo]]'''|50
|widescore=yes}}

==Prize==
The winner will get a lifetime free passport to Heartland and the title of '''Duel Champion'''. Additionally, Mr. Heartland will fulfill one wish from the winner, if possible within his power.<ref name="ep26" />

==Participants==
Over 10,000 Duelists participated in the tournament.<ref name="ep51">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|51|ref}}</ref> Of them, 23 qualified for the finals.<ref name="ep50">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|50|ref}}</ref> 15 were eliminated from the finals via the [[Duel Coaster]].<!--4 in episode 51--><ref name="ep51" /><!--6 in episode 52--><ref name="ep52">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|52|ref}}</ref><!--5 in episode 53--><ref name="ep53">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|53|ref}}</ref> Eight Duelists made their way to the second stage, where six of them were eliminated.

[[Anna Kaboom]] was not a finalist as she didn't have a complete [[Heart Piece|heart]], but she forcibly took the place of another finalist.<ref name="ep52"/>

===Finalists===
* [[Anna Kaboom]]
* [[Lord Percius]]
* [[Tricky Tommy Noble]]
* [[Quinton]]
* [[Dextra]]
* [[Coyote]]
* [[Jackal]]
* [[Wolfsbane]]
* [[Pepe Perez]]
* [[Kite Tenjo]]
* [[Nistro]]
* [[Milky Kulala]] (didn't appear in the finals)
* [[Count Crazy Fang]]
* [[Quattro]]
* [[Reginald Kastle|Shark]]
* [[Vetrix]]
* [[Yuma Tsukumo]]
* Seven unnamed Duelists

===Known Eliminated Participants===
* [[Bronk Stone]]
* [[Caswell]]
* [[Cathy Katherine]]
* [[Cody Callus]]
* [[Pip]]
* [[Flip Turner]]
* [[Kazuma Motosu]]
* [[Misato Hayashi]]
* [[Nelson Andrews]]
* [[Spencer]]
* [[Striker]]
* [[Cameron Clix]]
* [[Tetsu Tamatsu]]
* [[Tombo Tillbitty]]
* [[Trey]]

===Unofficial Participants===
This Duelist Dueled someone who was participating in the WDC. His opponent was under the impression that he was involved in the tournament until after the Duel, when he revealed he possessed no Heart Pieces.

* [[Charlie McCay]]

==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
WDC_Participants.jpg | Several unnamed participants.
World Duel Carnival Trophy.png|The trophy.
WDCFields.png|The four [[Duel Field]]s.
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Heart Piece]]
* [[Duel Coaster]]

==References==
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{{Duel Monsters tournaments}}
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