History Awesome / YugiOh

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Starting in 2011, official tournaments have started hosting "scripted duels": a non canon duel narrated by the original voice actors live with a video feed of the cards being played to accommodate. They are all epic, with characters using new cards they haven't before:
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLJ0dY4FS3M The first scripted duel narrated by the VAs for Yugi and Yusei]]. For fans of the original series and of Anime/YuGiOh5Ds, a real treat seeing the protagonists duke it out, exactly as one would expect (especially with all the old-school cards Yugi unleashes that are currently banned from the metagame).
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcQcgfgmE4U This VA scripted duel]] is a tag team duel that has Yugi, Joey, and Mai versus Pegasus and Bakura. It is the ''definition'' of epic. Pegasus defeats Mai and Joey, but loses to Yugi, and Yami Bakura takes over Ryou as his turn begins, turning the duel into a shadow game.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk_YP6XF0yQ This scripted duel]] has Kaiba versus Pegasus, the latter using a Wind-Up deck provided by one of the real-life players instead of his usual Toons.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRRLRtC1YxE This scripted duel]] is between Joey and Kaiba. While Joey loses, he puts up quite a fight.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rLCzGx_cKU Another scripted duel]] is between Yugi and Mai. When Yugi activates Multiply, a pile of Kuriboh cards is tossed between the two to mimic what Multiply does on the show.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phTcXmOqJy8 Then there is the one]] between Yugi and Astral. Easily one of the best matches, filled with constant gambits from both eras. Beta the Magnet Warrior ends up being Yami Yugi's [=MVP=], blasting Astral down to 1300 Life Points from 3000 and with the aid of Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight, beats Astral.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daYaE6Y0Fr0 This one]] is between Pegasus and Marik. Pegasus wins by ''using Comic Hand to take control of the Winged Dragon of Ra and turn it into a Toon!''
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDDwAOp7Sp8 This duel]] is between Joey and Pegasus. Joey takes Pegasus down to 300 LP before losing and earns his respect as a duelist.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIcPPSBe7Ak This one]] is Yusei versus Yuya. Yusei defeats Yuya with his Stardust Charge Warrior, attacking all of his monsters at once.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foNHub1JjB4 This duel]] is between Yugi and Kaiba. It's down to the wire as the Egyptian God cards get played along with the duelists' signature monsters, and new support cards. The duel itself is a combination of their duel in ''Anime/YuGiOhTheMoviePyramidOfLight'', their Battle City duel, and Yugi's duels in ''Anime/YuGiOhTheDarkSideOfDimensions'', alongside new summoning methods and old favorites.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2xwJXxacHY This scripted duel]] is a double-event of Jack Atlas vs. Pegasus, and then Jack vs. Aster Phoenix. Jack beats Pegasus in a single turn, prompting Aster to duel and defeat Jack while Pegasus commentates.
* For 2018, we get a matchup between two characters [[UnexpectedCharacter no one expected]]: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp8YxA9ul7A the anime exclusive Ziegrfried von Schroder and Jean-Claude Magnum]]. An odd combo, but still epic all the same.
* For the one [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNMhVjQXuTI between Joey and Ishizu]], Joey displays amazing tenacity despite a number of things, including his own chance-based cards, not going his way. One standout moment involves his board getting blown up only for him to rebuild it right away, and this happens ''twice'' in a single Battle Phase.
** The final blow where Ishizu summons freaking ''Obelisk'' for the win.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnF_xXT-VKE This scripted duel]] in 2019 is, once again, between Yugi and Kaiba.
** It begins with Kaiba summoning all three Blue-Eyes White Dragons on his very first turn, and then proceeds into a back-and-forth swing as both Yugi and Kaiba keep destroying the other's field and rebuilding their own, bringing their aces back each time. This culminates in Yugi and Kaiba both summoning a colossal Fusion Monster -- Quintet Magician and Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon -- and both getting defeated in a DoubleKnockout, leaving the path clear for a humble Sangan to finally inflict the first instance of Battle Damage.
** Kaiba then triggers his Crush Card Virus after Yugi wipes out his Giant Germ with his Blue-Eyes (again). This destroys every monster Yugi can draw with 1500 ATK, leaving him with no field and no hand, and little in the way to stand up to Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon or Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon. The final turns comes down to a CallBack to the very first episode:
--->'''Kaiba:''' Draw your last pathetic card, Yugi...\\
'''Yugi:''' I've told you once and I'll tell you again, Kaiba: My deck has no pathetic cards! But once again, it does contain... The unstoppable Exodia! Come forth, Exodia the Legendary Defender!\\
'''Kaiba:''' Exodia? How can this be?!
* Thanks to the power of technology, 2020 was able to get [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7uk-e6Aob4 a scripted duel]] held remotely with Pegasus challenging Yugi using the Speed Duel format. Many one liners abound.
* After a year hiatus, scripted duels return [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRwZiYiZzDQ with this one]] featuring Jaden vs. Aster. Meta and new HERO cards are featured, complete with a clash between Destiny HERO - Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer and Elemental HERO Shining Neos Wingman.
* In later 2023 we have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXtDxB3rZuk Gong vs Jack]], with Jack boasting that he can smash through Gong's defenses within just five turns. Gong puts up a good fight and holds out for five of his turns through Jack's new and improved Synchro Monsters, which impresses the Master of Faster. However, Jack still delivers the finishing blow at the last minute, with the help of his signature card and Absolute Powerforce.

* In the anime, Yugi battled Ryuji Otogi/Duke Devlin in a game of Dungeon Dice Monsters (a game that had just recently been invented by Otogi himself) with the help of Yami Yugi. However in the manga, the Millenium Puzzle had been stolen from Yugi and thus he had to play the game on his own without full knowledge of how the game even works. As the game goes on, Yugi gets the hang of the rules and winds up defeating Otogi ! Just more proof that Yugi always had the potential to surpass Atem and earn the title of King of games.

** During the final duel, he thoroughly whups Yami Yugi during the final duel using a deck ''based mostly on toy monsters'' to decide whether or not he goes on to the afterlife. The fact that he falls to his knees in tears afterwards at having to defeat his best friend doesn't dampen the awesomeness one bit. At one point Yami has ''all three Egyptian God Cards on the field''... and Yugi dismantles them in a single move.
*** How he did it bears explaining. Not only does Yugi spend a whole episode ''repelling'' the three Egyptian Gods, he's carefully preparing a strategy to destroy them at the same time. Yugi remembered from the first duel with Marik that Slifer had a bit of a trigger finger with its Second Mouth special ability, so he abused that by comboing Magnet Force,[[note]]In the anime's version of the card, until the End Phase, Rock- and Machine-type monsters are immune to card effects, and the user can redirect the incoming effect to an opponent's monster. Not terribly different from the actual card that just makes them immune.[[/note]] Valkyrion the Magna Warrior, ''Atem's own'' Mirror Force, and Magnet Reverse. He starts by disassembling Valkyrion into its three material monsters and activating Magnet Force, letting all of them repel the subsequent Second Mouth shots. He then ''lets'' Atem's Mirror Force destroy them, only to revive Valkyrion with Magnet Reverse, repeating the entire reflect combo '''again''', with Valkyrion's revival adding an extra shot. By the time of the second volley, the Gods don't have enough ATK to weather Second Mouth's effect and are all destroyed at once. Even ''Kaiba'' was vocally impressed.

** It was also one of the few times where everyone, even Yugi's friends, was hoping the Pharaoh would win so he could stay here forever, but Yugi knew better. His best move in the last duel was when he used a Golden Sarcophagus to seal away Monster Reborn, despite knowing how useful it was to him. It paid off fairly soon afterward, as his choice to seal away his own Monster Reborn let him negate Yami's own copy when he tried to use it to revive one of his Egyptian Gods to stage a comeback. Not only did Yugi predict what Yami would do (probably based on his using a spell card to fill their hands), but this move was a symbolic one, making a clear point that the dead cannot remain in the world of the living; as Ishizu put it, "Yugi's trump card was also his way of saying goodbye..."

* He had non-duel crowning moments in the first seven volumes of the manga, namely beating up a guy in an alleyway ''with both of them having knives in their mouths'' with the help of a can of soda. Not to mention hanging those four yo-yo wielding thugs by their pinkies using nothing but Yugi's millennium puzzle and a conveniently placed hook. It should be noted in the fight with the knives, the thug had his knife be a fake with a retractable blade, but Jounouchi tells him to take it out anyway, while still keeping the very real knife in his mouth. Serious balls man, serious balls. And it get's better -- Joey demands that the other guy pull the knife ''out'' of his opponents mouth. His reasoning behind handing the thug a serious advantage? it allows him to ''punch the guy in his face'' without killing him.
* Half the beatings he gives in the manga qualify as [=CMOAs=]. How about knocking out a former Green Beret commander with a SINGLE KICK in the Death-T arc? The beating Jonouchi gave to Bandit Keith in the manga was a damn cool moment.
* Him knocking out Saruwatari with one punch in the manga when he tries to prevent everyone from entering Pegasus' castle. Especially since that guy was a {{Smug|Snake}} {{Jerkass}} most of the time, so Joey giving him some much-needed comeuppance felt especially rewarding.

* In the manga version of the warehouse duel in which Yugi completed the Millennium Puzzle [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome while the building was burning down around him]]. After Yugi has basically begged his friends to get out alive and leave him to complete the puzzle, Jounouchi accepts his request calmly, and then stands steadfast outside of the blazing door, giving Yugi until the last possible second he needs, without so much as flinching at the flames. His dialogue sounds nothing if not awesome.

'''Joey:''' ''(calm, even smirking a bit)'' Yeah, right, Keith.\\

** And later, when Keith attempts to antagonize Joey over the entry card, Joey shuts him up with an ArmorPiercingQuestion. Even ''Pegasus'' is amused.

* Joey's duel against Yugi in the Duelist Kingdom finals round was very impressive, with both playing their hardest and Joey coming within inches of victory.

* All of his duel against Valon, especially his summonings and uses of: Rocket Hermos Cannon, Aura Armor, Lord of the Red, and Big Bang Dragon Blow.
** Also, when he wins the duel and punches Valon across the field.

-->'''Kaiba:''' Unfortunately, my draw was too good. Thanks to you, your filthy blood has stained my card! Die, you pigs! Into the bay!

--> '''Kaiba:''' Blue-Eyes, soar straight through the clouds! At the moment you attack Satellite Cannon, it will lose it's attack strength. So that makes it's ''true'' attack power...zero!

** The "Check mate, Gozaburo" line that he says at the end of the duel made it pretty badass as well.
** And remember, until he played Kaiba, Gozaburo was an undefeated chess champion, and Kaiba beat him and forced Gozaburo to adopt him and his brother. The whole point of Gozaburo challenging Kaiba was to beat Kaiba at his own game as Kaiba did to him, and Gozaburo knew Exodia was the monster that gave Kaiba his first defeat and used it for that exact reason. So that line is itself a "TakeThat" to Gozaburo.

* His duel against Siegfried, which filler or not, was probably his finest dueling moment in the series. It is so awesome that it needs to be watched several times to be believed and it best described in steps. To begin with, Kaiba has 950 life points, and Siegfried 1600. Due to various effects, all three of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragons and an Emerald Dragon have been removed from the game. There is also a global spell card in effect that states that a player must declare a certain number of spell cards he will cast that turn and both players gain 500 life points for every one, though if he fails to play that exact number then the declarer suffers 1000 damage per card instead. Kaiba has no cards in hand, and he makes his draw...

---> '''Kaiba:''' I predict that I'll use four Spell Cards!
---> '''Siefgfried:''' What!? Saying that he'll use four when he has one card in his hand!?
---> '''Kaiba:''' That's right. I'll crush you with those four cards.
** He casts Card of Demise '''(1)''', letting him draw an additional five cards. Normally, he would have to discard his hand over the next five turns, but that won't be necessary here.
** He plays Soul Release '''(2)''', a magic card that allows both players to select up to five cards in their graveyards and remove them from the game. Kaiba selects the Chaos Emperor Dragon to be removed.
** Kaiba then plays Spell Reproduction '''(3)'''. By sacrificing two spell cards in his hand, he can retrieve one spell card from the graveyard. He selects Dimensional Fusion.
** Finally, Kaiba pays 2000 life points (bringing him back down to 950) to cast Dimensional Fusion '''(4)''', which special summons all monsters on his side that have been removed from the game, which include three Blue-Eyes White Dragons, Emerald Dragon, and Chaos Emperor Dragon!
* ''But Wait!! Theeeeeeere's More!!''

** Kaiba attacks with Emerald Dragon, which is far weaker than Siegfried's Valkyrie. Emerald Dragon is destroyed and Kaiba is left with just 50 life points. With one less dragon on the field, Valkyrie Brunhilde's attack is reduced to 3000.
** Kaiba attacks with Chaos Emperor Dragon. Both it and Valkyrie have the same attack points, so Chaos Emperor Dragon is destroyed. Valkyrie gives up 1000 defense points and is left alive. However, its attack is reduced by ''another'' 300 points because another dragon has left the field, leaving it with 2700.
** Kaiba attacks with Blue-Eyes #1. Blue-Eyes has more power than Valkyrie and deals 300 life damage to Siegfried, bringing him down to 3300. Valkyrie again gives up 1000 defense points to remain on the field, leaving it with none.
** Kaiba attacks with Blue-Eyes #2. Blue-Eyes deals another 300 life damage to Siegfried, bringing him to 3000. With no defense points remaining to sacrifice, Valkyrie is destroyed.
** Finally, Kaiba attacks with Blue-Eyes #3. Siegfried has no monsters left and is attacked directly, bringing his life points to zero ''exactly''.
*** Even the Pharoah can't help but stare in open-mouthed shock at this win.
** ''And'' in the dub version of his summoning of Chaos Emperor Dragon, which started the whole thing, it includes this exchange:
-->'''Siegfried:''' You need to give up 1,000 of your Life Points first, and you can't afford that now!
-->'''Kaiba:''' [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney There's nothing I can't afford!]]
** After using Chaos Emperor Dragon's effect, Kaiba takes the opportunity to ''mock'' Siegfried.
-->'''Kaiba:''' How's that? I bet you can't hear fate whispering to you anymore.

-->'''Siegfried:''' This isn't over, Kaiba!
-->'''Kaiba:''' Face it, your Life Points are at 0. That's about as over as it ''gets''. Now take whatever dignity you've got left, '''''and get lost!'''''

-->'''Siegfried:''' Damn you...
-->'''Kaiba:''' Hmph... In the end, a rat will always be a rat. There's no way that can beat me, the king of all animals!

-->'''Kaiba:''' Listen, Zorc! I've been smacking around virtual monsters like you ever since I could talk! As a matter of fact, my first words were Neutron Blast Attack!

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phTcXmOqJy8 Then there is the one]] between Yugi and Astral. Easily one of the best matches, filled with constant gambits from both eras.

* The final move he uses in the duel with Noah is golden. He's down to a bare minimum of 100 Life Points and has to take out Noah's 10,000. He gives both players the maximum amount for a hand and then begins by reviving the Blue Eyes that was sent to the graveyard while Kaiba was dueling. Then, he fuses them into the Blue Eyes Ultimate dragon, a monster far more powerful than anything that Noah has even come CLOSE to bringing out. He then blows his monster out of the water. Noah of course begins to gloat because he feels confident he can survive a few more turns against the Blue Eyes, only for Yugi to activate De-Fusion. Noah's remaining LP doesn't look so nice now that there's ''three'' individual Blue Eyes dragons on the field, all of them ''itching'' to enact revenge.

-->'''Yami Yugi:''' Noah... I thought I told you: ''You're not getting another turn.'' ... Blue Eyes White Dragons! '''''Wipe him out!'''''

* An escaped convict, prisoner 777, came to Burger World, took Anzu hostage, and ordered some booze. Dark Yugi challenged him to a game for her freedom. Never mind he had the balls to challenge a ''dangerous convict with a gun.'' They sat on opposite ends of a table. The rules were that both players could pick any of all of their ten fingers (both hands), and once the game starts, they could only use that one finger. Note that 777 was holding a bottle of vodka in one hand, pouring into a glass, and a gun in the other. 777 opted to use his trigger finger. Dark Yugi got a lighter, lit 777's cigarette... And left the lighter on the back of 777's hand (The one that was pouring), ''while it was still lit and he was still pouring''. And Dark Yugi reminded him that firing the gun would make the recoil knock the lighter off, and the Vodka was Russian, which was ''80% alcohol''. Dark Yugi got Anzu away in time... As 777, in his panic, dropped his cigarette and ''set himself on fire''. It's the most famous non-dueling Shadow Game in the series.

--> ''[[AwesomenessIsVolatile (Pegasus' wineglass shatters)]]''

** For additional info, fusions in manga, the original source, had different mechanic. They're non-physical cards (same as cards like Thousand Dragon), and Polymerization can fuse any 2 or more monsters on the field, with the fused monster gaining every effects the materials had. But one thing is, fusions can be either compartible or not, one of examples of incompartible one being fusing living and undead being. Yugi exploits the incompartible fusion mechanic to gain upper hand against his opponent this one time, with the help of Living Arrow to make Polymerization able to use opponent's monster as material, not only the controller's.

** Strings has [[OlympusMons Slifer the Sky Dragon]], which is immune to destruction and most Spell and Trap effects, gains 1000 ATK for every card in Marik's hand, and automatically attacks any monster Yami Yugi summons with an ATK force of 2000 points. Marik has an impenetrable defense with Revival Jam, which regenerates whenever it is destroyed, and further has Jam Defender to let Revival Jam intercept any attack Yami Yugi may attempt. Finally he has Card of Safe Return, which lets him draw three cards every time a monster is revived, and Infinite Cards to remove his hand limit. The result is a seemingly unstoppable combo; a monster that revives whenever it is destroyed, a card that lets Marik draw every time a monster revives, and a second monster that grows stronger the more cards he holds in his hand, and just in case he can destroy most monsters the second they hit the field and can block any attack they may try anyway.
** How does Yami Yugi win? He uses Brain Control to take control of Revival Jam ''mid-resurrection'' to make it respawn on ''his'' side of the field [[note]]This interaction would break a number of (not-well-defined) game rules and may be considered an AssPull[[/note]], triggering an endless loop of Slifer attacking Revival Jam with its special ability over and over only for Revival Jam to revive over and over, and every time it does, Marik has to draw three cards because of Card of Safe Return. This continues until Marik decks out. Bent game rules aside, what makes this moment awesome is that Yami Yugi wins without needing [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands a random one-off card that is the perfect answer to the situation]] or a means to overpower the God Card in a straight fight. He turns Marik's combo on him just as Marik has finished boasting that his combo gives his God Card infinite power, concluding that while the God Card may be invincible, [[CriticalExistenceFailure the player controlling it isn't]].

*** Marik's reaction to losing Slifer to Dark Yugi in the Japanese version is a bit simpler, but really sells it.
---->'''Marik''': ''(growls)'' [[PrecisionFStrike Dammit!]] [[SoreLoser For me...! For me to lose!?]]

** What makes it even better is that Noah had been a SmugSnake the entire duel, acting as though he was a great duelist despite the fact he was using a blatantly broken deck and an ''even worse'' Deck Master. Once Noah realizes he's doomed he begins panicking. Yami's words hit home; "You've been exposed as the frightened child you truly are." BreakTheHaughty at its finest.

--> "Looks like you're out of luck"

* He had non-duel crowning moments in the first seven volumes of the manga, namely beating up a guy in an alleyway ''with both of them having knives in their mouths'' with the help of a can of soda. Not to mention hanging those four yo-yo wielding thugs by their pinkies using nothing but Yugi's millennium puzzle and a conveniently placed hook. It should be noted in the fight with the knifes, the thug had his knife be a fake with a retractable blade, but Jounouchi tells him to take it out anyway, while still keeping the very real knife in his mouth. Serious balls man, serious balls. And it get's better -- Joey demands that the other guy pull the knife ''out'' of his opponents mouth. His reasoning behind handing the thug a serious advantage? it allows him to ''punch the guy in his face'' without killing him.

* Joey's duel against Yugi in the anime was very impressive, with both playing their hardest and Joey coming within inches of victory.
** One of Joey's best plays is pulling an IKnowYouKnowIKnow on Yugi. Joey plays Time Wizard, who he always follows up by playing Baby Dragon to get Thousand Dragon. Yugi debates whether to attack or not then goes for it on the assumption of knowing Joey's Duel habits better than anyone. Turns out the facedown card was Kunei With Chain, which traps Yugi's Dark Magician. Pegasus mentally chastises Yugi over this with a "Shame on you, Yugi Boy."

** During his duel with Yami Marik, Joey uses Question, which forces the opponent to guess which of his monsters was sent to the graveyard first. Yami Marik, at this point, has sent so many he can't remember, and Joey caps it off with "Oh, so sorry! Stunned silence was not the answer we were looking for!"
*** Correction, the monster in the bottom of his graveyard - Jinzo - was sent there RANDOMLY via Yami Marik's Helpoemer. As Joey points out, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard he couldn't have guessed correctly if he tried.]]

*** Making this even more impressive is that not only was Joey using several cards that didn't really fit in his own deck for one way or another(no Insect monsters to boost up Insect Queen, no Umi card to make use of A Legendary Fisherman's resistance to spells, no Fortress Whale's Oath to Ritual Summon Fortress Whale, etc.), he also lacked his ace card, Red-Eyes Black Dragon, due to refusing to take it from Yugi until he won it back in a duel. Joey didn't just all but defeat the BigBad of the Battle City arc, he beat the BigBad ''while essentially being handicapped.''

** In the uncut redub, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxw-f9ywORc Dan Green says the Japanese attack line with equal force]].

** On a meta level, Dan Green plays the roles of both Yugi and Atem during this duel. This is live and in person, with no ability to do separate takes, but he swaps between them as easily as changing clothes. They even have a conversation mid-duel, showing off just how much range Green has.

* During the Doma Arc, Yami/Dark Yugi was extremely pissed off about Weevil Underwood/Insector Haga tearing up a useless insect card and claiming it was the card that held Yugi's soul during a duel. To end the duel, Yami first used Breaker's special ability to destroy a barrier on the opponent's side and reduce Breaker's attack points. Then he employs a card that allowed him to continuously draw from his deck until he finds a magic card, and for every monster he drew, his Breaker could attack. After Weevil's/Insector's lifepoints reached zero, Yami kept on drawing, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown using Breaker to strike Weevil/Insector over and over again]] until Anzu/Tea intervened. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv1W9u2LYuo The English]] version makes Yami seem as if he's ''[[ItsPersonal purposefully]]'' being sadistic, unleashing his fury against Weevil. The original Japanese scene is a lot more violent, as Yami/Dark Yugi attacks several more times before Anzu intervenes; this can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xum2z3zI8o4 here]].

--->'''Joey:''' He's right. My card was missing, so Mai gave me her's. But tell me Keith: how could you have known that this wasn't my card? I'm all ears... so, why don't you explain yourself?

* During Volume 7, chapter 56 of the manga, while playing the Monster World RPG, Yugi and his friends are on the verge of losing against Dark Bakura thanks to his brainwashed dice. After a fatal hit from Zorc, the party is assumed dead by Dark Bakura. His confidence is quickly shattered when he discovers that they all have [[HPToOne one hit point]] left on his computer. Right after this, some strange force takes control of his left hand and types the following message on Dark Bakura's computer: "''I'' am Ryo Bakura. I won't let you kill my friends. I'll fight too." revealing that the real Bakura had been fumbling his dice rolls [[TookALevelInBadass all along]]. '''That's just plain awesome'''. Especially after you take into account that Ryo has been tormented by his alterego for the longest time, having his previous handful of friends being put into a coma and having their souls trapped in miniature figures.

** Strings has Slifer the Sky Dragon, which is immune to destruction and most Spell and Trap effects, gains 1000 ATK for every card in Marik's hand, and automatically attacks any monster Yami Yugi summons with an ATK force of 2000 points. Marik has an impenetrable defense with Revival Jam, which regenerates whenever it is destroyed, and further has Jam Defender to let Revival Jam intercept any attack Yami Yugi may attempt. Finally he has Card of Safe Return, which lets him draw three cards every time a monster is revived, and Infinite Cards to remove his hand limit. The result is a seemingly unstoppable combo; a monster that revives whenever it is destroyed, a card that lets Marik draw every time a monster revives, and a second monster that grows stronger the more cards he holds in his hand, and just in case he can destroy most monsters the second they hit the field and can block any attack they may try anyway.

--->'''Kaiba:''' Draw your last pathetic card, Yugi...\

* After a year hiatus, scripted duels return [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRwZiYiZzDQ with this one]] featuring Jaden vs. Aster. Meta and new HERO cards are featured.

--->'''Kaiba:''' Draw your last pathetic card, Yugi...\\
...\\

Starting in 2011, official tournaments have started hosting "scripted duels": a non canon duel narrated by the original voice actors live with a video feed of the cards being played to accommodate. They are all epic, with characters using new cards not seen in the anime to add to the epicness:
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLJ0dY4FS3M This scripted duel narrated by the VAs for Yugi and Yusei]]. For fans of the original series and of Anime/YuGiOh5Ds, a real treat seeing the protagonists duke it out, exactly as one would expect (especially with all the old-school cards Yugi unleashes that are currently banned from the metagame).

** How does Yami Yugi win? He uses Brain Control to take control of Revival Jam ''mid-resurrection'' to make it respawn on ''his'' side of the field, triggering an endless loop of Slifer attacking Revival Jam with its special ability over and over only for Revival Jam to revive over and over, and every time it does, Marik has to draw three cards because of Card of Safe Return. This continues until Marik decks out. The best part is that this is a rare case of there being very little (if any) AssPull from the protagonist's side; Yami Yugi just used Marik's own broken cards against him.

* The final move he uses in the duel with Noah is golden. He's down to a bare minimum of 100 Life Points and has to take out Noah's 10,000. He gives both players the maximum amount for a hand and then begins by reviving the Blue Eyes that was sent to the graveyard while Kaiba was duelling. Then, he fuses them into the Blue Eyes Ultimate dragon, a monster far more powerful than anything that Noah has even come CLOSE to bringing out. He then blows his monster out of the water. Noah of course begins to gloat because he feels confident he can survive a few more turns against the Blue Eyes, only for Yugi to activate De-Fusion. Noah's remaining LP doesn't look so nice now that there's ''three'' individual Blue Eyes dragons on the field, all of them ''itching'' to enact revenge.
-->'''Yami Yugi:''' Noah... I thought I told you: ''You're not getting another turn.''
-->'''Yami Yugi:''' Blue Eyes White Dragons! '''''Wipe him out!'''''

*** Correction, the monster in the bottom of his graveyard graveyard - Jinzo - was sent there RANDOMLY via Yami Marik's Helpoemer. As Joey points out, [HoistByHisOwnPetard he couldn't have guessed correctly if he tried.]]