Yu-Gi-Oh Anime: TOP 10 VILLAINS

[@seematahir5970]

I know Arc V didnt exactly have the best villians, but imo Yuri was an awesome sadistic villian to watch. The animators clearly had fun with his facial expressions

[@christopherb501]

Topdecks, too.

[@thekage100]

Yep! Much better than some of Dylans picks in my opinion.... Like he says cause the bad end of Arc V = Yuri is bad...but still likes Dead Sister Smiler Shun and Geno-daddy hugger Reiji...😅 So..yea. Yuri still the best Villian in Arc V❤❤

[@silvernapper2797]

Yuri was fine just wish he’s redemption wasn’t done badly like I rather him stayed evil instead of forgiving

[@MiriNameThief]

​@@silvernapper2797for this reason alone I like Dennis a bit more than Yuri because Dennis didn't turn into this good guy at the last min

[@silvernapper2797]

@@MiriNameThief yeah Dennis was good I do agree at least he was done well

[@bladersmosh]

I think Yuri deserves a bit of credit as well. He was like Vector in terms of trolling skills and great at duelling as well as being performed amazingly by Kensho Ono. His duel with Yuya ranks as my second favourite Arc V duel next to Yuya and Yuto vs Ruri and Serena.

[@ethanwahl-g9k]

While I do agree with you in Yuri being a great villain, it seems like Yugioh Everything had an unspoken rule where he couldn't put villains that were fully redeemed on this list, something which Yuri sadly falls under.

[@fxzzy__]

Vector will always be on top

[@matts5164]

The problem with Yuri is the writers only had him be active in the last 20 episodes of the series.

[@fxzzy__]

@@ethanwahl-g9k What's your source for that information?

[@yamiali1783]

​@user-ol5vm6wy9r IV was also redeemed, more so than Yrui I'd say.

[@l.n.3372]

DM had the perfect combination of starter villain (Pegasus), middle villain (Marik), and final villain (Bakura). Even the filler villains (Noah and Dartz) brought something to enjoy.

[@l.n.3372]

You praised Marik a lot but I would consider Marik separate from Yami Marik. By the time that Yami Marik took over, Marik was less of a villain by this point.

[@FirstBorn-kz4bf]

You sure? I mean normal marik convinced odion to use a fake ra knowing people died from it, forced odion to pretend he was marik, and didnt even care that odion got struck by ra's lightning by the time yami marik showed up

[@trevorjarsombeck9182]

“Shuffle well pharaoh” never forget 💀

[@lpfan4491]

And then Yami Yugi begins singing OP 2.

[@silver12sonic]

And hope with a your soul that ra ends up on the bottom

[@rellrylio5567]

😂😅😂

[@kraken0437]

After watching this video, I think we need a "10 worst villains in Yugioh" because there are some atrocious ones. Leo Akaba surely makes the top 3.

[@gkarak1996]

Leo would be first place. He is just such a stupid villain. Like I understand where he comes from but the sheer stupidity he had is unmatched. Like you knew that trying to revive your daughter would cause all this and you even had a new family, you could have moved on but Noooo, you had to f* everything up. Then again, if it was not for this stupid and desperate desire of his, we would not have the amazing season that was arc-v, up until the end that is where they really ruined it.

[@crimsonflareumbreon1290]

Bro was all hipped to duel Zarc and Zarc just OTK his ass

[@mitchellslaughter2963]

tbh the worst villain(s) in Yugioh are the Big 5

[@crimsonflareumbreon1290]

@@mitchellslaughter2963I mean at least they actually were able to do stuff leo really was getting clapped in the two duels he was in

[@arthurfleck4320]

Noah Kaiba Leo Akaba Otes Kagemaru Z-Arc This has gotta be the top 5. With Otes at #1

[@NicoTreecko]

I gotta give the top spot to Yubel. Yubel was able to orchestrate events that permanently changed Judai. Not just the Supreme King manifesting, but literally robbed him of his smile so bad that they had to change the opening. And resulted in a major change in character for the final season. To be able cause the tone of the whole show to shift is an amazing villain

[@jonart8433]

Ehhh, Yubel was too linear. She didn't have any wild story telling outside of her and Judai. Definitely a top villain but she did not have any massive story implications like Marik, Pegasus, and Vektor. Outside them, almost every villain is interchangeable

[@dualia-s74m]

She was undefeated the entire show, had one of the highest amount of 12 lvl boss monsters plus Exodia, accomplished all her goals, canonically got away with genocide, etc. Crazy character.

[@ScarfAvalugg]

Mario deserves the top cause he an og u can't beat a classic especially when their design and background have influence on new characters

[@World7589]

She's the main focus in S3. Unfortunately, she didn't appear in S4 all the way until the final two duel

[@esteban8471]

What made Zexal's villains so good for me is that besides Don Thousand (and by extension Number 96), nobody was truly evil. They were all victims of circumstances that lead them to villainy, whether it was vengeance, brainwashing or just a genuine desire to help. And it's through Yuma, both directly and indirectly, that they end up getting redeemed, because he's just that gosh darned nice that he ends up changing these people for the better. It's like what Shark said in the dub: "He's the best dweeb a friend can ask for."

[@Diamondr11Blue]

Zexal is the only series with good writing. Yuma surpassed Astral and can protect himself. Vector was batsjit insane. Kite and the others photon users did a 180 and became enjoyable. The arclights had a well written background and carried.

[@fxzzy__]

Man ZEXAL was fucking great. The villains were fantastic, one of the best protagonists to date, a sweetly executed coherent storyline, the characters are so consistent, the rivals are the best we've had in the entire series. It's just a real shame how people dismiss it and treat it like a joke because they enjoy hopping on the hate train like sheep, without giving the Japanese version a fair chance And like you've said, I loved how morally grey a lot of the characters were in ZEXAL. Many of them were just tragic characters. Yuma even questions his own morality when hunting Numbers if it puts Kaito's brother in danger. The show does an excellent job sympathizing with the antagonist's point of view And it's because of Yuma's ability empathise with his enemies that he's able to save them. Yuma has unyielding optimism in the face of impossible odds that touches even the darkest, most closed off hearts.

[@matts5164]

Zexal heavily focus on their antagonist, where most of their interesting characters are against the main character. I mean if you look at the final shot of Zexal, 95% of them are former antagoinst lmao.

[@Diamondr11Blue]

@@matts5164 and that's called development aka why zexal has the best writing. They didn't become smile cuIt like most of yuya's team

[@fxzzy__]

@@Diamondr11Blue The 'character development' in Arc-V wasn't that great imo. Literally just learning to smile because of Yuya's egao dueling

[@MiriNameThief]

Its crazy. I was just thinking the other day that "hey I don't think Dylan has made a YGO villain list so I hope he does in the future" so here we are now lol

[@shahabudinkarimi1810]

For me my number 1 villain in yugioh is still vector. I was crying when vector died. Favorite character in the show, an ultimate troller and a death scene that makes you cried. For me that makes a really good yugioh villain.

[@hightidekraken]

I recently reread the Dark RPG arc in the og manga and ugh it just reminded me why I love Bakura so much. Also love when marik beats him and he just goes “L + ratio + I’m unkillable + I’m the darkness”

[@lpfan4491]

Also him: Would have died that moment if he didn't make a backup(though I don't recall if that was a thing in the manga too, or if that was only in the anime).

[@hightidekraken]

@@lpfan4491 I believe its in both but thats what i love about him. He has all these contingencies so he can keep coming back to screw things up

[@sofarsogood8680]

Yami bakura actually helped Yugi when his god cards stolen . I think it's the genius writing of Takahashi sensei. He misdirected readers to believe Yami Bakura as " someone who not evil enough" but planting a few hints and foreshadowing before revealing the true character of Yami bakura. The reveal of the Dark Rpg gave much more impact in manga than anime

[@Alice_Haukea]

Rex Goodwin from 5D's should have made the list in my humble opinion. Rex was the underlying villain who guided the events of season 1 and season 2 until revealing himself as the villain at the climax of season 2. Rex was responsible for blowing up Bomber's home town. Not even Marik did something on THAT scale.

[@Diamondr11Blue]

He was foreshadowed as a dark signer as well with his outfit and demeanor too. Not crow!

[@Hunter-pt4zy]

Rex honestly had awesome build up and incredible motivation. As much as I like Tron or IV, Rex Godwin should have been somewhere over them. If not him, then Aporia.

[@Diamondr11Blue]

@@Hunter-pt4zy yeah I'm gonna have to disagree. I like rex but he's not topping vetrix who had a fully fleshed out backstory. His story would be better than quattro but not his dueling, quattro has chaos numbers

[@BenthovenMusic95]

Rex got snubbed & should've been #1

[@aliastheabnormal]

Original AI did die at the end of VRAINS. The AI of Duel links is an image pulse created by everyone's memories. He's basically Duel Lumen now.

[@esteban8471]

Is that an Azure Striker Gunvolt reference I see?!

[@aliastheabnormal]

@@esteban8471 Yes.

[@raphaelwilkes97]

Lmao he woke up

[@jennystrandqvist1568]

Pretty much yesterday I watched video on how terrible a duelist Marik are. I wouldn't say he is the worst but I do agree with that his skills are outside of dueling. Marik is about as good at the game as "Panic" the main difference is that Marik able to make people fear for their life while "Panic" more or less only made people afraid they would lose the game and get knocked out of Duelist kingdom.

[@lpfan4491]

Main Marik is the biggest fraud carried by his backstory.

[@rainbowdragon168]

Vector, Vetrix, Quattro and Yami Marik are probably my favourite villains because of how crazy they are and how they can be brutal.

[@Diamondr11Blue]

No dark signer kalin? Vextrix is awesome tho

[@rainbowdragon168]

@@Diamondr11BlueKalin was alright but he’s not my favourite

[@videos43334dhdjj774h]

Kagemaru, Lighting and Zarc are my favurite

[@rainbowdragon168]

@@videos43334dhdjj774h Kagemaru wasn’t a good villain imo

[@fxzzy__]

Tron, IV and Vector are amazing villains. Honestly love the villains from ZEXAL

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

Leo akaba could have been a great villain and his actions against the dimensions prove it but man his duel against Zarc turned him into a joke

[@Diamondr11Blue]

Leo was a mistake getting decked in a single turn. Roget was worse

[@bladersmosh]

Sadly, I have to agree. Leo had a lot of great build up and when we finally saw his intentions and backstory with his daughter, he might have worked as a sympathetic villain on paper but the execution left a lot to be desired which is sad cause I’m one of the few who doesn’t mind him but still underwhelmed. If had more duels and got a win against someone like Yusho, Jack or even a solo duel with Reiji, that might have made more intimidating.

[@anthonythomas305]

@@bladersmosh So true

[@giardy8053]

“Zarc!” *”What?!”* That sounded like an actual YGOTAS scene

[@D1K0-KrashOut]

Do we consider that a duel at this point??😂 didnt he get one shotted by a divine awakened Yuya

[@UltimateHero128]

"You shouldn't feel bad for Vector dying-" Good, because I didn't. His past being manipulated by Don Thousand sucked, but that is not going to absolve him of his wrongdoings. The only reason Yuma should have wanted to save him was to keep Don Thousand from getting stronger.

[@Diamondr11Blue]

Yup. Naruto fans brush this aside with the akatsuki too and demon slayer fans w akaza

[@heavydonkeykong5190]

Rex Godwin from 5DS is my favorite of the villains, Lightning and probably Vector are my runner ups. My favorite final villain is personally AI from Vrains. Season 3 was sadly rushed until the climax (to the point where the climax was literally half the Season with the last three duels) but I still really enjoyed him and the emotional payoff hat his heel turn provided. His last duel with Yusaku might also be my favorite final duel and potentially my favorite Vrains duel.

[@years-ti7xl]

Yuri, Vector, Marik, Bakura, heck even Kiryu during the Dark Signers arc are my best ones.

[@matts5164]

The fact that none of the 5Ds antagonist is here is crazy. Z-one and Kalin deserve more love.

[@Diamondr11Blue]

Zone was kind boring. I preferred aporia

[@cameraredeye3115]

5D's really dropped the ball with its villains. No one who dueled was a genuine evil dude in his own right as they were usually either controlled by some outside power, and/or an actual good dude who loves humanity but went down the wrong path. Z-one is easily among the latter, while ALL of the Dark Signers fall into the former.

[@silvernapper2797]

I’m a bit surprised myself but I respect Dylan’s choices some of the 5ds villians weren’t evil tho

[@matts5164]

@@Diamondr11Blue I think he's one of the most compelling final bosses we have in the franchise. Plus his deck Radiate Final boss level.

[@matts5164]

@@cameraredeye3115 I don't nessscary see that as bad thing to be fair. They are in the grey area, but that's what makes them interesting. Plus they have Divine

[@fxzzy__]

Great list Dylan! ZEXAL is really awesome. The villains were fantastic, one of the best protagonists to date, a sweetly executed coherent storyline, the characters are so consistent, the rivals are the best we've had in the entire series. It's just a real shame how people dismiss it and treat it like a joke because they enjoy hopping on the hate train like sheep, without giving the Japanese version a fair chance I also loved how morally grey a lot of the characters were in ZEXAL. Many of them were just tragic characters. Yuma even questions his own morality when hunting Numbers if it puts Kaito's brother in danger. The show does an excellent job sympathizing with the antagonist's point of view And it's because of Yuma's ability empathise with his enemies that he's able to save them. Yuma has unyielding optimism in the face of impossible odds that touches even the darkest, most closed off hearts.

[@Diamondr11Blue]

I cannot stand the raw audio. There are other languages you can watch lol 😆

[@naphthylamin6862]

Really? I don't know about the story and the antagonists in ZEXAL, but i really despise the protagonist Yuma. I seriously can't watch it with him being the main character.

[@Diamondr11Blue]

@@naphthylamin6862 ok dude chill. You're too judgemental. He's the only mc with any development whatsoever. By season 2 he doesn't need to depend on Astral so much. Give him a chance!

[@fxzzy__]

@@naphthylamin6862 I'm assuming you haven't finished ZEXAL, so this conversation is meaningless (as are most conversations with 'I hate Yuma' people)

[@naphthylamin6862]

@@fxzzy__ Yeah, i didn't finish ZEXAL, which is kinda sad, because there seem to a lot of interesting characters to be involved but maybe you can enlighten me if Yuma actually gets more bearable later on. My first impression of Yuma from the little i have seen, it felt like he was a crossover of Joey and little Yugi, making him a person who is the butt of every joke and is way too dependant on a higher being for his duels.

[@hassanbarreda3046]

If pure evil is the main criteria, Lightning is simply unbeatable. Causing traumas to a child during years just for fun is reason enough to make it Top 2 at least.

[@LeoLucisCaelum7789]

I remember watching you old video about top villain in yugioh is good and but this awesome keep good work

[@kirboo9766]

I think now we have a battle between Marik vs Bakura vs Vector who is the most assh*le the Triforce YGO villain era. But I keep Tron, Alito, Mizael and Nash in my Heart.

[@Diamondr11Blue]

Bakura was lightweight. Vector was peak eviI

[@fxzzy__]

ZEXAL gave as such awesome characters that you could emotionally resonate with. I loved it so much. All the Barians' death scenes hit so fucking hard.

[@JaceyLumino]

2:55 "Screw the cubes, I have money!"

[@anthonythomas305]

Great choices Dylan Here's my Top 10 Villains: 10. IV (Quattro) 9. Dark Signer Kalin 8. Tron (Vetrix) 7. Zigfried von Schroeder 6. Vector 5. Aigami (Diva) 4. Yubel 3. Yuri 2. Pegasus 1. Marik

[@Diamondr11Blue]

Get sayer off here he fodder

[@rablizedesmori5974]

He doesn't have sayer on the list

[@yaboijimbo3696]

where is yuri?

[@Sunnernite]

You could say that, in season 3, AI became the divine ignis.

[@Choso_jjk]

I think Bakura is a better villain than marik and pegasus He just planned to ressurect zorc the whole show from the begining everything that happened is staed to be in his plan he outsmarted yugi the whole previous seasons and other caracters to make him fall in his trap wich is the final shadow game that we saw in season 5 wich will make him win the war between him and atem 5000 years ago The whole yu gi oh events relative to millenium items were a part of his plans so in my opinion he is better villain

[@alonsoarana5307]

Bakura is an Avengers level threat, that's not even counting Zorc who is basically the devil

[@Choso_jjk]

@@alonsoarana5307 Yeah that's why he must be the best villain

[@Choso_jjk]

@@alonsoarana5307 I just want to see him again, if only the yu-gi-oh! Community remade the old serie like they did in dsod with that high 4k quality and graphism it will be so great

[@DevilRaptorB]

Yubel deserves to be higher, Yubel is pretty much the only Villain that was a dueling card

[@user-bc1kl3xf39e]

These videos have increased in quality, good job man. "Because he's Kaiba" made me laugh

[@ShadeNightwolf]

Could you do a Top 10 Most Tragic Yu-Gi-Oh characters?

[@Diamondr11Blue]

Who are your picks? Dm, I say maybe kisara or marik. Gx- banner/zane perhaps 5ds- kalin Kessler Zexal- arclight fam Arc v- ray perhaps Vrains- yusaku losing ai

[@fxzzy__]

Shark/Nasch would definitely be near, if not, at the top. He's said himself that his existence is a curse. And ironically, he's the only Barian who was never directly influenced by Don Thousand. Shark was destined to fight for the Barians

[@Diamondr11Blue]

@@fxzzy__ shark wasn't that tragic he still had power to command and allies by his side

[@fxzzy__]

@@Diamondr11Blue Nah I'd disagree Shark's whole fate is ironic. He grows up as a normal guy, thinking he's Ryouga Kamishiro, but finds out he's actually a reincarnation of King Nasch in the body of the real Ryouga Kamishiro who died in a car crash years ago. This King fought hundreds of years ago in a war and in the end, his entire army was killed. They all went to Barian World, and so, he was forced into fighting for Barian World and its people because of the overwhelming guilt of his comrades' deaths on his shoulders The current 'Ryouga' now HAS to fight his modern day friends, and become allies with the very group of people they all deemed enemies. He was forced into this destiny To quote him (JP): "I'm... a Barian! Can such an ironic fate exist? Yuma... Astral... Kaito... The true enemy they've been fighting against... for me to be one of them...!" The only person who was capable of saving him in the end, was Yuma

[@Diamondr11Blue]

@@fxzzy__ meh all of the barians had somewhat generic backstories. There are much better candidates for this position. I feel far more bad for quattro's family being torn apart than shark suddenly remembering random alien people that had no impact whatsoever on the main cast

[@jaredwilliams1031]

Hard agree with Mairik at No. 1. Great retrospective on the antagonists!

[@TheJaredPunch]

What types of villains do all of you prefer? Anti Villains? The super evil jerk that’s evil for the thrill of it? Or a Personal antagonist? I am a big fan of personal antagonists and evil for the sake of evil. That’s what Vector and Marik are for me. Edit: The reason why I didn’t mind Vector’s Face Turn at the very end is because of a specific reason. Vector’s betrayal is meant to be a spit at everything that Yuma represents as a person. And despite that, it’s the very same ideals Vector, and even Shark hate about Yuma that ultimately got Vector to change. If Shark didn’t see that Change, he wouldn’t have spared Barian Hope’s overlay unit representing his soul. Thanks to Yuma’s kindness and dedication, Nasch saw a reason to see Vector as one of his own.

[@Diamondr11Blue]

Personal antagonist that has deeper motivation than just destruction. Number 96 was the vector type doing it just for fun

[@applecheeks21]

This really is my weekend. I’m eating good!!! 😂

[@starry_artist1139]

This was cool, I really loved all of these choices!! The villains in zexal were fantastic and kinda freaky and have well written stories. Lighting and kuaidul are also cool, I also love villains who secretly manipulate the story from the start and have secretly succeeded in their plans. Everyone on this list is awesome! :)

[@recordkeepertype0662]

Duel Links is indeed the greatest freeze-up especially for VRAINS since many of us gurantee that it is after the tearjerking sad ending it showed up. Now Ai is revived, which leads Varis to believe that the other Ignis and Bohman will revive as well, which unfortunately means that they have to handle Lightning AGAIN even when things are different and they are more "prepared".

[@nebbynetwork2089]

Specter and vector are some of my favourite villans thru are both crazy and I love it

[@fxzzy__]

NANCHATTEE

[@electri_kevin]

Great list Dylan! I absolutely agree on your Top 7 (just in slight different order), however one notable character missing that’s def in the Top 8 among the others is Z-ONE, which I know you’re not too high on compared to most! Hope to see more of your Top 10’s on other topics in the future, since they’re usually my favs to watch!

[@fxzzy__]

Yeah i was surprised i didn't see Z-one

[@fxzzy__]

Curious as to why you blocked me on Twitter btw

[@Trekkie46]

I need to watch the Zexal subbed finally.

[@fxzzy__]

ZEXAL subbed is peak Yu-Gi-Oh

[@Diamondr11Blue]

@@fxzzy__ cringe

[@fxzzy__]

@@Diamondr11Blue why?

[@Diamondr11Blue]

@@fxzzy__ I don't need subs to watch the series. I just cannot stand their voices. Yuma and yuya sound way too deep for little guys lol, it sounds unnatural

[@seongx9806]

Nice video dude. Tron, Marik, Vector and Bakura are my favorites

[@Diamondr11Blue]

Fellow vetrix fan 🍵

[@anthonythomas305]

Very nice

[@ZEDEX252]

Eyy nice to see an update on this topic

[@misskata8511]

I'm kinda biased but for me Bakura is the best villain. He is the embodiment of evil. All the things he did through the season were in his plan. If he actually cared about duels, he would win more. Lets not forget how easy he destroyed Bonz (he is not that good but yeah) and could beat Kaiba if he wanted. He also k1lled Shadi.

[@ruairiedwards8616]

These would be my top 10 Yugioh villains: 1. Vector 2. Marik 3. Lightning 4. Don Thousand 5. Yubel 6. Bakura 7. Sartorius 8. Aigami 9. ZONE 10. Tron/ Vetrix Honourable Mentions: Paradox Windy Bohman Yuri Roman Godwin Aporia

[@Diamondr11Blue]

Yes paradox is cool and aporia *

[@Galaxyeyez]

This would pretty much be my list only with Lighting in the 2nd spot. He left such unforgettable impression on me and I love how he's actions effect influence the final arc of the show. Yami Bakura would have to be an honorable mention as well

[@Kingofghosts0e]

Yubel was the best villain, not because of skill, but because of the past and the fact that she thought she was genuinely showing love

[@Heroduothecomedian]

11:19 error, the title card says vector is from DM instead of zexal lol

[@taylorgallagher2832]

Mizar from zeXal in my opinion is another wonderful villain. He was very well written and was very consistent as the story progressed. And I personally enjoy that Mizar had a softer side at times to show that he did care and wasn’t always out to beat humans, etc. And Mizar’s death was the hardest for me, for sure.

[@bryankutchens7495]

Pegasus also had his own theme song "face up, face down"

[@The_Unwritten_Villain]

Im gonna use tron if he gets in duel links bro is a menace

[@guitarheromorello]

Should do some recap or montage video involving character transformations especially when you watch the newest GR episode.

[@craigpatton8579]

Marik was really pulling the “Strings” in Battle City, I see what you did there… nice. These videos are great, if possible, could we get a what if Syrus was kidnapped and sent to the stars along the 4 others from the second half of season 3? like maybe Jaden turning into supreme king mid duel against Brron, that would be insane.

[@ivanbluecool]

Yubel Yuri aporia(parts) Bruno marik pegasus shark revolver season 1. Aster if he counts and Zane.

[@matthewriddle2698]

I feel Divine deserves a higher spot on the list given this guy was masterminding a rebellion of Psychic Duelists who had been outcasted by society, much like Aki for an example who is his strongest "piece" of his chess board. He was definitely sadistic, but not unhinged in his methods with a fiery desire for revenge against society for how they treated the Psychic Duelists for their powers that so many in his organization started off not knowing how to control. If this was explored more I just know this could have made an entire arc, if not two for the 5Ds series and make for great character growth for Aki as both a duelist and as a person when forced to confront the remaining Arcadia Movement after the Dark Signer arc. Like surely this guy should have had someone to act as his second in command to carry out his will if anything happened to him. Someone who'd want revenge on the city for how their people are treated like monsters for powers they never asked for or knew how to control at the start. People who found safety, care, and understanding in the Arcadia movement among their own kind. With Aki considered to be one of their champions and protectors, if not a role model of what a Psychic Duelist could become. Only now they're divided between seeing her as a traitor or as a dear member of their family that has been mislead by those not like themselves, someone they want to bring back to their side of things again to "save her" from the lies of society.

[@EmmanuelKai25]

As a cardfight vanguard fan aswell, Tron always reminds me to Takuto in his villian form, so Tron always was an amazing villian for me and also because that zexal season was so peak.

[@darthvader4188]

DM: Yami Bakura GX: Yubel 5D's: Z-One Zexal: Tron/Vetrix Arc-V: Yuri ( My favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! Villian)

[@jordanashwood]

I LOVED this video. I'm obsessed with Villains, and as I've been working on Card Game Lit myself... it's hard to make a compelling villain in a card game story. Yugioh does it continuously. Thank you for this video!

[@jordanashwood]

That said, my top 10 list would have been tremendously different 😂

[@webtely]

I haven't seen all of Arc V so I will not be including characters from it. Also haven't seen sevens or rush so no characters from there either. 1) Yubel 2) Lightning 3) Pegasus 4) Vector 5) Marik 6) Aporia 7) Vetrix 8) Spectre 9) Dr Faker 10) Kalin

[@Kris_King]

The fact that Vector has the same JP voice as Ainz Oal Gown from Overlord was just the icing on the cake of his character.

[@fxzzy__]

And Rengoku from Demon Slayer lol

[@ultracross9405]

That is a versatile range.

[@dely9999]

Just as a reminder Quattro(IV) was a sadist by nature the only thing that Tron's influence did was making him unable to control that part of him but yes HE IS A SADIST NOT BECAUSE EVIL ANCIENT FORCES BECAUSE HE LIKES IT

[@riotkitty]

I guess my Top 10 would be: 10) Zwijo (Go Rush) (I do consider him a villain and his relationship with Yuudias is very interesting). 9) Sceptre (Vrains). Generally I like his deal. I wish he got more screentime to be a villain tho. 8) IV (Zexal) for similar reasons as this list. 7) Dartz (Duel Monsters) sue me I like the anime original king who broke his mind in an attempt to revive his kingdom. 6) Vetrix (Zexal) for similar reasons but I also like how he was driven insane to be the villain. 5) Yuri (Arc V) fricking awesome villain! He’s great! 4) Pegasus (Duel Monsters) great showman, Bakura does not stand out to me sadly until the end. 2) Revolver (Vrains) I just generally wish Vrains was a better show and he would’ve kept being the villain. 1) Vector (Zexal) Just my favorite overall, he’s great

[@Diamondr11Blue]

Vetrix and quattro were tragic antagonists with good stories. Good thing they became better later on

[@christopherb501]

Finally, someone else who sees Zuwijo as part of the villain pantheon. I'd put him much higher than that among these characters, but still.

[@riotkitty]

@@christopherb501 yeah, I mean he tries to lay waste to galaxies not once but three times to win wars!

[@brunosanto3488]

@@riotkitty I always think that Season 1's Zwijo deserves at least a spot among the best villains/antagonists in Rush's Animes (and some of the best characters in Rush's Animes in general) Season 1's Zwijo did a lot of questionable things: - Treat his initial henchmen badly. - Trying to hurt people and Yudias himself. - Steal key elements for his plans. - All damage done by Zwijo's henchmen (under his orders) to MIK. - Attempt to manipulate and harm young people (Yuhi, Yuamu and Damamu) - Try to destroy spaceships with living beings. - At least one attempt to eliminate the universe with negative energy. Sure, Zwijo redeemed himself some time later, but his actions were not completely forgotten: seeing Manabu not forgiving him so easily when he reappeared and the times that Zwijo mentions the damage that he did before (in addition to continuing to manipulate his henchmen for his own benefit like Mitsuko) Also, in this list (from the Video), we have villains/antagonists who also redeemed themselves (most of ZEXAL) I think the only thing stopping Season 1's Zwijo from being a complete villain is the good actions that he did in Season 1 (something a completely evil villain wouldn't do) - Meet Yudias and tell him to join him like in the old days (as Commander and Soldier) - Help revive Yudias and, at the same time, give him Equip Spells to face Rovian. - Not doing anything bad to Yuamu even though she discovered his bakery (his hiding place). Both characters reached an agreement not to say anything to anyone.

[@brunosanto3488]

@@christopherb501 I think that if we have redeeming villains in this video like Tron or Yubel, I think Zwijo also deserves to be on this list (not as the Top 3 of course) Sure, you could say that Kuaidul was behind pushing Zwijo if that's the case. But, if we go from that angle, Kuaidul was also influenced by external factors to do his evil actions: The Creator and The Relic (a very discreet way of saying that Otes is the reason why Kuaidul became rebellious and anarchic)

[@lewisprice8616]

Since you have done this list, how about another blast from the past - top darkest yugioh moments (7 years ago now)?

[@bexgking]

At first I was gonna say that Vector is the best villain, but then I put my Zexal bias aside(It was the first one I watched) and I actually agree with you, Marik is an awesome villain

[@AlexanderMadolche]

I really liked Kalin Kessler and Z-arc and would have loved to have seen them. I personally would have put Yubel at number 1, Marik at 2, and Bakura at 3. But I loved the video and I loved your thoughts, thank you for sharing this with us. I've seen your videos in my feed and watched 2 or 3, this video got you my subscription.

[@mrn4ch0s22]

Beside the fact that Yubel is ranked 7 (For me she is 1), PERFECT LIST!

[@rickmelles1818]

Nice list now I need to watch zexal

[@sebastianfranz7189]

This is one of your best videos of all time ^^

[@ToonKing69]

My issue with marik is that he wasn't that intimidating enough. He's made out to be this massive threat and then proceeds to beat JOEY WHEELER because of a technicality.

[@jondumas7723]

and ironically in the end he is not defeated by Yugi.

[@sigiligus]

He did not take that duel seriously and was wasting his time torturing Jonouchi for fun when he could have won way earlier.

[@ToonKing69]

@@sigiligus while that's true, the duel still played out the way it did and he won because Joey was knocked out not because he knocked his life points out

[@MrThereyes2]

YES THAT'S RIGHT YAMI MARIK IS NUMBER 1!!! For some reason people hating on them just because he's not a "good" duelist which is crazy because personally i smell jealousy at the same time, also he's the only villain that almost made Atem to give up, there's no other villain scary or threaten as Yami Marik!

[@brunosanto3488]

Now I need for the next video: "Yu-Gi-Oh Anime: TOP 10/15 Secondary Characters"

[@FOXZILLA5734]

Personally Darkness is one of my favorite yugioh villians, despite his true form being in the last few episodes of GX he had such a creppy and eeire nature to him and found that his goal of obsorbing the world's populace is not because he is evil but it is just how his homeworld functions and abides by what he sees as the rules of nature as very fascinating. I really like how he is portrayed as less of a person and more as an act of nature, IMO he deserves at least an honorable mention.

[@yuseifudo6075]

Gotta give the top to Zone mad, he was soo good, the whole arc was, though i also love IV and yuri, Godwin and rudger were also so good

[@MohammedUchiha-ku2je]

yuri should have been here beating 5 duelist in one turn going second just because he wanted to see them set their hopes into the board just to destroy them not to mention he is a true maniac who would laugh after turning all of his opponents into cards

[@Shadowrulzalways]

In the manga, Marik was far more brutal and sadistic. Like his duels were bloody and dark.

[@CyberseGreninja]

DM set the bar so high for yugioh villains. Vector and Lightning were great too. Leo Akaba is sitting in the corner wishing he was a good villain.

[@ironmuro]

Not a main villain by any means, but my personal favorite villain has to be Arkana/Pandora. His back story is just so... real, and sure he is a jerk, but I don't think he has the knowledge of the ancient past that Marik or Yugi has. He doesn't know his monsters could feel, he doesn't know Marik is using him. He is just a desperate man wanting to rebuild his life after a horrible accident that resulted in him losing the woman he loved. In the manga I feel even more sorry for him because its adds the fact his mother died, and implies Marik drives him to suicide after the duel with Yugi.. Just, someone help this guy not die after that, jeez. Yugi might of saved him, but after that who knows what happens. Maybe a top 10 henchman list or something is warrant to appreciate characters like Arkana that are one off villains.

[@ftu2021]

Not only the original YGo had the best antagonist but also the best archetype monsters. Blue eyes and Dark magician are the most iconic cards and the god cards are still up to this date, canonically the strongest cards (in the anime)

[@sofarsogood8680]

The fact that Marik didn't care at all to torture Mai, a woman was something i could not tolerated at that times. It was much gruesome in manga

[@Michael_Knight823]

The fact that Seto Kaiba is seen as a rival instead of a true villain would prevent me from ranking him at all, if I wanted to make a top ten list of my own. But all of the downright EVIL things SK has done, across not just ONE series but TWO (THREE if you count Zero Reverse which didn't technically happen on screen at all but is referenced several times in 5D's), would probably be enough for me to rank him right up there with Marik.

[@psychicmaster92]

EDIT - I've posted an updated vote in the comments section of the recent GO Rush podcast.

[@brunosanto3488]

Interestingly, the same arguments that were made for the recent Duel Episode can be applied to the next Duel episode. - They only showed us the preview of a Monster that The Darkman (Bleu Air) is going to use: Dark Matter Enigmata. That Fusion Monster is already known, so it is expected that The Darkman will use a different Fusion Monster. - Like Manabu, Nyandestar already comes with a streak of having lost before (against Yuamu). However, this is no guarantee that she will win since The Luge also had a Duel again after a long time and ended up losing (despite having lost before). Honestly, this one is 50/50 since anyone can win, but I feel like both Sabyuas and Bleu Air will be recurring henchmen of another Darkman who would be the antagonist of the Arc. In any case, everything indicates that we will have new Cat cards in the next Duel. PS: I just realized that it is curious that several of the Duelists who will Duel in these Episodes are related to Yuamu. - Epoch only achieved its first victory thanks to Yuamu. - Manabu and Nyandestar were already defeated by Yuamu previously. - Yuhi is Yuamu's twin, where he is using High Tech Dragon with Jointech. - The Darkmen is believed to be related to Yuamu (or Yuamu indirectly created them)

[@VoicesOfChaos]

Vector and Yubel are still my top villains. But giving shoutouts to Sevens since it seems to get criticized as not having good villains. I think Nail was a great villain even if he didn't stay a villain long. He just seemed like such a perfect foil to Yuga and his introductions of Maximums is amazing! The Goha siblings were didn't live up to their full potential and were honestly kind of forgettable by the end of the show but I think Yuo and the 6th sibling were both really cool when given their chances to shine. Also I don't get why Otes gets trolled on, I actually think he is a really cool and great character!

[@jehmarxx]

I didn't think before that it was Kuaidul narrating there in the earliest episodes.

[@alicepbg2042]

13:13 - debatable...

[@IamLegendaryguy1998]

How come Sartorius from GX was not on this list?

[@juliuswatcher1157]

Out off the top of my head, my top 10 villains would be something like this: 10.Pegasus 9. Don 1000 8. Zarc 7. Z-ONE 6. Trueman 5. Sartorius (Season 2) 4. Vector 3. Yuri 2. Lightning 1.Yubel Quattro I don't see as much villainous onwards after S1 despite being brutal so he doesn't make my top 10 (similar reason why Specter also doesnt make far), however I really like his character; I don't care fo Aigami; Vetrix was a really good villain in intimidation and dueling, he just not make top 10 for me (Don 1000 is the master manipulator of almost all in Zexal, plus his apperance and unhortodox deck makes him above Vetrix); Still need to check most of Go Rush, so no opinion here (on a side note, none of the villains in Sevens impressed me); Bakura, despite his heavy role in the final season, kinda loses the appeal to me in regards of his dueling perfomance and tactics. I would consider him slightly superior to Yami Marik at least as a villain overall however despite his lower dueling W rates due to the number of bodies his make, having a long term goal; I consider Yami Marik overrated: Besides him killing his dad before the series and defeating Bakura, I don't find him much impressive: fails to kill Odion and Ishizu, Mai only lost on the whole Ra text BS when she outplayed him; Joey was going to beat him (in the original he even p*ke out of stress for almost losing). His pleasure for suffering often backfires and is outplayed despite having "rare" cards (he lost in the 4 way duel and against Joey) only getting saved by top decking. Heck, even his deck is nothing without Ra, the only reason he is a threat(by comparision, both Atem and Kaiba played decks that couid assure wins regardless of being able to summon their gods card). Just my opinion here but I think the dub helped to make him more adored.

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Hm, how very interesting and well done List. I wonder what Villains we get next?

[@ΔημήτρηςΗλιάτορας]

Awesome Top10. I am from Greece where as a kid i watched all the time Yu-Gi-Oh. Totally agree with your Top10 except that i personally think that Bakura was the Best Villain ever and Marik number 2,because Bakura was actually the "God" of Darkness and Evil (aka Zork). Anyway, that's personal opinion and congrats about your Top 10 villains.

[@PhotoIsFilm]

My Fav villain is paradox from the 3D movie

[@tsunax1400]

1) Nasch 2) Vector 3) Yubel 4) Bakura 5) Tron 6) Lightning 7) Aporia 8) Revolver 9) Z-ONE 10) Kiryu 11) Saiou 12) Kuiadul I put 12 because I'm not sure if Nasch and Revolver actually qualify as villains, maybe just antagonists or enemies. But both were great. Both were main characters in the story so got a lot more screentime than the average villain. Revolver was only villain for the first 50 episodes or so but his motivations were noble and he was actually the one who both trapped and saved Yusaku. He wasn't evil but he was tragic. He was also a major threat to the otherwise undefeated Yusaku, bringing him into a draw. Nasch was the first villain in the series and as quite shallow, but he fixed up his act and became a much better and stronger person. After everything he ends up as Yuma's final enemy, but this time he's a much deeper character. He considers Yuma a friend as much as the reverse but goes against him anyway because he has no choice. He pulls out the power of friendship with the other Barian emperors and ultimately loses because he knew Yuma so well that he accurately gambled on countering the exact strategy he would use (only for Yuma to hold back). Also shoutout to Phaser. Bro carded the main character from the previous series, then pulled out a second maximum after his first one was sealed off in his next duel. He was only a villain for 12 episodes but it was a great run

[@caitlinbrock357]

I love vector from zexal , he reminds of the late tim curry. one of the best villain actors in the last 30yrs.

[@the_superior_nerd2439]

Dr faker is one of my favorite villains in zexal come on Dr faker had unlimited plot armor can't forget about number 96

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

5:10 I don't know. Yubel's redempton is basically "give her exactly what she wanted". I am pretty sure she didn't even apologize for what she did. the redemption arc could be improved 5:40 My daily reminder to watch GO RUSH 11:18 my reminder to watch ZEXAL 14:36 if only his deck was better

[@prophecyempresslerena358]

Marik's father deserved what he got. My favorite villain is Yubel so they top my list. Yubel terrifies me and there aren't many villains that legitimately do that. Also, Yubel was definitely not complaining when Judai used Super Polymerization to fuse their souls. Yubel got what they wanted too, not just Lightning. I'm not good at ranking characters so I can't do a proper "top 10 villains" list consistently and it would depend on my mood. I can list the characters that would be in it most consistently though: Yubel, Yami Marik, Vector, IV/Quattro, Lightning, Yuri, Saiou, Aporia, Ai, and Tron/Vetrix. Saiou isn't necessarily the best villain by himself, but he got me interested in tarot cards.

[@mrkaji8913]

“I’ll send all of you to the shadow realm!”

[@NeroPiroman]

bakura is prety good in season 0, kaiba was the best villain of that show though

[@steve_o_fitness533]

Zone needs to be in this list very slept on and very tough opponent to defeat from 5ds

[@GokuBlackZamasu_]

Ah sora will never be noticed despite having the best duel in arc v

[@predaplantuser2742]

Sora isn't a villain.

[@GokuBlackZamasu_]

@@predaplantuser2742 ah you sure about that? In season 1 he pretended to be nice and turned out being the main antagonist and the duel him Vs shun he said he enjoyed hunting people from xyz world the guy is a child soldier

[@GokuBlackZamasu_]

@@predaplantuser2742 and the other seasons don't count since other villains in Yu-Gi-Oh turn good such as IV and Pegasus etc

[@predaplantuser2742]

@@GokuBlackZamasu_ i mean he did act quite bad in season 1 but i don't see him much as a villain. Same could be said about shun. He was carding people in s1,but he wasn't a villain.

[@GokuBlackZamasu_]

@@predaplantuser2742 yeah but shun was on revengeful rampage for the friends who were lost where Sora was manipulating using his charm till he betrayed them of course his friendship with yuya and zuzu changed him in season 2 but it doesn't change his actions in the xyz world and the carding of sun shadow and his duels with shun

[@odd-eyesdragoon]

Vector was one of the main highlights for ZEXAL Season 2 for me. Utterly insane and it was fun to see him on screen. Shame he has a horrible duel record.

[@jayd.doubledubs]

Rip my boy Yuri. I think he could've made the honorable mentions list at least

[@JadenOmega]

My top 10 best Yu-Gi-Oh Villains. 10. Lightning 9. Vetrix 8. Aigami 7. Yami Bakura 6. The Supreme King (unsure if this counts but I'm counting it.) 5. Z-ONE 4. Pegasus 3. Vector 2. Yubel 1. Yami Marik

[@deathscythe4553]

Tbh when I think of yugioh villians I always think of 5ds and the meklord emporers

[@Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1873]

I knew marik would be on there