As a researcher, I am very glad that you come to your conclusion using a systimatic way 😅😅❤

I think for best effect and adding tension to later episodes, they would've gone for the ring of destruction play. This forcing a draw would leave it open as to who could've won, and hurt Kaiba's pride which would be a good reason for him to go to Egypt to see if he just used some trick since Kaiba doesn't believe in any of the Egyptian prophecies. Finally, since it's a draw they do leave the potential open to make a rematch duel later for added tension

16:30 says it all so I see Kaiba winning for sure. Glad you mentioned about Diabound's power going back down to 1800 from 3300 after its Mirror Tablet's effects wore off, not many people realized that which gives a big advantage to Kaiba especially with that card he still had in his hand to play. It was probably his Magical Trick Mirror or Command Silencer which would keep him well protected until his next turn where he'd finish off Bakura with his Blue Eyes or like you said a 2000 Attack Blade Knight. Kaiba also had his Tyrant Wing he could've played with Blue Eyes to give it an extra 400 attack and two attacks for an easier win.

Considering the outcome of this duel didn't matter. Cause another reason for this duel was so Bakura's diabound could absorb blue eyes so he could be ready for his first duel against the Pharoah and Obelisk, so I think this duel ending in a draw would've been the way to go.

I'm annoyed by duels in the series that are left incomplete/interrupted, this duel being one of them. I think Kaiba would of lost for plot purposes, but in reality Kaiba is by far the better duelist overall to Bakura, so instead they have Bakura bailing out of the duel as a compromise. They should rematch in a scripted duel with the voice actors in the next public convention event or something.

This was very nicely done and very well analyzed. This is better than many others.

Kaiba would've won for a pretty simple reason: Bakura wasn't playing to win. He just needed Diabound to get a sample of Blue eyes' power. He didnt have a follow-up plan for if the duel continued.

They should have gone with the draw. Have Bakura almost win with Ectoplasmer, only for Kaiba to force the draw with Ring of Destruction. It makes Bakura look threatening without diminishing Kaiba, and it doesn't rely on a shitty interruption to achieve the same conclusion. Since Kaiba hates to lose, it's also a reason for him to want to settle the score properly with Bakura in Egypt.

Great analysis video! Thanks for uploading! Love seeing the scientific method at work!

Dude put the work in this, I loved it. Thank you for this vid man

11:56 If this were in the anime, so anime logic, and Bakura, being the main villain, couldn't be defeated yet, I see the duel ending in a draw using Ring of Destruction. The most thematic way this could happen is Bakura activating Change of Heart and Kaiba using Ring of Destruction as he'd rather have Blue Eyes destroyed than allow Bakura or anyone else to have it

This is a really cool concept for a video. I’d be interested in a similar breakdown with the Jaden vs Yugi duel. I know it ends with Neos attacking Slifer, which means that Jaden loses without an Honest, but the youtuber TGS Anime has said that this was probably just a intended as a flashy cliffhanger and not something Jaden literally did, in which case that duel was far from over. Especially since Slifer was summoned from the graveyard and so would have left the field once Jaden ended his turn.

Good bteakdown, this is one that I'd been wondering about

I think the most honest way this could have ended to keep with the plot AND make sure both duelists look as strong as possible is that it ends in the Draw scenario. Kaiba's ring of destructions see's both duelists lose at the same time. Bakura does his villain over the top laugh and congratulates Kaiba for showing his strength and why he was worthy enough to challenge the Pharaoh 5000 years ago. Then does his whole come to Ancient Egypt spiel and the show goes on like it does. No real change other than allowing us to see Kaiba is still most def in the running to compete with Yugi

I love this scenario. And I like how good you go onto Bakura

Take my follow this was incredible. Can you do archetype lore?

I would *want* Bakura to win, but I think he'd need some cards we haven't seen in order to do so. And his strategy here wasn't really about winning, so if he wanted the win he might have been playing differently from the start. Good video though!

Ah yes, an indepth analasys about I dont really remember watching with a scenario that may have not had any reall changes to the plot logicly if it wnet differntly. Good watch! 👍

Revisiting this video because I enjoyed it so much the first time. Bakura is an interesting character for these matchips because he's incredibly skilled despite rarely dueling. Bakura is more of an rpg guy, but unlike Duke Devlin, his gaming skills still shine in Duel monsters. I would still give it to Kaiba for a few reasons. Kaiba is Bakura's match in terms of skill and his deck is top notch. Bakura's deck is strong, but it wouldn't have any special secret cards like Pegasus' deck. Bakura is just a middle class guy with access to common cards and the occasional rare pull. The other reason is Bakura's imlatience. While Bakura is the type to spend years carrying out a plan, that same mentality doesn't apply to his dueling. If a plan isnt working, he abandons it immediately. This is exhibited in his duel with Yami Marik. Bakura also relies on the element of surprise, which wouldn't apply here. Kaiba is completely obsessed with dueling and would know most, if not all, of Bakura's cards.

I like your method as a second best. I think Bakura would have used change of heart to win however.

Something that always annoyed me about DM, as much as I love it, is how Bakura, the *main villain* gets so few Duels and even fewer chances to shine. Might be an umpopular opinion, but the manga/anime needed one more arc where its all about the buildup to the final arc. Maybe Bakura snatches some of the other Millennium Items and books it to Egypt, with the cast following suit mainly because of the knowledge they gained from good Marik. That would have given us an opportunity to see more Duels like this and give Bakura more time to shine before the literal final arc

I’m not a big fan of cliffhanger duels myself, but Kaiba should have one either way.

The only time I've seen a duelist efficiently use their cards was when Raphael set a card before using Exchange to give Yami the Seal of Orichalcos.

Nice!

I really enjoyed this. Another thing I think could be fun would be to sort of replay certain anime fights with no “cheating” allowed, just following the rules but keeping the deck and draws. Like, no old wise dark mage or whatever.

Bakura kinda needed this win. He had been losing too much throughout the series, and if we were to take him seriously as the final boss he needed a big win going in. But of course Kaiba has always been ultra protected by the anime so they couldn’t pull the trigger.

here's a scenario we never considered what if the card he had was Chaos Emperor Dragon Envoy of the End and with the play Bakura would do which would render Kaiba without his Blue-Eyes he then draws Soul Absorption plays it then by banishing Lord of D or Vorse Raider and one of the Blue-Eyes he can then summon it then he could go with either an attack from said dragon or uses its effect ending the duel in his favor

IIRC Kaiba was absent from the entire millennium world arc in the manga. He was added in the anime because he was popular, but that left him without a strong purpose.

This is the same curiosity I've been thinking about. But I'm probably sure Kaiba would've inevitably won since he's in his own way, but an expert leveled duelist as Yugi/Yami's. I guess the first time Yakura (as I like to mush the names together with Yami Bakura) dueled against Yami is because Bakura was holding Yakura back, and then the second time he dueled against Yami, he might've originally won if Yami hadn't in a luckiest time drawn Slifer because he has no other options on how to rid the dark sanctuary. But it's honestly bothering that Yakura and Kaiba's match were inconclusive, and that they never picked up where they left off.

We are talking about the same Kaiba who defeated Nightshroud, the literral grim reaper. We are talking about the guy who held against Zorc. And people in the comment section are saying " Ohhhh Kaiba overrated, Bakura wins " Yami Marik defeated Bakura easier than Yugi defeated Joey.

Lol plot twist kiba drew chaos emperor end dragon and just didn't want to banish blue eyes XD 😮

Could you do this again for Jaden vs Yugi?

I think your conclusion makes sense. Basically the same thing should have happened as in the pegasus arc, but maybe the creators wanted to mix it up.

Quick note: Normal Spells are only Quick-Play in the Battle Phase if you set them, and even if Kaiba *had* set Monster Reborn, he most likely wouldn’t have been able to activate it as a QP since it was set that turn.

I think Kaiba may have drew Blade Knight or Negate Attack. I was gonna say Ring of Destr but he'd also need Ring of Defense (becuz he always uses it in every duel as a combo). Haven't seen Kaiba used Shadow Spell since Duelist Kingdom. Soul Exchange is a possibility too. But felt like Bakura had more control on this duel than Kaiba.

I think maximum effort bakura vs kaiba without obelisk or critias might actually clutch it with the burn or deckout strategies.

I prefer the end where bakura wins with exact damage

Honestly without seeing there hands it makes it more difficult to say bakura would have lasted past kaiba's next turn. How many cards could have been that one card in his hand. Also I would say that it even could be burst streaming of destruction and if kaiba was to draw either pot of greed and trade in than use them getting something that would eliminate bakura's only defense

I respect the breakdown, Kaiba has to much plot armor and respect as #2 to be beat by Bakura of all villans aha

You should do sora vs shun or vs yuya and jack ❤

I like the idea of the draw happening and Kaiba being ejected from the arc.

Didn't yugi win change of heart from bakura during battle city? There's a scene where yugi has his deck layer out on his bed in front of him.before his duel with Kaiba and he has change of heart

And I wonder who would've won between Odion and Joey if either Odion played fair and square without using counterfeit Ra card, or if both of them survived "Ra" attack, and then keep going from there.

Kaiba clearly had pot of greed, but he forgot how it works so he couldn’t play it If only someone told him how it works

As much as I dislike Blue-Eyes players, I don’t think Bakura had the chops to defeat Kaiba, even if Diabound was technically stronger than the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

If Kaiba had Card of Demise and had let's say poly or one blue eyes all he needed was either two more blue eyes or a poly that card probably would of had finished the duel.

You think kaiba would waste a monster reborn on something as weak as vorse raider? He would save it for his trusty blue eyes, who would never let him down! (Yes i am joking)

IMHO Kaiba hands down.

My theory of what could be in Kaiba's hand it could be Kaibaman.

You should try to do this more often,but try to keep it different from TGS so you dont lack originality.

Before watching: Kaiba... he is a main character, while Bakura is... also there. And screw the rules, Kaiba has money.

What if either of them drew Pot of greed.

Kaiba duh

We all know kaiba would've lost that duel if it continued and kaiba not having many wins is always because some bs is happening, in his first duel with yu gi he would have won if bakura (the good one) didn't interfere, he beaten Pegasus, in his second duel against yu gi well it was yu gi he was 1 turn away of losing and then the heart of the cards bs comes to play and somehow the god card can't be affected by anything,plot armour at it's best , and again Marik Marik himself said that bakura can't use the same strategy he used against yugi cause he already saw it so he was already in a disadvantage and even after he was able to make a new strategy and steal raa he couldn't use it because of some ancient Egyptian bs plot armour for the main villain of that arc , so yeah I say bakura is much better duelist then kaiba is and plot wise as tou said its makes more sense for bakura to win

If kaba loses he will maybe lose more than the duel he loses his mind to the shadow realm

What if he's trying to summon Zorc The Dark One?

You skipped the Vorse Raider and shrink card opening turn. This duel would of been great and I bet Kaiba would of gotten Ultimate Dragon out if Bakaura stayed.

Did Kaiba already use Shrink? Because, if not, that card could also be a good to have. It could interfere in a lot of Dia shenanigans.

More like Atem's greatest enemy and his greatest servant/friend.

Kaiba is a 4th rate duelist with a 5th rate deck, so...

Kaiba would've won.. Unless it's a fistfight then Bakura will win(Yamis hit hard, like Exodia and Obelisk levels of hard)

Kaiba blue eyes cannot attack after monster reborn, we are not in battle city were you can using magic cards like quick spells,so kaiba used monster reborn in main phase 2. in the kc tournament (the filler arc before the final arc) they doesn't use battle city rules (even in the orichalcos arc they doesn't use them), so after kaiba had bringed back his blue eyes its bakura's turn ,he draw and if he draws a monster with 1200 atk or higher he wins,(simply because he only need to summon the monster he had just drew, equip diabound to blue eyes than attack with the other monster, and after blue eyes is destroyed diabound is back to the field and he can attack for game) but it's all speculation because we cant know wich card would he drew or if kaiba last card in his hand would have saved him...

You overanalyzed this duel.

If Bakura draws Doomcaliber, he has game because Diabound wil Special Summon itself when Blue-Eyes is destroyed

Bakura since he’s Yugi and Atem’s opposite.

You forget that in Yugioh's cheating rules ectoplasmer works both ways.

Assuming we're talking Manga continuity, and not 4kids dub anime continuity which for some reason card game fans seem to think is primary canon, Bakura wins, and easily. They're near enough in skill level, but Bakura holds a millennium item, and so can create a shadow game with any stipulations he desires. He doesn't even have to tell Kaiba what the stipulations are. Its a comically large advantage. Kaiba would be losing by a hopelessly wide margin before he even knew what was going on. None of this has anything to do with Duel Monsters ability. "But Kaiba beat the Millennium Necklace!" Not during a shadow game. The limits of what can be done in a shadow game are far wider in the original Manga than in the 4kids dub.

doomcalibur kight is kaibas monster

0:05 - Greatest?! More like the one that won't stay down after being spanked multiple times.

Bakura would have easily won.

If kaiba uses last turn and bakura chooses jogen the spiritualist bakura instantly wins because jogen effect destroys the special summoned monsters In fact its what got last turn banned in the real world

I think bakura would mostly just because kaiba has a habit to losing to the big bad every time for example pegasus, dartz, agami, noah(technically he should have but still), Alistair (tie),yako, and in non canon medias like games to marik. Idk i just feel like he would lose probably not his fault tho

Heart of the cards or cheating

its other way his greatest rival vs

Seto. Why...SCREW THE RULES I HAVE MONEY!

I know bakura would've won

Bakura woulda lost , he only won one duel against Bonez. Every other time he lost. He was lowkey a bad duelist