If Téa isn’t number 1 this list is not appropriate. Who else do you know would use Gracefully Charity and Pot of Greed as discard fodder for Fire Sorcerer’s minor burn and still win the duel? She’s undefeated for a reason. Granted she didn’t discard both, but she never used either throughout the duel. You just can’t beat that level of skill. She embarrassed her opponent.
Too many high death stakes in 5Ds and VRAINS, even though there are arguments there are duels Yusei and Yusaku should've lost in (Yusei vs Antinomy) (Yusaku vs Bohman rounds 2 or 3)
I like how Marik and Z-arc are complete opposites to him. Marik: not a strong duelist but the best written villain we ever got Z-arc: a pretty weak written character but the strongest villain we ever got
Its tragic too because Zarc's backstory is such a genius foil to Yuya's whole ideology and a genuinely good commentary on how toxic entitled fanbases can harm their creators. But it just wasnt fleshed out at all besides a few flashback scenes
@@seematahir5970 I agree, I love the concept and character of Z-arc, and wish we got to see more of him, but he was very last minute and very rushed. I think if the writers let him shine more earlier in the series a lot more people would have really liked him.
Technically Don Thousand didn't change the text on cards, he changed them into entirely different cards altogether. As long as the new card was the same type - monster, spell or trap - as the original card.
And didn't change the cards, bust swapped them. Which is the reason Mizael deserves the flack for his loss to him, the "take an insane amount of damage to draw" card was in his deck. Kaito would have never been caught dead like it (I'm pretty sure the reason Kaito died on the moon was that he would have easily solo'd Don Thousand otherwise).
"Kaiba's only won against Yugi because he threatened" Yet you blatantly state Lightning beat Revolver ans rank him higher when Lightning used Jin as a shield to not lose and still had to force a draw later to not lose and needed to cheat a second time there to survive with 1LP
@@stampoulisrafael5262 it's one thing to forget trivial details e.g the 'fodder of the week' Judai defeated during early S1 or Genex Tournament, or everyone that got brainwashed by Girag when he first came to Earth. It's another thing to forget key/pivotal details of one of the most important, popular and plot-relevant duels in a series.
@@Smol_Butt_Cheekyyeah so what , you can be the best because youre more know 😂 Zane was begging his professional career and even lost some duels but that not take his ability away
I’m guessing he didn’t include it because that happened around season three and by that point villains from season four and five that were still relevant would probably be stronger by then.
Absolutely, it took all three main characters to beat him he almost won, he would have killed Jaden if yusei didn't save him, and is first on screen duel the whole point was he was trying to trick him into summoning stardust, people down play on but he's really good
Having Yugi at 17th is insane to me. These shows are not really "realistic", so saying that if "Yugi and Yami dueled more times the latter would have won more often" is not a great argument to me personally, this is a shounen where every new challenge is going to be harder than the last, so if Yugi wins and Yami himself says "you surpassed me", that should be enough to settle it (Yami was even stronger than usual, having 3 gods by his side)...also, let's not forget, Yugi kicked Diva's and Kaiba's butts in DSOD. If you leave millennium powers bullsh!t aside Yugi is the strongest in all of DM at least.
@@kamitaraseyuuonze5302 dubt. Power scaling between series Is very very very relative. Power scaling characters from within a single serie is hard enough. Also, remember bonds beyond time: Yami, Jaden and Yusei were basically equal or at least in the same tier.
To be fair, Yugi prepared for the duel against Atem, knowing his opponent very well. it wouldn't be the same for an oppoent he doesn't know, like Yusei for example
@vik.6103 I agree that the destiny argument isn't really that great of an argument. I'm guessing he's not considering the DOSD movie since it is based on the manga.
@@FranciscoRamirez-nb4uu yeah, but Yugi in DSOD didn't know Kaiba's deck as well and he sure didn't know a thing about Diva's (someone who early in the movie made Kaiba sweat)
I think Declan is ranked too low, he only really lost twice (both times to Zarc essentially) and managed to hold Zarc off on its own whereas everyone required at least one other Duelist present. I also think Darkness is ranked too high as it seems that while he may have beaten everyone the duel with Axel shows that he often messed with his opponent's head rather than relying on strictly out duelling his opponents.
Declan is one of those box office Duelists. He always gets u off ur seat. Mine are him, Kaito, Revolver, Kuaidul, Phaser, Judai, Yuma, Yusei, Etc. Tbf this list was never going to please everyone but nice to see people's opinions.
Luke being that high on the list is funny and hilarious because he's just a normal kid who was dueling pros at 11 before the start of the show. He's one of the few top tier duelists that didn't need a spirit, partner, or magic to be that good. He is so desperate to be the protagonist of his own series but can't and that's what makes him great.
Honestly if Luke was in 5ds he would outshine Jack and heck maybe be on par with Yusei. Its just the agenda people have against the Rush anime because 'Its for kids'
Luke is so weird because he canonically only lost once in the manga and anime combined, and the writers had to literally nerf him to do it. Playmaker tied 3 times on screen. Luke never even got a draw.
Kite's last duel with Yuma was before he got most of his Chaos Utopia variants. I severely doubt he would have won against end of series Yuma and Astral.
Yusei defeating Z-one was incredibly impressive, watching him go fully gold and summon Shooting Quasar Dragon was the perfect end to 5D's. However, watching Yusei reduce all 3 Nordic gods ATK to 0, then watching them banish themselves with no damage dealt, was honestly the best move i've seen in the entire franchise. Logically, i know that other Duelests made better plays, but this is my personal favourite. Please note that i stopped watching halfway through Vrains.
The fact that Zexal has the highest representation in the top 10 says alot about how stacked that show was with great duelist. In my opinion I would put Yuma no lower than top 3. His skills probably don't match the others that high but if we take powers into consideration Shinning Draw has got to be one of the most hax abilities for dueling.
@@WinterSupernova39 Having the highest representation in the top 10 alone shows that yes on average Zexal produced the strongest among the strongest of duelist. Zexal is very top heavy. Top 10 was 3 Zexal characters 2 Vrains Characters 1 DM character 1 GX Character 1 5Ds Character 1 Arc-V Character 1 Sevens Character Yes I know Zexal is mostly absent within the top 50, I'm talking about top 10 specifically. I don't know what else to say, the statistics speak for themselves, I don't want this to be a longass thread so I'll just leave it at that.
This might be an unpopular opinion but I think Amon/Adrian is a pretty underappreciated character and an intimidating side Villian in S3. Sure, I know the hate he gets for sacrificing the woman he loves to gain Exodia‘s power and in general a manipulative dick but there’s something about him I really like. His goal to make a world free of suffering so that no one would have to live how he lived in the early years of his life and the fact that during the Yubel duel which is one of my favourites in the series, he still loves Echo is something to question weather good or bad. Plus, he beat two of the strongest GX Duelists in Chazz and Aster and I loved his Exodia deck that even had a backup plan in his Fog King cards. I’m glad he’s on the list despite the hate.
Indeed. However, what I wonder is that is he the type of anime villian audiences love to hate and they’re so entertaining and compelling to watch like Vector or Marik for example or just flat out despise because they’re so unlikable even by villian standards despite trying to portray them as evil and emotionally detached from reality as possible.
I think he needed a bit more screentime but he was entertaining in my opinion. I think he needed some more duels. Definitely one of the guys you love to hate. I always saw him as a mirror to what Manjoume could have been like if he hadn't changed.
You are right. Adrian is extremly underrated. He's very unlikeable, but his duel strength is insane. He defeated Chazz and Aster, also was very close to beat Yubel. He's definetly one of the best GX duelists. Another underrated one is Yusuke Fujiwara, Jaden and Jesse had to team up to beat him and Jesse even had to sacrifice himself
Jaden is definetly top 5, maybe even top 3. Yusaku and Yusei are better. Jaden and Atem is arguable for 3rd. Kaito is great duelist, but even him doesn't stand a chance against Jaden fused with Yubel. I didn't watch Sevens so idk about Luke, but ain't no way that kid is better than Jaden
The only thing I disagree with is about the take on Edo and Kaiser. I always thought Kaiser was the superior Duelist and it's almost as if people forget the reason as to why Kaiser went on a losing streak in the first place. He was cursed by destiny in his first duel against Edo and it was no coincidence that afterwards he began to lose a lot due to the curse. Once Edo rematched Jaden and Jaden beat him after receiving the Neo Soacians, Jaden was able to win and it showed the true level playing field again of their power. Once Kaiser received his Cyberdarks, most likely him beating Edo would've likely happened. Also just in my opinion, Kaiser had more incredible feats when it came to his duels, especially in high attack power, quick thinking, and stoicism. I'm mostly just biased lmao but I really do believe Kaiser is stronger than Edo. To me, Edo is the most overrated Duelist in all of Yu-Gi-Oh.
I’d put Nash ahead of Yuma tbh. If Yuma didn’t attack because he knew Nash’s secretly planned move would end him, I understand how Yuma being ahead of Nash in skill makes sense. But Yuma winning was a result of him not wanting to win, in other words, it was luck rather than skill.
I love shark he's my all time favorite but unfortunately I can see yuma being better The issue really comes down to Shark wanted to lose even from the very beginning he wanted yuma to win so he could die and be with his barians but his pride didn't let him concede
@@cmdrplays5403 Well yeah but even when part of him wanted to lose he still would have won if Yuma didn't stop the last attack, And the reason Yuma stopped the attack was cause he didn't want to beat Shark. If Yuma had stopped cause he predicted Shark's movements, then Yuma outmatches Shark in skill. But that's not what happened, if Yuma wanted to win, and gave it his all, he would have lost to Shark. Thus Shark deserves to be ahead of Yuma.
Bruh, if Declan Akaba wasn’t EXTRAORDINARILY handicapped by Z-Arc having like 8000 life points and a full board to his 2000 when joining the duel Declan would have literally OTKed him. Heck, the only one you need to take out is Z-Arc’s extra life points because Declan literally did over 4000 points of damage in his first turn. Though a big reason for this is because Z-Arc is so overwhelmingly carried by the cards he created that it’s only natural he would’ve folded against someone who could counter him. Heck, I haven’t seriously played the game in over a decade and if we had identical structure decks *I* could beat Z-Arc. And that isn’t a boast, it’s an insult. He literally needed effects that say “this counts as a [Fusion/Synchro/Xyz] Summon” to actually perform those summons to the point him supposedly being a master of them all as a human is a *plot hole* that can only be filled by assuming his Duel Spirits were *literally* dueling for him. Which, considering there were the four dragons and those two sorcerers that merged with him… makes perfect sense. I know this list is accounting for things like the OP cards he made to steamroll most of the cast (most of whom were on a losing streak already) but come *on.* He does NOT belong ten places above Declan when he literally would’ve gotten OTKed against if the rest of the cast wasn’t dragging the CEO down.
Yeah, honestly Z-Arc is possibly the weakest villain on the list, because if you look at the actual duel in it's entirety it was pretty lackluster. He only got that far because Sora and Edo afforded him several turns of build-up, and started every other duel with a tower and negate on board, but without them he would have been powerless against several of the duelist he faced afterward. If instead of joining the duel they had let him finish and restart he would have been done for.
@GrandeBigdor they also had him misplay HARD to lose that fight, if he saved one material for High King Caesar instead of wasting it he could stop Zarc's whole turn and finish him off easily. Zarc was also kind of powerless against duelists who didn't rely on the extra deck Shingo, Asaka or Yuya's father.
That wasn't otk he started with 6000 life points and Declan did 3200 damage also zarc literally said he let him do that so he can summon all 4 of his dragons and Declan had a card advantage he had 4 cards zarc had zero in his hand and still Declan got otk And how is zarc carried by the cards when it's not even easy to summon zarc you got to the so much just to summon it but zarc have a different skill level even in his first life zarc literally lost to the plot he should be top 5
I knew Luke would be somewhere on this list and he was strong where he managed to beat Goha Yuga with a deck that wasn’t his but managed to pull off an epic combo. Anyways loved the video Dylan.
Personally I would rank them based on how I rank real life players. I rank them based on nuance of strategy (resource management and combos), how they handle both winning and losing, deckbuilding and understanding cards and other things I couldn't come up with yet. Either way, fire video.
Im gonna be honest. Rush characters kinda shouldn't have been included in the mix imo. They only use one format of Yugioh and tbh we have no idea how their skills would or could translate into the master duel format and seeing as how many of the duelists from each series are seasoned in multiple duel formats (turbo, action, speed, deck master, etc.) It feels kinda out of place to say rush characters are definitively better duelists using a format tailored to be easier and faster than the typical dueling formats from the previous series and never displaying any master duel skills. I also think more females like Alexis, Aki, and even Yuzu, blue angels, could have made the list because of one just the power creep and how strong their decks are and because their win/loss rates arent as bad as people claim and due to their unfortunate circumstances of just being put in duels with alot of time they couldnt have won due to plot sake similar to the villains. Imo not putting them on the list but saying Joey deserves a spot (despite the fact i agree Joey deserves one) is a bit wierd when im pretty confident he would or could most likely lose to those duelist and tbh hes not the only one. Also shout out to Anna, Rio/Marin who i also think are pretty strong duelist who could've made the top 50 had rush characters not been added.
The top 5 strongest characters in Yugioh in my opinion: 5th. Yusei A great Duelist 4th. Yusaku Just like Yusei he is also a great duelist but has a better deck 3rd. Atem While it's true he has a far worse deck than the previous 2, his shadow magic/ability puts him above both As we saw he can always just top deck the card he needs even if that card never existed as long as it wins him the duel, so it's possible for Atem to beat any board. 2nd. Yuya Assuming he has full control over all his, his counterparts, and Zarc's cards and abilities, his deck should be broken, but not only that because of all the abilities we have been shown he should also be able to will cards into existence like Atem, create new monsters in his extra deck to fit his needs as long as he knows how to use the summoning mechanic which makes his extra deck pretty much endless, while also being a quick learner which means if he fought a Vrains character he will be able to learn Link summoning after single duel if not in the same duel, also in theory having Yuri's super poly should give him an out against all none-towers monsters giving him a big advantage over his opponents. 1st. Zexal Numeron code basically means he should know what's gonna happen in the duel before even playing it, Many of His Number cards were really broken in the anime, can draw whatever he needs, and can change what in his hand to whatever he wants too. He is just too broken to lose a duel he wants to win.
I totally agree but I think the playmaker is behind some duelists from other seasons because as much as he is a great duelist he doesn't have great powers like a chaos barian draw or shining draw like nasch and kaito, or a monster much stronger than the rest like the darts monsters in the dm, anyway, I can think of some duelists who in terms of power are much stronger than the playmaker, even yusei presented better powers than those of the playmaker
Also, guys, try not to take this list too seriously. This is a franchise where characters aged 9 year olds to 18 year olds fight Egyptian demons, embodiments of light and darkness at boarding school, time traveling cyborgs, dimensional devils, Supreme Kings, cyber terrorists, Konami if it was run by a drone, and genocidal aliens under the age of twenty, all of whom are using the power of card games. It's really subjective, especially if you scale different characters equally to whatever characters you are comparing them too.
I feel like including rush duellists is weird because rush duels are pretty much a different game so it's weird to compare the two. It's like comparing chess players to somebody playing checkers.
I still headcanon that whenever Atem used a really impressive combo in a duel, it was Yugi supplying the ideas and Atem who brought together the pieces. So personally, in pure dueling ability, I have Yugi above Atem. Otherwise, I think my biggest problem with this list is the gap between some characters who may as well be neck and neck, like Yuma and Astral or Revolver and Soulburner
He put Revolver way too low. Like how tf is Crow better than Revolver? And what's that impressive about Jack to be 12th? Revolver clears them both. Revolver is 2nd or 3rd best rival, Kaito is clearly 1st and it is arguable between Revolver and Kaiba for 2nd
Why not? I'll post a list: 10 Yuma (He did improve the most of any protag) 9 Kaiba (I think Kaiba is just stronger than Jack Atlas and honestly could give most of the franchise a run for their money) 8 Soulburner (He was a walking ad for the actual Salad deck irl) 7 Yuuya (Never forget that he got stomped by Sergey) 6 Judai (He truly was unstoppable outside of three early losses) 5 Kaito (Zexal) (Kaito from Zexal is a beast. He doesn't have bad duels and legit has some of the coolest wins in the franchise. My fav will always be winning the tag duel with Yuma over III and IV with Neo Galaxy Eyes. 4 Luke (I don't know Sevens well, but yeeting the protag three times is enough for me) 3 Yusei Fudo (Yusei never loses, but he gets no results where he should've lost) 2 Yami Yugi (I'd swap with Yusei. His draw power is godly) 1 Playmaker (Playmaker from a technical standpoint never messes up or actually loses. You could argue Storm Access was cheese, but he only used it in season 1)
Soulburner is one of my favourite yugioh charicters his deck is really good not as good as it used to be but still good always enjoyed watching him duel just wish we saw him duel specter I bet soulburner would have won
His other brother made him play but set the bots to veteran, he quit the game, came back 10 years later, created a Smurf account, and turned his ranked play enemies into recruit bots.
Based on TGS anime duel breakdowns Kaiba would have beaten Noah if he wasn't using Mokuba as leverage and he would have beaten Dartz if he didn't have to bailout the Pharoh so much
I think Antinomy deserves at least number 2. He was the champ in his distopian future before being enhanced into a cyborg. Every time he dueled Yusei he wasn't really focused om winning, but in teaching Yusei new techniques. In their last duel Antinomy mentions that there's more beyond accel Synchro, so maybe he even has something beyond delta accel
@@randomguy6230 Well we do need to consider other factors as well above their win-loss ratios. Let's say I'm playing duel links and I only ever duel NPCs, technically I have a 100% win rate, but that doesn't mean I'm a better duelist than somebody who duels actual people. I agree Luke is a good duelist overall, but he's definitely not a top 5 for me.
@@randomguy6230 I’m not disagreeing there, Sevens did have really good duelists. But comparing Luke to some of the feats that the previous characters had and saying Luke surpassed is a bit of a stretch to me.
For those wondering where the Arc V legacy characters would be according to Dylan: Arc V Aster and Alexis wouldn't be on the list Arc V crow would be between Shun at 39 and Yugo at 38 Arc V Kaito and Jack would be between 38 and 27. If I was to guess I'd assume he'd put Arc V Kaito after Pegasus and before Don Thousand, and Arc V Jack right afterward
In my Opinion Zexal lll is the strongest form of a duelist I have ever seen. Its just the sheer aura of that final morph, I wish it had more appearences. But destiny shining draw is something else.
Great vid. Will the next vid possibly be ranking all the GX duels? I know GX has probably twice as many duels as DM but the DM ranking did so well, I think it’ll be worth the time and fun. Plus, it gives you the chance to binge GX again.
Manga Luke never lost once and he took on the entire main and supporting cast barring Goha Siblings and Otes. Anime Luke beat him in Episode 27. (Phantom Luke is semi implied to be the manga Luke due to their shared color scheme and Miragias being from the manga at first).
Ironically I only have one disagreement in the whole list and its for last place Chazz grew to be stronger than the version of himself that lost to amon, and i think he surpassed amon
For my defence on Team Unicorn against Yusei, it is makes sense because i know there is many card that allow cards in graveyard, hand or even on the field get shuffle into the deck. So yeah, he is definitely in dilemma between attacking or end the turn because how big brained Yusei as a person with his serious flat expression
For those getting frustrated, this list takes into regard their record throughout their respective shows and how intimidating and skilled they were at dueling. If we were to look at this plainly Atem wouldnt make the top 50 at all. But we take his record in DM into account we dont compare his deck to duelists who have more advanced decks like in VRAINS. Its why a character like Luke is #4. If you havent watched Sevens let me explain it to u. Luke NEVER LOST, Beat Yuga 3 times (4th time wasnt exactly a proper full duel), defeated characters like Goha Yuuga, Roa, and many more. He was a dueling FORCE in Sevens so it makes sense to put him that high. Hope this clears a few things up.
Not sure I agree. By this logic Tea's a top tier duelist, never losing a duel and "beating" obviously better duelists like Joey and Mai. A character's reputation and record should come second to statement about their actual skill and development. This is why Chazz should be considerably above Zane, even though he'd never be written to win.
@@NoOne-ks8tu frustrated isn't the right word, more of confused. If you're ranking the top duelists, stop leaving the powerhouses and buffing the ones who don't even qualify!
@@ashuebot-tabi4449 in fact Chazz beat Aster, who beat Zane. Sure, Zane got stronger after that, but this proves that Chazz is superior to Aster at least. And let's talk about Cyrus a bit. Zane says Cyrus surpassed him. Now, did gx do a lackluster job in showing his growth? Sure, but that doesn't mean he didn't deserve a spot. A lot of these positions seems to be based on how cool the character is (yuya and Yuma below Yusei? Who would have guessed)...but hey, this list is for fun and is HIS list, so it's absolutely okay
I get that's the idea, but calling it a top 50 sounds like 13 can defeat 25 and 25 can defeat 50. Maybe Rush characters can defeat characters from DM-5D's in a weird Master duel/Rush duel hybrid duel because they have the advantage of the multiple summons, but they wouldn't do anything against number users. Maybe the titel should be a bit more specific
@@FranciscoRamirez-nb4uu this list should've been 2 different videos. Speed duel and then a rush duel. Too many people to add at once. This would've prevented leaving off important duelists bc I don't even think Nail made it
29 is way too low for Ai. He only lost to Playmaker and even then, had he not activated a spell card in the last turn, he would have won the duel. I'd argue that's the closest anyone has ever gotten to beating Playmaker (including Revolver and Bohman).
Ok first off, this was a massive undertaking! Good on you for putting this together. You're a braver man than I to do all 6 series. Frankly, I think you could've spared yourself some grief, doing one video per series. Having watched it, I disagree on some points, but considering the sheer amount of characters, matching with anyone's list was impossible. Here are my biggest sticking points. I felt like some villains were underestimated. They're scripted to lose the duel, but these are monstrosities. I think you massively undersold Astral and oversold Kite, but honestly, that's the fault of the Zexal writers. Astral is the "ultimate duelist" but he never got a chance to convey that. In general, I feel like you overhyped the rivals in general. In general, you kind of ignored all of the magic/special powers going on. I'm sure that made this absurdly huge list a little more manageable, but in a world full of magical artifacts, alien powers, and reality warping devices, Yusaku's at a pretty bad disadvantage. Overall, it's pretty clear who your favorite characters are, but by that same token, you'd probably know who my favorites were from a similar list.
@@kite36 no, if you're gonna rank actual strong duelists then be fair and go by the rules. They didn't even add quattro, one of the biggest zexal competitors. But it's okay, this is just a fan project so why worry
@@kamitaraseyuuonze5302 Make a list on your YT channel then? People can talk so much but they cant do anything, well done for showing that you are the perfect example of that. No Reasoning, just an emotional opinion.
Can we get a list of most disrespectful duelists? Like duelists who were just over the top with their methods or just down right heinous. Villainous, overkill, you name it.
I really feel like judai should be equal to yugi, since despite what the fandom will tell you, their duel is left ambiguous, and your meant to see them as equals
Kinda of. Why have an official-ish outcome in Duel Links. If Jaden/Yubel loses againast Yugi, he will tell the same things he said at the end of the animated series, wanting to become stronger etc.
no way what are you doing here? i love your videos so much! btw the duel never even happened it was a dream if you think about it for more than 5 seconds it makes no sense otherwise, yugi had no millenium puzzle so no powers and couldn't send judai to the past and he sends him to "battle city 2" wich is a tournament you'd think would've been talked about in duel monsters if it happened and im pretty sure judai is shown waking up right after the cliff hanger so to me it's pretty clear this is meant to be a dream and not an actual duel.
Overall solid list. I think your top 3 are objectively the best but the order can be rearranged depending on narrative, skill, scale, and card pool justifications. Also glad to see so many Zexal characters towards the tip because they definitely earned it by the end.
Kaiba did beat Gozaburo and Zigfried in a duel with Obelisk and fang of Critias. Noah cheated by using Mokuba as a shield and the duel he won by cheating or despite to save Mokuba he and yugi did not draw cards for multiple turns. Darth was using the seal of orichalcos that plays a whole set of rules beyond how the game was made. There was also the duel Yusei had against Jack when Yusei was trying to duel without relying on synchro monster. Jack cancelled the duel instead of finishing the duel. If the writers made that had face down cards then Jack would have won.
Yugi Moto should be in the discussion for top5 in my opinion. Hell the reason why he didnt participate in almost all duels was, because of Yami Yugi's destiny to duel in those, but if Yugi Moto dueled instead he would have won flawlessly aswell. In fact, in one of the filler episodes where Yami Yugi lost against the Oricalcos guy, it was because Yami Yugi forcibly took control over, while Yugi Moto was telling him to not fall into his trap. The fact, that Yugi Moto won the final duel against Yami is also a testament of him being the superior duelist all along. This boy never lost a duel and is the only duelist to make a use of Exodia; something the pharaoh himself never accomplished either.
At the very least, I don’t see why you would ever put Kaiba above Yugi in terms of ability. I agree though that Yugi is a better duelist by the end of the series. The whole point of the final duel was that what Yugi lacked that the Pharaoh had as a duelist was confidence which he gained in order to surpass him.
@@BizarreInterestsProductions Yuga tends to defeat them and they tend to defeat him. Roa literally ended the show defeating him without maximuns or fusions while he got defeated in the first arc while playing unfair. It's difficult to measure Yuga's power as a duelist when he can defeat strong opponents but also loose easy
@@FranciscoRamirez-nb4uu I mean, that’s the whole point like when it comes to serious situations where everything is on the line he’s going to win. Anytime works like a personal issue or a grudge it can be up in the air.
There’s a big misconception about crossover powerscaling. The characters lose or win according to the need of the plot. If Yusaku or Yusei were in Yuga’s place, they would lose too. A character isn’t good or bad just because they win a lot. Yuga is as good as Luke by the end of the show because he always was basically as close as you get to beat him and even did beat him at the end. Yuga just loses a lot because of the context of the story. That applies to all Yugioh characters. Yugi beats Atem at the end, yet he’s 17? I think it’s just impossible to accurately rank cross over series.
I am a bit late to the party on this, but am gutted for Romin and Asana being the last 2 girl protags out of the 3 girl duelists who made the final cut on this list. Still, they are my 2 fave characters in 7's and it was good to see them make it. They were stronger compared with Tea Gardner and Alexis Rhodes, for instance. As a suggestion for a new list video, I'm not sure whether you have done a list of the Strongest Girl Duelists in the whole Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise? Since Go Rush! is still on air, maybe you could compile this after the show has finished? I really appreciate how much time you've spent on this one - thank you.
This must be a hell of a pain to rank. I don't think you can really use the Sevens characters against the master duel characters either, its like they are playing a whole different game.
Kalin better be high on the list Marik being that low is kinda concerning Kalin at 45 is just it lets see who the f is btter than kalin or marik. Zane aint better than Kalin. Vector at that high is the final straw this list sucks. I am sorry but you approach to this matter with wrong mentality. If a character beats yusei but doesnt have that many duels would it make him worse than a midcard character who would never dream beating yusei but had many duels? Thats such a terrible list. And before being able to finish this I see dartz being at 37. An easy top 10 Saio over Dartz OMG get lost.
In my opinion I think Mai Valentine should have made the top 50 list. Yes, on screen she lost a lot but lore wise she is a top tier duelist. She has won dozens of tournaments (with ease) and even in the yugioh universe for example in GX, they refer to Mai as being on the same legendary level as Yugi and Kaiba. Also Mai kept winning enough duels to enter final rounds against Yugi and kaiba and etc. so lore wise Mai Valentine is an amazing duelist despite losing most of her on screen duels
I surprisingly agree with most of this list, Yusei will always be the goat in my view and Jack Atlas will always be ranked above any villain for skill. I consider Rafael in the top 10 for he took a game on a MC using a guardian deck! He didn't cheat which is rare in the show, all while protecting his monsters. He handicapped himself in two different ways and still won against the main character. I wish there was a montage of all of the character's Yugi beat watching him lose to a guardian deck. Rafael only lost the rematch because he choice to revive his monsters at the cost of his own life points. meaning he didn't really get defeated, but choice to lose rather than betray his monsters. His dueling style limited him greatly, but his skill as a duelist made up for it.
What's so special about Jack? What's his biggest achievment? Defeating Aporia in 1v3 match with help of Leo and Luna, defeating Crimson Devil and defeating Yusei in flashback. That's good but no near being top 10-15. Zone is literally equal to peak version of Yusei, Yusei beat him just because he had all Signers Dragons, Jack stands no chance against Zone. Also Zarc was literally destroying whole ARC V cast in gauntlet duel, Jack doesn't stand chance against him either
Suprisingly agree with most of this top. My only problem with it is Crow being too high. I mean he is great on his own right, but i dont see him beating Revolver or Lightning.
If ARC-V Crow is any indication he is a mid tier character. His only impressive wins were against Bommer (also mid tier) and duels where he needed help from other people such as Sherry and Goodwin. ARC-V Crow lost to Yuya.
How is Yugi below Kaiba? I know Yami is extremely powerful a duelist, but little Yugi's natural talent is partially *why* Yami is so good. In DSoD Yugi was able to mop up Igami, whereas Kaiba would have lost if not for the deus ex Obelisk moment. I just will never understand how little Yugi gets shafted on your list 😂
The argument that can be made is that Yugi isn't very competitive, he only plays seriously when his friends are in trouble. So most of the time despite being good he won't do much
2 reasons. Yugi has a large lack of duels and the only duels he does win are joey before he has even spells, possessed bandit kieth, who he was struggling to make moves against and Atem, who he built a deck for and split with. He's not well decorated in terms of all of his accomplishments, just because of his lack of showings. Other reason is we can't just say Yugi/Atem are the same level, because Yugi never duels anyone Atem does and we know they duel differently. Even their match. Yugi had everything against him
I wonder if he'll add Battle Beast, considering how much he hates the arc but the character is objectively one of the strongest duelists in the franchise. Edits: Roboppi, Mizael, Dartz, Ai & Reiji are being seriously undersold here. Yami Marik (at least in the anime), Rafael, YUGA & Kaiba are being seriously oversold - except for Kaiba (who shouldn't be as high as he's been ranked) they have no business making the list at all. 😭 Yugo's loss against Yuri has a massive asterisk considering the plot needed Kaito & Edo to drain his resources (which was incredibly bone-headed) instead of having them focus on defeating Yuri, _the actual threat._ No, Kaito wouldn't have defeated Tron - even after the Haruto reveal, he doesn't hold back at all or avoid making moves that otherwise would have won him the duel (like say Kaiba vs Noah or Revolver vs Lightning). Sure it felt like it was playing dirty & underhanded from Tron, but it didn't affect the duel in any way besides pissing off Kaito, who still lost cleanly. Atem is WAY too high - he has no business even sniffing the Top 10, let alone being in the Top 5, _let alone_ being in the Top 3 and ahead of Jack, Shark, Z-ARC, Yuma, Soulburner, Kaito & Luke. Battle Beast, Sherry, Antinomy, Andore, & (S2) Go Onizuka should've made this list tbh.
Seeing as you were taking 7 whole series into account, 4 of which I haven't yet watched, I was prepared to potentially not see Mai on the list going into the video. However, after seeing Marik on the list, I knew Mai had to be coming up eventually, as she is very clearly a better duelist than Marik at the very least all things considered. She had Yugi in check in duelist kingdom, all she had to do was call his bluff and she won, then she outright defeated Marik, if only she were born with different heritage, and then she outright defeated Joey while he was at his peak skill level. On top of this, she managed to win enough star chips for both herself AND yugioh at an astonishing pace. I would put Mai on par with Joey in terms of raw dueling skill, if not a bit higher. We just needed to see more of her and against non-plot armored opponents. With that said, Bakura is arguably one of the absolute strongest characters in all of DM, as he nearly defeated the king of games 3 times (actually WOULD have defeated him if not for his card not working properly in duelist kingdom), but it is a bit difficult to rank him properly because all his main duels are against plot juggernauts or are otherwise no-results.
Possibly hot take:I really don't think marik deserves to be in the top 50.Imo he is the worst of the battle city finalists and he really isn't that good of a duelist mostly being carried by ra. We just see him makee bad decisions when dueling.literally the reason joey was about to defeat him is because he wasn't playing seriously and was trying to kill joey through damage instead of just aiming for his lp
No he was about to lose to Jonouchi because Jonouchi literally demolished all his tactics. In both the anime and manga he literally top decked Monster reborn and had no other real play. If they dueled with no shadow game magic he’d have lost with the hand he was given
Quinton is definitely not as strong as Kite. Being a teacher doesn’t automatically make you stronger than your student. I would even dare say he is the weakest of the Arclight brothers. I would rank them Quattro > Trey > Quinton
@MiniJodaTV not true. He is the strongest brother for the anime. In the barian battle vs scritch, thry play off each other flawlessly not using words. They are equals! 😀white haired sensei. Without his teachings his brothers and kite wouldn't have been as advanced as could be 🤷♂️ He's the prodigy of the series in science and duel
@ Him teaching his brothers and Kite doesn’t make him stronger than them. That’s like saying Grampa Muto is stronger than Yugi. For reference, Kite defeated Mizar one on one while Quinton could not in a two v one. Kite also straight up defeated Quinton. It is evident Kite is the stronger duelist.
@@haibanehochaille7010 The Weakest brother should be III. He's the youngest and doesn't have that many feats. The strongest brother should be IV, he's the Asian Champion + was rivalling Shark, which by the end of the series should be a lot stronger than Kaito.
@@MiniJodaTV One, the brothers were essentially ambushed. You're missing both the facts that they took mizar's dragon causing him to get angry. Plus Quinton was having no trouble in their first duel at all before kite made that final draw. Why are you leaving important details out? Those two are besties who tag together perfectly. No need to compare so hard. Also considering vetrix didn't duel before the show I wouldn't be surprised if Quinton taught him/gave tips!😄
I agree with the placement, but I think Crow deserves a lil more credit for that Bommer win. He wasn't even a signer yet. He had no magic anything helping him and still won
@@damiadunoqui1756 I agree he’s powerful but he’s not above his dad, the power trio and Astral, the Barians and he lost to one of them already, Vector is hard for anyone to deal with, then there’s Don Thousand. Like he’s strong, but he struggles even against the top tiers of his own series.
I think Quattro was able to beat Shark but didn't because he was trying to prove something to Vetrix. Still sucks how he and his brothers didn't do much as the series went on
Well I am not going to make a general comment on the list and discuss each choice that has been made however some particular comments should be made I believe . both Seto Kaiba and Chezz Princeton were victims of the plot. Almost %80 duels of them were the kind of duels that were either against the main protagonist or the main villain of the season(Pegasus/Noah/Dartz or in Chazz's case Sartorious/Trueman and a bunch of duels against Jaden. Just think of the Joey's duel against Marik then imagine it happening to a characters repetitively that pretty much sumps up the point.
I'm not even mad Aki's not on the list. Think about it, between Misty and Sherry, the only duels she had were against Trudge and Team Unicorn and she lost against the latter. Gallop YuGiOh need to stop getting snubbed in the middle of the show. Romin and Asana dueled every arc they were involved after their debuts with more wins than losses.
@@stampoulisrafael5262 Well Aki lost her portion of the duel and didn't beat a single opponent. So between episode 75 and 139, Aki didn't get a single win in 64 episodes. That's as long as the Fortune Cup and Dark Signers arc combined.
36:11 Is this part of your "What made that duel special" series, or a separate video? Either way, I'm excited for it! This is my second favorite duel in the franchise behind Yugi Vs. Kaiba!
Not surprisingly, Revolver lost to Soulburner, Lightning, and Playmaker. Tough to get ranked high when the cast is so small you can only beat the secondary allies and the brute of the villains.
@@BizarreInterestsProductionsBut Revolver is still ranked too low. 2 draws vs Playmaker, win vs Windy, win vs Ghost Girl, win vs Go Onizuka, win vs Blood Shepherd, outplayed Lightning and would've won if it wasn't about cheating, superhuman performance in his 4th duel vs Playmaker. And somehow he puts Crow over him
If Téa isn’t number 1 this list is not appropriate.
Who else do you know would use Gracefully Charity and Pot of Greed as discard fodder for Fire Sorcerer’s minor burn and still win the duel?
She’s undefeated for a reason. Granted she didn’t discard both, but she never used either throughout the duel. You just can’t beat that level of skill. She embarrassed her opponent.
I think she is the only one besides yusaku with 100% win rate. She beat joey, Mai and the big 5 penguin.
To justify Yusaku and Yusei victories in the show and plot they literally cannot lose either because they would die or lost the ignis
Gotta Love Plot Armor!
Yusei didn't have every single duel where he would die. Like him losing to jack in episode 4 or the fortune cup final.
Yusaku yes.
Too many high death stakes in 5Ds and VRAINS, even though there are arguments there are duels Yusei and Yusaku should've lost in (Yusei vs Antinomy) (Yusaku vs Bohman rounds 2 or 3)
Yup plot armor saves them
@@guillermosierracuellar9812 kalin won lol
I like how Marik and Z-arc are complete opposites to him.
Marik: not a strong duelist but the best written villain we ever got
Z-arc: a pretty weak written character but the strongest villain we ever got
This is big time facts
Its tragic too because Zarc's backstory is such a genius foil to Yuya's whole ideology and a genuinely good commentary on how toxic entitled fanbases can harm their creators. But it just wasnt fleshed out at all besides a few flashback scenes
@@seematahir5970 I agree, I love the concept and character of Z-arc, and wish we got to see more of him, but he was very last minute and very rushed. I think if the writers let him shine more earlier in the series a lot more people would have really liked him.
Im so happy to see that Zexal has the strongest "trio" out of all the series
@@HiddenKARD11 can't believe ragnarok trio ain't on here smh 😪
@@damiadunoqui1756 they should be
The Zexal trio is kinda tuff
@@raphaelwilkes97 fr only trio to be in the top 10
@ I’m watching the list now and haven’t made it that far but that’s a big win
In some defense of yusaku he was literally kidnapped to duel and electrocuted if he lost so if I were him I’d never want to lose again
It would've made for an interesting character arc for him to lose once, but the stakes were too high for him to lose.
I thought that back story ended up being fake to trick bohman?
@@bryankutchens7495The fake plotline made to trick bohman was making bohman believe he was the real Yusaku.
@@Reixas16 so yusaku actually was given the Zane treatment and was electrocuted?
@@bryankutchens7495 I think they just implanted fake memories into him
Technically Don Thousand didn't change the text on cards, he changed them into entirely different cards altogether. As long as the new card was the same type - monster, spell or trap - as the original card.
Also, a lot of people forget that he had to choose a card that was in his opponent's Deck, and had met its activation requirement.
And didn't change the cards, bust swapped them. Which is the reason Mizael deserves the flack for his loss to him, the "take an insane amount of damage to draw" card was in his deck. Kaito would have never been caught dead like it (I'm pretty sure the reason Kaito died on the moon was that he would have easily solo'd Don Thousand otherwise).
I'm pretty sure playmaker was the only protagonist who had their ace monster banned in the actual tcg
Yep! And one of his most powerful cards (Accesscode) is one hella of a generic boss smh
Nah Jaden has Elemental Hero Air Neos thats even worse than banned its shaddow banned , unprintable 😂
"Kaiba's only won against Yugi because he threatened"
Yet you blatantly state Lightning beat Revolver ans rank him higher when Lightning used Jin as a shield to not lose and still had to force a draw later to not lose and needed to cheat a second time there to survive with 1LP
He ranked 7 Shows,you are bound to forget some details
@@stampoulisrafael5262 it's one thing to forget trivial details e.g the 'fodder of the week' Judai defeated during early S1 or Genex Tournament, or everyone that got brainwashed by Girag when he first came to Earth.
It's another thing to forget key/pivotal details of one of the most important, popular and plot-relevant duels in a series.
Exactly my thoughts. He's discrediting Kaiba's dirty win against Yugi but praising Lightning's dirty win vs Revolver
Right? It's such a weird thing for him to overlook or outright just ignore.
He also forgets kaiba straight lost to yugi with his most powerful version of his deck in DSOD
Putting Joey above Zane and Aster is absolutely wild.
This list is wildly inaccurate,,correct
Joey was stated in GX to be the 3rd top Duelist in the world while Aster was the 4th.
to be fair that was also Pegasus's ranking
I think Joey deserves it his wins are very impressive
@@Smol_Butt_Cheekyyeah so what , you can be the best because youre more know 😂 Zane was begging his professional career and even lost some duels but that not take his ability away
Imo, the fact that Paradox took the 3 first protagonists all at once and was so close to winning that should give him a spot
I’m guessing he didn’t include it because that happened around season three and by that point villains from season four and five that were still relevant would probably be stronger by then.
@@KuriKuKu ooh nice idea. If aporia made it I don't see why not
Absolutely, it took all three main characters to beat him he almost won, he would have killed Jaden if yusei didn't save him, and is first on screen duel the whole point was he was trying to trick him into summoning stardust, people down play on but he's really good
Read the description. No movie characters.
True, but he also got slaughtered by them. Technically anybody could challenge 3 top-tier duelists and get overwhelmed.
Having Yugi at 17th is insane to me. These shows are not really "realistic", so saying that if "Yugi and Yami dueled more times the latter would have won more often" is not a great argument to me personally, this is a shounen where every new challenge is going to be harder than the last, so if Yugi wins and Yami himself says "you surpassed me", that should be enough to settle it (Yami was even stronger than usual, having 3 gods by his side)...also, let's not forget, Yugi kicked Diva's and Kaiba's butts in DSOD. If you leave millennium powers bullsh!t aside Yugi is the strongest in all of DM at least.
@@vik.6103 it's called being outclassed. Everyone past gx drives circles around DM
@@kamitaraseyuuonze5302 dubt. Power scaling between series Is very very very relative. Power scaling characters from within a single serie is hard enough. Also, remember bonds beyond time: Yami, Jaden and Yusei were basically equal or at least in the same tier.
To be fair, Yugi prepared for the duel against Atem, knowing his opponent very well. it wouldn't be the same for an oppoent he doesn't know, like Yusei for example
@vik.6103 I agree that the destiny argument isn't really that great of an argument. I'm guessing he's not considering the DOSD movie since it is based on the manga.
@@FranciscoRamirez-nb4uu yeah, but Yugi in DSOD didn't know Kaiba's deck as well and he sure didn't know a thing about Diva's (someone who early in the movie made Kaiba sweat)
This video should be watched with extreme calm so I will watch it when I get to my house.
I honestly believe if it weren’t for actions cards Gong could have qualified for this
He's pretty strong but he could've had a few more duels.
@@BizarreInterestsProductions his duel vs crow was cool. In the synchro arc he should've shined
@@haibanehochaille7010 agreed
So glad you gave Zarc some recognition
I think Declan is ranked too low, he only really lost twice (both times to Zarc essentially) and managed to hold Zarc off on its own whereas everyone required at least one other Duelist present. I also think Darkness is ranked too high as it seems that while he may have beaten everyone the duel with Axel shows that he often messed with his opponent's head rather than relying on strictly out duelling his opponents.
Declan is one of those box office Duelists. He always gets u off ur seat. Mine are him, Kaito, Revolver, Kuaidul, Phaser, Judai, Yuma, Yusei, Etc. Tbf this list was never going to please everyone but nice to see people's opinions.
@@NoOne-ks8tu this list should've been one for rush and another for speed. Make it easier since there's so many options to chose
Teà/ Anzu walked so lightning could run with that 100% win record 😂
Luke being that high on the list is funny and hilarious because he's just a normal kid who was dueling pros at 11 before the start of the show. He's one of the few top tier duelists that didn't need a spirit, partner, or magic to be that good. He is so desperate to be the protagonist of his own series but can't and that's what makes him great.
Heck, he even has his own manga
@@drewsomecombat4877 Hell, he made a manga in universe that helped him become a Ignis like superhero with a drone.
Honestly if Luke was in 5ds he would outshine Jack and heck maybe be on par with Yusei. Its just the agenda people have against the Rush anime because 'Its for kids'
Luke is so weird because he canonically only lost once in the manga and anime combined, and the writers had to literally nerf him to do it. Playmaker tied 3 times on screen. Luke never even got a draw.
@@NoOne-ks8tuno lmfao. The skillset is too great for him to even touch either of them
Kite's last duel with Yuma was before he got most of his Chaos Utopia variants. I severely doubt he would have won against end of series Yuma and Astral.
Yeah but it was also before prime photon
I say Kaiba’s best win was defeating his step father and getting his revenge over exodia all in the same duel
Yusei defeating Z-one was incredibly impressive, watching him go fully gold and summon
Shooting Quasar Dragon was the perfect end to 5D's.
However, watching Yusei reduce all 3 Nordic gods ATK to 0, then watching them banish themselves with no damage dealt, was honestly the best move i've seen in the entire franchise. Logically, i know that other Duelests made better plays, but this is my personal favourite.
Please note that i stopped watching halfway through Vrains.
37:52 Make me kinda wish we saw Ray Akaba actually duel. I think she could be arguable higher than Zarc since she did beat him twice in the show.
to be fair she used cards specifically designed to defeat Z-arc
@@johngentley5015I mean Leo had the same cards and look what happened to him.
@@marcluu2433 That has to be one of the funniest duels of all time
The fact that Zexal has the highest representation in the top 10 says alot about how stacked that show was with great duelist.
In my opinion I would put Yuma no lower than top 3. His skills probably don't match the others that high but if we take powers into consideration Shinning Draw has got to be one of the most hax abilities for dueling.
Dawg the zexal duelist aren't that strong he put them the 3 shows with the strongest duelists are 5ds arc v and vrains for sure
@@WinterSupernova39 yes they are
@@WinterSupernova39 Having the highest representation in the top 10 alone shows that yes on average Zexal produced the strongest among the strongest of duelist. Zexal is very top heavy.
Top 10 was
3 Zexal characters
2 Vrains Characters
1 DM character
1 GX Character
1 5Ds Character
1 Arc-V Character
1 Sevens Character
Yes I know Zexal is mostly absent within the top 50, I'm talking about top 10 specifically.
I don't know what else to say, the statistics speak for themselves, I don't want this to be a longass thread so I'll just leave it at that.
Common ZEXAL W
@@rafaeldiaz2829 "statistics" off of a Yugituber's opinion
This might be an unpopular opinion but I think Amon/Adrian is a pretty underappreciated character and an intimidating side Villian in S3. Sure, I know the hate he gets for sacrificing the woman he loves to gain Exodia‘s power and in general a manipulative dick but there’s something about him I really like. His goal to make a world free of suffering so that no one would have to live how he lived in the early years of his life and the fact that during the Yubel duel which is one of my favourites in the series, he still loves Echo is something to question weather good or bad. Plus, he beat two of the strongest GX Duelists in Chazz and Aster and I loved his Exodia deck that even had a backup plan in his Fog King cards. I’m glad he’s on the list despite the hate.
That makes him a good villain.
Indeed. However, what I wonder is that is he the type of anime villian audiences love to hate and they’re so entertaining and compelling to watch like Vector or Marik for example or just flat out despise because they’re so unlikable even by villian standards despite trying to portray them as evil and emotionally detached from reality as possible.
I think he needed a bit more screentime but he was entertaining in my opinion. I think he needed some more duels. Definitely one of the guys you love to hate. I always saw him as a mirror to what Manjoume could have been like if he hadn't changed.
Amon is waaaay underrated probably because he's unlikeable. But you're right it's an unpopular opinion to hold lol
You are right. Adrian is extremly underrated. He's very unlikeable, but his duel strength is insane. He defeated Chazz and Aster, also was very close to beat Yubel. He's definetly one of the best GX duelists. Another underrated one is Yusuke Fujiwara, Jaden and Jesse had to team up to beat him and Jesse even had to sacrifice himself
The way my heart sank at Judai not even being top five was unreal. He low key carried the duel against Paradox too
Jaden is definetly top 5, maybe even top 3. Yusaku and Yusei are better. Jaden and Atem is arguable for 3rd. Kaito is great duelist, but even him doesn't stand a chance against Jaden fused with Yubel. I didn't watch Sevens so idk about Luke, but ain't no way that kid is better than Jaden
@@srdjankupresakkite clears jaden
@@grxnd6362 Nah.
@@grxnd6362 nah
@@grxnd6362 not a chance
The only thing I disagree with is about the take on Edo and Kaiser. I always thought Kaiser was the superior Duelist and it's almost as if people forget the reason as to why Kaiser went on a losing streak in the first place. He was cursed by destiny in his first duel against Edo and it was no coincidence that afterwards he began to lose a lot due to the curse. Once Edo rematched Jaden and Jaden beat him after receiving the Neo Soacians, Jaden was able to win and it showed the true level playing field again of their power. Once Kaiser received his Cyberdarks, most likely him beating Edo would've likely happened. Also just in my opinion, Kaiser had more incredible feats when it came to his duels, especially in high attack power, quick thinking, and stoicism. I'm mostly just biased lmao but I really do believe Kaiser is stronger than Edo. To me, Edo is the most overrated Duelist in all of Yu-Gi-Oh.
aster also got a upgrade to his deck same way zane and jaden did
I’d put Nash ahead of Yuma tbh.
If Yuma didn’t attack because he knew Nash’s secretly planned move would end him, I understand how Yuma being ahead of Nash in skill makes sense.
But Yuma winning was a result of him not wanting to win, in other words, it was luck rather than skill.
I love shark he's my all time favorite but unfortunately I can see yuma being better
The issue really comes down to Shark wanted to lose even from the very beginning he wanted yuma to win so he could die and be with his barians but his pride didn't let him concede
@@cmdrplays5403 Well yeah but even when part of him wanted to lose he still would have won if Yuma didn't stop the last attack,
And the reason Yuma stopped the attack was cause he didn't want to beat Shark. If Yuma had stopped cause he predicted Shark's movements, then Yuma outmatches Shark in skill. But that's not what happened, if Yuma wanted to win, and gave it his all, he would have lost to Shark. Thus Shark deserves to be ahead of Yuma.
Bruh, if Declan Akaba wasn’t EXTRAORDINARILY handicapped by Z-Arc having like 8000 life points and a full board to his 2000 when joining the duel Declan would have literally OTKed him. Heck, the only one you need to take out is Z-Arc’s extra life points because Declan literally did over 4000 points of damage in his first turn.
Though a big reason for this is because Z-Arc is so overwhelmingly carried by the cards he created that it’s only natural he would’ve folded against someone who could counter him. Heck, I haven’t seriously played the game in over a decade and if we had identical structure decks *I* could beat Z-Arc. And that isn’t a boast, it’s an insult. He literally needed effects that say “this counts as a [Fusion/Synchro/Xyz] Summon” to actually perform those summons to the point him supposedly being a master of them all as a human is a *plot hole* that can only be filled by assuming his Duel Spirits were *literally* dueling for him. Which, considering there were the four dragons and those two sorcerers that merged with him… makes perfect sense. I know this list is accounting for things like the OP cards he made to steamroll most of the cast (most of whom were on a losing streak already) but come *on.* He does NOT belong ten places above Declan when he literally would’ve gotten OTKed against if the rest of the cast wasn’t dragging the CEO down.
Yeah, honestly Z-Arc is possibly the weakest villain on the list, because if you look at the actual duel in it's entirety it was pretty lackluster. He only got that far because Sora and Edo afforded him several turns of build-up, and started every other duel with a tower and negate on board, but without them he would have been powerless against several of the duelist he faced afterward. If instead of joining the duel they had let him finish and restart he would have been done for.
I didnt realized that, but its true. Akaba Reiji would OTK Zarc, and this is insane
@GrandeBigdor they also had him misplay HARD to lose that fight, if he saved one material for High King Caesar instead of wasting it he could stop Zarc's whole turn and finish him off easily. Zarc was also kind of powerless against duelists who didn't rely on the extra deck Shingo, Asaka or Yuya's father.
That wasn't otk he started with 6000 life points and Declan did 3200 damage also zarc literally said he let him do that so he can summon all 4 of his dragons and Declan had a card advantage he had 4 cards zarc had zero in his hand and still Declan got otk
And how is zarc carried by the cards when it's not even easy to summon zarc you got to the so much just to summon it but zarc have a different skill level even in his first life zarc literally lost to the plot he should be top 5
Declan W
I knew Luke would be somewhere on this list and he was strong where he managed to beat Goha Yuga with a deck that wasn’t his but managed to pull off an epic combo. Anyways loved the video Dylan.
"Yes, I'll use my best friends deck, figure out his strategy, and win" truly Luke the Goat
@@DracoSenpai420 It was an epic duel and I was surprised at the combo Luke managed to pull off
@@rainbowdragon168 bro shuffled 30+ cards, like how tf lmao
@@DracoSenpai420 You can look up the duel and it’ll explain the last turn of the duel since it’s long for me to simplify it
Personally I would rank them based on how I rank real life players. I rank them based on nuance of strategy (resource management and combos), how they handle both winning and losing, deckbuilding and understanding cards and other things I couldn't come up with yet. Either way, fire video.
Im gonna be honest. Rush characters kinda shouldn't have been included in the mix imo. They only use one format of Yugioh and tbh we have no idea how their skills would or could translate into the master duel format and seeing as how many of the duelists from each series are seasoned in multiple duel formats (turbo, action, speed, deck master, etc.) It feels kinda out of place to say rush characters are definitively better duelists using a format tailored to be easier and faster than the typical dueling formats from the previous series and never displaying any master duel skills. I also think more females like Alexis, Aki, and even Yuzu, blue angels, could have made the list because of one just the power creep and how strong their decks are and because their win/loss rates arent as bad as people claim and due to their unfortunate circumstances of just being put in duels with alot of time they couldnt have won due to plot sake similar to the villains. Imo not putting them on the list but saying Joey deserves a spot (despite the fact i agree Joey deserves one) is a bit wierd when im pretty confident he would or could most likely lose to those duelist and tbh hes not the only one. Also shout out to Anna, Rio/Marin who i also think are pretty strong duelist who could've made the top 50 had rush characters not been added.
It should be 2 vids
The top 5 strongest characters in Yugioh in my opinion:
5th. Yusei
A great Duelist
4th. Yusaku
Just like Yusei he is also a great duelist but has a better deck
3rd. Atem
While it's true he has a far worse deck than the previous 2, his shadow magic/ability puts him above both
As we saw he can always just top deck the card he needs even if that card never existed as long as it wins him the duel, so it's possible for Atem to beat any board.
2nd. Yuya
Assuming he has full control over all his, his counterparts, and Zarc's cards and abilities, his deck should be broken, but not only that because of all the abilities we have been shown he should also be able to will cards into existence like Atem, create new monsters in his extra deck to fit his needs as long as he knows how to use the summoning mechanic which makes his extra deck pretty much endless, while also being a quick learner which means if he fought a Vrains character he will be able to learn Link summoning after single duel if not in the same duel, also in theory having Yuri's super poly should give him an out against all none-towers monsters giving him a big advantage over his opponents.
1st. Zexal
Numeron code basically means he should know what's gonna happen in the duel before even playing it, Many of His Number cards were really broken in the anime, can draw whatever he needs, and can change what in his hand to whatever he wants too.
He is just too broken to lose a duel he wants to win.
I totally agree but I think the playmaker is behind some duelists from other seasons because as much as he is a great duelist he doesn't have great powers like a chaos barian draw or shining draw like nasch and kaito, or a monster much stronger than the rest like the darts monsters in the dm, anyway, I can think of some duelists who in terms of power are much stronger than the playmaker, even yusei presented better powers than those of the playmaker
Also, guys, try not to take this list too seriously. This is a franchise where characters aged 9 year olds to 18 year olds fight Egyptian demons, embodiments of light and darkness at boarding school, time traveling cyborgs, dimensional devils, Supreme Kings, cyber terrorists, Konami if it was run by a drone, and genocidal aliens under the age of twenty, all of whom are using the power of card games.
It's really subjective, especially if you scale different characters equally to whatever characters you are comparing them too.
@@BizarreInterestsProductions don't forget there are older characters too. Doctor Leo Akaba, Dr Faker, Heartland etc
@ I mean, true, but they were kind of villains and I mostly met heroes when I mentioned the age
@@BizarreInterestsProductions even the heroes go up to at least around 25. 5ds, Arc V and Zexal has some in their 20s, VRAINS seems older too
I think i'd bump up yuma a spot or two but can't be too mad about it, great list dylan!
I feel like including rush duellists is weird because rush duels are pretty much a different game so it's weird to compare the two. It's like comparing chess players to somebody playing checkers.
I still headcanon that whenever Atem used a really impressive combo in a duel, it was Yugi supplying the ideas and Atem who brought together the pieces. So personally, in pure dueling ability, I have Yugi above Atem.
Otherwise, I think my biggest problem with this list is the gap between some characters who may as well be neck and neck, like Yuma and Astral or Revolver and Soulburner
He put Revolver way too low. Like how tf is Crow better than Revolver? And what's that impressive about Jack to be 12th? Revolver clears them both. Revolver is 2nd or 3rd best rival, Kaito is clearly 1st and it is arguable between Revolver and Kaiba for 2nd
Why not? I'll post a list:
10 Yuma (He did improve the most of any protag)
9 Kaiba (I think Kaiba is just stronger than Jack Atlas and honestly could give most of the franchise a run for their money)
8 Soulburner (He was a walking ad for the actual Salad deck irl)
7 Yuuya (Never forget that he got stomped by Sergey)
6 Judai (He truly was unstoppable outside of three early losses)
5 Kaito (Zexal) (Kaito from Zexal is a beast. He doesn't have bad duels and legit has some of the coolest wins in the franchise. My fav will always be winning the tag duel with Yuma over III and IV with Neo Galaxy Eyes.
4 Luke (I don't know Sevens well, but yeeting the protag three times is enough for me)
3 Yusei Fudo (Yusei never loses, but he gets no results where he should've lost)
2 Yami Yugi (I'd swap with Yusei. His draw power is godly)
1 Playmaker (Playmaker from a technical standpoint never messes up or actually loses. You could argue Storm Access was cheese, but he only used it in season 1)
The problem is kaiba never showed his potential, bro never won against major villain or Yugi😂😂
Soulburner is one of my favourite yugioh charicters his deck is really good not as good as it used to be but still good always enjoyed watching him duel just wish we saw him duel specter I bet soulburner would have won
Salamangreat is easily one of my favorite decks to play competitively even if its just rogue tier now
Ye aparently we might be getting the synchro monster in l duel links soon might be
Soulburner is a monster in Duel Links as well. He has one of the harder Level 40 decks even harder than Playmaker’s imo.
Let’s get two things straight:
-Yusaku Fujiki is 0-3
-Playmaker is 24-0 (with 3 draws).
His other brother made him play but set the bots to veteran, he quit the game, came back 10 years later, created a Smurf account, and turned his ranked play enemies into recruit bots.
Based on TGS anime duel breakdowns Kaiba would have beaten Noah if he wasn't using Mokuba as leverage and he would have beaten Dartz if he didn't have to bailout the Pharoh so much
If you had a card so powerful that it had to get neutered in the card game, you got it.🏆
Hereldry Crest rip
@@Diamondr11Blue that’s not the card
I think Antinomy deserves at least number 2. He was the champ in his distopian future before being enhanced into a cyborg. Every time he dueled Yusei he wasn't really focused om winning, but in teaching Yusei new techniques. In their last duel Antinomy mentions that there's more beyond accel Synchro, so maybe he even has something beyond delta accel
now when u say it, i agree. he was clearly better than everyone but he had a bigger goal than winning duels
Putting Luke Infront of Kaiba, Kaito, Jack, Yuri, Reji, Zarc, Yugi, Jaiden, Yuma and many others is criminal...
Did u even watch sevens? The only times he lost was during flashbacks, when he was possesed and when yuga was cheating against luke.
@@randomguy6230 Well we do need to consider other factors as well above their win-loss ratios.
Let's say I'm playing duel links and I only ever duel NPCs, technically I have a 100% win rate, but that doesn't mean I'm a better duelist than somebody who duels actual people.
I agree Luke is a good duelist overall, but he's definitely not a top 5 for me.
@@johngentley5015 yeah u got a point, but on the other hand its not like sevens didnt have any very skilled duelists.
@@randomguy6230 I’m not disagreeing there, Sevens did have really good duelists.
But comparing Luke to some of the feats that the previous characters had and saying Luke surpassed is a bit of a stretch to me.
I got
1. Yusei
2. Playmaker
3.Jaden
4.Yami Yugi
5.Luke
6.kite
I would swap Luke for Yuma tho, and out Luke at 7 and Yuma at 5
For those wondering where the Arc V legacy characters would be according to Dylan:
Arc V Aster and Alexis wouldn't be on the list
Arc V crow would be between Shun at 39 and Yugo at 38
Arc V Kaito and Jack would be between 38 and 27.
If I was to guess I'd assume he'd put Arc V Kaito after Pegasus and before Don Thousand, and Arc V Jack right afterward
Having that luke kid higher then jaden is criminal
Why don't you put him under arrest?
Watch Sevens ffs. If you dont know the context dont bother.
@NoOne-ks8tu tried in dub and sub couldn't sit through the first episode so no
@@mr.mimikyu2342 Yeah so dont comment if you dont know anything about it. People just want instant gratification when watching shows its embarrasing.
@NoOne-ks8tu 😂😂
Yuma/Astral as ZEXAL should at least be top 5.
In my Opinion Zexal lll is the strongest form of a duelist I have ever seen. Its just the sheer aura of that final morph, I wish it had more appearences. But destiny shining draw is something else.
Absolutely
Yuma no, astral yes
@@adamquenano8563it's the fusion, not singular
@@kingmuizz708 Astral was always the better duelist, Yuma in the first half was abysmal as a duelist and astral literally carried him
Great vid. Will the next vid possibly be ranking all the GX duels? I know GX has probably twice as many duels as DM but the DM ranking did so well, I think it’ll be worth the time and fun. Plus, it gives you the chance to binge GX again.
That would take a while for anyone. There's about 133 duels in the show that were onscreen.
Great video!
I don't agree with you on some of them, but i see ur effort!
Luke: yeah I’m number 4 im better that some protagonist I’m in the path to becoming the best
Luke is not top 10 good
@@seanakima50515e U havent watched Sevens.
Manga Luke never lost once and he took on the entire main and supporting cast barring Goha Siblings and Otes.
Anime Luke beat him in Episode 27. (Phantom Luke is semi implied to be the manga Luke due to their shared color scheme and Miragias being from the manga at first).
Ironically I only have one disagreement in the whole list and its for last place
Chazz grew to be stronger than the version of himself that lost to amon, and i think he surpassed amon
For my defence on Team Unicorn against Yusei, it is makes sense because i know there is many card that allow cards in graveyard, hand or even on the field get shuffle into the deck. So yeah, he is definitely in dilemma between attacking or end the turn because how big brained Yusei as a person with his serious flat expression
For those getting frustrated, this list takes into regard their record throughout their respective shows and how intimidating and skilled they were at dueling.
If we were to look at this plainly Atem wouldnt make the top 50 at all. But we take his record in DM into account we dont compare his deck to duelists who have more advanced decks like in VRAINS.
Its why a character like Luke is #4. If you havent watched Sevens let me explain it to u. Luke NEVER LOST, Beat Yuga 3 times (4th time wasnt exactly a proper full duel), defeated characters like Goha Yuuga, Roa, and many more. He was a dueling FORCE in Sevens so it makes sense to put him that high. Hope this clears a few things up.
Not sure I agree. By this logic Tea's a top tier duelist, never losing a duel and "beating" obviously better duelists like Joey and Mai.
A character's reputation and record should come second to statement about their actual skill and development. This is why Chazz should be considerably above Zane, even though he'd never be written to win.
@@NoOne-ks8tu frustrated isn't the right word, more of confused. If you're ranking the top duelists, stop leaving the powerhouses and buffing the ones who don't even qualify!
@@ashuebot-tabi4449 in fact Chazz beat Aster, who beat Zane. Sure, Zane got stronger after that, but this proves that Chazz is superior to Aster at least. And let's talk about Cyrus a bit. Zane says Cyrus surpassed him. Now, did gx do a lackluster job in showing his growth? Sure, but that doesn't mean he didn't deserve a spot. A lot of these positions seems to be based on how cool the character is (yuya and Yuma below Yusei? Who would have guessed)...but hey, this list is for fun and is HIS list, so it's absolutely okay
I get that's the idea, but calling it a top 50 sounds like 13 can defeat 25 and 25 can defeat 50. Maybe Rush characters can defeat characters from DM-5D's in a weird Master duel/Rush duel hybrid duel because they have the advantage of the multiple summons, but they wouldn't do anything against number users.
Maybe the titel should be a bit more specific
@@FranciscoRamirez-nb4uu this list should've been 2 different videos. Speed duel and then a rush duel. Too many people to add at once. This would've prevented leaving off important duelists bc I don't even think Nail made it
I laughed more watching the GX dub than I have at most standup routines
Still obscenely clear as the best piece of YGO media with unparalleled meme value.
@@dancostello4872 real
29 is way too low for Ai. He only lost to Playmaker and even then, had he not activated a spell card in the last turn, he would have won the duel. I'd argue that's the closest anyone has ever gotten to beating Playmaker (including Revolver and Bohman).
Finally someone else gets it. 🙌
@@surdine6671 True
well Ai misplayed, he thought he has to use it.
But i agree, 29 is too low
Also the fact that Ai was created using Playmaker’s data is overlooked imo.
Ok first off, this was a massive undertaking! Good on you for putting this together. You're a braver man than I to do all 6 series. Frankly, I think you could've spared yourself some grief, doing one video per series.
Having watched it, I disagree on some points, but considering the sheer amount of characters, matching with anyone's list was impossible. Here are my biggest sticking points.
I felt like some villains were underestimated. They're scripted to lose the duel, but these are monstrosities.
I think you massively undersold Astral and oversold Kite, but honestly, that's the fault of the Zexal writers. Astral is the "ultimate duelist" but he never got a chance to convey that. In general, I feel like you overhyped the rivals in general.
In general, you kind of ignored all of the magic/special powers going on. I'm sure that made this absurdly huge list a little more manageable, but in a world full of magical artifacts, alien powers, and reality warping devices, Yusaku's at a pretty bad disadvantage.
Overall, it's pretty clear who your favorite characters are, but by that same token, you'd probably know who my favorites were from a similar list.
It's videos like this that revitalizes my love for this franchise. This is why abime is important to this game.
Marik strongest than Mizael? 💀
This list is a joke
@kamitaraseyuuonze5302 Somebody is butthurt.
@@kite36 no, if you're gonna rank actual strong duelists then be fair and go by the rules. They didn't even add quattro, one of the biggest zexal competitors. But it's okay, this is just a fan project so why worry
@@kamitaraseyuuonze5302 Make a list on your YT channel then? People can talk so much but they cant do anything, well done for showing that you are the perfect example of that. No Reasoning, just an emotional opinion.
Mizael > Marik he won with 1 life point for the majority of the duel
Playmaker barely lose like that in series and his winning streak was great
His name is playmaker… enough said 🤮
Can we get a list of most disrespectful duelists? Like duelists who were just over the top with their methods or just down right heinous. Villainous, overkill, you name it.
@@The_r3d_0ne Yuri and vetrix sweep the board with this one !
@@damiadunoqui1756Vector too probably 😂
@@The_r3d_0ne in tcg is deck isn't that good but in anime he was heavy. Depends what format you mean
Marik is sure to top the list
Tbh whenever yuya got triggered like when yuya completely destroyed lulu and Selena with raging dragon
I really feel like judai should be equal to yugi, since despite what the fandom will tell you, their duel is left ambiguous, and your meant to see them as equals
Kinda of. Why have an official-ish outcome in Duel Links. If Jaden/Yubel loses againast Yugi, he will tell the same things he said at the end of the animated series, wanting to become stronger etc.
My interpretation is that the writers want you to pick your own goat
no way what are you doing here? i love your videos so much! btw the duel never even happened it was a dream if you think about it for more than 5 seconds it makes no sense otherwise, yugi had no millenium puzzle so no powers and couldn't send judai to the past and he sends him to "battle city 2" wich is a tournament you'd think would've been talked about in duel monsters if it happened and im pretty sure judai is shown waking up right after the cliff hanger so to me it's pretty clear this is meant to be a dream and not an actual duel.
@@TimourZ I’ve seen this stuff mentioned on this channel before argument makes sense but I don’t think the writers were thinking about all this
Also, Revolver practically destroyed Lighting.
Yup
Overall solid list. I think your top 3 are objectively the best but the order can be rearranged depending on narrative, skill, scale, and card pool justifications. Also glad to see so many Zexal characters towards the tip because they definitely earned it by the end.
Top 2 and 3 can be arranged, top 1 is fixed
Kaiba did beat Gozaburo and Zigfried in a duel with Obelisk and fang of Critias. Noah cheated by using Mokuba as a shield and the duel he won by cheating or despite to save Mokuba he and yugi did not draw cards for multiple turns. Darth was using the seal of orichalcos that plays a whole set of rules beyond how the game was made.
There was also the duel Yusei had against Jack when Yusei was trying to duel without relying on synchro monster. Jack cancelled the duel instead of finishing the duel. If the writers made that had face down cards then Jack would have won.
What is happening at 4:40
Yugi Moto should be in the discussion for top5 in my opinion. Hell the reason why he didnt participate in almost all duels was, because of Yami Yugi's destiny to duel in those, but if Yugi Moto dueled instead he would have won flawlessly aswell. In fact, in one of the filler episodes where Yami Yugi lost against the Oricalcos guy, it was because Yami Yugi forcibly took control over, while Yugi Moto was telling him to not fall into his trap. The fact, that Yugi Moto won the final duel against Yami is also a testament of him being the superior duelist all along. This boy never lost a duel and is the only duelist to make a use of Exodia; something the pharaoh himself never accomplished either.
While I do think he should be ranked higher for sure, I do think I'd rather duel yugi than atem if I was in a tournament.
@@killagami5658that’s only because Atem is more intimidating the truth tho is Yugi is the better duelist
At the very least, I don’t see why you would ever put Kaiba above Yugi in terms of ability. I agree though that Yugi is a better duelist by the end of the series. The whole point of the final duel was that what Yugi lacked that the Pharaoh had as a duelist was confidence which he gained in order to surpass him.
I do love the longer formated videos I would love it if you did some yugioh card lore videos as well
Yuga dont deserve top 50. Pegasus, Tron, Yuri, Dartz, etc on this list are better than him
Ehh, put them in Rush, and Yuga tends to defeat the antagonist in each arc, so against true threats, he'll probably rack up the wins eventually.
@@BizarreInterestsProductions Yuga tends to defeat them and they tend to defeat him. Roa literally ended the show defeating him without maximuns or fusions while he got defeated in the first arc while playing unfair.
It's difficult to measure Yuga's power as a duelist when he can defeat strong opponents but also loose easy
@@FranciscoRamirez-nb4uu I mean, that’s the whole point like when it comes to serious situations where everything is on the line he’s going to win. Anytime works like a personal issue or a grudge it can be up in the air.
@@daniel280699 comparing an actual child to vetrix and other adults is wild
@@haibanehochaille7010comparing an actual child to actual adults is even wildere
Putting my glorious king Zane low like that is crazy to me
I would love to see a duel between Yusei and Yami Yugi somehow
Adrian Gecko is a hell of a bar. Ive always thought quite a bit about him.
Strongest duelist, more like cheatest duelist
How?
Brave Battler vs Hanoi was SO FLASH
There’s a big misconception about crossover powerscaling. The characters lose or win according to the need of the plot. If Yusaku or Yusei were in Yuga’s place, they would lose too. A character isn’t good or bad just because they win a lot. Yuga is as good as Luke by the end of the show because he always was basically as close as you get to beat him and even did beat him at the end. Yuga just loses a lot because of the context of the story. That applies to all Yugioh characters. Yugi beats Atem at the end, yet he’s 17?
I think it’s just impossible to accurately rank cross over series.
Big time agree
@@terencebc Assuming Yusaku would lose smh
I am a bit late to the party on this, but am gutted for Romin and Asana being the last 2 girl protags out of the 3 girl duelists who made the final cut on this list. Still, they are my 2 fave characters in 7's and it was good to see them make it. They were stronger compared with Tea Gardner and Alexis Rhodes, for instance.
As a suggestion for a new list video, I'm not sure whether you have done a list of the Strongest Girl Duelists in the whole Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise? Since Go Rush! is still on air, maybe you could compile this after the show has finished? I really appreciate how much time you've spent on this one - thank you.
This must be a hell of a pain to rank. I don't think you can really use the Sevens characters against the master duel characters either, its like they are playing a whole different game.
Master duel and its Yugi set 1 and pass. While sevens have long combos, low floor and high ceiling.
Hell Kaiser, Dartz, Darkness and Judai, are all ranked way too low imo.
I figured playmaker would be #1 it makes sense
Yeah he's to powerful
Kalin better be high on the list
Marik being that low is kinda concerning
Kalin at 45 is just it lets see who the f is btter than kalin or marik.
Zane aint better than Kalin.
Vector at that high is the final straw this list sucks.
I am sorry but you approach to this matter with wrong mentality. If a character beats yusei but doesnt have that many duels would it make him worse than a midcard character who would never dream beating yusei but had many duels?
Thats such a terrible list. And before being able to finish this I see dartz being at 37. An easy top 10
Saio over Dartz OMG get lost.
Dude ranked kalim and vetrix way too low while putting sevens go rush too high. Yup this isnt good
Respect for Yusaku at No.1. THE best duelist in YGO anime.
Agree
yusei better
In my opinion I think Mai Valentine should have made the top 50 list. Yes, on screen she lost a lot but lore wise she is a top tier duelist. She has won dozens of tournaments (with ease) and even in the yugioh universe for example in GX, they refer to Mai as being on the same legendary level as Yugi and Kaiba. Also Mai kept winning enough duels to enter final rounds against Yugi and kaiba and etc. so lore wise Mai Valentine is an amazing duelist despite losing most of her on screen duels
Pre video watch
The question is WHO is #1
I surprisingly agree with most of this list, Yusei will always be the goat in my view and Jack Atlas will always be ranked above any villain for skill. I consider Rafael in the top 10 for he took a game on a MC using a guardian deck! He didn't cheat which is rare in the show, all while protecting his monsters. He handicapped himself in two different ways and still won against the main character. I wish there was a montage of all of the character's Yugi beat watching him lose to a guardian deck. Rafael only lost the rematch because he choice to revive his monsters at the cost of his own life points. meaning he didn't really get defeated, but choice to lose rather than betray his monsters. His dueling style limited him greatly, but his skill as a duelist made up for it.
What's so special about Jack? What's his biggest achievment? Defeating Aporia in 1v3 match with help of Leo and Luna, defeating Crimson Devil and defeating Yusei in flashback. That's good but no near being top 10-15. Zone is literally equal to peak version of Yusei, Yusei beat him just because he had all Signers Dragons, Jack stands no chance against Zone. Also Zarc was literally destroying whole ARC V cast in gauntlet duel, Jack doesn't stand chance against him either
jack is good but he's not the strongest. For his show he's up there for sure
Any villains? So above Z-ONE, Don thousand, vetrix, varis, aproia alone? Yeah no
Suprisingly agree with most of this top. My only problem with it is Crow being too high. I mean he is great on his own right, but i dont see him beating Revolver or Lightning.
@@hassanbarreda3046 blackwings are awesome. If anything kalin seems too low
If ARC-V Crow is any indication he is a mid tier character.
His only impressive wins were against Bommer (also mid tier) and duels where he needed help from other people such as Sherry and Goodwin.
ARC-V Crow lost to Yuya.
@@JohannaDarner nah hes top tier for his show. Also keep in mind yuya got stronger, and crow was winning til thst last part
watched this entire video just to make sure luke was done justice. before i hit play i said "if luke isn't in the top 10 this is rigged"
How is Yugi below Kaiba? I know Yami is extremely powerful a duelist, but little Yugi's natural talent is partially *why* Yami is so good. In DSoD Yugi was able to mop up Igami, whereas Kaiba would have lost if not for the deus ex Obelisk moment.
I just will never understand how little Yugi gets shafted on your list 😂
The argument that can be made is that Yugi isn't very competitive, he only plays seriously when his friends are in trouble. So most of the time despite being good he won't do much
2 reasons.
Yugi has a large lack of duels and the only duels he does win are joey before he has even spells, possessed bandit kieth, who he was struggling to make moves against and Atem, who he built a deck for and split with.
He's not well decorated in terms of all of his accomplishments, just because of his lack of showings.
Other reason is we can't just say Yugi/Atem are the same level, because Yugi never duels anyone Atem does and we know they duel differently. Even their match. Yugi had everything against him
Bro gets shafted in his own show qhat do u rlly expect
Quattro not being on here AT ALL is criminal
I wonder if he'll add Battle Beast, considering how much he hates the arc but the character is objectively one of the strongest duelists in the franchise.
Edits: Roboppi, Mizael, Dartz, Ai & Reiji are being seriously undersold here.
Yami Marik (at least in the anime), Rafael, YUGA & Kaiba are being seriously oversold - except for Kaiba (who shouldn't be as high as he's been ranked) they have no business making the list at all. 😭
Yugo's loss against Yuri has a massive asterisk considering the plot needed Kaito & Edo to drain his resources (which was incredibly bone-headed) instead of having them focus on defeating Yuri, _the actual threat._
No, Kaito wouldn't have defeated Tron - even after the Haruto reveal, he doesn't hold back at all or avoid making moves that otherwise would have won him the duel (like say Kaiba vs Noah or Revolver vs Lightning). Sure it felt like it was playing dirty & underhanded from Tron, but it didn't affect the duel in any way besides pissing off Kaito, who still lost cleanly.
Atem is WAY too high - he has no business even sniffing the Top 10, let alone being in the Top 5, _let alone_ being in the Top 3 and ahead of Jack, Shark, Z-ARC, Yuma, Soulburner, Kaito & Luke.
Battle Beast, Sherry, Antinomy, Andore, & (S2) Go Onizuka should've made this list tbh.
Seeing as you were taking 7 whole series into account, 4 of which I haven't yet watched, I was prepared to potentially not see Mai on the list going into the video. However, after seeing Marik on the list, I knew Mai had to be coming up eventually, as she is very clearly a better duelist than Marik at the very least all things considered. She had Yugi in check in duelist kingdom, all she had to do was call his bluff and she won, then she outright defeated Marik, if only she were born with different heritage, and then she outright defeated Joey while he was at his peak skill level. On top of this, she managed to win enough star chips for both herself AND yugioh at an astonishing pace. I would put Mai on par with Joey in terms of raw dueling skill, if not a bit higher. We just needed to see more of her and against non-plot armored opponents.
With that said, Bakura is arguably one of the absolute strongest characters in all of DM, as he nearly defeated the king of games 3 times (actually WOULD have defeated him if not for his card not working properly in duelist kingdom), but it is a bit difficult to rank him properly because all his main duels are against plot juggernauts or are otherwise no-results.
Possibly hot take:I really don't think marik deserves to be in the top 50.Imo he is the worst of the battle city finalists and he really isn't that good of a duelist mostly being carried by ra. We just see him makee bad decisions when dueling.literally the reason joey was about to defeat him is because he wasn't playing seriously and was trying to kill joey through damage instead of just aiming for his lp
That's true, but Ra is really hard to deal with it.
Yeah I get that
No he was about to lose to Jonouchi because Jonouchi literally demolished all his tactics. In both the anime and manga he literally top decked Monster reborn and had no other real play. If they dueled with no shadow game magic he’d have lost with the hand he was given
@adamquenano8563 true
@@tolis19 not even a hot take its just straight up facts
Switch Yusaku with Jaden then I feel it is more accurate.
Dont forget to add Quinton this time pls❤ Hes just as strong as kite and trianed his bros! Vetrix and his soms are top tier
Quinton is definitely not as strong as Kite. Being a teacher doesn’t automatically make you stronger than your student. I would even dare say he is the weakest of the Arclight brothers. I would rank them Quattro > Trey > Quinton
@MiniJodaTV not true. He is the strongest brother for the anime. In the barian battle vs scritch, thry play off each other flawlessly not using words. They are equals! 😀white haired sensei. Without his teachings his brothers and kite wouldn't have been as advanced as could be 🤷♂️ He's the prodigy of the series in science and duel
@ Him teaching his brothers and Kite doesn’t make him stronger than them. That’s like saying Grampa Muto is stronger than Yugi. For reference, Kite defeated Mizar one on one while Quinton could not in a two v one. Kite also straight up defeated Quinton. It is evident Kite is the stronger duelist.
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The Weakest brother should be III. He's the youngest and doesn't have that many feats. The strongest brother should be IV, he's the Asian Champion + was rivalling Shark, which by the end of the series should be a lot stronger than Kaito.
@@MiniJodaTV One, the brothers were essentially ambushed. You're missing both the facts that they took mizar's dragon causing him to get angry. Plus Quinton was having no trouble in their first duel at all before kite made that final draw. Why are you leaving important details out? Those two are besties who tag together perfectly. No need to compare so hard. Also considering vetrix didn't duel before the show I wouldn't be surprised if Quinton taught him/gave tips!😄
I agree with the placement, but I think Crow deserves a lil more credit for that Bommer win. He wasn't even a signer yet. He had no magic anything helping him and still won
@@Laetus-Elaetus true that
He got too much credit as is. Screw the birdbrain.
WHERE IS QUATTRO???
He lost to Yuma, Shark, Kaito, and Nash. If this was top 100, I could see him getting in.
@@BizarreInterestsProductionsnah he's still top tier for his series with his brothers and father
@@damiadunoqui1756 I agree he’s powerful but he’s not above his dad, the power trio and Astral, the Barians and he lost to one of them already, Vector is hard for anyone to deal with, then there’s Don Thousand. Like he’s strong, but he struggles even against the top tiers of his own series.
@@BizarreInterestsProductions true, the brothers aren't stronger than their fathe but nor is kite unaided
I think Quattro was able to beat Shark but didn't because he was trying to prove something to Vetrix. Still sucks how he and his brothers didn't do much as the series went on
Well I am not going to make a general comment on the list and discuss each choice that has been made however some particular comments should be made I believe . both Seto Kaiba and Chezz Princeton were victims of the plot. Almost %80 duels of them were the kind of duels that were either against the main protagonist or the main villain of the season(Pegasus/Noah/Dartz or in Chazz's case Sartorious/Trueman and a bunch of duels against Jaden. Just think of the Joey's duel against Marik then imagine it happening to a characters repetitively that pretty much sumps up the point.
I'm not even mad Aki's not on the list. Think about it, between Misty and Sherry, the only duels she had were against Trudge and Team Unicorn and she lost against the latter. Gallop YuGiOh need to stop getting snubbed in the middle of the show.
Romin and Asana dueled every arc they were involved after their debuts with more wins than losses.
I don't Count team unicorn as a loss, cause it was a team Duel and yusei did not lose
@@stampoulisrafael5262 Well Aki lost her portion of the duel and didn't beat a single opponent. So between episode 75 and 139, Aki didn't get a single win in 64 episodes. That's as long as the Fortune Cup and Dark Signers arc combined.
@@BizarreInterestsProductionsreminds me off yuzu never dueling after her tag duel with sora in arc V.
36:11 Is this part of your "What made that duel special" series, or a separate video? Either way, I'm excited for it! This is my second favorite duel in the franchise behind Yugi Vs. Kaiba!
Dang I thought revolver was gonna be number 1 but this great ranking video Dylan
Not surprisingly, Revolver lost to Soulburner, Lightning, and Playmaker. Tough to get ranked high when the cast is so small you can only beat the secondary allies and the brute of the villains.
@@BizarreInterestsProductionsBut Revolver is still ranked too low. 2 draws vs Playmaker, win vs Windy, win vs Ghost Girl, win vs Go Onizuka, win vs Blood Shepherd, outplayed Lightning and would've won if it wasn't about cheating, superhuman performance in his 4th duel vs Playmaker. And somehow he puts Crow over him
@@srdjankupresakmhm, weird list
Zane disrespect 😤
Cool vid though!
Also 24:57 do they all say it in a southern accent? 😆
I disagree the numba one duelist ist D'Arby from JJBA Stardust Crusaders
Go ahead Mr Joestah
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I loved this list. Yusaku (Playmaker), Yusei and Yami Yugi are my three favorite characters. This is prodigious ❤