Yu-Gi-Oh! Ultimate Masters
World Champion Tournament 2006
Guide (Version 0.55)
By B.J. - GuideGy@yahoo.com
Last Updated: Jan. 6, 2006
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--Table of Contents--
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1. Intro and Updates
2. Walkthrough
A. Free Duel
B. Challenge!
I. Duel Puzzle
II. Limited Duel
III. Theme Duel
IV. Survival Duel
3. Useful Information
A. Bonuses
B. Starter Decks
C. Pack Lists
D. Card List
E. Opponents' Decks
F. Helpful Decks
4. Closing
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--1. Intro--
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I copied this from the GameFAQs page:
This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal,
private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed
publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other
web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a
violation of copyright.
Speaking of which, this guide is allowed to be at GameFAQs.com and now at
SuperCheats.com, CheatCC.com, and 1UP.com as well.
Also, my notes appear in square braces ([]) throughout this guide.
One more thing, unless otherwise stated, cards are in order according to this
scheme: Normal Monsters, Effect Monsters, Spell, Trap, Fusion, Ritual Monsters.
A preliminary note
--Updates--
Version 0.10 - Just started.
Version 0.12 - Added 96% of Legend of B.E.W.D. pack.
Version 0.13 - Added 36% of Metal Raiders pack and another starter deck.
Version 0.15 - Up to 83% of Metal Raiders, another starter, and Kuriboh done.
Version 0.20 - Added 91% of Pharaoh's Servant, another starter deck (one left),
and Manticore of Darkness and White Magician Pikeru's decks done.
Version 0.25 - Added 85% of Pharaonic Guardian and 90% of Spell Ruler.  All
starter decks done, another puzzle, and part of a few opp. decks.
Version 0.30 - Added 85% of Labyrinth of Nightmare, 76% of Legacy of Darkness,
some more opponents' decks and some more puzzles.
Version 0.35 - Added 75% of Magician's Force and 66% of Dark Crisis, and more
of the usual, I don't read this crap when I read a guide, so why
am I bothering typing it.  No one cares about this junk.
Version 0.40 - More of the same.
Version 0.45 - I noticed that in collecting cards and playing Free Duel I had
neglected the Limited and Theme Duel sections so the bulk of this
update is in there and completing pack lists. (Opp. Decks next.)
Version 0.50 - I added a pretty evenly to each section, over a dozen decks,
many prizes, a couple puzzles, the first dozen pack lists are now
at 100%, and included some of my more useful decks at the end.
Version 0.55 - All Puzzles completed, another three and a half packs worth of
cards, some decks, and other stuff.  Less than 600 cards to go...
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--2. Walkthrough--
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--Starting a New Game--
Start a new game by entering your name (They don't have periods... If you're
wondering why I point that out, check my name at the top.) and pick an icon to
represent 'you.'  Don't worry too much about deciding as you can change them
later, kind of like the Witness Protection Program for duelists.  Next select
a starting deck.  I'd recommend Spellcaster's Judgement as it has a lot of
card's you'd love to have in real life but can't affort to buy individually on
the Internet; or possibly Blazing Destruction as if you can get a boatload of
monsters on the field at the same time, your opponent's Life Points are toast,
HA!  Honestly though, all of the starter decks are well constructed, so just
pick the one that looks like it matches your playing style based on the cards
it has.  You start with 3000DP.  These can be used to buy some packs of cards
to augment your starting deck.  There are 11 packs available for purchase from
the beginning ranging from 150DP to 350DP per pack; but watch your butt in this
game.  You can't cheat the system like you usually can.  When you buy a pack
(or 2, 3, or even 10 at once), the game automatically saves so you can't keep
buying the same pack until you get what you need like in previous games.  This
makes the game very annoying and very hard to write a guide for.  I feel sorry
for the sucker who's got that job...  Not to mention that individual cards (via
the password system) are insanely expensive.  Hmm, 7 Spell Ruler packs for 1400
or a Skull Servant card for 1560... Anyway, you can still choose from the usual
6 languages, but if you're reading this, why would you want to change from
English?  When there are two options at the bottom (like when you open a pack
of cards), the one on the left is what the B button does and the one on the
right is what the A button does, also, when given a YES/NO choice, it defaults
to YES so you can press A for YES and B for NO.  While dueling, hold A to check
the field when you can't act and press B to change Phases on your turn.  Hold R
to check a card's text when you can't select it.  That's all the important
controls that might not be second nature to someone who's never played before.
NEW CONTROLS: Hold B and it won't ask you if you want to activate something at
every opportunity.  (In Nightmare Troubadour, best Yu-Gi-Oh! game ever no
no matter how flawed, you could hold R but I just realized it was B yesterday.)
Also, it turns out you can buy many, many, MANY packs at once, merely select
the packs you want to buy, then click return (B if you were paying attention)
then select packs from another set, and continue the process until you've
bought a huge amount of packs; and while it is a neat find, I like to see the
cards that I get and that would involve a lot of scrolling so I'll stick to 10.
Anyway, on to the fun part, DUELING!  I won't explain HOW to duel, 'cause if
you don't know how, none of this has made any sense so you probably didn't make
it this far.  You can make a good deal of progress with your Starter Deck if
you like, but you'll soon want to pick up a few packs to reinforce (or even
completely rework) your deck.  Most people who play will tell you to keep your
Deck at 40 cards (sometimes OCDily so), but I prefer to stock my Deck with as
many cards as the game will allow (I try to limit myself to 80-100 in duels
in real life).  You have a better chance of picking the card you want if there
are 3 in an 80 card deck then if there's one in a 40 card deck, and you never
run the chance of running out of cards (to the point where if your opponent has
built their Deck around making you run out of cards, you can still use all the
cards you want to draw and Special Summon from your deck that you want without
worrying about running out before them).  Example:  You opponent uses their
best 20 cards to force you to discard 50 cards from your deck and they lose 10
because of their Morphing Jars.  Someone with a 40 card deck would have run out
of cards 5-10 turns ago, but with an 80 card deck, you can use Pot of Greed and
Graceful Charity and still have 30-35 cards in your Deck to your opponent's 10.
The point is, build your deck however you want to.  If you find a type of
monster that works in your favor, put 'em all in.  If your Deck is based around
an important card, throw 3 Different Dimension Capsules in your Deck and
'Booyaka!' there it is.  [Interesting fact:  If two monsters with 0 ATK battle,
nothing happens.]
By the way, some cards feel reeeeally overused in this game.  You'll come to
hate Smashing Ground real quick.  Just about everyone you duel has 9 or 10 of
the same cards (Call of the Haunted, Pot of Greed, Mystical Space Typhoon,
Heavy Storm...).  So, next comes the different ways to duel in this game:
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--A. FREE DUEL--
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These are good old battles.  You take your deck and beat the crap out of
another player.  There are several levels of Free Duel with increasing
difficulty.
--Level 1--
Kuriboh     Scapegoat     Skull Servant     Watapon     White Magician Pikeru
--Level 2--
Batteryman C - Beat all Level 1 monsters.
Ojama Yellow     Goblin King - Beat all Level 1 monsters 3 times.
Des Frog        Water Dragon - Beat all Level 1 monsters 5 times.
--Level 3--
Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon - Beat all Level 2 monsters.
Vampire Genesis     Infernal Flame Emperor - Beat all Level 2 monsters 3 times.
Oceah Dragon Lord - Neo-Daedalus     Helios Duo Megiste - Beat all LV2 mnst 5x.
--Level 4--
Gilford the Legend - Beat all Level 3 monsters.
Dark Eradicator Warlock     Guardian Exode - Beat all Level 3 monsters 3 times.
Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World     Elemental Hero Erikshieler - Beat LV3 mnst 5x.
--Level 5--
Raviel, Lord of Phantasms     Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8 - B. LV4 ms. 5x.
Stronghold - Achieve a 60% game completion total.
Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys - Achieve a 70% game completion total.
More duelists as I unlock them.  They're mostly on the codes page if you really
need to know.  Mainly, beating lower level duelists a certain number of times
and completing the game to a certain percentage (which can be found in Your
Status under the Options menu).  I.E. Duel, duel, and duel some more.  If
you've beaten everybody ten times and every challenge at least once, you'll
unlock everybody.
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--B. CHALLENGE!--
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Now these are fun.  Duels with certain cards, with certain conditions, or with
the duel almost over, all to help you hone your skills as a duelist and become
the King of Games! ... Okay, not really, but they're still fun.
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--I. DUEL PUZZLE--
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Yay, PUZZLES!  These all require you to hop into a game at the last second and
pull out a victory against seemingly overwhelming odds, but that's what
Yu-Gi-Oh! games are all about isn't it.  You get DP for clearing each puzzle
the first time around, and I have compiled the answers here in case you can't
seem to figure them out.  The "harder" the puzzle, the bigger the prize.
[Note: There is more than one way to win some of these Battles so I've only
listed the most obvious one each; and unless specifically stated, summon
everything in Attack Position.  Also, whenever Mystic Wok is activated,
obviously pick whichever stat is greater.]
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--200DP--
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Warriors of Darkness
-Activate The Cheerful Coffin and select Sillva, Beiige, and Broww
-Summon Zure
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Scarr attack White Magical Hat
-Choose to destroy both Blue-Eyes White Dragons
-Have all remaining monsters attack
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Close-Up Conjuring
-Activate Summon Priest, discard Monster Reincarnation for Queen's Knight
-Activate Reinforcement of the Army
-Summon King's Knight and use its effect
-Activate Generation Shift on Summon Priest
-Activate Polymerization
-Activate Premature Burial on Jack's Knight
-Enter Battle Phase
-Attack with Jack's Knight and Chain Alkana Knight Joker's effect
-Attack with Alkana Knight Joker
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Ancient Mechanism
-Activate Ancient Gear Castle
-Summon Ancient Gear Soldier
-Activate Ultimate Offering, by sacrifice Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon
to summon Ancient Gear Beast
-Activate Ultimate Offering, summon Ancient Gear Golem by activating the
effect of Ancient Gear Castle
-Enter Battle Phase
-Attack with Ancient Gear Golem
-Have all remaining monsters attack
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Open Fire!
-Enter Battle Phase
-Attack with Amazoness Chain Master and activate her effect
-Enter Main Phase 2
-Summon Kuriboh, activate Multiply
-Use Cannon Soldier's effect on all monsters (Cannon Soldier LAST!)
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Defeat The Three Phantoms
-Activate Raigeki Break, discard Aitsu to destroy Sangan and Chain Michizure
to destroy Hamon
-Flip Summon Dimension Jar to remove 3 of your opponent's traps from play
-Summon Koitsu
-Activate Metamorphosis
-Enter Battle Phase
-Attack anyone but Raviel
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Achilles Heel
-Flip Summon Magician of Faith and take back The Cheerful Coffin
-Activate the Forces of Darkness
-Activate Magician's Unite on Magician of Faith
-Sacrafice The Unhappy Girl to summon White Horns D.
-Activate White Horns D.'s effect to remove 5 spell cards from play
-Activate The Cheerful Coffin on both monsters
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Magician of Faith attack Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
-Have White Horns D. attack Elemental Hero Tempest
-Have all remaining monsters attack
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Reinforcement
-Activate Cybernetic Magician's effect twice (discard your two monsters to
destroy your two Spirit Reapers)
-Activate Scapegoat
-Put Cybernetic Magician into Defense Position
-Activate Zero Gravity
-Activate Backup Soldier to take back 3 monsters
-Use Cybernetic Magician's effect on 3 Scapegoat Tokens
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have all monsters attack
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--400DP--
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Eternal Flame
-Change Throwstone Unit to Attack Position
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Throwstone Unit attack and activate Option Hunter
-Have Ancient Gear Soldier attack
-Enter Main Phase 2
-Activate Tremendous Fire and Chain Serial Spell
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Frog Family
-Activate Excavation of Mage Stones, discard T.A.D.P.O.L.E. and Treeborn Frog
to take back Polymerization
-Sacrifice Treeborn Frog to summon Des Frog and activate its effect to summon
the Des Frog in your deck
-Activate Polymerization
-Activate Double Attack and designate D.3.S. Frog
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have D.3.S. Frog attack twice
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Equip Power
-Sacrafice Gearfried and Ben Kei to summon Gilford the Legend
-Use Gilford's effect to equip both cards to Hayabusa Knight
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Hayabusa Knight attack twice
-Attack with Gilford the Legend
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Eliminate F.G.D!
To Unlock: 5 duels
-Summon The Anciend Sun Helios
-Special Summon Helios Duo Megiste
-Change Banisher of the Light to Attack Position
-Set Soul Release
-Activate Giant Trunade
-Activate Soul Release and select one of your opponent's monsters, your two
D.D. Assailants, and two of your D.D. Dynamites
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Helios Duo Megiste attack Needle Worm
-Have Homunculus Gold attack F.G.D.
-Have Banisher of the Light attack
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Anteater Hunter
To Unlock: 10 Duels
-Activate Generation Shift on Disciple of the Forbidden Spell
-Summon Disciple of the Forbidden Spell and select DARK
-Special Summon Anteatereatingant and activate its effect
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Disciple of the Forbidden Spell attack Spirit Reaper
-Have Divine Dragon - Excelion attack
-Have Chainsaw Insect attack
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The Elemental Hero
To Unlock: 15 Duels
-Activate King of the Swamp's effect
-Activate both Polymerizations
-Summon Wroughtweiler
-Activate Premature Burial on King of the Swamp
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman attack Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon
-Have all remaining monsters attack
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Fight to the Death
To Unlock: 20 Duels
-Put Blue-Eyes White Dragon in Defense Position
-Set Fissure
-Activate Stop Defense on Yomi Ship
-Summon Elemental Hero Wildheart
-Activate Cyclone Boomerang
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Elemental Hero Wildheart attack Yomi Ship
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--600DP--
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Towards Tomorrow
To Unlock: 25 Duels
[To save space, I will omit titles.  Cards in CAPS are in the Deck.]
-Flip Summon Eria
-Activate Aoi and select Gigobyte
-Flip Summon Wynn, Special Summon WYNN
-Flip Summon Aussa, Special Summon AUSSA
-Flip Summon Hiita, Special Summon HIITA
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Wynn attack Marshmallon
-Activate Miyabi
-Have all remaining monsters attack
-Activate Kurenai
-Activate Kurogane
-Have Aussa attack
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Roll Out!
To Unlock: 30 Duels
-Summon Decayed Commander and activate its effect
-Activate Zombie Tiger's effect
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Decayed Commander attack Element Valkyrie
-Activate Roll Out!
-Activate Combination Attack
-Have Zombie Tiger attack
-Activate Formation Union
-Have Decayed Commander attack
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To Catch a Sheep
To Unlock: 35 Duels
-Flip Summon Magician of Faith to take back Creature Swap
-Activate Armed Dragon LV7's effect and select Soul Tiger
-Tribute Magician of Faith and Man-Eater Bug to Summon The Creator
-Activate The Creator's effect to Special Summon Soul Tiger, discard Tsukuyomi
-Activate Creature Swap and select Soul Tiger
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Elemental Hero Erikshieler attack Soul Tiger
-Have all remaining monsters attack
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Wall of Zoa
To Unlock: 40 Duels
Discard, in any order, your Hysteric Fairy, Dark Hole, and Premature Burial.
Always target Divine Dragon - Excelion with card effects.
-Activate Tribute to The Doomed
-Activate Back to Square One
-Activate Next to be Lost
-Activate Monster Reincarnation
-Summon Divine Dragon - Excelion and select "Raise ATK by 1000." and
"Cause damage equal to the ATK of the monster destroyed in battle."
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Divine Dragon - Excelion attack a Metalzoa
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VWXYZ
To Unlock: 45 Duels
-Activate XYZ-Dragon Cannon's effect:  Discard Polymerization to destroy
Lord of D.
-Activate Call of the Haunted and select W-Wing Catapult
-Summon V-Tiger Jet
-Summon VW-Tiger Catapult from the Fusion Deck
-Summon VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon from the Fusion Deck
-Activate Premature Burial
-Activate Giant Trunade
-Activate D.D.M.'s effect to summon XYZ-Dragon Cannon
-Activate XYZ-Dragon Cannon's effect to destroy a Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon
-Activate VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon's effect to destroy the other
Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon attack Big Shield Gardna and activate its
effect
-Have all remaining monsters attack
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Beginning of the End
To Unlock: 50 Duels
-Summon Petit Moth
-Activate Multiplication of Ants
-Activate End of the World to summon Ruin, Queen of Oblivion, sacrificing the
two Army Ant Tokens
-Flip summon Spirit Caller and activate its effect to special summon
Elemental Hero Avian
-Flip summon Magician of Faith to take back End of the World
-Activate End of the World, sacraficing all but Ruin
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Ruin attack Mystical Elf and activate her effect
-Have Demise, King of Armageddon attack directly
-Enter Main Phase 2
-Activate Mystic Wok and tribute Ruin
-Activate Ojama Trio
-Activate Demise's effect
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Wriggle Out of That!
To Unlock: 60 Duels
-Activate Premature Burial
-Activate Multiplication of Ants
-Summon Parasitic Ticky
-Equip Parasitic Ticky with Opti-Camouflage Armor
-Set Statue of the Wicked
-Activate Book of Taiyou and select Magical Plant Mandragola
-Activate Breaker the Magical Warrior's effect to destroy Statue of the Wicked
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have a token attack Cobra Jar
-Have Breaker the Magical Warrior attack Magical Plant Mandragola
-Activate Ojama Trio
-Have Parasitic Ticky attack directly
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--800DP--
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Commence Counterattack
To Unlock: 70 Duels
-Set Swords of Revealing Light
-Activate Book of Taiyou on Skull Descovery Knight, chain Dust Tornado to
destroy Bottomless Trap Hole, chain Emergency Provisions and select Swords
of Revealing Light, Book of Taiyou, and Dust Tornado
-Activate Brain Control to take control of Chiron the Mage
-Activate Chiron the Mage's effect:  Discard Book of Moon, chain Divine Wrath:
Discard Luminous Soldier, and activate the effect of Dark Ruler
Vandalgyon
-Flip summon Magician of Faith and take back Brain Control
-Activate Brain Control to take control of Ancient Gear Golem
-Activate System Down
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have all monsters attack
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Break the Seal!
To Unlock: 80 Duels
-Summon Emissary of the Afterlife
-Equip Mystic Tomato with Axe of Despair
-Enter Battle Phase
-Attack Mine Golem with Emissary of the Afterlife
-Attack Summoned Skull with Mystic Tomato, don't activate Mystic Tomato's
effect, do activate Axe of Despair's effect
-Activate Backup Soldier and take all pieces of the Forbidden One
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Dragon Killer
To Unlock: 90 Duels
-Activate Mystic Plasma Zone
-Activate Raigeki Break:  Discard Penumbral Soldier Lady to destroy United We
Stand
-Activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Gravity Bind
-Equip Master of Dragon Soldier with Horn of the Unicorn
-Sacrafice Mystic Swordsman LV4 & Zombyra the Dark to summon Gilford the
Legend, activate his effect to equip both Twin Swords of Flashing Light -
Tryce to Amazoness Swords Woman and United We Stand to Gilford the Legend
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Amazoness Swords Woman attack the Master of Dragon Soldier equipped with
Horn of the Unicorn twice
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Battleship Down
To Unlock: 100 Duels
-Activate A Legendary Ocean
-Activate Stop Defense, target B.E.S. Tetran
-Activate Book of Moon, target Big Core
-Activate Monster Reincarnation:  Discard Nobleman of Crossout to take back
Armed Samurai - Ben Kei
-Summon Ben Kei
-Equip Ben Kei with Axe of Despair and Mage Power
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Ben Kei attack B.E.S. Tetran 3 times
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Indomitable Spirit
To Unlock: 110 Duels
-Activate Shield Crash to destroy Sand Moth
-Activate Acid Trap Hole
-Enter Battle Phase
-Attack Millennium Scorpion with Sand Moth and activate Rope of Life
-Activate Call of the Haunted
-Have all monsters attack
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A Hero's Welcome
To Unlock: 120 Duels
-Set all Spell Cards
-Summon Elemental Hero Avian
-Activate Double Attack, discard Elemental Hero Neo Bubbleman
-Special Summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman
-Activate The Warrior Returning Alive
-Activate Giant Trunade
-Special Summon Elemental Hero Neo Bubbleman
-Activate Bubble Blaster
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Neo Bubbleman attack Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth
-Have Elemental Hero Avian attack twice
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Summit Showdown
To Unlock: 130 Duels
-Activate Cyber Laser Dragon's effect to destroy itself
-Special Summon Cyber Dragon
-Summon Proto-Cyber Dragon
-Activate Photon Generator Unit
-Activate Cyber Laser Dragon's effect to destroy Master of Dragon Soldier
-Activate Call of the Haunted to Special Summon Proto-Cyber Dragon; activate
Inferno Reckless Summon
-Activate Power Bond to summon Cyber End Dragon
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Cyber End Dragon attack Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon
-Have Cyber Laser Dragon attack
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--1000DP--
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A Hero's Farewell
To Unlock: 140 Duels
-Activate Monster Reincarnation, discard Full Salvo
-Activate Polymerization
-Summon Elemental Hero Sparkman
-Set your Spell and Trap Cards
-Special Summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman
-Flip Summon Magician of Faith, take back Bubble Illusion
-Activate Bubble Illusion
-Activate Giant Trunade
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Elemental Hero Flame Wingman attack Cyber Blader, and activate Cynthonian
Blast to destroy Marshmallon
-Have all remaining monsters attack
-Enter Main Phase 2
-Activate Thunder Crash
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Trio of Sheep
To Unlock: 150 Duels
-Activate Lightning Vortex, discard Makuya the Destructor
-Activate Ultimate Offering
-Activate Monster Reincarnation, discard Maju Garzett (take Makuya, duh)
-Summon Makuya the Destructor
-Change Gear Golem the Moving Fortress to Attack Position
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have all monsters attack
-Enter Main Phase 2
-Activate Ojama Trio
-Activate Ultimate Offering to summon Crush D. Gandra and use its effect
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Splendorous Dance
To Unlock: 160 Duels
-Flip Summon Apprentice Magician
-Flip Summon Lady Ninja Yae
-Activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Mirror Force
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Apprentice Magician attack Troop Dragon, activating Apprentice Magician's
effect, select Hurricail
-Have Lady Ninja Yae attack Troop Dragon
-Activate Spiritual Wind Art - Miyabi, sacrafice Lady Ninja Yae to destroy
Skill Drain
-Activate Desert Sunlight
-Have all remaining monsters attack
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Revenge of Shien
To Unlock: 170 Duels
-Flip Summon all face-down monsters and take Salamandra and Chthonian Alliance
-Activate Shien's Spy to give up control of Iron Blacksmith Kotetsu
-Activate The League of Uniform Nomenclature
-Sacrafice Iron Blacksmith Kotetsu and Kageningen to summon Metal Armored Bug
-Activate A Rival Appears!, select Blue-Eyes White Dragon
-Activate Book of Moon on Blue-Eyes White Dragon
-Equip Kageningen with Chthonian Alliance
-Equip Tenkabito Shien with Salamandra
-Activate Molten Destruction
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Tyrant Dragon attack Obnoxious Celtic Guard and Iron Blacksmith Kotetsu
-Have Tenkabito Shien attack Blue-Eyes White Dragon
-Have all remaining monsters attack
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Match Point
To Unlock: 180 Duels
-Summon Harpie Girl
-Activate Collapse to reduce Gogiga Gagagigo's attack
-Flip Summon Tornado Bird and select Sakuretsu Armor and Bottomless Trap Hole
-Activate White Dragon Ritual, tribute Tyrant Dragon
-Activate Premature Burial to summon Goblin Attack Force
-Activate Mystic Wok, select Goblin Attack Force
-Enter Battle Phase
-Attack Stone Statue of the Aztecs with Harpie Girl, activate Damage Condenser
-Activate Windstorm of Etaqua
-Have Tyrant Dragon attack Gogiga Gagagigo and Stone Statue of the Aztecs
-Have Paladin of White Dragon attack Ultimate Obedient Fiend
-Have Blade Knight attack
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Riddle Challenge
To Unlock: 190 Duels
[Every summon after the first is done by activating Ultimate Offering.]
-Summon Bladefly
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Jinzo attack Neo Bug
-Enter Main Phase 2 (yeah, can you believe it?)
-Flip Summon Penguin Soldier, return Jinzo to your hand
-Summon Little Chimera
-Activate Fuh-Rin-Ka-Zan to draw 2 cards
-Sacrafice Bladefly to summon Catapult Turtle
-Activate Great Spirit's effect
-Flip Summon Great Spirit and use its effect to swap its ATK and DEF
-Activate Mystic Wok, select Little Chimera
-Summon Milus Radiant
-Activate Catapult Turtle's effect, select Great Spirit
-Summon Star Boy
-Sacrafice Milus Radiant to summon Jinzo
-Activate Catapult Tutrle's effect four times, Penguin Soldier first,
Catapult Turtle last
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--6730DP-- (WHAT!?!)
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Interdimensional Invitation
To Unlock: 200 Duels
[Every summon after the first is done by activating Ultimate Offering.]
-Activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Widespread Ruin
-Activate Dust Tornado to destroy Skill Drain
-Activate Mystic Wok, select Double Coston
-Flip Summon Hiro's Shadow Scout
-Summon Zolga
-Summon The Ancient Sun Helios
-Sacrafice Hiro's Shadow Scout to summon Ancient Gear Beast
-Sacrafice Zolga and The Ancient Sun Helios to summon Dark Magician of Chaos
and activate its effect
-Activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Mirror Force
-Activate Card Destruction
-Sacrafice Banisher of the Light to summon Helios Duo Megiste
-Enter Battle Phase
-Have Ancient Gear Beast attack Nobleman-Eater Bug
-Have Dark Magician of Chaos attack Mechanical Hound
(One last time)
-HAVE ALL REMAINING MONSTERS ATTACK!
Congratulations, you've completed all puzzles.  Go rest your brain.
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--II. LIMITED DUEL--
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These duels all have certain restrictions that prevent you from using certain
cards, tributing monsters, using small decks, etc.  In order to participate in
these duels, your current deck must meet the qualifications.
[I have a couple of Decks that should help with a LOT of these, I'll put them
at the end of the guide.]
--All except Level 4 forbidden--
Only monsters with 4 stars can be used
Prize: 500DP
Just pad your DEF and rely on effect damage or Final Countdown or the like.
--Medium/high Level forbidden--
Monsters with 5 stars or more cannot be used
Prize: 500DP
Ditto.
--ATK 1500 or more forbidden--
Monsters with an ATK of 1500 or more cannot be used
Prize: 500DP
Read above notes.
--Flip Effects forbidden--
Flip Effect monsters cannot be used
Prize: 500DP
You could easily use the same deck for these first 5 duels.
--Tributes forbidden--
Monsters cannot be offered in Tribute for Tribute Summons or to pay costs.
Prize: 500DP
I recommend a bunch of 2000 DEF 4* monsters, Chorus of Sanctuary, Yellow Luster
Shield, and 3 Wave-Motion Cannons and 3 Final Countdowns, SwofRevLight, etc.
--Traps forbidden--
Traps cannot be used
Prize: 500DP
I just used the deck I made with all monsters in it and won on the first try.
--Large Deck A--
Duel with 60 or more cards in your Deck
Prize: 500DP
If you can get Guardian Sphinx on the field early this should be super easy.
--Large Deck B--
Duel with 80 or more cards in your Deck
Prize: 500DP
Not altogether hard.
--Sets forbidden--
Cards cannot be Set during the duel
Prize: 500DP
Well isn't this duel just craptacular with a capital CRAP.  Take all your trap
cards and put them in your side deck and remove all the defensive and flip
effect monsters from your deck because they're all off limits.  It's attacking
monsters and spell cards or nothing in this one.  Might I suggest the same deck
you used for the Traps forbidden duel (assuming you beat that one).  You know
what really grinds my gears?  Dark Paladin can set cards!  WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?
Anyway, don't take your eyes off the game for a second.  It would suck to get
him down to 500 LP, only to glance at a T.V. show, forget what you're doing,
and set a monster before what would have been your final battle phase, because
believe me, you won't need any help losing this duel.  You know what REALLY
cheeses me off?  You can't even flip cards face down!  THAT'S NOT A SET!!!!!!!!
Therefore the Swarms and their like-worded cousins are useless here.  The prize
really isn't worth your time, do this one late, late in the game.
--All Mnst except LV monsters forbidden--
Only cards whose names contain "LV" can be included in your Deck
Prize: 1000DP
--All monsters except Fairies forbidden--
Only Fairies can be included in your Deck
Prize: 1000DP
--All mnstrs ex. Wind monsters forbidden--
Only Wind monsters can be included in your Deck
Prize: 1000DP
--All cards except monsters forbidden--
You cannot include Spell or Trap cards in your Deck
Prize: 1000DP
Not too hard, snag 80 effect monsters (some Labyrinth Walls too) and be lucky.
--Level 3 or below forbidden--
Monsters with 3 stars or less cannot be used
Prize: 1000DP
--DEF 1500 or less forbidden--
Monsters with a DEF of less than 1500 cannot be used
Prize: 1000DP
--Effect Monsters Forbidden--
Effect monsters cannot be used
Prize: 1000DP
--Spells forbidden--
Spells cannot be used
Prize: 1000DP
Finally, a match that's actually fair.
--Attacks forbidden--
Monsters cannot be used in battle
Prize: 1500DP
You want to focus on doing Life Point damage, so Ominous Fortunetelling and
Stealth Bird are good cards to have.  This dingus really likes to increase his
Life Points, so Bad Reaction to Simochi works wonders.  He has Spell Absorption
also, so if you have ^^^^, all the cards like Tremendous Fire, Ookazi, and
Poison of the Old Man will do even more damage.
--All Monsters ex. Elem. Heroes forbidden--
Only monster cards whose names begin with "Elemental Hero" can be included in
your Deck
Prize: 2000DP???
I beat this and forgot how much I got for it; but I do know I did it with 5
monsters in an 80 card Deck.
--All monsters except Warriors forbidden--
Only Warriors can be included in your Deck
Prize: 1500DP
--All mnstrs ex. Dark monsters forbidden--
Only Dark monsters can be included in your Deck
Prize: 1500DP
--All Frbidn/Ltd/Semi-Ltd Cards forbidden--
All Forbidden/Limited/Semi-Limited Cards are treated as Forbidden Cards
Prize: 1500DP
--?????--
--Refer to Sept'04 Forbid & Ltd Card List--
All cards except those on the September 2004 Forbidden and Limited Card List
forbidden
Prize: 1500DP
Is that tricky wording on the description or what?  Not hard at all.
--Low Life Points--
Start with 2000 Life Points
Prize: 1500DP
Seriously?  Two turns with Stealth Bird or Wave-Motion Cannon and he's down.
Thank goodness they actually made your opponent follow the same rules.
--All Monsters except Toons Forbidden--
Only Toon monsters can be included in your Deck
Prize: 2000DP
--All Monsters except Spirits forbidden--
Only Spirit monsters can be included in your Deck
Prize: 2000DP
If you can manage to get Stumbling, Burning Land, and Chain Energy on the
field, you'll win in a few turns with little to no effort.
--All monsters ex. Dragons forbidden--
Only Dragons can be included in your Deck
Prize: 2000DP
--All monsters ex. Spellcasters forbidden--
Only Spellcasters can be included in your Deck
Prize: 2000DP
--All mnstrs ex Light monsters forbidden--
Only Light monsters can be included in your Deck
Prize: 2000DP
--All mnstrs ex. Fire monsters forbidden--
Only Fire monsters can be included in your Deck
Prize: 2000DP
--Decks with card multiples forbidden--
Only one copy of each card can be kept in your Deck
Prize: 2000DP
--Special Summons forbidden--
Special Summons cannot be used
Prize: 2000DP
Just don't Special Summon anything, his gadgets are pushovers.
--Normal Summons forbidden--
Normal Summons cannot be used
Prize: 2500DP
You know what really cheeses me off?  You can't SET either.  Now I understand
that they like to let the computer cheat up and down these duels, but come on.
--All monsters except Zombie forbidden--
Only Zombie can be included in your Deck
Prize: 2500DP
I love Zombie-Type Monster Cards so this was cake for me.
--All mnstrs ex Earth monsters forbidden--
Only Earth monsters can be included in your Deck
Prize: 2500DP
I also love EARTH Monster Cards, some of these are a gimme.
--All mnstrs ex Water monsters forbidden--
Only Water monsters can be included in your Deck
Prize: 2500DP
Am I the only one that's tired of decks based around Water monsters and A
Legendary Ocean already?
--Refer to Mar'04 Forbid & Ltd Card List--
All cards except those on the March 2004 Forbidden and Limited Card List
forbidden
Prize: 2500DP
--?????--
--Refer to Sept'05 Forbid & Ltd Card List--
All cards except those on the September 2005 Forbidden and Limited Card List
forbidden
Prize: 2500DP
--?????--
I'll fill in the question marks as I unlock them.
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--III. THEME DUEL--
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These duels all require you fulfill some condition during the duel for a hefty
prize.
--Battle Damage--
Cause 10,000 or more points of battle damage during a duel.
Prize: 1000DP
This duel isn't all that hard.  Your opponent, Exarion Universe, will likely
draw one of his Nimble Momonga and therefore, Special Summon the other two,
increasing his LP to 11000 total (not to mention he has Solemn Wishes).  So all
you mainly have to do is win to complete the objective.
--Deflected Damage--
Cause 4,000 or more points of deflected damage during a duel.
Prize: 1000DP
Absolute cake.  Just pack your deck full of high defense monsters, play a few
DEF boosting cards like Yellow Luster Shield and Chorus of Sanctuary and let
the damage roll in for him.  You may want to bring a few cards to get your
monsters off the field, like 7 star monsters (set them or you won't be attacked
and that's bad here), Dark Hole, or perhaps Penguin Soldier, so you can keep
putting down monsters that they'll attack.
--Normal Summon--
Normal Summon 10 monsters during a duel.
Prize: 1000DP
Lots of 1900ATK monsters is an excellent idea.  He seems to have an inordinate
amount of cards to kick your monsters' butts so you won't have to worry about
filling the field and not being able to summon.  You may want to bring a few
blocking cards as well (Draining Shield, Magic Cylinder, etc.) just in case.
--Ritual Summon--
Perform 10 Ritual Summons during a duel.
Prize: ???
--Special Summon A--
Perform 10 Special Summons during a duel.
Prize: 1000DP
--20x Spell--
Use Spell cards 20 times during a duel.
Prize: 1000DP
Tsukuyomi and Magician of Faith can make this reeeeeally easy.
--10x Trap--
Activate 10 Traps during a duel.
Prize: 1000DP
--Draw--
End a duel in a draw.
Prize: 1000DP
I just stopped him from attacking and played Dark Snake Syndrome.
--Hand Destruction--
Make your opponent discard 20 cards from his/her hand.
Prize: ???
--During Opponent's Turn--
Win during your opponent's turn.
Prize: 1000DP
Final Countdown anyone?
--Recover--
Restore 20,000 or more Life Points during a duel.
Prize: 2000DP
Solemn Wishes, an 80 card deck, and a lot of luck help a lot.
--Remove Monsters by Effect--
Remove 10 of your opponent's monsters from play using Effects during a duel.
Prize: 2000DP
Absolute cake.  I removed all 21 of his monsters from play on the first try.
Just filter to give cards that remove monsters from play, pick ones that target
your opponent, then pad your deck.
--Flip Summon--
Perform 10 Flip Summons during a duel.
Prize: 2000DP
Try to prevent him from attacking (Level Limit - Area B, Messenger of Peace...)
until you can get Swarm of Scarabs on the field and it should be enough to take
out all his monsters long enough for you to win by Final Countdown or no cards.
--Special Summon B--
Special Summon 10 times from the Graveyard during a duel.
Prize: ???
--Token--
Special Summon 15 Tokens during a duel.
Prize: 2000DP
--Union--
Equip 5 Union monsters during a duel.
Prize: ???
--10x Quick Spell--
Use Quick-Play Spell cards 10 times in your opponent's turn during a duel.
Prize: 2000DP
I cannot stress the importance of the phrase "in your opponent's turn" enough.
--The Forbidden--
Win a duel using the Effects of "Exodia the Forbidden One".
Prize: 2000DP
If your deck consists of 3 - Heart of the Underdog, 5 - pieces of Exodia,
16 - 1900ATK 4* or lower normal monsters, and 16 - 2000DEF or greater 4* or
lower normal monsters, you'll win.  You just will.
--20 Turns--
Win a duel using the Effects of "Final Countdown".
Prize: 2000DP
Fairly easy for a Theme Duel (assuming you can draw Final Countdown early and
prevent the King of Armageddon from destroying your monsters).  He'll probably
summon several of himself (Demise), but I'd be surprised if he ever uses its
effect, so if you can keep a strong monster on the field (pronounced, 'anything
with Mage Power equipped'), you should be able keep him at bay long enough for
Final Countdown to take effect.  Come to think of it, a deck full of 2000
defense monsters, and a few defense boosting cards (with some Final Countdowns)
should be able to win with very little trouble.
--Deck Destruction--
Make your opponent run out of cards and win the duel.
Prize: 2000DP
Just make good use of the Jars and be sure your deck has more cards than his to
start with and you shouldn't have any problems.
--?????--
--The Preventers Fight Back--
Successfully activate and maintain the Effect of "Ojama Delta Hurricane!!" and
win the duel.
Prize: ???
--Huge Revolution--
Successfully activate and maintain the Effect of "Huge Revolution" and win the
duel.
Prize: ???
--Victory in 5 Turns--
Win within 5 turns.
Prize: 3000DP
Come on, you can do it!  If all else fails, take the deck for The Forbidden,
swap out two Heart of the Underdogs for 2 normal monsters and just keep trying
it again and again until you draw Heart of the Underdog on the first turn.
--?????--
--?????--
--?????--
--Direct Damage--
Cause 20,000 or more points of direct damage during a duel.
Prize: ???
--Destroy monsters in battle--
Destroy 20 of your opponent's monsters in battle during a duel.
Prize: ???
--Tribute Summon--
Tribute Summon 10 monsters during a duel.
Prize: ???
--Special Summon C--
Special Summon by removing monsters from Graveyard 10 times during a duel.
Prize: 4000DP
--Toon--
Cause 8,000 or more points of direct damage with Toon monsters during a duel.
Prize: ???
--10x Counter--
Counter your opponent's Spells, Traps, Effects, Attacks, and Summons 10 times
during a duel.
Prize: ???
--Destiny Board--
Win a duel using the Effects of "Destiny Board".
Prize: 4000DP
WOO, that's a lot of DP for very little work.  It's Destiny Board, pack some
Different Dimension Capsules and a bunch of 1900ATK monsters with a few copies
of Destiny Board and Spirit Messages and bam (or just one).
--Huge Damage in a turn--
Cause 8,000 points or more of damage during a turn and win the duel.
Prize: 4000DP
WOO, Cash Money!  Seriously though, a couple Wave-Motion Cannons and Level
Limit - Area B's and this guy'll go down like nothing.  He'll actually
sacrifice F.G.D. to summon another F.G.D. for no reason.
--?????--
--?????--
--?????--
--?????--
--Make a Chain--
Form 5 Chains. [This means, make a chain of 5 or longer.  You can make 30
chains of 2 (I actually tried that once) and it won't do you a lick of good.]
Prize: 4000DP
WOO HOO!  Four grand for activating 5 Quick-Play Spell cards at once!
--The Gatekeeper Stands Tall--
Successfully Summon "Gate Guardian" and win the duel.
Prize: ???
--Serious Damage--
Cause 50,000 or more points of damage during a duel.
Prize: ???
--Return monsters with Effects--
Return monsters from the Field to your opponent's Deck or Hand using Effects 10
times during a duel.
Prize: 5000DP
This isn't all that hard.  In my first attempt I returned monsters over 20
times.  Pack the Hanes and some Level Limit - Area B's and you're golden.
[Crass Clown is also a great help.]  Woo, cash money!
--Fusion Summon--
Perform 10 Fusion Summons during a duel.
Prize: ???
--Big damage at once--
Prize: 5000DP
Cause 8,000 points or more of damage with a single attack or Effect and win the
duel.
Yeah, you read it right.  FIVE THOUSAND DP to keep Wave-Motion Cannon on the
field for a while.
--XYZ In The House--
Summon every card in the XYZ Series and win the duel.
Prize: ???
--Spell Counter--
Use 10 Spell Counters during a duel.
Prize: ???
--?????--
--?????--
--Dark Scorpion Combination--
Successfully activate and maintain the Effect of "Dark Scorpion Combination"
and win the duel.
Prize: ???
I'll fill in the question marks when they're unlocked.
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--IV. SURVIVAL DUEL--
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This mainly has you duel as many random opponents as you can before you lose.
That's about it.  You'll earn DP depending on how many opponents you can defeat
before losing.  Your Life Points at the end of one duel carry over into the
next duel, so building up your Life Points against weaker opponents is a good
strategy, but be sure to bring your A game, because if you waltz in with your
starter deck thinking you'll be fine, not even starting a duel with 35,000 Life
Points will save you from Vampire Genesis if you're unprepared.
Ironically enough, I designed a deck for looking through my opponent's deck so
that I could have an easier time writing this guide, and that very deck took me
through 20 survival duels and would have taken me further had it not been 2:30
in the morning and me having an 8 hour day at school the next day.  (I had
about 80,000 LP left when I quit.)  So I'm going to post this oddly fantastic
deck at the end of the guide, under the opponents' decks section.
[Note:  All of your opponents are from Free Duel LV1-5.]
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--3. USEFUL INFORMATION--
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--A. BONUSES--
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Total damage inflicted in battle - Battle Damage /100
Battle Damage Only Bonus - x2
Effect Damage Only Bonus - 300
Max ATK Bonus - Highest ATK /100 (min ATK of 3000)
Max Damage Bonus - Highest Damage /100 (min Damage of 3000)
Destroy in Batttle Bonus - 80x Monsters Destroyed
Tribute Summon Bonus - 80x Tribute Summons
No Special Summon Bonus - 200
Spell Card Bonus - 20x Spell Cards Activated
No Spell Cards Bonus - 200
Trap Card Bonus - 30x Trap Cards Activated
No Trap Cards Bonus - 100
Opponent's Turn Finish Bonus - 200
Duelist Bonus
Level 1 - 50
Level 2 - 100
Level 3 - 150
Level 4 - 200
Level 5 - 250
Reversal Finish Bonus - 30
No Damage Bonus - 100
Exactly 0 LP Bonus - 100
Quick Finish Bonus - 100
Low LP Bonus - 200 (LP