28:47 I literally scrolled through for that one... Zigfried is a douch but to hack a card into play Just cause his a Russian Kaiba.. go build the Duel gazer Ar duels and one up him before duel links... Or a hovering plane fortress thing version and just come down on KC... Be better, Not The same... "I attack the moon... I win" - a badass Mofo Pharoah
Yugi vs Strings is higher for me for sure. That duel is brilliant. The positioning Yugi did in that duel, having Buster Blader face off the 4000 ATK Slifer after Nightmare Steelcage wears off, activating Lightforce Sword to be 100 ATK above Slifer, then realizing Revival Jam can still redirect the counterattack, was something else. Yugi gets so defeated, we get defeated, but we sit there hoping he finds a way, because its Yugi and he always does. His brilliance to deck out in a desperate situation was incredible.
Easily the craziest video idea I’ve ever seen you attempt, Dylan. I have to credit your resilience and determination and dedication for considering the other shows. My Top 5: 5) Joey vs Marik (Battle City) 4) Yugi and Kaiba vs Dartz (Waking the Dragons) 3) Yugi vs Marik (Battle City) 2) Yugi vs Atem (Dawn of the Duel) 1) Yugi vs Kaiba (Battle City)
It's a shame that Gallop was willing to carry over Dungeon Dice Monsters rather than cutting it entirely, but they weren't willing to do the same for Monster World. Seeing Bakura's RPG recreated in the Gallop style after seeing it in Toei would have been amazing and way better than the Duelist Kingdom substitution we got. It's also important as the forerunner to the Dark RPG at the end of the series.
To me THE best duel in the anime will always be The Final Duel because it's one not of buildup between destined rivals but buildup between two comrades who have fought side by side for so long and now they must prove to each other that they are both ready to move on without them with one of them winning to do so and one of them losing. The duel is more of a test on both sides with each duelist doing their absolute hardest to win pulling absolutely no punches on either side whatsoever with so much symbolism behind each and every card and move Yugi and Atem do throughout that I am still discovering new meaning to each card and move to this day... including the obvious Monster Reborn symbolism pointed out by Tea in the English dub. Nothing will ever top this duel to me in sheer symbolism, emotion, and pure finality that The Final Duel builds up and delivers and despite what this channel says... it will always be my number 1 pick.
2:57 This isn’t a dream; this is a memory. Jounochi is flashing back to the tournament that he participated in episode 2. This tournament was actually cut out of the dub.
I’ve just realised something on a rewatch, there’s no sign of Yugi vs Vivian on here. It’s a forgettable duel minus maybe the last turn but I only just noticed it being missing. Probably would’ve been within the 70s or 60s picks.
AWESOME job, Dylan!! I literally stayed up past my bedtime (something I rarely do) just to watch your video and it was so worth it!!! I look forward to the videos that you do for the other Yu-Gi-Oh shows. Can't wait to see the GX one! Again, awesome job! And now, I'm off to bed, lol!
I recently rewatched YGO Abdridged for shit and giggles, so i cant see this list without some of those shenanigans. Glad you could do this video professionally. Great job!
I remember how hype I was for Yugi vs Pegasus as a kid. My dad taped the finale for me on VHS so I could watch it. It has a lot of season 1 shenanigans but for me it is the quintessential duel of the original series to watch.
Yes, always one of my favorites and I have it taped too. I remember thinking how can Yugi possibly beat the literal creator of the game at his own game. Even today when I rewatch it still gives me chills. The original yugioh series will always be the best ever imo.
Yugi vs Pegasus is still an amazing duel to this day for 2 reasons. The personal stakes for Yugi rather then world ending stakes and the amazing characterization of Pegasus. Darren Dunstan did an amazing job bringing Pegasus to life and as a young kid I was in awe of watching this odd yet charismatic rich businessman and couldn't verbalize why. Pegasus was just that layered of a villain. Amazing duel
@@tylerbeason6536 there’s some pretty good moments despite the wack rules. Yugi vs Weevil was pretty cathartic. Also Yugi vs Joey in the finals was a tough moment, which didn’t even happen in the manga from what I remember.
@@cmrobbins88 I’m showing my wife Yugioh for her first time and we’re “back to battle city”. I’ve been skipping filler but explaining what happens to see if it sounds good to her. We skimmed the Yugi x Joey duel and it’s so cringe lmao
Number 76's duel isn't JUST a dream duel. It's a flashback duel. It's a flashback to the tournament he took part in offscreen during episode 2. (Which you wouldn't know if you only watched the dub.) So it's only natural that he would lose to some nobody, because he wasn't all that good yet at that point. (By the show's standards anyway, as he did top.) There's just one problem continuity-wise. He shouldn't have Shield & Sword yet, but he uses it in this duel anyway. Lol.
@@pn2294 Yes. When Jonouchi was showing Yugi his haul of what he traded for, the four cards were Baby Dragon, Kunai With Chain, Salamandra, and Shield & Sword. And then of course, Yugi gave him Time Wizard.
Im so happy to see the Arcana(Pandora) vs Yugi duel so high. I use to watch this duel over and over. My dad always brings it up at family functions about how much I use to watch this one duel 😂
Damn 80 duels? I’m impressed with this video and I hope you do these for the others shows. I love hour long videos and this is going to be one of my favourite videos. The top 5 duels for me are: 5. Yugi Vs Kaiba (Battle City) 4. Yami Bakura Vs Yami Marik 3. Joey Vs Yami Marik 2. Yugi vs Atem 1. Yami Yugi Vs Yami Marik
80 duels?! Unbelievable Epic video Dylan My Top 5 Duels: 5. Yami Bakura vs Yami Marik 4. Yugi vs Kaiba (Battle City) 3. Yami Yugi vs Weevil (Waking of the Dragons) 2. Yugi vs Atem (Dawn of the Duel) 1. Yugi vs Marik (Battle City)
Atem making Kaiba walk across the field to hand Yugi the Obelisk Kaiba just took right of his deck is the greatest bitch slap n the entire series. PS: Tackling the ginormous amount of filler duels during the GX cup arc is not something i'd do willingly
Also he overkills Kaiba at the end for absolutely no reason at all. He just needed to attack one blue eyes with paladin , because it got boosted when he played de fusion, but I guess destroying all 3 looked cooler. Poor Kaiba 😂
@@ASoulphoenix Yeah exactly, very out of character for Yugi. Also I just noticed a mistake in the original comment, you meant to say Slifer not obelisk. Obelisk was sealed at the time.
I know it’s probably an unpopular opinion, but Kaiba vs zigfried is one of my favorite duels in all of Yugioh. Chaos emperor dragon, the the card of demise into dimension fusion, “There’s nothing I can’t afford!” Phenomenal! Also my nostalgia boosted duel is Yugi vs weevil in duelist kingdom, as it was the 1st Yugioh episode I watched.
While the duel itself was great, the arc overall was a waste. The arc should have been about Joey and Mai. Resolving their relationship, Joey defeating Kaiba and getting the respect he deserves, winning a tournament etc. Instead Joey loses his last duel of the series to a pointless villain and gets called a joke by Kaiba in the 2nd to last episode. Serious bs!
@@equivalentexchangeisalie5726 also completely agree. If it were up to me Joey would make it to the finals, Kaiba interrupts Leon and ziggy’s semi final match and they duel as in the anime. Then Joey beats Leon in the finals, and as his reward he gets one final tournament duel against the king of games
@@harrisplofsky171 I still think I the Zigfried arc was terrible though so I'd want a completely new arc centered around Joey and Mai. It didn't make sense to give another arc. He already had the virtual world arc.
Wow, that's both crazy and amazing at the same time! I'm now really looking forward to see how you would rank all 133 GX duels, lol. By the way Dylan: Do you plan to make videos about the Yu-Gi-Oh! spinoff mangas? Could be interesting to see duel statistics and other details from other YGO medias.
Joey vs Mai R1 was a lot better in the manga action wise because for some reason the anime removed the Harpie's triangle formation attack, which looks awesome.
I legit watched this series like 5 times as a kid and suddenly i got this in my reccomended page, and my favorite duel was for sure kaiba vs yugi battle city semi finals i remember watching it for the first time and i was rooting for kaiba it was kinda sad how it ended for me even tho i knew yugi had to win because of the plot but still my favorite duel for sure
Dylan, this is one of your Best Vids to date. I agree with you on the ranking of most of the DM duels. Personally, I would put the Atem vs Yugi one in the top spot over Seto vs Yugi R3, but that's only because I have more space in my heart for Yugi over Kaiba's ruthlessness and insanity. Good luck with the GX arc!
Let’s not ignore that Kaiba technically cheated death When Dartz defeated him in the duel against him and Yugi , Kaiba lost his soul which implies death Even after that , Kaiba activated Wish Of Final Effort to transfer life points to Yugi Screw death, I have money 😃😃😃
Awesome video! Another idea you could do is a top 5 character moments, i.e: Top 5 Yami Yugi Moment, Top 5 Seto Kaiba Moments, etc. It doesn't even have to be in duels
Just rewatched this video can cant tell you how happy I am you put Kaiba and Yugi at #1. Best duel in my mind in the whole franchise by a substantial margin. Amazing video, love the hard work.
I get what you mean with the DVD nostalgia. I had the DVD with the duels between Ghost Kaiba and Yami Bakura (#1) on it, so I got a soft spot for those duels.
f around and find out indeed lmfao! One thing technically that isn't the last duel of Kaiba against Bakura if we include the duels he had in the dark side of dimension movie but i get what you mean. i feel like it should go up higher on the list. I think for some of these it's not just the action but everything that goes on around the episode to like the tensions some of these have over others certainly make me have certain duels in different order. I cannot believe that most of the crew besides Honda won against Mai in the anime haha. Kaiba vs Zigfried was such an awesome duel with the insane combos that were being pulled off! Instead of the paradox brothers duel i think i would have to put the first bakura and yugi duel due to how it was a mixed of the monster world arc with everyone's soul being used in the duel/game. That or the very first battle of Yugioh with Kaiba and Yugi haha. Number being the final duel between Yugi and Kaiba is 100 the best one for duel monsters! I can't wait for GX!!!! 🥰
I liked the duel between Mai and Tea, but more for the character development than for the duel itself. Tea standing up for Yugi was a really sweet moment (though her deck would give you straight up cavities) and Mai throwing the duel, playing it off like she couldn't win (despite the fact that she totally could) all for Yugi's sake and to make Tea happy turned her into one of my favourite characters. She didn't coddle him and actually had respect for him as an opponent, and their duel in the semis was even better because it was when Yugi was struggling with Atem, she called him out for hesitating and gave him the confidence he needed to get his head back in the game. Mai was a seriously great character, and it's tragic how poorly she was handled in later seasons, especially during her whole villain arc and how everyone started looking down on her. That felt like it came totally out of nowhere and really disrespected the character growth she had been going through. She managed to make it to the Duelist Kingdom semis and lost to Yugi (the literal King of Games) and then lost to Marik in Battle City because of some plot nonsense that required her to lose. She deserved better.
29:04 I loved how this duel showed almost the peak of Yami Yugi duelling prowess (his peak peak was against Yugi which he lost) where he turns it around in duel he was flatly against his back (and he calculated every move on his last row turns).
My #1 will always be Atem and Kaiba vs Dartz. That whole duel was insane and some of the best parts weren't even duel related, just seeing the mind games Dartz would play with the Pharaoh and Kaiba, or when Rafael interrupts and gets his soul stolen. Also, Dartz was written as a cult leader, very charismatic and a way with words. Wayne Grayson did an AMAZING job voicing him and the dialogue the writers gave him. The Orichalcos arc is my favorite though and alot of those duels are in my top 10 like Joey vs Valon, Joey vs Mai (first duel) and Kaiba vs Alister (2nd duel). And of course Joey vs Marik, Yugi vs Kaiba (Duelist Kingdom actually), Yugi vs Pegasus etc. Love Yugioh.
Bro, so many hot takes on this list. Yugi vs Pegasus VHS edition was so epic. Introduced us to many new concepts, including Yugi countering the Millennium eye!
I Loved this video Dylan & I can imagine how long this took & I agree with a good chunk of your ratings, this might just be me, but I wish they played no matter what during the joey vs yugi round 2 when joey was brainwashed by Marik. I also can't wait for the videos like this for GX, 5D'S, & all the other series
Man that's an impressive compilation, you did a great job If I had to at least have a top 5, those would be: 5: Yugi vs Rafael R1 (shocking to see Yugi lose and all the stakes impact him. Rafael is also a very nicely built-up character) 4: Yugi vs Kaiba R3 (really don't like this one as much as everyone else, but still it's a highlight of all the show) 3: Joey vs Marik (despite Marik being cocky, I really enjoy this one) 2: Yugi vs Kaiba R2 (I've always preferred the castle duel as I don't really like the last one that much) 1: Yugi vs Atem (really symbolizes the show wrapping up with how Atem gets outsmarted by Yugi, symbolizing his growth throughout it all)
4:06 - Third if we count Weevil vs Rex. Fifth if we count Yugi and Tea’s casual duels with Joey. And sixth by counting Solomon vs Kaiba, but you’d have to be a meticulous masochist to go that far.
Only 80 duels? Wow I feel like they had way more than that. One thing, for Mai vs Marik, she dominated that match. I've said it before I'll say it again. She only lost because she didn't take ancient Egyptian as an elective🤷🏻♂️
I've always felt there was a criminal lack of duels. Even 80 duels sounds like more than it feels like there are, but then again, those 80 duels include a lot of filler content that hardly count, such as Joey's dream duel, and the mokuba duel.
Although i do not agree with some of your rankings, i still wanna give you props because what a task to do. Lol. Unpopular opinion I did not mind the virtual world duels as much as others. I thought thebdeck master idea was awesome... but why in the middle of the battle city finals! (I know its because the anime caught up to the Manga but still)
It never ceases to amaze me that the Yami Marik vs Yami Bakura Duel is the only Duel we see Marik win fair and square. The Duels where he Dueled Yugi by controlling Strings and Joey, he lost. And the Duels between Yami Marik and Joey and Mai, he only won because of shenanigans. We all know about the bullshit reason Joey lost. But with Mai, she would have beat Marik if she hadn’t decided to flex and summon Ra. Her Harpie Ladies had enough combined ATK to wipe out Marik and he would not have been able to stop her. And even with summoning Ra, the only reason he won was the bullshit about the summoning chant (which honestly sounds like cheating). Both of the Duels, he should have lost.
And here I thought I was the only one crazy enough to attempt this, but you beat me to it xD I'm glad you gave respect to the Doma arc duels. Personally have Dartz and Valon duels in my top 10. I think you have Arkana and Ishizu duels too high. I didn't include Yugi vs Mokuba in my list since it didn't develop, but I had Joey vs Kaiba (Duelist Kingdom) as my lowest ranked. Not sure if I missed it but didn't see that on your list. Let me know if you want to collab for GX! I got my ranking ready to go, and tackling ~140 duels is not an easy task.
I thought it was weird that it was only 80 duels, but then I'm reminded that most duels were 2 episode, with some going to at least 3 episodes, not to mention that like the final 25 episodes of the show only had 3 duels in them. GX is massive though. I think Jaden alone had like 85 duels.
One thing that I liked about the Johnny Steps duel was that he actually gave up once he knew who Yugi was, because it seemed to me that more people should have respected him like that, but rather it seems like every random duelist thought they could beat him, even if they were a complete nobody.
the 4-way duel was a critical duel in setting the stage for the four characters while also demonstrating all their skills in a match that really idn't reward winning as much as it did strategy, which was on full display to the strengths of each duelist! Just my opinion though, but I rewatch that duel a lot.
My top ten: 1- Yugi VS Bakura Battle City 2 Yugi VS Kaiba Battle City 3- Yugi VS Strings Battle City 4- Joey VS Marik Battle City 5- Atem VS Yugi Finale 6- Yugi VS Pegasus Duelist Kingdom 7- Kaiba VS Pegasus Duelist Kingdom 8- Yugi VS Raphael (First Time) 9- Joey VS Bandit Keith 10- Kaiba VS Ishizu
The Rebecca Vivian duel really shouldn't be that low. This far into Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters they started using more and more card effects that are in line with what certain AI opponents in hard Yugioh video games or tournaments might use. The Joey coma duel could have been several spots below it.
Yugi vs Kaiba in the battle city finals was by far the best duel. The back and forth both having counters for the other and all the tension because of the stakes for Yugi and the pride of Kaiba to win his own tournament and bury his past, it’s just great.
Hey I don't think this was a crazy idea for a video. Now if you had done every YGO series (manga included + plus movies) all in one video during a stream with no breaks, then that would definitely be crazy. This video was perfect background noise (not really; I paid attention) and I really love having good listenables to listen to in the BG while I'm doing other things online that may or may not need it cuz they might be too boring without background listenables.
Great video. Wonder if you made a top ten list of duels which are main arc villain vs outside protagonist. You got some rank middle to high Kaiba vs. Pegasus Yami Marik vs Mai Kami Marik vs Makura Kami Marik vs Joey Others on the list combine with other yugioh series. Also, I hope your voice gets better
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OK now it's time to rank every duel from gx
Obviously Jaden vs the Tennis guy is #1
@ItsMichaelReid na I think it's jaden vs princess rose 😂
@@Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1873 Nah Jaden vs Bob clears
Moki-Moki guy #1
Jaden vs the monkey ez.
8:22
"Another forgettable duel. I think we all remember this one."
I see no oxymoron.
28:47
I literally scrolled through for that one... Zigfried is a douch but to hack a card into play Just cause his a Russian Kaiba.. go build the Duel gazer Ar duels and one up him before duel links... Or a hovering plane fortress thing version and just come down on KC...
Be better, Not The same...
"I attack the moon... I win"
- a badass Mofo Pharoah
@@coryalanwatts4725 I thought he was German?
Yeah I think he's Teutonic
@@coryalanwatts4725 he's Dutch tho?
Yugi vs Strings is higher for me for sure. That duel is brilliant. The positioning Yugi did in that duel, having Buster Blader face off the 4000 ATK Slifer after Nightmare Steelcage wears off, activating Lightforce Sword to be 100 ATK above Slifer, then realizing Revival Jam can still redirect the counterattack, was something else. Yugi gets so defeated, we get defeated, but we sit there hoping he finds a way, because its Yugi and he always does. His brilliance to deck out in a desperate situation was incredible.
rare depiction of an almost infinite loop ending in a deck out. Fresh ending to what could easily be another plot armor moment
Easily the craziest video idea I’ve ever seen you attempt, Dylan. I have to credit your resilience and determination and dedication for considering the other shows.
My Top 5:
5) Joey vs Marik (Battle City)
4) Yugi and Kaiba vs Dartz (Waking the Dragons)
3) Yugi vs Marik (Battle City)
2) Yugi vs Atem (Dawn of the Duel)
1) Yugi vs Kaiba (Battle City)
Hahah I don't know about that, but easily the most time consuming video I've ever made xD Hope you enjoy!!
The madlad actually did it. Unfortunately I was more invested in Venusaur's remake on History of Competitive Pokémon.
@@YugiohEverythinghonnestly Rebecca vs Vivian even with a bad scenario was one of the best in term of strategy
Yu-gi-oh GX: Exists.
Dylan considering tackling those insane amount of duels: Starts sweating immensely.
It's a shame that Gallop was willing to carry over Dungeon Dice Monsters rather than cutting it entirely, but they weren't willing to do the same for Monster World. Seeing Bakura's RPG recreated in the Gallop style after seeing it in Toei would have been amazing and way better than the Duelist Kingdom substitution we got. It's also important as the forerunner to the Dark RPG at the end of the series.
To me THE best duel in the anime will always be The Final Duel because it's one not of buildup between destined rivals but buildup between two comrades who have fought side by side for so long and now they must prove to each other that they are both ready to move on without them with one of them winning to do so and one of them losing.
The duel is more of a test on both sides with each duelist doing their absolute hardest to win pulling absolutely no punches on either side whatsoever with so much symbolism behind each and every card and move Yugi and Atem do throughout that I am still discovering new meaning to each card and move to this day... including the obvious Monster Reborn symbolism pointed out by Tea in the English dub.
Nothing will ever top this duel to me in sheer symbolism, emotion, and pure finality that The Final Duel builds up and delivers and despite what this channel says... it will always be my number 1 pick.
8:12: "Tea vs Mai. Another FORGETTABLE duel involving Mai. We all remember this one"
Brother, what?
2:57 This isn’t a dream; this is a memory.
Jounochi is flashing back to the tournament that he participated in episode 2. This tournament was actually cut out of the dub.
Well it was supposed to be a memory , but then Joey uses sword and shield which he only got later ,on the way to duelist kingdom, so its not clear.
@@phtuber5469It is a flashback
@@hungerxhunger2548sword and shield
I’ve just realised something on a rewatch, there’s no sign of Yugi vs Vivian on here. It’s a forgettable duel minus maybe the last turn but I only just noticed it being missing. Probably would’ve been within the 70s or 60s picks.
I'm pretty sure it's not on here because you only see the last turn. It doesn't show the full duel
@@precisionhunter96 *last four turns
@@precisionhunter96 He included Joey vs Dream Kid which is only the last 2 turns of that duel. Yugi vs Vivian had more than that.
AWESOME job, Dylan!! I literally stayed up past my bedtime (something I rarely do) just to watch your video and it was so worth it!!! I look forward to the videos that you do for the other Yu-Gi-Oh shows. Can't wait to see the GX one! Again, awesome job! And now, I'm off to bed, lol!
How dare you forget about Yugi vs Vivian 😂
Nah it gave us another dark paladin episode it’s easily top 3
I recently rewatched YGO Abdridged for shit and giggles, so i cant see this list without some of those shenanigans.
Glad you could do this video professionally. Great job!
“Marik dominates Mai in EVERY way” whoa!! I don’t remember that episode of ygo, we sure it wasn’t on the hub?
I'll go check it out 😂
I remember how hype I was for Yugi vs Pegasus as a kid. My dad taped the finale for me on VHS so I could watch it. It has a lot of season 1 shenanigans but for me it is the quintessential duel of the original series to watch.
Yes, always one of my favorites and I have it taped too. I remember thinking how can Yugi possibly beat the literal creator of the game at his own game. Even today when I rewatch it still gives me chills. The original yugioh series will always be the best ever imo.
Yugi vs Pegasus is still an amazing duel to this day for 2 reasons. The personal stakes for Yugi rather then world ending stakes and the amazing characterization of Pegasus. Darren Dunstan did an amazing job bringing Pegasus to life and as a young kid I was in awe of watching this odd yet charismatic rich businessman and couldn't verbalize why. Pegasus was just that layered of a villain. Amazing duel
In my opinion it’s like, the only good part of Duelist Kingdom.
@@tylerbeason6536 there’s some pretty good moments despite the wack rules. Yugi vs Weevil was pretty cathartic. Also Yugi vs Joey in the finals was a tough moment, which didn’t even happen in the manga from what I remember.
@@cmrobbins88 I’m showing my wife Yugioh for her first time and we’re “back to battle city”. I’ve been skipping filler but explaining what happens to see if it sounds good to her. We skimmed the Yugi x Joey duel and it’s so cringe lmao
Great Editing Dylan. I love the lists.
I agree that Rafael r2 gets overlooked more often. That is a respectable Duelist I ever seem.
"Tea vs Mai, another forgettable duel. We all remember this one." I smell contradiction!
Number 76's duel isn't JUST a dream duel. It's a flashback duel. It's a flashback to the tournament he took part in offscreen during episode 2. (Which you wouldn't know if you only watched the dub.) So it's only natural that he would lose to some nobody, because he wasn't all that good yet at that point. (By the show's standards anyway, as he did top.) There's just one problem continuity-wise. He shouldn't have Shield & Sword yet, but he uses it in this duel anyway. Lol.
Did the series show Joey trading for it on the ship?
@@pn2294 Yes. When Jonouchi was showing Yugi his haul of what he traded for, the four cards were Baby Dragon, Kunai With Chain, Salamandra, and Shield & Sword. And then of course, Yugi gave him Time Wizard.
Im so happy to see the Arcana(Pandora) vs Yugi duel so high. I use to watch this duel over and over. My dad always brings it up at family functions about how much I use to watch this one duel 😂
Great video! Makes me want to rewatch these awesome duels.
Damn 80 duels? I’m impressed with this video and I hope you do these for the others shows. I love hour long videos and this is going to be one of my favourite videos. The top 5 duels for me are:
5. Yugi Vs Kaiba (Battle City)
4. Yami Bakura Vs Yami Marik
3. Joey Vs Yami Marik
2. Yugi vs Atem
1. Yami Yugi Vs Yami Marik
1 yugioh series ranked and done now. We just need a video for every other yugioh series
Looks like Dylan watched the watch mojo video that ranked yugi's duels!
VRains video would be the shortest of all lol.
@@ThatDragonGuylmao Vrains had some of the better duels and a lot of those duels are better than duel monsters duels
80 duels?! Unbelievable
Epic video Dylan
My Top 5 Duels:
5. Yami Bakura vs Yami Marik
4. Yugi vs Kaiba (Battle City)
3. Yami Yugi vs Weevil (Waking of the Dragons)
2. Yugi vs Atem (Dawn of the Duel)
1. Yugi vs Marik (Battle City)
Didn't watch mojo do something similar to this?
DURO, MONSTA CARDO!
This was incredible! Thanks for putting this video together it clearly took a lot of time and effort
the madlad actually did it, looking forward to this!
Atem making Kaiba walk across the field to hand Yugi the Obelisk Kaiba just took right of his deck is the greatest bitch slap n the entire series.
PS: Tackling the ginormous amount of filler duels during the GX cup arc is not something i'd do willingly
Also he overkills Kaiba at the end for absolutely no reason at all. He just needed to attack one blue eyes with paladin , because it got boosted when he played de fusion, but I guess destroying all 3 looked cooler. Poor Kaiba 😂
@@phtuber5469 he wanted Kaiba to taste his own medicine
@@ASoulphoenix Yeah exactly, very out of character for Yugi. Also I just noticed a mistake in the original comment, you meant to say Slifer not obelisk. Obelisk was sealed at the time.
Lmao it’s really not y’all just say shit
I know it’s probably an unpopular opinion, but Kaiba vs zigfried is one of my favorite duels in all of Yugioh. Chaos emperor dragon, the the card of demise into dimension fusion, “There’s nothing I can’t afford!” Phenomenal! Also my nostalgia boosted duel is Yugi vs weevil in duelist kingdom, as it was the 1st Yugioh episode I watched.
Hard agree. Zigfried vs Kaiba felt like a legitimate tournament duel and Kaiba’s winning combo was so satisfying.
While the duel itself was great, the arc overall was a waste. The arc should have been about Joey and Mai. Resolving their relationship, Joey defeating Kaiba and getting the respect he deserves, winning a tournament etc. Instead Joey loses his last duel of the series to a pointless villain and gets called a joke by Kaiba in the 2nd to last episode. Serious bs!
@@equivalentexchangeisalie5726 also completely agree. If it were up to me Joey would make it to the finals, Kaiba interrupts Leon and ziggy’s semi final match and they duel as in the anime. Then Joey beats Leon in the finals, and as his reward he gets one final tournament duel against the king of games
Or Yugi is never the prize, the prize is Kaiba, and Joey gets a rematch
@@harrisplofsky171 I still think I the Zigfried arc was terrible though so I'd want a completely new arc centered around Joey and Mai. It didn't make sense to give another arc. He already had the virtual world arc.
In 5ds the duel with yusei and Nordic gods, I went ballistic, that duel is a masterpiece, yusei went crazy 😭🙏
Wow, that's both crazy and amazing at the same time! I'm now really looking forward to see how you would rank all 133 GX duels, lol. By the way Dylan: Do you plan to make videos about the Yu-Gi-Oh! spinoff mangas? Could be interesting to see duel statistics and other details from other YGO medias.
100 of those duels is just Jaden 😂
Joey vs Mai R1 was a lot better in the manga action wise because for some reason the anime removed the Harpie's triangle formation attack, which looks awesome.
I legit watched this series like 5 times as a kid and suddenly i got this in my reccomended page, and my favorite duel was for sure kaiba vs yugi battle city semi finals i remember watching it for the first time and i was rooting for kaiba it was kinda sad how it ended for me even tho i knew yugi had to win because of the plot but still my favorite duel for sure
Dylan, this is one of your Best Vids to date. I agree with you on the ranking of most of the DM duels. Personally, I would put the Atem vs Yugi one in the top spot over Seto vs Yugi R3, but that's only because I have more space in my heart for Yugi over Kaiba's ruthlessness and insanity. Good luck with the GX arc!
This is just gold,man. Huge respect for the effort !
Let’s not ignore that Kaiba technically cheated death
When Dartz defeated him in the duel against him and Yugi , Kaiba lost his soul which implies death
Even after that , Kaiba activated Wish Of Final Effort to transfer life points to Yugi
Screw death, I have money 😃😃😃
*YGOTAS Kaiba:* It's a good thing I'm Seto Kaiba or that might've actually hurt me.
23:02 BRO! I used to watch that VHS a lot too! You unlocked a memory for me of renting that from Family Video a bunch of times as a kid.
Holy crap, man! Gonna go grab a drink! 😂
Before I hear his whole list, I'm calling Yugi vs Kaiba in Battle City finals as the best ranked duel.
I didn't know how badly I needed this video until I saw it in my feed. Truly thank you.
Johnny steps duel was kinda funny because how did 2 woman spell casters fuse into a 90s rockstar 😭🙏
What's a rockstar without groupies?
Haven’t watched yet, but yugi vs kaiba in battle city has to be number 1
Rebecca vs Vivian was actually cool because you got to see a good burn deck win.
Nice list. You’re a mad lad for ranking all of them. Do GX next
if you were to add DSD dueals to this list, where would you put them?
Awesome video! Another idea you could do is a top 5 character moments, i.e: Top 5 Yami Yugi Moment, Top 5 Seto Kaiba Moments, etc. It doesn't even have to be in duels
Just rewatched this video can cant tell you how happy I am you put Kaiba and Yugi at #1. Best duel in my mind in the whole franchise by a substantial margin.
Amazing video, love the hard work.
I get what you mean with the DVD nostalgia. I had the DVD with the duels between Ghost Kaiba and Yami Bakura (#1) on it, so I got a soft spot for those duels.
I love a good list. Impressive.
I haven't watched the video yet, but... Yugi vs Kaiba (Battle City) gotta be my favorite due to all build up it went into it.
Putting Kaiba vs Ishizu as high as you did is based
How are there only 80 duels. I swear there were hundreds.
No one steps on Johnny Steps!
f around and find out indeed lmfao! One thing technically that isn't the last duel of Kaiba against Bakura if we include the duels he had in the dark side of dimension movie but i get what you mean. i feel like it should go up higher on the list. I think for some of these it's not just the action but everything that goes on around the episode to like the tensions some of these have over others certainly make me have certain duels in different order. I cannot believe that most of the crew besides Honda won against Mai in the anime haha. Kaiba vs Zigfried was such an awesome duel with the insane combos that were being pulled off! Instead of the paradox brothers duel i think i would have to put the first bakura and yugi duel due to how it was a mixed of the monster world arc with everyone's soul being used in the duel/game. That or the very first battle of Yugioh with Kaiba and Yugi haha. Number being the final duel between Yugi and Kaiba is 100 the best one for duel monsters! I can't wait for GX!!!! 🥰
I liked the duel between Mai and Tea, but more for the character development than for the duel itself.
Tea standing up for Yugi was a really sweet moment (though her deck would give you straight up cavities) and Mai throwing the duel, playing it off like she couldn't win (despite the fact that she totally could) all for Yugi's sake and to make Tea happy turned her into one of my favourite characters. She didn't coddle him and actually had respect for him as an opponent, and their duel in the semis was even better because it was when Yugi was struggling with Atem, she called him out for hesitating and gave him the confidence he needed to get his head back in the game.
Mai was a seriously great character, and it's tragic how poorly she was handled in later seasons, especially during her whole villain arc and how everyone started looking down on her. That felt like it came totally out of nowhere and really disrespected the character growth she had been going through. She managed to make it to the Duelist Kingdom semis and lost to Yugi (the literal King of Games) and then lost to Marik in Battle City because of some plot nonsense that required her to lose.
She deserved better.
29:04 I loved how this duel showed almost the peak of Yami Yugi duelling prowess (his peak peak was against Yugi which he lost) where he turns it around in duel he was flatly against his back (and he calculated every move on his last row turns).
My #1 will always be Atem and Kaiba vs Dartz. That whole duel was insane and some of the best parts weren't even duel related, just seeing the mind games Dartz would play with the Pharaoh and Kaiba, or when Rafael interrupts and gets his soul stolen. Also, Dartz was written as a cult leader, very charismatic and a way with words. Wayne Grayson did an AMAZING job voicing him and the dialogue the writers gave him.
The Orichalcos arc is my favorite though and alot of those duels are in my top 10 like Joey vs Valon, Joey vs Mai (first duel) and Kaiba vs Alister (2nd duel).
And of course Joey vs Marik, Yugi vs Kaiba (Duelist Kingdom actually), Yugi vs Pegasus etc. Love Yugioh.
That’s some dedication
Some what?! 😂
Bro, so many hot takes on this list. Yugi vs Pegasus VHS edition was so epic. Introduced us to many new concepts, including Yugi countering the Millennium eye!
My 5 favorite Duels in the franchise are:
1.Jonouchi vs Marik
2.Yugi vs Atem
3.Ryo vs Yubel
4.Atem Vs Kaiba-Battle City Finals
5.Judai vs Barron
Forgot to say: thanks so much for taking the time to do this!
I Loved this video Dylan & I can imagine how long this took & I agree with a good chunk of your ratings, this might just be me, but I wish they played no matter what during the joey vs yugi round 2 when joey was brainwashed by Marik. I also can't wait for the videos like this for GX, 5D'S, & all the other series
Ooohh this is gonna be good. Been rewatching DM and going through it subbed so this will keep the hype train rolling
Man that's an impressive compilation, you did a great job
If I had to at least have a top 5, those would be:
5: Yugi vs Rafael R1 (shocking to see Yugi lose and all the stakes impact him. Rafael is also a very nicely built-up character)
4: Yugi vs Kaiba R3 (really don't like this one as much as everyone else, but still it's a highlight of all the show)
3: Joey vs Marik (despite Marik being cocky, I really enjoy this one)
2: Yugi vs Kaiba R2 (I've always preferred the castle duel as I don't really like the last one that much)
1: Yugi vs Atem (really symbolizes the show wrapping up with how Atem gets outsmarted by Yugi, symbolizing his growth throughout it all)
4:06 - Third if we count Weevil vs Rex. Fifth if we count Yugi and Tea’s casual duels with Joey. And sixth by counting Solomon vs Kaiba, but you’d have to be a meticulous masochist to go that far.
I've waited a long time for someone to make this video. Thank you!
Vivian vs Rebecca is perhaps one of my absolute favourites due to the trash talking. Plus an actual meta deck being used is just👌
16:09 there are duels in this anime Dylan
Can tell you put alot of time into this video between the editing and script writing/opinions for every duel. Glad its climbing in vuews
Only 80 duels? Wow I feel like they had way more than that.
One thing, for Mai vs Marik, she dominated that match. I've said it before I'll say it again. She only lost because she didn't take ancient Egyptian as an elective🤷🏻♂️
I've always felt there was a criminal lack of duels. Even 80 duels sounds like more than it feels like there are, but then again, those 80 duels include a lot of filler content that hardly count, such as Joey's dream duel, and the mokuba duel.
Although i do not agree with some of your rankings, i still wanna give you props because what a task to do. Lol.
Unpopular opinion I did not mind the virtual world duels as much as others. I thought thebdeck master idea was awesome... but why in the middle of the battle city finals! (I know its because the anime caught up to the Manga but still)
This makes me want to rewatch YGOTAS 😂😂😂
It never ceases to amaze me that the Yami Marik vs Yami Bakura Duel is the only Duel we see Marik win fair and square. The Duels where he Dueled Yugi by controlling Strings and Joey, he lost. And the Duels between Yami Marik and Joey and Mai, he only won because of shenanigans. We all know about the bullshit reason Joey lost. But with Mai, she would have beat Marik if she hadn’t decided to flex and summon Ra. Her Harpie Ladies had enough combined ATK to wipe out Marik and he would not have been able to stop her. And even with summoning Ra, the only reason he won was the bullshit about the summoning chant (which honestly sounds like cheating). Both of the Duels, he should have lost.
Odion shoulda beat Joey
Mai shoulda beat Marik
Joey should have beat Marik even tho he shouldn’t have been there in the first place.
And here I thought I was the only one crazy enough to attempt this, but you beat me to it xD
I'm glad you gave respect to the Doma arc duels. Personally have Dartz and Valon duels in my top 10. I think you have Arkana and Ishizu duels too high.
I didn't include Yugi vs Mokuba in my list since it didn't develop, but I had Joey vs Kaiba (Duelist Kingdom) as my lowest ranked. Not sure if I missed it but didn't see that on your list.
Let me know if you want to collab for GX! I got my ranking ready to go, and tackling ~140 duels is not an easy task.
I thought it was weird that it was only 80 duels, but then I'm reminded that most duels were 2 episode, with some going to at least 3 episodes, not to mention that like the final 25 episodes of the show only had 3 duels in them.
GX is massive though. I think Jaden alone had like 85 duels.
One thing that I liked about the Johnny Steps duel was that he actually gave up once he knew who Yugi was, because it seemed to me that more people should have respected him like that, but rather it seems like every random duelist thought they could beat him, even if they were a complete nobody.
Yeah agreed. On top of that I also thought it was a breath of fresh air seeing an "average" duelist who was making all sorts of errors in the match.
I like your video so much I wanna rewatch yugiho the original from the beginning.
Can’t wait to see every series battles like this
You did it you really did it and it was really fun to watch! i would love to do my top 80 duels. I think Marik vs Yugi and Yugi vs kaiba are the bests
Hyped to see the 5DS one eventually!!!
Marik face at the end seeing Joey still standing is so priceless.
"Tea vs Mai, another forgettable duel. We all remember this one"
ooookay :D
The older day yugioh was so much more simple just normal and fusion summons that's it
This the kind of effort I subscribed for!
I look forward to you doing the GX version hopefully sometime next year! This video was amazing!
Loved this video awesome job!!
the 4-way duel was a critical duel in setting the stage for the four characters while also demonstrating all their skills in a match that really idn't reward winning as much as it did strategy, which was on full display to the strengths of each duelist!
Just my opinion though, but I rewatch that duel a lot.
Are you gonna do this as well on gx 5ds zexal arcv vrains sevens and go rush
My top ten:
1- Yugi VS Bakura Battle City
2 Yugi VS Kaiba Battle City
3- Yugi VS Strings Battle City
4- Joey VS Marik Battle City
5- Atem VS Yugi Finale
6- Yugi VS Pegasus Duelist Kingdom
7- Kaiba VS Pegasus Duelist Kingdom
8- Yugi VS Raphael (First Time)
9- Joey VS Bandit Keith
10- Kaiba VS Ishizu
Honorable Mentions:
Yugi VS Arkana
Yugi/Kaiba VS Dartz
Kaiba VS Gozzoboro
Yugi VS Kaiba Duelist Kingdom
This duo was Lumis and Umbra
The Rebecca Vivian duel really shouldn't be that low. This far into Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters they started using more and more card effects that are in line with what certain AI opponents in hard Yugioh video games or tournaments might use. The Joey coma duel could have been several spots below it.
Yugi vs Kaiba in the battle city finals was by far the best duel. The back and forth both having counters for the other and all the tension because of the stakes for Yugi and the pride of Kaiba to win his own tournament and bury his past, it’s just great.
This is not a video I'd ever attempt, hats off.
It’s crazy that it’s been 20 years since the Battle City Semi Finals and Final duel premiered on Kids WB!
Hey I don't think this was a crazy idea for a video. Now if you had done every YGO series (manga included + plus movies) all in one video during a stream with no breaks, then that would definitely be crazy.
This video was perfect background noise (not really; I paid attention) and I really love having good listenables to listen to in the BG while I'm doing other things online that may or may not need it cuz they might be too boring without background listenables.
I remember being so excited to see Kaiba vs Bakura but then getting so pissed when it randomly ended
Raphael is easily a top 5 Duelist in the Anime. Dartz is nothing compared to him.
I just started this video but I know I'm gonna love it and hope to see a Yu-Gi-Oh gx version of this which would be like over 2 hours long
Great video. Wonder if you made a top ten list of duels which are main arc villain vs outside protagonist. You got some rank middle to high
Kaiba vs. Pegasus
Yami Marik vs Mai
Kami Marik vs Makura
Kami Marik vs Joey
Others on the list combine with other yugioh series.
Also, I hope your voice gets better
I hope u do this type of video for all the other Yu-Gi-Oh shows
My top 5 personally are
5. Yugi vs Bakura (Dawn of the Duel)
4.Yugi vs Atem
3. Joey vs Yugi (Duelist Kingdom)
2. Joey vs Valon
1. Joey vs Marik
My favourite duel in the entire serie is bakura Vs yugi in duel city it was such a unique duel and the ending was amazing