Top Ten Yu-Gi-Oh Monster Card Backstories 

all the time as a kid i saw cards with shared items and monsters and always wondered if there was a story behind it. This video has fulfilled a small forgotten part of my childhood.

"Gogiga Gagagigo" is the best-named thing ever.

...WHY THE HELL IS THIS NOT THE ANIME!!!

"The reason Warrior Dai Grepher and Warrior Lady hate each other so much is he doesn't meet the criteria to be summoned by her effect." haha

This was far more interesting than it has any right to be

Can we get an anime on the fantasy world of the cards no duelists just monster/warrior fights

I need 1. Sangan and the Witch getting a happy ending 2. D.D. Warrior Lady and Knight Dai Grepher teaming up against the evil version of Dai Grepher 3. Gagagigo making peace with Freed and the Marauding Captain to team up against Invader of Darkness and their forces

Suddenly an anime about the ygo monsters seems more interesting than one about card games

It was at that moment Sangan knew.... He messed up.....

Pretty sure Gagagigo the risen is actually the end of gigo's story! Marauding captain does eventually get through to him and this purifies him

"He no longer resembles his former self". I can't really put it to words, but there's something so profoundly sad about that text. I drop honest to god tears every time this story comes up.

Hey you should tell the story of Condemed Witch. I can't find all the cards but basically the cards are the story of a girl who just keeps getting cursed objects until she eventually becomes a witch. Like literally she just keeps finding them and the guy on Solemn Judgement says "cut that out" but she JUST KEEPS GOING.

One thing that should be mentioned is that when gagagigo the risen is taken into the new dimention marauding captain has his hands on the dimentional barrier in a way that looks like he's not too happy gagagigo's being taken away. Along with this Gagagigo the risen doens't look angry but upset that he's being taken away, and is reaching out like he's reaching out to a friend for help. The name he gains involving him being risen also implies that Captain got through to him and that he's actually changed his ways and became a good person again. Even Freed looks suprised and unhappy this happened to Gagagigo the risen.

Sangan did have a happy ending along with the witch. Both are unbanned!

Gagagigogogua end is a happy ending. Just look how proud warrior he is in his xyz form

Would you consider doing a YuGiOh video about yuGio cards with strange effects or strange text?

They should do new anime were in each episode they explore these stories.

Not even a honourable mention for Dog Marron (super sad) and the spirit charmers 😭 But awesome video otherwise thx for bringing these Card Lores to more people!

Good news is we're getting more official card backstories for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel game, bad news is we don't know how many of the stories will make the cut. I hope it is not limited to recent cards and lores, but also reaches the older cards.

This is absolutely crazy. After playing this game since I was a kid on and off I always saw monsters reused but never thought that they might have cool lore.

Konami: *makes a card called: Gugagigagagugigogugigagoga Nobody: Konami: ok you asked for it Also konami: invents a card called: Gugigagagogugagagugigugogogagugigogagegugogugegagagigo

This video was really fun, but as a self-styled yugioh lore connoisseur, I wanted to mention a few points where your extrapolations actually conflict with the canon we do have. I’m not trying to hate on you here - I love it when anyone tries to get people into yugioh lore - but, in the nicest way possible, I thought you’d like to know that your video could’ve benefitted from a bit more research. I’ll be mentioning some points where canon cements a story that’s different from your theories, and some other points about theories on cards for which we don’t have canon. So with that said... • Coach Goblin’s story happens a bit differently from how you have it. He starts off his story with his fans nicknaming him the Strongest Man Alive and thinking he‘s sure to be the next champion, but one day he has a breakdown and disappears to someplace nobody can find. Presumably, that place is the Different Dimension, as you intuited. In the D.D., he gets to know a lot of people. He’s got a father-son relationship with D.D. Warrior, and apparently D.D. Warrior Lady is his type. He’s Crazy Beast’s trainer, of course, and he takes care of Different Dimension Dragon, who’s his son-figure’s pet. It’s unclear if all this happens before or after he becomes Second Goblin, but when he does, Giant Orc *and* Des Kangaroo are his students. Through them, he hopes to vicariously live out his dream of becoming the champion, so he trains them harshly. Des Kangaroo is his most promising student, and Continuous Destruction Punch is Kangaroo’s prized special technique. (Source: Master Guide 1) • Gagagigo and Freed don’t just have a one-off fight where all that weird dimension shit happens; they’re actually rivals with over 50 battles between them. Freed’s rivalry with Gagagigo wasn’t what made him such a great general, though; that was actually the result of his time as a wanderer, and the very goal. (Source: Master Guide 1) • We don’t have any hard canon on his later encounters with Gogiga Gagagigo and Gagagigo the Risen, but the reigning theory is that they’re kind of a redemption arc for Gagagigo, and then a later complication on Dimensional Barrier which we expect to develop further with future card releases. And, as you say, nobody knows much about Freed’s dark form. • Goblin of Greed starts his story super filthy rich, as a person who looks down upon the peasantry. Upstart Goblin is literally him throwing money at riffraff because he can. The Dark Scorpions robbed him once while he was rich. All the cards depicting him stealing or swindling happen as a direct result of his rich lifestyle being upended by an economic crash (Bubble Crash, Heavy Slump). He becomes a thief and a swindler for a while because of this, and he works jobs that humiliate him and he hates it. I know I’m mentioning a lot of things you got wrong here, so I do want to mention that all your extrapolations of his schemes and such are perfectly valid interpretations, as we don’t have any hard canon on most of those card artworks. His eventual emolument at the Dark Factory is a direct result of a change of heart that he has, so at least all his tribulation turns him good. That is presumably how his story ends, though. (Source: Master Guide 1) • Marauding Captain’s story with Inpachi is weird. He’s sent out to gather materials for research on body reconstruction, and that’s where he chops up Inpachi. This research is Kozaky’s, and is how Woodborg Inpachi is created. The success of that experiment is what drives Gagagigo to go to Kozaky for body modification. (Source: Master Guide 2) • Anyway, Marmiting Captain is also super weird, as are some of the details surrounding Motivating Captain. They reflect more of yugioh lore’s silly side, where even though it has established canon, it doesn’t take itself very seriously. • Everything you’ve said about both Warrior Lady and Sangan is either canon-compliant or perfectly fair as a theory, so nothing to say here lol. • The Array of Revealing Light actually depicts Grepher and his army being supported by ally Spellcasters. Most of his future forms are canonically direct results of his choice of which path to go down on Paths of Destiny. (Source: Master Guide 2) There are lots of theories like yours about the different dimension and the fourth wall, and many of them interact with the not-taking-themselves-that-seriously aspect of yugioh lore. • The King and the Tyrant are some of the lores I’ve somehow just never gotten around to cementing any theories for, so I can’t even help you out there. • Oh god I knew Gagagigo would be your #1 because of course. Honestly, most of what you have on him is right, and anything that conflicts with canon, I’ll direct you to the Master Guides to find out, because fuuuuuck writing it all out rn. Again, fun video, hope my extreme nerdiness was able to help, because I just couldn’t stand the idea that people would be misinformed about yugioh card lore. Okay byyye.

My goodness. I knew many cards were connected, but these are entire massive sprawling sagas. Awesome!

7:32 origin of the Shard of Greed, also Avatar of the Pot in the background with pot of generosity.

At first I wasn't very interested since I felt there couldn't be much to it. Oh boy was I wrong. It is really astounding to see these cards have so many connections. Honestly I totally thought they were just random images of goblins and whatnot but that could be of course because I never so most of these cards in the video :D So for me it was very educational, entertaining and eye-opening. Man I wish hearthstone had some more connections between cards.

As a child Gagagigo was one of my favorite cards because of Tag Force 1, since he was on the water starter deck that I kept using the whole time. I liked he's design a lot and he he had really cool stats (I was used to PC's Yugi The Destiny back then), so I kinda act like he was to me what Dark Magician was to Yugi or Neos was to the Jaden, my "key card", the card I'm known for, cause as I kid I didn't want to copy the cards from the anime that I thought were cool, something like "No, that his card, I wanna have my own". I did that with a lot of random monsters with cool designs back then (Neo Aqua Madoor, Fiend Megacyber, Ultimate Baseball Kid, Gaia The Fierce Knight since Yugi didn't give him enough love, etc.), but I believe Gagagigo was the first, all that without ever knowing all the cool story, I knew the other forms but never paid attention to the flavor text. It's so cool knowing that "my guy" is way cooler than I thought it was.

Quite a full filling video to watch knowing that there is a story behind all these cards. What about awakening of the possessed gigabyte?

Just when I thought Sangan couldn’t be anymore wholesome and pure... *Sanwitch*

Poor Sangan ;-; QAQ

Dark King of the Abyss is on a new Card ! Called “Dark Ruler No More” where he is dethroning the dark ruler !

I had no clue that these cards were so well planned out in terms of stories and art, yugioh 100% has the coolest lore and art of any TCG

Probably the most interesting Top 10 video I've ever watched on RU-vid, because at least it wasn't completely about opinions and ranking. I got short stories out of something I completely dismissed when I used to play the game, and have refound my love of the character designs even more.

I kind of wish they'd do more with the lore stories from the cards. Since they go a lot deeper than just being a card game.

The D.D. storylines are really long as well, the Sand Gambler is D.D. Survivor btw. They don't show everything, but a decent amount.

Sangan's story is adorable. XD Love him meeting Graceful Charity and Witch of the Black Forest in the forbidden realm.

Dark Ruler No More gives Dark King his final success

I'm so happy! That Goblin finally returned home! I Spent years thinking he would wonder the multiverse forever!

This was by far way interesting than I anticipated it to be. You just helped 10 year old me figure out a lot of the backstories to some of my favorite cards. I’d definitely be interested in a second video on this series!

I loved this video. There's nothing better than watching a story unfold with cards you didn't think were initially linked in some way

Oh snap. He's back in 'Dark Ruler no More'!!!

Pretty sure Sangans story ends by fusing with the Witch of the Dark Forest, no? nvm, you got it xD

those pictures of sangan makes me feel bad for him

5:15 apparently Dark Lucius evolves even further to become sakuretsu armor

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I love this shit, I always wonder about cards stories when I look at the art and this is just totally awesome

18:00 when gagagigo and captain teamed together against invader of darkness, aren't they the ones in the art of two-pronged attack?

Since Demons' and Dark souls i've taking itens as ways of telling stories. And, damn, how fun it is to see Yu Gi Oh in that light!

Video is old but I enjoyed the details! Some cards bring back memories when I had them and played with real cards lol.

I don't know why I laughed about "classic goblin" but the way you said it made me laugh XD , and good job on the video it kinda made sense because of the artwork .

I would LOVE a mini-series where each episode (or every couple of episodes depending on how complex the specific story is) focuses on a different card's backstory.

3:33 the emperors new Clothes

this is definitely your best video yet I will love a second part, keep up with the nice work dude!

We need more of this

Wow, I knew there were some cards that told stories in their artwork, but this is crazy. I always wondered what Gagagigo and Giga Gagagigo's lore was going on about with his destiny and lost redemption. Never made the connection between him and Altar For Tribute and Compulsory Evacuation Device. Very awesome video. Now to watch the next part.

This has been the single most interesting video I've seen in a very long time. Never did I imagine these kind of stories were told through multiple cards!

why do i feel like i just watched like a billion tv shows? this was absolutely amazing, thank you. i'm gonna see these cards in a whole new light now

Very original list. I like it!

Gagagigo and Eria... Favorite cards lore wise, and I think they look really cool, they were the first cards I saw to even have such a deep lore. This video is rather interesting to see how all the lore ties together... It's a shame I don't like how the TCG currently is though. As they do still put a tremendous amount of effort into the lore of the cards.

This is a great job man! Well done I very much enjoyed this! 👍

I know this is about a year late, but the evil version of Freed is referencing Memory of an Adversary's second effect (which takes control of that monster during your opponent's next End Phase). So after Gaga showed up, he took control of Freed somehow and made him dark.

To sum up Goblin of Greed's story, he was once a rich man, money was no object to him as seen with his favorite pastime by sparing as little money as possible to the poor. Things were great until the stock market crashed (Yeah, Duel Monsters has a stock market, try to keep up), with the crash all of the goblin's money went up in smoke. He was forced to beg for money as he had little in terms of friends or work experience, detesting this life drove him to eventually steal a Jar of Greed from a merchant's wagon and a Pot of Greed from another merchant's shop. These thefts would haunt him though as it turns out that the Pot of Greed he stole contained the Spirit of the Pot of Greed which attacked him and started stealing everything the goblin owned. Fortunately, the Spirit of the Pot of Greed was managed to be sealed back into the Pot of Greed, unfortunately though, the Pot of Greed and Jar of Greed shattered. The goblin quickly gathered the pieces and attempted to put them back together, afterwards he attempted to sell the reassembled Pot of Greed to a wealthy man, which wasn't successful as the handle broke off. The wealthy man then realized that the Pot of Greed that the goblin had was in fact his own that was stolen from a merchant that works for him. Figuring that the goblin also stole his Jar of Greed, he ordered the goblin to return them, to which the goblin attempted to restore both the Pot of Greed and Jar of Greed to their former glory, but once again was unsuccessful. To pay for his crimes, the goblin was sent to the town jail. He eventually served his sentence and was freed but decided to move to another town to avoid the stigma of being a thief, hiding away in a merchant's wagon to avoid a forceful checkpoint. Making it to the new town, he would attempt various get-rich-quick schemes, including gardening (Which failed due to his allergies) and snake charming (Which failed due to his lack of skill), he eventually settled on working in the Factory of Mass Production. Work was smooth and he did work his way up the ranks, but after a bit of housekeeping realized that he would never get anywhere near the fortune he once had. He decided to give begging another shot and spent what money he earned on a Pot of Duality, which had its handle almost immediately snap off, aka he was scammed and the merchant refused a refund. Having no money again, the goblin hatched a scheme to steal from the factory that he worked at, breaking into the vault in the factory to coincidentally find a Pot of Greed inside. He would sell off the Pot of Greed to a collector, finally earning a decent amount of money, not near the amount he had but it was a start. Unfortunately for the goblin, the Dark Scorpion bandit group arrived at the village and began pillaging, catching the goblin in their attack and stealing all of his money. Yeah, the Goblin of Greed maybe has WAY too much story.

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DUDE THIS IS HILARIOUS!!TRUE AND HILARIOUS!!! I honestly need to say congrats for putting so much effort to this vid you just made my day awsome.

Perfect bedtime story compilation for sure! I loved the stories and visual to follow along

3.06 Thats right, people running about is a Yu-Gi-Oh card.

As a current YGO Tabletop player, Im happy/sad to inform you guys Sangan was freed off the banlist...AFTER HE GOT NERFED XD. Thats Konami for ya. He sees no competitive play now. Blame Tour Guide Of The Underworld during the Zexal ERA.

Great job on this, it was a lot of fun to watch.

I had no idea how desperately my soul needed this video. All those warriors were my peeps.

I DARE you to do all 3 Duel Terminal storylines

I've also kinda noticed some references of some monsters to Berserk manga.... THAT'S SO AWESOME - lol, notice how YT creepingly has Berserk related videos to this topic -, for example Dai Grepher is obviously Guts Warrior Lady is like a blond version of knight Caska - they hated each other in the manga as well at some point - Witch of Black Forest is post eclipse messed up in the head Witch Caska Dark Lucius is obviously Guts in his berserk armor and there's even a card that resembles Corkus when he was willing to kill Guts

Always thought some of these cards have story or connected. love your work! hope you do more of this!

its amazing to see the story behind the yugioh cards .. hope to see more of this

Fun fact: Gogiga Gagagigo is a palindrome in japanese (go syllable by syllable)

There's also the theory that "Warrior Dai Grepher" became "Dark Blade" in one scenario after equipping "Metalsliver Armor".

love anything yugioh! specially when a video is well done like this one thank you bro it was fun

This is definitely my favourite video on RU-vid

Lmao, ice skating Gagagigo is hilarious.

after seeing sangans story, it makes a lot more sense why i've seen a lot of fan art of him hanging out with the tour guide from the underworld.

One of my favorite Yugioh vids out man thanks 👍🏽

Ever since I found out the backstory of shien and the legendary six Sam. I been trying to find more back stories. Great video.

I think Gagagigo already did find himself after seeing MC again because his recent art is "Gagagigo the Risen"...but he just can't catch a break with those Dimensions XD

Outstanding dog marron?

Really enjoyed this. I've always been interested in the backstories of cards.

Great lore videos, been a huge fan for years and never knew these stories.

Very enjoyable with your stories. Dair Grepher and Dark Night was some I liked a lot and wondered if they had some dragon slayer stories toghether.

Great yugioh video, I personally love the Gagagigo story, I would like to see if they continue with the story of Sangan. Ps: what about top 10 yugioh monsters that could fit on a fighting game ?

A LOT of research went into this video. I enjoyed every minute of it.

This was an amazing video I applaud the effort put into the research.

I'm particularly interested in how it seems some of these stories had their endings released a long time before some of the middle portion. The goblin's work in the factory, for example, I remember seeing long before some of the other stuff, though it could be in part because there are tons of cards I haven't seen.

dark factory of mass production is first he steals the pots from his job

Great storys xD Very good job!

This was great. Now i'm on to the next card backstories

dude, yeah I didn't know all of the storylines but if you (or anyone) are fascinated by lore and that, you can check out the Master guides, they are all translated in the wiki. There's whole storylines behind entire archetypes, like six samurai, Gishki, lore info on Dark World and the biggest one is probably about Naturia's tree, which involves the entirety of the Naturias, the Qli, the Infernoid, the Shaddol, Tierra the Source of Destruction, possibly even Zefras and many more! :D

Sangan was just funny

This was an amazing video, I hope there are more like it!

I gotta admit, this is the best video I've seen in YT on a while.

This guy is so damn underrated

You did a wonderful job my brother.

This is actually one of the best yugioh videos I've seen on RU-vid. Nobody would think yo talk about this.

I never realized how adorable Sangan was until this video. Thank you for that.