Player ( WC09 ) This article describes the playable character in the video game , . The player choses the name and gender of the character , controls their actions and contents of their Deck . Appearance . The player can wear any of the following clothing and customize its color : The player starts off the 5D ' s standard Disk , but can unlock and use the following Duel Disk s too . Biography . The player wakes up in Satellite , stripped of their memory . They are found by Rally who duels them in the hopes it will help them regain their memory . Rally introduces them to his friends Blitz , Nervin and Tank and takes the player to their base in the Satellite underground . The player finds a " Speed Spell " card in their Duel Disk , causing everyone to believe that he is a Turbo Duel ist . Since Yusei and Sector Security are the only Turbo Duelists in Satellite , they figure the player is from the City . Since a Turbo Duelist is not complete without their Duel Runner , Blitz arranges for the player to buy a Duel Runner from Kuroe . After discovering it has no engine or CPU , Blitz goes to confront Kuroe , but ends up getting kidnapped . The player then ventures to the thugs ' lair , where they duel and defeat multiple thugs in order to free Blitz . After saving Blitz , Yusei gives the player a spare engine to use in their Duel Runner , before he leaves for New Domino City . A few days later , Rally gives the player a CPU . With the Duel Runner complete the player takes it for a test run . A group of securities , led by Officer Trudge appear outside the group ' s lair , accusing Rally of stealing the CPU . Since they were using the signal from Rally ' s criminal mark to trace their location , Blitz used Yusei ' s jamming device to block the signal . The group split - up ; Rally , Nervin , Blitz and Tank go one way and advise the player to ride their Duel Runner to the Old Highway . The player races out past the Securities , prompting Trudge to chase them . After the player outruns Trudge , they come back to the hideout . The player is planning to escape through the pipeline just like Yusei did earlier in the game . After beating a test simulation , the player gets a chance to escape to New Domino . As the player enters the pipeline , Trudge immediately follows in pursuit . After outrunning him , the player gets caught by Security and is taken to the detention center having his Duel Runner and Deck confiscated . In jail , the player reaches the Recreation room where Bolt Tanner is . Tanner has just won a Duel , with his opponent lying on the floor . Tanner taunts the defeated duelist by calling his cards trash , and the player then attempts to defend the defeated duelist by dueling Tanner with his Deck ( like Yusei uses Yanagi ' s Deck in the anime ) . After beating Tanner the player notices Yusei also getting escorted to his cell , and then receives a challenge from Mr . Armstrong and so the player has to collect cards from inmates to create a Deck and use it to beat him . After beating Armstrong , Armstrong calls off the deal and orders the Securities to seize the player . However , he is interrupted when Rex Goodwin appears on the scene , firing Armstrong and eventually releasing the player into New Domino City . Tanner passes the player his Ushi Oni card , telling him to seek a bar named Bootleg . Showing the card will allow for the player to come into contact with an acquaintance . Upon arriving at the Bootleg , the player shows the bartender Tanner ' s card , but the bartender requests that the player complete some of his Duel Puzzles , as he ' s a Duelist . After completing 3 Puzzles , the bartender tells the player to wait outside - and upon exiting the bar he encounters Blister , who escorts him to his hideout . The player informs Blister of the plan to reclaim the Duel Runner and Deck . After some time of thinking , Blister gives the player a fake Security ID and Security uniform so that the player can sneak into the Security Impound Center and get his Deck and Duel Runner back . After sneaking past the guards and getting to the Duel Runner , the player is once again cornered by Trudge . The player then gets on the Duel Runner and promptly outruns Trudge once again through the Impound Center . Upon escape , the player encounters Yusei , who also has reclaimed his Duel Runner and Deck . They both make a break to whatever cover they could find . As the player escapes Trudge he is guided by Leo to a place where he could hide out for the time being . Leo introduces himself and Luna , and then challenges the player to a duel . Upon winning , the player gets let in on a secret : there is an underground duel arena . At the duel arena , the player and the twins witness Akiza beat yet another duelist . While people flee from the arena , the player feels a stinging pain as they notice a birthmark appear on their arm . Akiza notices this mark and promptly challenges the player to a Duel . After the player wins , the birthmark disappears . Several days later , the player gets informed of a Tag - Team Duel Tournament as he makes his way towards the Duel Runner Shop . He then gets into a Tag Duel with the twins , with Blister as his temporary partner . After the player finds a partner , he proceeds to the Duel Stadium where he proceeds through the tournament , facing Figaro and Corse ( this opponent team may vary between who ' s chosen as the Tag partner ) , Blister and Tanner , and finally Leo and Luna . After winning , the player runs into Goodwin , who congratulates the player for his victory . Some time later , the player runs into Tanner outside the bar and receives an invitation to the Fortune Cup . He shows this to Blister to know more about it , and is told to go to the Neo Domino Highway so as to sign up for the preliminary race . After passing the preliminary race , the player is confronted by Bass who then shows him how to play a Turbo Duel . After that , the player is also informed of the Speed Spells being sold at the shop . The player then proceeds to the Duel Stadium where he faces off against Trudge , Hunter Pace , and Greiger in the three Turbo Duels of the preliminaries . Following this , the player proceeds into the latter half of the Fortune Cup , facing off against Gill Randsborg and Akiza in two ground duels , and squaring off with Yusei in a Turbo Duel . Upon finishing the duel , the player is about to prepare for the final duel with Jack Atlas , when he blacks out , receives several flashbacks , and wakes up at a temple for the People of the Stars . He is then confronted by Rex Goodwin . It is revealed to the player that he was the one who grafted the birthmark onto the player ' s arm , as Goodwin plans to utilize the power of the Crimson Dragon . Goodwin then pits the player against 4 other clones - Alpha , Beta , Gamma and Delta - and the player has to defeat all 4 of them without replenishing life points in between duels ( You ' ll just have to do the match over again ) . Upon victory , the Crimson Dragon appears , but then shortly dissipates . Goodwin then realizes that he cannot simply do with replicas , despite the fact that intense duels will lead to the awakening of the Crimson Dragon . The player then blacks out again , and finds himself back in his room , before the final duel with Jack Atlas . After defeating Jack , the player receives the Stardust Dragon card for Yusei . Goodwin aborts his plan to awaken the Dragon , and allows the player to do as he wishes . The player then passes Yusei the Stardust Dragon card , and also receives a Travel Permit , allowing him to travel between Satellite and New Domino City . Post storyline , Yusei has a new Deck with " / Assault Mode " support , the name of which references the game title , XLerator . Deck . The player begins with a Deck , titled " Starter Deck " . Its contents can be changed and the player may create several more Decks as more cards are unlocked . The " Starter Deck " is also used by the opponent , Red Ogre . While in the Facility , Geruzet lends the player his " Ancient Treasures " Deck to use against Bolt Tanner . Before the player faces the Chief at the Facility , the other inmates give them cards , which are used to construct the Deck , " Captive Bonds " .