QQ: When, with What, and How did you start?
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is 10 years old in North America. But not everyone has been Dueling since La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp, 7 Colored Fish, and Mechanicalchaser reigned supreme.
Among the questions we asked the Duelists we surveyed was this trio:
WHEN did you start playing?
WHAT was the first booster pack you got?
HOW would you describe your first Deck?
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Let’s see what they said!
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WHEN: “2010. World Championship Long Beach.”
WHAT: “Ancient Prophecy.”
HOW: “Blackwings.”
–Ulyseas Oslapas, Age 12
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WHEN: “8 years ago.”
WHAT: “LOB.”
HOW: “Dragons.”
–Roberto Garcia, Age 19
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WHEN: “2002.”
WHAT: “LOB.”
HOW: “Spellcasters.”
–Gustauo Velasquez, Age 21
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WHEN: “When I was 12.”
WHAT: “Yugi Starter Deck.”
HOW: “Bad! Scrubby!”
–Michael Medrano, Age 20
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WHEN: “A long time ago.”
WHAT: “Metal Raiders.”
HOW: “A Blue-Eyes Structure and Dark Magician structures.”
–Rich, Age 24
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WHEN: “2004.”
WHAT: “Rise of Destiny.”
HOW: “The first Black Luster Soldier Envoy Deck.”
–Brian Ahle, Age 13
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WHEN/WHAT: “2005, when I was in Kindergarden. But I started playing competitively when I was 9.”
HOW: “My first Deck was a 55 card Morphtronic Deck.”
–Oliver Tomajko, Age 11
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WHEN: “Invasion of Chaos.”
WHAT: “Magic Ruler.”
HOW: “Skilled Dark Magician OTK.”
–Jack Hoyt, Age 14
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WHEN: “When it came out.”
WHAT: “Legend of Blue Eyes.”
HOW: “Scattered.”
–Kyle Yoshi, Age 17
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WHEN: “When I was 10.”
WHAT: “Legend of Blue Eyes.”
HOW: “Man-Eater Bugs and Summoned Skulls.”
–Jonathan Albornoz, Age 20
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WHEN: “When I was around 13.”
WHAT: “Legend of Blue Eyes.”
HOW: “Mixed beatdown.”
–Jesse Tellechea, Age 18
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WHEN: “Since the beginning – Yugi and Kaiba Starter Decks.”
WHAT: “Legend of Blue Eyes.”
HOW: “Fiends.”
–Victor Ocampo, Age 22
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WHEN: “When the first Structure Deck came out.”
WHAT: “Rise of Destiny.”
HOW: “It was like Yugi’s Deck!”
–Willord Bryant, Age 19
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So what about you? When did you start? What was your first pack? And how would you describe your first Deck? Time to take a trip down memory lane!
