When a duelist dies clutching his pride, a casual deck built around a forgotten card, death becomes a doorway.

Killed while carrying his deck, he awakens in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX world, transported by the very card he dedicated himself to. No fanfare, no chosen one prophecy, just a tired divine ruler who didn't want the one person who valued her to die.

Admitted to Duel Academy's Slifer Red after missing entrance exams due to the accident, he must navigate a world where card games matter more than anything, armed with a deck that shouldn't exist yet and guided by a duel spirit he doesn't realize he can see just yet.

He's not Jaden Yuki. He's not the protagonist, the hero. He's realistic, measured, and still processing the fact that he should've died. But with the duel spirit watching over him, ancient, powerful, and exhausted from eons of rule, perhaps there's a reason he's here beyond mere chance.

Or perhaps a forgotten goddess simply rewarded the only duelist who built a deck around her, despite knowing she'd never be competitive.

I'm still on the fence about writing this. I really like Lucifer's design, but when I realized she was an OCG-exclusive collab card with no support cards that I'm aware of, I decided to try building a deck around her in an era before Synchros existed, hence why we're in the GX era.


I built this deck for casual duels with friends. I did my best to optimize it, but with thousands of cards to choose from, even limiting myself to the GX era, this was about as good as I could make it. (I set my filter to only show cards released through December 31, 2008. I know some Synchros came out in late 2008, but I'm not using those anyway, so I'll say it's fine.)


Note and the Deck