The face-off between two legendary duelists begins as Yugi and Kaiba shuffle each other's decks, and draw their opening hands. Tea, Duke Devlin, Tristan, and Marik gather on the sidelines to watch the duel.

Yugi takes the first move by summoning a Queen's Knight (1500/1600) in Defense Mode, then setting a card facedown and ending his turn.

Kaiba draws and summons an X Cannon Head (1800/1500) in Attack Mode, then placing a card facedown to end. Yugi draws, then sets another card facedown and plays Alpha The Magnet Warrior (1400/1700) in Defense Mode. He then passes his turn to Kaiba, who summons a Y Dragon Head (1600/1400) in Attack Mode. He then combines it with the X Cannon Head to create the XY Dragon Cannon (2200/2400). He then plays Soul Exchange, sacrificing Yugi's Queen's Knight. He also plays the Enemy Controller Magic Card, letting him pay 1000 Life Points to either destroy or sacrifice one of Yugi's Monsters. He pays 1000 Life Points (Kaiba's Life Points: 3000) and chooses to sacrifice the Queen's Knight by using the videogame joystick. He then says he'll use his XY and the Queen's Knight, a total of three sacrifices, to summon Obelisk The Tormenter! Can Yugi stop him?