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Marik unleashes the second Egyption God Card and traps Yugi in a cage with Slifer the Sky Dragon.

"Hikaru's classmate Ochi has won enough games to guarantee his place among the top three players who will pass the pro test. Hikaru, on the other hand, still needs to win more games, and he'll soon face his friend Waya and Ochi himself, who has been preparing for their match with Akira's help! When the dust clears, who will be left standing?"--Page 4 of cover.

Hikaru's career as a professional Go player begins. In his first game he must face veteran player Toya Meijin, none other than Akira's father. But to Sai, this round is "personal."

Hikaru Shindo, a schoolboy whose consciousness houses the spirit of a master Go player, struggles to turn his losing streak at the insei school around in time for the Young Lions Tournament, where he could have a chance to play against his rival, Go prodigy Akira Toya.

The Hokuto Cup games are about to begin, and Hikaru gets caught up in some misunderstandings that make it difficult for him to concentrate on go. In the first match between Japan and China he starts out poorly and seems well on the way to a resounding defeat. Only by getting a tight grip on himself can he possibly make a showing, but that's far easier said than done!

The diabolical Player Killer, a collectible-card gaming assassin, challenges Yugi to a duel. In the shadow of the Castle of Dark Illusions card, an army of lurking monsters hungers to steal Yugi's life points--and, if he loses, his actual life. But across the ocean in Japan, an even greater gaming force has been awakened. Kaiba, Yugi's number one rival, is back. Back to reclaim his fortune--back to get revenge on Pegasus--and back to make sure that...

The action moves underground as the tournament continues. Bandit Keith, the cutthroat American gamer, drags Jonouchi into the corpse-filled catabombs for a match with "Ghost" Kozuka, master of the undead. Trapped in the tunnels bneath Duelist Kingdom, Yugi and Jonouchi must conquer the maze of the Meikyui Brothers in a two-on-two duel. It's monster vs. monster in the endless maze of tiny passages...and waiting in the Meikyu Brothers' decks is the...