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* {{Defictionalization}}: It only took them about a decade to finally made it an official real-life card...
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* {{Defictionalization}}: It took well over a decade for them to be made real cards, though in the real-life game, they're simply regular Spell Cards.
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I want to put this before episode 85 aired. also, there is no trope for orange-purple contrast
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* OrangePurpleContrast: Dub-only; Ra's flames, when attacking humans, are usually edited to be purple instead of orange. (The exception was when Yami Marik killed Joey.)
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* MutuallyExclusivePowerups: As the Pharoah discovers, attempting to power them up with the Orichalcos breaks the fusion and removes the dragon from play. This makes sense, as they are opposing forces. On the other hand, he can use two of the dragons at once with no problems.
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* MutuallyExclusivePowerups: As the Pharoah Pharaoh discovers, attempting to power them up with the Orichalcos breaks the fusion and removes the dragon from play. This makes sense, as they are opposing forces. On the other hand, he can use two of the dragons at once with no problems.
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* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Only Yugi and the Pharoah, Kaiba, and Joey were able to unseal the dragons, and only they can use them. Yugi doesn't get the chance to, it is implied that Mai tried and failed to use Hermos in an offscreen duel, and the Pharoah [[TakeUpMySword turns out to be able to use all of them.]]
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* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Only Yugi and the Pharoah, Pharaoh, Kaiba, and Joey were able to unseal the dragons, and only they can use them. Yugi doesn't get the chance to, it is implied that Mai tried and failed to use Hermos in an offscreen duel, and the Pharoah Pharaoh [[TakeUpMySword turns out to be able to use all of them.]] When the Pharaoh gave into temptation and played the Seal of Orichalcos, Timaeus disappeared, and continued to do so every time he tried to play it until he truly repented.
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* OrangePurpleContrast: Dub-only; Ra's flames, when attacking humans, are usually edited to be purple instead of orange. (The exception was when Yami Marik killed Joey.)
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* OffModel: While all of the Gods have had their fair share, Ra gets the worst of it in the anime, largely due to its head.
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* OffModel: Like Ra before it, Odd-Eyes' beak-shaped jaws means that it frequently suffers from this in normal animation, though it's absent in its CG model.
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Yugi & Dark Yugi's answer to the likes of the Blue-Eyes, Black Luster Soldier is an extremely powerful dark knight, clad in black armor, and responding only to the Black Luster Ritual, which, within the show, has never been completed. With 3000/2500, Black Luster Soldier was easily Dark Yugi's strongest card during the early part of the series. It can combine with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to achieve even greater power as Dragon Master Knight.
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Yugi & Dark Yugi's answer to the likes of the Blue-Eyes, Black Luster Soldier is an extremely powerful dark knight, clad in black armor, and responding only to the Black Luster Ritual, which, within the show, has had never been completed.completed before Dark Yugi did so. With 3000/2500, Black Luster Soldier was easily Dark Yugi's strongest card during the early part of the series. It can combine with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to achieve even greater power as Dragon Master Knight.
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* BadassNormal: Like the Blue-Eyes and Black Luster Soldier has no effect. He's just a 3000 attack point beatstick.
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* BadassNormal: Like the Blue-Eyes and Blue-Eyes, Black Luster Soldier has no effect. He's just a 3000 attack point beatstick.
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* StoneWAll: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500. However, both have 0 ATK.
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* BodyMotifs: Altough it's less obvious with Dark Rebellion, each of the dragons is associated with a specific body part: the eyes for Odd-Eyes, the fangs for Dark Rebellion, and the wings for Clear Wing. Each part is also mentioned in the dragon's summoning chant.
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* BodyMotifs: Altough Although it's less obvious with Dark Rebellion, each of the dragons is associated with a specific body part: the eyes for Odd-Eyes, the fangs for Dark Rebellion, and the wings for Clear Wing. Each part is also mentioned in the dragon's summoning chant.
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** Clear Wing is one to Stardust Dragon, they are both wind attribute, white, synchro dragons with 2500 attack points. Whose effects are about protection.
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** Clear Wing is one to Stardust Dragon, they are both wind attribute, white, synchro Synchro dragons with 2500 attack points. Whose effects are about protection.
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* SuperToughness: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500.
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* SuperToughness: StoneWAll: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500.2500. However, both have 0 ATK.
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* StoneWall: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500.
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* BodyMotifs: Altough it's less obvious with Dark Rebellion, each of the dragons is associated with a specific body part: the eyes for Odd-Eyes, the fangs for Dark Rebellion, and the wings for Clear Wing. Each part is also mentioned in the dragon's summoning chant.
--> "Appear now with your wondrous and beautiful dichromatic '''eyes'''. Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!"
--> "'''Fangs''' of pitch-black darkness, rise up against the foolish oppression! Descend now! Xyz Summon! Come forth! Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!"
--> "Spread those wondrous and beautiful '''wings''', and strike down our enemies at lightspeed! Synchro Summon! Cone forth! Level 7! Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!"
--> "Appear now with your wondrous and beautiful dichromatic '''eyes'''. Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!"
--> "'''Fangs''' of pitch-black darkness, rise up against the foolish oppression! Descend now! Xyz Summon! Come forth! Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!"
--> "Spread those wondrous and beautiful '''wings''', and strike down our enemies at lightspeed! Synchro Summon! Cone forth! Level 7! Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!"
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! Second series anime (''Duel Monsters'')
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! Second Original series anime (''Duel (Manga, Toei, ''Duel Monsters'')
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As a ''Duel Monsters'' card, she gains 300 ATK points for every Dark Magician in the Graveyard. In the anime, she's also a favourite of Téa Gardner and serves as her Deck Master during the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc.
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As a ''Duel Monsters'' card, she gains 300 ATK points for every Dark Magician in the Graveyard.Graveyard (in the Japanese manga, for every Black magic user in the Graveyard). In the anime, she's also a favourite of Téa Gardner and serves as her Deck Master during the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc.
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* OvershadowedByAwesome: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] and [[UpToEleven exaggerated]] for laughs. In Yugi and Kaiba's first duel against Lumis and Umbra, Kuriboh can only stare in awe at [[OlympusMons Obelisk]]'s overwhelming power.
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* OvershadowedByAwesome: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] {{Invoked|Trope}} and [[UpToEleven exaggerated]] for laughs. In Yugi and Kaiba's first duel against Lumis and Umbra, Kuriboh can only stare in awe at [[OlympusMons Obelisk]]'s overwhelming power.
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* OvershadowedByAwesome: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] and [[UpToEleven exaggerated]] for laughs. In Yugi and Kaiba's first duel against Lumis and Umbra, Kuriboh can only stare in awe at [[OlympusMons Obelisk]]'s overwhelming power.
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* BlowYouAway: Clear Wing Synchro Dragon is a wind attribute monster.
* CastingAShadow: Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon are dark attribute monsters
* CastingAShadow: Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon are dark attribute monsters
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* ElementalPowers:
** BlowYouAway: Clear Wing Synchro Dragon is a wind attribute monster and its attack involve spinning around and creating a tornado.
** CastingAShadow: Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon are dark attribute monsters.
** PlayingWithFire: Despite not being a FIRE monster, Odd-Eyes uses its fiery breath when it attacks.
** ShockAndAwe: Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon attacks with lightning. [[spoiler: As does Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon.]]
** BlowYouAway: Clear Wing Synchro Dragon is a wind attribute monster and its attack involve spinning around and creating a tornado.
** CastingAShadow: Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon are dark attribute monsters.
** PlayingWithFire: Despite not being a FIRE monster, Odd-Eyes uses its fiery breath when it attacks.
** ShockAndAwe: Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon attacks with lightning. [[spoiler: As does Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon.]]
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent:
** Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon's body resemble that of a dinosaur and unlike the others, it lacks wings. It's also the only one so far with a BreathWeapon.
** Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon has a more humanoid shape and large mechanical wings that can unfold.
** Clear Wing Synchro Dragon has very short legs and multiple wings that appear to fitted with circuitry.
** The unnamed fusion dragon has a serpentine body shape but possess arms and legs. Its silhouette has been compared to [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Kaiser_Dragon Kaiser Dragon]]
** Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon's body resemble that of a dinosaur and unlike the others, it lacks wings. It's also the only one so far with a BreathWeapon.
** Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon has a more humanoid shape and large mechanical wings that can unfold.
** Clear Wing Synchro Dragon has very short legs and multiple wings that appear to fitted with circuitry.
** The unnamed fusion dragon has a serpentine body shape but possess arms and legs. Its silhouette has been compared to [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Kaiser_Dragon Kaiser Dragon]]
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* {{Expy}}: The Dragon's relationship with each other and how they interact with each other is very similar to the Signer Dragons.
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* {{Expy}}: {{Expy}}:
** The Dragon's relationship with each other and how they interact with each other is very similar to the SignerDragons.Dragons.
** Clear Wing is one to Stardust Dragon, they are both wind attribute, white, synchro dragons with 2500 attack points. Whose effects are about protection.
** The Dragon's relationship with each other and how they interact with each other is very similar to the Signer
** Clear Wing is one to Stardust Dragon, they are both wind attribute, white, synchro dragons with 2500 attack points. Whose effects are about protection.
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* TheRival: None of these Dragons likes the others.
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* TheRival: None of these Dragons likes each other, as shown when Odd-Eyes and Dark Rebellion were first summoned against each other. They tried to brutally destroy each other.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: As stated before theothers. Dragons don't like each other but [[spoiler:when Yuya uses Dark Rebellion and Odd-Eyes at the same time, they can work together]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: As stated before the
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* Defictionalization: {{Defictionalization}}: It only took them about a decade to finally made it an official real-life card...
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* Defictionalization: {{Defictionalization}}: It took well over a decade for them to be made real cards, though in the real-life game, they're simply regular Spell Cards.
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These are no longer anime-only cards.
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!''GX''
[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together and use support cards to perform powerful combos.
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes and entirely replacing their Fusions with darker Evil Hero monsters, who can only be summoned with Dark Fusion. The Evil Heroes sacrifice the flexibility of the Elemental Heroes (specifically by requiring a specific Fusion card) in exchange for more raw power in the form of stronger effects compared to their counterparts.
[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together and use support cards to perform powerful combos.
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes and entirely replacing their Fusions with darker Evil Hero monsters, who can only be summoned with Dark Fusion. The Evil Heroes sacrifice the flexibility of the Elemental Heroes (specifically by requiring a specific Fusion card) in exchange for more raw power in the form of stronger effects compared to their counterparts.
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[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
The
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* BiggerBad: Of the anime-only Doma arc. Dartz is the main threat, but he was corrupted by the Orichalcos.
* BilingualBonus: The text around
* BroughtDownToNormal
* Defictionalization: It only took them about a decade to finally made it an official real-life card...
* FillerVillain: Not even the ''card'' appears in the manga.
* GreenRocks
* InstantRunes
* PurposefullyOverpowered
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Anyone who uses the Orichalcos gains a red tint to their eyes. Except Dartz, who is so corrupted one of his eyes is Orichalcos green.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is spelled "Oreichalcos" on
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[[folder:The Legendary Dragons]]
A trio of mysterious and powerful
As part of Judai's fall to darkness
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* BalefulPolymorph: How they became dragons in the first place.
* Defictionalization: It took well over a decade for them to be made real cards, though in the real-life game, they're simply regular Spell Cards.
* FusionDance: Their cards work by combining with other cards. Timaeus combines with monsters to make a monster, Critias combines with Trap Cards to make a monster, and Hermos combines with monsters to make an Equip Spell.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Their true forms.
* MutuallyExclusivePowerups: As the Pharoah discovers, attempting to power them up with the Orichalcos breaks the fusion and removes the dragon from play. This makes sense, as they are opposing forces. On the other hand, he can use two of the dragons at once with no problems.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: They appear in their users' decks after being unsealed (In one case, this happened in the middle of a duel) and have wildly different effects depending on how they are used. On the other hand, this means there is no way to research their effects beforehand, and using them effectively is a matter of guesswork.
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Only Yugi and the Pharoah, Kaiba, and Joey were able to unseal the dragons, and only they can use them. Yugi doesn't get the chance to, it is implied that Mai tried and failed to use Hermos in an offscreen duel, and the Pharoah [[TakeUpMySword turns out to be able to use all of them.]]
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They used to be humans.
* ThemeNaming: The three are named after Plato's dialogues concerning Atlantis.
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[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together and use support cards to perform powerful combos.
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes and entirely replacing their Fusions with darker Evil Hero monsters, who can only be summoned with Dark Fusion. The Evil Heroes sacrifice the flexibility of the Elemental Heroes (specifically by requiring a specific Fusion card) in exchange for more raw power in the form of stronger effects compared to their counterparts.
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* Defictionalization: It took well over a decade for them to be made real cards, though in the real-life game, they're simply regular Spell Cards.
* FusionDance: Their cards work by combining with other cards. Timaeus combines with monsters to make a monster, Critias combines with Trap Cards to make a monster, and Hermos combines with monsters to make an Equip Spell.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Their true forms.
* MutuallyExclusivePowerups: As the Pharoah discovers, attempting to power them up with the Orichalcos breaks the fusion and removes the dragon from play. This makes sense, as they are opposing forces. On the other hand, he can use two of the dragons at once with no problems.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: They appear in their users' decks after being unsealed (In one case, this happened in the middle of a duel) and have wildly different effects depending on how they are used. On the other hand, this means there is no way to research their effects beforehand, and using them effectively is a matter of guesswork.
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Only Yugi and the Pharoah, Kaiba, and Joey were able to unseal the dragons, and only they can use them. Yugi doesn't get the chance to, it is implied that Mai tried and failed to use Hermos in an offscreen duel, and the Pharoah [[TakeUpMySword turns out to be able to use all of them.]]
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They used to be humans.
* ThemeNaming: The three are named after Plato's dialogues concerning Atlantis.
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[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together and use support cards to perform powerful combos.
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes and entirely replacing their Fusions with darker Evil Hero monsters, who can only be summoned with Dark Fusion. The Evil Heroes sacrifice the flexibility of the Elemental Heroes (specifically by requiring a specific Fusion card) in exchange for more raw power in the form of stronger effects compared to their counterparts.
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** Demon King Dragon - Beezle > Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons
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** Demon King Dragon - Beezle Beelze > Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons
** Underworld Flood Dragon Dragocytos > Dragocytos Corrupted Nethersoul Dragon.
** Demon King Super Dragon - Beelzeus > Beelzeus of the Diabolic Dragons
** Demon King Super Dragon - Beelzeus > Beelzeus of the Diabolic Dragons
** Stardust Sifr is the manga counterpart to Shooting Quasar Dragon, with them having the same summoning requirements. Appearance-wise, it resembles Shooting Star Dragon as well as the dragon that appeared in Future Colors, 5Ds's fifth ending.
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* LightIsNotGood: Dragoascension.Ascension Sky Dragon is the ace card of the manga's main antagonist, Rex Goodwin.
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* SuperMode: ''Demon King Super Dragon - Beelzeus'' for Beelze, ''Dragococytus the Impure Underworld Dragon'' for Dragonecro, and ''Holy Spark Dragon God - Stardust Sifr'' for Stardust.
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* SuperMode: Some of the Duel dragons have evolved forms.
** ''Demon King Super Dragon - Beelzeus'' forBeelze, Beelze.
** ''Dragococytus the Impure Underworld Dragon'' forDragonecro, and ''Holy Dragonecro.
** ''Divine Spark DragonGod - Stardust Sifr'' Sifr'', and ''Stardust Chronicle Spark Dragon'' for Stardust.Stardust.
** Hot Red Dragon Archfiend has three evolved forms: ''Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss'', ''Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Belial'', and ''Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Calamity''.
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** ''Dragococytus the Impure Underworld Dragon'' for
** ''Divine Spark Dragon
** Hot Red Dragon Archfiend has three evolved forms: ''Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss'', ''Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Belial'', and ''Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Calamity''.
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A character sheet for the more prominent monsters in the ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' anime and manga adaptations. Please put cards in the appropriate section. All cards are listed by their English names in the real-life card game and organized by series of origin, but otherwise the character names from the English manga are used. The Japanese card names, if they differ from the English, are noted in brackets.
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A character sheet for the more prominent monsters in the ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' anime and manga adaptations. Please put cards in the appropriate section. All cards are listed by their English names in the real-life card game and organized by series of origin, but otherwise the character names from the English manga are used. The Japanese card names, if they differ from the English, are noted in brackets.
brackets. Monsters that appear in multiple spin-offs are grouped under the series they first appeared in.
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[[folder:Destiny Heroes]]
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the field and manipulating time in various ways, doing things after a turn or two of preparation. Their leader is Destiny Hero Bloo-D/Destiny Hero Plasma.
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the field and manipulating time in various ways, doing things after a turn or two of preparation. Their leader is Destiny Hero Bloo-D/Destiny Hero Plasma.
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Edo Phoenix's main
'''Ancient Gear''' (''Antique Gear'', &アンティーク・ギア ''Antīku Gia'')
Vellian Crowler's signature cards, the Ancient Gears are various machines from ancient times. Crowler's ace monster
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* AntiMagic: Crowler's Ancient Gear cards have a universal effect that opponent's can't activate Spell and Trap cards when they attack.
* ArmCannon: Ancient Gear
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Ancient Gear Golem inflicts piercing damage when it attacks.
* ClockPunk: They're all rusting clockwork machines built in AncientGrome.
* {{Expy}}: The Ancient Gear Golem serves as Blue-Eyes White Dragon's stand-in, being Crowler's ace monster with 3000 ATK. Further taken when he fuses three of them into Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem, just like the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
* FusionDance: Crowler fuses his Ancient Gear Golems into the Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem, while Obelisk Force in ''Arc-V'' fuse their Ancient Gear Hounds into various powered-up forms.
* RightHandAttackDog: Done thematically with Obelisk Force, who exclusively use Ancient Gear Hound and its fused forms, and see their invasions as hunting games.
* ZergRush: The Ancient Gear Hound variants used by Obelisk Force in ''Arc-V'' are weak in stats, and they instead rely on inflicting effect damage. This is helped by Obelisk Force's preference to gang up on opponents.
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[[folder:Destiny Heroes]]
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the field and manipulating time in various ways, doing things after a turn or two of preparation. Their leader is Destiny Hero Bloo-D/Destiny Hero Plasma.
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* ArmCannon: Ancient Gear
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Ancient Gear Golem inflicts piercing damage when it attacks.
* ClockPunk: They're all rusting clockwork machines built in AncientGrome.
* {{Expy}}: The Ancient Gear Golem serves as Blue-Eyes White Dragon's stand-in, being Crowler's ace monster with 3000 ATK. Further taken when he fuses three of them into Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem, just like the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
* FusionDance: Crowler fuses his Ancient Gear Golems into the Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem, while Obelisk Force in ''Arc-V'' fuse their Ancient Gear Hounds into various powered-up forms.
* RightHandAttackDog: Done thematically with Obelisk Force, who exclusively use Ancient Gear Hound and its fused forms, and see their invasions as hunting games.
* ZergRush: The Ancient Gear Hound variants used by Obelisk Force in ''Arc-V'' are weak in stats, and they instead rely on inflicting effect damage. This is helped by Obelisk Force's preference to gang up on opponents.
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[[folder:Destiny Heroes]]
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the field and manipulating time in various ways, doing things after a turn or two of preparation. Their leader is Destiny Hero Bloo-D/Destiny Hero Plasma.
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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Ra is an Ancient Egyptian robotic griffon-dragon that turns into a phoenix.
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! Arc-V
[[folder:Four Dimension Dragons]]
The Four Dimension Dragons are a series of Dragon-Type Monsters introduced in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V. They are used by Yuya Sakaki and his dimensional counterparts. They are the representative monsters of the Four Dimensions.
* AllYourPowersCombined: [[spoiler:Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon is the mix of Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, this is seen as the monster is an Xyz Pendulum monster.]]
* BeyondTheImpossible: [[spoiler:Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon is a Xyz Pendulum Monster.]]
* BlowYouAway: Clear Wing Synchro Dragon is a wind attribute monster.
* CastingAShadow: Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon are dark attribute monsters
* DarkIsNotEvil: Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, the least violent of the four is a dark monster. While Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon is more aggressive, it is ultimately still on the good guys' side.
* {{Expy}}: The Dragon's relationship with each other and how they interact with each other is very similar to the Signer Dragons.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: They are the aces of Yuya, Yuto, Yugo and Yuri and none of them run a Dragon Deck.
* TheRival: None of these Dragons likes the others.
* TeleportersAndTransporters: Clear Wing can teleport Yugo and his D-Wheel, but he doesn't have control on where he's going.
* TookALevelInBadass: Odd-Eyes took a permanent one when it transformed from Odd-Eyes Dragon to Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon.
** Odd-Eyes also has [[spoiler:Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon.]]
! Arc-V
[[folder:Four Dimension Dragons]]
The Four Dimension Dragons are a series of Dragon-Type Monsters introduced in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V. They are used by Yuya Sakaki and his dimensional counterparts. They are the representative monsters of the Four Dimensions.
* AllYourPowersCombined: [[spoiler:Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon is the mix of Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, this is seen as the monster is an Xyz Pendulum monster.]]
* BeyondTheImpossible: [[spoiler:Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon is a Xyz Pendulum Monster.]]
* BlowYouAway: Clear Wing Synchro Dragon is a wind attribute monster.
* CastingAShadow: Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon are dark attribute monsters
* DarkIsNotEvil: Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, the least violent of the four is a dark monster. While Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon is more aggressive, it is ultimately still on the good guys' side.
* {{Expy}}: The Dragon's relationship with each other and how they interact with each other is very similar to the Signer Dragons.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: They are the aces of Yuya, Yuto, Yugo and Yuri and none of them run a Dragon Deck.
* TheRival: None of these Dragons likes the others.
* TeleportersAndTransporters: Clear Wing can teleport Yugo and his D-Wheel, but he doesn't have control on where he's going.
* TookALevelInBadass: Odd-Eyes took a permanent one when it transformed from Odd-Eyes Dragon to Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon.
** Odd-Eyes also has [[spoiler:Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon.]]
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* CuteAndPsycho: They look like silly cartoons and act like blood-thirsty lunatics.
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* {{Lethal Joke Character}}s: Designed this way; they look silly and the idea of being beaten by Toon-themed monster is embarassing, but they're very strong and make Pegasus a very dangerous opponent.
* SuperDeformed: All Toon monsters are deformed counterparts of pre-existing Yu-Gi-Oh monsters.
* SuperDeformed: All Toon monsters are deformed counterparts of pre-existing Yu-Gi-Oh monsters.
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[[folder:Toons]]
The trademark cards of Maximillion Pegasus, Toon Monsters are based on American animated cartoons. They're powerful, but can only be used when the Toon World spell card is in play. Pegasus never released his Toon monsters to the public, so he has the only ones.
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* AchillesHeel: They are reliant on Toon World to be played and remain in play; Toon monsters self-destruct if Toon World is destroyed.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Real-life Toon monsters were considerably nerfed from the anime.
* DubNameChange: "Toon Dragon Egger" was named "Manga Ryu-Ran" in English, making it the only Toon to not have the word in its name.
* GameBreaker: [[invoked]] The cast notes Toon monsters are unfairly overpowered, being able to avoid attacks freely and hide in the Toon World book to become untargetable by card effects or attacks. Since Pegasus has the only copy of Toon World, he made it this way so he can have an unfair advantage in his duels.
* {{Toon}}: Their entire schtick.
* ToonPhysics: Their animations evolve exaggerated motions in this vein.
* ToonTransformation: In the first season of the anime, Pegasus didn't have any direct Toon Monsters, he used normal monsters that Toon World transformed into Toons. Though this was dropped in his later appearance, the spell card Comic Hand lets him take control of an opponent's monster and inflict the transformation on them.
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The trademark cards of Maximillion Pegasus, Toon Monsters are based on American animated cartoons. They're powerful, but can only be used when the Toon World spell card is in play. Pegasus never released his Toon monsters to the public, so he has the only ones.
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* AchillesHeel: They are reliant on Toon World to be played and remain in play; Toon monsters self-destruct if Toon World is destroyed.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Real-life Toon monsters were considerably nerfed from the anime.
* DubNameChange: "Toon Dragon Egger" was named "Manga Ryu-Ran" in English, making it the only Toon to not have the word in its name.
* GameBreaker: [[invoked]] The cast notes Toon monsters are unfairly overpowered, being able to avoid attacks freely and hide in the Toon World book to become untargetable by card effects or attacks. Since Pegasus has the only copy of Toon World, he made it this way so he can have an unfair advantage in his duels.
* {{Toon}}: Their entire schtick.
* ToonPhysics: Their animations evolve exaggerated motions in this vein.
* ToonTransformation: In the first season of the anime, Pegasus didn't have any direct Toon Monsters, he used normal monsters that Toon World transformed into Toons. Though this was dropped in his later appearance, the spell card Comic Hand lets him take control of an opponent's monster and inflict the transformation on them.
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The Egyptian God Cards are the three strongest cards in the game, based on ancient divine monsters only the Pharaoh could command. Together they are the secret to accessing the Memory World where the Pharaoh's lost memories can be restored, and his destiny realized. They are Obelisk the Tormentor (The God of Obelisk), Slifer the Sky Dragon ("Saint Dragon - The God of Osiris" or "Sky Dragon of Osiris") and the Winged Dragon of Ra (The Sun of God Dragon Ra).
During Battle City, Yugi/Dark Yugi wielded Slifer, Seto Kaiba held Obelisk, and Marik Ishtar held the Winged Dragon of Ra.
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During Battle City, Yugi/Dark Yugi wielded Slifer, Seto Kaiba held Obelisk, and Marik Ishtar held the Winged Dragon of Ra.
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Notably, every series except ''ARC-V'' (so far) has a Kuriboh. ''GX'' has Winged Kuriboh, ''5Ds'' has Kuribon, ''[=ZeXal=]'' has Kuriphoton, Kurivolt, and Rainbow Kuriboh.
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Notably, every series except ''ARC-V'' (so far) has a Kuriboh. ''GX'' has Winged Kuriboh, Kuriboh owned by Judai, ''5Ds'' has Kuribon, Kuribon owned by Ruka, and ''[=ZeXal=]'' has Kuriphoton, Kurivolt, Kurivolt and Rainbow Kuriboh.
Kuriboh owned by Yuma, as well as Kite's Kurivolt.
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'''Black Luster Soldier''' (''Chaos Soldier'')
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Yugi & Dark Yugi's answer to the likes of the Blue-Eyes, Black Luster Soldier is an extremely powerful dark knight, clad in black armor, and responding only to the Black Luster Ritual, which, within the show, has never been completed. With 3000/2500, Black Luster Soldier was easily Dark Yugi's strongest card during the early part of the series. It can combine with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to achieve even greater power as Dragon Master Knight.
'''Black Luster Soldier''' (''Chaos Soldier'')
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Yugi & Dark Yugi's answer to the likes of the Blue-Eyes, Black Luster Soldier is an extremely powerful dark knight, clad in black armor, and responding only to the Black Luster Ritual, which, within the show, has never been completed. With 3000/2500, Black Luster Soldier was easily Dark Yugi's strongest card during the early part of the series. It can combine with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to achieve even greater power as Dragon Master Knight.
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'''Black Luster Soldier''' (''Chaos Soldier'')
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Notably, every series except ''ARC-V'' (so far) has a Kuriboh. ''GX'' has Winged Kuriboh, ''5Ds'' has Kuribon, ''[=ZeXal=]'' has Kuriphoton, Kurivolt, and Rainbow Kuriboh.
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* ActionBomb: The original Kuriboh explodes on contact with enemies.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The original Kuriboh is a Dark-attribute Fiend-type, but is benevolent.
* FusionDance: Yugi brings out the "Five Kuriboh Brothers," which can merge into various other forms. We only see Kuribandit and Kuribabylon, however.
* LightIsGood: Aside from the original Kuriboh and its powered-up forms, the Kuribohs are all Light-attribute.
* JokeCharacter: Despite looking harmless, they have some dangerous tricks up their sleeves that let their owners turn the tide.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The Kuribohs are some of the most adorable things you'd ever see in the series.
* SeriesMascot: Variant. While no one Kuriboh is this, the family as a whole functions as the trope since almost every spin-off has a Kuriboh somewhere in the cast.
* ShockAndAll: Kurivolt is a Thunder-type.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Kuriboh, used by a female duelist instead of a male (Luna/Ruka), has eyelashes and a red bow on its tail.
* ThemeNaming: All their names begin with "Kuri."
* ZergRush: Courtesy of the "Multiply" card. Sure, Kuriboh may be weak, but when Yugi forms a wall of dozens of them that replicate faster than they can be destroyed...
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[[folder:Black Luster Soldier]]
'''Black Luster Soldier''' (''Chaos Soldier'')
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Yugi & Dark Yugi's answer to the likes of the Blue-Eyes, Black Luster Soldier is an extremely powerful dark knight, clad in black armor, and responding only to the Black Luster Ritual, which, within the show, has never been completed. With 3000/2500, Black Luster Soldier was easily Dark Yugi's strongest card during the early part of the series. It can combine with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to achieve even greater power as Dragon Master Knight.
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A character sheet for the more prominent monsters in the ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' anime and manga adaptations. Please put cards in the appropriate section. All cards are listed by their English names in the real-life card game and organized by series of origin, but otherwise the character names from the English manga are used. The Japanese card names, if they differ from the English, are noted in brackets.
'''ALL spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware major spoilers.'''
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! Second series anime (''Duel Monsters'')
[[folder:Dark Magician]]
'''Dark Magician''' (''Black Magician'', ブラック・マジシャン, ''Burakku Majishan'')
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Yugi/Dark Yugi's [[TheAce ace monster]], its design inspired an entire archetype that continues to receive support to this day. It, or some variation of it, features prominently in pretty much every major ''Duel Monsters'' battle the KingOfGames has, usually appearing at the last turn to deal the final blow.
The card is based on the ka form of Mahado, a magician from Pharaoh Atem's court who gave his life to become the Dark Magician and fight Thief King Bakura with new strength. This original incarnation appears as one of Dark Yugi's party members in the Shadow RPG, a tabletop role-playing game that re-imagines Pharaoh Atem's memories.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga, he wore a dark blue outfit and was blond with pale skin. In the anime, he has a purple outfit and purple hair.
** In-universe, the Shadow RPG version of the Dark Magician, which was the real Dark Magician (Priest Mahado), was tanned.
* ArchEnemy: Of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
* {{Badass}}: He's Yugi's trump card for a reason.
* BadassGrandpa: His Dark Sage form seen in the anime adaptation.
* BadassNormal: Literally, he's a Normal monster with no effect, but a wealth of support cards that allow him to overcome superior foes.
* BadassTeacher: As Mahado, towards Mana a.k.a. the human summoner of the Dark Magician Girl.
* BashBrothers: It and Jonouchi's Flame Swordsman play this role throughout Duelist Kingdom, and reprise it during the Virtual Nightmare arc.
* {{Bishonen}}: Let's just say that he has as many fangirls as his protégé down there has fanboys.
* ColorMotif: Purple, but only in the anime.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Nowhere even close to being a bad person.
* FinishingMove: Ends a lot of duels for Dark Yugi.
* FreudianTrio: The Ego to Dark Magician Girl's Id, and Magician of Black Chaos' Superego.
* FusionDance: With Flame Swordsman (Dark Flare Knight), Buster Blader (Dark Paladin), and Time Wizard (Dark Sage). In-series, he is the result of the fusion of the spirits of Mahad and his monster ka, the Magus of Illusions.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Exact hair color differs depending on the card art, including white.
* MagicKnight: Some of his "evolved" forms, Dark Paladin, Dark Flare Knight and Dark Magician Knight, are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Exactly What They Say On The Card]].
* MagicStaff: Wields a long green and purple staff through which he casts his spells.
* MerlinAndNimue: He is the Dark Magician Girl's teacher/mentor, while she is the student/apprentice.
* PerpetualFrowner: Seems to be a trademark to Dark Yugi's cards.
** In the manga, he (the card) smiles quite a bit, most notably when Manga Dark yugi does his cocky smirks.
* PurpleIsPowerful: In the anime.
* SignatureMove: ''Dark Magic attack!''
* StageMagician: Many of his support cards are based on traditional magician props, such as Thousands Knives, Mystic Box, and Magical Hats.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: He and the Dark Magician Girl.
* SummonMagic: His Shadow RPG counterpart requires a certain amount of ''Ba'' to be summoned.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Often the "Sorcery" half, with Yugi's Buster Blader or Jonouchi's Flame Swordsman providing the "Sword".
* TookALevelInBadass: Several possible, each with its own power. Unusually for this trope, doing this generally precludes taking others.
** Fusing with Buster Blader, makes him the Dark Paladin, who can negate any sort of Spell and gets powered up by facing Dragons.
** Absorbing the mystical power, and life energy of another mage, makes him the Sorcerer of Dark Magic, who can negate any sort of trap.
** Studying Light Magic, in addition to his own Dark Magic, makes him the Dark Magician of Chaos, allowing him access to lost magics, and stranger arts besides.
** In the anime, being aged a millennium makes him the Dark Sage, who has access to new and strange kinds of magic.
* UndyingLoyalty: As Mahado, he is very much loyal to Pharaoh Atem. In fact, the very reason Mahado willingly became the "Dark Magician" in the past is so he can be his eternal servant. Also a literal application of the trope name, as a last ditch effort to defeat Thief King Bakura, he did so by allowing his body to be killed, only for his spirit to fuse with that of his own spirit monster, the Magus of Illusions, live on in the form of the Dark Magician.
* WeakButSkilled: He lacks an effect, to make up for this, he has quite a lot of support cards.
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[[folder:Dark Magician Girl]]
'''Dark Magician Girl''' (''Black Magician Girl'' ブラック・マジシャン・ガール ''Burakku Majishan Gaaru'')
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A female counterpart to the Dark Magician, she's not as powerful but is just as key a part of Yugi/Dark Yugi's deck.
In the original manga, her card was based on the true DarkSkinnedBlond Dark Magician Girl that was the Monster Ka of Mana, a childhood friend of Pharaoh Atem and Mahado's CuteWitch apprentice, and serves as one of the game pieces during Dark Yugi's battle against Dark Bakura during the Shadow RPG.
As a ''Duel Monsters'' card, she gains 300 ATK points for every Dark Magician in the Graveyard. In the anime, she's also a favourite of Téa Gardner and serves as her Deck Master during the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc.
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* ActionGirl: One of the most prominent female monsters in the franchise.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga, there is an in-universe example of this: the original Monster Spirit version of Dark Magician Girl in the Millennium World arc had tanned skin and the pentagram on her chest was replaced with the Eye of Anubis. The anime adaptation gets this wrong and uses her ''Duel Monsters'' design.
* AscendedExtra: In the anime, she became a prominent character in the DOMA arc, appearing in spirit form long before the Dark Magician (which doubles as a AdaptationInducedPlotHole). Also became the subject of a RunningGag in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', where Sho has a crush on her.
* BadassAdorable: She's adorable as hell, but still kicks ass.
* BlushSticker: Arguably, her charm isn't complete without these, permanently under her eyes.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: A frequent victim of it. When one of the most famous characters in both the anime/manga and real-life card game walks around in a short skirt and a top cut low on her large breasts, sooner or later censorship will kick in.
* BreakoutCharacter: She became one of Dark Yugi's key cards, she makes appearances in all the spin-offs in some way or another, and has a lot of alternate art cards and Expies. No other card aside from the Dark Magician or Blue Eyes can make such boasts, and even then, they never got to be a playable character in some of the video games, but she did, ''and'' in some others merchants in card store chains dress as her.
* CargoShip [[ShipTease Tease]]: In-universe, between her and Atem. Given that she was the Ka spirit of Mana, Atem's childhood friend, and the two of them got ShipTease of their own, ItMakesSenseInContext.
** Also gets this with Sho in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', where a RunningGag in early seasons shows his crush on her.
* CoolBigSis: Shows some shades of this towards Anzu during one of the anime's filler arcs.
* CuteWitch: Borders on HotWitch, depending on how blatant the {{Fanservice}} is.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Famous for it.
* DarkIsNotEvil: A ''real'' stretch on the "Black[=/=]Dark" moniker, her outfit is bright blue and pink, and she's bubbly and sweet.
* DarkSkinnedBlond: Mana, her human summoner, was this in the manga. The Dark Magician Girl herself was one as a Monster Ka in the manga.
* DemonicPossession: In the Battle City duel between Dark Yugi and Dark Bakura, Dark Bakura uses a card to possess her and force her to attack Dark Yugi. It's more heart-breaking when you see that she is crying as she's attacking him.
* DistaffCounterpart: The name should be a clue. This carries over to their Expies as well, Card Ejector to Miracle Flipper as child forms of the two, Magi Magi Magician Gal to Sorcerer of Dark Magic as powered-up forms needing two Level 6 monsters to summon, and Gagaga Girl to Gagaga Magician as Gagaga members meant to work together.
* DragonRider: Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the 2nd opening of the anime ("Shuffle!"), she briefly appears alongside the Dark Magician, a number of episodes before her official anime introduction. Before that, there was no prior indication that she existed besides reading the manga.
* FreudianTrio: The Id to Dark Magician's Ego, and Magician of Dark Chaos' Superego.
* GenkiGirl: Her human summoner Mana who is directly linked to the ka version of the Dark Magician Girl; the card's Solid Vision hologram sometimes shows indications of this, especially if Dark Magician is also on the field.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: There's no way that top can stay on without some magic of a different sort.
* MagicStaff[=/=]MagicWand: Closer to Wand than Staff, but it varies.
* MerlinAndNimue:
** With the Dark Magician, in both their card and Ancient Egyptian Ka forms. They are rather closer in age than most, with there being only about a 10-year age difference. Note that the Dark Magician Girl becomes more powerful if a Dark Magician is in either player's graveyard. Mana, the channeler of the Dark Magician Girl, became stronger on her own to avenge Mahado, the priest who eventually became the Dark Magician ka.
** Another link between the two is the Spell Card "The Sage's Stone" which allows the player to summon Dark Magician if he controls Dark Magician Girl. There's also an anime-only card that does the exact opposite.
* MsFanservice: The iconic one for the franchise. Every ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' anime has one or more female cast members and many monsters that fit this trope, but none of them are as famous as her. {{Rule 34}} hit '''''hard'''''.
* PantyShot:
** ''Averted'' in Episode 102 in the original Japanese anime--in a scene where her skirt flies up, [[GoingCommando her bare rear is showcased]]. 4Kids, in one of their more understandable instances of censorship, drew her some pink panties ([[SkirtoverSlacks or hot pants]]) for the dub.
** Played straight in the manga when Dark Yugi is dueling Dark Marik. It's revealed that her outfit is actually similar to a one-piece swimsuit adorned with magician accessories. [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zzHwilXjCk0/UPFqukzWoBI/AAAAAAACKIQ/nUg286PdyYw/s0/272_07.jpg?imgmax=1600 See here]].
* PerpetualSmiler: Her card art depicts her as always smiling.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Implied, since she gets an attack boost for every Dark Magician or Magician of Black Chaos in the graveyard.
* SignatureMove: ''Dark Burning!''
* ShesGotLegs: Her skirt and boots prominently expose her long legs.
* ShipTease: In the past, her channeler CuteWitch Mana with Atem. Her introduction in the anime has her jumping out of a vase and glomping him happily, saying she missed him even though Mahado says it has only been one day since she last saw him.
** To some extent, with Mahado as well. This also extends to Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: She and the Dark Magician, which mirrors Mana and Mahado.
* SummonMagic: Her Shadow RPG version requires Mana's ''Ba'' and ''Heka'' to be summoned and channeled.
* {{Toon}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Toon Dark Magician Girl]].
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Do not mess with or hurt Dark Yugi/Pharaoh Atem or the Dark Magician/Priest Mahado, whether she's the Dark Magician Girl or Mana.
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[[folder:Magician Of Black Chaos]]
'''Magician Of Black Chaos'''
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The third member of Yugi/Dark Yugi's Magician trio, he first appears in the latter's Shadow Game with Pegasus, where he served as Dark Yugi's trump card in the original manga and its adaptation. He also puts in an appearance in the anime's Virtual Nightmare FillerArc, where he joins Dark Yugi's other Dark Magicians in turning the duel against Noah Kaiba. In ''GX'', a "retrained" variant, the Dark Magician of Chaos, appears in Yugi's deck when it goes on tour.
The Magician of Black Chaos, unlike the other two Black Magicians, doesn't appear to have a counterpart in Ancient Egypt nor the Shadow RPG.
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* {{Badass}}: Enough that he frightens [[BigBad Pegasus]]. That should say something right there.
* BlackMagic: Makes no bones about being a user of this.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Probably the best example in Dark Yugi's deck. Unlike the other members of the Black Magician trio, he's truly evil looking, has a definitely nasty-vibe, is called Magician of Black Chaos, and serves as one of TheHero's trump cards.
* DynamicEntry: Floats down from above the Black Magic Ritual, with his eyes closed, his arms crossed, and his hair billowing.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the anime, a Magician of Black Chaos is shown in the first Shadow Game against Pegasus while Pegasus is giving a monologue about the origin of Duel Monsters, squaring off against a Thousand-Eyes Restrict. The exact-same match-up takes place in Dark Yugi and Pegasus's final duel in Duelist Kingdom.
* EntropyAndChaosMagic: Implied by the name.
* EvilSorcerer: Unlike Black Magician and Black Magician Girl, he ''definitely'' gives off this vibe.
* FreudianTrio: The Superego to Black Magician's Ego, and Black Magician Girl's Id.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Evil Eyes. Cold and narrow.
* MagicStaff: As with the normal Dark Magician, it wields a staff to channel its spells.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His name essentially says "I am ChaoticEvil. Run away!"
* NiceHat: Wears a huge hat with horn-like protrusions on either side.
* OhCrap: When Dark Yugi summons it, Pegasus' reaction is "Not him! Not now!"
* PerpetualFrowner: Is always stone-faced, never making an expression even when destroyed.
* TheStoic: Okay, they're cards, but while Black Magician and Black Magician Girl's facial expressions regularly change, Magician of Black Chaos remains stone-faced; only his eyes ever shift.
* SummonMagic: Requires the Black Chaos Ritual to appear.
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[[folder:Black Luster Soldier]]
'''Black Luster Soldier''' (''Chaos Soldier'')
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Yugi & Dark Yugi's answer to the likes of the Blue-Eyes, Black Luster Soldier is an extremely powerful dark knight, clad in black armor, and responding only to the Black Luster Ritual, which, within the show, has never been completed. With 3000/2500, Black Luster Soldier was easily Dark Yugi's strongest card during the early part of the series. It can combine with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to achieve even greater power as Dragon Master Knight.
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* {{Badass}}: This is a man with a sword who can take on the Blue-Eyes and the Lava Golem. He has to be a badass.
* BadassNormal: Like the Blue-Eyes and Black Luster Soldier has no effect. He's just a 3000 attack point beatstick.
* {{Bishounen}}: He's quite the pretty boy under that helmet.
* BlackKnight: Clad head to toe in black and gold armor.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a knight's helmet with a long red plumage.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Another of the many examples in Yugi and Atem's deck. He's a BlackKnight with a cold expression, and an ominous sounding name, but he's ultimately one of the good guys. Oddly enough, he's an Earth-attribute monster.
* EvilRedhead: Has the look, though see DarkIsNotEvil above.
* FusionDance: Can fuse with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to become Dragon Master Knight (5000/5000), who gains power for every dragon on the field.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Carries a shield on his opposite hand.
* MasterSwordsman: Pretty much goes without saying.
* PerpetualFrowner: Is never shown smiling in any appearance.
* PowerEqualsRarity: When Dark Yugi summoned him in his duel with Mai, it was the first time the card had ever been successfully summoned. ''That'''s how rare it was.
* SinisterScimitar: His WeaponOfChoice.
* SummonMagic: Comes only in response to the Black Luster Ritual.
* SuperSoldier: Of the magical variety.
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[[folder:Celtic Guardian]]
'''Celtic Guardian''' (''Elf Swordsman'')
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A mid-tier card and one of the few non-Dark Magician derivatives to see extensive screen time in the manga/anime.
It's an original card created by Pegasus and does not have a counterpart gaming piece during the Shadow RPG .
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* BadassNormal: A mid-tier card with 1400 ATK and no special effects, but still effective in some duels.
* BarbarianHero: His whole motif is that of an Elven Celtic Barbarian.
* CelticMythology: Kind of fits, given the title.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: As Restrained Celtic Guard, who is an effect monster that cannot be destroyed by battle with a monster that has 1900 or more ATK. (At one point, he threw off [[PhysicalGod Shinato, King of a Higher Plane]]'s attack to buy Dark Yugi an extra turn in a truly epic fashion.)
* FightingIrish or BraveScot: He ''is'' a Warrior.
* OurElvesAreBetter: Celtic Guardian is an Elven warrior, and was even referred to as "Elf Swordsman" in his first anime appearance (and it's its Japanese name).
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[[folder:Exodia the Forbidden One]]
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A set of five cards that previously belong to Sugoroku Mutou, Yugi's grandfather. This was Dark Yugi's trump card during his Shadow Game with Seto Kaiba during Death-T's final arena. An ancient gigas bound away, it was said to have power rivaling that of the Egyptian Gods and destroyed a hundred armies in one night. In-game, the player who contains the five pieces of Exodia in their hand at one time can declare an instant victory, regardless of any other factors. During the Shadow RPG, Exodia is showned to be the guardian of the king's palace and Siamun Muran's juggernaut Ka.
It has a few "alternate" forms -- Exodia Necross, which draws power from having the pieces in the Graveyard, Exodius The Ultimate Forbidden Lord, which wins the game by dumping the pieces into the Graveyard via battle, and Exxod, Master of the Guard.
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Exodia's a giant gigas.
* {{Badass}}: Assembling all the pieces of its cards instantly wins you the game. In the anime this is represented as Exodia being summoned and just blasting the opponent so hard it instantly ends the duel.
* ChainedByFashion: Exodia's completed form has broken cuffs on its ankles and wrists, from when it was sealed.
* FinishingMove: ''Hellfire's Rage! EXODO FLAME!''
* GodzillaThreshold: During the Shadow RPG, Siamun Muran summons his guardian Ka Exodia to fight [[spoiler:Zorc Necrophades]], but as Exodia takes its power from a human, it can only fight as long as the summoner and is defeated once his or her ''Ba'' gauge runs out.
* MacGuffin: During the manga and first anime's Death-T arc. And the second series first episode.
* NonStandardGameOver: So much so that, for a while ,it was the only monster named in the official rules - its effect was ''that'' unique.
* OlympusMons: Its power is said to rival the Egyptian Gods.
* PowerEqualsRarity: The cards are so rare that few own a complete set.
* SetBonus: Individually? Worthless. Together? Instant win.
* SummonMagic: He's a powerful summon of Siamun Muran during the Shadow RPG, who unfortunately experiences TheWorfEffect soon after.
* TheUndead: Not Exodia itself, but Exodia Necross, which can only be summoned if all of the pieces are in the Graveyard, is definitely an example of this. Not in monster type though, as it is a Spellcaster, just like the monster's component body parts.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody?: To an extent. While the pieces of Exodia have pathetic stats and the idea is to combine all five, they are still individual monster cards and can be used as such, say for battling--just don't expect them to find much they can kill. That said, their low stats make them easy to tutor via Sangan, and because the limbs are all classified as Normal Monsters, they can be retrieved from the grave via Dark Factory of Mass Production and Backup Soldier.
* WorfHadTheFlu: In the final arc, Zorc Necrophades defeats him, albeit with difficulty, mostly to hype up Horakhty, who shows up a few chapters/episodes later. Exodia, however, was bound to an elderly man with a bad heart at the time, and it's implied things may very well have gone differently had that not been the case.
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[[folder:Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]
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Seto Kaiba's favorite monster and the strongest normal monster in the game, it's so rare that he owns the only three that were ever found in the world (he tore a fourth one that belonged to Yugi's grandfather). Due to its attack strength of 3000, in-universe it's considered one of the strongest cards in the game, and can become even stronger when the three dragons fuse to form Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
During the Shadow RPG, it's revealed that the Blue-Eyes White Dragon was the Ka of Kisara, a girl Kaiba fell in love with during his past life as Priest Seto in Ancient Egypt. Priest Akhenaden killed her (in the anime, Kisara sacrificed herself to save Seto's life), which unleashed the Blue-Eyes in her soul. Seto's love for Kisara is one reason why Kaiba is so devoted to the Blue Eyes in the modern world.
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* ArchEnemy: Of the Dark Magician.
* BadassNormal: It has no special effects, it's just a beatstick. But it's a ''3000'' point beatstick -- even in today's metagame, 3000 attack is enough to kill most anything when you have support to protect it. Its Ultimate form is also bereft of effect, but with its attack at 4500 and its defense at 3800, it'll be a hell of a hard time to get rid of.
* BreathWeapon: Usually of the ShockAndAwe or HolyHandGrenade variety, depending on which variation you're asking about.
* CargoShip: (in-universe) According to Kazuki Takashi, the events mentioned in the description are the bases for Kaiba's obsession -- he's so attached to the Blue-Eyes because Seto loved its human bearer Kisara.
* TheDragon: To Kaiba while he was the BigBad of the Death-T arc, literally and figuratively, when it comes to him playing DM. Anyone who wants to have a chance at beating Kaiba is going to have to deal with his Blue-Eyes sooner or later.
* DestructiveSaviour: See LightIsGood below as for why you shouldn't get near it.
* DragonRider: Paladin of White Dragon and Dragon Master Knight.
* {{Expy}}: Highly influenced by [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Bahamut]] (the angry personality) who incidentally enough has a breath weapon that's a beam of light that disintegrates people.
* FinishingMove: It's usually the Blue-Eyes or its Ultimate form who clinches the match for Kaiba. "Burst Stream of Destruction!"
* FourIsDeath: At the start of the series, there are only four known copies of it. We say at the start because Seto Kaiba wins and rips up the fourth as another Penalty Game for Sugoroku Mutou (on top of giving him a heart-attack).
* FusionDance: Fusing three regular Blue-Eyes yields the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon [[note]]which despite its impressive name has only half the combined ATK and DEF of its Dancers[[/note]]. Fusing ''that'' with Dark Luster Soldier yields Dragon Master Knight, the strongest monster available in terms of brute strength.
* LightEmUp
* LightIsGood[=/=]LightIsNotGood: Benevolent, but highly aggressive and destructive. Not to mention, it has very bad breath.
* MeaningfulName: Well, it's actually a more silver-blue color than white, but you get the idea.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Or in this case, just plain badass.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Only four known copies exist, given the card's supreme power amongst monsters with no adverse effects or summoning conditions, in order to keep the card from being too widely used and dominating the game. Given that Seto Kaiba acquired 3 of the 4 copies for his own deck as part of his beatdown strategy, while his opponents have no other easily summon-able cards to rival it out of the box, yeah, that worked well.
* RuleOfThree: After Kaiba was done with Grandpa Mutou, there were only three Blue-Eyes left in the world. Guess who owns them all.
* {{Toon}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon]].
* YouShallNotPass: Kaiba and the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon pull one of these on Zorc Necrophades in the anime, slowing his advance long enough for Pharaoh Atem to learn his true name and bring the Three Gods back into action.
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[[folder:Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]
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A weaker, darker counterpart to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Red-Eyes was once Dinosaur Ryuzaki's rarest card, until he lost it to Jonouchi during the early rounds of the Duelist Kingdom contest. Red-Eyes would go onto become one of Jonouchi's signature cards throughout the Duelist Kingdom arc; temporarily lost to him during Battle City. In the anime, he reclaimed it in time for the DOMA FillerArc. Despite its generally average stats, Red-Eyes is a versatile card, that can be combo'd with others to create more powerful creatures, like the Black Skull Dragon and Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, to name only two.
While it does not appear as an original Monster Ka during the Shadow RPG, Jonouchi was able to summon it as one using a mind-conjured card as an NPC.
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* {{Badass}}: In much the same vein as the Flame Swordsman, Red-Eyes may not be that powerful a card, but its ability to get Jonouchi out of bad situations is unparalelled.
* BreathWeapon: Prefers [[CastingAShadow dark-aligned]] {{Fireballs}} to contrast Blue-Eyes' lightning/light attacks.
* CastingAShadow: Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon
* DarkIsNotEvil: It's a damned creepy card (in fact it ain't hard to mistake him for a Zombie) but its used by one of the heroes throughout. The Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, and especially Black Skull Dragon are even scarier.
* [[EvilCounterpart Dark Counterpart]]: To Blue-Eyes naturally.
** It has its own EvilCounterpart (or at least [[TheUndead Undead]] Counterpart) in [[{{Dracolich}} Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon]]) and an actual Evil Counterpart in "Malefic Red-Eyes B. Dragon".
* DragonRider: Knight of Dark Dragons.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the manga, there's a colored splash panel of the Monster World arc, in which the party characters seem to be battling a dragon that looks suspiciously like the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Contrary to Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes, the Red-Eyes is usually not enough to net Joey a win by itself; he has to find ways to empower it via Dragon Nails, Metalmorph, a FusionDance, or some other effect to grant it a new form.
* {{Expy}}: Of Bahamut from ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. This is especially apparent as its attack in the Japanese version is called ''Dark Megaflare''.
* FinishingMove: While some duelists, like Kaiba and the first Ghoul have been able to ignore it, the appearance of Jonouhci's Red-Eyes or worse yet, one of its alternate forms, generally signals that his opponent is about to be well and truly screwed.
* FusionDance: Can perform one with Daemon's Summon/Summoned Skull (Black Skull Dragon) or Meteor Dragon (Meteor Black Dragon). Both are ''very'' powerful (3200/2500 and 3500/3000 to be precise). Later in the DOMA FillerArc, it combines with the Aura Armor to fuse with Jonouchi himself, creating Lord of the Red (2400/2000), which can destroy every monster on the field, as soon as two magic cards are played.
* ILoveNuclearPower: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon attacks with a fusion blast.
* MagikarpPower: As the [[NoExportForYou Japanese-only]] first anime movie said, the Blue-Eyes has more raw power (compare 3000 attack to Red Eyes with 2400), but Red-Eyes has many, many evolved forms that give it higher versatility.[[note]]To name a few, [[MechanicalMonster Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon]], [[CastingAShadow Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon]], [[{{Kaiju}} Meteor Black Dragon]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent B. Skull Dragon]], [[PoweredArmor Lord of the Red]]...[[/note]]
* MeaningfulName: It's a black dragon with red eyes. Go figure.
* MechanicalMonster: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a huge mechanical dragon that attacks with a fusion blast. Jonouchi first used it against Bandit Keith, by stealing Keith's Metalmorph card; he later added Metalmorph to his own deck, using the Black Metal Dragon during the DOMA FillerArc.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: That is one creepy-looking monster.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: As Black Skull Dragon, a Fiend/Dragon combo with 3200 ATK points.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Played with. In-show it's said to be ultra-rare, and it is certainly ''treated'' like an incredibly powerful card, despite its average stats. However, its ability to combine with other cards makes it much more useful than it would be otherwise, hence the rarity.
* PoweredArmor: Its Lord of the Red form is a suit of dragon-themed mechanical armor over a human host.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].
* TheRival: Is often treated as Blue-Eyes' rival by the fandom. Given the fact that the Solid Vision hologram roars in triumph when Yugi uses it to take down one of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes, this may well be justified.
* RobotMe: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a robotic version of the monster that is created by equipping it with Metalmorph.
* TookALevelInBadass: As Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, Black Skull Dragon, or any of its other alternate forms.
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[[folder:Flame Swordsman]]
A card Jonouchi uses in the Duelist Kingdom arc of the manga. In the anime, it's one of Jounouchi's signature cards and his alleged favorite - Flame Swordsman has a history of getting his owner out of jams. A versatile card that's easy to support, and can combine with various others for interesting effects, it's exceptionally useful to him during the Duelist Kingdom arc (and the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc). During the DOMA FillerArc, Jonouchi adds its [[PaletteSwap twin]], Blue Flame Swordsman to his arsenal.
The Flame Swordsman is an original card created by Pegasus and does not appear as a gaming piece during the Shadow RPG.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: After the Duelist Kingdom arc ends in the manga and the new "Expert Rules" take effect, Flame Swordsman is PutOnABus due to being a five-star monster with low stats and no effect, and only reappears in a major role during the anime's Virtual Nightmare FillerArc as Jonouchi's Deck Master. He sure does ''look'' awesome though.
* {{Badass}}: Just look at him! Also, for a card that's technically pretty weak, he's gotten Jonouchi out of some ''very'' complicated messes.
* BashBrothers: With the Dark Magician during the Duelist Kingdom arc. The way they look when they're played together, one could be forgiven for thinking they're as close as Yugi and Jonouchi (who were actually roleplaying as the cards during the anime's loose adaptation of the Monster World RPG as a Duel Monsters game). You could make a case for Flame Swordsman and Blue Flame Swordsman as well.
* {{BFS}}: Carries a sword that's almost as big as he is.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a large spiked helmet.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's a swordsman with a FlamingSword. Blue Flame Swordsman is the same guy, colored blue.
* FlamingSword: How did you not get that from the name?
* FusionDance: Is a fusion card in the regular game (between Flame Manipulator and Masaki-The Legendary Swordsman), and can fuse himself with Dark Magician to create Black Flare Knight, a MagicKnight with only 2200 attack, but a variety of interesting effects.
* MagicKnight: Is one himself, and can become a stronger one by fusing with Dark Magician, creating Dark Flare Knight.
* PaletteSwap: Blue Flame Swordsman, who summons a regular Flame Swordsman to the field when it's destroyed.
* PlayingWithFire: This should surprise no one. One of the creatures used to make him is actually called "Flame Manipulator."
* PowerGlows: Turns bright gold while under the influence of the Burning Soul Sword Magic Card.
* PowerUp: Salamandra can actually be played on any FIRE monster, but you'd never know that from how Jonouchi uses it. Same goes for Burning Soul Sword.
* StatusBuff: His Deck Master ability in anime filler allows him to decrease his own ATK in order to increase the ATK of another Warrior-type monster by the same amount.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Often plays the "Sword" to Yugi's Dark Magician's "Sorcerer".
* TechnicolourFire: Flame Swordsman's flames are the same orange color as his outfit. Blue Flame Swordsman's are, unsurprisingly, Blue.
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[[folder:Egyptian God Cards]]
* {{Badass}}: In-universe they're considered the best cards in the game. Them hitting the field is usually a sign the duel will be over very shortly.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They tend to response by invoking this trope on the perpetrator.
* BreathWeapon: "[[PlayingWithFire Blaze Cannon]]" for Ra and "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]" for Slifer.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The three eventually all got released in the real world with their abilities nerfed to make them balanced.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Slifer have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the monsters Tributed to summon it, while Slife has 1000x Attack and Defense for each card in your hand[[/note]], Obelisk's effect is to automatically inflict 4000 damage for two tributes (in the anime, this is a OneHitKO), and his Attack and Defense are set at 4000. Essentially, he's just a giant beatstick.
* CastFromHitPoints: Ra lets the user give up Life Points to empower it in different ways.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. This is of course to stop them from being {{Anti Climax Boss}}es that are easily stopped with card effects.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to be all but unstoppable, making Dark Yugi's defeat of it this.
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik summoned it against Mai, Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen from a distance to obscure the details of its appearance.
* FinalBoss: Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and taking it down ultimately results in his death and Dark Yugi's victory.
* FusionDance: Whenever Dark Marik feeds his life points into Ra, his body, lacking one hand to keep holding his cards and Duel Disk, and with a gaping hole where his eye ought to be, fuses with Ra, leaking black smoke. This is later turned against him, when losing Ra, costs him control of his body to the real Marik.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Slifer are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge: They are ''massive'' cards; Obelisk fills the testing room when Kaiba first summons him, and when Dark Yugi summons Slifer it coils around the airship the duel is taking place on.
* MechanicalMonster: Ra is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time that Ra gains a new power it helps Dark Marik win a Shadow Game he otherwise could not. It ''is'' mentioned that it has three powers early on, but not what they are.
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies their summonings in the dub.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything on the field.
* PhysicalGod: All of them are gods in Duel Monster form.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Specifically designed to be the strongest cards in the game.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, Pharaoh Atem needs to give up a large amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge to summon them.
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!''GX''
[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together and use support cards to perform powerful combos.
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes and entirely replacing their Fusions with darker Evil Hero monsters, who can only be summoned with Dark Fusion. The Evil Heroes sacrifice the flexibility of the Elemental Heroes (specifically by requiring a specific Fusion card) in exchange for more raw power in the form of stronger effects compared to their counterparts.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Bladedge, who has the piercing battle damage effect.
* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 are right out of comic book settings.
* AntiHero: The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon: Bubbleman and Rampart Blaster.
* BarbarianHero: Wildheart is a shirtless hero who fights with a boomerang.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal projects a signal to the sky to call them out.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge fights with arm blades.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and Bubble Blaster.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Necroshade can summon a high leveled Hero without a sacrifice if it's in the graveyard. Also, [[TakingYouWithMe Darkbright destroys an opponent's monster when it's destroyed itself.]]
* ElementalPowers: The base heroes all conform to one of the common elements: [[BlowYouAway Avian]], [[ShockAndAwe Sparkman]], [[PlayingWithFire Burstinatrix]], [[DishingOutDirt Clayman]], [[MakingASplash Bubbleman]], [[CastingAShadow Necroshade]], [[LightEmUp Blade-Edge]], and eventually [[LightEmUp Neos]]. Then in the manga we get [[GreenThumb Plant-based]] Heroes like Knospe and Woodsman.
* EvilCounterpart: Most of the Evil Heroes, specifically:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes are, like Judai as the Supreme King, heroes that gave into darkness for greater power.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian attacks by shooting feathers.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
* FusionDance: Their key strength, almost any two heroes can fuse together, so Judai always has plenty of options when it's time to fuse.
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster is armed with an ArmCannon gatling gun.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may be the most popular, powerful, and heroic of Judai/Jaden's monsters.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be the origin of Evil Heroes.
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Flame Wingman and Shining Flare Wingman.
* ShadowArchetype: The evil heroes to the elemental heroes, especially in playstyle. In comparison; the Elemental Heroes have far more support and members than the Evil Heroes. However, the few options Evil heroes Have, '''work'''. To compare: Elemental Hero Thunder Giant requires a discard cost and the monster to be weaker than the thunder giant for his effect to destroy a face-up monster. Evil Hero Lighting Golem (Thunder Giant's counterpart) just requires the player to choose which monster dies and the monster dies. Elemental Heroes also have countless ways to fusion summon and what to fusion summon into, whereas the Evil Heroes have two fusion methods and far fewer fusion monster to summon from.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real life counterpart, or a more convenient version of it. No cards anywhere on the field, Bubbleman is the only card in Jaden's hands? Special Summon, draw two cards! Jaden merely has no monsters on his side of the field? Special Summon, draw two cards!
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Burstinatrix was the only female member at first (the original version of her card even says so) until more female members were added later. (They never appeared in the anime, however, but did appear in the manga.)
* TeamPet: Wroughtweiler is the dog of the team.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Necroshade, the sole Dark-Attribute Elemental Hero.
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[[folder:Neo Spacians]]
An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a child, they were sent into space on a time capsule and infused with cosmic energy, turning them into animal-themed superheroes. They consist of the six base Neo-Spacians, Elemental Hero Neos, and some other non Neo-Spacian cards that still fit the general theme/idea, like Rallis the Star Bird.
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* AlienAnimals: The Neo Spacians each resemble an animal or [[PlantAliens fungi in Glow Moss's case.]]
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: The Neo Spacians speak perfect English when Judai finds them.
* AllYourPowersCombined: God Neos can use all the effects of the Neo Spacians.
* AmbiguousGender: The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices. With all of them though, their physical appearance other than Glow Moss doesn't indicate a gender.
* BatSignal: N-Signal calls more of them out with a beam of light to signal them.
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a Kaiba corp satellite while Jaden was on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
* ChildhoodFriends: The Neo Spacians were cards that Jaden drew when he was a child and were sent into space to receive their powers.
* ElementalPowers: One Neo-Spacian for each of the game's six Attributes: [[PlayingWithFire Flare Scarab]], [[DishingOutDirt Grand Mole]], [[MakingASplash Aqua Dolphin]], [[BlowYouAway Air Hummingbird]], [[CastingAShadow Dark Panther]], and [[LightEmUp Glow Moss]].
* EnergyWeapon: Neos Energy lets Neos wield one of these.
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a Neos monster's attack and allows it to remain on the field.
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance: Contact Fusion, a unique method of fusing not needing a Fusion-type card to initiate.
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on the field for 1 turn before returning to the deck. Unless, a Neo Space card is present on the field.
* InnocentAliens: The Neo Spacians are Jaden's [[BondCreatures friends]] and originally [[TheChosenOne sought him out so he could defeat]] the 2nd season's BigBad.
* KnightTemplar: Neos in episode 136. This wasn't included in the dub.
--> Neos: Judai the die has already been cast. At a point like this, it's the fate of a duelist to exhaust their reserves in order to gain victory.
* MagicalLand: They come from Neo Space.
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2 exists to explain to Judai what the Neo Spacians are.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet: They're heroes named for the region of space they were born in.
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster effect from the graveyard.
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets and provides emotional support in times of need. Like the time Jaden couldn't see his cards after losing to Aster, and Aqua Dolphin introduces him to his new deck and restores his love of dueling. Also, encouraging Jaden to use Polymerization in the last duel with Yubel.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Judai picks them up in Season 2 most of his victories in the rest of the series come about due to a Neo-Spacian, Neos, or some fusion of the two.
* StarPower: The Neo Spacians obtained their powers by being sent into space.
* SuperEmpowering: The Common Soul card can summon a Neo Spacian and have it's Attack points added to another monster.
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: All the Neo Spacians can speak and have different personalities.
* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole has a drill for its weapon.
* UndyingLoyalty: They remain by Judai's side no matter what.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Panther can transform into and copy the effects of an opponent's monster.
* WeatherManipulation: Storm Neos; the clue is in the name.
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos is Neos fused with the Dark-Attribute Dark Panter and Light-attribute Glow Moss.
* YouAreNotAlone: Most notably in episode 151.
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[[folder:Cyber Dragons/Cyberdark Dragons]]
Ryo's key cards, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, performing various combos with them to quickly summon Cyber End Dragon for a OneHitKO. In the second season he undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and begins to use the Cyberdarks, dark Cyber Dragons that utilize normal Dragon-type monsters to power up. In Seasons 3 and 4 he combines the two archetypes and utilizes both with deadly efficiency. In the manga, Ryo uses different types of "Cyber" monsters other than Cyber Dragon, but they still have draconian themes to them.
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* AnimalMecha: They're all based on dragons.
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn and Cyber End Dragon can inflict Piercing Damage.
* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel", and its horns from "Cyberdark Horn".
* BreathWeapon: Cyber Dragon's attack, Evolution Burst
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy when using Cyber Dragon, but following his FaceHeelTurn he uses the Cyberdarks to fit his new persona
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses the Cyberdarks. However, the only usage he makes of the Cyber Dragons while evil is as fodder to power up the Cyberdarks, so LightIsNotGood is mostly averted.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be with the Cyber Dragons and Cyberdarks representing the two halves of the symbol.
* EquippableAlly: The specialty of the Cyberdarks is to equip Dragon-type monsters to themselves to power up.
* EvilCounterpart: The Cyberdarks to the Cyber Dragons.
* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon looks like a combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. By the same token, the Cyberdarks resemble members of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon family.
* FusionDance: Both types rely on fusing into new forms.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Ryo's cards are some of the best of their era, and they're all cool-looking dragons.
* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part of Cyberdark Edge probably refers to its wing tips being as sharp as blades.
** "Cyberdark Horn" is named such because it gives "Cyberdark Dragon" its four horns.
** "Cyberdark Keel" is named after the keel of a ship, as it becomes the body of "Cyberdark Dragon".
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to perform one, signaling his FaceHeelTurn. Dedicated real life decks using Cyber Dragon and its variants can also pull these off.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're machines, for one thing, and embody the yin yang.
* {{Ouroboros}}: Cyber Ouroboros.
* PowerTrio: The Cyberdarks have three members.
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[[folder:Ojamas]]
Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although he never stops insulting them, they become a key part of his deck as he adds more support cards for them over the course of the series, learning to utilize their hidden strengths.
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* BlatantLies: After Chazz is [[{{Deprogram}} freed from being brainwashed]], the Ojamas claim Jaden stole them to use against Chazz.
* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King is a fusion of the three of them.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight is an Ojama in knight armor.
* LethalJokeCharacter: A trio of Normal monsters with 0 ATK, but together they can obliterate an opponent's field.
* MeaningfulName: "Ojamashimasu" is a Japanese phrase roughly translating as "pardon me for interrupting/intruding". It's why the flavor text on the card mentions the Ojamas always butt in on things, and why their stronger cards fill up the opponent's Monster Zones.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of the Three Stooges.
* PluckyComicRelief: They get a lot of the jokes in the series.
* PowerTrio: The three of them must be together to release their powers.
* ShoutOut: Their mannerisms in the dub are based on the Three Stooges.
* StoneWall: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500.
* UnderwearOfPower: All three of them appear clad in nothing but their underwear.
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[[folder:Destiny Heroes]]
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the field and manipulating time in various ways, doing things after a turn or two of preparation. Their leader is Destiny Hero Bloo-D/Destiny Hero Plasma.
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* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Dark City.
* AncestralWeapon: These cards were passed down to Edo from his deceased father.
* AntiHero: When one considers their play-style and how they use their effects, type lll.
* AntiMagic: Why is Destiny Hero Plasma the Ultimate D Card? When used with the spell D-Force, Plasma negates all monster, spell and trap card effects used against itself and the user, this plus VampiricDraining.
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of the Destiny Heroes is that they resurrect themselves from the graveyard to provide several flexible strategies, such as collecting enough monsters to summon stronger ones (Dogma and Plasma), reinforce their offence (Dread Master), draw more cards (Disk Commander), and even summon themselves to the opponents field to provide an opening for damage (Departed).
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal is their answer to Hero Signal and N-Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma attaks with a wave of blood.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they have to die first? The Destiny Heroes most certainly fit the idea.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite all being Dark-attribute, they're still heroes and are wielded by a protagonist.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effects from the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster is a hulking prisoner that escaped confinement.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several tributes to summon the strongest monsters, monsters when destroyed provide the player with useable strategies later on (Fear Monger, Double Dude, etc), and cards that are mostly intended for this purpose. Aster was even willing to sacrifice Plasma for a combo to win against otherwise impossible odds in his duel with Amon.
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another Destiny Hero monster.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn. Doom Lord banishes a monster that returns in two turns, Double Dude summons tokens the turn after it's destroyed, and so forth.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposing monsters on the field have their AppliedPhlebotinum negated. Him having probably absorbed already a monster with powerful ATK and Effect, claiming them as his own (His powers are akin to TheAssimilator) doesn't make things easier. Aster had to use the Kryptonite card designed by his father to defeat this combo.
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters in the card game but actual human souls, as seen with Aster's father and Doctor Collector. FridgeHorror when shown that Aster continues to do this when he has Plasma defeat one of the Supreme King's goblins.
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[[folder:Crystal Beasts]]
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each a different kind of gem in their bodies. Their different gem colors form the seven colors of the rainbow, reflecting the name and design of their ace monster, Rainbow Dragon. These rare cards were won and used primarily by Jesse Anderson.
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* AllYourColorsCombined: Rainbow Dragon uses an effect called Rainbow Overdrive which uses all the Crystal Beasts on the field to boost it's attack further.
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: The Rainbow Dragon card that Jesse was searching for in the 3rd season turned out to be the key to returning duel academy back to the real world.
* ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: The prismatic Rainbow Dragon is the leader of the series.
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: All of them have jewels and/or jewelry on their bodies.
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.]]
* FusionDance: Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Neos to summon Rainbow Neos a few times in the show.
* GemEncrusted: They all bear gemstones somewhere on their body.
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslaving the Crystal Beasts.
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as the duelist to wield them. Unfortunately...
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal: Their entire schtick.
* RainbowMotif: The seven of them are based on the colors of the rainbow.
* TalkingAnimal: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty: They're always there for Johan.
* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Phantom Demons (Sacred Beasts)]]
Three powerful and dangerous cards sealed under Duel Academy - Uria, Lord of Searing Flames; Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder; and Raviel, Lord of Phantasms. They are based in appearance and power on the Egyptian God Cards, and have the power to absorb energy from other cards and duel spirits to empower themselves and their wielder.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: At least with the God Cards, getting three monsters onto the field was fairly feasible. But ''good luck'' summoning these guys, whose summon requirements are to tribute three Continuous Traps, three Continuous Spells, and three Fiend-type Monsters.
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart: Of the Egyptian God Cards in the original series.
* FusionDance: Armityle, the Phantom of Chaos.
* LargeAndInCharge: They're massive, towering over most other GX-era monsters.
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio: There's three of them.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for the man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther; Raviel for the angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
* ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
* SpikesOfVillainy: All of them have spikes covering their bodies.
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!''5Ds''
[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
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The embodiment of the Red Star worshiped by the People of the Stars 5000 years ago was known as the Crimson Dragon. After sealing the Jibakushin within the Nazca Lines, its power was divided into 5 separate pieces and infused into the 5 individuals known as Signers as a Dragon's Birthmark. The Five Dragons who protect the Signers are its servants. In the present era, the birthmarks appear on new wielders to combat a new threat, and the Signer Dragons appear to aid them again.
Yusei holds the Dragon's Tail birthmark (later changed to the Dragon's Head) and wields Stardust Dragon. Jack Atlas has the Dragon's Wings and Red Dragon Archfiend. Aki Izayoi has the Dragon's Rear Claw and Black Rose Dragon. Ruka has the Dragon's Front Claw and Ancient Fairy Dragon. The fifth signer mark, the Head, was originally held by Roman Godwin, whose arm (and mark) were taken and used by his brother Rex. The Dragon's Head mark transferred to Yusei, and Crow Hogan became the fifth Signer with the Dragon's Tail mark, also gaining Black-Winged Dragon later in the series. A sixth mark, the Dragon's Heart, is revealed to belong to Rua near the end of the series, and unlocks his Signer Dragon Life Stream Dragon.
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* AllYourPowersCombined:
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Earthbound Immortals]]
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Embodiments of evil sealed within the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon and its servants. They were unleashed from the Underworld 17 years ago, after the Zero Reverse incident blew a hole between this world and theirs. They are the driving force behind the Dark Signers, and are as follows; Uru (Spider), Cusillu (Monkey), Ccapac Apu (Giant), Aslla Piscu (Hummingbird), Ccarayhua (Lizard), Chacu Challua (Killer Whale) and lastly Wiraqocha Rasca (Condor). Much like the 5 Dragons serve the Crimson Dragon, they serve the King of the Underworld (Meikai No Oh).
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers to use. Its power was sealed by Jack to create Scar-Red Nova Dragon.
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* BeatStillMyHeart: When Earthbound Gods are summoned, a disembodied heart appears and starts beating as it absorbs people's souls.
* BiggerBad: The King of the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it the whole time.
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca, and the King of the Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it's the most powerful of the seven.
* OhCrap: Prominent when they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener and the Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
%% * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sychrons/Warriors]]
Yusei's main cards, the Sychrons are low-level Tuners and the Warriors are low-level Warrior-types. To summon a Synchro Warrior, they need the appropriate Synchron as Tuner -- usually, the Warrior and the Synchron have the same adjective, such as Road Warrior needing Road Synchron. The most prominent of these is Junk Warrior, who rivals Stardust Dragon as Yusei's signature monster.
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* DubInducedPlotHole: The Japanese cards had "Warrior" spelled differently to show they were different from previous monsters with "Warrior" in their name. The english translations didn't approximate this.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shield Warrior wields a massive shield. To show its defensive prowess, it can banish itself from the Graveyard to protect your monsters from being destroyed in battle.
* ThisIsADrill: Drill Synchron has twin drills for arms, while Drill Warrior has a single arm-drill.
* ZergRush: Very few of the non-Synchros have anything resembling impressive stats, but their effects lets Yusei summon several of them and manipulate their levels to quickly get those Synchro Warriors into play.
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[[folder:Machine Emperors/Meklord Emperors]]
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A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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* TheAssimilator: All of them can absorb Synchro monsters.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability, which was due to the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is that it can drag out the Synchro from the Graveyard into its body.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Duel Dragons]]
A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as Duel Dragons. They were used in ancient Turbo Duel rituals to seal darkness, or so Rex Godwin claims. In actuality they were by worshippers of the Ultimate God, Ultimaya Tzolkin, the manga's equivalent to the Crimson Dragon. Rex Godwin intends to use the Duel Dragons to revive the God and claim its power.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the anime, the Signer Dragons and the Crimson Dragon are benevolent. In the manga, the Duel Dragons are tools of evil and the Crimson Dragon is re-imagined as Ultimaya Tzolkin, the BiggerBad of the manga.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Beelze.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When a Duelist is completely controlled by them.
* CastingAShadow: All of them except Stardust, Black Rose, and Dragoascension.
* DarkIsEvil: Even the Signer Dragon counterparts look much darker and more ominous compared to the anime, with the exceptions of Stardust, Dragoascension, and Black Rose.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Blackfeather Darkrage Dragon after Crow obtains it.
* DemonicPossession: They can do this to the Duelists that use them.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Tends to happen to those possessed by their Duel Dragon.
* DubNameChange: All of the Duel Dragons names have been changed in the English manga and TCG:
** Machine Dragon - Power Tool > Power Tool Mecha Dragon
** Fairy Dragon - Ancient > Ancient Pixie Dragon
** Burning Demon Dragon - Red Demon > Hot Red Dragon Archfiend
** Flashing Karat Dragon - Stardust > Stardust Spark Dragon
** Demon King Dragon - Beezle > Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons
** Purgatory Dragon - Ogre Dragoon > Void Ogre Dragon
** Mysterious Winged Dragon - Black Feather > Blackfeather Darkrage Dragon
** Underworld Dragon Dragonecro > Dragonecro Nethersoul Dragon
** Dragoascension, the Supreme Dragon of the Heavens > Ascension Sky Dragon
** Moon Flower Dragon - Black Rose > Black Rose Moonlight Dragon
** InconsistentDub: Between Volumes 3 and 4, Power Tool has gone from Power Tool Mecha Dragon to Machine Dragon Power Tool, and Red Demon from Enma Dragon Red Demon to Jeweled Red Dragon Archfiend.
* EvilCounterpart: Meta-wise, they are this to the Signer Dragons, as plot-important Synchro Dragons. But where the Signer Dragons are good, the Duel Dragons are evil.
* {{Expy}}: Six of the Duel Dragons shown look exactly like the Signer Dragons, but with strange markings on their bodies.
* LightIsGood: Stardust Spark and Moonlight Dragon Black Rose.
* LightIsNotGood: Dragoascension.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Red Demon can destroy every single other Attack Position Monster in play with just its effect.
* ShoutOut: Dragoascension has Osiris the Sky Dragon's signature effect.
* SuperMode: ''Demon King Super Dragon - Beelzeus'' for Beelze, ''Dragococytus the Impure Underworld Dragon'' for Dragonecro, and ''Holy Spark Dragon God - Stardust Sifr'' for Stardust.
[[/folder]]
'''ALL spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware major spoilers.'''
[[foldercontrol]]
! Second series anime (''Duel Monsters'')
[[folder:Dark Magician]]
'''Dark Magician''' (''Black Magician'', ブラック・マジシャン, ''Burakku Majishan'')
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Yugi/Dark Yugi's [[TheAce ace monster]], its design inspired an entire archetype that continues to receive support to this day. It, or some variation of it, features prominently in pretty much every major ''Duel Monsters'' battle the KingOfGames has, usually appearing at the last turn to deal the final blow.
The card is based on the ka form of Mahado, a magician from Pharaoh Atem's court who gave his life to become the Dark Magician and fight Thief King Bakura with new strength. This original incarnation appears as one of Dark Yugi's party members in the Shadow RPG, a tabletop role-playing game that re-imagines Pharaoh Atem's memories.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga, he wore a dark blue outfit and was blond with pale skin. In the anime, he has a purple outfit and purple hair.
** In-universe, the Shadow RPG version of the Dark Magician, which was the real Dark Magician (Priest Mahado), was tanned.
* ArchEnemy: Of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
* {{Badass}}: He's Yugi's trump card for a reason.
* BadassGrandpa: His Dark Sage form seen in the anime adaptation.
* BadassNormal: Literally, he's a Normal monster with no effect, but a wealth of support cards that allow him to overcome superior foes.
* BadassTeacher: As Mahado, towards Mana a.k.a. the human summoner of the Dark Magician Girl.
* BashBrothers: It and Jonouchi's Flame Swordsman play this role throughout Duelist Kingdom, and reprise it during the Virtual Nightmare arc.
* {{Bishonen}}: Let's just say that he has as many fangirls as his protégé down there has fanboys.
* ColorMotif: Purple, but only in the anime.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Nowhere even close to being a bad person.
* FinishingMove: Ends a lot of duels for Dark Yugi.
* FreudianTrio: The Ego to Dark Magician Girl's Id, and Magician of Black Chaos' Superego.
* FusionDance: With Flame Swordsman (Dark Flare Knight), Buster Blader (Dark Paladin), and Time Wizard (Dark Sage). In-series, he is the result of the fusion of the spirits of Mahad and his monster ka, the Magus of Illusions.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Exact hair color differs depending on the card art, including white.
* MagicKnight: Some of his "evolved" forms, Dark Paladin, Dark Flare Knight and Dark Magician Knight, are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Exactly What They Say On The Card]].
* MagicStaff: Wields a long green and purple staff through which he casts his spells.
* MerlinAndNimue: He is the Dark Magician Girl's teacher/mentor, while she is the student/apprentice.
* PerpetualFrowner: Seems to be a trademark to Dark Yugi's cards.
** In the manga, he (the card) smiles quite a bit, most notably when Manga Dark yugi does his cocky smirks.
* PurpleIsPowerful: In the anime.
* SignatureMove: ''Dark Magic attack!''
* StageMagician: Many of his support cards are based on traditional magician props, such as Thousands Knives, Mystic Box, and Magical Hats.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: He and the Dark Magician Girl.
* SummonMagic: His Shadow RPG counterpart requires a certain amount of ''Ba'' to be summoned.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Often the "Sorcery" half, with Yugi's Buster Blader or Jonouchi's Flame Swordsman providing the "Sword".
* TookALevelInBadass: Several possible, each with its own power. Unusually for this trope, doing this generally precludes taking others.
** Fusing with Buster Blader, makes him the Dark Paladin, who can negate any sort of Spell and gets powered up by facing Dragons.
** Absorbing the mystical power, and life energy of another mage, makes him the Sorcerer of Dark Magic, who can negate any sort of trap.
** Studying Light Magic, in addition to his own Dark Magic, makes him the Dark Magician of Chaos, allowing him access to lost magics, and stranger arts besides.
** In the anime, being aged a millennium makes him the Dark Sage, who has access to new and strange kinds of magic.
* UndyingLoyalty: As Mahado, he is very much loyal to Pharaoh Atem. In fact, the very reason Mahado willingly became the "Dark Magician" in the past is so he can be his eternal servant. Also a literal application of the trope name, as a last ditch effort to defeat Thief King Bakura, he did so by allowing his body to be killed, only for his spirit to fuse with that of his own spirit monster, the Magus of Illusions, live on in the form of the Dark Magician.
* WeakButSkilled: He lacks an effect, to make up for this, he has quite a lot of support cards.
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[[folder:Dark Magician Girl]]
'''Dark Magician Girl''' (''Black Magician Girl'' ブラック・マジシャン・ガール ''Burakku Majishan Gaaru'')
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A female counterpart to the Dark Magician, she's not as powerful but is just as key a part of Yugi/Dark Yugi's deck.
In the original manga, her card was based on the true DarkSkinnedBlond Dark Magician Girl that was the Monster Ka of Mana, a childhood friend of Pharaoh Atem and Mahado's CuteWitch apprentice, and serves as one of the game pieces during Dark Yugi's battle against Dark Bakura during the Shadow RPG.
As a ''Duel Monsters'' card, she gains 300 ATK points for every Dark Magician in the Graveyard. In the anime, she's also a favourite of Téa Gardner and serves as her Deck Master during the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc.
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* ActionGirl: One of the most prominent female monsters in the franchise.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga, there is an in-universe example of this: the original Monster Spirit version of Dark Magician Girl in the Millennium World arc had tanned skin and the pentagram on her chest was replaced with the Eye of Anubis. The anime adaptation gets this wrong and uses her ''Duel Monsters'' design.
* AscendedExtra: In the anime, she became a prominent character in the DOMA arc, appearing in spirit form long before the Dark Magician (which doubles as a AdaptationInducedPlotHole). Also became the subject of a RunningGag in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', where Sho has a crush on her.
* BadassAdorable: She's adorable as hell, but still kicks ass.
* BlushSticker: Arguably, her charm isn't complete without these, permanently under her eyes.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: A frequent victim of it. When one of the most famous characters in both the anime/manga and real-life card game walks around in a short skirt and a top cut low on her large breasts, sooner or later censorship will kick in.
* BreakoutCharacter: She became one of Dark Yugi's key cards, she makes appearances in all the spin-offs in some way or another, and has a lot of alternate art cards and Expies. No other card aside from the Dark Magician or Blue Eyes can make such boasts, and even then, they never got to be a playable character in some of the video games, but she did, ''and'' in some others merchants in card store chains dress as her.
* CargoShip [[ShipTease Tease]]: In-universe, between her and Atem. Given that she was the Ka spirit of Mana, Atem's childhood friend, and the two of them got ShipTease of their own, ItMakesSenseInContext.
** Also gets this with Sho in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', where a RunningGag in early seasons shows his crush on her.
* CoolBigSis: Shows some shades of this towards Anzu during one of the anime's filler arcs.
* CuteWitch: Borders on HotWitch, depending on how blatant the {{Fanservice}} is.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Famous for it.
* DarkIsNotEvil: A ''real'' stretch on the "Black[=/=]Dark" moniker, her outfit is bright blue and pink, and she's bubbly and sweet.
* DarkSkinnedBlond: Mana, her human summoner, was this in the manga. The Dark Magician Girl herself was one as a Monster Ka in the manga.
* DemonicPossession: In the Battle City duel between Dark Yugi and Dark Bakura, Dark Bakura uses a card to possess her and force her to attack Dark Yugi. It's more heart-breaking when you see that she is crying as she's attacking him.
* DistaffCounterpart: The name should be a clue. This carries over to their Expies as well, Card Ejector to Miracle Flipper as child forms of the two, Magi Magi Magician Gal to Sorcerer of Dark Magic as powered-up forms needing two Level 6 monsters to summon, and Gagaga Girl to Gagaga Magician as Gagaga members meant to work together.
* DragonRider: Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the 2nd opening of the anime ("Shuffle!"), she briefly appears alongside the Dark Magician, a number of episodes before her official anime introduction. Before that, there was no prior indication that she existed besides reading the manga.
* FreudianTrio: The Id to Dark Magician's Ego, and Magician of Dark Chaos' Superego.
* GenkiGirl: Her human summoner Mana who is directly linked to the ka version of the Dark Magician Girl; the card's Solid Vision hologram sometimes shows indications of this, especially if Dark Magician is also on the field.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: There's no way that top can stay on without some magic of a different sort.
* MagicStaff[=/=]MagicWand: Closer to Wand than Staff, but it varies.
* MerlinAndNimue:
** With the Dark Magician, in both their card and Ancient Egyptian Ka forms. They are rather closer in age than most, with there being only about a 10-year age difference. Note that the Dark Magician Girl becomes more powerful if a Dark Magician is in either player's graveyard. Mana, the channeler of the Dark Magician Girl, became stronger on her own to avenge Mahado, the priest who eventually became the Dark Magician ka.
** Another link between the two is the Spell Card "The Sage's Stone" which allows the player to summon Dark Magician if he controls Dark Magician Girl. There's also an anime-only card that does the exact opposite.
* MsFanservice: The iconic one for the franchise. Every ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' anime has one or more female cast members and many monsters that fit this trope, but none of them are as famous as her. {{Rule 34}} hit '''''hard'''''.
* PantyShot:
** ''Averted'' in Episode 102 in the original Japanese anime--in a scene where her skirt flies up, [[GoingCommando her bare rear is showcased]]. 4Kids, in one of their more understandable instances of censorship, drew her some pink panties ([[SkirtoverSlacks or hot pants]]) for the dub.
** Played straight in the manga when Dark Yugi is dueling Dark Marik. It's revealed that her outfit is actually similar to a one-piece swimsuit adorned with magician accessories. [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zzHwilXjCk0/UPFqukzWoBI/AAAAAAACKIQ/nUg286PdyYw/s0/272_07.jpg?imgmax=1600 See here]].
* PerpetualSmiler: Her card art depicts her as always smiling.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Implied, since she gets an attack boost for every Dark Magician or Magician of Black Chaos in the graveyard.
* SignatureMove: ''Dark Burning!''
* ShesGotLegs: Her skirt and boots prominently expose her long legs.
* ShipTease: In the past, her channeler CuteWitch Mana with Atem. Her introduction in the anime has her jumping out of a vase and glomping him happily, saying she missed him even though Mahado says it has only been one day since she last saw him.
** To some extent, with Mahado as well. This also extends to Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: She and the Dark Magician, which mirrors Mana and Mahado.
* SummonMagic: Her Shadow RPG version requires Mana's ''Ba'' and ''Heka'' to be summoned and channeled.
* {{Toon}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Toon Dark Magician Girl]].
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Do not mess with or hurt Dark Yugi/Pharaoh Atem or the Dark Magician/Priest Mahado, whether she's the Dark Magician Girl or Mana.
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[[folder:Magician Of Black Chaos]]
'''Magician Of Black Chaos'''
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The third member of Yugi/Dark Yugi's Magician trio, he first appears in the latter's Shadow Game with Pegasus, where he served as Dark Yugi's trump card in the original manga and its adaptation. He also puts in an appearance in the anime's Virtual Nightmare FillerArc, where he joins Dark Yugi's other Dark Magicians in turning the duel against Noah Kaiba. In ''GX'', a "retrained" variant, the Dark Magician of Chaos, appears in Yugi's deck when it goes on tour.
The Magician of Black Chaos, unlike the other two Black Magicians, doesn't appear to have a counterpart in Ancient Egypt nor the Shadow RPG.
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* {{Badass}}: Enough that he frightens [[BigBad Pegasus]]. That should say something right there.
* BlackMagic: Makes no bones about being a user of this.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Probably the best example in Dark Yugi's deck. Unlike the other members of the Black Magician trio, he's truly evil looking, has a definitely nasty-vibe, is called Magician of Black Chaos, and serves as one of TheHero's trump cards.
* DynamicEntry: Floats down from above the Black Magic Ritual, with his eyes closed, his arms crossed, and his hair billowing.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the anime, a Magician of Black Chaos is shown in the first Shadow Game against Pegasus while Pegasus is giving a monologue about the origin of Duel Monsters, squaring off against a Thousand-Eyes Restrict. The exact-same match-up takes place in Dark Yugi and Pegasus's final duel in Duelist Kingdom.
* EntropyAndChaosMagic: Implied by the name.
* EvilSorcerer: Unlike Black Magician and Black Magician Girl, he ''definitely'' gives off this vibe.
* FreudianTrio: The Superego to Black Magician's Ego, and Black Magician Girl's Id.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Evil Eyes. Cold and narrow.
* MagicStaff: As with the normal Dark Magician, it wields a staff to channel its spells.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His name essentially says "I am ChaoticEvil. Run away!"
* NiceHat: Wears a huge hat with horn-like protrusions on either side.
* OhCrap: When Dark Yugi summons it, Pegasus' reaction is "Not him! Not now!"
* PerpetualFrowner: Is always stone-faced, never making an expression even when destroyed.
* TheStoic: Okay, they're cards, but while Black Magician and Black Magician Girl's facial expressions regularly change, Magician of Black Chaos remains stone-faced; only his eyes ever shift.
* SummonMagic: Requires the Black Chaos Ritual to appear.
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[[folder:Black Luster Soldier]]
'''Black Luster Soldier''' (''Chaos Soldier'')
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Yugi & Dark Yugi's answer to the likes of the Blue-Eyes, Black Luster Soldier is an extremely powerful dark knight, clad in black armor, and responding only to the Black Luster Ritual, which, within the show, has never been completed. With 3000/2500, Black Luster Soldier was easily Dark Yugi's strongest card during the early part of the series. It can combine with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to achieve even greater power as Dragon Master Knight.
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* {{Badass}}: This is a man with a sword who can take on the Blue-Eyes and the Lava Golem. He has to be a badass.
* BadassNormal: Like the Blue-Eyes and Black Luster Soldier has no effect. He's just a 3000 attack point beatstick.
* {{Bishounen}}: He's quite the pretty boy under that helmet.
* BlackKnight: Clad head to toe in black and gold armor.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a knight's helmet with a long red plumage.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Another of the many examples in Yugi and Atem's deck. He's a BlackKnight with a cold expression, and an ominous sounding name, but he's ultimately one of the good guys. Oddly enough, he's an Earth-attribute monster.
* EvilRedhead: Has the look, though see DarkIsNotEvil above.
* FusionDance: Can fuse with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to become Dragon Master Knight (5000/5000), who gains power for every dragon on the field.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Carries a shield on his opposite hand.
* MasterSwordsman: Pretty much goes without saying.
* PerpetualFrowner: Is never shown smiling in any appearance.
* PowerEqualsRarity: When Dark Yugi summoned him in his duel with Mai, it was the first time the card had ever been successfully summoned. ''That'''s how rare it was.
* SinisterScimitar: His WeaponOfChoice.
* SummonMagic: Comes only in response to the Black Luster Ritual.
* SuperSoldier: Of the magical variety.
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[[folder:Celtic Guardian]]
'''Celtic Guardian''' (''Elf Swordsman'')
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A mid-tier card and one of the few non-Dark Magician derivatives to see extensive screen time in the manga/anime.
It's an original card created by Pegasus and does not have a counterpart gaming piece during the Shadow RPG .
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* BadassNormal: A mid-tier card with 1400 ATK and no special effects, but still effective in some duels.
* BarbarianHero: His whole motif is that of an Elven Celtic Barbarian.
* CelticMythology: Kind of fits, given the title.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: As Restrained Celtic Guard, who is an effect monster that cannot be destroyed by battle with a monster that has 1900 or more ATK. (At one point, he threw off [[PhysicalGod Shinato, King of a Higher Plane]]'s attack to buy Dark Yugi an extra turn in a truly epic fashion.)
* FightingIrish or BraveScot: He ''is'' a Warrior.
* OurElvesAreBetter: Celtic Guardian is an Elven warrior, and was even referred to as "Elf Swordsman" in his first anime appearance (and it's its Japanese name).
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[[folder:Exodia the Forbidden One]]
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A set of five cards that previously belong to Sugoroku Mutou, Yugi's grandfather. This was Dark Yugi's trump card during his Shadow Game with Seto Kaiba during Death-T's final arena. An ancient gigas bound away, it was said to have power rivaling that of the Egyptian Gods and destroyed a hundred armies in one night. In-game, the player who contains the five pieces of Exodia in their hand at one time can declare an instant victory, regardless of any other factors. During the Shadow RPG, Exodia is showned to be the guardian of the king's palace and Siamun Muran's juggernaut Ka.
It has a few "alternate" forms -- Exodia Necross, which draws power from having the pieces in the Graveyard, Exodius The Ultimate Forbidden Lord, which wins the game by dumping the pieces into the Graveyard via battle, and Exxod, Master of the Guard.
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Exodia's a giant gigas.
* {{Badass}}: Assembling all the pieces of its cards instantly wins you the game. In the anime this is represented as Exodia being summoned and just blasting the opponent so hard it instantly ends the duel.
* ChainedByFashion: Exodia's completed form has broken cuffs on its ankles and wrists, from when it was sealed.
* FinishingMove: ''Hellfire's Rage! EXODO FLAME!''
* GodzillaThreshold: During the Shadow RPG, Siamun Muran summons his guardian Ka Exodia to fight [[spoiler:Zorc Necrophades]], but as Exodia takes its power from a human, it can only fight as long as the summoner and is defeated once his or her ''Ba'' gauge runs out.
* MacGuffin: During the manga and first anime's Death-T arc. And the second series first episode.
* NonStandardGameOver: So much so that, for a while ,it was the only monster named in the official rules - its effect was ''that'' unique.
* OlympusMons: Its power is said to rival the Egyptian Gods.
* PowerEqualsRarity: The cards are so rare that few own a complete set.
* SetBonus: Individually? Worthless. Together? Instant win.
* SummonMagic: He's a powerful summon of Siamun Muran during the Shadow RPG, who unfortunately experiences TheWorfEffect soon after.
* TheUndead: Not Exodia itself, but Exodia Necross, which can only be summoned if all of the pieces are in the Graveyard, is definitely an example of this. Not in monster type though, as it is a Spellcaster, just like the monster's component body parts.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody?: To an extent. While the pieces of Exodia have pathetic stats and the idea is to combine all five, they are still individual monster cards and can be used as such, say for battling--just don't expect them to find much they can kill. That said, their low stats make them easy to tutor via Sangan, and because the limbs are all classified as Normal Monsters, they can be retrieved from the grave via Dark Factory of Mass Production and Backup Soldier.
* WorfHadTheFlu: In the final arc, Zorc Necrophades defeats him, albeit with difficulty, mostly to hype up Horakhty, who shows up a few chapters/episodes later. Exodia, however, was bound to an elderly man with a bad heart at the time, and it's implied things may very well have gone differently had that not been the case.
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[[folder:Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]
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Seto Kaiba's favorite monster and the strongest normal monster in the game, it's so rare that he owns the only three that were ever found in the world (he tore a fourth one that belonged to Yugi's grandfather). Due to its attack strength of 3000, in-universe it's considered one of the strongest cards in the game, and can become even stronger when the three dragons fuse to form Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
During the Shadow RPG, it's revealed that the Blue-Eyes White Dragon was the Ka of Kisara, a girl Kaiba fell in love with during his past life as Priest Seto in Ancient Egypt. Priest Akhenaden killed her (in the anime, Kisara sacrificed herself to save Seto's life), which unleashed the Blue-Eyes in her soul. Seto's love for Kisara is one reason why Kaiba is so devoted to the Blue Eyes in the modern world.
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* ArchEnemy: Of the Dark Magician.
* BadassNormal: It has no special effects, it's just a beatstick. But it's a ''3000'' point beatstick -- even in today's metagame, 3000 attack is enough to kill most anything when you have support to protect it. Its Ultimate form is also bereft of effect, but with its attack at 4500 and its defense at 3800, it'll be a hell of a hard time to get rid of.
* BreathWeapon: Usually of the ShockAndAwe or HolyHandGrenade variety, depending on which variation you're asking about.
* CargoShip: (in-universe) According to Kazuki Takashi, the events mentioned in the description are the bases for Kaiba's obsession -- he's so attached to the Blue-Eyes because Seto loved its human bearer Kisara.
* TheDragon: To Kaiba while he was the BigBad of the Death-T arc, literally and figuratively, when it comes to him playing DM. Anyone who wants to have a chance at beating Kaiba is going to have to deal with his Blue-Eyes sooner or later.
* DestructiveSaviour: See LightIsGood below as for why you shouldn't get near it.
* DragonRider: Paladin of White Dragon and Dragon Master Knight.
* {{Expy}}: Highly influenced by [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Bahamut]] (the angry personality) who incidentally enough has a breath weapon that's a beam of light that disintegrates people.
* FinishingMove: It's usually the Blue-Eyes or its Ultimate form who clinches the match for Kaiba. "Burst Stream of Destruction!"
* FourIsDeath: At the start of the series, there are only four known copies of it. We say at the start because Seto Kaiba wins and rips up the fourth as another Penalty Game for Sugoroku Mutou (on top of giving him a heart-attack).
* FusionDance: Fusing three regular Blue-Eyes yields the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon [[note]]which despite its impressive name has only half the combined ATK and DEF of its Dancers[[/note]]. Fusing ''that'' with Dark Luster Soldier yields Dragon Master Knight, the strongest monster available in terms of brute strength.
* LightEmUp
* LightIsGood[=/=]LightIsNotGood: Benevolent, but highly aggressive and destructive. Not to mention, it has very bad breath.
* MeaningfulName: Well, it's actually a more silver-blue color than white, but you get the idea.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Or in this case, just plain badass.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Only four known copies exist, given the card's supreme power amongst monsters with no adverse effects or summoning conditions, in order to keep the card from being too widely used and dominating the game. Given that Seto Kaiba acquired 3 of the 4 copies for his own deck as part of his beatdown strategy, while his opponents have no other easily summon-able cards to rival it out of the box, yeah, that worked well.
* RuleOfThree: After Kaiba was done with Grandpa Mutou, there were only three Blue-Eyes left in the world. Guess who owns them all.
* {{Toon}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon]].
* YouShallNotPass: Kaiba and the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon pull one of these on Zorc Necrophades in the anime, slowing his advance long enough for Pharaoh Atem to learn his true name and bring the Three Gods back into action.
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[[folder:Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]
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A weaker, darker counterpart to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Red-Eyes was once Dinosaur Ryuzaki's rarest card, until he lost it to Jonouchi during the early rounds of the Duelist Kingdom contest. Red-Eyes would go onto become one of Jonouchi's signature cards throughout the Duelist Kingdom arc; temporarily lost to him during Battle City. In the anime, he reclaimed it in time for the DOMA FillerArc. Despite its generally average stats, Red-Eyes is a versatile card, that can be combo'd with others to create more powerful creatures, like the Black Skull Dragon and Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, to name only two.
While it does not appear as an original Monster Ka during the Shadow RPG, Jonouchi was able to summon it as one using a mind-conjured card as an NPC.
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* {{Badass}}: In much the same vein as the Flame Swordsman, Red-Eyes may not be that powerful a card, but its ability to get Jonouchi out of bad situations is unparalelled.
* BreathWeapon: Prefers [[CastingAShadow dark-aligned]] {{Fireballs}} to contrast Blue-Eyes' lightning/light attacks.
* CastingAShadow: Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon
* DarkIsNotEvil: It's a damned creepy card (in fact it ain't hard to mistake him for a Zombie) but its used by one of the heroes throughout. The Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, and especially Black Skull Dragon are even scarier.
* [[EvilCounterpart Dark Counterpart]]: To Blue-Eyes naturally.
** It has its own EvilCounterpart (or at least [[TheUndead Undead]] Counterpart) in [[{{Dracolich}} Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon]]) and an actual Evil Counterpart in "Malefic Red-Eyes B. Dragon".
* DragonRider: Knight of Dark Dragons.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the manga, there's a colored splash panel of the Monster World arc, in which the party characters seem to be battling a dragon that looks suspiciously like the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Contrary to Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes, the Red-Eyes is usually not enough to net Joey a win by itself; he has to find ways to empower it via Dragon Nails, Metalmorph, a FusionDance, or some other effect to grant it a new form.
* {{Expy}}: Of Bahamut from ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. This is especially apparent as its attack in the Japanese version is called ''Dark Megaflare''.
* FinishingMove: While some duelists, like Kaiba and the first Ghoul have been able to ignore it, the appearance of Jonouhci's Red-Eyes or worse yet, one of its alternate forms, generally signals that his opponent is about to be well and truly screwed.
* FusionDance: Can perform one with Daemon's Summon/Summoned Skull (Black Skull Dragon) or Meteor Dragon (Meteor Black Dragon). Both are ''very'' powerful (3200/2500 and 3500/3000 to be precise). Later in the DOMA FillerArc, it combines with the Aura Armor to fuse with Jonouchi himself, creating Lord of the Red (2400/2000), which can destroy every monster on the field, as soon as two magic cards are played.
* ILoveNuclearPower: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon attacks with a fusion blast.
* MagikarpPower: As the [[NoExportForYou Japanese-only]] first anime movie said, the Blue-Eyes has more raw power (compare 3000 attack to Red Eyes with 2400), but Red-Eyes has many, many evolved forms that give it higher versatility.[[note]]To name a few, [[MechanicalMonster Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon]], [[CastingAShadow Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon]], [[{{Kaiju}} Meteor Black Dragon]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent B. Skull Dragon]], [[PoweredArmor Lord of the Red]]...[[/note]]
* MeaningfulName: It's a black dragon with red eyes. Go figure.
* MechanicalMonster: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a huge mechanical dragon that attacks with a fusion blast. Jonouchi first used it against Bandit Keith, by stealing Keith's Metalmorph card; he later added Metalmorph to his own deck, using the Black Metal Dragon during the DOMA FillerArc.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: That is one creepy-looking monster.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: As Black Skull Dragon, a Fiend/Dragon combo with 3200 ATK points.
* PowerEqualsRarity: Played with. In-show it's said to be ultra-rare, and it is certainly ''treated'' like an incredibly powerful card, despite its average stats. However, its ability to combine with other cards makes it much more useful than it would be otherwise, hence the rarity.
* PoweredArmor: Its Lord of the Red form is a suit of dragon-themed mechanical armor over a human host.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].
* TheRival: Is often treated as Blue-Eyes' rival by the fandom. Given the fact that the Solid Vision hologram roars in triumph when Yugi uses it to take down one of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes, this may well be justified.
* RobotMe: Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, a robotic version of the monster that is created by equipping it with Metalmorph.
* TookALevelInBadass: As Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, Black Skull Dragon, or any of its other alternate forms.
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[[folder:Flame Swordsman]]
A card Jonouchi uses in the Duelist Kingdom arc of the manga. In the anime, it's one of Jounouchi's signature cards and his alleged favorite - Flame Swordsman has a history of getting his owner out of jams. A versatile card that's easy to support, and can combine with various others for interesting effects, it's exceptionally useful to him during the Duelist Kingdom arc (and the Virtual Nightmare FillerArc). During the DOMA FillerArc, Jonouchi adds its [[PaletteSwap twin]], Blue Flame Swordsman to his arsenal.
The Flame Swordsman is an original card created by Pegasus and does not appear as a gaming piece during the Shadow RPG.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: After the Duelist Kingdom arc ends in the manga and the new "Expert Rules" take effect, Flame Swordsman is PutOnABus due to being a five-star monster with low stats and no effect, and only reappears in a major role during the anime's Virtual Nightmare FillerArc as Jonouchi's Deck Master. He sure does ''look'' awesome though.
* {{Badass}}: Just look at him! Also, for a card that's technically pretty weak, he's gotten Jonouchi out of some ''very'' complicated messes.
* BashBrothers: With the Dark Magician during the Duelist Kingdom arc. The way they look when they're played together, one could be forgiven for thinking they're as close as Yugi and Jonouchi (who were actually roleplaying as the cards during the anime's loose adaptation of the Monster World RPG as a Duel Monsters game). You could make a case for Flame Swordsman and Blue Flame Swordsman as well.
* {{BFS}}: Carries a sword that's almost as big as he is.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a large spiked helmet.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's a swordsman with a FlamingSword. Blue Flame Swordsman is the same guy, colored blue.
* FlamingSword: How did you not get that from the name?
* FusionDance: Is a fusion card in the regular game (between Flame Manipulator and Masaki-The Legendary Swordsman), and can fuse himself with Dark Magician to create Black Flare Knight, a MagicKnight with only 2200 attack, but a variety of interesting effects.
* MagicKnight: Is one himself, and can become a stronger one by fusing with Dark Magician, creating Dark Flare Knight.
* PaletteSwap: Blue Flame Swordsman, who summons a regular Flame Swordsman to the field when it's destroyed.
* PlayingWithFire: This should surprise no one. One of the creatures used to make him is actually called "Flame Manipulator."
* PowerGlows: Turns bright gold while under the influence of the Burning Soul Sword Magic Card.
* PowerUp: Salamandra can actually be played on any FIRE monster, but you'd never know that from how Jonouchi uses it. Same goes for Burning Soul Sword.
* StatusBuff: His Deck Master ability in anime filler allows him to decrease his own ATK in order to increase the ATK of another Warrior-type monster by the same amount.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Often plays the "Sword" to Yugi's Dark Magician's "Sorcerer".
* TechnicolourFire: Flame Swordsman's flames are the same orange color as his outfit. Blue Flame Swordsman's are, unsurprisingly, Blue.
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[[folder:Egyptian God Cards]]
* {{Badass}}: In-universe they're considered the best cards in the game. Them hitting the field is usually a sign the duel will be over very shortly.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Don't try to use a God Card unless you're qualified to use them via Ancient Egyptian heritage, and ''definitely'' don't try to use a counterfeit version of a God Card. They tend to response by invoking this trope on the perpetrator.
* BreathWeapon: "[[PlayingWithFire Blaze Cannon]]" for Ra and "[[ShockAndAwe Thunder Force]]" for Slifer.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The three eventually all got released in the real world with their abilities nerfed to make them balanced.
* TheBrute[=/=]TheBigGuy: While Ra and Slifer have various special abilities and gimmicks to their Attack and Defense scores that require strategy to make work[[note]]Ra's Attack is equal to the Attack of the monsters Tributed to summon it, while Slife has 1000x Attack and Defense for each card in your hand[[/note]], Obelisk's effect is to automatically inflict 4000 damage for two tributes (in the anime, this is a OneHitKO), and his Attack and Defense are set at 4000. Essentially, he's just a giant beatstick.
* CastFromHitPoints: Ra lets the user give up Life Points to empower it in different ways.
* CharacterTiers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe within themselves - Osiris and Obelisk comprise the lower tier, while Ra is on top.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ra is yellow, Osiris is red, Obelisk is blue.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Depending on which episodes you watch, the God Cards are either completely immune to card effects, or card effects only work on them for a single turn. Either way, once they hit the field the only way to get rid of them is to defeat them in a straight-up battle. This is of course to stop them from being {{Anti Climax Boss}}es that are easily stopped with card effects.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Ra is made out to be all but unstoppable, making Dark Yugi's defeat of it this.
* FaceFramedInShadow: While its card was seen regularly, before Dark Marik summoned it against Mai, Ra was always shown shadowed or only seen from a distance to obscure the details of its appearance.
* FinalBoss: Defeating Ra becomes an integral part of defeating Dark Marik in his Shadow Games, and taking it down ultimately results in his death and Dark Yugi's victory.
* FusionDance: Whenever Dark Marik feeds his life points into Ra, his body, lacking one hand to keep holding his cards and Duel Disk, and with a gaping hole where his eye ought to be, fuses with Ra, leaking black smoke. This is later turned against him, when losing Ra, costs him control of his body to the real Marik.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Designed to be this. However, due to the fact that the god cards have CharacterTiers within themselves, Obelisk and Slifer are more like [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Swords]] to Ra's InfinityPlusOneSword.
* LargeAndInCharge: They are ''massive'' cards; Obelisk fills the testing room when Kaiba first summons him, and when Dark Yugi summons Slifer it coils around the airship the duel is taking place on.
* MechanicalMonster: Ra is a huge robotic-looking dragon.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Each time that Ra gains a new power it helps Dark Marik win a Shadow Game he otherwise could not. It ''is'' mentioned that it has three powers early on, but not what they are.
* OminousLatinChanting: Accompanies their summonings in the dub.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ra is a mechanical griffon, who becomes a phoenix.
* ThePhoenix: Ra's alternate form. It turns into flames, and destroys everything on the field.
* PhysicalGod: All of them are gods in Duel Monster form.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Specifically designed to be the strongest cards in the game.
* SummonMagic: In the Shadow RPG, Pharaoh Atem needs to give up a large amount of ''Ba'' in his ''ba'' gauge to summon them.
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!''GX''
[[folder:Elemental Heroes]]
The Elemental Heroes form Judai's core deck theme revolving around low-level monsters based on comic book superheroes, they can fuse together and use support cards to perform powerful combos.
As part of Judai's fall to darkness in Season 3, his deck is corrupted, giving him darker alternate artworks for the base Elemental Heroes and entirely replacing their Fusions with darker Evil Hero monsters, who can only be summoned with Dark Fusion. The Evil Heroes sacrifice the flexibility of the Elemental Heroes (specifically by requiring a specific Fusion card) in exchange for more raw power in the form of stronger effects compared to their counterparts.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Bladedge, who has the piercing battle damage effect.
* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 are right out of comic book settings.
* AntiHero: The Evil Heroes are Type V at ''least''.
* ArmCannon: Bubbleman and Rampart Blaster.
* BarbarianHero: Wildheart is a shirtless hero who fights with a boomerang.
* BatSignal: Hero Signal projects a signal to the sky to call them out.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Bladedge fights with arm blades.
* CoolGuns: Spark Blaster and Bubble Blaster.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Necroshade can summon a high leveled Hero without a sacrifice if it's in the graveyard. Also, [[TakingYouWithMe Darkbright destroys an opponent's monster when it's destroyed itself.]]
* ElementalPowers: The base heroes all conform to one of the common elements: [[BlowYouAway Avian]], [[ShockAndAwe Sparkman]], [[PlayingWithFire Burstinatrix]], [[DishingOutDirt Clayman]], [[MakingASplash Bubbleman]], [[CastingAShadow Necroshade]], [[LightEmUp Blade-Edge]], and eventually [[LightEmUp Neos]]. Then in the manga we get [[GreenThumb Plant-based]] Heroes like Knospe and Woodsman.
* EvilCounterpart: Most of the Evil Heroes, specifically:
** Evil Hero Inferno Wing to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
** Evil Hero Lightning Golem to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
** Evil Hero Wild Cyclone to Elemental Hero Wild Wingman
** Evil Hero Infernal Sniper to Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster
** Evil Hero Malicious Edge to Elemental Hero Bladedge
* FallenHero: Evil Heroes are, like Judai as the Supreme King, heroes that gave into darkness for greater power.
* FeatherFlechettes: Avian attacks by shooting feathers.
* FieldPowerEffect: Skyscraper and Skyscraper 2 Hero City.
* FusionDance: Their key strength, almost any two heroes can fuse together, so Judai always has plenty of options when it's time to fuse.
* GatlingGood: Rampart Blaster is armed with an ArmCannon gatling gun.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Elemental Hero Neos. He may be the most popular, powerful, and heroic of Judai/Jaden's monsters.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Implied to be the origin of Evil Heroes.
* LightEmUp: Shining Flame Wingman, Electrum, and Neos and some of its fused forms.
* MagikarpPower: Without their support cards or Fusion cards the individual heroes are pretty weak. But once you get the cards you need for a combo or a Fusion, watch out.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Flame Wingman and Shining Flare Wingman.
* ShadowArchetype: The evil heroes to the elemental heroes, especially in playstyle. In comparison; the Elemental Heroes have far more support and members than the Evil Heroes. However, the few options Evil heroes Have, '''work'''. To compare: Elemental Hero Thunder Giant requires a discard cost and the monster to be weaker than the thunder giant for his effect to destroy a face-up monster. Evil Hero Lighting Golem (Thunder Giant's counterpart) just requires the player to choose which monster dies and the monster dies. Elemental Heroes also have countless ways to fusion summon and what to fusion summon into, whereas the Evil Heroes have two fusion methods and far fewer fusion monster to summon from.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Bubbleman's effect isn't very consistent; it can be its real life counterpart, or a more convenient version of it. No cards anywhere on the field, Bubbleman is the only card in Jaden's hands? Special Summon, draw two cards! Jaden merely has no monsters on his side of the field? Special Summon, draw two cards!
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Burstinatrix was the only female member at first (the original version of her card even says so) until more female members were added later. (They never appeared in the anime, however, but did appear in the manga.)
* TeamPet: Wroughtweiler is the dog of the team.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Necroshade, the sole Dark-Attribute Elemental Hero.
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[[folder:Neo Spacians]]
An archetype based on cards Judai designed as a child, they were sent into space on a time capsule and infused with cosmic energy, turning them into animal-themed superheroes. They consist of the six base Neo-Spacians, Elemental Hero Neos, and some other non Neo-Spacian cards that still fit the general theme/idea, like Rallis the Star Bird.
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* AlienAnimals: The Neo Spacians each resemble an animal or [[PlantAliens fungi in Glow Moss's case.]]
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: The Neo Spacians speak perfect English when Judai finds them.
* AllYourPowersCombined: God Neos can use all the effects of the Neo Spacians.
* AmbiguousGender: The decidedly feminine appearance of Twinkle Moss implies that Glow Moss is female. The other Neo Spacians all have very masculine voices. With all of them though, their physical appearance other than Glow Moss doesn't indicate a gender.
* BatSignal: N-Signal calls more of them out with a beam of light to signal them.
* CastingAShadow / DarkIsNotEvil: Dark Panther.
* CameFromTheSky: These cards fell from space on a Kaiba corp satellite while Jaden was on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
* ChildhoodFriends: The Neo Spacians were cards that Jaden drew when he was a child and were sent into space to receive their powers.
* ElementalPowers: One Neo-Spacian for each of the game's six Attributes: [[PlayingWithFire Flare Scarab]], [[DishingOutDirt Grand Mole]], [[MakingASplash Aqua Dolphin]], [[BlowYouAway Air Hummingbird]], [[CastingAShadow Dark Panther]], and [[LightEmUp Glow Moss]].
* EnergyWeapon: Neos Energy lets Neos wield one of these.
* FieldPowerEffect: Neo Space boosts a Neos monster's attack and allows it to remain on the field.
* {{Fireballs}}: Magma Neos attacks with a giant fireball called Meteor Meltdown.
* FusionDance: Contact Fusion, a unique method of fusing not needing a Fusion-type card to initiate.
* HeroicDolphin: Aqua Dolphin.
* HourOfPower: A Neos fusion monster only stays on the field for 1 turn before returning to the deck. Unless, a Neo Space card is present on the field.
* InnocentAliens: The Neo Spacians are Jaden's [[BondCreatures friends]] and originally [[TheChosenOne sought him out so he could defeat]] the 2nd season's BigBad.
* KnightTemplar: Neos in episode 136. This wasn't included in the dub.
--> Neos: Judai the die has already been cast. At a point like this, it's the fate of a duelist to exhaust their reserves in order to gain victory.
* MagicalLand: They come from Neo Space.
* MrExposition: Aqua Dolphin in season 2 exists to explain to Judai what the Neo Spacians are.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Neo Spacians are perfectly willing to support Jaden using the Supreme King's powers to stop Yubel.
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet: They're heroes named for the region of space they were born in.
* PhysicalGod: God Neos, who can use any Hero or Neo Spacian monster effect from the graveyard.
* RazorWind: How Air Neos attacks.
* SapientCetaceans: Aqua Dolphin.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Glow Moss, if you take Twinkle Moss' figure as an indication that Glow Moss is female.
* SpiritAdvisor: Of all the Neo Spacians, Aqua Dolphin fits this trope the most. He is the first Neo Spacian that Jaden meets and provides emotional support in times of need. Like the time Jaden couldn't see his cards after losing to Aster, and Aqua Dolphin introduces him to his new deck and restores his love of dueling. Also, encouraging Jaden to use Polymerization in the last duel with Yubel.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Judai picks them up in Season 2 most of his victories in the rest of the series come about due to a Neo-Spacian, Neos, or some fusion of the two.
* StarPower: The Neo Spacians obtained their powers by being sent into space.
* SuperEmpowering: The Common Soul card can summon a Neo Spacian and have it's Attack points added to another monster.
* [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]: All the Neo Spacians can speak and have different personalities.
* ThisIsADrill: Grand Mole has a drill for its weapon.
* UndyingLoyalty: They remain by Judai's side no matter what.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting / PowerCopying: Dark Panther can transform into and copy the effects of an opponent's monster.
* WeatherManipulation: Storm Neos; the clue is in the name.
* WolverineClaws: Storm Neos has a pair.
* YinYangBomb: Chaos Neos is Neos fused with the Dark-Attribute Dark Panter and Light-attribute Glow Moss.
* YouAreNotAlone: Most notably in episode 151.
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[[folder:Cyber Dragons/Cyberdark Dragons]]
Ryo's key cards, he uses the Cyber Dragons in Season 1, performing various combos with them to quickly summon Cyber End Dragon for a OneHitKO. In the second season he undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and begins to use the Cyberdarks, dark Cyber Dragons that utilize normal Dragon-type monsters to power up. In Seasons 3 and 4 he combines the two archetypes and utilizes both with deadly efficiency. In the manga, Ryo uses different types of "Cyber" monsters other than Cyber Dragon, but they still have draconian themes to them.
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* AnimalMecha: They're all based on dragons.
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Cyberdark Horn and Cyber End Dragon can inflict Piercing Damage.
* CombiningMecha: Cyberdark Dragon gets its wings from "Cyberdark Edge", its body from "Cyberdark Keel", and its horns from "Cyberdark Horn".
* BreathWeapon: Cyber Dragon's attack, Evolution Burst
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: Ryo is a good guy when using Cyber Dragon, but following his FaceHeelTurn he uses the Cyberdarks to fit his new persona
** DarkIsNotEvil: Once he turns back to good he still uses the Cyberdarks. However, the only usage he makes of the Cyber Dragons while evil is as fodder to power up the Cyberdarks, so LightIsNotGood is mostly averted.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Played straight as can be with the Cyber Dragons and Cyberdarks representing the two halves of the symbol.
* EquippableAlly: The specialty of the Cyberdarks is to equip Dragon-type monsters to themselves to power up.
* EvilCounterpart: The Cyberdarks to the Cyber Dragons.
* {{Expy}}: Ryo's status as an Expy of Kaiba is hard to dispute when Cyber End Dragon looks like a combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. By the same token, the Cyberdarks resemble members of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon family.
* FusionDance: Both types rely on fusing into new forms.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Ryo's cards are some of the best of their era, and they're all cool-looking dragons.
* MeaningfulName:
** The Edge part of Cyberdark Edge probably refers to its wing tips being as sharp as blades.
** "Cyberdark Horn" is named such because it gives "Cyberdark Dragon" its four horns.
** "Cyberdark Keel" is named after the keel of a ship, as it becomes the body of "Cyberdark Dragon".
* OneHitKill: Ryo uses Chimeratech Overdragon to perform one, signaling his FaceHeelTurn. Dedicated real life decks using Cyber Dragon and its variants can also pull these off.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're machines, for one thing, and embody the yin yang.
* {{Ouroboros}}: Cyber Ouroboros.
* PowerTrio: The Cyberdarks have three members.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ojamas]]
Manjoume's spirit partners, to his disgust. Although he never stops insulting them, they become a key part of his deck as he adds more support cards for them over the course of the series, learning to utilize their hidden strengths.
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* BlatantLies: After Chazz is [[{{Deprogram}} freed from being brainwashed]], the Ojamas claim Jaden stole them to use against Chazz.
* CombinationAttack: Ojama Delta Hurricane
* FusionDance: Ojama King is a fusion of the three of them.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Ojama Knight is an Ojama in knight armor.
* LethalJokeCharacter: A trio of Normal monsters with 0 ATK, but together they can obliterate an opponent's field.
* MeaningfulName: "Ojamashimasu" is a Japanese phrase roughly translating as "pardon me for interrupting/intruding". It's why the flavor text on the card mentions the Ojamas always butt in on things, and why their stronger cards fill up the opponent's Monster Zones.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of the Three Stooges.
* PluckyComicRelief: They get a lot of the jokes in the series.
* PowerTrio: The three of them must be together to release their powers.
* ShoutOut: Their mannerisms in the dub are based on the Three Stooges.
* StoneWall: Ojama King has 3000 defense, and Ojama Knight trails just after it with 2500.
* UnderwearOfPower: All three of them appear clad in nothing but their underwear.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Destiny Heroes]]
Edo Phoenix's main monster theme, based on characters in British literature. Their effects rely on swarming the field and manipulating time in various ways, doing things after a turn or two of preparation. Their leader is Destiny Hero Bloo-D/Destiny Hero Plasma.
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* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Dark City.
* AncestralWeapon: These cards were passed down to Edo from his deceased father.
* AntiHero: When one considers their play-style and how they use their effects, type lll.
* AntiMagic: Why is Destiny Hero Plasma the Ultimate D Card? When used with the spell D-Force, Plasma negates all monster, spell and trap card effects used against itself and the user, this plus VampiricDraining.
* ArmCannon: Fear Monger and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BackFromTheDead / ResurrectedForAJob: A major theme of the Destiny Heroes is that they resurrect themselves from the graveyard to provide several flexible strategies, such as collecting enough monsters to summon stronger ones (Dogma and Plasma), reinforce their offence (Dread Master), draw more cards (Disk Commander), and even summon themselves to the opponents field to provide an opening for damage (Departed).
* BatSignal: Destiny Signal is their answer to Hero Signal and N-Signal.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dogma, Blade Master, and Destiny End Dragoon.
* BloodyMurder: Plasma attaks with a wave of blood.
* BreakingOutTheBoss: Destiny Hero Dreadmaster.
* ChekhovsGun: The missing Ultimate D - Card (Destiny Hero - Plasma/D-HERO - Bloo-D) stolen from Aster's father was the first host for the Light of Destruction.
* ClockKing: Certain cards create strategies for the next turn. Such as Diamond Dude who sends a spell card to the graveyard to be activated next turn.
* CrapsackWorld; Dark attribute monsters? A Clock Tower Prison? Monsters that constantly revive themselves meaning they have to die first? The Destiny Heroes most certainly fit the idea.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite all being Dark-attribute, they're still heroes and are wielded by a protagonist.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Several Destiny Heroes can activate their effects from the graveyard. Such as Fear Monger, Double Dude, Malicious, Dasher, Departed, etc.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Upon defeating The D, Aster manages to purify the tainted Ultimate D - Card from the Light of Destruction. Afterwards, Plasma becomes the centerpiece to his Destiny Hero Deck.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Elemental Heroes, naturally.
* FieldPowerEffect: Dark City comes with an attack boost and Clock Tower Prison prevents all battle damage after 4 turns.
* FusionDance: Plasma and Dogma fuse to summon the Final D-Card, Destiny End Dragoon.
* GoneToTheFuture: Doom Lord's ability that sends an opponent's monster 2 turns into the future. The first time Aster used Doom Lord against Jaden's Heroes, the equip spells on Shining Flare Wingman and Bubbleman were destroyed, invoking CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* HellholePrison: Clock Tower Prison, considering Dreadmaster needs 4 turns before being summoned.
* MartyrdomCulture: Considering most of these monsters have low attack points and effects that revolve around being revived or summoning other monsters once they are destroyed, the Destiny Heroes can almost certainly be considered this trope.
* MementoMacGuffin: Serves this purpose to Edo of his father.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Plasma/Bloo-D.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Dreadmaster is a hulking prisoner that escaped confinement.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: Dread Servant works this way for Dreadmaster.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Destiny Hero cards often employ strategies that involve sacrificing weaker cards in order to achieve successful results. Using several tributes to summon the strongest monsters, monsters when destroyed provide the player with useable strategies later on (Fear Monger, Double Dude, etc), and cards that are mostly intended for this purpose. Aster was even willing to sacrifice Plasma for a combo to win against otherwise impossible odds in his duel with Amon.
* RainOfBlood: How Plasma attacks, named Vengeful Rain.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Destiny End Dragoon revives every standby phase if it is in the graveyard by simply removing another Destiny Hero monster.
* ShoutOut: Many to English literature, most notably...
** Plasma is based on {{Dracula}}. Not only in appearance but ability as well, having vampire fangs, he needs blood to be stronger, and no monsters can resist him (his negate-monsters-effects ability), just like no human can resist Dracula's eyes.
** Double Dude is based on [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]
** Doom Lord is based on ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
** Dreadmaster is based on Man in the Iron Mask.
** Clock Tower Prison is based on the real life ClockTower Big Ben in London.
* TimeMaster: Their effects revolve around time control, with effects relying on doing things on later turns. For example, Diamond Dude lets you discard the top card of your deck, and if it's a Spell you can activate its effect on your next turn. Doom Lord banishes a monster that returns in two turns, Double Dude summons tokens the turn after it's destroyed, and so forth.
* ThanatosGambit: Aster's father created D-Hero - Dark Angel in the event Aster would require a counter for Plasma. The trope fits very well because Aster's father was manipulated by the Light of Destruction to create Plasma in the first place.
* UltimateLifeform: In the anime, when Plasma is supported by the special spell D-Force, Literally NOTHING can stop him, he becomes completely invulnerable to any effects, and all opposing monsters on the field have their AppliedPhlebotinum negated. Him having probably absorbed already a monster with powerful ATK and Effect, claiming them as his own (His powers are akin to TheAssimilator) doesn't make things easier. Aster had to use the Kryptonite card designed by his father to defeat this combo.
* VampiricDraining: Plasma can steal a monster from the opponent, increase it's attack points by half the monster's, and acquire it's special effects.
* YourSoulIsMine: Plasma can drain the souls of its victims, not just monsters in the card game but actual human souls, as seen with Aster's father and Doctor Collector. FridgeHorror when shown that Aster continues to do this when he has Plasma defeat one of the Supreme King's goblins.
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[[folder:Crystal Beasts]]
The "Crystal Beasts", whose original name is "Gem Beasts", are all animals which have each a different kind of gem in their bodies. Their different gem colors form the seven colors of the rainbow, reflecting the name and design of their ace monster, Rainbow Dragon. These rare cards were won and used primarily by Jesse Anderson.
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* AllYourColorsCombined: Rainbow Dragon uses an effect called Rainbow Overdrive which uses all the Crystal Beasts on the field to boost it's attack further.
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the 7 Crystal Beasts are based on an animal.
* ChekhovsGun: The Rainbow Dragon card that Jesse was searching for in the 3rd season turned out to be the key to returning duel academy back to the real world.
* ColorCodedStones: Each Crystal Beast is based on the following Gemstones:
** Ruby Carbuncle: Red
** Amber Mammoth: Orange
** Topaz Tiger: Yellow
** Emerald Tortoise: Green
** Sapphire Pegasus and Cobalt Eagle: Different shades of Blue
** Amethyst Cat: Purple
* DimensionalTraveler: Rainbow Dragon is so powerful that it is strong enough to create a portal to return Duel Academy to Earth from the other dimension.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: The prismatic Rainbow Dragon is the leader of the series.
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: All of them have jewels and/or jewelry on their bodies.
* EvilCounterpart: [[BigBad Yubel]] uses the Advanced Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dark Dragon, which are an EvilCounterpart version of the Crystal Beasts when Yubel has these monsters enslaved and Jesse trapped in the Rainbow Dark Dragon while [[DemonicPossession she takes control of Jesse's body.]]
* FusionDance: Rainbow Dragon fuses with Elemental Hero Neos to summon Rainbow Neos a few times in the show.
* GemEncrusted: They all bear gemstones somewhere on their body.
* GuardianEntity: The Gem Beasts and Rainbow Dragon protect Jesse's mind from anyone that may want to harm him. Yubel is able to possess Jesse by somehow corrupting Rainbow Dragon and enslaving the Crystal Beasts.
* KickTheDog: Yubel does this to Topaz Tiger in a duel with Jaden.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The Crystal Beasts and Rainbow Dragon chose Jesse as the duelist to wield them. Unfortunately...
* MadeASlave: [[EvilCounterpart Turned into the Advanced Crystal Beasts]] by Yubel while [[DemonicPossession possessing Jesse.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, their voices and personalities are based on American celebrities (or rather, pretty bad imitations of them) which is odd, considering they supposedly originated centuries ago in Rome. To wit:
--> Emerald Tortoise: Woody Allen
--> Cobalt Eager: Don Adams
--> Amber Mammoth: Arnold Schwarzenegger
--> Topaz Tiger: Sean Connery
--> Sapphire Pegasus: James Stewart
--> Amethyst Cat: Julie Newmar
* {{Pegasus}}: Sapphire Pegasus.
* PokemonSpeak: All Ruby Carbuncle says is "Ruby".
* PowerCrystal: Their entire schtick.
* RainbowMotif: The seven of them are based on the colors of the rainbow.
* TalkingAnimal: Except for Ruby.
* UndyingLoyalty: They're always there for Johan.
* YouAreNotAlone: To Johan in episode 152.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Phantom Demons (Sacred Beasts)]]
Three powerful and dangerous cards sealed under Duel Academy - Uria, Lord of Searing Flames; Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder; and Raviel, Lord of Phantasms. They are based in appearance and power on the Egyptian God Cards, and have the power to absorb energy from other cards and duel spirits to empower themselves and their wielder.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: At least with the God Cards, getting three monsters onto the field was fairly feasible. But ''good luck'' summoning these guys, whose summon requirements are to tribute three Continuous Traps, three Continuous Spells, and three Fiend-type Monsters.
* CantCatchUp: In the first season, the three of them in the hands of Kagemaru was pretty much TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and they needed the power of the Philosopher Stone combined with Elixer to be defeated. In the third season, Yubel gets her hands on them, and even with cards that can instantly Summon all three of them and a Fusion with 10,000 ATK, the Demons seem to barely be keeping pace with the Neo-Spacians, the Gem Beasts, and Exodia cards that were being thrown around that season, essentially just becoming regular (albeit powerful) cards in her Deck. They also don't seem to have the "drain the world of energy" thing anymore.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Once in play they begin to drain other cards of their energy.
* DemBones: The three all bear skeletal features, Hamon being the most prominent.
* DubNameChange: Completely reversing the intent for them to be ''evil'' versions of the God Cards by calling them "Sacred Beasts".
* EvilCounterpart: Of the Egyptian God Cards in the original series.
* FusionDance: Armityle, the Phantom of Chaos.
* LargeAndInCharge: They're massive, towering over most other GX-era monsters.
* LightIsNotGood: Hamon. Light-attribute? Check. Electricity-associated? Check. Part of an evil demon trio whose release will destroy the world? Check.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: All of them, Uria most apparent.
* NestedMouths: Uria.
* PlayingWithFire: Uria's attack.
* PowerTrio: There's three of them.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They are all named after figures from Judeo-Christian lore. Uria for the man Uriah ([[UriahGambit yes]] ''[[UriahGambit that]]'' [[UriahGambit Uriah]]), or the Angel Uriah[[note]]whose name means "''the Lord is my light''"[[/note]; Hamon for the angel Hamon[[note]]an alternate name for the ArchangelGabriel[[/note]] or Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther; Raviel for the angel Raziel[[note]]Whose name means ''Secret[s] of God''[[/note]].
* ShockAndAwe: Hamon's type (Thunder) and attack, ''Cerulean Skyfire''.
* SpikesOfVillainy: All of them have spikes covering their bodies.
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!''5Ds''
[[folder:Signer Dragons]]
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The embodiment of the Red Star worshiped by the People of the Stars 5000 years ago was known as the Crimson Dragon. After sealing the Jibakushin within the Nazca Lines, its power was divided into 5 separate pieces and infused into the 5 individuals known as Signers as a Dragon's Birthmark. The Five Dragons who protect the Signers are its servants. In the present era, the birthmarks appear on new wielders to combat a new threat, and the Signer Dragons appear to aid them again.
Yusei holds the Dragon's Tail birthmark (later changed to the Dragon's Head) and wields Stardust Dragon. Jack Atlas has the Dragon's Wings and Red Dragon Archfiend. Aki Izayoi has the Dragon's Rear Claw and Black Rose Dragon. Ruka has the Dragon's Front Claw and Ancient Fairy Dragon. The fifth signer mark, the Head, was originally held by Roman Godwin, whose arm (and mark) were taken and used by his brother Rex. The Dragon's Head mark transferred to Yusei, and Crow Hogan became the fifth Signer with the Dragon's Tail mark, also gaining Black-Winged Dragon later in the series. A sixth mark, the Dragon's Heart, is revealed to belong to Rua near the end of the series, and unlocks his Signer Dragon Life Stream Dragon.
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* AllYourPowersCombined:
** When a Signer is fighting with great determination the Dragon's Birthmarks can unite onto their back, forming the Full Dragon's Birthmark and allowing them to draw [[DeusExMachina Savior Dragon.]] Godwin later turns this on them when he gets the Dragon Head.
** Again with Shooting Quasar Dragon. It's summoned using all of the Synchro Monsters except Stardust Dragon as Synchro Material (although it is an evolution of Stardust Dragon anyway), its [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/9/96/ShootingQuasarDragonMG03-JP-UR.jpg card artwork]] features tuning rings the same colors as all the Signer Dragons, and as noted [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Trivia:Shooting_Quasar_Dragon here,]] it has effects somewhat reminiscent of all the Signer Dragons.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Signers having to come together and face the Dark Signers and Earthbound Gods every 5000 years.
* BigGood: The Crimson Dragon is a benevolent deity aiding the heroes when they need it.
* ChekhovsGun: Life Stream Dragon, appearing to Rua as the final Signer Dragon ''over two years'' after it initially cameoed in the second ED, ''Cross Game'', and again in Ruka's vision in Episode 30.
* ChekhovsSkill: Doubles with ChekhovsGun above. At first, Rua's Life Stream Dragon being a Synchro Tuner monster and having the effect to manipulate the levels of other monsters on the field (in the anime) seems fairly random and a waste. However, after Rua lends it to Yusei for the final battle with [[BigBad Z-One]], Yusei tunes it to all the other Signer Dragons (minus Stardust Dragon) to Synchro Summon [[AllYourPowersCombined Shooting Quasar Dragon.]]
* DeusExMachina: Savior Dragon and the Synchro Monsters it summons, Savior Star Dragon and Savior Demons' Dragon. Aside from the two Synchro monsters being incredibly powerful (although the real life card game {{Nerf}}s them to a degree), Savior Dragon only appears after the Crimson Dragon adds it on top a Signer (in this case Yusei and Jack's) decks. This means that Yusei and Jack are battling using a card ''not even in their decks.''
** AwesomeButImpractical: The Savior Dragons revert back to their original forms at the end of the turn, making them unfavorable in the actual card game. This comes up In-Universe where Yusei is aware that he cannot use Savior Star Dragon because Placido's setup makes it useless and would cause Stardust to get absorbed.
* ElementalPowers: The Signer Dragons and their attributes.
** BlowYouAway: Yusei's Stardust Dragon
** CastingAShadow: Jack's Red Demons' Dragon, and Crow's Blackfeather Dragon.
** DishingOutDirt: Rua's Life Stream Dragon
** LightEmUp: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** MakingASplash: The only attribute not represented by a Signer Dragon.
** PlayingWithFire: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The Savior Dragons, again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Crimson Dragon showed the Signers a vision of Satellite being engulfed by the flames of the Spider Geoglyph.
* {{God}}: Perhaps the most powerful god in the franchise so far. Its level of power is shown to be even stronger than the other gods from the rest of the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, especially in the 10th anniversary movie, where The Crimson Dragon is the main being that allows Yusei to travel back to Judai and Yugi's time periods.
* JesusTaboo: Because of this, the 'Savior' in the Savior Dragons is replaced with 'Majestic' in the TCG and in the English dub, and Savior Demons' Dragon being renamed Majestic Red Dragon. Also a lesser example, "Red Demons' Dragon" being re-named "Red Dragon Archfiend" like other Archfiend monsters.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The birthmarks, at the very end of the series. The Crimson Dragon itself also leaves, its duties having been fulfilled.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Crimson Devil's mini-arc heavily hints that the Crimson Dragon is actually Quetza Coatl.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Life Stream Dragon as a card is unique in several regards among the Signer Dragons. It's the only Signer Dragon to have a specific summoning condition (requiring another Synchro Monster, Power Tool Dragon), and it's the only Signer Dragon that is a Synchro Tuner monster.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Crimson Dragon is a gigantic red dragon that appears to be made of fire or light.
* PersonalityPowers: The initial four Dragons reflect their user's personality, at least before their CharacterDevelopment.
** Stardust Dragon can sacrifice itself to negate the destruction of other cards and then return, reflecting Yusei's selflessness and heroism.
** Red Dragon Archfield destroys all defending monsters when it attacks and destroys allies who don't attack, reflecting Jack's belief in power and betrayal of his friends.
** Black Rose Dragon destroys all other cards on the field and can drain the ATK of other monsters, reflecting Aki's uncontrollable destructive powers and her sadistic love of causing pain.
** Ancient Fairy Dragon can change Field Spells in play and summon monsters from the hand, reflecting Ruka's connection the spirit world and the Duel Spirits that live there.
* SealedBadassInACan: Life Stream Dragon was initially sealed as Rua's Power Tool Dragon.
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[[folder:Earthbound Immortals]]
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Embodiments of evil sealed within the Nazca Lines by the Crimson Dragon and its servants. They were unleashed from the Underworld 17 years ago, after the Zero Reverse incident blew a hole between this world and theirs. They are the driving force behind the Dark Signers, and are as follows; Uru (Spider), Cusillu (Monkey), Ccapac Apu (Giant), Aslla Piscu (Hummingbird), Ccarayhua (Lizard), Chacu Challua (Killer Whale) and lastly Wiraqocha Rasca (Condor). Much like the 5 Dragons serve the Crimson Dragon, they serve the King of the Underworld (Meikai No Oh).
There is another 'lost' Earthbound God, Scar-Red Nova, which was personally sealed by the Crimson Dragon 5000 years before the others, and was too violent for the Dark Signers to use. Its power was sealed by Jack to create Scar-Red Nova Dragon.
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* BeatStillMyHeart: When Earthbound Gods are summoned, a disembodied heart appears and starts beating as it absorbs people's souls.
* BiggerBad: The King of the Underworld is built up to be this until it is revealed that [[BigBad Rex Godwin]] was using it the whole time.
* BreathWeapon: Wiraqocha Rasca, and the King of the Underworld.
* CherryTapping: Wiraqocha Rosca's 1 ATK, meant to compliment [[HPToOne its key anime effect]].
* DemonicPossession: They will do this if they are not happy with their Dark Signer.
* EldritchAbomination: ''All'' of them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Cusillu.
* GiantEyeOfDoom: Ccarayhua.
* GiantSpider: Uru.
* HPToOne: Wiraqocha Rasca's anime effect.
* MadeOfEvil: According to Bruno, they were manifested from the evil in people's hearts.
* {{Mayincatec}}: They are all based on Nazca Lines.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Earthbound Gods' sacrifices.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Wiraqocha Rasca, particularly as it's the most powerful of the seven.
* OhCrap: Prominent when they are summoned.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The King of the Underworld, which appears as an EvilCounterpart to Life Stream Dragon. [[FridgeBrilliance It represents Death, while Life Stream represents Life.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Old Momentum being the can-opener and the Nazca Lines, of all things, being the can.
%% * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* TheUnpronounceable: The Earthbound God's names are in Quechuan.
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[[folder:Sychrons/Warriors]]
Yusei's main cards, the Sychrons are low-level Tuners and the Warriors are low-level Warrior-types. To summon a Synchro Warrior, they need the appropriate Synchron as Tuner -- usually, the Warrior and the Synchron have the same adjective, such as Road Warrior needing Road Synchron. The most prominent of these is Junk Warrior, who rivals Stardust Dragon as Yusei's signature monster.
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* DubInducedPlotHole: The Japanese cards had "Warrior" spelled differently to show they were different from previous monsters with "Warrior" in their name. The english translations didn't approximate this.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shield Warrior wields a massive shield. To show its defensive prowess, it can banish itself from the Graveyard to protect your monsters from being destroyed in battle.
* ThisIsADrill: Drill Synchron has twin drills for arms, while Drill Warrior has a single arm-drill.
* ZergRush: Very few of the non-Synchros have anything resembling impressive stats, but their effects lets Yusei summon several of them and manipulate their levels to quickly get those Synchro Warriors into play.
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[[folder:Machine Emperors/Meklord Emperors]]
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A series of monsters used by the Three Emperors of Yliaster. They are: Machine Emperor Wisel, owned by Placido; Machine Emperor Skiel, owned by Lucciano; and Machine Emperor Granel, owned by Jose. Arriving on Earth one at a time via stone tablets, they have the ability to absorb Synchro monsters - and since most people in the series use them, this is a bit of a problem for anyone facing them. There is a fourth Machine Emperor, Aporia's, called Machine Divine Emperor Machinicle Infinity Cubic.
During the WRGP final, it is shown that an army of Machine Emperors attacked humanity at the height of its development, before Momentum went out of control and destroyed the world.
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* TheAssimilator: All of them can absorb Synchro monsters.
* CombiningMecha: Each one is made up of 5 separate components with effects that support one another, and can be replaced or upgraded to make the Kikoutei more powerful. Only Placido used parts from another Emperor on his own.
* TheDreaded: Before Yusei got Shooting Star Dragon, he was ''terrified'' of them for their ability.
* EEqualsMCHammer: The fourth Emperor is called ''Infinity Cubic''. How one cubes infinity is anyone's guess.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Wisel has a pair of boosters on its upper legs that emit a trail of sparkles.
* GaiasVengeance: They were created by Momentum to eliminate the cause of the system's instability, which was due to the human race becoming greedy, apathetic, and conceited with progress.
* HumongousMecha:
** While Machine Emperors Wisel and Skiel aren't ''that'' humongous, Jose's Emperor, Granel, certainly is.
** And then there's the gigantic monstrosity that is Machinicle Infinity Cubic. [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110116010337/yugioh/images/1/15/5Dx143_More_Machine_Imperials.jpg Look at its size compared to Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein]].
* KillerRobot: They effectively wiped out humanity in the BadFuture.
* ManofKryptonite: Designed to kill Synchro Monsters.
* NumerologicalMotif: They all have an infinity sign on their chest.
* OddNameOut: Infinity Cubic. And Asterisk.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: All of them appear in the opening credits, but until they have actually appeared in the show, they are mostly hidden by shadow.
* ShoutOut: The tablets that they arrive in are similar to the monolith from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. Not to mention the Ka Tablets from the ''[[Anime/YuGiOh original show.]]''
* [[MageKiller Synchro Killer]][=/=][[AntiMagic Anti-Synchro]]: Their deck style is against the use of Synchro monsters, culminating in their signature emperors. Although it's less "killer" and more like "absorb them into their monsters". The first time Yusei encounters them, he has nightmares about Wisel until gaining Accel Synchro, which basically teleports them before they can be snagged. Of course, Granel and Machinicle can counteract that too.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Unlike Wisel and Skiel, Jose's Granel has the ability to prevent Synchros that it attacks from removing themselves from the field, as Jack found out rather painfully. Adding more is that it can drag out the Synchro from the Graveyard into its body.
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[[folder:Duel Dragons]]
A series of 10 Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters that appear only in the manga. They are dark versions of the Signer Dragons -- in fact, the Signer Dragons appear in the manga in alternate forms as Duel Dragons. They were used in ancient Turbo Duel rituals to seal darkness, or so Rex Godwin claims. In actuality they were by worshippers of the Ultimate God, Ultimaya Tzolkin, the manga's equivalent to the Crimson Dragon. Rex Godwin intends to use the Duel Dragons to revive the God and claim its power.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the anime, the Signer Dragons and the Crimson Dragon are benevolent. In the manga, the Duel Dragons are tools of evil and the Crimson Dragon is re-imagined as Ultimaya Tzolkin, the BiggerBad of the manga.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Beelze.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When a Duelist is completely controlled by them.
* CastingAShadow: All of them except Stardust, Black Rose, and Dragoascension.
* DarkIsEvil: Even the Signer Dragon counterparts look much darker and more ominous compared to the anime, with the exceptions of Stardust, Dragoascension, and Black Rose.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Blackfeather Darkrage Dragon after Crow obtains it.
* DemonicPossession: They can do this to the Duelists that use them.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Tends to happen to those possessed by their Duel Dragon.
* DubNameChange: All of the Duel Dragons names have been changed in the English manga and TCG:
** Machine Dragon - Power Tool > Power Tool Mecha Dragon
** Fairy Dragon - Ancient > Ancient Pixie Dragon
** Burning Demon Dragon - Red Demon > Hot Red Dragon Archfiend
** Flashing Karat Dragon - Stardust > Stardust Spark Dragon
** Demon King Dragon - Beezle > Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons
** Purgatory Dragon - Ogre Dragoon > Void Ogre Dragon
** Mysterious Winged Dragon - Black Feather > Blackfeather Darkrage Dragon
** Underworld Dragon Dragonecro > Dragonecro Nethersoul Dragon
** Dragoascension, the Supreme Dragon of the Heavens > Ascension Sky Dragon
** Moon Flower Dragon - Black Rose > Black Rose Moonlight Dragon
** InconsistentDub: Between Volumes 3 and 4, Power Tool has gone from Power Tool Mecha Dragon to Machine Dragon Power Tool, and Red Demon from Enma Dragon Red Demon to Jeweled Red Dragon Archfiend.
* EvilCounterpart: Meta-wise, they are this to the Signer Dragons, as plot-important Synchro Dragons. But where the Signer Dragons are good, the Duel Dragons are evil.
* {{Expy}}: Six of the Duel Dragons shown look exactly like the Signer Dragons, but with strange markings on their bodies.
* LightIsGood: Stardust Spark and Moonlight Dragon Black Rose.
* LightIsNotGood: Dragoascension.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Red Demon can destroy every single other Attack Position Monster in play with just its effect.
* ShoutOut: Dragoascension has Osiris the Sky Dragon's signature effect.
* SuperMode: ''Demon King Super Dragon - Beelzeus'' for Beelze, ''Dragococytus the Impure Underworld Dragon'' for Dragonecro, and ''Holy Spark Dragon God - Stardust Sifr'' for Stardust.
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