2:02 This duel shows that Yugi is an expert duelist "I shall summon my Kuriboh in attack mode!".

GX was the best spin off series

I love how Kaiba’s last words in his duel with Dartz was “Don’t screw up”

Joey versus Valon will always have a special place in my heart. It was the moment Joey learned he truly cared for Mai, as well as how far his talent as a duelist has come, to the point where he can take on a psychopathic soul stealer and win. Also, Atem was like a big brother to Yugi, so seeing them finally duke it out in the end was the story coming full circle and showing Yugi was ready to be on his own and forge his own future. But seeing Atem go after all they’ve been through together, well, let’s just say some tears were definitely shed.

It really is ridiculous that they were still explaining the effect of Pot of Greed in the very final duel of the series.

"Oh-bilisk" "Moe-Koo-bah" ...bruh

How is Marik vs Bakura not on here. Two villians facing off. That should of been top 5.

I loved how a Yu-Gi-Oh battle would be like 6 episodes long lmao

Closest thing yugioh has acknowledged death during a duel? What about the time Yugi fought that Magician dude and everytime they lost life points a buzz saw would come closer to them? Wtf.

Thinking about it, joey is actually a very impressive duelist. He almost defeated marik without using any egyptian god cards like yugi did, and the only reason he lost was because he went into a coma.

Seeing atem vs yugi dueling after 5000 years fighting together and atem leaving with thumbs up is so touching...

How can you guys leave out the one duel that started it all? Kaiba & Blue Eyes White Dragon vs. Yugi & Exodia the Forbidden One Exodia... OBLITERATE!!!

Yugi vs rafael, the only duel yugi loses, that shit was legendary

Yugi and Kaiba vs the masked ghouls is one of the best duels and nobody seems to remember it.

Marik vs Joey is a underrated duel. Joey deadass was one attack away from winning before collapsing. He even tanked a blast from the strongest Egyptian god card. Watching Joey over the series, he really became the underdog

Rest in Peace to the amazing creator of this franchise.💔🕊

Marik was the best bad guy, i was scared of him as a kid. he was pure evil, I truly didn't think he could be beat. I thought the show would end & he would plunge the world into the shadow realm 😂

They forgot Bakura vs Marik. Evil vs Evil. I was rooting for Bakura.

Summoning Dark Paladin against Kaiba was the most badass moment

The last duel literally hit me right in the feels

.Best card game ever created

Fun fact: The voice actor for Weevil Underwood is currently the voice actor for Meowth and James in Pokemon.

Came back to yugioh recently after being in love with it as a kid and everything was nostalgic on a new level. So after seeing atem vs seto not at 1 or even top 5 is astonishing

Yugi and Kaiba's semifinals duel must be on top 3! And where's Yugi vs Strings? that's the first time we saw atem scared and on his knees. Im only agree with number One (sorry my english)

Best video in a long time. The nostalgia trip was real :')

Yugi vs Kiaba battle city should've been in the top 3. That battle was just awesome.

One of my favorites was Atem vs Strings where we first see Slifer. This showcases another way to win a duel other than depleting lifepoints to 0

S5 is my favorite. And the ceremonial duel never fails to make me cry.

Its time to D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-Duel

As a Yu-Gi-Oh fan and player I died inside with the way he pronounced "5Ds" T-T

As president of KaibaCorp! I declare this invalid!!!

Yugi and Joey vs Para and Dox. I love the board game aspect of the fight and seeing the two of them work together to beat twins. Was the first ever fusion Monster between both decks Black Eye Skull Dragon.

Yu-Gi-O's They're Yu-Gi-Licious!!

How could you guys not put in the duel when Yugi was against the mind controlled Silent Puppet guy?! That battle was fucking brilliant! XD Slifer the Sky Dragon seemed like an impossible monster to beat with it's ATT and DEF points just getting higher and higher and going "OVER 9000!" (Sorry I just had too. :P) But Yugi gets him trapped into an infinite loop where the guy has to keep drawing cards until he runs out causing him to lose the game. O.o Has their ever been any other battle that ended without someone getting their life points to 0? That duel was truly one of a kind. :D

Number 1 brings back painful memories I'm gonna go and cry I'm gonna cry in a corner now * cries*

Joey vs Valon, the battle of the armors, is nowhere to be seen??? WTF????

My favourite battle was definitely Yami VS Strings. During the battle city arc, Yami faces up against one of Marik Ishtars mind slaves. A mime by the name of strings, who uses cards like Revival Jam, and Jam breeding machine to act as sacrifice tokens to summon Slifer the Sky Dragon. then proceeds to draw cards like crazy to give him an insane amount of ATK and DEF points on Slifer. Yami was able to win, but only by triggering an infinite attack combo which forces Strings to keep drawing cards until he ran out of cards in his deck. The only duel in the whole show, where a player has won the match from the opponent running out of cards.

This show is a huge guilty pleasure of mine. Anyone else?

The duel between Joey and yugi was a pivotal point in my life.

"This duel shows that while Yugi has much to learn, he is an expert duelist." *proceeds to summon Kuriboh in attack mode*

Yugi vs. Kaiba Episode 1

I still love Yu-Gi-Oh! to this day. If the entire original 5 seasons were on Netflix instead of just seasons 1 and 2, I would marathon the crap out of it. Call me a nerd or a geek or whatever you want, but I still watch the show when I can (not GX and onwards, just the 2000 series) and even play the card game with my friends. Yes, I'm 20 and still play it, it's a fun game.

How is the duel against Kaiba not higher up on the list?! That was one of the most epic duels; 2 Egyptian gods facing off!

If only we knew what pot of greed does...

If you didn't watch Yu-Gi-Oh as a kid, then I feel sorry for you

No Yugi vs Strings? One of the most glorious wins in the franchise and not even an honorable mention. You should be ashamed.

Marik vs Mai and Joey vs Mai were both emotional rollercoasters and deserve to be on the list

Yugi vs Arkana was my personal favorite. I still remember when i used to be scared for yugi's life in that duel 😂🤣 Good old days.

What about the Dungeon Dice Monsters duel between Yugi and Devlin? That one gets points for being the most creative in the entire series. It was interesting to see how the dice mechanic got worked into the game, and it was also interesting to see Yugi adapt to the different rules. I'm pretty sure it's also the longest-running duel, spanning four episodes.

This channel is going to the shadow realm

how isnt yugi vs strings not on this list??

Pegasus is soooo corny 😂 Pegasus - “ yugi boy” Me - “😂😂😂😂”

Ahhhhh!!!!!! This was the best trip down memory lane that I've had in a long time!!! ❤️❤️

My favorite is the the Joey & Yugi vs the 5 dudes that are in Tristains body.

Kaiba vs. Yugi I and II didnt make this list? The one where exodia makes his debut and the one where yugi was literally one fell swoop from victory after his deck was decimated with the crush card virus, respectively?

Recently got back into Yu-Gi-Oh. It's still my favorite show of all time. Made me remember my love for Seto Kaiba also.

yugi vs strings (slave that uses Slifer)

Best duel ever for me was Joey vs Valon.

Such an amazing series / card game. I’m almost done with the battle city arc, and I can honestly say Im still glued to the TV,. There’s never a dull moment, which is crazy considering this is a “children’s” show lol

Still can't believe how underrated Bakura V Marik is.

Yugi vs Kaiba on the roof of Pegusas' castle at Dueling Kingdom should be mentioned, better than Tea vs Mai, which wasn't even a real duel. Also the battle with PAIN at Duelist Kingdom could be mentioned, with a good life lesson about standing up to bullies and confronting your fears.

What about yugi vs. kaiba rematch in season 1? That one was intense

Yugi vs Atem was so great. Atem is by far my favorite character.

Now that I think about, why didn't they use Mai's perfume trick against Pegasus......he wouldn't know the card.

If only pokemon TCG were this epic

Marik vs Joey ohh.. my childhood.

How the hell is Joey v Marik higher on the list than Yugi v Kaiba in the semi finals?! Those last 2 minutes of that monumental duel were iconic

I really missed Joey vs Valon... that was a more than amazing battle,very underrated

What about the duel of Atem vs. Strings? That winning card combo that won Yugi Slifer the sky dragon.

Never has a card game been so epic.

Yugi vs Kaiba in battle city should have been #1

No need for the GX and other Yugioh edtions, the first one is still the best. 👍

Where is Joey vs Valon? That duel was like DBZ mixed with Yugioh

never forget the classic

Whenever I hear that starting theme I got those goosebumps and it feels I’m back in my childhood.

One of my favorites that I'm sad that isn't even on here is the one in Waking the Dragons with Atem/Yami Yugi against Weevil Underwood. The moment at the end where Weevil snaps the card that he says contains Yugi's soul to Atem using Breaker to decimate him in a rage is just stunning (in English or Japanese)

best anime i've ever watched

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I love all of these! Battle city is my childhood

The last one had me at bay of tears. It was sad but I had felt happy for Yugi because he had became the original king of games.

#10: before Kaiba drop dead in the duel with Darth, the original script in Japanese is actually "now step on my corpse and march toward victory!"

2:14 Well somebody clearly hasn't watched Yugi-Oh season 0.

um...Joey vs Valon?

top 3 favourite duels 1. Yugi vs Atem 2. Yugi vs Kaiba(Battle city finals) 3. Yugi vs Arkana

"The decks give a mix of nostalgia and the unknown future." *shows pot of greed being played* I don't fully know why but I find that absolutely hilarious

BUT WHAT DOES POT OF GREED DO?!?!

I loved this show when I was younger. Looking back, it was 7 minutes of dueling and 23 minutes of backstory about a duelist we'd no longer care about

I also loved Joey vs Amelda( I think his name in the dub was Alister?). It was really action packed. And also Atem vs The Puppet guy controled by Marik. I think the way he beat Osiris was really clever...

I need to say this and I think all the original Yugioh players will agree with me...these new Yu-Gi-Oh cards like pendulum monsters XYZ monsters and Synchro monsters have changed the game that I know and love. The original Yu-Gi-Oh game with just normal monsters effect monsters fusion monsters ritual monsters spell and trap cards made the game competitive and strategic you had to be smart and had to put your heart into your deck to know how to beat another player through pure skill and a little bit of luck then they came out with Synchro summon monsters and for those of us who were part of the original game were a little annoyed at first but could learn to live with it as you could still beat a Synchro deck with your original deck that had no synchros in it. But after that then XYZ monsters came out and even though an old deck could still beat a XYZ/synchro deck it became less Yu-Gi-Oh and more of an entirely new and different game. But now that these pendulum monsters are out it is just stupid and all the original aspects of the game are not even playable due to the fact that people can swarm the field with five monsters at once and that is not how Yu-Gi-Oh was or is supposed to be. Listen synchro, and more so XYZ started to piss me off but at pendulum I draw the line it's not Yu-Gi-Oh anymore and I don't care what tournaments do or say I'm going to play with my original deck and pretend like XYZ and pendulum monsters don't exist even (though I prefer to have it the original way I like synchro monsters to some degree so I can live with them but the rest is bull). They should have stopped at synchros. YOU DONT NEED NEW MONSTER TYPE CARDS TO HAVE A NEW SHOW. GX was awesome and stayed with the original game. Rant over. Does anyone agree with me?

Why not Joey vs Valon! tf

atem just explained how lot of greed works on the final duel. very informative

Will you by any chance be doing Top 10 Yu-gi-oh GX Duels as well as 5D? I'll be looking forward to seeing them when you have the chance.

My personal favorite was Joey(Marik)/Yugi-Battle City because of the emotional story behind it...a close second would be Yugi(Atem)/Rafael-Waking the Dragons because it was intense watching Yugi lose!

After 5ds.....yugioh has gotten way too complicated.....yugioh the original tv series is the best.

after this series had finished I stopped watching yugioh idk why but I just love the original better than the GX

I remember used to watched this when I was young I loved this

All I remember from Kaiba's duel against Zigfried is after Zigfried used a card effect to see what was at the top of Kaiba deck and then playing a card that rewarded him for guessing the top card of his opponent's deck Kaiba replied "Gee, how'd you guess."

#4 against Raphael, I think that was the darkest duel in the series, not just that arc. I was genuinely shock when I first saw that duel.

All those deals for great I love the Yu-Gi-Oh series is one of my favourite things what you when I was growing up absolutely amazing I still play the game today it's absolutely great watch mojo keep doing what you're doing

i think one of my favorite duels not much spoken about was yugi versus leon von shroeder in the kc grand championship