Yugi enters the Duel Monsters, the world's most popular collectible card game, where he must face ruthless opponents like game designer Maximillion Pegasus in the hopes of discovering the origin of the game and his own powers.

Translated from the Japanese. "First published in Japan in 1996 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo"--P. facing t.p. "The English Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist was originally volumes 8-31 of the Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh!"--P. facing t.p. "This book reads from right to left"--P. [4] of cover.