Yeah, that makes sense. Also even though he went off about forcing Yugi to use the eye or rod, that's just silly. Obviously you just have the story put his friends in danger so Yugi wants to use the eye and rod once he does gets them.
It would honestly have made sense for Bakura to bumrushed for the "evil" millennium items... like he basically does in the series. Yugi, getting the "good" items but only using them in actual shadow games or just not being able to use them well/consciously could have worked. The necklace could show Yugi glimpses of important moments or of threats in the future. The key activating against strong opponents showing him their past. Honestly, I have no idea how the scale would have been used. We know the eye and rod were used to pull monsters out of people's souls so Bakura could have been doing that as the rising action leading to Atem's and Zorn's confrontation.
That could just be Atem's ability, not really the puzzle. It was started before, the Puzzle grants a wish, which Yugi used for friends. Nothing is stated about the bounds of this wish.
Even explains the beginning of the manga, like in one there was a dice game against a badguy of the week, the guy rolled a six, so yugi needed a 6 to at least tie, however, when he rolled the dice, it broke in 2, and actually got a 7 to win the game
Well yeah...cause that what it does in the series, every time yugi got a destiny draw it was because the puzzle manifested his will into pulling the exact card he needed aka a luck booster.
You know, I do have an idea for the Millennium Rod. First, Yugi would ask his friends if he could try something, make a mental link with Joey, Triston, Tea, maybe Duke, Serenity and Rebecca, depending on the season. Then, if they're separated, first, he uses the rod, checks if they're alright, if they know where they are. Then, oh no! Someone challenged Serenity to a duel! But wait! Yugi uses the rod and basically walks her through the duel to keep her safe. And maybe a villain knows he can do this and tries to overwhelm Yugi by having 5 duels at once, 6 if you want to include Yugi himself. What do you think?
Oh this is the best setup for a filler arc post three dragons I could imagine. Make it pre Egypt and it ties in with Yugi becoming a champion duelist in his own right. One night Yugi is jumped by the new big bad, the puzzle is shattered and the pieces given to multiple villains. It could then play out like a reverse spirit keys season in GX where each one of Yugi's friends splits up to find a piece of the puzzle while Yugi recovers. Guided by the necklace showing him visions of his friends in danger of losing their soul Yugi gives in to temptation and uses the rod to try and help. While the darkness would push him to take over completely he settles for sitting back and offering support, letting him know that he's there for them like they have always been there for him. Then the finale comes and Yugi is torn between all the duels while he challenges the big bad for the final piece until his friends ask him to trust them to stand on their own. Able to focus on his duel he wins the final piece, reassembles the puzzle, and leaves to meet up with his friends who just managed to scrape by.
The thought of little Yugi saying in the anime "Does he have mirror force in his hand? No? Pog." In his high pitched voice has had me dying laughing for several minutes now
If Yugi used all the millennium items, a good way to still add tension would be that the more of them you used, the more corrupted you became or the more you lost yourself, and Yugi would have to choose between using them to win or losing himself, and it'd be an allegory for fighting addiction.
I was thinking pretty much the same thing; Yugi using the Items will have a set limitation since he's not the original user, and if he tries to overused either one he'll risk suffering from the dire consequences.
Some corrections: The dark millenium items are not evil. The only exception is the Ring, and only because it houses the Thief King. I think it's like Black in MTG: it means seeing things through no matter the cost, or how taboo the method. Kaiba in the series (the canon rod bearer) is overall a great example of this, especially in DSOD. The scale does not detect truth from lies, it shows the balance of a person's soul. That would be able to show malicious lies, but not bluffs in a card game. I imagine it would be most useful to, say, sniff out Rare Hunters. Finally, there are two good uses for the ring. The first one is in certain gamble cards, stuff like Magical Hats. The second is buying packs and getting all the cards you want.
Also a reminder that the Eye didn't just allow Pegasus to see what was in an opponent's hand, it allowed him to read their thoughts and by extension, knowing what the facedowns are. That's how Yugi and Atem beat him because they would switch before Pegasus could read their mind
I don't think he'd get the eye that early, when Pegasus left to release the souls he had taken he was jumped by Bakura. I can see him promising to give the eye after he releases the souls but Bakura takes it before Yugi could get it.
Plus the soul release could be portrayed as a skill thing where you need to know what you’re doing to be able to do it so Pegasus would release the souls and bakura would take it before Pegasus can give it to yugi as it also wouldn’t change Pegasus’ character as Pegasus was never truly evil and actually stuck to his word even when he lost
I love that joke. Has Yugi make use of EVERY Milenium Item in the duel even if it's really not one that's needed. But rather then makign hs opponent some kind of pupet to purosly lose, You just cleans dirt from his nails with the Rod. THe Rod is great for a villain, but for a hero not so much.
Shadi was able to wield both the scales and the key so it’s definitely possible to use multiple. Granted he may be a special case but if anyone were going to be allowed to use all of them, it would be Atem/his reincarnation.
If you go by the manga timeline, Atem should have the Ankh and Scales before Duelist Kingdom, assuming he pilfered them from Shadi's dead body after their shadow game at the museum. (Yes, I know he's a ghost but that is a retcon, during his first appearance he clearly had a physical body and at one point was even afraid of dying inside Atem's mind palace.
It should also be noted that the physical body does not enter the mind room, for everyone else, Shadi and Yugi were standing still motionless; this is shown at the Shadow RPG where Yami's friends were static in the museum's room. So if Shadi was just a spirit, he would probably be dead dead (dead²) if he died inside Yami's room. Maybe that would mean his two Millennium Items would simply fall onto the floor? Ignoring things like how can a spirit carry stuff in the first place. (Then again the manga seemingly doesn't care, as in the Shadow RPG Yugi's body was separate from Atem's "body", yet he lacks a body, so that figure could only have been his spirit, and he was moving physical cards and figurines at the table)
We had a retcon of that happen again in DSOD. Shadi’s orginal body was Destroyed by Bakura. But dying a second time via your soul is a scary thought. Ancient Egypt did believe in the concept of a second death as did ancient Mesoamerica. Hense some of the gods like Babi which is referenced in the card art of Just Desserts.
@@sakuraryuji01 While it may have some retconniness to it, there is a really odd moment in the Duelist Kingdom arc of the manga where Yami-Bakura looks at Shadi's portrait and says, "I never expected to see his face here...", and then laughs. So there was some sort of planned history there. v17.mkklcdnv6tempv5.com/img/tab_17/00/52/87/aj956644/vol_6_chapter_53_the_eve_of_battle/17-o.jpg
My interpretation of the necklace remains self-fulfilling prophecy: it shows what the future will look like based on choices you will take as a result of seeing that future - meaning you know exactly which deck to build for each duel because if you were to loose, you would build a deck that counters whatever would cause you to loose or avoid that duel entirely. However, it does not compute the other millenium items or similar powerful magic.
Yugi could use the Rod: telepathic links with his friends! He doesn’t have to exert control over them, but if they willingly opened up to the rod, it could link them all so he knows where they are if they’re in danger; or see through their eyes so he can direct them
An interesting restriction would be if one person could only ever use one item at a time... and Yugi + Yami count as two people. So at the start of a duel, they could strategically pick one secondary item to use.
Interesting idea. I remember Marik taking the Ring from Bakura and secretly wearing it. I always thought he might got a little more unhinged than he already was, because the Ring at an effect on him.
Scale : Yes or no question doesn't work Eye : Where's the flavor text 4kids ? Necklace : Nobody in the future found out Rod : All the rare hunter didn't found sh*t Puzzle : Luck boost found an ancient text but you got memory loss right after Ring : Poiting is just rude Key : Tried to enter in the pot of greed and got trapped
I think Yugi could've lost the Eye to maybe Bakura/Zorc. As for the Rod, maybe his friends get trapped in a maze, and he's the only one that knows the layout. So he has to control their minds to avoid them getting hurt. Also, maybe Yugi can only use one item at a time, but Yami has the ability to use all of them. And since Yami doesn't fully know himself until the end of the series, he slowly unlocks the ability to use the different items.
He’d be absolutely insane with the Millennium eye and puzzle combo. A monster luck boost and being able to read your opponent’s mind? Gonna be doing nothing but one turn, first turn & 0 turn kills lol
In the Memory World, the Scale can also be used as a substitute for Polymerization letting you fuse any monsters you have out. It is unknown whether you have to have the monsters on your field or if you can use monsters in the hand but even if they have to be on the field, a Polymerization for the field you can use infinitely without drawing it would be really good in the first anime. The question is if the memory world abilities work in the modern day since none of them are used outside of the memory world.
Something to take into account if just for fun is the hypothesis that none of the items beyond the puzzle existed outside of the puzzle's own creation. Initiatially in the manga, none of the lore was known or eluded to beyond the puzzle. It was an item that would grant one wish to its completer. This is drastically different from the lore that it eventually would take..when Yugi completed it, he wished for friends. Beforehand, the world was mostly normal but would become more and more like an adventure manga with magic, uneblievable technology and other things that wouldnt really happen/exist occuring more often. The hypothesis is that the puzzle was granting Yugis wish in the way a nerdy young japanese boy into puzzles would best appreciate.. by altering reality to make him the protagonist of a cartoon adventure. Bakura was the first indication of other items existing and even the Pharoh was set up so he only knew as much about any of his background as it was being unraveled to everyone else. He was a figment created by the puzzle as were all the other dark spirits and items. Solomon is shown to have seen the pharoh spirit when retrieving the item but that was only near the end, with him recalling it. It also contradicts his story from before. He initially claimed he was interested in egypt and retrieved it form a dig. The memory instead portrays him as a devonair, thrill junky gambler who only went to the tomb to face the ultimate challenge. It is a mix of James Bond and Indiana Jones never before eluded to. There are a lot of subtle instances like this that indicate reality was shifting to accomodate the new story about the items as they were unraveling. This includes others like the ring having been a Bakura Family heirloom to something his father got him in Egypt while away on a trip to Bakura having been there himself to kill Shadi. Shadi's own backstory shifts a lot from a mortal keeper of the items to the earthbount spirit of an angelic entity that failed to keep a deal with the Pharoah's dad for his saftey to the ghost of the item's keeper who was also a mystic of other supernatural forces. Yugi gained friends but through an adventure where elements and events shifted to the convenience of the journey and the world became like sonething out of a comic than what it origionally was. There is honestly a lot more I didn't cover that supports the idea that the puzzle was intiatially its own thing and the only truely magical element of that world. This also implies, however, that Yugi was on rails. He was going through the motions of the story the puzzle made for him to experience for the fullfillment of his wosh but he never was in any actual danger or strayed from the plan. He never WOULD be able to wield all the ttems because that isnt what a manga protagonist would do. He would save the day, release the pharoah and walk away with friends. Even the closing narration of the manga eludes to all this. Yugi states that this wasn't the story of a great pharoah but one of himself comming to his own and making bonds with friends in the process..suspiciously close to the wish he made on the puzzle toward the start.
Yugi would be OP if he had all of the millennium items, but here's another what if. What if Konami prints the millennium items into real life cards based on their abilities in the anime.
How would their abilities translate to gameplay? Necklace showing the top card of the opponent's deck? Eye showing the opponent's hand? Puzzle basically lets you stack your deck?
Puzzle: Each turn you draw 2 cards. Put one of the cards to the bottom of your deck. Eye: Reveal the hand of the enemy permanently. Necklace: You can check the order of your deck. Ring: Pick a card from your deck add it to your hand. Staff: Each turn you declare the first attack from your enemy. Key: Check enemy deck, and sort it in whatever way you want. Scale: Each turn compare two monsters, kill the weaker one.
@@j3nki541 Ring would insantly become a staple 3 of. Even thrust is an 80$ card and it only allows you to search a spell or trap under very specific conditions
Here are some ideas of What If's: -What if Noah didn't die in the car accident? -What if Yugi took over Atem and ripped the Seal in front of Rafael? -What if Kaiba found out that he and Yugi are present real-life cousins? -What if Bakura dies a lot earlier? -What if the Legendary Knights give their owners all their dragon powers for future duels? For a Valentines' Day bonus for the following year: What if Tea and Alexis dated their respective protagonists throughout the anime? (If only romance would be allowed in its entirety in the series) [Of course, everyone would know these already]
The entire Supreme King arc would have been pointless. The Sacred Beasts arc would have pointed us to Nightshroud (I forget the Japanese name at the moment) real fast.
What if it was the supreme king instead of Jaden who enrolled into the academy? No "dueling for fun" nonsense. I'd imagine he just wipes the floor with everyone without giving a single fuck. Aster gets rolled, Zane gets rolled, Sartorius gets rolled, Yubel gets rolled, and Yugi would likely be the only one to beat him.
I’d love to see you include the effects of the items as they were used in ancient Egypt. For example, priest seto used the rod to seal the extracted spirits from within people into the stone tablets. They have so many odd quirks the rod in particular is used for a ton of random things.
9:16 The Millennium Eye would let Yugi see into his opponents mind revealing what cards they have in their hand and were used to construct their deck. The Millennium Necklace would allow Yugi to see what cards his opponents would draw in the upcoming turns.
I think it would be cool if there was a Archetype based on the Millennium Items with effects that are similar to the anime. Millenium Puzzle: could have a drawing effect or be able to search a card and put it on top the Deck. Millennium Eye: It could force the opponent to reveal there hand and maybe a once per turn discarding effect. Millennium Rod: It would have a Monster stealing effect like Snatch Steal. Millennium Ring: It would be able to search for the other Millennium monsters and Millennium Spell and Trap support and add them to your hand. Millennium Necklace: It could Once per turn reveal the top 3 cards of your opponents Deck you can choose to send one of them to the Graveyard or make them shuffle there Deck. Millennium Key: It could have an effect to search your opponents Deck or Graveyard and banish a card once per turn. Millennium Scales: Maybe it could reveal Face down Spells and Traps on the Field. Tell me what you think about my concept for this hypothetical Archetype.
The necklace should put cards on top of the opponent's deck instead and the scales need an actually useful effect, preferably giving the opponent a choice. Idea : Reveal 1 monster from your opponent's Extra Deck; your opponent can banish it and all cards with the same name from their Extra Deck face-down until the end of this turn. If they don't, apply the following effect : During the End Phase, if your opponent didn't summon a monster with the same name as the revealed monster from their Extra Deck this turn : they must shuffle all cards they control into their deck also, for the rest of the Duel, they cannot summon monsters from the Extra Deck. Basically you're asking "will you summon this card this turn ?". If they say no, they don't need it so it goes bye-bye for a turn. If they say yes and lie, they get wrecked. The puzzle and the ring are searchers which make sense. I guess the puzzle would have extra effects if you're losing (like if your opponent has a big board or you got low LP). The eye and rod can't be anything else tbh. One small change I would make for the key is to banish all copies of the card. Banishing 1 is pretty useless, they gonna search it anyway.
@@dudono1744 I am impressed with the detail you put into the Millennium Scale effect because honestly it was the one I had the hardest time thinking of an Effect. Just a few minutes ago I thought of a similar idea for the Millennium Puzzle like Once per turn you can draw a card but if you have less Life Points than your opponent you can draw 2 cards instead.
@@leebulger7112 I have some experience in custom cards. Also you can be sure as hell that puzzle will get abused if it's a spell because it would be an extra upstart goblin.
@@dudono1744 I am imagining all of them to be monsters but perhaps we can add the users of the Millennium Items as monsters too and the items could be equipped like Union monsters giving them additional effects.
Here are two interesting ideas I thought of as What-if scenarios. Both of which are from the Waking the Dragon Arc. 1. What if Yugi won against Raphel after using the Seal of Orichalchos? What if, at one point during the duel, Yugi decided to use the Seal of Orichalcos and used Catapult Turtle to wipe out Raphael's Life Points? Would he become power hungry, using the Seal's power more and more, until it gets to the point where he turns against everyone else, resulting in his friends need to pull an intervention? Or would it be a one-time thing, toss the Seal of Orichalcos, but will eventually realize that there are some severe consequences because of his actions? Mainly, how the Eye of Timaeus will refuse to be used by Yugi until he learns a lesson. If it's the former, then what if he took it a step further by abandoning the Eye of Timaeus, as he can't use that card if he decides to use the Seal of Orichalcos? 2. What would've happened if Joey Wheeler joined Yugi and Kaiba with their duel with Dartz? One thing that always bothers me was the fact that, despite that Yugi, Kaiba and Joey were chosen the wield the powers of the three Dragons, Joey was removed from the final act so he could save Mai from herself. And while I don't have a problem with Joey saving Mai, I do wish that there was a way to bring him back to team up with Yugi and Kaiba with the final battle with Dartz.
that three way duel vs dartz would of been awesome cause dragon master knight along iwht dark flare knight/mirage knight would be just annoying to deal with
@@ked49 "No one who uses the Seal wins," you say? Let's see, Gurimo beat both Weevil and Rex, Mai Valentine beat Maximilian Pegasus, as well as Joey Wheeler in their rematch, and Dartz beat Kaiba during his 1v2 Duel against Yugi and Kaiba.
Nope. He would not be able to function. Each item is corrupting to some level, with the ring being the worst. That one alone was so powerful in its dark influence that it took the most gifted magician of the time just to wield it on its own. The truth about the items being revealed to Tragodea was a big part of his psychological collapse, but it's clear the ring was guiding it. After that Shimon Muran had to abandon his own item and use every ounce of strength he had to temporarily don the ring. It was just long enough to use it to find another weirder for it but it nearly corrupted him entirely in that short time and he was the second most powerful weirder of items at the time. He was the one who controlled the unstoppable exodia and the ring still nearly drained him of his will in the time it took to lead him to Mahado. This was the only owner who seemed capeable of using the ring without any negative impact. Another factor however, is when Yugi would wield these. After Mahados death and the Pharaoh's sacrifice, both the ring and puzzle held parts of Zorcs soul. This made thier corrupting influence even worse. This is why Yami was so messed up in season zero. The influence would be lessened but still present in the puzzle and especially in the ring ubtil Zorc was defeated. Reguardless, the items were all possessions of Zorcs creation with the purpose of his dominance. They were a genies wish a d as powerful as they were, each would hold malignant power on their users like the One Ring in LotR. If anyone attempted to use them all, even after the Zorc soul fragments were expunged and it was Yugi, they surely would break that person in no time. Zorc was a demon who wished only harm on the world. The items were presented as tools of order but clearly cuased the opposite as their true intent. This is part of why so many wielders became driven to collect them all once they got one. The items were influencing their owners to self destruct in a manner that would have the most collateral impact. Sure they wouldpowerful, because they would be a minor form of Zorc himself. Each item holds just one facet of the Demon Zorc Necrophedes powers but never at an extent to match him, just overwhelm the human. This is why they had to be split up amongst the priests in the first place. The prior Pharoh and Atem weirded the pendent/puzzle bu6 if they COULD weird then all, wouldn't that have been the case?
@@Dragon66898 I'm confused what you mean. Zorc was the demon. The Millenium ritual was the alchemic pact made with him to allow his cross into the mortal realm. He offered the items, the control of Exodia and a single wish by the one performing the ritual. These all came back to bite the priests in the butt. Zorc himself was released but in a weakened form, attaching to the young thief Bakura as his Ka Diabound. He would not take his true form until the self proclaimed thief king commited enough evil acts to transform it into Zorc. It is clear he was influencing Bakura to enable this but he was not his own entity able to do anything independently before this point. In millenium world we learn that the ring was the greatest corrupter, that Mahado was not its first weilder, that that indidual fell to its influence, that Shimon Shuran had to temporarily take possession of it to find Mahado as a replacment keeper and that it almost corrupted him in the process. In Yugioh GX we learn that this first weilder was Tragodea. He was a gifted magician like Mahado but instead an astrologer from Cul Elna. He was personally selected by the prior Pharoah to come be his perosnal priest in that art. It was a goodwill gesture between the thief city and the main kingdom that showed even someone form such a place could rise to high status. His story greatly paralleled that of Mahado. He was purposely not present when the ritual was conducted and did not know the origins of the items buy the ring helped ensure he became aware. When this happened, he believed it was a betrayal by the Pharoah and went to confront him before being stopped by the other priest. The fate eluded to was that the other priest banished him to the hellish dimention the items created and making him the first one there. This intrinsically bound him to the realm and caused him to become the monster he would over time. We even see the spirts of the priests from before show up to help Jaden and Chaz in their final duel agaisnt him to end things once and for all. Zorc was defeated and the Pharoah free but the orgional weirder of the ring still possesed power and a vendetta as a result. Zorc never actually weilded the ring in full. The thief king would steal it AFTER Mahado but this was a vessel of Zorc before and during the time the demon was manifested fully in him. Zorc has the power to split his soul and the thief king did this repeatedly. He put a piece into the ring itself, which became the spirit of the ring and allowed the entrapment of the rest of Zorc to loosen in the puzzle. He also placed a piece in the high priest who was already being corrupted by the initial ritual/wish he made during it for his son to become pharoh. Once Zorc is fully manifested and free of Bakura however, we learn he seems disjointed from all this and does not see the pieces of his own soul as part of him. He treats both the theif king and high priest as his expendable servants at most and is even intrigued by how they claim to be him thanks to posseing a bonded part of his soul..something he doesn't akcnolwagement as confirmedly true. Zorc himself only held automous influence but didn't truely show as a conscious entity in himself until transforming from Diabound toward the climax. He is aware of the ritual, his bonding to Bakura and overall plot however. He even reveals that Exodia and the items never stood a chnave against him as they were HIS creation and he planned it so they would fail agaisnt him of used that way. He had never used them himself however as it wouldn't make any sense..why would he? They were pale imitations of his own natural powers that were granted to mortals.
It is possible that people couldn't use multiple items if the items didn't choose them since Bakura never uses the Millenium Eye. However, we know that if multiple items choose you, you can use them since Shadi uses both the Scale and Key.
Omg I can just imagine how bakura must be feeling if he's facing a yugi with 6 millennium items Yugi: you know......... fun isn't something one considers when playing a shadow game. But this....... (*holds up the millennium rod*) does put a smile on my face *bakura sweats profusely*
@MrObscureinsanity in fact said personality first emerged before Marik ever laid hands on the Rod. Though I can't imagine having possession of a mind-control staff helped with the whole becoming a villain thing
Wouldn't the Millennium Eye utterly obsolete the reality altering ability of the Puzzle? Like, the Puzzle's abilities become more potent the more dire situation becomes for Yugi, but it'll never come to that because every duel will always be in Yugi's favor as he can read other people's minds.
@@SSBBPOKEFANalso we’ve seen the necklace be wrong when ishizu dueled kaiba. People can make last minute decisions that change the outcomes it will predict. The eye only helps if yugi remembers every card and it’s effect that his opponent sets and to see what’s in the hand currently. But even then I could see him electing to just not use the eye unless it’s the BBEG of the arc.
For the goal of the series, it’s supposed to be Yugi wanting friends and using games to connect with people as well as gaining confidence. Unfortunately DM YGO picks up in the middle of this so both get lost. Like at no point in DM do we really see Yugi lacking for confidence or friends, so it becomes solely focused on Other Yugi/Atem.
Hear me out, Duelist Kingdom - Bakura takes the Eye from Pegasus and starts using it Battle City - Kiaba wins the Necklace instead of an ante card from Ishizu and uses it against Marrick and Yugi Waking the Dragons - Joey gets the Key from Shadi and uses it to save Mai in their 2nd duel KC Cup - Yugi has the Puzzle and Rod, Joey has the Key, Kaiba has the Necklace, Bakura has the Eye, and Shadi has the Scale. Kaiba throws a tournament to draw out the Millennium Items in a final bid to win the Egyptian God Cards from Yugi. Then with Yugi winning, Bakura reveals he has the Ring and the Dawn of the Duel arc starts in a final showdown between Yugi and Zorc.
I'd say the scale would more likely be a polymerization on the go. In the last arc, it was used to fuse monsters together, so in a duel, it would more likely let him fuse without polymerization
I feel like there's an easy fix for 'sacrificing an eye' in season 0, when Yami Yugi awakens, a third eye appears on his head., maybe, just maybe, Yami Yugi could take the millenium eye, somehow get it into Yugi's mind and take the risk and open a hole in his forehead and put the eye in its place (using season 0's physical mind labyrinth, making Yami able to interact physically with himself and others inside his room), so whenever little Yugi awakens into Yami Yugi, that third eye appears, being the millenium eye in Yami's forehead, which he can see through)
Actually I could 100% see Yugi in this hypothetical using the millenium rod in a kind of "diet" version. Rather than outright turning people into slaves, he could use the rod to force the opposing player to make the plays and mistakes that he wants (sort of like the opposite version of the puzzle). Moreover, using the rod in conjunction with the way you proposed the millenium key may be used to adjust a person's behavior at their core, the opposing player may not even know they are being manipulated by the rod because they are still doing what they think seems best. As a final note, use of these alongside the necklace, would you allow you to easily determine which plays the opponent will make that would cause you the most trouble (ie. which decisions to target with the key and rod combo). Tldr: The key, rod, and necklace could be another broken combination, just like eye and puzzle.
*Yugi stares down Kaiba with one glairing eye, scales on one hand and a rod on the other, weighed down by 3 heavy artifacts hanging from his neck* Kaiba: you're move, Yugi Yugi: lets do this. I draw. *Awkwardly bends down to pull a card with his teeth*
A little theory that I have on why those three specific items are "Evil" are because during the Millennium World arc, we see Zorc corrupt/take over the users of the Millennium Eye, Rod, and he even put a part of his being into the ring. That darkness would stay in the items until Atem defeats Zorc at the end of the series. This would help explain where Yami Marik came from. He was around the rod his entire life, with Zorc's darkness slowly corrupting him and using him like a puppet
I'm pretty sure ol' Melvin is the result of split personality disorder gone horribly wrong from trauma. And that happened technically before he ever had the Rod in his actual possession.
@@brolytriplethreat In the manga / sub, IIRC, the knife in the Rod is what was used to give Marik his tattoos, which is what awakened Yami Marik, so there is a chance that the Rod had some influence in Yami Marik's creation besides the physical trauma. Though I agree that Yami Marik is just a DID alter, and a rare malevolent one at that, rather than a byproduct of the Rod's metaphysical properties.
@@samhuffer7005 I mean the part where they become two fully distinct entities and start trying to erase eachother's souls using Shadow Magic is probably a byproduct of that, but Melvin himself started as DID from trauma
The issue with the Eye is you'd need to completely change his character, even when he was in a real possible state of losing, Yugi never even thought negative about his opponent unless it was blatant, he always fought with respect and honesty, even IF he had the power to use, I doubt he actually would. Seems he'd rather lose gracefully than win with underhanded tactics
Would be an interesting kinda way to play. The justice items could only be used by yugi while the darkness ones could only be used by yami, the puzzle obviously both could benefit from. Though think just eye + puzzle would be all they'd need 'oh has that card, i need this card to counter it' then puzzle luck boost draws the card.
Atem has access to all these abilities from the get go he just didn't remember how to use them. The items shared his power with people. The onyl one he didn't use was the eye. Some examples are. 1. He used the scales to see the darkness in kaiba's heart. 2.Used the key to unlock kaiba's mind. 3. Used the ring to seal kaiba's,Marik and Bokura's darkness away. 4.He used the puzzle in practially every duel. 5. He used the staff when atem was dueling seto in the flashback (You can see Atem summon a monster from a stone without the staff) 6. He used the necklace to look into the past.
The rod can manipulate memory so it's usefull to make opponent forget what you play usually or forgetting you have used power in duel (so he won't tell anybody who can prepare a counter strategy)
The ring being able to point out cards in duels at any time would be a pretty dope ability. If you had knowledge of your opponents decks (which bakura generally did) it woild be near impossible to spring a trap on bakura if he didnt want you to. Thematically similar to how bakura was always able to escape danger despite being cornered multiple times.
I always believed the Puzzle had the Power to turn Cheating attempts against the Cheater in Question, but my Main Point of Support comes from the pre-Duelist Kingdom Manga. In one Chapter, Yugi and Joey go to an Arcade, and Yugi plays a few Rounds of a BeU against someone, and wins them all. His Opponent is a sore Loser however, and in the same Arcade, (the Arcades having been established as being connected Nation-wide earlier) so he tracks Yugi, beats him RL, and steals the Puzzle. Joey then catches up with the Thief, and demands the Puzzle back. The Thief offers to play a Game for it, that he intends to rig. Joey turns that around however, by saying "I am the One who wants something from you, so i will take this Risk to my Health and Life alone, and still beat you. And he does. I belive that the Puzzle judged both "Players" in this Case, and ensured the Victory for the honorable Player, even when it was not worn by him
I think the dangerous nature of getting chosen or denied by the items makes it make sense that they wouldn't even try to use the others. Assuming, of course, that they learned that at some point (I don't remember if that's the case or not).
so I have a reason why he couldn't equip them all: its where each is placed -so the Eye is fine as it doesn't have competition as is the Necklace for similar reason -the Rod and Scales would be an issue as they are hand items so you couldn't hold both to duel -the Puzzle and Ring are also an issue as they are chest level necklaces so would be a pain finding a consistent position to have them on without overlapping or getting in the way -the Key is a sort of special case as it counts as a hand item but could be worn as a hip item but still the hand rule would apply as you still need a free hand to draw and play so while Yugi would be unstoppable with every Millennium Item equip realisticly he would only be a powerful set by only being able to equip 4 out of 7 in any/all duels
The funniest part is that the eye basically covers all the use cases for the scales and most for the neckless (other than knowing your opponent's next top deck before their turn). You don't need a lie detector when you can straight up read minds. Due to how the Ring acts as a compass that guides towards what the user wants, I feel like it could provide "guidance" when duelling, not so much giving certain knowledge about things so much as a sense of direction on where to go/ what to do to achieve what you want. So it wouldn't tell you what the opponent's face-downs are, but if you MST it'll guide your attention towards the target that'd give you the most trouble based on what you want to do with your turn. That'd also fit with Bakura's "There are ways I like to win and ways I hate to win" line from the end of his BC duel with Yugi, since his item helps him win the way he wants to win and he does mostly play unusual builds by anime standards like empty jar, destiny board lockdown etc. At some point though it gets a bit too heavy on the magic and it'd start to be questionable who good of a duellist Yugi actually is if he's leaning on all these millennium items, especially when the key gets involved. It would however have been interesting to see the key being used to counteract the rod's mind control or even exorcizing Bakura's mind parasite from the puzzle if he'd gotten it early.
I think way to balance out have all the Millennium items would be having the puzzle act like a curse instead. The more dire the situation the luckier you are but also have the opposite also be true, the more sure you are of winning the unluckier you are. So as Yugi would get more items the greater his winning odds and therefore the worse luck he would have.
I think the central plot point of the series was to learn who Atem is and what is his purpose here. But it wasn't clear to us nor to the characters before Battle City - however we did get glimpses of that during the first meeting of Yugi and Atem (either during short Bakura Tabletop RPG Arc or in Duelist Kingdom during duel against him), where they realized they are not the same person but two different people.
I think taking the Millennium Ring with the Eye at the end of S1 would still work. If I recall correctly, the Ring just teleports back to Bakura. So even though Yugi does take it, while sleeping or even traveling, the Ring could disappear and return to Bakura. Also, Yugi would probably use the Rod I think as a way to help counter against the Seal of Orichalcos. Perhaps he could use the Rod as a way to become the antagonist against Dartz. Snatch the souls before the Seal could. This would especially be haunting after Atem loses to Raphael and loses Yugi and goes on the evil bender.
I honesty think it would be more about the outside powers. Imagen someone with Yugi's level of kindness. With the Eye he could see someone's memory, with the key he could see their true nature. With the scale he could pass judgment on someone's true self. With the rod he could compel someone to go confess to a crime. The Necklace could show him some tragedy before it happened and he could maybe stop it. All while maybe the show showing more of the struggle between the desire to help reform others and desires to go full dictator over someone's actions. Good example, your friend has a drug problem but doesn't want to stop. Meaning trying to make him clean up his act won't work. Do you rewrite his free will with the items or let him crash to rock bottom and go deeper while knowing you could have saved him before he destroy his life.
a common misconception is that Atem can will a card to the top of his deck. It's actually that his resolve is so strong that it causes that next card to have always been, for example, MST. Like a reversal of cause and effect
To this day I think its kind of a shame that we never got a Race to Egypt type arc ( cue *Walk like an Egyptian* ) Like, maybe Yami Bakura reawakens, snatches the Necklace and Rod and hightails it to the resting place of the Millenium Items, knowing the last 2 are there anyway, forcing the main characters to chase him down, leading into the *final arc*
Why would the duel disk accept such an illegal play though? It would be like if you pulled out a gun, shot at the rival monster and the hologram changes to reflect that action that has nothing to do with the card game.
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@@andresantoniovalencia1257 You can't expect that Scales do that for the cards, as that would require for the duel disk to accept such maneuver and show it as a hologram. Kaiba didn't even knew about the Scales, so why would he had programmed the duel disk to do such thing?
I’m loving this “what if” series and have some prompts if you’re interested... What if Kaiba didn’t rip up the fourth Blue Eyes, and gave it back to Yugi after losing to him in episode 1? What if Yami Bakura didn’t allow Yugi to attack with Slifer at Battle City? What if Marik was dragged to the virtual world during the Noah storyline? What if Kaiba beat Yugi in battle city? What if Yugi beat Raphael and kept the Seal of Oricalchos? What if Kaiba or Joey dueled Atem in Yugi’s place, like they each wanted?
Would Yugi be able to switch sides to let Yami Marik and Yami Bakura be in control if he had all of the Millennium Items? Like would he able to switch between the Yami versions of himself, Marik and Bakura? If so then that would be interesting
Millennium ring effect: points to the best card on your field or in your hand to use that turn. Points to the card that gives you the most trouble on your opponent's side of. Millennium rod effect: can grant the user a special quip card of itself that can control an opponent's monster(s) Millennium key: unlock the duelist true potential or seal opponents potential. Unlock normal monsters into affect monsters Millennium scale: gauges the skill level over both you and your opponent
Fun fact: manga Jaiden had the ability to will draws into existence, all without the puzzle. He just kinda does it. Later, it’s (kinda) explained as Ma’at whispering in his ear what card he’s gonna draw. But notice how I said that: *”what card he’s gonna draw.”* Also yes that makes Ma’at’s ability completely busted. However, that’s not the same as quite literally thinking “give me Kuriboh” and getting Kuriboh. Yet he does this. Like, a lot. So how? The obvious answer is that when Yugi gave him Winged Kuriboh, he also passed a bit of power on. However, this doesn’t work. See, Yugi and Jaiden only meet in the anime. And Jaiden’s drawing bullshit is a manga-only kind of thing. So I’ll ask again. How? Now, this comment is long enough, so I’m just gonna say that Ma’at does it’s thing, and that’s how. But what do you guys think?
Seems more likely that this was him subtly tapping into the powers of the Gentle Darkness and the Supreme King. As an aspect of Chaos, mucking with reality to ensure topdecks seems fairly minor in the scheme of things.
2 things: 1.) I think you should start a series where you do a "rewriting Yu-Gi-Oh" thing, maybe 30-60 minute videos each. 2.) I think in terms of the story, we didnt get to really see all the powers of each millennium item, but I think the writers kinda directed us towards a line of thought for the most powerful ones. Im pretty sure it was Puzzle < Rod < Eye < Ring < Key < Necklace < Scale. But, they definitely all have like combat abilities/magic, like the rod was used to blast some yellow DBZ style blast at one point wasnt it? And pegasus ripped out souls with the eye
I feel like this version of the series could lead into a sort of mind corruption where Yugi just thinks he can win every duel and goes from being closed off to becoming the ultimate series bad guy, using the power of every millenium item. His friends and adversaries realize how far off the deep end Yugi has gotten and try to challenge him in an ultimate tag duel at the end of the series. Yugi succombs to the power he's accrued, forging a literal pyramid in the city for all to witness his mighty power. Everyone goes to see whats going on with the pyramid, each key character and their related friends arriving on each side. Joey and Yugi's other friends come in on one side, Kaiba and his brother come in from another, Pegaus enters from yet another and finally, Bakura from the last. Each of them end up having to battle a test at the door perfectly crafted by the power of the millenium items to turn Yugis best cards into fierce duelists. Joey has to fight Slifer, Kaiba has to fight Dark Magician, Pegaus has to fight Ra, and Bakura has to fight Obelisk. Eventually, through various traps they make it to the final chamber, where Yugi is almost fully corrupted but there's still a small sliver of the old Yugi remaining, but not for long as the darkness seeps over his body as each of the millenium items give off powerful shade. The others know their only chance is to battle the overpowered Millenium Yugi together. An ultimate tag duel begins, with Joey, Kaiba, Pegasus, and Bekora against Millenium Yugi. The duel means nothing however, as Millenium Yugi is still able to sweep, until something comes from within... against the Millenium Yugi's will, his hand moves on its own. The millenium puzzle shines as Millenium Yugi draws "Change of Heart", immediately playing it and casting it on HIMSELF. The rest of the crew is stunned as a light blasts from Millenium Yugi, and a brand new monster appears on their side of the field... Silent Swordsman. Joey looks up, still in pain from losing the duel, as he utters... "Yugi...?" The crew has renewed confidence, still losing but each turn the Silent Swordsman is getting stronger and stronger, each time it grows it resembles Yugi a little more, his heart fighting on with his friends. The final turn, Millenium Yugi has Slifer, Obelisk, Ra, and Dark Magician on the field, while the crew has Silent Swordsman (Yugi), Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Red Eyes Black Dragon, and whichever cards are important to Bakura and Pegasus (i admittedly haven't gotten crazy far into the show) One by one, each of the crews monsters take down the egyption gods and dark magician, until they only have one monster left that can attack, and Millenium Yugi has no cards on the field. The crew takes one more look at each other, as they all bring their hands up in unison, and say together "Silent Swordsman, attack Millenium Yugi directly!" Yugi's soul, embodied by the swordsman, lunges back, raising its sword and releasing the final strike, causing a giant white flash. The crew looks stunned, as the camera shows each of the millenium items falling one by one, cracking as they hit the ground, ending with the millenium puzzle falling and breaking back into its pieces as Yugi's body falls onto its knees, and then onto the ground. Joey runs over, picking up the defeated Yugi, as Yugi slowly and painfully opens his eyes. "did we... Did we win...?" but before Joey can answer, the pyramid rumbles. Pegasus informs them that the power of the millenium artifacts made the pyramid, so now that they've been effectively deactivated, its all falling apart. They panic, until the centerpiece of the Millenium puzzle slowly lifts. Coming out from around it, the spirit of the pharoh. He takes responsibility, apologizing to Yugi for using him, as the spirit of the pharoh takes up the millenium items to keep the pyramid alive for long enough that they can escape.
The way Yugi could not get the Eye too early is a scenario where Bakura still takes the eye from Pegasus after Duelist Kingdom because Yugi doesn’t know he needs them yet then he ends up getting it in the later seasons where he duels Bakura but doesn’t get the Ring because the Bandit King is still trying to enact his plan. He gets the Ring in the end and it points him to the final duel site so he knows where to go to get to the afterlife. Yugi uses the Rod to force some people to become good and see the errors of their ways. The Necklace is used with the Puzzle for Yami to know which card he needs and draw it without looking. The Key is used to free Bakura from the Bandit king at the end by going into his mind room and dispelling his influence. The Scale is used to tell whether people are lying and when it reacts a certain way it means they don’t know or somebody else is controlling them. Yami doesn’t put the Eye in until the Waking the Dragons Arc so he can save Yugi, that’s why Timaeus is missing his eye, then when Yugi gets his soul back only the Pharaoh has the eye because their bodies weren’t being shared when Yami used it. Its also symbolic showing how far he would steep himself in darkness to save Yugi in the end. In the final duel Yami gets his own body and is adorned with every item so Yugi has to play 4D chess out of his mind to even stand a chance and Yami with all 7 items and 3 Egyptian gods. Yami doesn’t use the eye on Yugi because it doesn’t work since they shared a body and mind for so long he only sees his own thoughts of Yugi.
Honestly the millennium eye would have looked cool if Yugi has it placed on his forehead cause every so often you see the eye of wedjet glow there whenever he mind crushes someone. Also it would have been a cool little homage to the Osamu Tezuka manga that clearly inspired the series, The Third Eyed One.
3:15 you missed the entire point of the show obviously from the end of season 1 onward it was to get the Pharaohs name and his memories this is why he participated in Battle City and it’s why Bobasa gave Yugi the cartouche
Wouldn’t the central plot for the first Yugioh series being Yami learning his real name? Also would Yami even want to use use the millennium eye since he would consider it cheating and going against his principles
I think if Yugi got the Millennium Items the series would adjust to creating situations to use them and creating ways to subvert or foil their powers. For instance, maybe Yugi gets the Scales early on. Maybe when Marik controls a person it can't read them properly, like it mistargets the wrong person. You could have the mind shuffle flipped back on Yugi by having someone collaborate with the Rod holder. Also I could see Yugi being forced to use the Rod by being put in more physical danger where controlling guards or something might be more useful. You could even present a game-like scenario where you have to plan out who to control and for what purpose to escape or free someone. Like when Tristan invades Pegasus's castle to rescue Mokuba. The Necklace presents a lot of challenge. We know it can fail but how do you balance making it useful and making it not OP. The Key could maybe act as a memory scrambler, so while you may see the future you can never remember it when fighting the Key holder.
I'd think some of the millennium items wouldn't be in Yugi's possession until later. Like the eye. Pegasus would probably say something like "You could have either the eye or your grandpa back. I won't give you both." And Yugi will obviously choose his grandpa, Bakura will still get the eye later, and Yugi will get it near the end of the final ark. As for the millennium rod, it does state that it makes someone into a mind puppet. But what if it does a little more than that? What if it could potentially break other types of mind control or mind alterations? Picture this. Yugi is watching Joey duel Mai. The darkness within Mai is brought out with the seal of orichalcos, and she's not who she used to be. Yugi uses the rod from outside the duel to make Mai snap out of it, and she's like "Oh no, I almost made Joey lose his soul. I don't want that." That could have been an interesting counter to the seal, making those affected by it regain their senses and allow them to think clearly.
The series does show people using multiple items. Shadi is the obvious one. Thief King Bakura uses either the Key or Scales to summon more Ka in conjunction with the Ring in the Millenium World arc. And Akhenadin seems to be using both the Eye and the Rod when he possesses Set (Rod with Set's physical body and the Eye in his own soul/spiritual body). Though one is a spirit connected to the Stone Tablet and the others had connections to Zorc, who helped create the items so I don't know if that affected anything. Also Yugi using the Rod to clean his nails is hilarious and absolutely worth keeping the Rod for. I do wonder if Yugi could transplant the Pharaoh's soul into someone else's body so they could tag team duel someone. Maybe somebody like Strings who doesn't have a mind anyway?
One thing you left out about the puzzle is the person who solves the puzzle gets to make one wish, Yugi wished for friends, and so the puzzle gave him Atem
Here’s what I think would happen. Because Pegasus was also bent on collecting the Millennium items, I think he should have one additional item for Dualist Kingdom, and use it as a prize to lure in anyone else who is also searching for a millennium item. Pegasus never uses it anyway and keeps it locked up because he is that confident that the Millennium eye is powerful enough on its own to defeat any dualist. This way Bakura and Yugi have more incentive to go there. The prize up for offer would be the Millennium Scales, and because Yugi wins the tournament he gets the scales. And then Bakura would take Pegasus’s eye just like in the original so it would start to be a race between Bakura and Yugi, and Bakura would be collecting the items representing darkness, while Yugi is collecting the ones representing light. This would symbolize not only how both characters are two sides of the same coin, but also represent how Yami Bakura is sinking deeper into his own darkness and hatred, while Yami Yugi is purging himself of sin to get into the good afterlife. After Dualist Kingdom we can still have the stuff with Shada, as he would discover the true nature of Yami Yugi by going into Yugi’s soul. However he doesn’t believe that Yami nor Yugi has yet to prove they are worthy to wield the key. He says once Yugi is able to obtain ownership of all the Egyptian God Cards without resorting to tactics that could be considered evil, then Shada will relinquish ownership of the Millennium Key. It then proceeds relatively unchanged except that once Battle City ends, Bakura steals the Millennium Rod, and then waits for Yugi to face him in one final dual. Winner takes all Millennium items. For extra stakes, Yugi can use the Millennium necklace to try and see what Bakura will play in his duel, however the very first move Bakura will do something completely different to what was prophesied. Yugi will try the scales, and that would fail too.
If you think about it, ZEXAL made a big thing about Shining Draw, but “the power to generate the very card you’ll draw” was actually coined by the Pharaoh way back in the original series 🤯
Great video, Through I think Yugi being a fair duelist would only choose to use one Millennium item during the not so important duels. Because a duel would be no fun if you didn't have a chance to lose.
If Yugi owned all the Millenium Items, there would be no shadow duels nor Duelmonsters, because nobody would be en par with the Pharaoh. I mean the lore specified it clearly, why the shadow duels officially begun, because the father of the rival, who was the incarnation of Seto Kaiba, wanted to get his son on the Throne. In the background there there duels, to create the items, but after their get into one capable hand, it would be nuts to defy it. Also you have no imagination, you could use the millenium rod to make the opponent do stupid decisions in game. Many items had overlapping abilities, what could be used the same way. The most useful thing, is use the necklace; rod and ring to pin out new deck archetypes and ideas, to be always prepared for opponents ideas to defeat you. You would win any confrontation, before it even begun. etc. I would have destroyed them all, to relies all the trapped souls, and give em peace... but that's just me.
So you wouldn't have to change much about the Millenium Ring to make its power relevant to a duel. You just have to think of the card that you desire and it will tell you where in your deck that card actually is, giving you perfect information on the order of your deck! This 1. enables playing with cards where you have to guess what the top card of the deck is or want a specific type of card, so cards like Reversal Quiz and 2. know if you're going to top deck the out or how deep you need to dig for it, so cards like Pot of Prosperity or Card Destruction, where you have an option of what you're willing to pay to draw extra cards would be good here. Cards with a shuffle effect could be useful, because you would know if there's nothing good for you on top.
I feel like a way to kinda solve it would be for the pharaoh to be able to use the items but yugi's body is unchanged. So for example yugi keeps all of the items on him, calls the pharaoh (so the millennium puzzle has done its thing, this isn't actively being used) and the the pharaoh equips whatever millennium item he needs. So with the eye for example, the pharaoh would pop it in, lose the luck boost from the puzzle, but then after the duel when he switches back to yugi the eye falls out and yugi himself keeps his eye. Then in the scenes where we see the pharaoh inside the puzzle he would be missing his eye from putting it in until he is called out again and reformed using yugi's body
If I think of this like a video game, collecting them would unlock a new talent tree in the millennium puzzle where aspects of the other items get unlocked but not the full power, and probably has a cooldown timer on activating abilities. Think of it like unlocking a new room in the soul puzzle room thing that happened when shadi went into the puzzle.
Ive seen other people comment similar but I still want to do my own little story prompt on this. But first, if we were to ask what the theme of the show is from the beginning to the end? Id say its figuring out what the millennium items are and then shift it to who the Pharoah is. You could have the discussion with Yami where he doesn't remember anything in the first episode, then you have the first Pegasus shadow game be like "oh no someone else has an item? We have to stop him!" Now as for how the story goes? Id say the first season plays out the same. Pegasus wants the puzzle, steals Granpa's soul, and Yugi hits Duelist Kingdom to get it back. Its only after the final duel with Pegasus when Yugi meets Shadi that Shadi informs Yugi that, should he want to restore the Pharoah's identity, he will need all seven Millennium items. And that Shadi will gift him the key once hes proven he can handle the power. Now, Yami Bakura still has the eye, but since everyone thinks he's been dealt with? He cant actually make Bakura use it. Also, since both the rod and Necklace have been shown to activate even when not actively being used (once by Kaiba, during his duel against Ishizu and the necklace for Yugi and his friends to see what the hell was happening in Pharoah's time) I think it should be possible for one millenium item wearer to use another without actually needing to give up anything. But ill get to that later. Anyway, with a goal in mind and the Millennium eye now missing? Yugi now sets out on his new mission. He entrusts the ring to Bakura for a while longer, as theyre friends, with the understanding that when the time comes he will give it back. Then comes Duelist City, where Yugi meets Ishizu and finds out, not only about the God cards, the stone slabs and everything else, but also the knowledge that, if a Millennium item isnt freely given? Then it needs to be won in a shadow game. And since Ishizu wants to keep hers to rescue her brother? Then Yugi moves on. During the season its revealed that Yami Bakura is still hanging around and that, if Yugi wants his friend to stay safe? Then he wont challenge him. Not willing to hurt his friends Yugi gives in and the show continues. Then we get the double whammy, first the necklace and then the rod. Now I believe the necklace would be handed over before the duel with Marik but with the caveat that, should the opponent have a strong connection to darkness or a millenium item? Its not guaranteed to work but that it will still grant him some measure of protection during the shadow game as its an item of justice. Then the duel against Marik would play out and, once the darkness has been vanquished? Yugi would walk over and, despite having won it, would still ask Marik if he can take the rod. Marik would of course be more than happy to get rid of it. Joey would be slightly hesitant around it, asking Yugi if he actually intends to use it to make puppets. While Yugi would be hesitant Marik would say that, while mind control is the rods primary focus, it can be used simply to reach out and touch the mind of another to communicate. Thats where Yugi will get an idea that wont be brought up until much later but he will reference something Shadi told him. Fast forwarding and, since Yugi isnt used to the necklace, it will just flash every so often warning him of upcoming threats which is how youd get introduced to filler like the orichalcos arc. Anyway, deciding that Yugi is as used to the powers of the current items as he is going to be, without spending years mastering them like the siblings did, the group heads to Egypt to get the scale and the key. Once Shadi has handed them over is when things shift a bit. As thematically appropriate as having the final duel be between Yugi and Atem was? It doesnt really fit with the whole collection thing if Atem can still use the puzzle during the game but Yugi cant use the other items. While we would still get the trip into the past and the three god fusion, it would play out a little differently before and after. In the final room where Yugi places all the items Bakura would ask what Yugi plans to do about the missing eye, at that point Yugi would turn, hold up the scales and ask "Spirit of the Ring, do you have the Millenium eye?" Bakura would plead innocent and all their other friends would be shocked at what Yugi is saying but the scales would shift towards lie and there would be silence before Bakura starts laughing and pulls out the eye asking how Yugi plans to beat him when beating Pegasus nearly killed him. While Yami Bakura is laughing Yugi would grab the Millenium Rod and try to use it but the clash of the items so close to the pedestal would be what sends everyone to the past (the exact play out would probably be something like Pharoah and Yugi enter Bakura's mind, Yami Bakura fights back showing them both Egypt, then the key and the necklace would activate dragging them all back in time where the episodes would play out as they did.) Upon returning to the present everyone would stumble back but darkness would start pouring out of the ring, as Zorg manifests himself and the duel starts up again with the eye floating in the middle of the shadows forehead. This time the final duel becomes a tag team as Yugi and Atem split. Atem takes the puzzle and the rod while Yugi holds onto the necklace the key and the scales. The scales wont be any use in a duel but the extra justice power should serve to protect Yugi from the harsh power of the shadow game. Since Yugi and Atem aren't going against each other in a full on duel the decks are a bit more even. Yugi would still have the level 0 warrior and magician but hed also have the majority of the cards he used during duelist kingdom, and retrains like obnoxious celtic guardian, along with dark magician girl (which I think is appropriate as its the apprentice to the servant of the pharoah). Atem meanwhile would have the cards more from later on like Black luster soldier, the three knights and, of course, Dark Magician. The duel would go like this, Yami Bakura, Yugi, Zorg, Atem and then back to Yami Bakura. With each side focusing mainly on one opponent. Yugi and Atem mainly attacking Zorg as the big evil darkness while Zorg and Yami Bakura focus on Yugi, believing that should his soul be lost Atem would vanish too. Yami Bakura would be the setup, using monsters for Zorg to sacrifice and bring up even stronger monsters while Atem is torn between pressing the attack and protecting Yugi. Yugi meanwhile is stuck between playing defensive and trying to play support for Atem so he can hopefully get the god cards out. Finally Zorg hits zero life points but, instead of vanishing he tries to take over Yami Bakura. Its at that point Yugi attempts the plan he came up with all the way back in Duelist City. With Atem using the Rod to connect with Bakura's mind Yugi uses the power of the key transporting both of them into Bakura's soul room. Once there they witness Zorg's darkness trying to take over and, with all the power of the Millennium items behind them, Yugi and Atem unleash a dual mind crush, banishing Zorg for good. If you want a bit more then, once back in the real world they approach Yami Bakura who tries to stay standing. He denies the fact that he has lost and demands that the duel continues. Sighing, the shadow game fading around them, Yugi holds up the scales again showing that, once again, it recognises Yami Bakura is lying. After the struggle keeping Zorg out, Yami Bakura can't continue. His soul is stripped from Bakura's body as he falls forward and the thief king is dragged into the afterlife. Yugi gathers the ring and the eye, places them along with the rest of the items in the alter and, as Atem gives up the puzzle, the door to the afterlife opens and everyone says their goodbyes as the Pharoah leaves, the tag duel showing him just how far Yugi has truly come since he first assembled the puzzle.
I'd also like to point out that the millennium puzzle granted Yuki's wish for friendship as it was pointed out. But Cora's evil spirit wanted the power. And they had to give up what the millennium puzzle granted, which was friendship. It was just gonna slaughter yugi's friends.
I would argue the Yugioh Duel Monsters run was about "Discovering the Mysteries of the Millennium Puzzle", which starts at learning about Yami Yugi, and ends with learning Yami Yugis name.
Probability and luck manipulation is more of an inherent ability of Atem and Yugi that manifests through their friendship or bond with their monsters. I don’t think it’s ever been stated to be the puzzle? The puzzle can do lots of things but I think the main points are granting a wish for whoever assembles it and despite other items containing spirits, the puzzle is like THE artifact for containing and sealing away souls.
The eye- the puzzle- and the necklace are a dangerous combo. both inside and out side dueling you're pretty much set for life. you can read minds, see the future and be incredibly lucky. you have a cheat code for the best life possible.
I dunno why, but a YGO RPG could be a cool idea. If the puzzle is a neutral piece and the other 6 are split down the middle between good and evil, maybe you get to choose an item each duel and depending on how many good/neutral/evil items you used, you'd build a rep and general level could let you bring more items. Just a random thought as you described how all the items could be used in a single duel.
There's also plenty of things in this video where the abilities were. Much different like you could unlocked things and It also helped guide him to some of the secrets and the truths within himself. There are plenty of different abilities of the millennium items. The millennium puzzle also granted a wish. The millennium ring allowed him to infuse and control the effects of cards. The Rod could influence how people play their cards. People can also fight off the mind control. The scale allowed him to see the inner character of someone, so maybe predict or anticipate how they would be subjected to. Is the artifacts