History Characters / YuGiOhGXMajorVillains

* CompositeCharacter: Unintentional, but he seems to be this with Rex Raptor and Joey Wheeler in the second Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. Like Joey and Rex, his ace card is the Red-Eyes Black Dragon, but his entire deck is dedicated one type (Dragons, in his case), much like Rex and his Dinosaur-only deck. But unlike Rex, his Red-Eyes has an upgraded form, which originally only Joey's Red-Eyes was capable of.

Voiced by: Creator/MamoruMiyano (Japanese), Darren Dunstan (English)

* AGodAmI: Among other things, he was called the "God of Duelists". Considering he turns out to be a fairly grounded person, it's doubtful that he started it.

* FinalBoss: In terms of villains, he's the final duelist Jaden faces in Season 1.

%%* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Until the very, very end of Season 1.

* TrueFinalBoss: While he's not focused on during the conflict against the Shadow Riders, he shows up after they've all been defeated and the day is seemingly saved to serve as the final threat of the season.
* UnskilledButStrong: Once he's gotten the Sacred Beasts, they turn out to be far stronger than their [[CCGImportanceDissonance real-life counterparts]], and he easily spams the field with three 4000+ monsters. He also has a Field Spell, Fallen Paradise, that pretty much lets him Pot of Greed ''every turn''. However, he demonstrates no particular understanding of their abilities, wastes lots of cards on trying to summon them, and fails to exploit their effects - compare to Yubel, who actually does try to exploit their effects and come up with ways of summoning them besides tributing random cards and hoping for the best. In particular, he completely forgets Uria's facedown-killing effect after the first few turns, which would have won him the game.[[note]]According to the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Uria%2C_Lord_of_Searing_Flames_(anime) wiki]], Uria's destruction effect cannot be used on the same turn as its (anime-only) revival effect, which he was using almost every turn due to Jaden repeatedly destroying Uria. [[AllThereInTheManual It's never explicitly stated in the show, however.]][[/note]]

* AWolfInSheepsClothing: To Aster and the Society of Light as a whole.

* CharacterDrivenStrategy: Sartorius is a {{Seer}} who sees the future through tarot cards who runs a cult that worships an EldritchAbomination made of [[LightIsNotGood cosmic light]]. He plays an Arcana Force deck, a [[LightEmUp LIGHT]]-Attribute, {{Tarot Motif|s}} deck with [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraftian]] designs who's effects are based around random chance, made all the easier since he is able to predict the future.

* ChildhoodFriends: With Aster. Deconstructed when he admits he befriended him in hope that Aster would one day save him from his own demise. Aster isn't bothered because [[TrueCompanions Aster does see him as a friend.]]
* CharmPerson: He brainwashed members into the Society's fold by defeating them in a duel or losing to one of his representatives, using [[BecauseDestinySaysSo his own mystical powers of fate-prediction]] and [[MoreThanMindControl his talent for pushing an opponent's buttons to make them lose faith in themselves.]] This was all possible because of [[HypnoticCreature the Light of Destruction's influence of controlling others]].

* DifficultButAwesome: Arcana Force are not a very good archetype. Sure they have some powerful effects, but their roulette wheel mechanic (coin flip IRL) means that half the time they backfire, and why bother risking it when you could just use monsters with effects that are always good? ''However'', because Sartorius can see the future, he's able to time his plays so that the roulette always lands in his favor, making the archetype viable.

** Satorious also bears more than a passing resemblance to Dio Brando/DIO from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure; specifically from Part 3: Stardust Crusaders. Aside from looking similar facially, both are charismatic cult leaders whose bodies are possessed by evil, with a tendency to ham it up when excited, as well as a Tarot theme and a strong belief in destiny. Aptly, Creator/TakehitoKoyasu who voices Sartorius would go on to voice DIO in the animated adaptation of Stardust Crusaders, making the reference recursive.

* BadBoss: She punishes the Four Monarchs by sealing them in a mirror (possibly intending [[AndIMustScream to do so forever]]), even though two of them really did nothing disobedient at all; she simply [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness had no use for them anymore.]]

* SelfDuplication: She Tag Duels Aster and Jaden alongside a copy of herself. [[MesACrowd Taken further]] with her ace monster, which can ''fill the entire field'' with duplicates of itself.

* LightIsNotGood: Revealed to have [[PureIsNotGood a heart without darkness]] when [[spoiler:soul-searched by Yubel]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Three times over.
** The alternate future that he shows Judai comes to pass in Illiaster's BadFuture during ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds''.
** He uses a card as a metaphor for the creation of the universe. ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' reveals the Numeron Code, a card said to have created all of reality.
** Finally, humanity and the Duel Monsters do eventually lead to their own destruction, as seen with [[spoiler:Zarc in ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'']].

* PostFinalBoss: For all intents and purposes, the real FinalBoss of ''GX'' is Yubel, who gives Judai ''far'' more trouble than Darkness does in all of their encounters. Everything leading up to the final battle with Darkness is more to showcase Judai CharacterDevelopment, both positive and negative.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Subverted, despite being the ringleader of the group, Don Zaloog is only the second strongest in terms of ATK, being somewhat edged out by Gorg the Strong, the only level 5 monster of the group.

* MundaneSolution: Attempted, He and his cohorts do successfully steal the keys, but because the gates require the holder to lose a duel, it doesn't work.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: After Gorg returns Armed Dragon LV7 to the top of Chazz's deck, Cliff the Trap Remover sends both it and another card from his deck to the Graveyard. This allows Chazz to resurrect Armed Dragon through Level Modulation and allow him to attack directly.

* ShipTease: Seems to have this with Meanae the Thorn, though it's very subtle. The card Dark Scorpion Tragedy of Love involves the two of them and requires Mina be sacrificed to destroy an opponent's monster, and Zaloog actually expresses regret at having to do so ''before he even plays the card'' (it was Mina who insisted on using it). Clearly there's something going on between them.

* CorruptedCharacterCopy: Of Seto Kaiba. He, like Kaiba was adopted into a wealthy family, he's a BadassBookworm, and he has a little brother who he wants to protect...except not really on that last one. Unlike Kaiba, who truly cared for Mokuba, Amon secretly despises Sid, his adoptive younger brother, for stifling his ambitions, being a weak and naïve child pampered by his blood parents compared to Amon's talents and hard work. Echo can be seen as a ShadowArchetype to Kisara as well, since she sacrificed herself out of love to help him obtain the ultimate monster - the difference being, of course, that Amon wanted this to happen and deliberately sacrificed her, whereas Seto was driven to villainy ''because'' Kisara was lost thanks to Akhenaden's machinations and would never desire to hurt her. Amon also generally lacks Kaiba's ego and bombastic qualities, being a much more calm, calculating schemer. It's worth noting that Amon ultimately abandons his Cloudians in favor of Exodia, the monster that caused Kaiba's most noteworthy defeat, on top of how Kaiba, no matter how he changed or upgraded his deck, ''never'' abandoned his Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

* ShipTease: Seems to have this with Mina the Thorn, though it's very subtle. The card Dark Scorpion Tragedy of Love involves the two of them and requires Mina be sacrificed to destroy an opponent's monster, and Zaloog actually expresses regret at having to do so ''before he even plays the card'' (it was Mina who insisted on using it). Clearly there's something going on between them.