The Worst Episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters

An arcane fortune teller steals the Millennium Puzzle and Yugi must defeat him in a duel to win it back! However, this is no ordinary soothsayer; he's a familiar and formidable foe from Duelist Kingdom... or is he? Can Yugi beat him all alone without the help of his friends or the spirit inside the Puzzle?

Director: Hiromichi Matano

Writer: Junki Takegami

The mysterious menace controlling Bandit Keith shatters the Millennium Puzzle into pieces before setting the dueling arena ablaze! Can Yugi put the Millennium Puzzle back together and save the spirit before the entire room is engulfed in flames?

Director: N/A

Writer: Junki Takegami

The origin of Duel Monsters is revealed! Using the magic of the Millennium Tauk, Egyptian historian Ishizu Ishtar shows Kaiba how Duel Monsters was played millenniums ago and how it has resurrected in modern times.

Director: N/A

Writer: Masashi Sogo

The spirit of the Millennium Puzzle realizes that his memories of ancient Egypt have faded, but Anzu is going to help him uncover the mysteries of his past! However, their search is interrupted by the dancing duelist Step Johnny and his musical monsters of rock!

Director: Masaki Kitamura

Writer: Junki Takegami

To face the future, Yugi must first look into the past! Yugi learns that he was a powerful Pharaoh who saved the world five thousand years ago, and he must now save the world again! Meanwhile, Kaiba tests the hidden powers of his Egyptian God Card Obelisk the Tormentor against the fury of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!

Director: N/A

Writer: Shin Yoshida

Jonouchi is cornered by a group of sinister Rare Hunters who force Jonouchi into a duel where if Jonouchi loses, the Rare Hunters get his precious Red-Eyes B. Dragon! Though Jonouchi pummels his foes with his mighty monster armada, eliminating life points isn’t the only path to victory…

Director: Johei Matsuura

Writer: Shin Yoshida

It’s time to master new rules and monsters; let the Battle City Tournament commence! In the first duel of the tournament, Yugi challenges the Rare Hunter to win back Jonouchi’s Red-Eyes B. Dragon. However, Yugi’s falling into the same trap that led to Jonouchi’s demise!

Director: N/A

Writer: Shin Yoshida

Yugi figures out the Rare Hunter’s strategy to summon the almighty Exodia, but it’s too late to stop him! The Rare Hunter already has four pieces of Exodia in his hand, and the fifth and final piece is on top of his deck! How can Yugi stop the unstoppable Exodia?

Director: N/A

Writer: Shin Yoshida

The psychic duelist Esper Roba defeats Ryuzaki as easy as a chumpasaurus, and Jonouchi’s next on his hit list! What chance does Jonouchi have when Esper Roba has the telepathic ability to read all the cards in Jonouchi’s hand?

Director: N/A

Writer: Atsushi Maekawa

Jonouchi discovers that Esper Roba’s extrasensory perception is a hoax, but he’s not yet free from Esper's mental manipulations! Esper Roba’s Jinzo not only slaughters all of Jonouchi’s monsters, but it grows in power every turn! Jonouchi’s luck has come to an end… or has it?

Director: N/A

Writer: Atsushi Maekawa

The magician duelist Pandora transports Yugi to the world’s most lethal dueling arena where the loser gets sent to the Shadow Realm! Yugi must win this duel or he'll lose much more than his Dark Magician!

Director: N/A

Writer: Junki Takegami

It’s Dark Magician versus Dark Magician! However, while Yugi only controls one Dark Magician, Pandora has three residing in his deck! Though outnumbered, Yugi will never give up, as long as he believes in the heart of the cards!

Director: Johei Matsuura

Writer: Junki Takegami

To counter Pandora’s Dark Magician, Yugi pulls a rabbit out of his hat: Dark Magician Girl! It’s the battle of the sexes to determine the true master of magicians!

Director: Masahiro Hosoda

Writer: Junki Takegami

The trickster Insector Haga spins a web of lies to bait Jonouchi into a lopsided duel! Haga secretly infests Jonouchi’s deck with a parasite that prevents Jonouchi from summoning strong monsters! Without the support of his most powerful beasts, what chance does Jonouchi have against a monster that even Yugi didn’t dare face at Duelist Kingdom: Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth!?

Director: Hiromichi Matano

Writer: Shin Yoshida

Jonouchi swats Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth only to have Haga let loose the ferocious Insect Queen, the crown jewel of insects that grows in strength for every creepy crawler it cannibalizes! Will Haga’s royal ravager swarm Jonouchi into submission?

Director: N/A

Writer: Shin Yoshida

Yugi faces off against another of Marik’s nefarious Rare Hunters – the silent but deadly Strings! Strings stops all of Yugi’s attacks with Revival Jam, a slippery slime that resurrects whenever it’s destroyed! How can Yugi win if he can’t even put a dent in Strings’s life points?

Director: Masaki Kitamura

Writer: Atsushi Maekawa

Strings summons one of the most powerful creatures in the history of Duel Monsters... the Egyptian God Monster Slifer the Sky Dragon! What chance does Yugi’s band of mortal monsters have against an Egyptian God?

Director: N/A

Writer: Atsushi Maekawa

The spell Infinite Cards allows Strings to hold an unlimited number of cards in his hand, so Strings’s Slifer the Sky Dragon can grow to infinite attack power! Can Yugi discover Slifer’s one fatal flaw before he’s annihilated by tens of thousands of attack points?

Director: Johei Matsuura

Writer: Atsushi Maekawa

Jonouchi squares off against the sea duelist Ryota Kajiki and his bevy of underwater beasts! If Jonouchi wins, he’ll have all six Locator Cards necessary to enter the Battle City Finals, but if he loses, he can kiss the finals goodbye! However, little does Jonouchi realize that he has bigger problems than this duel; the Rare Hunters are closing in on his location…

Director: Masahiro Hosoda

Writer: Shin Yoshida

Kajiki’s oceanic warrior The Legendary Fisherman unleashes a wave of destruction by stealthily destroying Jonouchi’s monsters from the depths of the sea! Jonouchi has to put his skills, training and experience to the ultimate test before he’s all washed out!

Director: Hiromichi Matano

Writer: Shin Yoshida

Abductions abound! Marik, with the help of Bakura, kidnaps Jonouchi and Anzu! To make matters worse, the Rare Hunters also kidnap Mokuba to force Yugi and Kaiba to take on tag team duelists Mask of Light and Mask of Darkness on top of a skyscraper! The losers will be sent plummeting into the Shadow Realm!

Director: N/A

Writer: Junki Takegami

Light and Darkness systematically dismantle Yugi and Kaiba’s tumultuous teamwork! Can Yugi and Kaiba learn to put their differences aside before they’re sent on a one-way trip into the Shadow Realm?

Director: N/A

Writer: Junki Takegami

Yugi and Kaiba start to exhibit signs of teamwork, but it’s too little too late when Light and Darkness summon Masked Beast Des Gardius, a monstrous menace even more powerful than Blue-Eyes White Dragon!

Director: N/A

Writer: Junki Takegami

Yugi combines his magnetic monsters into the polar powerhouse Valkyrion the Magna Warrior! However, little does Yugi know that Light and Darkness have one final mask to turn Yugi’s monsters against him…

Director: Johei Matsuura

Writer: Junki Takegami

Yugi and Kaiba are on a rescue mission to save their friends! But along the way, all their worries and secrets are revealed as they relive the troubles they’ve faced… and will be facing in the future!

Director: N/A

Writer: Junki Takegami