Scripted Duel A scripted Duel has been an annual tradition at public Tournament s since 2011 . It is a non - canon Duel in which 4Kids Entertainment English dub voice actors are invited to reprise their roles in a theatrical fashion . As the voice actors read their parts through the duel , a live video feed of a Playing Field managed by two duelist s shows the current state of the duel . These duelists – and in one instance , even a cameraman – may sometimes have special roles to act out certain card effects : Pegasus hid a monster underneath the " Toon World " card before summoning a Toon counterpart and places Toon monsters underneath " Toon World " when a monster would be protected by its own effect ; Yugi placed a deck full of " Kuriboh " on the field when activating " Multiply " ; Pegasus performed a winding action with his hand when activating Wind - Up effects ; Yugi took out four copies of " Magical Hats " when using its effect . More recently , certain music is played for dramatic effect during certain turning points , such as when Yugi transitions into Yami Yugi , calls upon the Heart of the Cards , or plays " The Eye of Timaeus " . One to three duels are presented per year , during the summer in the United States , at the North American World Championship Qualifiers . An exception was during the fall , at a regional Championship Series tournament , where two duels were presented . Another exception was during the World Championship in 2013 , which happened to be hosted by the United States . Beginning in 2016 , Konami has also started to organize and hold scripted duels at " " - related public events in Japan , featuring Japanese language voice actors from the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ARC - V " anime . These duels are presented similarly to their American counterparts , albeit with the inclusion of 3D imagery of a duelist ' s significant monsters on the video feed when those monsters are summoned or attacking . Script . The script contains a small plot involving two or more characters meeting at the tournament event and one of them eventually challenging another to a duel . This script also gives a lot more references to Game Mechanic s such as chain s and missing the timing as opposed to dialogue in the manga or anime , as well as often . The dialogue is intended to be humorous and is slightly cruder compared to 4Kids dialogue , to complement the more mature audience of tournament players . Decks . The live video feed features duelists with physical copies of the cards mentioned in the script . Duelists draw and play cards normally . Whenever a card is to be searched from the deck per Card effect , the card meant to be searched is already on top of the deck or in an otherwise pre - determined location in order to avoid shuffling the rigged deck . The decks are played with the characters ' most iconic monsters from the anime , although occasionally cards that the character have never played or have never even been seen in the series have been shown , usually Staple cards , or cards related to cards that the character has played in the series . The script of TCG scripted duels do not adhere strictly to the Advanced Format , and it is not uncommon for characters to play cards Forbidden at the time . In contrast , OCG scripted duels do comply with the Advanced Format at the time . The duel is conducted under the rules set in the anime , with each duelist starting with 4000 Life Points . In TCG scripted duels , card effects are usually applied as shown in the anime . In rare scenarios , a played card might adhere to its TCG / OCG effect instead of its anime one . Rarer still , a played card may not adhere to its effect depicted in either the anime or the TCG / OCG . In contrast , played cards in OCG scripted duels adhere to their TCG / OCG effects , rather than their anime ones . Featured Actors . So far , characters from " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " , " Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX " , " Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s " , " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " , and " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ARC - V " have been represented . " " has been referenced .