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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 50 - The Mystery Duelist (1)
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    #1 - The Mystery Duelist (1)

    S1:E50

    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

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  2. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 52 - The Past Is Present
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    #2 - The Past Is Present

    S1:E52

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Masashi Sogo

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  3. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 53 - Steppin' Out
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    #3 - Steppin' Out

    S1:E53

    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

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  4. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 55 - Stalked by the Rare Hunters
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    #4 - Stalked by the Rare Hunters

    S1:E55

    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

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  5. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 56 - Yugi vs. the Rare Hunter (1)
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    #5 - Yugi vs. the Rare Hunter (1)

    S1:E56

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Shin Yoshida

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  6. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 57 - Yugi vs. the Rare Hunter (2)
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    #6 - Yugi vs. the Rare Hunter (2)

    S1:E57

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Shin Yoshida

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  7. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 58 - Espa Roba - The ESP Duelist (1)
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    #7 - Espa Roba - The ESP Duelist (1)

    S1:E58

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Atsushi Maekawa

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  8. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 59 - Espa Roba - The ESP Duelist (2)
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    #8 - Espa Roba - The ESP Duelist (2)

    S1:E59

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Atsushi Maekawa

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  9. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 61 - The Master of Magicians (2)
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    #9 - The Master of Magicians (2)

    S1:E61

    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

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  10. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 62 - The Master of Magicians (3)
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    #10 - The Master of Magicians (3)

    S1:E62

    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

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  11. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 63 - Playing with a Parasite (1)
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    #11 - Playing with a Parasite (1)

    S1:E63

    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

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  12. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 64 - Playing with a Parasite (2)
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    #12 - Playing with a Parasite (2)

    S1:E64

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Shin Yoshida

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  13. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 65 - Mime Control (1)
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    #13 - Mime Control (1)

    S1:E65

    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

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  14. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 66 - Mime Control (2)
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    #14 - Mime Control (2)

    S1:E66

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Atsushi Maekawa

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  15. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 67 - Mime Control (3)
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    #15 - Mime Control (3)

    S1:E67

    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

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  16. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 68 - Legendary Fisherman (1)
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    #16 - Legendary Fisherman (1)

    S1:E68

    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

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  17. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 69 - Legendary Fisherman (2)
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    #17 - Legendary Fisherman (2)

    S1:E69

    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

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  18. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 70 - Double Duel (1)
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    #18 - Double Duel (1)

    S1:E70

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Junki Takegami

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  19. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 71 - Double Duel (2)
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    #19 - Double Duel (2)

    S1:E71

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Junki Takegami

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  20. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 72 - Double Duel (3)
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    #20 - Double Duel (3)

    S1:E72

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Junki Takegami

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  21. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 73 - Double Duel (4)
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    #21 - Double Duel (4)

    S1:E73

    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

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  22. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 74 - The Rescue
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    #22 - The Rescue

    S1:E74

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Junki Takegami

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  23. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 75 - Friends 'Til the End (1)
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    #23 - Friends 'Til the End (1)

    S1:E75

    It’s friend vs. friend as Marik mind controls Jonouchi to duel against Yugi! The loser will be dragged into the ocean to sleep with the fishes! Can Yugi break Jonouchi out of his spell, or will Jonouchi break Yugi?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Atsushi Maekawa

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  24. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 76 - Friends 'Til the End (2)
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    #24 - Friends 'Til the End (2)

    S1:E76

    Though Jonouchi decimates Yugi’s life points, Yugi can’t bring himself to attack his dear friend! Yugi summons Jonouchi’s favorite monster Red-Eyes B. Dragon to try to bring Jonouchi back to his senses. Will seeing his favorite card help Jonouchi break Marik’s spell, or is Yugi’s last ditch effort a lost cause?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Atsushi Maekawa

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  25. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Season 1 Episode 77 - Friends 'Til the End (3)
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    #25 - Friends 'Til the End (3)

    S1:E77

    Yugi starts to break Marik’s spell over Jonouchi, but he now must duel without the Millennium Puzzle! When Jonouchi draws the card he needs to decimate Yugi’s life points, what chance does Yugi have, especially on his own?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Atsushi Maekawa

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Mystery Duelist (1)" is the worst rated episode of "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Hiromichi Matano and written by Junki Takegami, it aired on 4/10/2001. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Past Is Present".