History Characters / YuGiOhMinorAntagonists

The former American Champion, called "Bandit" Keith and number one "Card Professor" due to him winning all the big prizes. He issues a challenge to Pegasus, but is defeated. Throughout Duelist Kingdom, his goal is to get his revenge on Pegasus. After his defeat by Jonouchi he is killed by Pegasus, who inflicts a Russian Roulette Penalty Game on him. In the anime, he instead is expelled from the island and ends up as one of Marik's first Mind Slaves.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: In Season 4 of the anime, he gets his hands on the Seal of Orichalcos and access to Doma's endless supply of rare cards, forming a much more powerful deck.

* AdaptationalVillainy: He may have been a jerk in the manga, but at least he was helpful and doesn't team up with Haga. In the anime he ''does'' team up with Haga and is a straight antagonist in Season 4.

Haga was the Champion of the Japanese National Tournament, who then was invited to Duelist Kingdom by Pegasus. He pretends to befriend Yugi, but in actuality his goal was to throw his grandfather's powerful Exodia cards into the ocean, inciting Dark Yugi's rage and making him the first of Dark Yugi's targets on the island.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Ryuzaki.

He lost to Haga in the finale of the Japanese National Tournament. Just like Haga, he was also invited to Duelist Kingdom, but he loses to Jonouchi. He later appears in the Battle City arc, and in the anime, the filler arcs (most notably Doma).

* CheatersNeverProsper: In the anime, rather than dueling, he, Takaido, and Satake spend all their time at Battle City scaring people into giving them their Locator Cards. This ultimately leads to them encounter [[AxeCrazy Dark Bakura]] and literally getting dragged into hell via Penalty Game.

!! Rishid Ishtar ([[DubNameChange Odion Ishtar]])
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--> Voiced by: Konta (JP), Michael Alston Baley (EN)

Marik's older brother by adoption and [[TheDragon dragon]]. He poses as Marik while the real Marik tries to infiltrate Yugi's gang as "Namu".

He uses a deck themed on Egyptian mythology, which consists almost entirely of Trap cards. His trump card is Mystical Beast of Serket.

* AffablyEvil: Is very polite in his duel with Jounouchi, in the dub referring to him as "Mr. Wheeler," and clearly respects Jounouchi's dueling skills even when Jounouchi is about to lose. It's what gives his Marik disguise away. In addition, he himself isn't so much evil as he is completely devoted to protecting Marik.
* AntiVillain: He only follows Marik to protect him and keep his dark personality in check.
* BadassLongcoat: Wears the standard Rare Hunter robes, and being that he duels on an airship, it billows and flares dramatically all the time.
* BaldOfEvil: On first appearance.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He will do anything to protect Marik, even from himself.
* CannibalismSuperpower: His Mystical Beast Serket gains half the ATK of every creature it devours. This is a bad thing.
* TheDragon: To Marik.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Rishid won enough locator cards for he and Marik to enter the Battle City finals, and would have defeated Jounouchi in a fair duel had Marik not forced him to use the Winged Dragon of Ra. Conversely, Marik loses (or is in the process of losing when they are called off) all three of his duels with Yami & Yugi, despite cheating (while controlling Bandit Keith), having an Egyptian God Card on his side (while controlling Strings), and using Yugi's best friend as a shield (while controlling Jounouchi). It's pretty clear who the better duelist is here.
* JerkassFacade: In his duel with Jounouchi, as he's supposed to be impersonating Marik. Jounouchi eventually sees through it.
* LargeAndInCharge: Downplayed as he is second in command, but not completely in charge.
* MoralityChain: He keeps Marik's dark personality in check.
* NobleDemon: He's a villain, but he is honorable and moral.
** NobleTopEnforcer: Unlike Marik (and every other Rare Hunter), Odion forgoes cheating in favor of kicking ass fairly.
* ObviousTrap: His deck consists of almost nothing but traps, so when he ends his turn by just setting two cards, you ''know'' they're going to protect him, he isn't stupid. But you have to attack him sooner or later, and when you do, he's ready. Try to destroy his traps? He's got protection for them, though not foolproof.
* RedRightHand: The scarring/tattoos on his face.
* ScaryBlackMan: He's an Egyptian and is cold and stoic, giving a very intimidating presence.
* TattooedCrook: His face is tattooed in Egyptian hieroglyphs. He did it himself to prove his loyalty to the Tombkeepers since Marik's father would not officially induct him into the group.
* TrapIsTheOnlyOption: His deck consists of almost nothing but traps, so when he ends his turn by just setting two cards, you ''know'' they're going to protect him, he isn't stupid. But you have to attack him sooner or later, and when you do, he's ready.
* TrapMaster: Relies on masses of Trap Cards to duel.
* ScaryScorpions: His Mystical Beast Serket. 2500 ATK. 2000 DEF. Can add half the ATK of every creature it devours to its score. That's pretty darn scary.
* TheStoic: Contends with Raphael and Shadi for the title.
* TheUnfavourite: His adoptive father never saw him as more than a servant, and it only got worse once Ishizu and Marik were born.
* VillainBall: He had Jonouchi beat. Then Marik forces him to grab this by summoning Ra.
* WorthyOpponent: Plays totally fairly and respects Jounouchi's skills as a duelist. The sentiment is returned by Jounouchi, who notes unlike a lost of his past opponents, Rishid has played a fair duel and it's been one of the toughest yet. Which leads into problems since he's supposed to be impersonating Marik, who has shown no problems cheating and setting up unfair games.
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!'''Anime Filler'''
[[folder:The Big Five]]
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-> Oshita/Gansley voiced by: Nobuyuki Saito (JP, Legendary Heroes), Creator/EricStuart (EN, Legendary Heroes); Shintaro Sonooka (JP, Virtual World), Creator/MarcThompson (EN, Virtual World)
-> Otaki/Crump voiced by: Satoshi Tsuruoka (JP, Legendary Heroes); Ryosuke Otani (JP, Virtual World); Creator/MikePollock (EN)
-> Ooka/Johnson voiced by: Shin'ichi Yashiro (Japanese);, Creator/WayneGrayson (EN, Legendary Heroes); Andrew Paul (EN, Virtual World)
-> Oota/Nezbitt voiced by: Hiroomi Sugino (JP), David Willis (EN)
-> Daimon/Leichter voiced by: Creator/EijiTakemoto (JP, Legendary Heroes); Hisashi Izumi (JP, Virtual World), Creator/SeanSchemmel (English)

The Kaiba Corp board of directors, consisting of Oshita (Gansley), Otaki (Crump), Ooka (Johnson), Ota (Nezbitt) and Daimon (Leichter). Played a part in Kaiba's takeover of the company when Gozaburo ran things, but once Kaiba took over he stripped them of their power and left them as figureheads. They've since tried various schemes to take the company for themselves, that ultimately result in them being locked in a virtual world; they must each defeat a member of the main cast in a duel in order to escape.

Oshita uses a Reptile deck that concentrates on locking down his opponent's options; his Deck Master is Deep Sea Warrior. Otaki uses a water/ice deck filled with penguins; his Deck Master is Nightmare Penguin. Ooka uses a Fusion deck along with cards that emulate a courtroom setting; his Deck Master is Judgeman. Ota uses a Machine deck that has Perfect Machine King as its trump card; his Deck Master is Robotic Knight. Daimon uses a Lockdown strategy that focuses on Injection Fairy Lily and Satellite Cannon; his Deck Master is Jinzo. During their joint duel with Yugi & Joey, the five utilise a combination of one another's cards, with Five-Headed Dragon and Leichter's Berserk Dragon acting as their trump cards.

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* VillainBall: He had Joey beat. Then Marik forces him to grab this by summoning Ra.

!! Pandora ([[DubNameChange Arkana]])
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Despite putting Yugi at a disadvantage, he loses the game and gets thrown off the island. He later turns up in the Battle City arc, as well as the anime's Doma filler arc; he loses to Jonouchi and gets a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown after toying with Yugi too much. His last major appearance (anime-only) is in the last {{TournamentArc filler arc}} and stealing the God Cards before Dark Bakura stopped them.

Haga was the Champion of the Japanese National Tournament, who then was invited to Duelist Kingdom by Pegasus. He pretends to befriend Yugi and then throws his grandfather's powerful Exodia cards into the ocean, inciting Dark Yugi's rage and making him the first of Dark Yugi's targets on the island. Despite putting Yugi at a disadvantage, he loses his first match. He later turns up in the Battle City arc, as well as the anime's Doma filler arc; he loses to Jonouchi and gets a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown after toying with Yugi too much. His last major appearance (anime-only) is in the last {{TournamentArc filler arc}} and stealing the God Cards before Dark Bakura stopped them.

* MindRape: Dark Yugi pretty much hangs him with a Penalty Game.

* WouldKillAChild: Killed ten boy scouts and was all-the-more-willing to kill Johji's, Honda's infant nephew.

An enormous man with the soul of a thug, he serves as one of Pegasus' Player Killers during the Duelist Kingdom arc, kidnapping unsuspecting gamers during the thick of night and intimidating them into losing their star chips. He defeats Mai and is in turn taken down by Dark Yugi in a Shadow Game, being one of Dark Yugi's final victims.

* VillainousBreakdown: Completely loses it when he's defeated.

* SanitySlippage: As the Shadow Game progesses and the duel turns against him.

* AxeCrazy: Panik's violently insane, and gets worse as the duel progresses.

* DumbMuscle: One of Yugi's stupider opponents, Panik relies more on scare tactics and, in the anime, pyrotechnics than actual talent.

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An enormous man with the soul of a thug, he serves as one of Pegasus' Player Killers/Eliminators during the Duelist Kingdom arc. He defeats Mai and is in turn taken down by Dark Yugi. His deck is based around using Castle of Dark Illusions to shroud the field. Most of his monsters gain field power bonus when played at night.

He's also one of the last victims of Dark Yugi's Shadow Games.

* TheBrute: Of the Eliminators. He's probably the least talented of the four we meet, uses thuggish tactics to intimidate his opponents, is none too bright, and very violent.
* TheBully: How Yugi sees him.
* CheatersNeverProsper: In the anime, his use of pyrotechnics has little effect on Dark Yugi, who disposes of him with a Mind Crush after his victory.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Dark Yugi Mind Crushes him in the anime and hangs him in the manga. Nobody cares.

* SanitySlippage: When the duel turns against him.

The brothers both use decks that turn the game into a labyrinth board game hybrid. Their trump card is Gate Guardian.

The Ventriloquist of the Dead is one of Pegasus's hired Player Killers, who fights in a Shadow Game of Duel Monsters Dark Yugi using a puppet of Seto Kaiba and his stolen cards. Yugi originally challenged Saruwatari to a game on Duelist Kingdom, in order to retrieve the two Star Chips Mokuba stole and confiscated by Saruwatari, but since Saruwatari doesn't like playing games, he arranged for the Ventriloquist of the Dead to face Yugi instead.

* JerkAss: The first in many of Dark Yugi's jerkass victims.

[[folder:Tetsu Ushio]]

[[folder:Prisoner Number 777]]

[[folder:Kokurano]]
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--> Voiced by: Creator/ShigeruChiba (Duel Monsters)

Kokurano is the self-proclaimed psychic of Domino High School's Class 1-A. He became famous at school when he predicted a fellow student's house would catch fire, which came true 3 weeks later. In actuality, he had set the student's house on fire.

After he tries to assault Anzu, Dark Yugi challenges him to a Shadow Game called Paper Crash.

* AdaptedOut: Because the second anime adaptation skips over this chapter, he never appears. Instead, the villain of the anime-only Burger World flashback was a perverted gym cheater with a camera, intended to be a CompositeCharacter of Kokurano and Prisoner Number 777
* AssholeVictim: The bad predictions he makes for his fellow students come true because he sees to it that it comes true - including burning down one of their houses. Also, he nearly killed Yugi by knocking bookshelves over him and then...
* AttemptedRape: ...tries to rape Anzu after drugging her with chloroform before Dark Yugi shows up and challenges him to a Shadow Game. It's a wonder why after committing the above crimes, including this, Dark Yugi doesn't give him a more lethal Penalty Game (he just gets knocked out by chloroform and has his phony predictions exposed)
* BelievingTheirOwnLies: His predictions are phony, but he's so loony that he actually believes he has psychic powers. This proves to be his downfall when he plays Paper Crash with Yugi. In that game, both players had to pull sheets of paper out from under a chloroform bottle, without letting it fall. Kokurano closed his eyes and tried to use his powers to "levitate" the bottle, but wound up knocking off the bottle of chloroform and faints.
* DubNameChange: He's renamed to Fortuno in English version of the Dungeon Dice Monsters video game.
* JerkAss: He's completely obnoxious and full of himself.
* LittlePeopleAreSurreal: Well, he ''tries'' to invoke this...
* PhonyPsychic: Has plenty of fortunes prepared in his cape to make it seem as if he made a prophecy beforehand, and makes sure the bad prophecies come true himself, such as burning down a person's house after predicting his house would catch on fire. He especially has no problems doing the latter if the person pisses him off. And in Anzu's case, he predicted she'd meet a wonderful man soon, intending to become said man.

[[folder:Insector Haga (Weevil Underwood)]]

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[[folder:Dinosaur Ryuzaki (Rex Raptor)]]

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[[folder:Ventriloquist of the Dead]]
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The Ventriloquist of the Dead is one of Pegasus's hired Player Killers, who fights in a Shadow Game of Duel Monsters Dark Yugi using a puppet of Seto Kaiba and his stolen cards. Yugi originally challenged Saruwatari to a game on Duelist Kingdom, in order to retrieve the two Star Chips Mokuba stole and confiscated by Saruwatari, but since Saruwatari doesn't like playing games, he arranged for the Ventriloquist of the Dead to face Yugi instead.

Upon losing, Dark Yugi, furious that the ventriloquist stole Kaiba's cards and toyed with his soul with a puppet, inflicted a Penalty Game on the Player Killer, where he believed a puppet of himself was attacking him - making him one of Dark Yugi's final Shadow Game victims.

This Player Killer uses a card deck stolen from Seto Kaiba. He does not appear in the anime, and is instead replaced by the Mimic of Doom, who impersonates Kaiba himself.

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* AdaptedOut: Is replaced in the anime by the Mimic of Doom.
* AssholeVictim: Steals the cards of a supposedly dead man and then makes a mockery of him using a puppet... no one particularly cares when Dark Yugi {{Mind Rape}}s him
* CreepyDoll: Plays with a deranged puppet based off of Kaiba, and claims that the doll is possessed with Kaiba's dead spirit.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: He claims that his puppet is the real Seto Kaiba's soul. His fat anime counterpart, The Mimic of Doom himself pretends to be Kaiba BackFromTheDead after supposedly committing suicide using his unexplained shapeshifting powers (however, in the English dub, he actually IS the spirit of Seto Kaiba - his "evil half that was banished to the [[NeverSayDie Shadow Realm]]", that is)
* DubNameChange: In the English versions of VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction and the Dungeon Dice Monsters video games, he's called the Puppeteer of Doom and The Puppeteer respectively.
* LivingDollCollector: Well, he ''pretends'' to be this. He only collects dolls based on people thought to be dead, rather than actual people.
* MarionetteMaster: He doesn't have a playing face of his own, he fights of all his games through his dolls.
* MindRape: Thanks to Dark Yugi, he's now forever trapped in an illusion where he's being attacked by a creepy puppet of himself.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Ventriloquist of the Dead". Sure, he might be a good guy...
* PlayerKilling: One of several meant to take out the gamers on Duelist Kingdom (Pegasus's goal is to be the only one left in the competition - thus becoming the best duelist and being given Kaiba Corp). When introduced, he's basically trying to player kill Yugi.
* SlasherSmile: His Kaiba puppet looks like it's trying to usurp [[Film/ChildsPlay Chuckie]].
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[[folder:Player Killer of Darkness (Panik)]]
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-> Voiced by: Hari Kaneko (JP), David Moo (EN)

An enormous man with the soul of a thug, he serves as one of Pegasus' Player Killers/Eliminators during the Duelist Kingdom arc. He defeats Mai and is in turn taken down by Dark Yugi. His deck is based around using Castle of Dark Illusions to shroud the field. Most of his monsters gain field power bonus when played at night.

He's also one of the last victims of Dark Yugi's Shadow Games.

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* AxeCrazy: Panik's violently insane, and gets worse as the duel progresses.
* TheBrute: Of the Eliminators. He's probably the least talented of the four we meet, uses thuggish tactics to intimidate his opponents, is none too bright, and very violent.
* TheBully: How Yugi sees him.
* CheatersNeverProsper: In the anime, his use of pyrotechnics has little effect on Dark Yugi, who disposes of him with a Mind Crush after his victory.
* DarkIsEvil: Relies on shadow and darkness and uses Dark-attribute monsters.
* DeathByIrony: In the manga, after Dark Yugi offers to bet his life in return to make up for the number discrepancy between his and Mai's star chips, the Player Killer of Darkness ties a noose around his neck to make sure Dark Yugi dies after he loses. At the end of the game, in typical Dark Yugi fashion, he experiences a Penalty Game in which is is hanged by a noose.
* DeflectorShield: He combos Chaos Shield with Castle of Dark Illusions to make his side of the field impossible to attack.
* DirtyCoward: He scares and ambushes unknowing gamers in the shadows in order make himself seem braver than them. Dark Yugi isn't buying it. Carries into his duelist tactics -- as Dark Yugi notes, hiding his monsters in shadows so opponents can't attack because they don't know how strong they are is a cowardly way to duel, and when they're revealed, he switches them to defense and sets them up behind barriers to protect them until the shadows return.
* DumbMuscle: One of Yugi's stupider opponents, Panik relies more on scare tactics and, in the anime, pyrotechnics than actual talent.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: In the Japanese version, he's only known by his title, "The Player Killer of Darkness."
* EvilSoundsDeep: Has a dooming voice.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Dark Yugi Mind Crushes him in the anime and hangs him in the manga. Nobody cares.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Once again, "Player Killer of Darkness". In the dub, "Panik" still fits well for someone who relies on fear and intimidation to duel.
* PlayerKilling: One of several meant to take out the gamers on Duelist Kingdom (Pegasus's goal is to be the only one left in the competition - thus becoming the best duelist and being given Kaiba Corp).
* PsychoForHire: Joined up with Pegasus because he likes breaking people.
* PyroManiac: In the anime, at least. Uses flamethrowers to fry the opponent's seat during duels and throw them off their game. He later tries to kill Yugi with them.
* SanitySlippage: When the duel turns against him.
* SlasherSmile: Often has one.
* SoreLoser: In the anime, he tries to burn Yugi/Dark Yugi to death after they beat him.
* StoneWall: His Castle of Dark Illusions, which not only has incredible defense, but shrouds the field in darkness, making it impossible for his monsters to be attacked. The addition of his Chaos Shield further defends his monsters and his Life Points, at the cost of locking his cards in place, and preventing them from attacking.
* VillainousBreakdown: Completely loses it when he's defeated.
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[[folder:"Bandit" Keith Howard (Bandit Keith)]]

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[[folder:"Ghost" Kotsuzuka/Kozuka (Bonz)]]

[[folder:The Meikyu Brothers (The Paradox Brothers)]]
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-> Mei/Para voiced by: Takashi Matsuyama (JP), Creator/WayneGrayson (EN)
-> Kyu/Dox voiced by: Hitoshi Nishimura (JP), Marc Thompson (EN)

Two eccentric brothers of implied Chinese descent hired by Pegasus as Player Killers. They take on both Yugi and Jounouchi in a tag battle, threatening to leave the group trapped underground if they lost. However, the brothers still have another game that Yugi and Jonouchi must pass, [[RiddleMeThis which is a riddle]]. They inform them that one of the doors that leads out of the room will lead them to the surface, while the other simply leads to an endless maze. [[Manga/YuGiOh With the help of Dark Bakura]], Dark Yugi outs their UnwinnableByDesign riffle with his own "Labyrinth Coin Game" (involving the use of a two-headed coin).

In the anime, they reappear in Anime/YuGiOhGX, facing Judai and Shou in a Tag Team Duel, but are defeated once again.

The brothers both use decks that turn the game into a labyrinth board game hybrid. Their trump card is Gate Guardian.

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* BaldOfEvil: Both brothers are entirely bald.
* BashBrothers: Their main gimmick is tag team battling.
* BreakoutCharacter: They managed to be popular enough to appear on NAS anime spin-off, [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Yugioh Gx]]
* CreepyTwins: Less creepy and far more effective.
* DualBoss: The twins have only played tag duels in every depiction.
* EvilLaugh: Typical of early villains of the series.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: They do this in the dub.
* FinalBoss: Gate Guardian of the labyrinth/Duel Monsters game.
* KnightsAndKnaves: Pull this when questioned on the way out of their dungeon.
* PlayerKilling: Same deal as the other Player Killers.
* RhymesOnADime: Only in the dub.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: In their tag duel with Yugi and Jonouchi, the twins use various monsters and card effects that allow then to bypass several of their own Labyrinth Wall's rules for attacking and moving spaces. They also pull out rules the pair doesn't know about to block their moves, to the point in the dub Joey accuses them of making up the rules as they go along.
* UnwinnableByDesign: Their labyrinth riddle game. They're just a coiple of liars. They can change the right answer at will... because in reality, both doors lead out to the exit as seen in the manga.
* TattooedCrook: They have Chinese symbols on their heads
* ThemeTwinNaming: In the Japanese version, their names are Mei and Kyu (Meikyu is Labyrinth). In the English version, their names are Para and Dox (Paradox).
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[[folder:The Rare Hunter (Seeker)]]
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-> Voiced by: Creator/EijiTakemoto (JP), David Willis (EN)

The first Ghoul encountered in the manga (unless one counts a brainwashed Keith, which only happens in the anime) he's never given a name other than "Rare Hunter". He beats Jonouchi and takes his Red-Eyes, and is in turn beaten by Dark Yugi. He runs an Exodia deck that focuses on assembling counterfeited Exodia cards and using them to defeat his opponents.

* CheatersNeverProsper: In addition to loading his deck with three copies of Exodia, he also marks his cards in the dub (in the original, his cards are counterfeit). He still loses, and it's largely because his deck is so filled with Exodia pieces that he can't draw anything else.
* CurbstompBattle: Against Dark Yugi, who handed his ass to him after Yugi activates a trap that destroys the same cards, rendering him unable to receive an insta-win with Exodia. To know how it's a curb-stomp battle, Dark Yugi ''never'' lost a single life point (upgraded to 4000 rather than the usual 2000).
** In the manga, his battle against Dark Yugi is arguably one of the shortest chapters ever - it was only a few pages long.
* EgomaniacHunter: Displays this attitude towards card hunting.
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: He's always addressed as "Rare Hunter" in the anime; the name "Seeker" is only used in one of the video games.
* SmugSnake: Seems to think that simply having Exodia makes him invincible.
* StoneWall: Stone Statue of the Aztecs and Gear Golem, which he uses to defend his Life Points while he searches for Exodia.
* WakeUpCallBoss: For the Battle City arc. He demonstrates how dogged and dangerous the Ghouls actually are in their pursuit of rare cards by beating the tar out of Jonouchi after he defeats him in a duel.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Courtesy of Marik.
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[[folder:Pandora (Arkana)]]
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-> Voiced by: TakehitoKoyasu (JP), SamRiegel (EN)

A former stage magician who either had his mother mother die at one point in his life and his lover dying in a magic trick gone wrong and joining the Rare Hunters in his despair (in the manga), or lost his good looks to a fire and his girlfriend to the BSOD that followed and serves as one of Marik's Ghouls in the hopes of winning her back (in the anime). He challenges Yugi to a deathmatch, where the loser will get their legs chopped off by buzzsaws.

He runs a Spellcaster deck designed specifically to counter many of Yugi's best cards, and many of the cards emulate a magician's act. His trump card is the Black Magician.

* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: His battle against Yugi is Death-T level of ridiculously dangerous. As each player loses life points, buzzsaws get closer and closer to the player's legs. The loser will ultimately die from blood loss by having their legs chopped off.
* CheatersNeverProsper: Trims his cards and uses trick shuffling to bring his Black Magician into his opening hand. Dark Yugi, being a avid fan of all things gaming, is disgusted by the way he treats his cards for the sake of winning. And if it wasn't for the regular Yugi, Dark Yugi would have probably left Pandora to get his legs chopped off (basically [[Film/BatmanBegins "I'm not going to kill you, but I'm not going to save you either"]]).
* DeathByIrony: On several levels. He's defeated by Dark Magician Girl, after claiming he was a Dark Magician master but didn't know she even existed, underestimates her power and attacks her with his own Dark Magician causing it to be destroyed, and it's because Dark Magician Girl has gained power from his own Dark Magician that he let be destroyed earlier.
* DirtyCoward: Panics every time the duel is turning against him.
* DrivenToSuicide: In the manga, Pandora considered suicide twice; when his mother died and when his lover died. After losing his duel with Yugi, Marik stirs up those feelings to make him commit suicide when he wakes up.
* EvilCounterpart: Not Pandora himself, but his Black Magician, with its {{white hair|BlackHeart}} and evil smile is very much the evil counterpart to Yugi's Black Magician.
* GigglingVillain: He does a lot of laughing.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: He went mad after the loss of his fiance.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: So he turned to Marik to get her back.
* MaskPower: Wears a mask to conceal his scarred face.
* NiceHat: Still wears his magician's hat.
* SlasherSmile: Does a lot of grinning and smirking.
* SmugSnake: Arrogantly declares he's a true master of the Dark Magician and Yugi can't hope to compare to him.
* StageMagician: Things went wrong as this though.
* TheUnreveal: Shows Dark Yugi his face. Dark Yugi is repulsed, but ''we'' don't get to see it.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Courtesy of Marik, who forces him to commit suicide in the manga.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Has no problem with sacrificing his monsters willy-nilly, and has the gall to insult them. Marik does this to him by stirring up two tragic incidents in his life.

[[folder:Masks of Light and Darkness (Lumis and Umbra)]]
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-> Mask of Light/Lumis voiced by: Creator/YuuMizushima (JP), Creator/JimmyZoppi (EN)
-> Mask of Darkness/Umbra voiced by: KoujiIshii (JP), Matthew Charles (EN)

Two of Marik's Ghouls, whom he orders to take on Dark Yugi and Seto Kaiba in a double deathmatch on top of building, where upon losing, a bomb will destroy the glass beneath them, sending them to their deaths (in the dub, [[NeverSayDie the Shadow Realm]]).

They run a Mask Deck that focusses on locking down the opponents' options and draining their Life Points. Their trump cards are The Masked Beast (3200/1800) and Masked Beast-Des Gardius (3300/2500).

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[[folder:Rishid Ishtar (Odion Ishtar)]]

!'''Anime Filler'''

An enormous man with the soul of a thug, he serves as one of Pegasus' Player Killers/Eliminators during the Duelist Kingdom arc in order to take out all of the gamers of the competition. He's particularly dirty, [[DirtyCoward in that he kidnaps duelists in the thick of night and forces them into a loss of their Star Chips using scare tactics]]. He defeats Mai and is in turn taken down by Dark Yugi. His deck is based around using Castle of Dark Illusions to shroud the field. Most of his monsters gain field power bonus when played at night.

* DumbMuscle: One of Yugi's stupider opponents, the Player Killer of Darkness relies more on scare tactics and, in the anime, pyrotechnics than actual talent.

* PlayerKilling: One of several meant to take out the gamers on Duelist Kingdom (Pegasus's goal is to be the only one left in the competition - thus becoming the best duelist and being given Kaiba Corp). When introduced, he's basically player killing Mai.

* SlasherSmile: Strikes them a lot.

* VillainousBreakdown: Completely loses it when he's defeated. It's not helped when Dark Yugi pretty much hangs him with a Penalty Game.

The former American Champion, called "Bandit" Keith and number one "Card Professor" due to him winning all the big prizes. He issues a challenge to Pegasus, but he's defeated. Afterwards, Keith became immersed in alcohol, drugs and underground gambling, including playing Russian Eoulette, until he winds up in Duelist Kingdom to get revenge on Pegasus. After his defeat by Jonouchi he is killed by Pegasus, who inflicts a Russian Roulette Penalty Game on him. In the anime, he instead is expelled from the island and ends up as one of Marik's first Mind Slaves.

* AdaptationalBadass: In the manga, Jompucjo kicks his ass in a fistfight. In the anime, Keith hands Jonouchi his rear end, and beats up Kozuka, Takaido, and Satake all at once.

* AntiVillain: Crump is by far the most sympathetic of the Big 5, aside from his humiliating treatment in his duel with Tea. He had AbusiveParents and only found comfort in watching penguins at the zoo, jealous of their deeply paternal bonds with their children. He eventually worked up the ranks to gain enough authority to get his own penguin-themed amusement park, but [[JerkAss Seto]] turned it down.

* AscendedExtra: Went from a minor faceless group in the manga to some recurring foes each with a distinct personality in the anime.

** Crump declares Dark Magician Girl is useless without the Dark Magician, so Tea summons Yugi's and the tag team wins her the duel.

* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Initially they're an OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness, with the collective goal of taking over [=KaibaCorp=] for unspecified, but undoubtedly sinister intentions. In the "Virtual Nightmare" arc, they're all given separate personalities, and objectives, and while they all share the goal of defeating Kaiba and escaping into the real world, their reasons for hating him are fleshed out, with them being gaining separate backstories and motivations. Gansley and Johnson both are just greedy, Crump's mad at Kaiba for mocking his penguin obsession, Nezbitt's angry about his work being disposed of, and Leichter's TheResenter par excellence.

* KnightOfCerebus: Subverted and then played straight. Gansley is a deadly strategist who nearly defeats Yugi and loses only to his overconfidence, Crump and Johnson are both ineffective with the former being portrayed comically, Nezbitt plays this straight by defeating Tristan and [[BreakTheCutie sending Serenity into a short period of depression]] and Leichter plays this even further in both his duels with Kaiba, and Yugi & Joey, especially with his Five Headed Dragon and Berserk Dragon.

* VillainousCheekbones: All of them but Crump, who has chubby cheeks. Special points to Leichter, who has cheekbones that can cut sheet metal.

* VillainousBreakdown: He has one during his battle with Dark Yugi, which ultimately causes to lose the Shadow Game and his sanity.

* NiceGuy: Leon is one of the nicest characters in the original series. Leon duels for fun, and not in a BloodKnight way, he just likes to duel and meet people.
** BewareTheNiceOnes: Capable of taking on Yugi & Yami and giving him a heck of a duel.

* AnimeHair: Being he was based on early Yami Yugi designs, not surprising.

* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: Gets killed by playing one with Dark Bakura, in which he and his friends get dragged into hell.. which surprisingly [[LighterAndSofter ''was in the anime'']] of all things (he simply falls down dead in the manga).

[[folder:Player Killer of Darkness/Panik]]

After he tries to assault Anzu, Dark Yugi challenges to a Shadow Game called Paper Crash.

* PhonyPsychic: Has plenty of fortunes prepared in his cape to make it seem as if he made a prophecy beforehand (and in Anzu's case, he predicted she'd meet a wonderful man soon, intending to become said man), and makes sure the bad prophecies come true himself, such as burning down a person's house after predicting his house would catch on fire. He especially has no problems doing the latter if the person pisses him off.