Top Ten Creepiest Classic Yu-Gi-Oh Cards

As with Halloween time every year, I like to discuss the spooky or creepy aspects of things I like, so Yu-Gi-Oh gets a spotlight this year. With the card game creating monsters and characters for cards of varying genres, horror-themed creatures come up a lot. I’ll take a look at the creepier designs of the some of the “classic” cards, both to make it easier to sift through the pool of cards and because I may want to cover the creepier modern designs in a later video. These cards were released between 1996 and 2008 to encompass the first two generations of Yu-Gi-Oh (ending with the GX era’s closure).
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[@JudgmentMeter]

I still think it's so sweet that Dark Necrofear is trying to repair the broken doll. It was probably laughing because it was happy about Necrofear's kindness. Bakura's monsters are always so sweet and helpful!

[@JuanGomez-ke5py]

Hello

[@simbacartoonfan2787]

Judgment Meter hi

[@simbacartoonfan2787]

Judgment Meter and MrTopTenList Plz do Top 10 Characters that do Astral Projection in anime comics and video game with Judgement Meter Draw herself as Lady Longneck Like Nube,Doctor strange and etc * *spoiler

[@erictheloudhouse8107]

hi Judgement meter

[@g93baby]

Well since dark necrofear is actually nebula maybe nebula can take the doll to thanos so he can fix the doll up like nebula. Has anyone ever seen dark necrofear and nebula in the same room? Nope. Plus their names start with the letter n. Coincidence? I think not.

[@MaidenWithEyesOfBlue384]

Fun fact: In the original manga, Dark Necrofear was called Dark Necrophilia, which makes this card even creepier

[@mithmoonwalker]

keep bakura's ace a mile away from a graveyard with a wall of revealing light

[@nyghtmareinmi]

At least they can't say no 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@izzy6223]

It was still just Dark Necrofear, the way it's transliterated looks kinda similar to Necrophilia but it isn't

[@AvatarDemonBird]

While not too creepy, Dark Necrofear's summon animation in Duel Links gives me some chiils, as well as the winning animation for Bakura's skill Destiny Board.

[@BuLdaHntiWrkshp]

I can s33 Dark Necrofear and Asuka Tenjoinssb000bz

[@a.t.gonzalezexplainsthewor9613]

Yeah they did something similar in the GBA games

[@nunyabiznes33]

She's up there with Jinzo in the creepy department.

[@Ozzmosisf35]

I prefer to call it by it's OCG name "Ouija Board", with the letters spelling out D-E-A-T-H, as opposed to F-I-N-A-L. OCG is so much better.

[@Envy_May]

i think necrofear looks creepier with the colour palette takahashi uses, which is a pale skin colour instead of dark blue

[@XBranchProductions]

Dude for me it was trap master! That menacing smile and his crazy body gave me nightmares He was one of the first cards I saw and almost scared me off playing the game

[@MrTopTenList]

I forgot about him! That's a good one.

[@icedearthneverdies]

I called him Michael Jackson back then

[@XBranchProductions]

@Lil Syko agreed, that one was pretty scary

[@mikeoxlong1395]

Trap Master... that boy ain't right.

[@danielboakye6336]

Fiend Comedian really caught me off guard. The TCG release looked so friendly...

[@nophiontrollbringer661]

Il Blud is pronounced as Ill Blood. The original name of the card was Ill Blood but it was changed in the translation because blood is terrifying for children, even though we are full with it.

[@MrTopTenList]

Didn't know that! I'm surprised they let Skull Servant keep his name with such a scary reference to skeletons in it!

[@7thson855]

Fun fact: The italian name for Il Blud is "Galeogrugno", a portmaneu of greek word "galéos" that means "shark" and "grugno" that means "snout" So, Sharksnout! It doesn't make any sense! And no, there seems to be no reason at all for this localization choice, so dunno why we have this!

[@Faden47]

Jaden didnt activate Ectoplasm, his opponent did, it was an obligatory effect and Jaden had to give up one of his monsters, whereas Arcana was the one using his Ectoplasm with intention of throwing away his monsters souls.

[@TheAzulmagia]

Kinda like how Dark Magician intentionally gave up its soul for Atem.

[@frankspick7544]

that and we can see from the monster reaction for arkana dm he clearly did not want to do this were avian was like its ok bro even in death im going to kick ass

[@BradleyBoy]

Fiend Comedian is pure nightmare fuel

[@MrTopTenList]

There was no doubt in my mind which card would be at the top when I started this list

[@SupremeQUEEN668]

Old Yugioh had the creepiest cards ever. Also I always LOVED the creepy,occult,fiendish,zombie cards Bakura used. Suits his character so perfectly!

[@gustavoneridesouza120]

too bad that many of these cards are not released

[@derekclawson5707]

I had a Destiny board / fiend deck and honestly was a fan of Bakuras' deck over Yugi. I also prefer Kaibas' deck over Yugi.

[@supremevidspro5427]

Fiend comediennes wig is actually a scalp with the hair still on it.

[@TheKpa11]

I never really found Dark Nevcrofear scary, I was interested in its design, and I kinda liked that its hand was part of Destiny Board. The child does add more to the creepiness though, and like you said, the anime showing the child burning in detail does add to that being the main point.

[@3serio]

Dark Necrofear Looks like a Cenobite

[@MrTopTenList]

I wouldn't be surprised if she was inspired by Hellraiser (or if Hellraiser and Necrofear were inspired by the same source)

[@withheldrathernotsay3324]

Who are you calling pinhead?

[@LegitMan335]

Dark Necrofear looks like a bondage girl .

[@shawnboahene5231]

Dark necrofeAh. I like how Yami bakura said it.

[@zory6699]

Bakura's deck is the defenition of EDGE

[@realjoemavro]

@@zory6699 Yami Marik's could give it a run for its money.

[@maurycyoseka1057]

1:09 10# Dark Necrofear 2:30 9# Illusionist Faceless Mage 3:31 8# The Wicked Worm Beast 4:20 7# Bickuribox 5:33 6# Big Eye 6:41 5# Malice: Doll of Demise 8:14 4# Il Blud 8:47 3# Parasite Paracide 9:41 2# Necroface 10:29 1# Shapesnatch 10:44 1# Fiend Comedian

[@DeiJambastion]

That does indeed look like Zatch. (AAAAAAAAA I'm so glad to see more people that know about Zatch Bell)

[@MrTopTenList]

I always like to see when people remember good ole Zatch!

[@brianpeople]

I LOVE ZATCH Bell!! I used to have all the games!

[@sethxenofightersofficialx]

@@brianpeople I think that's what inspired zatch bell is one yugioh card

[@mikegalbraith9999]

I haven't seen that show since forever.

[@DeiJambastion]

@@mikegalbraith9999 Good show and there's a sequel manga. I think there's still stuff being made for it. Also from what I remember- a new Japanese phone game as well.

[@Bostonterrierslol]

Dark Necrofear is one of my favorites

[@redscyther7725]

I did not notice the uncensored Fiend Comedian's fiends having cracked skin and/or an eye on the tongue until now.....

[@iaintookthatbb6599]

Oh my god when I had that Malice doll of demise card (for only a couple days lol) I was scared at night that it would come out of the card that I ripped it up and threw it in the garbage bin outside. To make sure it wasn’t in the house lol

[@supermanblowsupcongress7630]

7:18 He looks like a killer Zatch Bell

[@christiancintron1222]

LMFAO 😂💀 I cried when I heard that

[@sethxenofightersofficialx]

I think that's what inspired zatch bell is one yugioh card

[@neogotham2k395]

Top 10 grim reapers in video games - Death (Castlevania series), The Reaper (Persona 3-5), Halja (Odin Sphere), etc.

[@MrTopTenList]

That's actually really close to the video topic we have planned for Halloween

[@HeartAino193]

Please don't forget Komachi Onozuka from Touhou.

[@HeartAino193]

@@MrTopTenList Yeah.

[@Slayerthecrow]

Almost each season of yugioh has to introduce a character with an horror themed deck or at least with a bunch of creepy cards, but DM covers a lot of this, In GX we have some of them but the one who comes to my mind is Alice and her creepy doll deck, in 5Ds we had some of the dark signers because there weren't too many scary monsters, Zexal had Quattro and his Gimmick Puppets (more scary dolls), Arc-V had Sora with his Frightfur deck (more creepy dolls, I think that I'm seeing a pattern here) and finally we got Akira Zaizen and his Tindangle (not creepy dolls but lovercraftian monsters)

[@MrTopTenList]

I really wanted to include the Doll Chimera cards that Alice used in GX, but I chose to omit any characters that didn't exist in the TCG. That being said, I may do a video on the best (or creepiest) anime only cards/archetypes.

[@HeartAino193]

@@MrTopTenList yeah. And in case you don't know, Alice in GX was voiced by Cassandra Lee Morris who also voiced these examples of cute characters: Taiga Aisaka from Toradora Ritsu Tainaka from K-ON Kyubey from Madoka Magica Leafa from Sword Art Online Morgana from Persona 5

[@brianaguilar8283]

MrTopTenList I’m hoping her Doll Part card’s eventually make it to the TCG

[@shis1988]

@@HeartAino193 Edea Lee in Bravely as well~

[@HeartAino193]

@@shis1988 as well as Sophie in Tales of Graces

[@NobleAbsinthe]

You know what's really creepy? 2008 was 11 years ago.... And we are still talking about GX

[@EddieB-ready]

@Red Rum yeah, synchros were pretty much peak YuGiOh and everything after that felt really... Artificial and just plain nonsensical (looking at you, pendulum monsters)

[@wanderlustwarrior]

The woman in the TCG artwork of Tragedy looks disturbing on her own. But then there's the fact that she's just as terrified of the viewer as she is if the guy behind her, if not more, which implies that *you* are part of the danger. Coupled with the card's name, it implies you're about to help commit an assault, making it even more disturbing than the OCG art.

[@keezhang714]

11:26 his sword is full of poison... and he's dead

[@leonardolim7349]

dude dark necrofear does look like nebula now that you mentioned it

[@megaraptear6631]

4:26 Bickuribox? 🤔Kinda looks like one of those DARK WING DUCK show cartoon Villains

[@HeartAino193]

Top ten ghost type pokemon please

[@ofox716]

The fiend comedianentry would have been the literal perfect segway into a Keeps sponsorship

[@edwardcottontail8705]

Because of this video, I bought a copy of that early Japanese exclusive: Ghost with an Appetite (the purple one pulling his tummy open with 1600 atk)! It looks so cool! I can't wait to put it into my OC deck!

[@henriquegabriel798]

Of all this cards my fave is ill blood. I love that mistery. Imagine he close the ziper and then open to reveal that thing inside the clothes . So spoky

[@Cronosaurus97]

I like to think that the knight on Berseker Soul is the same from Parasite Paracide but now dead and super pissed at Weevils bugs

[@alrighty323]

0:38 that one purple guy is an actual playable card in Duel Links

[@princedragun4901]

Please do one about the early Japan only ones!!! They’re some of my favorites, because they were in the forbidden memories game!! 🙏

[@dylanstakely]

Always love your Yu-Gi-Oh! videos. Great work as always, man

[@MrTopTenList]

Thanks! Glad to hear it!

[@youtuberandoms8237]

This was a very good epiosode, JHappy Halloween. wAS THIS CHOSEN FOR hALLOWEEN? specifically? Remember to thumbs up vidoeos like this to support local small time YouTuube cnhannels.

[@franksanders9677]

Saggie the dark clown is scary af

[@Krissefrom99]

The scariest sht was that one ps1 yu-gi-oh game.

[@theworld8644]

I loved it! I think this one is going to blow up.

[@hydratran154]

haha, that's why I like YuGiOh more than MagicTG, YuGiOh has the coolest, most horrorful monsters.

[@gustavoneridesouza120]

Hungry Burger, Armored Zombie, Plague Wolf, Swordstalker, Sorcerer of the Doomed, Wood Remains, Fiend's Hand, Mystery Hand, Necroface, Necro jar (anime only), Dark Dust Spirit, Parasiste Paracide, Brain Crusher and some others.

[@conglyvo1332]

Use of ectoplasmer in gi is different is because again is willing unlike the use on dark magician that was in willing

[@dgayle2348]

I'll never get over the face on the woman from the card Tragedy. Everytime I see it I get uneasy.

[@Milennin]

I find Crass Clown a lot scarier than Bickuribox, but at least you gave him a mention. Good list, nonetheless.

[@flochforster88]

I love the effort that goes into these videos

[@carydorse705]

For me it was armoured zombie. Not only was the design itself scary, but my big bro used to have it as a kid. He never really got enough cards to make a deck and later on had no interest in trading, so he never sleeved his cards. This piece of cardboard might be older than me and it looks like shit, which made the artwork only look worse and scarier

[@gustavoneridesouza120]

Did you ever see his 3D version in Forbidden Memories? His undead noise....

[@SyberiusRex]

Your voice is like the younger version of Chef John from Food Wishes.

[@MrTopTenList]

I like it! I'll add that to the list of characters and celebrities that I've been compared to/

[@PlayDANMAKU]

Nothing is more terrefying than mirror force

[@dudebladeX]

Axe of Despair. How bad is it?- Even the Japanese dubs refuse to use the original artwork, and opt for the international version. And those guys were fine with most of the horror-themed uncensored versions of the cards like Dark Necrofear.

[@MrTopTenList]

I forgot about that face! The face on the axe is pretty creepy (and looks a bit buzzed), so good thinking.

[@menestrelerrante9296]

@@MrTopTenList it's like some drunken goblin face

[@nostalgicumbry3279]

You: big eye has eyes all over his body etc etc Me: like Hiei from Yu yu hakusho? You: it's like they gave them the Hiei treatment from yu yu hakusho And this is why I'm subbed to you...

[@LegitMan335]

Me: but he has a useful card effect, take the top 5 cards from your deck and rearrange them in anyway desired then place it back on top of your deck.

[@nekipeh7373]

Despair from the dark for me!

[@kentucky_ken]

My top 10: 1. Ekibyo Drakmord 2. Wall of Illusion 3. Ultimate Offering 4. Spherous Lady 5. Mystic Clown 6. Pale Beast 7. Bottomless Trap 8. Demotion 9. Unknown Warrior of Fiend 10. Skull Knight

[@rebecca.m.rosenhaus]

Good list.

[@waterking74]

The possibilities are endless with this list :3

[@MrTopTenList]

That's also why I had to split it between eras of Yugioh to at least narrow down the options and give room for future installments of this topic!

[@benex437]

@@MrTopTenList top ten edgiest fighting game characters

[@trueblueryu5713]

Not gonna lie, as a kid I had the Falsebound Kingdom game for GameCube, and the animation for Obelisk the Tormentor appearing, along with the sudden Hellfire backdrop, the fact he’s a giant, and that he can easily crush your monsters while soaking up thousands of points of damage actually made me turn the game off, and it took me a while before I could get through it. To this day, that’s the only video game boss that’s ever made me shut off the TV just because it scared me.

[@NeumanProductions]

The real fear is with Shapesnatch's many rods outside the card frame

[@stoic7974]

The one who's shape was snatched

[@deadlineuniverse3189]

4:04 Abriged Kirito: “Is this guy possibly, one of my people?”

[@jrobb2118]

Metamorphosis is the creepiest Yugioh! card imo. Although, Fiend Comedian is pretty creepy as well.

[@gamesandartsweekly4630]

Creepy body horror!

[@JuanGomez-ke5py]

1:56 apparently she got a upgraded form and she grew hair a little bit too

[@MrTopTenList]

Yes, Curse Necrofear! I was going to mention her, but I felt the segment was long enough, so I omitted it.

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

The removal of Dark Necrofear's doll wasn't the only thing that was changed: her midriff is cybernetic, but was changed to be more normal looking in the dub.

[@ryrysunter7714]

We can all agree that the scariest part of the Wicked Worm Beasts segment, is the terrifying AF worm from spongebob in the background 😨

[@mouse100111]

Wood Remains creeped me out as a kid. Yugioh forbidden memories

[@camrong5680]

..scariest yugioh archtypes

[@mfznal-hafidz8592]

Gimmick Puppet

[@brandonbrown6922]

I mean, tbf, the classic series is the one with the most creepy cards. The later series really lightened up on that aspect, usually going more cool or cute than creepy. There are excepttions, Gimmick Puppets come to mind, although I'd still personally say they're not really as creepy or scary as things like Ultimate Offering back in the day.

[@firepuppies4086]

Is Dark Necrofear a mother metaphor?...

[@CyclonicMrx08]

I just saw my boss monster in your card case Mr. Top 10 ultimate obedient fiend I just like because of its design

[@Dogasupreme]

If this gets a Part 2, I can imagine seeing the Outer Entities somewhere on the List.

[@philliplisky796]

how are the doll parts not on the list, you showed them but didnt even mention them. the chimera in the anime gets more and more horrifying the longer its out.

[@theinquisitionsparrot6749]

Best boi is Necroface petition to make deck around him pls sign here

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

1:46 Hey, I wasn't given residuals for that. I'm reporting you to the union. Wait... shit.... it was a non-union gig!!!!

[@bigbrowseriswatchingyou5444]

0:27 will there be a vicede of you going though your entire Yugioh card collection? binder and everything,. it could be a podcast. I dunno.. idea.

[@MrJuan_Vzla]

When I was a kid I had 1 "The Portrait's Secret", I didn't like it's text so I threw it away.

[@apieceoftoast768]

That last 1 reminds me of Dio's zombies in Jojo part 1

[@16maze]

Wicked worm beast always reminded me of the flood from halo. Scary 💀

[@alejandrolozano4919]

Brother Get the heavy flame for Both

[@LegitMan335]

Paradise Tart: Big Eye, that’s one of the cards I first came across, it does have a very useful effect, take the top 5 cards from your deck and rearrange them any order you want and back on top of the deck , now you are all set ^^ Big Eye: you see? Someone appreciates me 😏

[@talkinghoorse6936]

The Japanese art for Fiend Comedian looks like a Goosebumps cover.

[@Agreel]

5:32 Still better than the Hardleg's version. :)

[@ShockUzer]

I don't know, If I had seen the 'Fiend Comedians' when I was a kid, maybe I would have find it creepy (grotesque, for sure), but I don't find any of the others creepy (I loved 'Doll of Demise', but I thought it was cool and menacing, rather than creepy). For one that always comes to mind as being creepy, I would say 'Ray and Temperature', as I really don't like both of their faces, and I usually find moons and suns with realistic faces creepy. There are cards that I find creepier, but that one always comes to mind.

[@ShockUzer]

Now, I just remembered one even creepier: that caterpillar card with a baby face. It is an OCG card, I think, so I saw it for the first time as an adult, but, man, is it unsettling!

[@juri101]

Ojama Lime should be on the list

[@YungMeech313]

That girl doll on the right shoulder of Illusionist Faceless Mage almost looks like Motherboard from Cyberchase 😂😂

[@gustavoneridesouza120]

Holy sheet

[@theworld8644]

10:38 why is there a picture of Seinfeld?

[@MrTopTenList]

The background of each choice is a reference to their theme. Since Fiend Comedian was Number 1, I had Seinfeld, a show about a comedian, as the background for the entry

[@brandonprater4613]

Amongst the "creepy" monsters, which one(s) would you pick for your Duel Monster fighting game?

[@MrTopTenList]

Probably Dark Necrofear and Faceless Mage since they have designs that would work well in a fighting game and Mage did some things in the anime that could translate over.

[@derekclawson5707]

For a very old card Dark Necrofear still has a pretty darn good effect in relative to other cards and effects. Also one of the very first monsters that could actually self special summon itself. That 2800 Def also makes it harder to deal with.

[@ShadowMoon878]

Top 10 schoolgirls in fighting games please!

[@HeartAino193]

Yes! I definitely wanted to see this happen!

[@specterprime2031]

Hello Everyone I'm Specter Prime and from looking at this Mr Top Ten List Video On Yu-Gi-Oh I would say Long time ago back in Middle era I had my fair share of playing this card game I was being a collector who kept on gathering more cards but when it got to High School I quit playing & collecting when I reach sophomore year it was hard decision to make but it had to be done when I needed to focus on m school work to get everything done before going to junior year and then last but not least senior year I may had forgotten how the game goes and works but one thing for sure it was fun while it lasted in those six years of playing & collecting and I think back on the game of not playing or collecting again but play the Yu-Gi-Oh Video Games that I see now or days and my first and my favorite card would have to be Shapesnatch it may be a odd looking Normal Machine Type Monster I ever seen but that card was the one that got me into Yu-Gi-Oh in the first place of how one little change my life back then but now I'm enjoying playing other games and also along with this Yu-Gi-Oh that is on the Nintendo Switch now or days and I have I'd say Mr Top Ten List Person has good taste in this old card game that has been around for quite a long time in the history of games and I give this Mr Top Ten List Video On Yu-Gi-Oh good thumbs up and good & points 👍👍✌✌👏👏🥊 and that is it for now and some of you Fans & Players & People would have to at least agree with me on that one on this Mr Top Ten List Video On Yu-Gi-Oh at least.!?¡¿ ♤♡♧◇€£₩¥ 🎮🕹💞👍👍✌✌👏👏🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♂️😎🥊

[@nunyabiznes33]

Nice that they referenced Necrofear's creepiness in Duel Links. Once she's in the graveyard and you're down to 2k LP, you can start the Destiny Board countdown.

[@heathledgersjoker6262]

Necroface reminds me of that game prototype.

[@jackspicer455]

This is what really love about yugi oh,there weird monsters.

[@EmberMcLain87]

never clicked a video so fast in a while. ♥ ♥

[@XenoxGOWGODOFWINTER]

Saggie the Dark Clown and Crush Card. A Black plague!

[@Solqueen86]

That Jack in the box remind me of that duck face Jack in the box from Donkey Kong 64

[@flawless90]

now....shall we talk about marshmallon?

[@emmanueldejucos4727]

Top 10 military fighters in fighting games;)

[@rosinkavoskresensky4776]

Bokouri Box is very creepy. and in fact, in the anime it came out of nowhere unlike the real card which is a medoicre fusion.

[@nunote2362]

I had a copy of dark necrofear as a child, and the character has always stuck with me as one of my favorite designs. Shame it was ripped up along with the rest of my cards back then.

[@ib5131]

Why were they ripped up?

[@nunote2362]

@@ib5131 something about looking evil and creepy, it was a long time ago so i don't remember her reasons.

[@Jacob-hk1je]

Do “what if spongebob was a fighting game?”

[@ff7omega]

Big eye needs an upgraded form / retrain where even it's abs have eyes

[@emmanueldejucos4727]

Bro top 10 handy cap fighters in fighting games;)

[@channelchandler7498]

can you do top ten edgiest characters in fighting games

[@empiorior4461]

I like that, anymore?

[@channelchandler7498]

@@empiorior4461 um ok, top ten characters with badass movesets in fighting games

[@sevencool2266]

That sounds very interesting

[@channelchandler7498]

@@sevencool2266 you sound very interesting >:(

[@sevencool2266]

I was just complementing you why u so mean😭😭

[@redundanttrack3321]

When I was kid I was so scared from divine serpent geh I believe..the serpent in the artwork looked quite creepy,it was like in a crimson red portal and a very huge serpent that looked like it has no end to his size,not to mention it had infinite attack points which is already enough to scare your opponent xd

[@chriskatz2355]

I always thought it was cool. I think the zombies in the movie was the only thing that got me when i was a little kid

[@moonshinespaz8559]

Should do a video on the story behind the Hidden Arsenal/Duel Terminal sets. Actually quite interesting.

[@starscreamsniper926]

Number 10: looked like Nebula from the MCU. It makes sense. Poor Karen Gillan.