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I’ll restart the popular debate lol : Joey should’ve beaten Marik . He called for his Gearfried The Iron Knight to attack and THEN he passed out. If he’d had summoned the card and then passed out , I’d accept Marik winning.
@@sikisikiamimis Honestly Joey is the superior duelist. Marik had no business being on that blimp with how incompetent he is. Marik is to Yugioh what Supreme Kai is to Dragonball.
Very much agree. If Joey had to lose the duel, they could've just wrote it that he outright was defeated and his lifepoints went to zero. Having him lose on a stamina technicality kind of cheapens Marik's supposed feroicity as a duelist.
@@l8head145 As big of a kaiba fan i am i suggest you to remain serious the real kaiba doesnt give a fuck about money and it didnt do shit for him against pegasus and naoh, and shadow magic, and dartz. He knows money doesnt decide skills in a game of cards.
yeah, joey's deck was basically 90% luck based by the end of yugioh. he wasn't really a "great" duelist but got lucky with his rolls. He was still regarded by pegasus though as the #3 duelist in the world when GX rolled around, only behind kaiba and yugi. I would put zane above joey, altough i would still like to see joey at the #10 spot, and zane around jack's level.
I personally thought Zane/Ryo should have been where Jonouchi is because, aside from the Yami Marik duel (which Jonouchi TOTALLY should have won!), Ryo is the better duelist with a great record, as you said. Maybe even higher.
@Mert Yilmaz i feel like the only reason zane said that was because he could no longer duel due to his heart condition. Im pretty sure a prime Cyrus could never beat a Prime Hell Kaiser lets be honest.
@@Sniffyy Nah. The Chazz. Also Syrus claps, His whole character was to be better than Zane. I'm pretty sure he meant his prime especially since he couldn't duel at time.
>It's time to duel! -Yugi >Get your game on! -Jaden >Let's rev it up! -Yusei >I'm feeling the flow! -Yuma >Ladies and gentlemen! -Yuya >Into the VRAINS! -Yusaku
Yeah. Epsecially becaus here are characters with less dueling victories but are way more pwoerful than some of the people in this list. I mean, Akiza from 5D's was basically an X-Men Character in a Yu-Gi-Oh Show
Yugi: "Aw come on! At least tell me if I'm number 1 on this countdown!" Yusei: "Well duh!" Jaden: "Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa! What?" Yusei: "It's not a spoiler if it's obvious."
Yusaku:"And why should i even care?" "Besides,he always lets the pharaoh duel for him most of time in his series." "While I,Jaden,Yusei and even Yuya have duel our own duels ourselves without letting a other soul from ancient times do our duels most of the time."
It was seen a mile away since many believe yugi is the only character who beyond how ineffective his deck is compared to the others would just win every single time no matter what so yea it was seen a mile away.
@@mohammadmurie fun fact in the oricalchos duels yugi doesn't use millennium puzzle it's his skill and luck that won him duels there because you could see in the first episode of season 4 that millennium puzzle doesn't work because if it did work they maybe would have played a shadow duel so against weevil yamis overkill was total luck
@@Deathmare235 is it though because in season five when the duel between atem and yugi starts (idk if it was first episode of the duel or the episode going to the pharaoh's tomb) you could see Raphael Alister and Valon
@@Kingofknights1401 from experience Jadens deck is pretty good, but there are many counters to it. Whereas Yugis dark magician deck has many support cards to counter effects and even protect his monsters
Not gonna lie Yu-Gi-Oh 5ds was better than og Yu-Gi-Oh, the protagonist being yusei is really mature because he had to deal with hardship and necessity proving that you can do anything no matter what hand you are dealt with. It also helps that the show has a Peruvian sublime that I appreciate since I am Peruvian. Go earthbound immortals!!
Judai had a demon living him and could tell who was an evil being and have yubel shoot balls of energy at people causing actually damage (look at the bonds beyond time movie its somehow cannon)
No playmaker is more skilles then him, i am kaito fan.Playmaker has all yugioh summons xzy link synhro ritual fusion pendulums while Yuesi has only synhro.
@@CJ-zm5dw wtf he isnt a better duelist playmaker have mever lost in main serie while yusei lose vs kalin and almost lost vs team unicorn.And i did yuseis deck vs playmakers deck and playmakers deck always wins.
@@CJ-zm5dw i see you didnt watch Vrains . If you watched it you would aggred with me.And yusei won a lot of matches with some power od the crismon dragon ,thats not a skill.Playmaker doesnt have a power lol
Jaden should be first he never used any of those tricks and managed to come up with strategies to nearly almost always win. Plus one of his rivals (Sirus brother) was a prodigy in yugioh and he managed to beat him at the end. While Yugi had trouble beating kaiba, who just focused on brute strength.
Thanks for including some Japanese clips too! I personally prefer it. I’m a little surprised that we didn’t see Kaiser Ryo, Edo Phoenix, Pegasus, or Asuka Tenjouin on the list. My favorites are Judai and Yusei.
The reason revolver isn't on this list is the same reason reiji akaba is in the wrong spot cause let's be honest jack and kite got nowhere against zarc but reiji negated his cards and dealt the first damage to him
Mostly because his win ratio is really low... He wins against Ghost Girl, Go, Windy and Blood Sheppard. And that's it. Meanwhile he draws against Yusaku twice, Lightning (though it was stolen from him, and yes, I'm still pissed about that), and loses against Soulburner and Yusaku twice. His win ratio isn't even 50% :/ And I'll agree he is the best character in VRAINS due to his backstory, as well as the best rival since Kaiba, but this fact still holds.
@@dylanhanson8033 still if he lost once in a flash back compared to yugi losing to kaiba losing to that child rebecca I think her name is and Raphael I think yusei is better than him
To be completely honest yusei can beat all of yugi's enemies while the same cannot be said of yugi to yusei's enemies, yugi can't beat the earthbound immortals or timelord but yusei can beat the Egyptian gods because their can be negated and destroyed while Dartz's leviathan can get hit by zero force because infinity does have a beginning meaning it started from zero
If we're talking about powerful,Yuya Sakaki should be considered that,because in the end of Arc V the guy actually avsorbed his other personalities actually eclipsing Z-arc's power
@@teenass3793 Art style = Target audience Have you actually seen or heard about the genocide that happens in Zexal II? xD This ain't "for kids". Only the style looks more "child-like"
Nah, after dark side of dimensions, Kaiba is more likely to be the 2nd strongest duelist Both his new deck and ability to summon obelisk from another dimension
Kaiba even after DSoD is a mediocre duelist at best, wouldn't even make it into a real top 10 imo. All Kaiba has is money, no skill, no talent, money and lots of determination. He's basically the Freza of Yugioh.
@@kuyashiix you said it yourself, its like frieza. Frieza understood he is not the strongest being in the universes and in order to challenge Goku, he trained hard to get golden (and to hold Broly for the hours vegita and goku needed to fuse) and even helped goku, his nemesis, to finally beat Jiren Not accepting Kaiba got a brutal deck and a character development thanks to the pharaoh its BS, even finally accepted his defeat against Yugi (Yugi not Atem) and accepted he is a true duelist before going to the past to challenge the pharaoh
@@Kimuraminato the blue eyes deck would easily clap the yusei deck it won worlds even dark magician don't have this feat yuseis deck is trash blue eyes keeps receiving supports and yusei is not yugi so kaiba would win
I disagree with the video. Yusei could very easily duel circles around Yugi. Yusei should have been #1 just because of exactly what this video portrays about him adapting to any situation. The only reason that Yugi won so much is because of "Heart of the cards" which is not a thing on any other season. Btw, 2nd place would be Zane Truesdale not Yugi either
10:59 STOP CALLING HIM YAMI YUGI, HE WAS GIVEN HIS REAL NAME AT THE END OF THE SERIES AND HIS NAME IS ATEM!!! come on man, you warned us there will be spoilers, so what is wrong with saying the Pharaoh’s name?
A crushing defeat for Tsukumo. The only protagonist who didn't make the cut. 2nd highest duel rate below Jaden, but makes way too many rookie moves, thus burdened him with the lowest win rate out of all. Poor Yuma
Yuya shouldn't be on the list I know he has won the most duel but his constant reliant on action cards is a signal saying that "hey if I don't use action cards I'll lose" I know it's supposed to be "entertaining" but really? Yuma should be on the list He beat astral with no number cards, and we know how powerful they were in zexal unless you count Utopic Future as one.
Yuma got better as the show progressed. He is also the youngest out of all the protagonists (if u excuse rush duels). I'm not Yuma's biggest fan, but I wish ppl would cut him some slack
Alot of people wouldn't understand cause they blinded by nostalgia but yusaku and yusei would destroy yugi.....and alot of the duel monsters cast would be at the bottom
you forget he is the king of games and Atem's literal ability is to draw what he wants to, he could probably adapt to any summoning format and wreck ass but you know Zane still #1
Ok you guys dont understand ik these characters decks and the plot armounr that they got for example let's look at yugi vs yusaku yugi has the plot armour of drawing anything however adding in his new support cards from magical hero as well as his 3 xyz supports yusaku has the advantage and he also has a similar type of plot armour put with the data storm.....a dark magician isnt beating a cyberse clock dragon
@@chichman8846 Yuma can draw a card and create any card on the fly that he requires to win (Shining Draw), most powerful character would 100% be Zexal 3 Yuma.
Yusei just "doesn't finish" duels lol. But yeah Yusei's near 100% win rate is one of the reasons why he is the one of the worse protagonist, he doesn't really grow, all he does is win, win, win.
While Yugi is the OG character and I have respect for that, Yusei is honestly the best main character. I have seen all the series, and some how survived the horribly annoying Yuma from zexal XD. Also Reiji should have been much higher on the list cause he is honestly the most smartest, when it comes to actual skill and not plot or main character reasons he can honestly beat anyone. That's just my opinion.
That's probably fair, but if they were to duel Yugi would still win, simply because he's the king of games, he'd adapt to anything. The game was only so complex back then.
@@devinbannish1469 True, but in a way every main character is the King of games in there respective series. The best version of Yugi is the one from the Dark side of dimension as he does not depend on Normal monsters and actually has a strong deck, that goes double for Kaiba. Even with those decks they still most likely fall to other characters in the series. Like i mention before, thats what i meant about Main character reasons and plots. In a honest duel Yugi can't win against someone like Reiji who is literally a duelist built to overcome any duelist to the point its almost always a 1 sided fight against nearly all characters and its kind of unfair to be honest. Its most likely Yugi is number 1 because of nostalgia and the heart of the cards, thsts all fine, but i am viewing them as actual characters and duelist. I get your point btw.
@@devinbannish1469 all characters from the og yugioh would be dominated by anyone from 5D's onwards (when the game started to speed up and become more combo heavy). Not even the Heart of the Cards could help Yugi, simply because no cards in his og deck would be useful against a deck like Reiji's, Yuma's, Yusei's etcetera. DSOD Yugi would on the other hand offer an interesting challenge, and even win with a good enough hand
Even though I will probably get hate for this, I need to say that Yuma DESERVES to be on this list. Everyone is always forgetting how strong Yuma really is at his full power because he is always being undermined, but at his full power, he deserves to be top ten and I think even top 5
@@xander9321 I meant that people are always giving hate to Yuma so my opinion might get hate. Also, people are always talking about how much Yuma sucks when truthfully his journey is the most realistic out of all of the characters. He starts off at a mediocre level, then gradually grows until he dominates his whole show at the end. With the other protagonists, they win the majority of their duels and usually dominate their shows from the beginning. That’s why Yuma deserves a spot up here
@@xander9321 My point exactly! I think that some people just dislike him as a character, and also probably because of his voice. Aside from that I’m not too sure...but plain toxicity could also be one of the options. Personally I don’t understand. He worked the hardest out of all of the protagonists to grow stronger, and he doesn’t even get credit!
Lol this is not a "Top 10 strongest" list, imagine summoning magnet warrior Gamma, set a trap card, and end turn, literally everyone from Arc-V and Vrains will destroy that first turn play
Lol yugi could have done better if there was more cards in his time. Even today Dark Magician Deck is meta. If you watched Yugioh Movie he did more job than Yusei.
I love how they mention Yugi’s deck was “well balanced” and “adaptable” when it kinda wasn’t. Especially during Battle City and later on, they leaned into playing cards that would have caused trouble for anyone who’s luck wasn’t enhanced thanks to the Millennium Puzzle. (For proof, go and build Yugi’s anime deck and see how many hands you draw that you can’t do much with compared to Kaiba, or even later duelist decks like Yusei, Jaden, Zane or Kite.)
I know it's late but personally by saying "adaptable" he basically uses all the cards there is. Like his Deck consists of too many archetypes but too few cards from them. At least Kaiba's is more focused on summoning high-leveled monster, notably Blue-Eyes, and protecting them. You cannot just support Dark Magician and also try to gather enough Tributes for the Gods and also Ritual Black Luster Solider in a 40-to-60-card Deck.
"The Most Powerful Characters in Yu-Gi-Oh" *Starts with Joey at number 10* Oh boy. If this is DM only, sure. But whole Yu-Gi-Oh series? I'm sure 85-90% of the named casts of all seasons can easily beat Joey in a duel.
I was so pleased to see my boi Yusei in 2nd place. It was surprising since I thought Kaiba was for sure in second but I'm just glad all those Zexals, Arc-V and VRAINS scrubs weren't placed higher then him.
W/L doesn't determine your strength. You can win against 100 noobs and lose against 1 master. Yusaku dueled almost 90% of the time against opponents who weaker than him. Exceptions being Revolver, Bohman, Ai and S2 Go Onizuka(let's be real, Neo Storm Access's second effect is an asspull)
@@christopher961 his timelord monsters were crazy good and the way he summoned all of them was crazy I thought my boy yusei would of got blown away honestly when i first watched the duel
Suggestion: make a list of top 10 duelist for every Yu-Gi-Oh! Series. Because it’s really hard to score top 10 for all the series (yet) as they hardly meet each others and some live in different time or dimensions. Nevertheless wholesome video 😄👍🏻 cheers
I really want to see characters from Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! G/X, & Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds in a tournament tv show or film. Also finally see some of those characters from those series against the same type of characters deck against one another.! The winner should be decided by the fans or at least help to decide who wins.
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Jaden Yuki
Yuma, cuz he can turn SUPER SAIYIAN and pick which card he needs to win the duel
Doesn’t all depend on skill and experience ?
Y is there no arc v
Lose in Pokemon: Get knocked out and go to the nearest Pokemon center
Lose in Yu-Gi-Oh!: *Die*
Or even worse ...
Get sent to the Shadow Realm
@@majingamer6109 I mean your not wrong, it's literally a night mare world, where your soul is taken to. For which there is no awakening.
Looks like your going to the shadow realm jimbo
@@darryljack6612 so basically hell
*To the Stars!*
Watchmojo: Number 3, Seto Kaiba.
Kaiba: YOU’RE A THIRD RATE DUELIST WITH A FOURTH RATE DECK
More like "you're a third rate channel with a fourth rate list"
DaFro3713 screw the rules I have money
SCREW THE RULES I HAVE GREEN HAIR
@@SovereignJarodKwan thats when they do lists with todd habercorn as narrator
when they're bad? lol
I’ll restart the popular debate lol :
Joey should’ve beaten Marik . He called for his Gearfried The Iron Knight to attack and THEN he passed out.
If he’d had summoned the card and then passed out , I’d accept Marik winning.
Agreed I never got over the time Joey almost saved the world. It would have been a awesome subversion of expectations
Joey chained fainting to his attack so fainting resolved first. No but seriously Marik sucks so of course Joey should have won.
He didn't order attack he whispered half the word, I like Joey too but come on
@@sikisikiamimis Honestly Joey is the superior duelist. Marik had no business being on that blimp with how incompetent he is. Marik is to Yugioh what Supreme Kai is to Dragonball.
Very much agree. If Joey had to lose the duel, they could've just wrote it that he outright was defeated and his lifepoints went to zero. Having him lose on a stamina technicality kind of cheapens Marik's supposed feroicity as a duelist.
Favorite is Yusei. His deck just flows so nicely
His Dueling Card Deck is favorite.
Same I agree 5ds handsdown best era
Joeys loss to Marik was beyond unfair. I think we all know the true winner of that duel!
Seto Kaiba: Screw the rankings I have money.
L8Head hahahaha
L8Head Funny Did Laugh
He was about to lose to ALISTER TWICE
@@SwagokuLion so he has money
@@l8head145 As big of a kaiba fan i am i suggest you to remain serious the real kaiba doesnt give a fuck about money and it didnt do shit for him against pegasus and naoh, and shadow magic, and dartz. He knows money doesnt decide skills in a game of cards.
So they just gonna disrespect Zane and not put him on here. He has probably the best strategy
yeah, joey's deck was basically 90% luck based by the end of yugioh. he wasn't really a "great" duelist but got lucky with his rolls. He was still regarded by pegasus though as the #3 duelist in the world when GX rolled around, only behind kaiba and yugi. I would put zane above joey, altough i would still like to see joey at the #10 spot, and zane around jack's level.
Literally killing himself?
What about Aster Phoenix though? He beat Zane and Jaden. And lets not forget Chazz who managed to beat Aster.
Florence He beat previous Zane. He would not have stood a chance against Dark Zane
True
Zane truesdale : Am I a joke to you?
Aster Phoenix: Am I a joke to you
@@hightidekraken Zane was better than aster no offense.
Zane should been in top 5
@@gustav1987 Defintely
Richard Hutchinson Aster beat Zane which started his losing streak
No Zane Truesdale?! One of the best characters in GX that had a phenomenal record and became pro duelist?
I personally thought Zane/Ryo should have been where Jonouchi is because, aside from the Yami Marik duel (which Jonouchi TOTALLY should have won!), Ryo is the better duelist with a great record, as you said. Maybe even higher.
Jordan Albert he should’ve been above Jaden
Mert Yilmaz Zane was way past his prime they need to continue GX even Zane said he himself could improve
@Mert Yilmaz i feel like the only reason zane said that was because he could no longer duel due to his heart condition. Im pretty sure a prime Cyrus could never beat a Prime Hell Kaiser lets be honest.
@@Sniffyy Nah. The Chazz.
Also Syrus claps, His whole character was to be better than Zane. I'm pretty sure he meant his prime especially since he couldn't duel at time.
Real world : we have neuclear and atom bombs
Anime world : we have children's cards and beyblade
Plus cylinders that contain monsters inside and marbles that become creatures when they stand on a card.
@@ichigokurosaki7505 which anime this is from
@@shantiyadav3660 Monsuno and Bakugan
@@ichigokurosaki7505 ok
Fun fact Yusei knows how to fight hand to hand.
Yusei is the best protagonist in yugioh 5ds
You must have not seen Jaden in season four
zuku the hedgehog so does Joey
I always like yusei since I was a teen
Think everybody knows that
>It's time to duel! -Yugi
>Get your game on! -Jaden
>Let's rev it up! -Yusei
>I'm feeling the flow! -Yuma
>Ladies and gentlemen! -Yuya
>Into the VRAINS! -Yusaku
Let’s go! Rush duel! - Yuga
THANKS you guys!!
Or Yuya could be "the fun has just begun"
>Gotcha!-Judai
@@ObtainThePain that is post duel
The title should have been “top 10 Duelists”. Considering characters in these shows LITERALLY have magic/supernatural powers, the title is misleading.
Does having magic powers make them less powerful?
I actually think that one has been done already.
Charles Dixon they already did. I thought this said cards🤔
Yeah. Epsecially becaus here are characters with less dueling victories but are way more pwoerful than some of the people in this list. I mean, Akiza from 5D's was basically an X-Men Character in a Yu-Gi-Oh Show
Agreed, there are some Mythological Gods, especially the most powerful ones, the Egyptian Gods
So Joey gets on the list but Zane and Akiza aren’t, ok
You mean Akiza from 5D's?
FACTS
Hell Kaiser yes, Aki no.
AnReal Angeles yes
@@Edawg8829 Thanks. Just wanted to know!
Yugi: "Aw come on! At least tell me if I'm number 1 on this countdown!"
Yusei: "Well duh!"
Jaden: "Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa! What?"
Yusei: "It's not a spoiler if it's obvious."
yusei be like : OH HELLL NO
Cuz after all, Yugi is STILL the main king of games. Judai and Yusei only follow
bonds beyond time
Yusaku:"And why should i even care?"
"Besides,he always lets the pharaoh duel for him most of time in his series."
"While I,Jaden,Yusei and even Yuya have duel our own duels ourselves without letting a other soul from ancient times do our duels most of the time."
@@jeuryrabassa4724 yami is the real king of games but yugi is up there too he beat kaiba alone in the 2016 movie
I sacrifice Dark Magician Girl,
Gamma the magnet warrior,
And Big shield guardna
To summon the all mighty
Slifer the sky dragon
When yugioh was badass
Man I miss the pharaoh
That just sent me on a nostalgia trip
It’s not even that good a card, I’m sorry
@@user-np4je9tk7o Yeah it's useless, Obelisk is the best
I definitely thought we were talking about actual “powerful” duelists like Don Thousand and Yubel and not just good duelists.
Yeah cuz Yuma with Zexal is Legitimately op as well
And yuya with all 4 dragons is op
And Jaden, who holds the power of both Yubel as well as the Supreme King, Wielder of the Gentle Darkness
Sebastian Coombs Zarc is stronger then Yuya
If that's the case, Hao Judai should have topped this list
I absolutely love Yu-Gi-Oh. It will always hold a special place in my heart.
🐥🍼
Alwas, its awsome.
The fact that THE CHAZZ isn’t on this list is a crime in itself
CHAZZ IT UP!!!
MANJOUME THUNDER!
Just let Chazz play Obama King with Obama country firs turn and no one can stop him
lol
Chazz is to good for this list 🥵👍👍
Joey : hey I'm in the top 10
Chazz and Zane crying in the corner
replace chazz with revolver right now
I think you forgot about THE CHAZZ
Agreed
Chazz is not worthy
Chazz it up chazz it up chazz it up
@@drakox9603 Said no one ever!
I said it i am not no one
Who else saw the ending coming?
We all did man.
It was seen a mile away since many believe yugi is the only character who beyond how ineffective his deck is compared to the others would just win every single time no matter what so yea it was seen a mile away.
Me
Wdym I thought it would be Tristan
Fun fact about yugi the heart of the cards is actually bs as the millennium puzzle gives yugi super luck
Yusei fudo in my opinion is by far the best protagonist out of all the Yu-Gi-Oh series he's number one in my book
Miguelangel Ramirez yeah yugioh hitted the highest point with yusei then it started falling straight after
-i hate the numbers
@@oliverkat fr
Nah I think nothing beats the first show and protagonist Yugi Moto
Dont forgot he only got 1 loss
"Card games on motorcycles!"
Finally, a 5D's fan!
Jaden Yuki: The most normal haircut
haircut and color
“Call it “Plot Armor” or “The Heart of the Cards”...”
Me: Same thing really... 🤷♂️
Fun fact the heart of the cards is actually bs as the millennium puzzle gives its user super luck
@@mohammadmurie fun fact in the oricalchos duels yugi doesn't use millennium puzzle it's his skill and luck that won him duels there because you could see in the first episode of season 4 that millennium puzzle doesn't work because if it did work they maybe would have played a shadow duel so against weevil yamis overkill was total luck
super mario the duels don’t count its non canon
@@Deathmare235 is it though because in season five when the duel between atem and yugi starts (idk if it was first episode of the duel or the episode going to the pharaoh's tomb) you could see Raphael Alister and Valon
More like always top deck!
This list is awful. Zane isn't even mentioned.
JoeMoFasho Facts Zanes deck is fucking crazy
How Jaden and yuya isn't in the top 3 people who had some of the most powerful decks in the anime by the end is ridiculous
@@Kingofknights1401 from experience Jadens deck is pretty good, but there are many counters to it. Whereas Yugis dark magician deck has many support cards to counter effects and even protect his monsters
@@dakotamast9394 Jaden and even more so yuyas decks arent just good they are amazing they have a ton of support to protect their monsters
@@Kingofknights1401 which I don't know if u play duel links as that's what I'm going off of.
Not gonna lie Yu-Gi-Oh 5ds was better than og Yu-Gi-Oh, the protagonist being yusei is really mature because he had to deal with hardship and necessity proving that you can do anything no matter what hand you are dealt with. It also helps that the show has a Peruvian sublime that I appreciate since I am Peruvian. Go earthbound immortals!!
pops91 that and most of the arcs he went through had the fate of the world in the balance
Agree, i fall in love with the show as a teen 10 years ago
Out of the first 3 5ds is my favorite 2nd would be yugioh and 3rd bring gx wasn't a big fan of gx. I havnt seen zexel of ark v
Jake Alter in the original timeline he never had to deal will Z-one and Aporia. Just the Dark Signers
Except Yusei was a Mary-Sue
Jaden is my fave, just love his attitude and pure love of the game :).
He's the duelist who loves playing the hero for fun :D
I agree. Thought Yusei barely has any loss stats, Atem can always find the path to the victory while being in a huge disadvantage.
Bcz hes cheating lol
Yet even with the haxs he still lost to yugi
Jaden is the best protag. He loves dueling more than anybody else and actually has a good character arc
Ye adter gx i could care less. Satelite was ok i guess with the bike wheels
I agree. I love Yusei too though.
True
And the only main protagonist who grew up to an adult
GerardWay4President I love him, too!
What makes Jaden so powerful is that he can literally bring monsters to life(I wish Yusei and Yugi could do it to).
Yami can do that tho
@@nerocrow4040 well yusei can travel to the past/future
Judai had a demon living him and could tell who was an evil being and have yubel shoot balls of energy at people causing actually damage (look at the bonds beyond time movie its somehow cannon)
Jaden also has the ability to sing his own theme song
Cesar Victorino he’s the strongest human duellist
Yu-Gi-Oh was my childhood
The first yugioh show is the most badass anime ever
AndreNitro X1000 I totally agree with you nothing beats the first and the original one
Athrun mine too I’ve seen every episode of every series in English and Japanese
same
@@matthew8149 its not just nostalgia either, it had the best duels, great animation, best monsters and a good story.
Season 0 Yami Yugi on a whole 'nother level boi
Thats a drak time we don't talk about that
@@felipebolanosa4231 *dark
You can hate me, but Yusei is the most skilled protagonist in the entire yugioh anime. His evolution through the entire 5DS Arc was amazing :)
Nah Chazz.
No playmaker is more skilles then him, i am kaito fan.Playmaker has all yugioh summons xzy link synhro ritual fusion pendulums while Yuesi has only synhro.
@@lazarstevanovic7252 Just cause you have more summons doesn't mean your a Better Duelist. And Yusei is smarter in general. Just sayin
@@CJ-zm5dw wtf he isnt a better duelist playmaker have mever lost in main serie while yusei lose vs kalin and almost lost vs team unicorn.And i did yuseis deck vs playmakers deck and playmakers deck always wins.
@@CJ-zm5dw i see you didnt watch Vrains . If you watched it you would aggred with me.And yusei won a lot of matches with some power od the crismon dragon ,thats not a skill.Playmaker doesnt have a power lol
My only complaint is that Yugi and Yusei should switch positions on this list.
Being the OG protagonist doesn't necessarily make him the strongest.
Yusei should be lower. He's really kind of average. Sure he's undefeated, but his opponents were mostly fodder
@@babysinclairfan
Not to mention that a lot of his wins were based on much greater luck and plot armor with the kinds of cards he drew.
@@HalfDemonInuyasha same with yugi yusei aslo beat endgame villain that have way more bullshit decks the fucking temporal gods were stupidLOL
@@HalfDemonInuyasha or crashing his duel runner therefore ending the duel undecided just as he was about to lose
Jaden should be first he never used any of those tricks and managed to come up with strategies to nearly almost always win. Plus one of his rivals (Sirus brother) was a prodigy in yugioh and he managed to beat him at the end. While Yugi had trouble beating kaiba, who just focused on brute strength.
Before the video starts. I bet Yugi is number one.
😱😱😱
No shittt sherlock
Ironically as actually yugi is not the best duelist by a long shot
@@mohammadmurie probably because his deck is Outdated(No Synchro,Xyz,etc.)
@@elrushe1132 also having no archetype
By the way the heart of the cards is bs as the millennium puzzle's power I'd to give the owner super luck
Top 10 Epic Monster Summons in Yu-Gi-Oh! Series !!!!!
I can think of a couple
shooting quasar dragon definetly top 3
The Egypt God cards
@@sga1ac3 Shooting Star Dragon with the Clear Mind ost
Raid Raptor Revolution Facon Summon was godly
Still can’t believe that this man really sent his soul to heaven for a salty rematch
I mean Jack absorbed the devil just to make his own card
Thanks for including some Japanese clips too! I personally prefer it.
I’m a little surprised that we didn’t see Kaiser Ryo, Edo Phoenix, Pegasus, or Asuka Tenjouin on the list. My favorites are Judai and Yusei.
Why isn't Zane/Hell Kaiser on the list?
Shay Obsidian and even Sora were mad strong with their decks
Opening Poly and 2/3 Cyber dragons every duel isnt skill.
@MC Layer Zane is Much, Much Stronger than Joey, at least
But a cork in it, Zane!
Because they're bastards 😀
Where is Revolver? He is one of best rivals in Yu-Gi-Oh series.
I LINK SUMMON BORRELOAD DRAGON
The reason revolver isn't on this list is the same reason reiji akaba is in the wrong spot cause let's be honest jack and kite got nowhere against zarc but reiji negated his cards and dealt the first damage to him
Blame the assholes who defeated him.
Mostly because his win ratio is really low...
He wins against Ghost Girl, Go, Windy and Blood Sheppard. And that's it.
Meanwhile he draws against Yusaku twice, Lightning (though it was stolen from him, and yes, I'm still pissed about that), and loses against Soulburner and Yusaku twice.
His win ratio isn't even 50% :/
And I'll agree he is the best character in VRAINS due to his backstory, as well as the best rival since Kaiba, but this fact still holds.
Why is Z-one not number 1 is a better question? Also, why isn’t Z-arc Nunber 2 or 3
Man I miss watching 5d's sooo much I loved synchro summons. Was really glad to see Kite make the list. His deck was amazing
Switch out Joey for Zane or Aster. Jaden is too low, Reiji is also too low.
@@thewanderingdoomed4883
Overrated as Pegasus only
How dare Joey used swordsman of landstar he should be at number 1
Lol
Even chazz devervet a mention
When Z-arc doesn't make the list but everyone Z-arc's beaten does
Yusei Fuso is definitely my favorite protagonist. Im happy he made it near the top.
He should be number one yusei never lost a duel
@@Flashgoddess7152 he lost to jack in a flash back.
@@dylanhanson8033 still if he lost once in a flash back compared to yugi losing to kaiba losing to that child rebecca I think her name is and Raphael I think yusei is better than him
Uldren Sov exactly😂
To be completely honest yusei can beat all of yugi's enemies while the same cannot be said of yugi to yusei's enemies, yugi can't beat the earthbound immortals or timelord but yusei can beat the Egyptian gods because their can be negated and destroyed while Dartz's leviathan can get hit by zero force because infinity does have a beginning meaning it started from zero
The top 4 are my favorite Yugioh characters. Yugi, Seto, Yusei, Yusaku. Perfection.
Nice 👍
All five in the Top 5 are my favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! characters: Yugi, Seto, Yusei, Yusaku, and Judai.
@Roman Francis
Nope
(Meanwhile at Europe)
TGSAnime: I my strategic stats are tingling.
If we're talking about powerful,Yuya Sakaki should be considered that,because in the end of Arc V the guy actually avsorbed his other personalities actually eclipsing Z-arc's power
I see Yusei, i click. simple
You know what I was surprised at when I watched YuGiOh 5ds, Yusei was a reincarnation of someone of the past like Yugi and Jaden.
And the only who doesn’t have a partner.
@@cesarvictorino973 you sorta could say that the Crimson Dragon is his partner.
@@cesarvictorino973 he does stardust is his lover and partner
This 3 is the only protag with movie crossover as I remember since I stop watch after 5ds bcoz of zexal char style is aim for childrens.
@@teenass3793 Art style = Target audience
Have you actually seen or heard about the genocide that happens in Zexal II? xD This ain't "for kids". Only the style looks more "child-like"
It’s time to dudududududududududududududududududududududududududdududu duel!
DOROOOO MONSTAHH CARDOOOOO
As president of kaiba corp i call this INVALID!!!
NANI?
6:26 Suprised TH-cam captions didnt caption it as "That's gay."
Man I haven't seen YuGiOh in years. I loved this programme
The pharaoh just has the ability to choose whatever card he wants while Yugi has to just hope for he best
Oh that’s just the skill Destiny Draw.
@sakura san when
@sakura san didnt lose to pegasus and raphel one was fake
Are you insane?
Fifth place for Jaden? He deserved place in top 3.
I agree he saved duel academy 4 times because In Japan they have yu-gi-oh gx season 4 and that counts but still your right
I agree! His win and loss ratio is 2nd in the entire series with Yusei at the Top
@@sahilm483 Actually, Yusaku have a best win ratio, if we don't count Flashback
Nah, after dark side of dimensions, Kaiba is more likely to be the 2nd strongest duelist
Both his new deck and ability to summon obelisk from another dimension
Kaiba even after DSoD is a mediocre duelist at best, wouldn't even make it into a real top 10 imo. All Kaiba has is money, no skill, no talent, money and lots of determination. He's basically the Freza of Yugioh.
@@kuyashiix kaiba is hands down no 2 lol anyway who's not yugi would easily fall against kaiba only heart of the Cards can beat his powerful monsters
@@kuyashiix you said it yourself, its like frieza. Frieza understood he is not the strongest being in the universes and in order to challenge Goku, he trained hard to get golden (and to hold Broly for the hours vegita and goku needed to fuse) and even helped goku, his nemesis, to finally beat Jiren
Not accepting Kaiba got a brutal deck and a character development thanks to the pharaoh its BS, even finally accepted his defeat against Yugi (Yugi not Atem) and accepted he is a true duelist before going to the past to challenge the pharaoh
DSOD is a sequel to the manga-only.
@@Kimuraminato the blue eyes deck would easily clap the yusei deck it won worlds even dark magician don't have this feat yuseis deck is trash blue eyes keeps receiving supports and yusei is not yugi so kaiba would win
I disagree with the video. Yusei could very easily duel circles around Yugi. Yusei should have been #1 just because of exactly what this video portrays about him adapting to any situation. The only reason that Yugi won so much is because of "Heart of the cards" which is not a thing on any other season. Btw, 2nd place would be Zane Truesdale not Yugi either
Zane 2nd wtf I think your playing favorites with that one but he should be on the list
Atem already defeated Yusei in the World Qualifier 2011. In fact, Atem is way better than Yusei.
@@gamerssjblue9222 who's your top 10 strongest duelist list?
@@malefic1blitz602 Hard to decide, but I will start with:
1) Yugi / Atem
2) Yusaku
3) Yusei
4) Yuya Sakaki
5) Z-one
@@gamerssjblue9222 Nice list I can see you like the serious characters more
At least Joey's almost win earned him the respect of Kaiba
Jaden yuki from season 4 is my favorite charactor
Yugioh zexal was underrated but it happens to be my favorite in the franchise along with 5D’s those two are untouchable.
I watched the two of this plus arc V but i never watched the original
GX is my favorite
True
Yes zexal is the best
5ds is best but zexal my favorite
I'm kinda mad Zane wasnt on here he was so badass
The one dual I've always wanted to see was Zane vs kaiba since they both have some what similar decks
@@K-wars that's true it will never happen though 😭😭 but hey at could happen
YUSEI FUDO🖤
Best Yugioh protagonist, in my opinion
Fudog
Manuel FS Yh
10:59 STOP CALLING HIM YAMI YUGI, HE WAS GIVEN HIS REAL NAME AT THE END OF THE SERIES AND HIS NAME IS ATEM!!! come on man, you warned us there will be spoilers, so what is wrong with saying the Pharaoh’s name?
A crushing defeat for Tsukumo. The only protagonist who didn't make the cut. 2nd highest duel rate below Jaden, but makes way too many rookie moves, thus burdened him with the lowest win rate out of all. Poor Yuma
At least he can turn super saiyan. Yugi has nothing like that.
Yuya shouldn't be on the list I know he has won the most duel but his constant reliant on action cards is a signal saying that "hey if I don't use action cards I'll lose" I know it's supposed to be "entertaining" but really? Yuma should be on the list He beat astral with no number cards, and we know how powerful they were in zexal unless you count Utopic Future as one.
Agreed yuya shouldn't be on the list he didn't beat anybody
Yuma got better as the show progressed. He is also the youngest out of all the protagonists (if u excuse rush duels). I'm not Yuma's biggest fan, but I wish ppl would cut him some slack
Alot of people wouldn't understand cause they blinded by nostalgia but yusaku and yusei would destroy yugi.....and alot of the duel monsters cast would be at the bottom
But you forget one thing...plot armour! Yugi with plot armour is unbeatable.
I wouldn't sat that since these arcs take place in the future. Im sure if Yugi was their he dominate.
you forget he is the king of games and Atem's literal ability is to draw what he wants to, he could probably adapt to any summoning format and wreck ass but you know Zane still #1
Atem can decide fate, also in the manga we saw more display of his dark magic. He's the goat of yu gi oh
Ok you guys dont understand ik these characters decks and the plot armounr that they got for example let's look at yugi vs yusaku yugi has the plot armour of drawing anything however adding in his new support cards from magical hero as well as his 3 xyz supports yusaku has the advantage and he also has a similar type of plot armour put with the data storm.....a dark magician isnt beating a cyberse clock dragon
We all knew it was gonna be yugi
I bet people are gonna be saying all of these guys have the ultimate plot armor.
No, only Yusaku. The plot armor had never been so ridiculous and annoying like how it was in VRAINS.
@@hieutrang3635 what's with yugi/yami
@@Asim-nm1bc Yami Yugi's plot armor was logical and understandable. Yusaku's one, on the other hand, was ridiculous and unforgivable.
@@hieutrang3635 agree I think plot armor goes to villain rather than Yusaku lmao
@@hieutrang3635 ok
Jaden at 5th? And that’s where a click off this video
Probably only Yugi is better than him
@@golicamdjecu634 facts
Putting Jaden on number 5... You just can't be serious
he is 2nd/3rd best duelists in the GX, so he totally deserved his place if u ask me
Let's face it, Yusei has the best win/loss record, and Yugi doesn't.
Yeah but 90% of the time yugi loss was Because he gave up
Atem is also shown to be able to will cards into his hand as shown in the berserker soul scene and the final battle
@@chichman8846 Yuma can draw a card and create any card on the fly that he requires to win (Shining Draw), most powerful character would 100% be Zexal 3 Yuma.
Lol any time yusei was about to lose he'd just fall of his bike like a dumby. I mean hes dumby thicc and cool but hes still a dumby
Yusei just "doesn't finish" duels lol. But yeah Yusei's near 100% win rate is one of the reasons why he is the one of the worse protagonist, he doesn't really grow, all he does is win, win, win.
Aww how come Astral didn't make the list? Surely, he's stronger than Kite.
Astral, Shark and Ai should've and could've easily made this list.
Edit: Chazz, Revolver, Spectre, Bowman, Yuma, and Tron are also good picks.
@Joshua Jenkins astral can shining draw a monster card too. Besides, nobody on this list has that many negates.
@@babysinclairfan Yuma and Astal have also been in lockdown situations before and still won.
babysinclairfan for real yuma/astral should’ve been on here. Zexal mode is 👌🏻👌🏻🔥👀
Definitely isn't stronger than kite
While Yugi is the OG character and I have respect for that, Yusei is honestly the best main character. I have seen all the series, and some how survived the horribly annoying Yuma from zexal XD. Also Reiji should have been much higher on the list cause he is honestly the most smartest, when it comes to actual skill and not plot or main character reasons he can honestly beat anyone. That's just my opinion.
That's probably fair, but if they were to duel Yugi would still win, simply because he's the king of games, he'd adapt to anything. The game was only so complex back then.
@@devinbannish1469 True, but in a way every main character is the King of games in there respective series. The best version of Yugi is the one from the Dark side of dimension as he does not depend on Normal monsters and actually has a strong deck, that goes double for Kaiba. Even with those decks they still most likely fall to other characters in the series. Like i mention before, thats what i meant about Main character reasons and plots. In a honest duel Yugi can't win against someone like Reiji who is literally a duelist built to overcome any duelist to the point its almost always a 1 sided fight against nearly all characters and its kind of unfair to be honest. Its most likely Yugi is number 1 because of nostalgia and the heart of the cards, thsts all fine, but i am viewing them as actual characters and duelist. I get your point btw.
@@devinbannish1469 all characters from the og yugioh would be dominated by anyone from 5D's onwards (when the game started to speed up and become more combo heavy). Not even the Heart of the Cards could help Yugi, simply because no cards in his og deck would be useful against a deck like Reiji's, Yuma's, Yusei's etcetera. DSOD Yugi would on the other hand offer an interesting challenge, and even win with a good enough hand
Nope Atem is most powerful character!
@@damjankrgovic3990 by cheating
If Joey Wheeler isn't on the list, we shall RAGE in the Brooklyn variety!
0:35 "#10 Joey Wheeler"
hooray
Even though I will probably get hate for this, I need to say that Yuma DESERVES to be on this list. Everyone is always forgetting how strong Yuma really is at his full power because he is always being undermined, but at his full power, he deserves to be top ten and I think even top 5
This statement perfectly describes my thoughts
@@xander9321 I meant that people are always giving hate to Yuma so my opinion might get hate. Also, people are always talking about how much Yuma sucks when truthfully his journey is the most realistic out of all of the characters. He starts off at a mediocre level, then gradually grows until he dominates his whole show at the end. With the other protagonists, they win the majority of their duels and usually dominate their shows from the beginning. That’s why Yuma deserves a spot up here
@@xander9321 My point exactly! I think that some people just dislike him as a character, and also probably because of his voice. Aside from that I’m not too sure...but plain toxicity could also be one of the options. Personally I don’t understand. He worked the hardest out of all of the protagonists to grow stronger, and he doesn’t even get credit!
Lol this is not a "Top 10 strongest" list, imagine summoning magnet warrior Gamma, set a trap card, and end turn, literally everyone from Arc-V and Vrains will destroy that first turn play
@Sinochu exactly..
Atem draws the 5 Exodia pieces in his first 5 cards...
The guys from arc v and vrains lose in a sec.
Lol yugi could have done better if there was more cards in his time. Even today Dark Magician Deck is meta. If you watched Yugioh Movie he did more job than Yusei.
Totaly agree
Especially with vrains
Revlover can beat Kaiba easily using 1 topologic monster who destory all monster in main zone(i forgot its name 😅)
Yugi would draw Exodia in his opening hand anyway, like he does in the Power of chaos game. So:
Yugi = Atem > anyone
It’s time to get our game on!
Get your game on🎶
Kaiba- how did he know I was trying to summon my blue eyes ultimate dragon?!
Yugi- uh dude, you try to summon it every freaking match!
Where's The Supreme King? Literally the only villain in the entire franchise who doesn't lose a single duel!
I was thinking that too, Zarc is def top 5
Jaden is the SK same character just darkness.
@@alanchamberlain9902 the Jaden one sucked compared to Z-arc at least
@@Deathmare235 Nah Z-arc basically was a copycat.
@@alanchamberlain9902 how
I love how they mention Yugi’s deck was “well balanced” and “adaptable” when it kinda wasn’t. Especially during Battle City and later on, they leaned into playing cards that would have caused trouble for anyone who’s luck wasn’t enhanced thanks to the Millennium Puzzle. (For proof, go and build Yugi’s anime deck and see how many hands you draw that you can’t do much with compared to Kaiba, or even later duelist decks like Yusei, Jaden, Zane or Kite.)
I know it's late but personally by saying "adaptable" he basically uses all the cards there is. Like his Deck consists of too many archetypes but too few cards from them. At least Kaiba's is more focused on summoning high-leveled monster, notably Blue-Eyes, and protecting them. You cannot just support Dark Magician and also try to gather enough Tributes for the Gods and also Ritual Black Luster Solider in a 40-to-60-card Deck.
They should Bring back GX and 5D’s and make they’re final seasons dubbed
Yeah what's with final seasons of Yu-Gi-Oh! going undubbed?
PikaLink91 GX and 5D’s final season dub were canceled for some stupid reasons
4kids dubbing is garbage, GX's S4 got saved from it
sikisikiamimis But I can’t keep reading the subtitles of GX and 5D’s it’s tiresome
@@PikaLink91 i think it had to do with timing by the time they are dubbing the final seasons a new show comes out
When I played the Yu-Gi-Oh card game my three strongest decks I had where My magician deck, my harpie deck & my vampire deck.
Mine were cyberse and dragon
How dare you forget about the Hell Kaiser Ryo and his Cyber-Style deck!!
Greatest list of all time
Nope, this list is meh
"The Most Powerful Characters in Yu-Gi-Oh"
*Starts with Joey at number 10*
Oh boy. If this is DM only, sure. But whole Yu-Gi-Oh series? I'm sure 85-90% of the named casts of all seasons can easily beat Joey in a duel.
Are you sure? Joey Time Wizard. Heads all your monsters destroyed and you inflicted DMG. -4000 GG.
@@user-lh5my4ws8j
Lol bro I see Crow from 5ds can beat Jounochi easily
And Bruno can beat him in 1 turn
Jounouchi is overrated only
Yusei: I summon Stardust Dragon!
Yugo: I synchro summon Clear Wing Synchro Dragon
Yugi: What in the world is a synchro
What in the world is a synchro
Nope
I activate synchro enihalation.
You lose.
I had no idea there were so many Yu-Gi-Oh series now.
*clears throat*
I SUMMMMMMON SLIIIFFERRRR THE SKY DRAGOOOON!!!!!!!!
I was so pleased to see my boi Yusei in 2nd place. It was surprising since I thought Kaiba was for sure in second but I'm just glad all those Zexals, Arc-V and VRAINS scrubs weren't placed higher then him.
Jaden is the best main protagonist for me he has a good character development and he's the only character who grew up into an adult
Yugi > jaden
Yusei didn't need to grow up into adult, he was 18 years old = adult
Not the best in my opinion.I find Yuma to be the best.Great growth as a character and personality even tho he can be a btch sometimes
The fact yusaku is in 4th considering he never lost is kind of disappointing imo
W/L doesn't determine your strength. You can win against 100 noobs and lose against 1 master. Yusaku dueled almost 90% of the time against opponents who weaker than him. Exceptions being Revolver, Bohman, Ai and S2 Go Onizuka(let's be real, Neo Storm Access's second effect is an asspull)
@@Odd_Eyes well at least he's not the only one using it bohman using Strom access every turn seriously unfair
Z-one is not on this list. Huge reminder. People should really read the anime effects of his cards....
@@christopher961 his timelord monsters were crazy good and the way he summoned all of them was crazy I thought my boy yusei would of got blown away honestly when i first watched the duel
Suggestion: make a list of top 10 duelist for every Yu-Gi-Oh! Series. Because it’s really hard to score top 10 for all the series (yet) as they hardly meet each others and some live in different time or dimensions. Nevertheless wholesome video 😄👍🏻 cheers
I agree. It’s too difficult.
I mean there was a movie with the first 3 series characters
SETO KIABA: Screw the rankings I have money
This list is great
I feel disrespected that Zark wasn’t in here, he’s literally the big bad in every series
Oh come on where is the Chazz? You gotta love Chazz, especially how he humiliates his opponents with the ojamas cards.
chazz it up
comora010304 he would’ve beat Jaden
Manjoume THUNDERRRRR
@@Deathmare235 hell yes, he would. Never thought wimpy cards like the ojamas be really threatening.
comora010304 people say Yusei the duelist that uses weak cards look at Chazz and bonus he doesn’t have plot armour pure skill
*I SUMMON BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON*
The most powerful words of all
I SUMMON GALAXY EYES PHOTON DRAGON
Novabow John Mivule honestly used to give me chills
@@football4life85 same here lol
EXODIA OBLITERATE!!!
Man I really am a loser to come here this early😞
Toad wii remote with wii motion plus inside same
I really want to see characters from Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! G/X, & Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds in a tournament tv show or film. Also finally see some of those characters from those series against the same type of characters deck against one another.! The winner should be decided by the fans or at least help to decide who wins.