Top 10 Saddest Yu-Gi-Oh Card Deaths 

"despite all the slayer has won he is always defined by who he has lost" With the two unfortunate biggest losses being his significant other and Konami being too scared to print good Vendread monsters

Ok but what about all those times that the poor Pot of Greed exploded and broke?

Outstanding Dog Marron waiting for its owners for an insanely long time might be a sort of reference to the story of Hachiko, a dog who would run off to sit and wait for its owner outside Shibuya Station day after day. One day, the owner died from a heart attack while at work, but Hachiko had no way of knowing its owner would never come home from work, so it just went to sit there, with random people passing by giving it food and water, so it would survive. Eventually, Hachiko passed away, while waiting for its owner to come home, and a statue was erected outside Shibuya Station, in the spot where Hachiko would sit day after day.

17:13 Just a minor correction, Priest Seto's father, Pharaoh Atem's *uncle*, was the one who performed the sacrifice. Atem's father didn’t find out for years and the revelation of the atrocity disturbed him so much that he became ill and died.

The worst part about Lee is that she was originally a human scientist from thousands of years in the past who became *obsessed* with the power of the World Legacies. She basically doomed humanity because of her greed and did not care, but she is put down in the end.

I love the revendread zombie story it's really unique, Zera's cycle of darkness is just messed up, but what broke me was to see Outstanding dog Marron on this list, had completely forgotten that story 😢

Ib's death is the saddest. It absolutely wrecked Ningirsu.

Icejade kosmochlor dying is so sad. In icejade curse you can literally see Kosmochlor's body disintegrating away while young Aegirine just stands there reaching out. 😔

Forgot to include that the Nekroz tribe ended up carving up Trishula, Broniac, and Gungnir for armor as their final end.

No lore is sadder than when your favourite fun rogue deck is getting nerfed to oblivion because the supporting cards got into Forbidden & Limited list.

Destruction Sword is one of my longtime favourite archetypes, mostly for the story, but also partly cause one of my friends is a Blue-Eyes enthusiast

I think it's Marauding Captain that chopped up Inpachi in double attack, not Freed

Something that wasn’t mentioned in the Vendread section: Vendread Anima is actually the lover/girlfriend of ReVendread Slayer, since you can see the necklace that appears in “Revendread Origin” on her.

Love to see Buster Blader's story so high. Would love to see more support for him in the future.

The numbers Ichi and Hachi which are 1 and 8 respectively in Japanese, is a form of goroawase, which is basically a pun involving numbers, since 1-8 can be read as i-hachi. This is very likely why Inpachi has those numbers on his chest. Furthermore the Katakana for the word imp is インプ which is pronounced "Inpu", which makes sense since Inpachi is possessed by an Imp. So his name is a play on the word imp, and the numbers ichi and hachi.

Props to the person who suggested this I love yugioh card lore and when archetypes have stories either in the artwork or name.

Shout out to Avalon, something about the one word title and the striking imagery of a hero having fallen at end of a long and arduous journey is deeply compelling to me.

4:04 I love how Chopman has "I

Ib was not the only one who died in World Legacy lore, at least Ib later resurrected and lived after the war; but Auram as Avramax on the other hand got MIA'd after defeating the last of the Knightmares leaving his status unknown at this point leaving Ib (and probably Ningirsu and Imduk) alone and believing to the expectation of coming back to her/them. Its so sad that the top 10 didn't recognize Auram's sacrifice.

13:48 I appreciate the 1 frame joke. Much harder to isolate on mobile, but for anyone on PC you can go from by frame and catch it

Then there's Dragon Core Hexer who probably is thinking death doesn't sound so bad.

You almost got past me with that vin diesel insert but I never miss anything Family.

I swear, between the Duel Terminal and World Chalice stories alone, along with many others that could be stand alone episodes, Konami is just leaving money the table by not turning these lores into anime 😅😅

regarding buster whelp, i really love the art of destruction sword memories. how the sword just stood there drenched in rain and reflected the happy memories of buster blader and buster whelp is just heart wrenching

Ib and slayers lore was the most heartbreaking thing i have ever experienced in the card lore i saw it first in the MD solo mode and it hit me so hard, it was soo good

Love these videos, there is so much more lore in these cards over the years I never noticed. Keep up the great work man.!

Damn i was expecting to get Fleur delis onto this list, surprised to say the least. Another choice i wouldve made is Gem-Knight Crystal. From his corruption, arising as a Satelarrknight to a Shaddol core, to becoming Zefraath, in the end passing away wuth the soul of Lapis, fibally reuniting qith the rest of the Gem Knights. Even so, i like the list, so well done!

I knew it Ib would be the saddest one (because it is)

The Albaz lore has some tragic deaths too, like Iris and Ecclesia

Another card in the Inpachi story is "two-man cell battle", which is what depicts Inpachi's initial interference between marauding captain and gagagigo. "My body as a shield" also takes place during this battle.

The buster whelp and blader storyline was the first thing I thought of

War Rocks should get a notable mentioning. Their implied lore is still early. War Rock Ordeal shows a final stand against a Fire Beast that looks like the War Rock Mountain itself. Fortia finding Dignity in his new found power in War Rock Dignity and Medium. Then challenging Bashielos in War Rock Generations. Not as Fortia but as Meteoragon.

Man, i love the inpachi cards for whatever reason and his end is just so unfortunate.

This is such a fun watch. Thank you for making it, I had a blast learning all these cards stories. Guardian Eatos is my favorite card of all time and it was great seeing her story told.

8:32 I am pretty sure it is worse the whole "his family survived, but forgot about him / moved on from him". 13:43 Marron has an alternate route. one where it becomes a demon dog 18:23 YES! it made it into the list 19:35 Probably, what could made this tragic, is the implication that, Buster Dragon's effect still try to benefit Buster Blader (by spreading a dragon virus unto others and turn them into dragons). Which could mean that Whelp went insane, and yet, in its twister mind, still tries to follows its master's commands (which would mean Blader still raised it into a monster) 22:59 Funny enough, Ib's resurrection leads to the, arguably more tragic, deaths of Orcust Galatea (who gave everything, for the sake of Ningirsu), and well, Ningirsu himself . Funny enough, both would be resurrected as guardians of the new world Avram and Ib helped create

I knew the World Legacy lore (poor Ib) would be involved in this list

This was one of the most fun lists you've done in a while!! I really enjoy these lore-related ones

MY GOD! what a video, Due Logs. I enjoyed it like crazy, HOpefully there will be much more Lore in your channel, thanks a lot!

I dont know if anyone noticed it, but at the end of th Outstanding Dog Marron section, when duel logs says “family” a good old meme happens to flash at the card.

I like how Zera's most viable form in the TCG was him as a herald of the sanctuary. The card game followed the rule of not seeking too much power.

I think you may have missed some Marron lore, namely Mad Dog of Darkness and Mecha-dog Marron.

I'd argue auram's death is actually the saddest because he doesn't come back and so the people who he leaves behind actually have to come to terms and find closure in a world forever without him

Sky Striker Ace - Camilla and Sky Striker Ace - Azalea are also rather tragic. Despite their evil and malicious nature, mostly Azalea's, the two were born and bred to be weapons. Ultimately put down by fellow Aces Raye and Roze, who do genuinely feel that their deaths are tragedies simply because they were all born in wartime and had no choice. War is hell, and those two certainly show how hell it can be when Raye ultimately has to put them down to save the people she cares about.

Watching a video about Yugioh lore makes me wish that they made an anime dedicated just to it. There’s so much to dive into

I thought Chopman the Desperate Outlaw was the one that caused Blazing Inpachi to be created. Hence the name of the Trap card, Backfire

I'd argue that if you want to include a death from the DT world, Natalia is a better candidate than Trishula. While yes, Trishula is a horrendous thing to be corrupted for the Terminal World at large, on a story scale Natalia's is bigger. It's the main trigger to the Ice Barriers to finally release Trishula, it's the cataclysm that releases the Lswarm virus into the world and it's what corrupts Noellia, triggering most of the events of Age 2.

Please do more videos about cards with lore behind them. I love when they tell stories through the cards and there are so many I don't know about.

I love these kinds of videos, looking at card art and flavor text. Just so cool.

The Japanese name for the card 'one or eight' is 'ichi ka bachi ka' (一か八か). While this does literally mean 'one or eight', most people will interpret this as 'All or nothing'. If you look at the effect this makes sense.

Ash Blossom to Ash Blossom, Harpie's feather dust to Harpie's feather dust 😔

It’s wild how you can derive stories from card artwork. Your narration and storytelling skills are also impressive. I feel like I’m in a lecture learning Yugioh whether it’s lore or techniques.

"Despite our Solemn Wishes, life points drop to zero." Give the writer a Pulitzer.

For me, one of the most tragic deaths in YGO lore, especially recently, is Dogmatika Fleurdelis/The Iris Swordsoul.

Not sure if this counts as tragic but the story of Eldlich the golden Lord is pretty dark as the more Eldlich uses the power of the philosopher's stone he eventually becomes Eldlich the mad golden Lord. Or Alaister the envoker as the more he envokes the more pieces of his soul are lost and is eventually driven mad and becomes more fiendish.

Not sure if Iris soulsword is dead or not. If yes, I'd say she deserves a spot.

Eeeeh, they expanded upon Trishula's defeat quite a lot. First he evolved into the Zero Dragon form, which is level 11, a level exclusive for the gods of the duel terminal lore Sophia and Tierra. Then it took the Dragunity's strongest knights to fight the other 2 dragons, and Ascalon the combination of all Dragunity dragons to beat Trishula itself. It was quite the badass death and not sad at all.

Honestly a part ll please great video

duel terminal lore is awesome, all the water elements of that lore got tragic stories, ice barriers got wiped out and got forced to unleashed their 3 dragons but the dragons got out of control and try to freeze the world so they got banished, the surviving ice barrier noella collecting the children of the other tribe making a gishki tribe ending up corrupted by evilswarm and ends up sacrificing her adopted daughters only to be stopped by the adopted son and the son managed to safe one of the daughter and those two married (technically not incest) and have a baby and become nekroz tribe, legit duel terminal loves water type because trishula, gishki and nekroz are the strongest that came out of duel terminal with the exception of maybe mist valley apex avian, shaddoll, gem knight and qliphort, because those exception is strong but none of them are as broken as trishula (and brionac), evigishki mind augus and all the nekroz summoning

You forgot the very saddest ones imo... go check icejade Curse and Ran Aegirine's art to see how she had to watch her entire family literally crumbling into pieces in front of her.

Seeing a lot of zombie monsters I use on this list. The Mayakashi and Golden Land monsters might also be worth a look in the future. The Mayakashi were woodland spirits who became enraged when humans chopped down their forest to build their village, the Mayakashi would take their revenge during the night by attacking the villagers. In response, the Shiranui monsters would step forward to defeat countless Mayakashi during the night with their special techniques, in the end leaving only Yoko and Yuki-Onna as the last standing Mayakashi. The Golden Land monsters were formerly alchemists in the search for the greatest artifact of all alchemy, the philosopher's stone. The had managed to develop a ritual that in theory could create the philosopher's stone, but as seen during the Eldlixer cards, the ritual was flawed. The newly formed philosopher's stone had its power run rampant through the Eldlands, everything the light touched began turning into gold while the people would lose their minds and souls, becoming zombified golden husks, later to be enslaved by Eldlich the Golden Lord into his immortal army once he marched into the Cursed Eldlands and claimed their philosopher stone for himself.

13:47 I saw a flicker in the artwork and already knew what the joke was, had to confirm it tho, and i was right 🤣

DAMN there is a lot to see about world chalice and it doesn't even end there, there is also THE CRUSADIA CARDS

Dragon Core Hexer deserves a honorable mention too!

Great video

13:47 don't think we didn't see that "family" flash over Marron...

Buster blader and his pet dragon 😢 Also, I saw the subliminal vin diesel "family" pic at 13:48

Have you done any videos that go over yu-gi-oh lore stories of archetypes? I'd love to see more of the Dual Terminal World as well as the rest.

Top 10 saddest children's card game related videos 🥺💔 I love yugioh card's lore, great video!! Also ib's legs 👌🙏😆

Outstanding Dog Marron’s death is probably one of the saddest deaths since pet deaths are really upsetting

i always have been loving the storytelling of some cards, even taken by different artists collectively. is amazing and interesting because most of the lore is implicit in the card art, and is often up to viewer to know what is happening.

A new lore related video? Yes please!

I didn't expect a 23 minute lore dump but hot damn did I enjoy it.

Can you do a video on random trivia of the cards by pack. (Trivia about the cards in legend of blue eyes, then spell ruler, ect)

Love these videos of yugioh's esoteric card lore

I always love looking into card lore

Logs is so dope👏 their content is quite literally just shit you have on in the background and sometimes that’s just all you really need🖤

Dog marron was based on a real dog in Japan I believe that waited for his owner to come back, but never did. That makes it much sadder. 😢

a series where the main characters have to interact with the monsters themselves (No card limitations) would be awsome. could you imagine the stories that could be told givin the lore of the duel monsters world?

i think that was the best intro to a yu gi oh video ever

I love your channel ❤

Marron is my favorite yu-gi-oh card., also loved the "family" pic

Felgrand might be this as well. Where the lack of worship or failing to get Felgrand on the field to activate the effect = Skeletal Dragon Felgrand Worship is perfect or successful in Felgrand getting to the field = Felgrand reaches divinity, Divine Dragon Lord Felgrand (who battle effect can bring Felgrand back)

Buster Whelp is the cutest creature amd its so sad that Buster Blader must kill his best friend

Bro I never thought I would cry about a card's lore, like really, Number 1 and Revendread got me

Really love watching some good YGO lore

World legacy and its continuation can become its own movie

Editor sneaking in a picture of family like I wouldn't notice at 13:47

I’ve always been hoping felgrand gets an actual archetype instead of being generic support

This is an unexpected and welcome topic to watch through

This needs a second part... there's way more tragic stories in the abyss and deul terminal lore. Especially Gem-Knights.

I recall at one point that Avram's fate was left uncertain following the depiction of a certain card, so I assumed that Avram may have died at the time? Although whether its true that Avram died has yet to be determined, at least for me.

The World Legacy Project takes its first steps, as the number //Spoiler Blocked// most tragic death.

It's been said before and I'll repeat it here: I would pay good money to fund a full anime based on the World Chalice storyline.

Branded in central dogmatika is honestly the number 1 for me. The artwork showing the tragedy is amazing and fleurdelis deserved a better fate man …..

It'd be neat to see a "storyteller" or "lore" format with cards that have expanded lore outside of the card game, giving people themed decks, with them being tales of sorrow, or of stories of glee no idea how it would work but it'd be neat

I hope can make a part 2 of this list if you can😊😊

I was dreading this list wouldn't feature the goodest boi Buster Whelp. But there he is ❤

Can someone please tell me what the super-fast picture at 13:47 says? I can't seem to pause the video fast enough to get it!

2:40 This gives me an idea for a “Inpachi” monster that self-revives: “Phoenix Inpachi - Dark World Experiment” (FIRE) Level 4 Machine/Tuner/Effect _This card that is Face-up on the field, in the GY or Banished is also EARTH-Attribute. (Quick Effect) While this card you own is in your GY or Banished: You can discard 1 card; Special Summon it. Can be treated as 2 tributes for the Tribute summon of a “Dark World” monster. If this card is destroyed or banished by battle or an opponent’s card or effect: inflict 500 Damage to your opponent._ ATK/1850 DEF/200 _My head canon here is that Kozaky managed to apply some resurective priorities to Inpachi, while turning it into a proper “Dark World” monster in service to himself and his superiors.

Had no idea how much lore was in yugilh cards themselves