Explaining The Millennium Items From Yu-Gi-Oh!

[@2Spookster]

Thanks for checking this one out lads! Got a question for ya: After hearing the explanation of all seven, which Millennium Item do you think has the best ability in your opinion? Curious to hear you answers! ;) Reminder that that THICC Christmas merch is still live and fresh, so snag some before it's too late! www.teepublic.com/user/2spooky www.designbyhumans.com/shop/2Spooky/

[@jayesper4390]

It's got to be the Ring, being able to trap people's souls/consciousness into inanimate objects is pretty crazy. I think the Key would probably be the next most overpowered, and I almost want to go with that one for being able to enter a person's soul.

[@christianraulvillagodines283]

Now do The Shadow Charms of Yugioh GX please.

[@yodadate893]

I like the Millennium Puzzle and Rod. The Rod is awesome, you can make people to your biding for you.

[@brokestudentinschool2731]

I have to say the puzzle just because ive played yugis deck before online and him wining at all is crazy unlikely I mean he has no defined win condition in his deck other than the heart of the cards. Not to mention the fact that if the definition of game can be extended to a competition between two or more people any venture he takes part in while he has the puzzle it makes him near unbeatable.

[@swaggergaming3479]

2Spooky I just love how you showed Uganda knuckles in that one scene lol

[@yahoooooooo7772]

The original lore of yugioh is so underrated, not to mention the character design/drip.

[@joemomma9903]

I agree

[@Hugo_Tate]

Wtf is drip? Sounds stupid

[@roseayy5454]

Fr bruv

[@jonesmaner2549]

@@Hugo_Tate drip is wearing nice clothes like wearing matched color stufff just look up drip check on youtube

[@DMTInfinity]

Indubitably.

[@ralphdanieljacob7155]

Ive been wanting to know these for 15 years now ever since I was a kid but kept forgetting on researching it. Now I literally feel tranquility.

[@DMTInfinity]

#lolz

[@AnimeAngel88]

A couple things you need to know. You neglected to mention that the original name of the Puzzle was the Pendant. After Atem sealed his soul and Zorc's, it was broken and became known as the Puzzle. Regarding the Eye, and how Bakura stole it so easily, remember that Pegasus was weakened from his duel with Yugi. Bakura gloats about how he was at full strength compared to Pegasus at that time. Thus, Pegasus was physically incapable of fighting off Bakura and stop him from stealing the eye. And something that is not explained in the anime or manga is that the 7 items represent evil and Justice. The Eye, Ring and Rod represents Evil, and this shows with how each major antagonist has one. The Necklace, Key and Scales represent Justice. The Puzzle is the most powerful because it represents both, and that is what the unity it talks about really means. A unity of good and evil, order and chaos, light and darkness.

[@5h4d0wZz]

My man! That's an awesome explanation, thanks a mil for that! 😎

[@yukitai9063]

It might've been skipped on purpose. When you think about it, it would take several more minutes for some people to understand that (which would bore others). And the ancient priests didn't appear evil, otherwise, the millennium items can probably teleport or something (not sure about the manga, but with the anime, Tristan flung the Millennium Ring away, and later it had reappeared on Bakura... (I can't really explain it, but yeah, some of your reasoning may need to be thought out a little bit more...)

[@MBS22]

NERD!

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

And Atem required the millennium items to form a pact with Darknite

[@macewindu1]

@@yukitai9063 I would like to point you too the ancient wielder of the millennium eye

[@Chann223]

I love how the author based alot of the Millenium items powers on actual Egyptian spiritual beliefs and concepts. I love ancient Egypt!

[@DMTInfinity]

*Visa-Versa..!*

[@TheBelieveit1]

So lemme get this straight. The Millennium Puzzle's canonical power is to grant it's user the power of Main Character?

[@itasukekuromon518]

yes

[@konoyuchilan971]

Seems dope... Wait... so in theory giving this to Brock would make him become the new ash :v...

[@ezequielrenovato6608]

Wait so is it still considered plot armour?

[@itasukekuromon518]

@@konoyuchilan971 if he was worthy of using the millennium puzzle then yes

[@itasukekuromon518]

@@ezequielrenovato6608 more like a plot lucky charm

[@paulamartinez7493]

To be fair, for Konami it was never about the heart of the cards. It was always about the heart of the credit card!

[@skullsquad900]

Nonono...I think your confused. That's MAGIC, where you need to literally update every 2 years or it's unplayable at tournaments. This is Yu-Gi-Oh!, where you can go to a tournament playing with anchient cards, and probably lose, but you are still allowed to play. There also aren't many cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! that cost over $100 dollars. I saw a Jake planeswalker for $200 and a 1 mana cost 2/2 goblin with some broken ass effect for $50 at my local card shop, and both cards are legal to play. If that isn't Pay-To-Win, I don't know what is!

[@Alpha121198]

James VerHulst yeah some of the oldest cards are used competitively. Polymerization for example.

[@MrX4-20]

Ooh damn! 🔥🔥

[@thecreator625]

@@skullsquad900 Hm... let's actually look at the facts, shall we? 1. MTG releases are generally more expensive. YGO releases new sets a lot quicker. Despite that, some YGO cards can become extremely expensive when they're meta as well. Overall, a competitive YGO tournament player needs to actually spend more money on the game as they have to pay for more decks than a Magic player while it is easier for a casual player to get into YGO because the individual decks are cheaper. That doesn't change that BOTH are fucking money sinks. As is the whole fucking TCG genre. 2. MTG decks usually are playable for their entire tournament rotation. YGO decks can become obsolete after the next pack and definitely become obsolete after the next ban list. Sometimes Magic decks which were released at the beginning of a rotation still win tournaments at the end of their rotation. Sometimes they don't. In YGO, you can be almost certain the newest legal release before the tournament wins. And sometimes old decks become viable after a ban list again... until new releases come out. And some decks will just always be dead even in traditional format. 3. Both constantly break their own game with what the cards do (and don't). But unlike YGO where the newest cards are usually the most broken ones, Magic and its rotation (which, BTW, is a system that EVERY TCG except YGO uses) allow to either speed up or slow down the meta. Some of the oldest cards are also the most broken ones, ever. YGO meta is almost impossible to slow down. To do so would require an insanely long ban list. Konami has managed to slow it down somewhat, but they'd never be able to get to where they started. Magic COULD do that if they wanted to. 4. The Magic system works. It's pretty clear cut and everything we need to know we can see immediately. YGO players already have trouble with chain resolving. In Magic, you need to know a ton of effects, such as first strike, doublestrike, fear... while in YGO you need to know the rulings for all of your cards. Light and Darkness Dragon being the prime example. In short: Magic is much more clean. 5. Magic has a lot more ways you can play than YGO. Some of these decks for specialized formats can be pretty expensive - about 2k bucks - but on the flipside... you have that deck forever and don't ever need a new one for that format. Maybe a few special cards here and there if you want to boost it a bit. YGO pretty much only has standard, traditional, old school (which isn't really a format but rather a mindset of the oldest players as there are no tournaments for that and all) and GOAT. Magic has equivalents for ALL these formats because theoretically, every single rotation is its own format AND because of special ways such as Commando which differ completely from anything the game usually offers or YGO has to offer.

[@TheWanderer_99]

"Screw the rules i have money!" - Seto Kaiba

[@Athaeme]

You forgot the Millennium Falcon

[@Gamemaster6400]

Boo!!!

[@Athaeme]

@@Gamemaster6400 Ahhh!, fuck you scared me

[@jamestran1634]

Actually in Star Wars canon it was Han Solo that crash landed in Egypt and became the first pharaoh

[@thedjshow1404]

@GrantKP Facts

[@colingrimm319]

Silver-Athame no bad

[@thefattesthagrid]

I always liked Joeys item the best. Millenium hair is always superior.

[@austinwright09]

Please, Tristan's voice gives him super strength

[@thefattesthagrid]

What's a Tristan?

[@caydenmann9518]

GIGGITY

[@sinbad4696]

Jounouchi's hair isn't as powerful as the hair guy, and his unspoken son, Honda, who's voice allows him to snap necks with his mind and gives him super strength

[@rahilraza1344]

Lmfao

[@Anime-Doom]

So all that time Yugi and Yami were preaching the "Heart of the Cards" it was actually just them deflecting suspicion away from their God tier cheating?

[@sarka4727]

That is the absolute unspoken truth

[@Michael_Oliver_]

Yes, go watch the show again. So many rules are broken, just in the first episode Kaiba breaks a summoning rule. Atem- "Wait a minute, did you just summon a bunch of monsters in one turn?" Kaiba- "Yeah, so...." Atem- "That's against the rules isn't it?" Kaiba- "Screw the rules, I have money!"

[@tylerlackey1175]

@@Michael_Oliver_ I havent watched the first anime in a long time but I'm pretty sure literally every character cheats in duels lol

[@Big_talks.]

If you ain't cheating you ain't trying 😂🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

AnimeDoom I assumed they were just cheating all along. How else do you get to stay the king?

[@austinwilburn1772]

It's not a luck boost, it's literally the ability to weave fate to be able to draw any card you want, usually subconsciously.

[@joewaldeck]

The millennium puzzle when completed will grant the wielder a wish. Yugi’s happened to be a friend, he was given Atem and they forged their bond, and then Yugi made his squad of friends

[@2Spookster]

When I was talking about the millennium eye's wish I put a little text over that segment adding this, as I realized I forgot that part earlier. Since those two both have the "wish" ability it kinda makes me believe they all probably do as well? Who knows. Would make each item that much more broken in terms of power I guess!

[@ColdFuse96]

If the puzzle already gave the user the ability to switch mind and body with Atem, then Yugi asking for a friend and being given Atem means Yugi got SCREWED!!!!! Yeah, I guess you can kind of argue that the puzzle granted him the wish by making it so that Yugi and Atem has a strong bond, but Atem himself said that the puzzle strengths the bond between the user and the people around them, so again, the wish did NOTHING!!!! Yugi should ask for a refund!!!

[@1R1SHMAN04]

And then he kills his best friend in the last episode but he doesn't die spoiler alert

[@fantomzhone4365]

If you think deeper on the scale, Yugi is a descendant of the Pharaoh Atem and all of Yugis friends/family short of Kaiba are all wielders of the Millennium Items in the Ancient Egyptian past. Why Seto or Grandpa never got to wield said items are beyond me or why we never got to see the Scale used in the anime is also beyond me. If my memory served me correctly, Atem-Puzzle, Kaiba-Rod, Thief King Bakura- Ring, Servant Tea Necklace, (Grandpa Yugi) Key, Servant Joey Eye, Servant Shadi Scale I think that is who had them in the past.

[@jacthing1]

@@fantomzhone4365 didn't the evil guy who was ancient seto's father have the eye?

[@AlastorNahIdWinRadioDemon]

I have a simple answer for why the Millenium Eye is so weird compared to the other items... It's simple, it has the ability to bypass other Millennium Items at the cost of not being able to defend from them either.

[@My6119]

a glass cannon in a way

[@omarkhan5223]

I have to refute your theory, remember when bakura met Pegasus and they had a shadow battle, bakura said he only won because he was drained from facing Yugi

[@manyxtavinas]

i think it doesn't bypass other millennium items. i guess all the millennium items has a special psychic connection with one another. Pegasus lost to Bakura because the Ring has the Ka/soul of Bakura and Zorc which makes it more powerful.

[@manyxtavinas]

@Compulsive Screamer dude you almost got it except for the eye and the puzzle. the puzzle is the one that is half good and half evil. Rod, Eye, Ring = Evil ........Scale, Key, Necklace = Good......Puzzle = Good/Evil . It;s the most powerful among the 7 items that's why the Pharaoh wields it. The first 3 was obvious as they were used by the main villains.

[@leokaiba]

Did anyone watching this video read the manga or even saw the show? besides Omar Khan, and I mean the real one, not the 4kids trash. It was very CLEARLY explained that Pegasus was weak after having a shadow game against both Yugi and the Pharaoh, then know only as the other Yugi later named Atem and was NEVER called Yami.

[@geekwars3998]

I believe the reason the Millennium Puzzle was considered the most powerful is that it grants its chosen Pharaoh the ability to summon all three Egyptian Gods, which are considered to be the most powerful of all Ka. When their powers are merged together, a being who's the very antithesis of Zorc Necrophades (the Great God of Evil) can be summoned, known as Horakhty (the Creator of Light).

[@ZnuuBoo7]

I gather all 5 cards and summon EXODIA THE FORBIDEN ONE!!!

[@moonsmonsters]

@@ZnuuBoo7 when you find out Exodia hange The strongest :/

[@rossburke]

Puzzle doesn't grant the Pharaoh the ability to summon god cards, you can only be Pharaoh by being able to wield the "power of a god".

[@geekwars3998]

@@rossburke If I recall correctly, when Bandit King Bakura stole Atem's Millennium Puzzle, Atem lost his ability to summon the Egyptian Gods, only regaining it when he recovered his Millennium Puzzle. And just to be clear, I'm not referring to the ability to use the Egyptian God Cards in the new era (anyone with ties to ancient Egypt can summon those cards in a duel), but to the ability to summon their Ka counterparts in ancient Egypt (which only Pharaoh Atem displayed while wielding the Millennium Puzzle).

[@rossburke]

@@geekwars3998 AHH you see I didn't know about bandit bakura stealing the puzzle but what I did notice was the manga text from kaiba's then dad to kaiba's saying to be the Pharaoh you have to weild a power like a god, then he saught out a young girl with the power of the white dragon to consume. Where did you get bandit bakura stealing the puzzle if you don't mind me asking? So I can have a read or a watch lol

[@cidium7]

You ever think Atem is just sitting in the afterlife thinking: "Fuck...I wanna duel..."

[@OscarASevilla]

That's why every opportunity he gets to come back and duel, he takes it 😂

[@macewindu1]

@@OscarASevilla nah he can duel in the afterlife just have mahad fight kisara

[@sinbad4696]

at least Kaiba saved him from that boredom in the end of DSOD

[@shikishinobi]

I think Pegasus lost the eye because he gambled it in a Shadow Game against Bakura, with the winner getting the other’s item. Because the bet was lost, the Eye allowed itself to be taken. That’s the anime at any rate. The scales are basically an incarnation from the original Book of the Dead. It is the same ritual for someone living, rather than the soul in the afterlife. Thanks for the info. I feel a bit more educated.

[@Black-ICE92]

Yeah the bet was their items in both the show and manga

[@jononeill147]

It took 99 souls, but a bakura ain't one.

[@akku2171]

Only comment how

[@DMTInfinity]

*#lolz*

[@javiuno2610]

God tier comment

[@chiefwiggims7384]

Haha

[@manyxtavinas]

The power of the Millennium Scale and Ka(soul) was actually based on Egyptian mythology. If the heart was found to be lighter or equal in weight to the feather of Maat, the deceased had led a virtuous life and would go on to Aaru(Ka/Soul of Nile Delta). A heart which was unworthy was devoured by the goddess Ammit (part lion, hippopotamus and CROCODILE) and its owner condemned to remain in the Duat.

[@LuckyOwI777]

There's another variation that I like even better. When a someones's soul/heart was found unworthy, Ammit would devour it like you said above. However, instead of that soul remaining in the Duat forever, it was simply erased from existed altogether

[@MudanTV]

whaaat, 99 people to create all of the items? that's so little for what they can do. WHAT A STEAL!!!

[@mr.q337]

SO thats the reason behind why we need to sacrifice monster to summon a more powerful monster

[@asmylia9880]

MudanTV 99 problems but bakura ain't one of it :V

[@michaelfeeney369]

What Fullmetal Alchemist and learn about the Philosopher's Stone. 😂

[@ZaminKay]

Right? I mean think about how many sacrifices they needed in full metal alchemist

[@abdlhmdx]

Don't forget the gold

[@joshualowe959]

YUGIOH: 7 Millennium Items DRAGON BALL Z: 7 Dragon Balls SONIC: 7 Chaos Emeralds

[@254171275fb]

Omg never thought of it that way 😲

[@joshualowe959]

@@254171275fb Crazy right? Also, at 7:06, he was talking about the Shadow Realm when the picture of Gozaboro in purple sky was showing. Gozaboro had nothing to do with the Shadow Realm. Gozaboro was the main villain of the Yugioh Virtual World arc which featured Noah & the Big Five.

[@Robin-tt4lo]

Ah, yes! The seven chaos emaralds of different colors!

[@Reino_X]

The full 7...

[@amirindaniel5787]

7 days in a week, 7 wonders of the world, 7 seas in the world, 7 stages of grief and many more

[@sbro17]

The eye didn’t protect Pegasus because it no longer served him. They played a shadow duel of their items and the rules state you can only claim control of a millennium item from someone if you defeat them in a battle, which they did (albeit not in the traditional duel).

[@BlueBD]

The BA and the KA... so everyone has a inner BaKa

[@majora748]

Pffftt i hate you

[@jayjayy3425]

the self is I thus on one side is the Ka the other is the Ba.. hence we all are KaIba :v

[@kbear9612]

Or your Baka aura

[@06yarbrougha]

You guys know that Kaba is Hippopotamus in Japanese, right?

[@ArtsyFbShirose]

Idiots

[@renoloverxoxo]

It's kind of sad that the Millennium Scale wasn't featured much in the series given that it is the most accurate to the culture it is taken from. The weighing of the heart against Ma'at's feather is an actual part of Egypt's death mythology. And yes, the crocodile god does eat your heart if you are unworthy.

[@1234andrewjacksmith]

To expand the luck boost of the puzzle is linked to the how large the stakes are and how skilled you are at the game your playing. it also has the power to protect against poisons and direct theft(as in you either must be handed it by the owner or beat the owner in a duel of some sort)

[@thetranspanzer3692]

The only show you could watch for years and still only know what like 4 of these do.

[@DMTInfinity]

Lol

[@killer6266]

That "Heart of the cards" part made me laugh and at the same time injured my childhood. Now i know why that bullshit never worked for me

[@michaelnguyen3461]

Goncalo R this...this speaks to 12 year old me and 29 year old me.

[@kyriellepunongbayan6909]

heart of cards simply means consistency of deck build.

[@michaelchi1336]

Goncalo R come on there has to be a time where you drew that one card that saved you I mean that happened to me I was facing a five headed dragon with no cards on my field and hand but then I drew magic cylinder

[@yukitai9063]

Stack your deck (it's not cheating if you can bypass everything and no one knows). Or just be a Joey... Good luck is his strength, skill is his weakness...

[@angeldougan9334]

of course, that was all bullshit. The power of the millennium puzzle basically is the ability to cheat without anyone else realizing that you are in fact cheating

[@Ru_90]

When you forget where you parked... the millennium ring

[@janeswurld]

Ruddy Perez is that from the abridged?

[@FirdausMTB]

Finally, the correct use of millennium ring.

[@janeswurld]

Guess Who This Is lmao what bakura was using it for

[@deletedaccount3047]

Guess Who This Is me

[@sarka4727]

Dead 😂😂

[@RichardDuryea]

There's also the card Sengenjin, whose card text reads, "An unstoppable savage that carries Millennium Items"

[@yukitai9063]

Unlike Ma'at though (whom was purely based upon Egyptian Mythology and order/balance/justice), Sengenjin is never actually shown wielding them. The reason is probably because it's a figure of speech, and not an actual thing...

[@KumaPaws376]

Finally the 7 millennium items are talked about in full; one of the best and interesting yugioh things from the series!!

[@spasmhd7572]

And then you have “The Millennial Nerd” which is a person like myself that actually had one of those wrist duel disk things and wore it everywhere haha

[@yukitai9063]

Me: *Goes to school formal wearing the Duel Disk* My date: "What is the thing? It's embarrassing" My mates: *Smirk and snicker while watching me snicker* Teachers: "Against regulations, remove it!" Everyone else: *Gives confused or condescending looks*

[@maffletris]

I'm honestly jealous... i have wanted one since i'm 10 t-t)9

[@joshengel8352]

I actually had all 3

[@purpleey]

1:08 ITS TIME TO DI-DI-DI-DI-DI me: *DIE* 2spooky: dive right into it me: oh

[@theanimekid9985]

Same lmao

[@sarka4727]

Me tho

[@TheHighDerple]

You can look at Yu Gi Oh The Abridged Series!

[@reebalamaka]

🤣 I tought the same thing

[@somewhatuselessstudios6084]

Ah I see your are a man(or woman) of culture as well

[@friendbuddy6096]

Boi Yugi was telling people bout the heart of the cards when it never existed.

[@ne9835]

Friend Buddy Lol

[@mr.q337]

I knew nigga been cheating since day 1 =))))

[@Alpha121198]

I mean it still kind of does exist since other characters have kind of called upon it. Hell I’d say Kaiba literally pulling Obelisk the Tormentor out of thin air should count.

[@Toonami4EvaX]

The heart of the cards originated with yugi's grandpa tho. So he probably just figured that's why he was so good at pulling the right cards at the perfect moment bc it was the only explanation at the time since he lost his memories he had no idea what the true power of the Millennium Puzzle was.

[@ronaldreagan4729]

I don’t I still think that in the anime it was real because Joey was pulling some real shit too and he doesn’t have the puzzle

[@justinfort6407]

Millenium Ring: best gps ever.

[@yukitai9063]

Object: *Behind you* Millennium Ring: *Stabs the body, killing the host*

[@orlandoigno482]

It’s actually a gaydar

[@DMTInfinity]

L0L

[@DMTInfinity]

@@orlandoigno482 Indubitably. Lol

[@judaiyukiavian]

when i was in third grade, i learned about Egyptian mythology simply from just watching Yu-gi-Oh.. heck, it is even more detailed than the high school mythology lessons

[@zyxaqc]

My headcanon for why the Puzzle and Eye were so powerful is because of each user's personal sacrifice. Atem sacrificed his life in the past and Pegasus sacrificed his eyeball. Since the items were created by ritual sacrifice, giving something up to them probably powers them up. This could even explain why the Puzzle in the past was so powerful that it was only worn by the pharaoh. By asking his brother to perform the ritual, Aknamkanon inadvertently sacrificed his humanity in exchange for the items.

[@joon3035]

The millennium eye reads minds, looks into peoples souls and seals them away. Also you can cheat at card games

[@bohemianprince7944]

That last part is the most powerful

[@OscarASevilla]

*any game

[@Richard-pg6jb]

Wow, I never thought yu gi oh could be this interesting

[@lewishayfield2586]

Yeah the plot and lore of the series is actually super dope. 4kids butchered a lot of it

[@TheSkyrimInquisitor]

Watch the Japanese sub or read the manga. My country used scripts from 4kids so I never tasted how amazing and actually serious Yugioh is until recently. Shadow real my ass!

[@MasterRoyalSnow]

The manifestation of evil has a dragon for a dick.

[@SkyGodKazuha]

I dont think Yugioh is even meant to be a kids show lol I always loved the original Yugioh lore.

[@sound-l34ked45]

Damn you make me wanna read the manga

[@Reluxthelegend]

Do it

[@BigMemph305]

Especially the pre-duel monsters era. Shit got wild!

[@rob19ny]

It is the true story created by Kazuki Takahashi. It is the bible and the only thing that truly matters in the series. You should want to read it by default.

[@TheZephyrsWind]

Manga nearly always has better stuff in it than the anime adaptation.

[@livingashtree1942]

@@rob19ny is it really that different from the anime?

[@toniyami]

You forgot the puzzle granting Yugi's wish to have friends and the ring granting Bakura's wish to play with his friends forever and why not add Aknadin's wish for Seto to become king to this. The Sennen items grant their user one wish. Pegasus's wish was to SEE not touch Cyndia that's what happened there. It should be noted that the ring will corrupt whatever wish you make on it which is why everyone that's ever been around Bakura always ended up comatose after playing a game with him. He gets to play with them forever...as figurines.

[@connorshaw-case6030]

i never knew the manga was so fricking dark, how have i never heard this.

[@yukitai9063]

The manga is always more gruesome than the anime... Take *Food Wars* for example, the anime's worst moment was watching Erina be mentally caged, but the manga has an off-screen "death".

[@Jok3r00]

Not me who watched maybe one or two episodes of the show learning the whole lore around it

[@yodadate893]

The Millennium Puzzle = Plot Armor, no wonder everyone want their hands on Yugi puzzle.

[@mr.q337]

The most OP Millenium of all time =))) Plot is thiccen

[@yodadate893]

That why Yugi is called the king of games for a reason.

[@joshualowe1821]

Yoda Date Yeah despite even PEGASUS once possessing the Millennium Eye, YAMI BAKURA possessing the Millennium Ring, and YAMI MARIK possessing the Millennium Rod.

[@yodadate893]

Joshua Lowe that is true. But none of their Millennium items consist of luck like the puzzle do.

[@marcusrattray1158]

Fuck luck manipulation, I want mind control. Team Merik

[@jayesper4390]

Millenium World was a terrifying arc. Just knowing how these objects came to be... Eep.

[@Boba_Fettuccine.]

I appreciate the Math Rock at 8:13 and 19:41 I would be glad to hear more in future videos

[@acethezero_0000]

17:47 Want to apologize for spoiling this part of the video. Want to thank you for making this video to inform some of us who doesn't know about the Millennium Items

[@athenalindsey]

That Ban & Kai reference has me shook. Now I know why Kubo used it in Bleach!

[@PhulaTrox]

Also according to the DSOD movie, which follows the manga continuity, the Rod, Ring, and Eye are dark, the Scale, Key, and Necklace are light, while the Puzzle is a balance of both, which I guess is because destiny had it so that Yugi (light) and Atem (dark) would become two halves of one and learn from each other. I'm also guessing that the dark items all had a shard of Zorc in it, which is why they're dark in the first place. Personally I believe that Yami Marik came to be because of the dark influence of the Rod fused with Marik's pain to form an alter ego, because, well, just feeling very angry on its own doesn't necessarily result in an alter ego. (Not saying Yami Marik was partially Zorc though, just that he was influenced by it.)

[@hyperpotion3805]

It feels weird that the Scales aren't.. Ya know.. The balance between the items.

[@skailerderkonigderdiebe5499]

Hey I know you from the awesome Death Note videos.

[@afernandez9579]

Hyper Potion well, the function of the scales is to judge evil and darkness, so it sounds logical that it has power of light instead of balance.

[@AngelKnightZeo713]

That would be a good theory (It's been a while since I saw the DSOD movie) but it was explained in both versions how the Ring is the "darkest" Millennium item since it was within the Millennium Stone for the longest during its creation, thereby having the most of Zorc's essence inside. Yami Marik flat out stated in both versions how he wasn't born due to the Millennium items (like how Thief King Bakura & Pharaoh Atem were brought to the modern day due to their respective hosts), he was strictly born due Marik's anger & hatred for his father.

[@Minohorse]

I don't know if I can even call it a theory but, regarding the Millennium Eye, considering what you said in the video that: >The Millennium Eye works even on other Millennium Item holders >The Millennium Eye couldn't protect Pegasus from Bakura So, not denying that it probably just was a plothole, it is possible that the Millennium Eye was actually an exception of the rule, that in exchange to being able to bypass the defences of the other Millennium Items, it also couldn't defend itself from them.

[@mdk1325]

My childhood was bombed with ancient Egypt and man now I know why I love it

[@antoniodeleon6552]

Gotta say ive been around since you had like maybe 50k subscribers and you have really done a good job! There’s so many improvements and it’s satisfying to know you do some research on facts enough to make a separate video on just that one fact alone. Your content is endless man!!

[@3leggedwarrior850]

Thought this was tekking for a moment. But thanks for explaining. Also, the only reason i finished yugioh was cause of the egyptian storyline.

[@xXBlackDranzerXx]

6:31 Come on Bruh! What is that?! Zorc poppin Extenze or what?

[@troystrain2436]

The Millennium Strap On

[@krassergamerLP]

@@troystrain2436 bruh you had me rolling

[@troystrain2436]

@@krassergamerLP Thank you, thank you 😂

[@McConaslay]

Hes dragon that dong right into the extenze

[@realistsock9922]

Fun fact that i just thought of right now, when shadi first appeared with the millenium key, he appeared from the ground, maybe the millenium key allows you to travel through solid objects

[@zozidedodo780]

it has the power to do whatever the plot seems convenient and cool

[@yukitai9063]

@@zozidedodo780, it's a "plot convenience & development" device (it wasn't seen prior to season 3 or whatever)

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

The item let’s you protect yourself from other items but if you’ve been defeated, it holds you to the deal and transfers ownership of your item to the victor to unite the items

[@milesirby3132]

13:43 In the eye’s defense. The power of the eye was weakened due to the vessel (Pegasus) being weakened due to using the power consistently during the duel monsters tournament, then going full throttle and pulling out all the stops against Yugi/ Pharaoh in the last match. Bakura, being calculating, used that knowledge and seized the opportunity to snatch the eye. Put some respect on the millennium eye and my boy Maximillian.

[@BioniclesaurKing4t2]

Here's a drinking game: every time he says "Millennium", you get one drink closer to an early death.

[@yukitai9063]

"It's a Millennium Photo back when Millennium Tea millennially saved me from the Millennium Bullies: Millenium Tristan and Millennium Uh... Uh... Um.......... Millennium... Millennium Joe... I would've dies a Millennium death if not for Millennium Tea" (What Yugi says in his sleep: *Millenium*)

[@ashhikari626]

The 99 Souls thing reminds me that the weapon characters from the Soul Eater series needing to obtain 99 souls on the path of becoming a Kishin and a witch’s soul before the character could become a Death Scythe for Lord Death. I’ve always wondered if there was an evil priest as part of the 99 souls for the items creations

[@yukitai9063]

99 and 7 are both mythical/magical numbers (99 is mostly for anime though, but there's 7 continents, 7 oceans, 7 Wonders of the World, 7 days in a week, 7 personal reasons as to why I adore 7...)...

[@yukitai9063]

You'll see a lot of people speaking about the glories of "7".

[@SneakerBiscut]

10:57 “You thought it was the Heart Of The Cards?!?” More like an actual Plot Device.

[@starfishhugger6232]

1:08 "Time to die-die-die-die!!" Woah! Didn't know we were talking about season zero!

[@TheHmd11]

Ive been waiting for this explanation since 2004 Thanks man u saved my life

[@electrouser5]

holy shit 13:52 that still is crazy. Manga was way more violent than the anime.

[@leokaiba]

electrouser5 The manga is just freaking amazing. Even the anime if watched uncut is pretty awesome.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

+KaibaSeto (Leo) only the first chapters

[@michaelfeeney369]

Most manga is more violent and/or sexual than the anime, even the Japanese version. Once the anime becomes televised in North America, it loses all violence, suggested themes, and swearing; however, some of the anime that gets re-dubbed but doesn't get televised may contain a bit of violence, swearing, etc...

[@michaelfeeney369]

Even Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - which I know was a comic not a manga - was way different than the cartoon.

[@eee762]

TOKYO GHOUL...

[@yodadate893]

2spooky you forgot the Millennium Laser beam. ( Pegasus vs Bakura)

[@WRL13]

10:19 Actually, the item was originally called the Millenium Pendant. Atem placed his soul into Pendant and had it destroyed. the pieces were put in a box, which was placed in his tomb. only in the modern age, have people called it the puzzle.

[@assordante2205]

I actually laughed out loud at the "you think it was actually the heart of the cards" line 😂😂

[@bul13ts]

What's with the Berserk music? Is the Behelit a millennium item? Is Mokuba secretly Griffith? Is Zork an apostle? Is all of Yu Gi Oh just a Berserk reference? Honestly wouldn't be surprised.

[@Choco77880]

Poirot's Mustache wow🤭

[@doordonot.thereisnotry.9467]

I loved this video. Great explanation of the Millennium items.

[@NevanSlone]

But did each person wash the millennium eye?

[@drmilogreen6346]

Nah, the accumulated blood from all the previous owners powers the ring

[@Bloodreign137]

I’ve never seen this channel and haven’t watched yugioh in years but here I am, watching this at 1am, 3 hours before work. I regret nothing

[@davonbenson4361]

The Millennium Puzzle represents yugi’s bond with his friends. This correlates the fact puzzle pieces have to bond together to become a complete item.

[@yesyesyes666]

The explanation we never got in the English dub also I just subscribed

[@HaruSkage]

Well, no. You'll never get the original story from the dub... they changed a couple of things. For instance, there really isn't a Shadow Realm... whenever someone was sent there in the dub, in reality they had been killed.

[@yesyesyes666]

@@HaruSkage wait there is no shadow relm? My life is a lie

[@HaruSkage]

@@yesyesyes666 Well, sort of... I mean, that's what we grew up with. The original Japanese story is just different. For example, Marik was not interest at all in Yugi's Millenium Puzzle. Marik wanted to kill the Pharaoh, as a means of revenge for his own suffering as a tomb keeper. yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow_Realm

[@possiblydead3373]

I was honestly expecting a card named 'Millenium Falcon'.

[@Sniffyy]

Are we gonna ignore the fact that since Zorc is technically a god then that means Kaiba has power equal to god since in Season 5 he blasted Zorc through walls with blue eyes...

[@Shinji_Dai]

Thank you for pronouncing Ma'at relatively correctly. And that crocodile monster is worse than you think, its name is Ammit, the Devourer, and her job is to devour the soul, both ba and ka, of anyone who fails the Weighing of the Heart--which was something that generally happened to the soul after death. She has the head of a crocodile, the front legs of a lion, and the rear legs of a hippo--the three most deadly animals to the ancient Egyptians.

[@kellyannpatin3298]

I didn't know I was curious about this until I saw this video's title. Thanks!

[@xbotscythe]

Wow I was just reworking my Yu-Gi-Oh deck

[@alucardbunche4197]

Duel me my Different Dimension Demons will Destroy you.

[@Yokai_Yuri]

Wait...if monsters come from the evil side of a person then where the hell do magic and traps come from?

[@SkyGodKazuha]

Magic and traps cards are created by Pegasus to balance the game lol

[@yukitai9063]

Magic & Star Trek (respectively)

[@yukitai9063]

More like "How did the monsters suddenly gain abilities?" (Evolution? Humanity got more evil? Unconsciously?)

[@aozorahaou2643]

Granted the Millennium Scales have the power of Fusion Summon so we know where Polymerization and other fusion cards came from

[@AlienRsrchPrjct]

Well there were spellcasters in the lore. People that studied magic.

[@betterlatethannever4529]

Given the lack of The Eye emblem on the Millennium key, I assume that the rule that items can't be effected by each other doesn't apply to it. As for the items that do effect each other despite having an eye, I think it's a matter of the will of the users. When they were first created the users all could be argued to share not only the same goals (being servants of Atem) but that they're will to succeed was also equal. However, do to the difference in goals of the new barers, it can be thought that some had stronger will power than others. This could answer why the Millennium Eye didn't stop Bakorah from taking it.

[@yukitai9063]

Despite i not being there, it wouldn't've surprised me if the "eye" was stationed on the end of the key

[@TheYokaione]

Nice job explaining the millennium items! :D I love Yu-Gi-Oh! :D Dark/Yami Bakura is my favorite villain in the Duel Monsters series! :D I felt bad for Thief King Bakura! :D I personally think that he made a deal with the Dark God Zorc Necrophades The Dark One in order to get revenge on the pharaoh Aknamkanon/Akhenamkhanen and his brother Aknadin/Akhenaden for the massacre of his people! :P >:O

[@jordantaylor6259]

Yugioh: Its time to d-d-d-dddddd duel Billy Madison: t-t-t-t-today junior

[@hollowtian6148]

I think the ring also has the power of tracking other Millennium items.

[@Bestestboii]

After knowing this, it makes a lot more sense that zorc was powered by those souls

[@thedragonlady5044]

One neat tidbit is the Millennium Puzzle is actually the 'Millennium Pendant', you can see in the flashback segments of the anime and manga that there are no puzzle marks on it, but it became a puzzle once Priest Seto shattered it after becoming Pharaoh.

[@imafan6138]

Holy shit I didn’t know it was you until I saw the intro! Glad to see you’re exploring and making new content! Also glad that KZbin recommended you! Subscribed

[@diondros]

2Spooky: *Speaks of Shadow Realm* Me: That is dub only! There is no Shadow Realm!

[@bagsikdangal]

*PHUCK THE HEART OF THE CARDS!* So Yami Yugi/Pharaoh Atem just has a luck boosting item😂😂😂😆😆😆

[@neoastral7950]

Well gx 5ds zexal etc all had an ability to help them to win so it doesn't mean anything really

[@bagsikdangal]

@@neoastral7950 Fair enough😂😆

[@TheJaysimus]

Actually, it's more than he can basically choose what card he draws, in a card game...it's outright cheating, really...but it's cheating with dark magic, so it's allowed within Dark/Shadow Games 😂😂😂😂

[@neoastral7950]

@@TheJaysimus source ?

[@alucardbunche4197]

Actually it makes the user tell the writers give me a win.

[@Dogasupreme]

**Hearing that Duel Monsters are a Manifestation of ones Life-Force** *Me: IS THIS A JOJO REFERENCE?!?!*

[@BluePraetor]

Actually, yes. In the manga, when we see the past and how they used the millenium items... the monsters are basically stands. Except the millenium items lets them save the stands of other people. Bakura the thief manifested his monster without a millenium item, but he could only use one monster

[@yukitai9063]

Sarcastically: "Yugioh was made before Jojo, ever heard of *_Yugioh Bond Beyond Time_*"

[@lanzchristianbuyao6948]

Oh my this was posted on my birthday. Nice video. I learned something on my childhood anime haha.

[@giorgoslavrentiou4296]

I hit the like, not because of the new interesting information. But of the way you narrated the content!

[@Snowmon89]

It's not an Eye of Anubis. It's the Eye of Horus. There are a few things you may have missed (Plot wise), but they're really not that important. For example, After a Shadow Game, espeically after between two Millinium Items, the losing owner's powers will be severely weakened making the stealing of said Millinium Items far more easy. And ALL of the Millinum Items have the power to seal souls away, but we only see a few that actively do so and I'm sure each of their methodologies depend upon the items themselves. The writer did have a completely different idea for the series as a whole before Duel Monsters became such a popular idea among fans.

[@Ergeniz]

Its a shame the duel monsters aspect was allowed to take over the series. I prefer the earlier chapters before that game ever came into existence.

[@incarnation_of_immortality3422]

2Spooky, can you do the 7 Shadow Charms From Yu-Gi-Oh! GX? I’m curious about their powers relative to the Millennium Items.

[@henryleiva4143]

Incarnation_Of_Immortality yes please I’d also love this.!

[@ashuea2]

Yes please.

[@Shiny_Hunter_Rob]

15:58 "Punctuality, my Achilles' heel..." Is it weird that I see this video and all I can hear is Little Kuriboh's YGOTAS?

[@Doctor_Odin]

The duelist kingdom “plot holes“ likely have to do with the user skills with the items. Also the millennium Key is a ankh which largely represents life while Anubis is the judge of the dead. Which Anibis’s classic judgment method is demonstrated by the Millennium scales shadow game.

[@justinboyles1815]

New subscriber! Great video brah! Been a long time since I've seen yugioh, but I loved the lore behind it. I'll be back for more videos.

[@afont13]

The scale is actually based on Osris’s scale which he would weigh one’s heart against a feather to see if they’re going to the afterlife. If the heart was heavy they would be eaten by his Crocodile (Who’s name I forgot)

[@shikigranbell7608]

Its a chimera name AHMET who eats the souls of the damn.

[@juppukun]

''the ka and ba'' baka.

[@jessecollins3652]

juppukun Holly shit I never noticed that. Lol

[@joshuadaniel9742]

Kono baka

[@AlexSmith-tz2lf]

Bakura*

[@thickscrumptiousyoshi9978]

You for got the "i"

[@KaitouKaiju]

Except these are Egyptian words not Japanese

[@XxXDrakonkillerXxX]

Makes sense that the Puzzle gives you more luck. Yugi always pulled just the right card when his back was to the wall

[@johnson6099]

Didn't learn anything new but glad to know I'm as much a hardcore fan as I ever was.

[@LordEmperorBoss]

The Puzzle- Atem’s Luck ability can actually be used in Duel Links. It’s known as Destiny Draw. If you ever lose 2000 LP you can draw any card you want from your deck. If you were to consider that canon it could also explain why even with a “Luck Boost” Atem and Yugi could still lose sometimes. It’s not something he can just do on the fly. Just like how it often played out in the Shadow Games in Egypt it requires a toll before you can use it. The Unity part I agree is pretty vague, but I think it could explain why the Pharaoh had priests who used the items instead of just using all of them himself. The Puzzle is a tool for designating priests and potentially controlling them through the items. So the Puzzle acted as a master control terminal for the other items. Which is why it would be considered the strongest. The Eye- I would argue that the Millenium Eye’s True power was the Power of Vision. Yes we saw the other power’s like reading the mind and sealing Souls in Cards. But when you think about it that’s really just an application of the basic abilities that all the item’s share. We saw Atem’s Puzzle do lots of creepy stuff too. Like the mind crushing. But what points me to the Eyes main power being Vision is the focus on sight. Seeing cards, and memories. Not just that it can also produce visions projected from the host’s own mind. Visions so authentic you could liken that to a form of wish granting ability no? The Ring- Most of the Ring’s abilities were pretty self explanatory. Except one. How could Bakura overpower Pegasus and his eye so easily? You could speculate that the Ring also has the power to cancel out the other items. (The Laser Beams) The Ring’s ability to enable somebody to locate anything they desire was probably programmed into the Ring with the main idea that whoever wore the ring would inevitably seek out the other items. The neutralizing ability of the ring was probably a failsafe to ensure that the Ring’s corresponding Priest would be able to retrieve the items if they ever fell into dangerous hands (which is ironic) It’s also possible that the reason the Ring was so overpowered was due to the presence of Zorc Himself who was said to equal the power of all the items in total. The Rod- This item I think was made specifically for military use. With this you could transmit/receive information with ease as well as command troops effortlessly. The Blade of the Rod alongside its use for recording the Pharaoh’s biography could also double as a melee weapon, however I can think of another use given the history. It’s possible that the Rod could have also been used to make improvised carvings to summon the Ka with. The Necklace- Divination aside I think the necklace also preserves the memory of the Priestess who once wielded it. Thus allowing her to reincarnate through the Host. Whenever the host uses it to look back, I believe they are seeing the memory from the Priestess’s point of view through the necklace itself. Like a recording on security cameras. As for how it can see the future, The Necklace’s memory I think works both ways. We see both it’s past and it’s future. As well as the fate of the people that encounter it. However that doesn’t mean the host understands or accurately knows everything she is witnessing. Because while the Priestess is the host it’s actually the Necklace’s memory, Or rather the Camera’s feed that she is seeing. Making her fallible predictions basically a user error of sorts. The Necklace wasn’t wrong, but she was. The Scales- Definitely a Judge’s best friend. Enforcing Law and Order would definitely be a lot easier when you have the power to not only know instantly when somebody was lying but also to instantly kill them with extreme prejudice. I think it’s safe to say this item highlights the kind of era that Atem lived in. He had many enemies even within his own ranks. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if the scales was used for all kinds of hearings or interrogations. Considering the nature of their work, it’s also likely that the scales were also used to test the loyalty of those who were candidates for priesthood. You wouldn’t want a treacherous lying Spy so close to the Pharaoh. The Key- This one I think is the most cryptic. Imagine being able to invade someone’s home and completely reshaping their identity. With this you could interrogate anybody and then turn them into your slave. It wouldn’t be far fetched that the reason why so many of Atem’s allies and people were so zealous and loyal and why the Priests were so trustworthy, is that they were made to be that way with this key. Have an issue with Crime rates? No longer a problem. With this key you could change any criminal into a loyal citizen one by one. Ownership of this Key is pretty much owning the Key to the very Soul of Egypt. Which also begs another question. Was Atem always the way that he is, or was the key used to make him who he is. With the power to reshape the souls of others why stop at the people. After all the Perfect Nation can only be ruled by the Perfect Pharaoh.

[@abdlhmdx]

Everyone has a Ba-ka in them, this is a pun, right? They're basically telling us everyone is dumb inside. Lol

[@MomoEstUnArtiste]

Actually the Ba and the Ka are aspects of the soul in Egyptian mythology. Look it up!

[@mouhitorinoboku9655]

@@MomoEstUnArtiste I had to explain what they meant to my grandma when she realised that the words app she was playing on had them listed as real words lol. she was like 'and how do you know this?' lmao, that was and interesting convo, especially since my aunt and mom were there too and didn't know either

[@Kenjutsuga]

Touya Todoroki your a friggin legend

[@pumpkinheadjrb]

You have at least an “iota” of “id” inside you too

[@shinyhaunter6019]

it was believed that they are almost the present and true soul and when you slept your ba or ka, I forget which is which, would leave your body only to "light the world again " upon awakening

[@ast8177]

with such an amazing backstory the cardgame seems kinda boring