While preparing for the Fortune Cup with Blister, Yusei is reunited with Tanner and Yanagi. As they prepare to test out Yusei's Deck, they're confronted by Jack, who returns Stardust Dragon to Yusei. Later, Leo & his friend Dexter tells him about a duelist called "The Black Rose" (called "Black Rose Witch" in the Japanese version). When she appears before them, and starts causing real damage to the environment via her unusually strong psionic abilities, the Mark of the Dragon on Yusei's arm begins to react to hers.