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* Foreshadowing: During Spirit Day, Jamie dresses up as [[spoiler: Blade Knight. During the Saga of the True Name, we find out that the man beneath the real Blade Knight's mask is the {EvilCounterpart: real Jamie Lancaster}.]]
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* Foreshadowing: ForeShadowing: During Spirit Day, Jamie dresses up as [[spoiler: Blade Knight. During the Saga of the True Name, we find out that the man beneath the real Blade Knight's mask is the {EvilCounterpart: real Jamie Lancaster}.]]
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* Foreshadowing: During Spirit Day, Jamie dresses up as [[spoiler: Blade Knight. During the Saga of the True Name, we find out that the man beneath the real Blade Knight's mask is the {EvilCounterpart {EvilCounterpart: real Jamie Lancaster}.]]
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* Foreshadowing: During Spirit Day, Jamie dresses up as [[spoiler: Blade Knight. During the Saga of the True Name, we find out that the man beneath the real Blade Knight's mask is the real Jamie Lancaster.]]
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* Foreshadowing: During Spirit Day, Jamie dresses up as [[spoiler: Blade Knight. During the Saga of the True Name, we find out that the man beneath the real Blade Knight's mask is the {EvilCounterpart real Jamie Lancaster.Lancaster}.]]
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Updating it since Stacking the Deck overtook it
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12622310/1/State-of-the-Meta State of the Meta]]'' is a SelfInsertFic of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6523308/Yung-Warrior Yung Warrior]].
After dying, a competitive player of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' card game finds himself living within the world of Yu-Gi-Oh, reincarnated as a boy who’s about to attend Duel Academy named Jamie Lancaster. Taking his identity, Jamie proceeds to adapt to the strange circumstances and live a second life, believing he can use his knowledge of the series as well as his past life to breeze his way through life. However, Jamie soon realizes that this world isn’t completely identical to the show, and finds out that, with his presence weakening the barriers between dimensions, he’ll be in for unexpected twists after all.
After dying, a competitive player of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' card game finds himself living within the world of Yu-Gi-Oh, reincarnated as a boy who’s about to attend Duel Academy named Jamie Lancaster. Taking his identity, Jamie proceeds to adapt to the strange circumstances and live a second life, believing he can use his knowledge of the series as well as his past life to breeze his way through life. However, Jamie soon realizes that this world isn’t completely identical to the show, and finds out that, with his presence weakening the barriers between dimensions, he’ll be in for unexpected twists after all.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12622310/1/State-of-the-Meta State of the Meta]]'' is a SelfInsertFic of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6523308/Yung-Warrior Yung Warrior]].
Warrior]]. It's currently the second most popular self-insert fanfic in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' fandom as well as the second most popular ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' fanfic overall.
After dying, a competitive player of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' card game finds himself living within the world of Yu-Gi-Oh, reincarnated as a boy who’s about to attend Duel Academy named Jamie Lancaster. Taking his identity, Jamie proceeds to adapt to the strange circumstances and live a second life, believing he can use his knowledge of the series as well as his past life to breeze his way through life. However, Jamie soon realizes that this world isn’t completely identical to the show, and finds out that, with his presence weakening the barriers between dimensions, he’ll be in for unexpected twists afterall.
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After dying, a competitive player of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' card game finds himself living within the world of Yu-Gi-Oh, reincarnated as a boy who’s about to attend Duel Academy named Jamie Lancaster. Taking his identity, Jamie proceeds to adapt to the strange circumstances and live a second life, believing he can use his knowledge of the series as well as his past life to breeze his way through life. However, Jamie soon realizes that this world isn’t completely identical to the show, and finds out that, with his presence weakening the barriers between dimensions, he’ll be in for unexpected twists after
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Not anymore. Stacking The Deck currently has 1000 more favs and 1004 more follows than State of the Meta.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12622310/1/State-of-the-Meta State of the Meta]]'' is a SelfInsertFic of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6523308/Yung-Warrior Yung Warrior]]. It's currently the most popular self-insert fanfic in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' fandom as well as the most popular ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' fanfic overall.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12622310/1/State-of-the-Meta State of the Meta]]'' is a SelfInsertFic of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6523308/Yung-Warrior Yung Warrior]]. It's currently the most popular self-insert fanfic in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' fandom as well as the most popular ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' fanfic overall.
Warrior]].
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* EvilVsEvil: Yubel duels against Brron in Chapter 52 for control over the Spirit World.
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* EvilVsEvil: Yubel duels against Brron Brron, Mad King of Dark World, in Chapter 52 for control over the Spirit World.World that Brron rules over.
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* EvilVsEvil: Yubel duels against Brron over control of the Spirit World.
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* EvilVsEvil: Yubel duels against Brron over in Chapter 52 for control of over the Spirit World.
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* PassThePopcorn: During Bastion's duel against Wheeler after the latter kidnapped Jasmine, two Kaibacorp employees who were helping with the experiment on Wheeler start eating sunflower seeds while watching, Jamie eventually joining them.
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Bastion did shuffle it, but he forgot to cut the deck.
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** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with the Dark Scorpions. In canon, they weren't ''that'' good, but they were at least competent enough to infiltrate the school, steal the Spirit Keys, and put up an okay duel against Chazz. Here, they just trick Bastion into meeting them with a message, don't get a single key, and the only reason Don Zaloog did as good as he did against Bastion was because he forgot to ''shuffle his deck''. Meaning he was playing with a stacked deck the entire time. As for why Bastion forgot to? He grabbed the IdiotBall after getting so excited over finally getting some spotlight.
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** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with the Dark Scorpions. In canon, they weren't ''that'' good, but they were at least competent enough to infiltrate the school, steal the Spirit Keys, and put up an okay duel against Chazz. Here, they just trick Bastion into meeting them with a message, don't get a single key, and the only reason Don Zaloog did as good as he did against Bastion was because he forgot to ''shuffle his deck''. cut Zaloog's deck when shuffling it. Meaning he Zaloog was playing with a stacked deck the entire time. As for why Bastion forgot to? He grabbed the IdiotBall after getting so excited over finally getting some spotlight.
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** Both of the Truesdale's are affected by this. Zane is much less stoic than he is canon, while Syrus is an extreme pervert in the story.
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** Both of the Truesdale's are affected by this. Zane is much less stoic than he is canon, canon and awakens to being a sadomasochist following his graduation, while Syrus is an extreme pervert in the story.story who writes SelfInsert PowerFantasy fanfics.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The Dark Scorpions didn't ''die'' in canon, but Don Zaloog's Shadow Charm triggered following their loss to Chazz, reducing them back to Duel Spirits. Here, since the duel wasn't a Shadow Game, Bastion beating the Dark Scorpions didn't strip them of their physical forms, Bastion instead telling them to get the hell off of and stay away from Duel Academy Island. While they agree to do so, Bastion holds no illusions that they won't come back the first chance they get.
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** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with the Dark Scorpions. In canon, they weren't ''that'' good, but they were at least competent enough to steal the Spirit Keys and put up an okay duel against Chazz. Here, the only reason Don Zaloog did as good as he did against Bastion was because he forgot to ''shuffle his deck''. Meaning he was playing with a stacked deck the entire time. As for why Bastion forgot to? He grabbed the IdiotBall after getting so excited over finally getting some spotlight.
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** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with the Dark Scorpions. In canon, they weren't ''that'' good, but they were at least competent enough to infiltrate the school, steal the Spirit Keys Keys, and put up an okay duel against Chazz. Here, they just trick Bastion into meeting them with a message, don't get a single key, and the only reason Don Zaloog did as good as he did against Bastion was because he forgot to ''shuffle his deck''. Meaning he was playing with a stacked deck the entire time. As for why Bastion forgot to? He grabbed the IdiotBall after getting so excited over finally getting some spotlight.
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** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with the Dark Scorpions. In canon, they weren't ''that'' good, but they were at least competent enough to steal the Spirit Keys and put up an okay duel against Chazz. Here, the only reason Don Zaloog did as good as he did against Bastion was because he forgot to ''shuffle his deck''. Meaning he was playing with a stacked deck the entire time. As for why Bastion forgot to? He grabbed the IdiotBall after getting so excited over finally getting some spotlight.
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** Aster defeats Zane far easier than he did in canon.
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** Aster defeats Zane far easier than he did in canon. He then goes on to deliver one to Chazz several chapters later.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Unlike with the canon series' numerous [[BrokenAesop Broken Aesops]], this fic plays many of the flaws into realistic conclusions.
** In regards to each of the main characters' playing an archetype, most of their strategies are treated as AwesomeButImpractical due to the way it's built for around the concept of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands, will not always work when going up against duelists' who uses more practical and well-balanced decks.
** According to Jamie, the only reason why Jaden was able to avoid all of Dr. Crowler's attempts to expel him from the Academy was due to a combination of luck and developing good connections with others, so he avoids antagonizing Crowler in any sort of manner since he doesn't have the same luck.
** In his student representative duel against Chazz, Jaden tries to convince him of the importance of dueling for fun rather than for the sake of winning (which is pretty much one of the overall Aesops in the ''GX'' series) as an attempt to prevent the latter from being chained down by his cold and semi-emotionally abusive brothers. Unsurprisingly, Chazz [[ShutUpKirk rebukes Jaden's words entirely]] and even [[JerkassHasAPoint rightfully chastises on the hypocrisy of the latter's beliefs]].
** In regards to each of the main characters' playing an archetype, most of their strategies are treated as AwesomeButImpractical due to the way it's built for around the concept of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands, will not always work when going up against duelists' who uses more practical and well-balanced decks.
** According to Jamie, the only reason why Jaden was able to avoid all of Dr. Crowler's attempts to expel him from the Academy was due to a combination of luck and developing good connections with others, so he avoids antagonizing Crowler in any sort of manner since he doesn't have the same luck.
** In his student representative duel against Chazz, Jaden tries to convince him of the importance of dueling for fun rather than for the sake of winning (which is pretty much one of the overall Aesops in the ''GX'' series) as an attempt to prevent the latter from being chained down by his cold and semi-emotionally abusive brothers. Unsurprisingly, Chazz [[ShutUpKirk rebukes Jaden's words entirely]] and even [[JerkassHasAPoint rightfully chastises on the hypocrisy of the latter's beliefs]].
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* RealityEnsues: Unlike with the canon series' numerous [[BrokenAesop Broken Aesops]], this fic plays many of the flaws into realistic conclusions.
** In regards to each of the main characters' playing an archetype, most of their strategies are treated as AwesomeButImpractical due to the way it's built for around the concept of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands, will not always work when going up against duelists' who uses more practical and well-balanced decks.
** According to Jamie, the only reason why Jaden was able to avoid all of Dr. Crowler's attempts to expel him from the Academy was due to a combination of luck and developing good connections with others, so he avoids antagonizing Crowler in any sort of manner since he doesn't have the same luck.
** In his student representative duel against Chazz, Jaden tries to convince him of the importance of dueling for fun rather than for the sake of winning (which is pretty much one of the overall Aesops in the ''GX'' series) as an attempt to prevent the latter from being chained down by his cold and semi-emotionally abusive brothers. Unsurprisingly, Chazz [[ShutUpKirk rebukes Jaden's words entirely]] and even [[JerkassHasAPoint rightfully chastises on the hypocrisy of the latter's beliefs]].
** In regards to each of the main characters' playing an archetype, most of their strategies are treated as AwesomeButImpractical due to the way it's built for around the concept of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands, will not always work when going up against duelists' who uses more practical and well-balanced decks.
** According to Jamie, the only reason why Jaden was able to avoid all of Dr. Crowler's attempts to expel him from the Academy was due to a combination of luck and developing good connections with others, so he avoids antagonizing Crowler in any sort of manner since he doesn't have the same luck.
** In his student representative duel against Chazz, Jaden tries to convince him of the importance of dueling for fun rather than for the sake of winning (which is pretty much one of the overall Aesops in the ''GX'' series) as an attempt to prevent the latter from being chained down by his cold and semi-emotionally abusive brothers. Unsurprisingly, Chazz [[ShutUpKirk rebukes Jaden's words entirely]] and even [[JerkassHasAPoint rightfully chastises on the hypocrisy of the latter's beliefs]].
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* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange:
** Instead of using the anime-only "Alchemy Beast" archetype, Amnael[=/=]Banner instead utilized a deck that merely focuses on banishing cards while still having the "Helios" series and "Golden Homunculus".
** Kagemaru uses the [[spoiler:"Predaplants"]] and [[spoiler:"Starving Venom Fusion Dragon"]] in his tag duel against both Jamie and Jaden instead of a deck that revolves around using the Sacred Beasts in the anime.
** Instead of using the anime-only "Alchemy Beast" archetype, Amnael[=/=]Banner instead utilized a deck that merely focuses on banishing cards while still having the "Helios" series and "Golden Homunculus".
** Kagemaru uses the [[spoiler:"Predaplants"]] and [[spoiler:"Starving Venom Fusion Dragon"]] in his tag duel against both Jamie and Jaden instead of a deck that revolves around using the Sacred Beasts in the anime.
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* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange:
** Instead of using the anime-only "Alchemy Beast" archetype, Amnael[=/=]Banner instead utilized a deck that merely focuses on banishing cards while still having the "Helios" series and "Golden Homunculus".
** Kagemaru uses the [[spoiler:"Predaplants"]] and [[spoiler:"Starving Venom Fusion Dragon"]] in his tag duel against both Jamie and Jaden instead of a deck that revolves around using the Sacred Beasts in the anime.
** Instead of using the anime-only "Alchemy Beast" archetype, Amnael[=/=]Banner instead utilized a deck that merely focuses on banishing cards while still having the "Helios" series and "Golden Homunculus".
** Kagemaru uses the [[spoiler:"Predaplants"]] and [[spoiler:"Starving Venom Fusion Dragon"]] in his tag duel against both Jamie and Jaden instead of a deck that revolves around using the Sacred Beasts in the anime.
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There aren't any "seasons"
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'''Spoilers are unmarked for the first season'''.
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* TransparentCloset: According to Jamie and Chazz, it's blatantly obvious that Jesse is gay, Chazz saying that he didn't even know Jesse was trying to hide it.
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* RunningGag: Jamie denying being a Harem protagonist.
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* RunningGag: Jamie denying being saying that he's not a Harem protagonist.
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** Aster Phoenix has a heavily religious side to him that wasn't present in canon.
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** Jaden's Neo-Spacians are completely absent. Instead, after his first loss against Aster, he gets Masked Heros as his NextTierPowerUp.
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:It's implied that Jamie's first death, which leads to him reincarnating into the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' universe, has something to do with this.]]
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* UnknownRival: The Duel Spirit Blade Knight detests Jamie for reasons unknown, yet Jamie remains entirely unaware. [[spoiler:Its hinted Blade Knight had some connection to the ''real'' Jamie Lancaster, and is fully aware the main character is not the real Jamie, refusing to even call him such.]]
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* UnknownRival: The Duel Spirit Blade Knight detests Jamie for reasons unknown, yet Jamie remains entirely unaware. [[spoiler:Its hinted [[spoiler:It's revealed that Blade Knight had some connection to is the ''real'' Jamie Lancaster, and is fully aware Lancaster who wishes to take back his stolen life from the main character is not the real Jamie, refusing to even call him such.character.]]
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* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Despite having almost as important a role in the story as Jamie, Jaden scarcely ever hangs out with him on his own, the aftermath of their team up against Kagemaru being the closest to one on one interaction they get.
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* TeenGenius: Several examples throughout the fic.
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** Kagemura uses the [[spoiler:"Predaplants"]] and [[spoiler:"Starving Venom Fusion Dragon"]] in his tag duel against both Jamie and Jaden instead of a deck that revolves around using the Sacred Beasts in the anime.
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** Kagemura Kagemaru uses the [[spoiler:"Predaplants"]] and [[spoiler:"Starving Venom Fusion Dragon"]] in his tag duel against both Jamie and Jaden instead of a deck that revolves around using the Sacred Beasts in the anime.
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* AdaptatioalSexuality: While canon never stated anything about his sexuality, within the story, Jesse is gay and attracted to Jaden, something Chazz and Jamie pick up on easily.
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* AdaptatioalSexuality: While canon never stated anything about his sexuality, within the story, Jesse is gay and attracted to Jaden, something Chazz and Jamie pick up on easily.
