Ventriloquist of the Dead

Ventriloquist of the Dead

English name	Ventriloquist of the Dead
Other names	Puppeteer of Doom
Japanese name Japanese 死者（ししゃ）の腹話術師（ふくわじゅつし） Base 死者の腹話術師 Furigana ししゃのふくわじゅつし Rōmaji Shisha no Fukuwajutsushi
Gender	Male
Occupation	Player Killer
Organization	Industrial Illusions
Deck	Kaiba's
Manga debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 74 (Duelist Duel 15): "Messenger From Hell"
Video game debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
Appears in Manga Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Game Boy Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Game Boy Color Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark duel Stories Game Boy Advance Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction
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The Ventriloquist of the Dead, known as Puppeteer of Doom in Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction and The Puppeteer in the Dungeon Dice Monsters video game, is a Player Killer, who Duels Dark Yugi using a puppet of Seto Kaiba. In the anime, he is replaced with the Impersonator of Death.

Biography

Yugi challenged Saruwatari to a Duel, during Duelist Kingdom, in order to retrieve the Star Chips confiscated by Saruwatari. Since Saruwatari did not play games himself, he arranged for the ventriloquist to face Yugi instead.

The ventriloquist suffering from Yugi's Penalty Game.

At first, Yugi saw the puppet as an insult and mockery to Kaiba and was infuriated, but when the ventriloquist, using Kaiba's stolen Deck and having the puppet play the cards out, summoned the first of the three "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", and then claiming that the puppet was carrying a part of Kaiba's soul and sought revenge, Yugi began to worry that Kaiba has forsaken the given second chance, and instead sold his own soul for revenge and that the two of them would forever be archenemies. Speaking through the puppet with a stuttering and sadistic tone, its disturbing presence gave the Ventriloquist the upper hand as Yugi's confidence and concentration was weakened.

Yugi defeated the first "Blue-Eyes" using "Dark Magician", "Magical Hats" and "Spellbinding Circle". Far away from the Duel, Kaiba woke from his coma, after the ventriloquist Summoned the second "Blue-Eyes". The Dragon refused to attack Yugi and disappeared, since Kaiba's will was inside the card. Reviving the second "Blue-Eyes" with "Monster Reborn" and increasing its ATK, Yugi defeated the third "Blue-Eyes" and won the Duel.

After losing, Dark Yugi, furious that the ventriloquist stole Kaiba's cards and toyed with his soul with a puppet, inflicted a Penalty Game on him, where he believed a puppet of himself was attacking him.

Other appearances

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  Puppeteer of Doom (Duel Monsters 1)

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  Puppeteer of Doom (Duel Monsters 2)

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  The Puppeteer (Dungeon Dice Monsters)

Decks

Manga

The Ventriloquist of the Dead used Seto Kaiba's Deck, which had been stolen by KaibaCorp employees working for Industrial Illusions. The Deck also contains one unnamed monster.

Image	Information
	"Battle Ox" (「ミノタウルス」 Minotaurusu)
	Level  6 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  Beast-Warrior / Normal ATK  1700 DEF  1000
	"Blue-Eyes White Dragon" (「青眼の白龍（ブルーアイズ・ホワイト・ドラゴン）」 Burūaizu Howaito Doragon)
	Attribute  LIGHT Level  8 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  Dragon / Normal ATK  3000 DEF  2500
	"Blue-Eyes White Dragon" (「青眼の白龍（ブルーアイズ・ホワイト・ドラゴン）」 Burūaizu Howaito Doragon)
	Attribute  LIGHT Level  8 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  Dragon / Normal ATK  3000 DEF  2500
	"Blue-Eyes White Dragon" (「青眼の白龍（ブルーアイズ・ホワイト・ドラゴン）」 Burūaizu Howaito Doragon)
	Attribute  LIGHT Level  8 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  Dragon / Normal ATK  3000 DEF  2500
	"Grappler" (「グラップラー」 Gurappurā)
	Level  ??? Types  Normal ATK  1300 DEF  1200
	"Negate Attack" (「攻（こう）撃（げき）の無（む）力（りょく）化（か）」 Kōgeki no Muryokuka)
	Card type  Spell Card Property  Normal
	"Stop Defense" (「『守（しゅ）備（び）』封（ふう）じ」 "Shubi" Fūji)
	Card type  Trap Card Property  Normal