Editing Yu-Gi-Oh! - Duel 009

{{Infobox chapter
| image           = Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 9 - bunkoban - JP - color.png
| en_name         = The Cards with Teeth (Part 1)
| ja_name         = 牙を持つカード〈前編〉
| romaji_name     = Kiba wo Motsu Kādo <Zenpen>
| ja_trans_name   = 
| series          = Yu-Gi-Oh!
| number          = 9
| ja_magazine     = Weekly Shōnen Jump
| ja_issue        = 1996 #50
| en_magazine     = Shonen Jump
| en_issue        = 
| volume          = 2
| bunkoban_volume = 1
| sjr_volume      = 1
| ja_release_date = 
| en_release_date = 
}}

"'''The Cards with Teeth (Part 1)'''" is the ninth chapter of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga]]. This is the first time ''[[Duel Monsters (manga)|Duel Monsters]]'' appeared in any ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' medium. This chapter contains the first storyline to extend over more than one chapter.

This chapter was originally printed in the ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' magazine in Japanese. Its first English release was in the ''[[Shonen Jump]]'' magazine. It has been reprinted in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Volume 002|volume 2]] of the [[wikipedia:Tankōbon|tankōbon]] and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! bunkoban - Volume 001|volume 1]] of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (bunkoban)|bunkoban]].

When this chapter was printed in English in the ''Shonen Jump'' magazine, it used the name ''Magic and Wizards'' for the card game. When it was reprinted in volume 2, it used the name ''[[Duel Monsters (manga)|Duel Monsters]]''.

{{Chapter summary|[[Seto Kaiba (manga)|Seto Kaiba]] finds [[Sugoroku Mutou (manga)|Sugoroku Mutou]] has a "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (manga)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]". After Sugoroku refuses to trade for the card, Kaiba resorts to dishonest means to get it.}}

==Summary==
===Introduction to Duel Monsters===
At the [[Kame Game]], [[Sugoroku Mutou (manga)|Sugoroku]] introduces [[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi]]'s friends, [[Katsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Jonouchi]] and [[Anzu Mazaki (manga)|Anzu]] to ''[[Duel Monsters (manga)|Duel Monsters]]'', a card game, which is currently popular in America. Unlike [[standard playing cards]], ''Duel Monsters'' have a wide variety of card illustrations and contains thousands of different [[Monster Card|Monster]] and [[Spell Card]]s.

Anzu is impressed by some nice artwork, while she finds some of the others kinda gross. Jonouchi asks how to play and if it is anything like [[wikipedia:Menko|Menko]]. (In the English version, he asks if it is like gambling). Yugi explains that it is a trading card game, involving two players, who each stake a card and the winner takes both cards. The game allows both players to be wizards, who can use their cards to cast spells or Summon monsters to fight. All have different [[ATK|Attack]] and [[DEF|Defense strengths]]. The first player to run out of [[Life Points]] loses. 

As Yugi explains this an image of "[[Mystic Lamp (manga)|Mystic Lamp]]" is shown in the background, with labels showing its name, [[Level]], illustration, Attack ([[ATK]]) and Defense ([[DEF]]) and mentioning that there's a prismatic corner stamp.

Sugoroku says that there are both strong and weak cards, but with so many, one could never collect them all. He's heard of a fan in America, who sold his house just to buy one card. Sugoroku himself is fan enough to have one amazing card. He decides to show it to them, stating that it is his greatest treasure. He holds up the card, "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (manga)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]". (In the English version, "Blue-Eyes White Dragon's" [[Type]] and lore are added.) He tells them that the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" is so overpowered they stopped production, making it very valuable. In the Japanese version, he says that some people have been killed over it. In the English version, he says collectors would pay through their nose to get their hands on one.

Jonouchi suggests that they play ''Duel Monsters'' at school tomorrow and Yugi gladly agrees. Jonouchi asks for a pack with plenty of strong ones, but Sugoroku laughs that you can't tell that until you open the pack.

===Kaiba's visit===
[[File:Kaiba ridicules Jonouchi's cards.png|thumb|left|250px|[[Seto Kaiba (manga)|Kaiba]] ridicules [[Katsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Jonouchi's]] cards.]]

[[Seto Kaiba (manga)|Seto Kaiba]] enters the shop and sees they're talking about ''Duel Monsters''. Yugi recognizes Kaiba from their class. Jonouchi is glad to hear that Kaiba plays too and invites him to join them playing at school tomorrow. Kaiba laughs that Jonouchi isn't in his league and takes a look at his cards. He tosses them back at Jonouchi saying that they're useless and a beginner like Jonouchi could never match him. Kaiba boasts that he's good enough to compete at the national competition and since Jonouchi could never win against his Deck, playing against him would be pointless. He tells Jonouchi to come back, after he's collected at least 10,000 cards.

Jonouchi starts to get mad and thinks to himself that he wouldn't lose in a real fight. Yugi tries to calm him down, saying he'll still play with Jonouchi.

Kaiba turns to Sugoroku and asks if he has any good cards he might be persuaded to buy. Sugoroku says that he has and Kaiba notices the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" on the counter. His hard beats and he starts to sweat, recognizing it as a legendary card. Sugoroku swipes the card back off he counter and Kaiba starts to question him, asking where he got the card, what it's doing here and demanding to have a look. Sugoroku agrees to let him have one look and hands him the card. Kaiba starts to stare at it in awe. He's never seen the card or ever thought that he'd actually hold one. The card is powerful and rare, he thinks, if he was to own it, he'd be invincible.

[[File:Dear friend.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Sugoroku Mutou (manga)|Sugoroku]] explains that he got the "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (manga)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" from [[Sugoroku's friend|a dear friend]].]]
Sugoroku swipes the card back off of him, saying that's enough. Kaiba drops open a briefcase full of cards on the counter, offering to trade all of them for the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". Yugi, Anzu and Jonouchi are surprised by both Kaiba offering that many cards and Sugoroku turning them down. It makes sense to Kaiba, he wouldn't trade the card for anything himself.

Sugoroku says that he knows why Kaiba wants the card so much, however he has a good reason to hang onto it and it's not just because it's a strong card. An important gamer friend of his from America gave him the card. The card is as important to him as that friend, so he could never give it up. The same would be true if it was a common card. A picture of Sugoroku with [[Sugoroku's friend|the friend]] is visible behind him as he speaks to Kaiba. If you really treasure something, it grows a heart of its own and you would never trade anything for that heart, he explains and tells Kaiba to take care of every card in his briefcase and then he will find the true strength of this game. Kaiba slams his briefcase shut and walks out, saying he will get it later then.

Jonouchi compliments Sugoroku on his speech and Yugi says that even without a rare card, his grandfather has never lost a game.

===School===
Yugi faces against Jonouchi in a game of ''[[Duel Monsters (manga)|Duel Monsters]]'', while a large group of students, including [[Anzu Mazaki (manga)|Anzu]], [[Hiroto Honda (manga)|Honda]], [[Tomoya Hanasaki|Hanasaki]] gather around them. Jonouchi [[attack]]s Yugi with "[[Zombie (manga)|Zombie]]" and Yugi [[Defense Position|defends]] with another card.

As they play, some of the basic rules of ''Duel Monsters'' are shown to the reader. They say that each player uses a Deck of 40 cards and starts with 2000 [[LP|Life Points]]. They take turns drawing cards and play them in either [[Attack Position|Attack]] and [[Defense Position|Defense Mode]]. When the defending player can't play a monster, the opponent's monsters [[ATK|Attack Points]] are deducted from their Life Points. When a player's Life Points reach 0, they lose. The Japanese version also includes the rules for calculating [[battle damage|damage]] and determining which monsters are destroyed during battles.

[[File:Kaiba steals Blue-Eyes.png|thumb|left|250px|Kaiba switches the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" for a [[counterfeit]].]]
Yugi starts his turn and [[Normal Summon|Summons]] "[[Blackland Fire Dragon (manga)|Blackland Fire Dragon]]". He uses it to [[attack]] and [[destroy]] "Zombie", dropping Jonouchi's Life Points from 2000 to 1500. Jonouchi starts to panic and says he'll use his secret weapon, but Yugi beats it too. After he loses, the other students laugh and Jonouchi and his secret weapon for being weak. Kaiba laughs to himself that that was such a low level Duel and even the elementary school students at the nationals are better than them.

Kaiba addresses Yugi and tells him the Duel was fun to watch and asks if Yugi has the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" in his schoolbag. Yugi is impressed and asks how Kaiba knew it was there. He says he begged his grandfather to lend it to him for one day, but had to promise not to play with it. Kaiba asks to be shown it one more time. Since he saw the card yesterday, he hasn't been able to sleep, he's been so excited, he tells Yugi and says that what his grandfather told him yesterday has taught him what it means to love the cards. Yugi agrees and to show it to him and hands Kaiba the card.

Kaiba admires the card and quickly swaps it with a [[counterfeit]] he made. He hands back the counterfeit, thanking Yugi and saying that holding the card makes him love the game more. Kaiba tells them to have fun with their game and leaves. Yugi looks at him suspiciously, until Jonouchi calls him for a rematch.

===After school===
[[File:Eat briefcase.png|thumb|right|200px|Kaiba hits [[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi]], with his briefcase.]]
Kaiba leaves school, laughing that there's no way he'll lose the next tournament, but hears Yugi call after him. He worries slightly and asks Yugi if he's on his way home. Yugi asks Kaiba to give back the card. He didn't want to ask him earlier because everyone was watching, he explains. Kaiba acts innocent, asking if Yugi thinks he stole the card, and points out that he gave it back to him. Yugi says that he can tell the difference between a real and a fake and asks again for the card back. He tells Kaiba that the card is important to his grandfather and if he doesn't keep his promise and give him back the card, it'll break his heart. Kaiba still claims to have not taken it and asks Yugi about his own feelings; why doesn't he believe his friend before complaining about his grandfather? Yugi objects, causing Kaiba to lose his patience and hit him over the head with his briefcase.

Kaiba states that he doesn't care about loving cards and stupid things like that and asks Yugi to tell his grandfather that it's not how you play the game, it's whether you win or lose.

Yugi changes to [[Dark Yugi (manga)|Dark Yugi]], who says he must teach Kaiba a lesson with a [[Shadow Game (manga)|Shadow Game]] and when he's done, he'll take back his grandfather's card.

===The Shadow Game===
[[File:Ryu-Kishin and Blackland Fire Dragon alive.png|thumb|left|250px|The ''[[Duel Monsters (manga)|Duel Monsters]]'' cards, brought to life.]]
Dark Yugi and Kaiba sit down at a table to play ''[[Duel Monsters (manga)|Duel Monsters]]''. Kaiba can't believe that Yugi challenged him to a game.

Dark Yugi explains that the rules of this ''Duel Monsters'' game will be slightly different than what Kaiba's used to. Sounds like fun to Kaiba, but he doesn't think his cards will lose, no matter what house rules Dark Yugi has. Kaiba then thinks to himself, that if he ends-up in a pinch, he can use the stolen "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" and just tell Dark Yugi that he got it someplace else.

Kaiba goes first and [[Draw a Card|draws]] a [[Level]] 5 monster "[[Ryu-Kishin (manga)|Ryu-Kishin]]". As Kaiba [[Normal Summon|Summons]] the card, a real monster emerges from it. Dark Yugi smiles, reminding Kaiba that he said the game would be different.

Dark Yugi Summons "[[Blackland Fire Dragon (manga)|Blackland Fire Dragon]]" to battle "Ryu-Kishin". A real "Blackland Fire Dragon" emerges from the card and uses its flame breath to defeat the gargoyle. Kaiba observes his card disappearing. Dark Yugi tells him that the monsters become real and a [[Penalty Game (manga)|Penalty Game]] awaits the loser; those are the rules of a [[Shadow Game (manga)|Shadow Game]] of ''Duel Monsters''.

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==Appearances==
Debuts are in bold.

{{Appearances
| characters =
* [[Sugoroku Mutou (manga)|Sugoroku Mutou]]
* [[Anzu Mazaki (manga)|Anzu Mazaki]]
* [[Katsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Katsuya Jonouchi]]
* [[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi Mutou]]
* '''[[Seto Kaiba (manga)|Seto Kaiba]]'''
* '''[[Sugoroku's friend]]'''
* [[Tomoya Hanasaki]]
* [[Dark Yugi (manga)|Dark Yugi]]

| locations =
* [[Domino City (manga)|Domino City]]
** [[Kame Game]]
** [[Domino High School (manga)|Domino High School]]

| items =
* '''[[Chess]]'''
* [[Air Muscle]]
* '''''[[Duel Monsters (manga)|Duel Monsters]]'''''
* [[Millennium Puzzle (manga)|Millennium Puzzle]]
* '''[[Duralumin case]]'''
* [[Shadow Game (manga)|Shadow Game]]

| events =
* '''[[Yugi Mutou and Katsuya Jonouchi's school Duel (manga)|Yugi Mutou and Katsuya Jonouchi's school Duel]]'''
* '''[[Dark Yugi and Seto Kaiba's school Duel]]'''
}}

==Featured Duels==
===Katsuya Jonouchi vs. Yugi Mutou===
[[Katsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Jonouchi]] [[Normal Summon]]s "[[Zombie (manga)|Zombie]]" with 1000 [[ATK]]. [[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi]] plays a card in [[Defense Position]] to defend himself from the Zombie's [[attack]].

Yugi Normal Summons "[[Blackland Fire Dragon (manga)|Blackland Fire Dragon]]" (ATK: 1500). "Blackland Fire Dragon" attacks and [[destroy]]s "Zombie". (Jonouchi: 1500 [[LP|Life Points]])

Jonouchi plays a card he calls his secret weapon.

Yugi defeats the secret weapon.

Yugi eventually wins.

===Seto Kaiba vs. Dark Yugi===
[[Seto Kaiba (manga)|Kaiba]] [[Draw a Card|draws]] "[[Ryu-Kishin (manga)|Ryu-Kishin]]" and [[Normal Summon]]s it ([[ATK]]: 1000).

[[Dark Yugi (manga)|Dark Yugi]] Normal Summons "[[Blackland Fire Dragon (manga)|Blackland Fire Dragon]]" (ATK: 1500). "Blackland Fire Dragon" [[attack]]s and [[destroy]]s "Ryu-Kishin". (Kaiba: 1500 Life Points)

:''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Duel 010#Seto Kaiba vs. Dark Yugi|Continued next chapter...]]''

==Featured cards==
The following cards appeared in this chapter. Cards in italics debuted here.

{{Decklist|Sugoroku Mutou
|monsters =
* ''[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (manga)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]''
}}

{{Decklist|Katsuya Jonouchi
|monsters =
* ''[[Zombie (manga)|Zombie]]''
* ''Various unidentified cards''
}}

{{Decklist|Yugi Mutou/Dark Yugi
|monsters =
* ''[[Blackland Fire Dragon (manga)|Blackland Fire Dragon]]''
}}

{{Decklist|Seto Kaiba
|monsters =
* ''[[Ryu-Kishin (manga)|Ryu-Kishin]]''
* ''Various unidentified cards''
}}

{{Decklist|Other
|monsters =
* ''[[Mystic Lamp (manga)|Mystic Lamp]]''
* ''[[Giant Soldier of Stone (Rock Man)]]''
* ''[[Hell-Bound (manga)|Hell-Bound]]''
* ''[[Summoned Skull (manga)|Summoned Skull]]''
* ''Various unidentified cards''
}}

==Anime adaptions==
===Toei===
Episode 3 of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei anime)|Toei anime]], {{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! (first series)|3}} is based on this chapter and the next one. A number of changes were made including:
* [[Yugi Mutou (Toei)|Yugi]] introduced his friends to ''[[Duel Monsters (Toei)|Duel Monsters]]'' at school, rather than at [[Kame Game]].

* [[Katsuya Jonouchi (Toei)|Jonouchi]] is not interested in ''Duel Monsters'' at first, claiming not to like childish games.

* ''Duel Monsters'' is played on a mat that has various zones offering [[Field Power Bonus]]es.

* [[Seto Kaiba (Toei)|Kaiba]] finds out Yugi plays ''Duel Monsters'' at school and invites him and his friends to come to his house after school.

* Yugi invites Kaiba and his friends to the game shop afterwards.

* [[Miho Nosaka]] and [[Hiroto Honda (Toei)|Hiroto Honda]] are among Yugi's friends that come to the shop.

* The cards in Kaiba's briefcase were changed.

* Jonouchi and Honda get beaten-up by Kaiba's goons, while trying to take the stolen "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (Toei)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" back from Kaiba.

===NAS===
Episode 1 of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|NAS anime]], {{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|1}} is a mixture of this chapter and the [[Death-T]] arc. A number of changes were made including:
* [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]] and Jonouchi (called [[Joey Wheeler]] in the English version) played ''[[Duel Monsters]]'' at school, before visiting the [[Kame Game|game shop]].

* Jonouchi's monster that was beaten by "[[Blackland Fire Dragon (anime)|Blackland Fire Dragon]]" was changed to "[[Kagemusha of the Blue Flame (anime)|Kagemusha of the Blue Flame]]".

* Hiroto Honda ([[Tristan Taylor]] in the English version) also went to the game shop with Yugi, Jonouchi and Anzu ([[Téa Gardner]] in the English version).

* Yugi plead with his grandfather to show them the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", whereas in the manga, it was his grandfather's idea to show them the card.

* The cards in Kaiba's briefcase were changed.

* Kaiba also offered to pay whatever price Sugoroku ([[Solomon Muto|Solomon]] in the English version) wanted for the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".

* The picture of Sugoroku's friend is not shown. He does however appear in later episodes and is named Arthur Hopkins ([[Arthur Hawkins]] in the English version).

* The events of Kaiba switching the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" are skipped and the episode goes straight to a shortened version of [[Death-T]].

{{See also|Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 001#Manga version}}

==Influences==
The character [[Seto Kaiba (manga)|Seto Kaiba]] is based on a collectable card games player that a friend of [[Kazuki Takahashi]] met. Takahashi's friend asked this person to teach him how to play a card game, but he replied "Hmph! Come back when you've collected 10,000 cards". The story made Takahashi mad, but thought the player would make a good character. Kaiba uses the man from the story's line about collecting 10,000 cards in this chapter.<ref>[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist - Volume 010]] foreword.</ref>

''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' had been a series of chapters, each with its own single storyline and featuring a different game in each story, up until this point. ''[[Duel Monsters (manga)|Duel Monsters]]'' proved to be largely popular, so Kazuki Takahashi decided to expand on it and base larger storylines on it.

The position many monsters appeared in after being Summoned, including "[[Ryu-Kishin]]" and "[[Blackland Fire Dragon]]" were used by [[Konami]] as their artworks in the ''[[OCG]]''/''[[TCG]]'', rather than the artworks the cards had in the manga. The previous [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Bandai's Official Card Game|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' card game by Bandai]] had used the artworks featured on the cards in the manga.

==Title pages==
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 9 - tankobon - JP.jpg         | Japanese ''tankobon''
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 9 - bunkoban - JP - color.png | Japanese color ''bunkoban''
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 9 - Shonen Jump.png           | English ''[[Shonen Jump]]''
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 9 - tankobon - EN.png         | English ''tankobon''
</gallery>

==References==
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