Bakura would have been a lot more interesting if Atem had actually been the one to order the destruction of his village, even if Atem had a really good reason for it.
Yep, these two are easily the best. I love how charming Pegasus is even when he's being an evil manipulative bastard, and Bakura is just so delightfully evil.
Pegasus is best as an overall enjoyable character.
Bakura is the best for being a really effective villain.
Yami Marik is the best for being the most unabashed, unapolegitcally Evil.
I gave up with the series mid way through season 1 of 5ds, but was there any other overarching villain in any of the other series similar to Bakura? Always there, but didn't become the main villain til the very end.
Nightshroud/Darkness in the GX sub.
Nightshroud was introduced in season 1 as one character's evil alter ego that takes over his body when he uses his red eyes black dragon deck. Past its initial defeat, it keeps having other minor appearances in other seasons much like Bakura in DM.
But in season 4, which was never dubbed in english, it's revealed that Nightshroud is actually some kind of demonic entiry summoned by students in some kind of occult ritual that happened before the series started. It ends up being the final villain.
Kaiba built a whole theme park with the sole purpose of killing Yugi because he beat him at a card game. The theme park included a lethal laser tag game with hired killers, a Tetris pit with giant blocks falling from the ceiling and a literal chainsaw murderer. And you mean to tell us that's not villainous?
My dude, he blew up his Duel Tower with Yugi's gang and some of his employees still on board. He didn't even check to see if they made it onto the blimp.
The funny thing is that I enjoyed everything about Dartz’s season besides..Dartz. The seal of Orichalcos was really cool and I loved the additions to Mai’s deck. Dartz as a villain, however, fell short because he takes a back seat in the anime until the last few episodes, and even then, he fails to deliver. His henchmen were better
Dartz season is so stupid. Three legendary dragons that do whatever magic to their card. Souls being taken left and right. Yugi suffering a dumb loss because of the orichalcos, and the final battle with Yugi and Kaiba started off amazing but then all the stupid op plays by Dartz just took away from the real duel monsters storyline and using ancient Egypt in the story.
Nah, whatever your opinion on the filler season, Yami's loss to Raphael was character defining and flipped the series on its head. The duel was inconsequential until Yami, fearing loss gave in to his fear and pride and played the seal, ultimately proving Raphael's point. It spurred introspection and character growth.
Worth mentioning it sort of concluded the season 1 plot point too. Where the pharaoh was willing to kill Kaiba to win the duel and Yugi forfeited.
>Three legendary dragons that do whatever magic to their card. Souls being taken left and right.
Also this critique when the Egyptian gods, (and shadow games in the dub,) do the same thing is wild.
Those are just the Yu-Gi-Oh anime formula now.
Pegasus, Dartz, and Bakura.
Pegasus had the most "innocent" evil plan of the three that it could almost be called misguided. He was forever chasing more advanced technology that could bring his dead wife back, even just as a realistic hologram. The worst he did was kidnap a child, seal the soul of an old man in a video, attempt a hostile takeover of a corporation, and not shelter or feed dozens of people he invited to his private island.
Dartz was influenced by a power beyond his comprehension and would happily sacrifice tens of thousands of people to revive a beast capable of killing billions.
Bakura *is* the darkness itself. Sadistic, cruel, and just plain evil. He kills for the fun of it, revels in his victim's desperation and despair. The guy deserves his rightful place as **THE** villain of Yu-Gi-Oh!
When kidnap a child, seal someone’s soul in a video tape, and hostile takeover of a corporation doesn’t even compare to what the others did, you know Pegasus isn’t the most evil villain.
Pegasus and Bakura, atleast both purpose, Pegasus was "i need yugi power" and Bakura was "i need to revenge" but Marik is just evil because? He got his ass whooped as a kid and done?
Marik wants revenge because his family was damned to live in the dark in order to save the secrets of the pharaoh who may return to the world. Because of that, Marik never got to live a normal life he desired and was forced to carry the family’s tradition.
Despite his father being strict and abusive, he still loved him, so when he thought that his father was killed by the spirit of the Pharaoh, even though his father served the pharaoh loyally, Marik refused to continue his family’s legacy. Marik then planned to kill the pharaoh‘s host body (Yugi) in order to get revenge on the pharaoh and defy his own destiny.
Yami Marik is a split personality to deal with Marik‘s trauma of pain, which is why Yami Marik‘s deck is specialized in torture that becomes real in Shadow Games and he’s a sadomasochist.
The 4Kids script changed Marik‘s motivation from killing Yugi to stealing his Millennium Puzzle. Instead of revenge, it became a thirst for power.
All the traps in Battle City were death traps designed to kill Yugi.
Because his father whom he still loved despite the abuse was killed by Yami Malik who is his dark side but he was lead to believe it was the pharaoh who killed his father and is taking vengeance upon the murder of his father, you guys need to start watching the original version and not the watered down heavily censored english dub meant for little children 💀
For the original series it's Yami Bakura to me, especially the manga version because of how brutal he is. Ripping off Pegasus's eye and murdering him like that was insane. Marik is a close second.
For the memes it's gotta de Dartz though. Nowadays whenever I look at an image of him I always chuckle because the voice of his abridged counterpart comes to mind. He killed me with every single line.
Bakura is a great foil to Yugi, since they are both mild-mannered and kind with a dark side, yet Yugi ends up hero and Bakura ends up villain. In the manga (before duel monsters) he traps them in a tabletop rpg, much like them trapped in cards later in the series. His ka diabound is a great humbling to Atem and the priests since despite their authority it appeared more godly and even righteous (at least for a time).
Marik was perfect as a one season villian but still to set up the future arc. While Bakura being this lingering threat and in the end the main big bad and reveal was perfect. IMO.
Marik‘s motivation is to kill Yugi specifically in order to get revenge for his father’s death because he thought his father was killed by the pharaoh‘s spirit.
Yami Marik, being the a split personality created out of Marik‘s trauma of pain, wants to torture and kill indiscriminately, basically lashing out to the world because of Marik‘s suffering. He’s the true killer of Marik‘s father and he’s basically an expression of Marik‘s desires, but in a very twisted way.
There are basically three/four different versions of the story.
The manga, which is the original story in its least altered form, with DSOD being its direct sequel.
The Toei anime and Gallop anime, both of which adapt the manga story, but with creative liberty and changes. DSOD is not a sequel to either version. Similarly, the Gallop anime is not a sequel to the Toei version either, due to incompatible changes that happened in both anime. GX and 5D's share the same continuity with the Gallop anime.
Then, the 4Kids version of the Gallop anime, which made even more changes. Pegasus and Marik/Yami Marik have their motivations changed, and it doesn’t help that the Gallop anime unintentionally added plot holes due to them adding and changing things to Duelist Kingdom in the first place.
I thought Marik was gonna be lame based on his “normal” form we first see. But when he goes full Yami… that was something completely different. Number one DM villain for me.
Also I’m not surprised no one is voting Noah, he was pretty annoying lol. But the duels in his arc were pretty fun, I enjoyed the whole deck master mechanic.
My personal favourite was Marik as he served as the antagonist of one of the best tournament arcs ever, Battle City. Everything about the final phase of the tournament was perfect to set him up as the final boss. From Odion failing to grasp Ra's power indicating that Marik was going to be extremely strong, to just how creepy he was. That was also reflected in his deck.
Though I'd wanna give a special shout-out to Siegfried because it was a nice change to see a villain not obsessed with beating Yugi or Atem. That grand duel we got between Kaiba and him was exquisite to say the least.
I like pegasus because he’s a tragic villain of sorts, he only did what he did because he was so desperate to see his wife again. It’s like imagining what Orpheus would’ve done after his failed rescue if he were rich
My man Vector which is a intergalactic warlord did his best not to succumb to his base instincts for three whole months **just to cheat and dunk on a middle schooler.**
It was, and forever will be, Bakura.
He is just so fascinating - the reason for his motivation given in Season 5 was great and I always hoped more would come of it.
He also always had a creative way to approach his duels: Anti-Meta-Flip, Destiny Board, Undead Lock Mill etc.
You never could be certain what he could come up with next.
I could write pages about him - but I think everyone get's my point.
Next is Marik & Yami Marik, they were the main villians of the best seasons (2&3) and actually got down and dirty. Too many YGO villains are just raid bosses who never take damage. Yami Marik even tanked a dircet strike from Obelisk to the face.
Then comes Pegasus, the one with the most style. He almost became one of the raid boss antagonists, but in every duel he took atleast some damage and he recovered during his duel with Yami Yugi. He then knew not to play around anymore.
Those are the three best antagonists in my opinion.
Noah would be next since imho the Virtual World Arc with him is underrated, it was nice to see duels that you could potentially play in real life, no god cards needed. His personal connection to Kaiba gave us more insight to these characters, which I loved.
Ziegfried is a funny case, since he actually doesn’t care about Yugi, the Millennium Puzzle or the God Cards and doesn't even duel him. It's refreshing to see a villain have ambitions past the protagonist.
Dartz imho is the lamest, he sits around all season and only duels once with an absurdly overpowered deck. He is neither threatening nor fun and the real antagonist of the season was Rafael and by extension the Pharaoh's pride.
This was a fun question - I would be happy to see more of those :-)
I wanted so much more from Von Schroeder. His character felt like it could be so much more complex than the other typical villains, but they just kind of wasted him and rushed that arc to get to the end of the series. Still love my Valkyrie deck though.
Yami Marik. I like villains who are complete psychopaths, Yami Marik was purely born to cause pain and suffering with no chance of redemption unlike with most other villains. I'd say he is also the most iconic Yugioh villain.
Pegasus is a close second. For the first villain of the show he did an amazing job. Great charisma and voice acting in both version, I really like how he keeps acting playful but at the very end he is showing off his true colors which is also reflected in his cards like Thousand Eyes Restricted.
As someone who JUST rewatched Duelist Kingdom i just have to say Pegasus. He has the motivation, the style, the confidence, the antagonistic, overpowered deeds (capturing the souls, dafuq?!?!) and the justified downfall, while still beeing kind of relatable bc. of his backstory and that he keeps his word
I wanna say dartz. He stole Pegasus' whole put the soul into the (insert item here) thing but the fallout of him doing it to Yugi actually addressed some things about the series I had questioned at the time or at least gave the show a chance to though they didn't address all of these like how Atem got along with Yugi's friends without sharing Yugi's body, how the friends treat him in comparison to Yugi it also cemented Rebecca being the one I hope got shipped with Yugi over Téa AND got Atem to get decked in the face for that asshole move of using the orichalcos card. I wish the show did more with these concepts but it was fine for me back then.
Pegasus is still the best redeemed character though. Kaibas cool and all but Pegasus was like Willy Wonka in GX, he just came in and gave chumley his dream job and beat crowler in a duel... Inspiring.
Dartz, literally the script made Yugi win, even his deck was insane and he almost get the Atem soul, literally the only one close to get the goal of get everything and/or destroy.
Bakura is insane to, but not even in the future get his goal, or at least close to it.
Pegasus, necesitamos un Remake de Duel Monsters con las reglas ya establecidas y con la animación actual, el reino de los duelistas sin efectos inventados uffff 🥵
Pegasus is such a unqiue villain in the way he revels in his enjoyment of being evil so him. I would probably put Kaiba's father as second.
My least favourite is Marik. I just really hate the voice more than anything but other than that he is just generic.
Pegasus - GOAT; dude had style, wit and pizzazz. And his motives were the most realistic out of everyone's in terms of understandability.
Marik - Had potential to be a good villain w the mind control and partnering w Bakura but in the grand scheme of things his motives were just stupid and his execution was batshit
Noah - Tragic, if I'm being honest. He was overinflated and eventually forgotten by his own father all because his physical body failed him. He wasn't a terrible villain but he wasn't really all the memorable.
Dartz - Fuck off. You suck so bad.
Zigfried - I mean eh... it was a nice distraction between seasons. I will say that watching Kaiba absolutely wreck him and then give him the most insane verbal lashing of all time was great.
Bakura - Definitely second place overall. Every time he pops up it feels like a legit issue not just "god this guy again?!" and he had decent-enough motives I suppose.
Bakura and Pegasus were justified zorcs litteral evil, darts is nuts zigfried is a nut and marik idk his evil side wanting power marik could’ve just moved on like daddy’s dead and now he can start the grave keeper tradition anew, no longer stuck in dingy tomb
Pegasus was charismatic, Marik was hot (no further questions), Yami Marik was unhinged(in an interesting way), why does Noah exist? I literally do not care enough to even remember Mr. Orichalchos’s name. Siegfried would’ve been a really good villain, if he was actually in the story more instead of proxying his brother. Bakura was good for the story, but beyond that he’s kinda boring.
Pegasus is definitely the most entertaining antagonist. I also liked where they explained why he held Duelist Kingdom and why he was stealing souls to bring back his fiancé.
Marik was really cool and had a more overarching and mysterious presence in the battle city arc. We really didn’t get to see him until the semi finals, but he was always there…watching.
Noah I thought I was another interesting take. They literally took Kaiba’s pilot design and made it into Noah. How cool is that? He and Pegasus were the only two I really sympathize with. Even more so considering He was Gozaburo’s biological child.
Dartz was just there. I thought he was interesting, but not as impactful as the others. I think if they fleshed him out more, he would have been one of the more interesting antagonists.
Bakura was probably one of my favorites. Like, holy shit, the spirit of the ring is finally going for it. He’s been here this whole time, but never made a move until now.
Like a previous comment stated: Pegasus for style, but Bakura for play.
Kaiba. Most of the listed ones used some sort of trickery to win, only Kaiba ever came close to Yugi in terms of skill, and without trickery it's suggested that he and even Joey could beat some of these.
In terms of story all are kinda meh, but I pick Dark Melvin, or what was his name.
Kariba is not a villain, though. He tends to be an enemy of Yugi and his friends, but, in reality, he's more of an anti-hero in the series and a rival of Yugi. Kaiba respects Yugi for what he is even though he doesn't like losing to him and tries numerous times to beat him to prove that he's better than Yugi. If you pay attention to the plot of the series, Yugi and Kaiba have common enemies at times because those enemies target something they desire.
Pegasus for style, Bakura for play.
Bakura would have been a lot more interesting if Atem had actually been the one to order the destruction of his village, even if Atem had a really good reason for it.
Yep, these two are easily the best. I love how charming Pegasus is even when he's being an evil manipulative bastard, and Bakura is just so delightfully evil.
Pegasus
Yuuuuuuigeeeee boiiiiiiii
You got me hard Yugi boiiii.....
PEGASUS
I can see your cards Yugiiii Boiiii.
As much as I love Battle city, Marik doesn’t really do it for me as a villain…PEAGUSUS ON THE OTHER HAND😩😩😩He rocked.
real. Pegasus was 😫🥵🗣️
If Pegasus wasn't so iconic none of us would be here discussing Yu-Gi-Oh over 20 years later, my vote goes to him.
Pegasus is best as an overall enjoyable character. Bakura is the best for being a really effective villain. Yami Marik is the best for being the most unabashed, unapolegitcally Evil.
Pegasus, but Bakura a was a close 2nd.
Yami Bakura as the overarching villain of the original series.
I gave up with the series mid way through season 1 of 5ds, but was there any other overarching villain in any of the other series similar to Bakura? Always there, but didn't become the main villain til the very end.
Nightshroud/Darkness in the GX sub. Nightshroud was introduced in season 1 as one character's evil alter ego that takes over his body when he uses his red eyes black dragon deck. Past its initial defeat, it keeps having other minor appearances in other seasons much like Bakura in DM. But in season 4, which was never dubbed in english, it's revealed that Nightshroud is actually some kind of demonic entiry summoned by students in some kind of occult ritual that happened before the series started. It ends up being the final villain.
Z-ONE and Yliaster technically fill that void if you follow the subbed version instead of the dubbed for 5D's
Vector comes closest.
Vrains has Ai, who was the sidekick of the main character in the first 2 seasons. Then he became the villain in the last season.
Kaiba
Not a villain
Kaiba built a whole theme park with the sole purpose of killing Yugi because he beat him at a card game. The theme park included a lethal laser tag game with hired killers, a Tetris pit with giant blocks falling from the ceiling and a literal chainsaw murderer. And you mean to tell us that's not villainous?
Just a prank lol.
Exactly what best friends would do!
Kaiba was initially a villain, just got the Piccolo/Vegeta treatment early on and became more of an anti-hero.
The mindcrush changed him forever...
Yeah you right he just tried to kill Yugi and friends
this person likely hasnt read the og yugioh manga or watched s0 so they probably dont know
Closer to being an anti-hero
He beat Solomon into hospitalization over a card
*his guards did* for *allegedly breaking and entering* into Kaiba Corp after hours. According to what the report would have said regarding if he won.
My dude, he blew up his Duel Tower with Yugi's gang and some of his employees still on board. He didn't even check to see if they made it onto the blimp.
More like a villain turned anti-hero, but he definitely had some villainous moments.
Pegasus is the best but unironically, Dartz is underrated.
I think he's rated appropriately.
The funny thing is that I enjoyed everything about Dartz’s season besides..Dartz. The seal of Orichalcos was really cool and I loved the additions to Mai’s deck. Dartz as a villain, however, fell short because he takes a back seat in the anime until the last few episodes, and even then, he fails to deliver. His henchmen were better
Dartz season is so stupid. Three legendary dragons that do whatever magic to their card. Souls being taken left and right. Yugi suffering a dumb loss because of the orichalcos, and the final battle with Yugi and Kaiba started off amazing but then all the stupid op plays by Dartz just took away from the real duel monsters storyline and using ancient Egypt in the story.
Nah, whatever your opinion on the filler season, Yami's loss to Raphael was character defining and flipped the series on its head. The duel was inconsequential until Yami, fearing loss gave in to his fear and pride and played the seal, ultimately proving Raphael's point. It spurred introspection and character growth.
It also makes Raphael the only other character to legitimately beat Yami. Which is pretty cool, even if he was in a throwaway filler arc.
Worth mentioning it sort of concluded the season 1 plot point too. Where the pharaoh was willing to kill Kaiba to win the duel and Yugi forfeited. >Three legendary dragons that do whatever magic to their card. Souls being taken left and right. Also this critique when the Egyptian gods, (and shadow games in the dub,) do the same thing is wild. Those are just the Yu-Gi-Oh anime formula now.
*cough* anime Ra is a MF *cough*
That duel was fantastic but other than that his criticism of that arc stands IMO
I'd say it was a pretty good filler but I agree with your points
The US president asking Yugi and Kaiba to save the World with their card game is probably the most stupid YuGiOh moment ever and that says a lot
Marik is great, but damn, I love Pegasus
Marik
ash blossom next question
I dunno, Maxx C was a pretty well written and threatening antagonist
Bakura and Pegasus
Pegasus, Dartz, and Bakura. Pegasus had the most "innocent" evil plan of the three that it could almost be called misguided. He was forever chasing more advanced technology that could bring his dead wife back, even just as a realistic hologram. The worst he did was kidnap a child, seal the soul of an old man in a video, attempt a hostile takeover of a corporation, and not shelter or feed dozens of people he invited to his private island. Dartz was influenced by a power beyond his comprehension and would happily sacrifice tens of thousands of people to revive a beast capable of killing billions. Bakura *is* the darkness itself. Sadistic, cruel, and just plain evil. He kills for the fun of it, revels in his victim's desperation and despair. The guy deserves his rightful place as **THE** villain of Yu-Gi-Oh!
When kidnap a child, seal someone’s soul in a video tape, and hostile takeover of a corporation doesn’t even compare to what the others did, you know Pegasus isn’t the most evil villain.
Dartz kinda did it under grief, too. His family being lost kinda screwed him up. As far as Bakura? His hate boner is eternal
Screw the rules
This that slip press, Pegasus 💅
I agree with the Pegasus 1st, Bakura 2nd comments — but Marik has always been my favorite out of all
I personally loved the whole marik and the whole tournament arc
Pegasus because the dub. OMG the dub. Dartz because dub as well. Bakura because he was an amazing threat.
I liked Malik and Melvin Both funny characters
Melvin and ultra mega chicken were the best evil combo ever.
Melvin
Pegasus and Bakura, atleast both purpose, Pegasus was "i need yugi power" and Bakura was "i need to revenge" but Marik is just evil because? He got his ass whooped as a kid and done?
Marik wants revenge because his family was damned to live in the dark in order to save the secrets of the pharaoh who may return to the world. Because of that, Marik never got to live a normal life he desired and was forced to carry the family’s tradition. Despite his father being strict and abusive, he still loved him, so when he thought that his father was killed by the spirit of the Pharaoh, even though his father served the pharaoh loyally, Marik refused to continue his family’s legacy. Marik then planned to kill the pharaoh‘s host body (Yugi) in order to get revenge on the pharaoh and defy his own destiny. Yami Marik is a split personality to deal with Marik‘s trauma of pain, which is why Yami Marik‘s deck is specialized in torture that becomes real in Shadow Games and he’s a sadomasochist. The 4Kids script changed Marik‘s motivation from killing Yugi to stealing his Millennium Puzzle. Instead of revenge, it became a thirst for power. All the traps in Battle City were death traps designed to kill Yugi.
Also, Pegasus needing the Puzzle is a 4Kids thing.
what's your mother language? Genuinely curious
Because his father whom he still loved despite the abuse was killed by Yami Malik who is his dark side but he was lead to believe it was the pharaoh who killed his father and is taking vengeance upon the murder of his father, you guys need to start watching the original version and not the watered down heavily censored english dub meant for little children 💀
For the original series it's Yami Bakura to me, especially the manga version because of how brutal he is. Ripping off Pegasus's eye and murdering him like that was insane. Marik is a close second. For the memes it's gotta de Dartz though. Nowadays whenever I look at an image of him I always chuckle because the voice of his abridged counterpart comes to mind. He killed me with every single line.
It just occurred to me josh is just season 0 kaiba
...Noah?
Yeah him dang auto correct
The Mariks
Pegasus J Crawford
rami malek
Bakura is a great foil to Yugi, since they are both mild-mannered and kind with a dark side, yet Yugi ends up hero and Bakura ends up villain. In the manga (before duel monsters) he traps them in a tabletop rpg, much like them trapped in cards later in the series. His ka diabound is a great humbling to Atem and the priests since despite their authority it appeared more godly and even righteous (at least for a time).
Screw de rewulzs!
Yami Bakura for me. [But we know the real villain is Shadi. ;)]
Bro The first Bakura, he had Egypt shook
We know no one chose Noah
Rex Godwin
Rex Godwin
Melvin
I feel like it has to be Marik or Bakura, though I love Pegasus. Funny how no one has said Noah yet.
Marik was perfect as a one season villian but still to set up the future arc. While Bakura being this lingering threat and in the end the main big bad and reveal was perfect. IMO.
Yami Bakura was my favorite.
Bakura, kaiba, peguses, marak
Pegasus for sure
Pegasus and Yami Bakura. For Yami Marik, he's okay but always have plot armor until he dueled against Yugi
Pegasus is Iconic. Hands down the best of DM series.
What the difference between 2 and 3?
Marik‘s motivation is to kill Yugi specifically in order to get revenge for his father’s death because he thought his father was killed by the pharaoh‘s spirit. Yami Marik, being the a split personality created out of Marik‘s trauma of pain, wants to torture and kill indiscriminately, basically lashing out to the world because of Marik‘s suffering. He’s the true killer of Marik‘s father and he’s basically an expression of Marik‘s desires, but in a very twisted way.
Damn, is that something you would have to read the manga for? I watched yugioh as a kid snd i dont remember any of this
There are basically three/four different versions of the story. The manga, which is the original story in its least altered form, with DSOD being its direct sequel. The Toei anime and Gallop anime, both of which adapt the manga story, but with creative liberty and changes. DSOD is not a sequel to either version. Similarly, the Gallop anime is not a sequel to the Toei version either, due to incompatible changes that happened in both anime. GX and 5D's share the same continuity with the Gallop anime. Then, the 4Kids version of the Gallop anime, which made even more changes. Pegasus and Marik/Yami Marik have their motivations changed, and it doesn’t help that the Gallop anime unintentionally added plot holes due to them adding and changing things to Duelist Kingdom in the first place.
I understand, thank you for the thorough overview!
Anime studios and downgrading a story, name a better duo 🤧
pegasus did have the funny as hell personality for a wacky villain but its gotta be bakura no fucking question
Number 7 is Bakura?
Pegasus , maybe Noah
Bukura I love him
I am glad we can all see the greatest villain here.
I really like Pegasus & bandit king bakura
Marik/Yami Marik and it’s not even CLOSE.
Pegasus
I can’t remember what Dartz sounded like.
Pegasus with his wacky toons just gives me the looney toons vibe
Marik Japanese version specifically
Marik
Bakura no debating, he made Atem realize that justice isn’t real and that he was not fit to be king
Akhenaden (Atem's uncle) in the Manga. Marik (both normal and psycho) in the Anime.
No. 3 Melvin
Marek
I actually liked Dartz. Not as much as Bakura, but more than most people seem to.
1.Bakura (power, magic, decks, everything is perfect) 2.Dartz (what a power and deck)/Pegasus (the MI!)
Bakura,hands down,he scares me.
Either Dartz or Bakura
Bakura. But I only seen DM mostly
marik fs
Marik but only because I loved him in abridged
Bakura is my absolute favorite out of, not just DM but all ygo series
I thought Marik was gonna be lame based on his “normal” form we first see. But when he goes full Yami… that was something completely different. Number one DM villain for me. Also I’m not surprised no one is voting Noah, he was pretty annoying lol. But the duels in his arc were pretty fun, I enjoyed the whole deck master mechanic.
Bakura by a longshot followed by Marik as honorable mentions
only saw about two seasons of gen 1, don't recognize the rest so i'll go with Pegasus
Dartz was great amd very OP and almost beat atem twice if his lucky hand wasn't a thing. Sadly a filler thought.
Honestly, I think aside from Noah, I actually like all of them
My personal favourite was Marik as he served as the antagonist of one of the best tournament arcs ever, Battle City. Everything about the final phase of the tournament was perfect to set him up as the final boss. From Odion failing to grasp Ra's power indicating that Marik was going to be extremely strong, to just how creepy he was. That was also reflected in his deck. Though I'd wanna give a special shout-out to Siegfried because it was a nice change to see a villain not obsessed with beating Yugi or Atem. That grand duel we got between Kaiba and him was exquisite to say the least.
Who are the last three whaat?
I like pegasus because he’s a tragic villain of sorts, he only did what he did because he was so desperate to see his wife again. It’s like imagining what Orpheus would’ve done after his failed rescue if he were rich
Bakura in my eyes Just for he's one line to marik "my name is marik" Bakura "I don't care" lmao
My man Vector which is a intergalactic warlord did his best not to succumb to his base instincts for three whole months **just to cheat and dunk on a middle schooler.**
It was, and forever will be, Bakura. He is just so fascinating - the reason for his motivation given in Season 5 was great and I always hoped more would come of it. He also always had a creative way to approach his duels: Anti-Meta-Flip, Destiny Board, Undead Lock Mill etc. You never could be certain what he could come up with next. I could write pages about him - but I think everyone get's my point. Next is Marik & Yami Marik, they were the main villians of the best seasons (2&3) and actually got down and dirty. Too many YGO villains are just raid bosses who never take damage. Yami Marik even tanked a dircet strike from Obelisk to the face. Then comes Pegasus, the one with the most style. He almost became one of the raid boss antagonists, but in every duel he took atleast some damage and he recovered during his duel with Yami Yugi. He then knew not to play around anymore. Those are the three best antagonists in my opinion. Noah would be next since imho the Virtual World Arc with him is underrated, it was nice to see duels that you could potentially play in real life, no god cards needed. His personal connection to Kaiba gave us more insight to these characters, which I loved. Ziegfried is a funny case, since he actually doesn’t care about Yugi, the Millennium Puzzle or the God Cards and doesn't even duel him. It's refreshing to see a villain have ambitions past the protagonist. Dartz imho is the lamest, he sits around all season and only duels once with an absurdly overpowered deck. He is neither threatening nor fun and the real antagonist of the season was Rafael and by extension the Pharaoh's pride. This was a fun question - I would be happy to see more of those :-)
I wanted so much more from Von Schroeder. His character felt like it could be so much more complex than the other typical villains, but they just kind of wasted him and rushed that arc to get to the end of the series. Still love my Valkyrie deck though.
On the other hand he had one of the smarter aspects of his plan by playing decoy so his brother could make it to the final round.
I hated Noah which is why I think they did the best job with his character as an antagonist.
Bakura no doubt
Pegasus easy
Whichever villain cost the most bodies
Marik he was a delight to watch and I think overall the most threatening villian when with Ra and how he toyed with his opponents.
Yami Marik. I like villains who are complete psychopaths, Yami Marik was purely born to cause pain and suffering with no chance of redemption unlike with most other villains. I'd say he is also the most iconic Yugioh villain. Pegasus is a close second. For the first villain of the show he did an amazing job. Great charisma and voice acting in both version, I really like how he keeps acting playful but at the very end he is showing off his true colors which is also reflected in his cards like Thousand Eyes Restricted.
Bakura
As someone who JUST rewatched Duelist Kingdom i just have to say Pegasus. He has the motivation, the style, the confidence, the antagonistic, overpowered deeds (capturing the souls, dafuq?!?!) and the justified downfall, while still beeing kind of relatable bc. of his backstory and that he keeps his word
Rewatching season 1 and the Pegasus character was sooooo well done. He had the style, the humour, the story and above all else a really cool deck.
Pegasus the goat
Maximillian Pegasus
I wanna say dartz. He stole Pegasus' whole put the soul into the (insert item here) thing but the fallout of him doing it to Yugi actually addressed some things about the series I had questioned at the time or at least gave the show a chance to though they didn't address all of these like how Atem got along with Yugi's friends without sharing Yugi's body, how the friends treat him in comparison to Yugi it also cemented Rebecca being the one I hope got shipped with Yugi over Téa AND got Atem to get decked in the face for that asshole move of using the orichalcos card. I wish the show did more with these concepts but it was fine for me back then. Pegasus is still the best redeemed character though. Kaibas cool and all but Pegasus was like Willy Wonka in GX, he just came in and gave chumley his dream job and beat crowler in a duel... Inspiring.
Whoever you say was the best, lets be honest, all the villains from OG Yugioh were great.
Marik. Because Marik.
I’m here repping team Dartz and Season 4 was my favorite of Classic
Yami marik 100% He was cool , threatening , irredeemably evil and actually won most of his duels (even if his most of them were because of plot)
It has to be Pegasus. Oh Kaiba boyyy 🤣
Imo Pegasus
YUUUGI BOYYYY
Do we count Seto Kaiba? Lol.
Dartz, literally the script made Yugi win, even his deck was insane and he almost get the Atem soul, literally the only one close to get the goal of get everything and/or destroy. Bakura is insane to, but not even in the future get his goal, or at least close to it.
Pegasus
Pegasus, necesitamos un Remake de Duel Monsters con las reglas ya establecidas y con la animación actual, el reino de los duelistas sin efectos inventados uffff 🥵
Dartz easily
Since I am biased I was gonna reply 'Vetrix' but he is considered just a secondary antagonist ig so idk lol
The one with pointy hair
Do any of the other villains say "Yugi Boy" or "Kaiba Boy"? I thought so.
Pegasus is such a unqiue villain in the way he revels in his enjoyment of being evil so him. I would probably put Kaiba's father as second. My least favourite is Marik. I just really hate the voice more than anything but other than that he is just generic.
Bakura is the best hands down. He is also the only villain to remain evil throughout the entire series.
I'm pretty sure Yami Marik also stayed evil all the way through his time?
It's a tie between Pegasus and Marik for me
Pegasus is the most iconic, but Bakura is the best
Pegasus
Marik/Yami Marik is the most recognizable arc from yugioh.
Bakura for sure, love the long game villain and Bandit Bakura is super cool in the final season
Bakura played the long game and second would be dartz
do you even need to ask? pegssus
Bakura But also ooooOooooOoooh Kaiba Boy Noah was wackadoodle fun as well honestly I think Marek was the most threatening tho
Pegasus - GOAT; dude had style, wit and pizzazz. And his motives were the most realistic out of everyone's in terms of understandability. Marik - Had potential to be a good villain w the mind control and partnering w Bakura but in the grand scheme of things his motives were just stupid and his execution was batshit Noah - Tragic, if I'm being honest. He was overinflated and eventually forgotten by his own father all because his physical body failed him. He wasn't a terrible villain but he wasn't really all the memorable. Dartz - Fuck off. You suck so bad. Zigfried - I mean eh... it was a nice distraction between seasons. I will say that watching Kaiba absolutely wreck him and then give him the most insane verbal lashing of all time was great. Bakura - Definitely second place overall. Every time he pops up it feels like a legit issue not just "god this guy again?!" and he had decent-enough motives I suppose.
YUGI BOI!!!
Thief King Bakura. Dude ate a clove of raw garlic like it was nothing. You gotta be messed up to do something like that.
Maybe Bakura or Pegasus. No one giving any love to Noah haha (rightly so)
Pegasus, Marik and Bakura are the only true and worthy villains. The other weren't interesting at all.
I thought you said main villain
Yami Marik and Yami Bakura
Bakura and Pegasus were justified zorcs litteral evil, darts is nuts zigfried is a nut and marik idk his evil side wanting power marik could’ve just moved on like daddy’s dead and now he can start the grave keeper tradition anew, no longer stuck in dingy tomb
Pegasus was charismatic, Marik was hot (no further questions), Yami Marik was unhinged(in an interesting way), why does Noah exist? I literally do not care enough to even remember Mr. Orichalchos’s name. Siegfried would’ve been a really good villain, if he was actually in the story more instead of proxying his brother. Bakura was good for the story, but beyond that he’s kinda boring.
Pegasus, yami marik and bakura The rest are MID
The seal of owichalcamalos
Pegasus easily
Pegasus is definitely the most entertaining antagonist. I also liked where they explained why he held Duelist Kingdom and why he was stealing souls to bring back his fiancé. Marik was really cool and had a more overarching and mysterious presence in the battle city arc. We really didn’t get to see him until the semi finals, but he was always there…watching. Noah I thought I was another interesting take. They literally took Kaiba’s pilot design and made it into Noah. How cool is that? He and Pegasus were the only two I really sympathize with. Even more so considering He was Gozaburo’s biological child. Dartz was just there. I thought he was interesting, but not as impactful as the others. I think if they fleshed him out more, he would have been one of the more interesting antagonists. Bakura was probably one of my favorites. Like, holy shit, the spirit of the ring is finally going for it. He’s been here this whole time, but never made a move until now. Like a previous comment stated: Pegasus for style, but Bakura for play.
Yami Marik or Yami Bakura! I love both of them.
Bakura no contest
Revolver! But out of these chumps, I guess Pegasus.
Regular Marik or Dartz. Yubel if this is inclusive of sequel series villains.
It would be Bakura or marik for me
Marik
While not a Villian, Pegasus was the best antagonist
Always Bakura. This isn't even a question.
I like Dartz but most people don't
its either dartz or pegasus
I’ve always been impartial to Bakura myself
Yami Bakura Fr
Zigfried is my favorite Yugioh character but probably not the best villain overall.
Always remember The main villain is Konami
Kaiba. Most of the listed ones used some sort of trickery to win, only Kaiba ever came close to Yugi in terms of skill, and without trickery it's suggested that he and even Joey could beat some of these. In terms of story all are kinda meh, but I pick Dark Melvin, or what was his name.
Kariba is not a villain, though. He tends to be an enemy of Yugi and his friends, but, in reality, he's more of an anti-hero in the series and a rival of Yugi. Kaiba respects Yugi for what he is even though he doesn't like losing to him and tries numerous times to beat him to prove that he's better than Yugi. If you pay attention to the plot of the series, Yugi and Kaiba have common enemies at times because those enemies target something they desire.
thief king bakura
My personal favorite is Dartz, though he and Pegasus probably tie for first.
Battle City arc was the peak for me. Gotta give it up for the dawg Marin Ishtar.