i only ever saw that one arc as well, what has apparently later been dubbed “season zero” because there wasn’t any card games in it. that was something they apparently came up with on the fly and it just stuck around. the writers didn’t know anything about tcgs so the rules make no sense.
that first season is wild though, with the protagonist just challenging bad people to random games of chance with gruesome outcomes like “because you are greedy, i challenge you to stab through this wad of cash lying on top of your hand. you get to keep every dollar you pick up but if you’re too greedy you’ll nail your hand to the table”
No season zero is the anime that came before the one 4kids dubbed, completely different. Season 1 of the 4 kids dubbed anime is while the rules of the card game was still getting worked out so it was more of a fantasy show than a representation of the tcg. Also Yu-Gi-Oh started as a manga and “season zero” is a more acurate representation since the pharoh was literaly the king of ALL games.
i only ever saw that one arc as well, what has apparently later been dubbed “season zero” because there wasn’t any card games in it. that was something they apparently came up with on the fly and it just stuck around. the writers didn’t know anything about tcgs so the rules make no sense.
that first season is wild though, with the protagonist just challenging bad people to random games of chance with gruesome outcomes like “because you are greedy, i challenge you to stab through this wad of cash lying on top of your hand. you get to keep every dollar you pick up but if you’re too greedy you’ll nail your hand to the table”
No season zero is the anime that came before the one 4kids dubbed, completely different. Season 1 of the 4 kids dubbed anime is while the rules of the card game was still getting worked out so it was more of a fantasy show than a representation of the tcg. Also Yu-Gi-Oh started as a manga and “season zero” is a more acurate representation since the pharoh was literaly the king of ALL games.