Yu - Gi - Oh ! Worldwide Edition : Stairway to the Destined Duel Yu - Gi - Oh ! Worldwide Edition : Stairway to the Destined Duel is a censored version of Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duel Monsters 6 Expert 2 ( including the card artworks ) . Released in both Japanese and English , it is set during the Battle City arc . The player duels characters from the anime and manga , participating in a few tournaments and duel single opponents they come across on the map screen . Cards are awarded for various reasons , including defeating opponents , winning tournaments and free cards with the " Duelist Weekly " magazine . This game contains around 1 , 000 cards . Characters . The game includes characters from the Duelist Kingdom and Battle City arcs of the Yu - Gi - Oh ! anime and manga . Plot . The main focus of the game is participating in tournaments and collecting cards , but a small plot section occurs , where the player battles with the Ghouls . After defeating the five Ghouls , who randomly appear , Téa controlled by Marik leads the player to the Ghoul ' s Pyramid . Here they must win five duels in a row , proceeding to a new chamber after winning each . The first is against Téa controlled by Marik , the next two are random Ghouls , then Joey controlled , and the last is Marik . After clearing this section of the game , the Ghouls no longer randomly appear and may be faced like normal opponents and in events . Obtaining cards . At the start of the game , the player is given a choice of three Decks . After that cards can be obtained through packs opened in the game or the password menu . In the password menu , the player can get cards by entering the eight digit Card Number found in the bottom corner of real cards . All Packs in the game contain five random cards , from a set . After defeating an opponent you meet on the map screen you are awarded a Booster Pack . Special Packs are given for winning tournaments or defeating Ghouls . Every week the player is given five random cards with the magazine " Duelist Weekly " . Miscellaneous information / Glitches . In the Deck & Trunk main menu , there is a bar for achievements such as beating certain Cups , or getting a certain number of cards unlocked . There is no award for unlocking everything on this golden bar . Another gem on the bar is unlocked after defeating an opponent 80 times . The weekly duelist prize magazines that the player receives almost always only rewards them with Normal Monsters with ATK between 500 and 1000 . Although extremely rare , a pack may contain a Blue Eyes White Dragon card . After dueling an opponent 99 times , the counter resets to 00 and then back to 01 . No record is kept on the total amount of duels with that opponent . The artworks for " Dark Magician Girl " , " Harpie Lady " , " Sorcerer of the Doomed " , " Turtle Raccoon " ( partially ) , " Ring of Destruction " , " Spear Cretin " and " Zombyra the Dark " are uncensored , even in the international release . If you use " Change of Heart " to take control of a monster , and then " Mystic Box " to give back control of that monster , the monster will return to your field at the end phase instead of remaining in your opponent ' s control . If a player has a Field Spell in play , and the other player activates another Field Spell , then the first player activates a card to negate it such as " Magic Jammer " or " Solemn Judgment " ) , then both Field Spells will be destroyed , and their effects will no longer be active , but the background image will remain the same as the first Field Spell . There are many cards which simply do not work , and some which even can ' t be activated . " Graverobber ' s Retribution " and " Crush Card " are examples of each , respectively .