Changes
→Joey Wheeler
At the beginning of the series, Mai is a self-absorbed woman who is only set out for prize money, personal satisfaction and power. She was also very arrogant and prideful of her Dueling skills and looks.
At first, Mai often used her beauty to seduce men into giving her what she wants and making them her tools. She used her beauty to easily steal [[Rex Raptor]]'s luxury room on the cruise to Duelist Kingdom by offering him a kiss if he could beat her in a Duel, and later manipulated him into Dueling Joey for her as petty revenge on Joey for defeating her in an earlier Duel.
Mai is extremely lonely and at first, is convinced that she doesn't need friends. At one point, she believed her "[[Harpie|Harpie Lady]]" cards were the closest she would ever have to friends.
Yugi, Joey and their friends arrive at the [[Industrial Illusions]] headquarters to meet Pegasus but instead find Mai and are locked in. Mai faces Joey in a Duel, using "The Seal of Orichalcos", putting both players' souls at stake.<ref name="ep 151" /> Although Mai dominates most of the Duel, Joey makes a comeback after acquiring his [[Legendary Dragons|Legendary Dragon]]. When it becomes apparent that Joey is about to win (when he actually is trying to end it in a draw to save them both), Valon intervenes, using his fragment of the Orichalcos to break the seal, saving Mai.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|154|ref}}</ref> This greatly angers Mai as she claims to have had the Duel under control.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|155|ref}}</ref>
Valon takes matters into his own hands and tries to defeat Joey before Mai can face him again. Joey manages to win and change Valon's attitude. Mai catches the end of the Duel and Valon tries telling her that Joey is a good guy. Regardless, Mai gets possessed by the powers of the Orichalchos again and faces Joey again. Joey accepts, realizing that he can never truly get through to her until she is freed from Dartz's control. Joey tries to convince Mai that Dartz has deceived her. Exhausted Too exhausted from both Duelsto play well, Joey nearly passes out as Mai is about to win. Mai finally sees through all of the deception and remembers everything that they went through, and as a result, doesn't declare her final attack and rushes over to catch Joey. The Seal, however, proceeds to take Joey's spirit because he no longer has the strength to continue, and therefore, loses the Duel. Devastated, she holds Joey close in her arms and tearfully tells him she won't let the Orichalchos take him away, as the Seal closes in. Before losing his soul, Joey pushes Mai away and throws her fragment of the Orichalchos in the air. She screams in agony as Joey loses his soul while breaking the fragment, her strong emotions finally freeing her from Dartz's influence.Afterwards, Mai sadly admitted she didn't want to win this way & questioned what did she gain from robbing her friend's soul?
In an attempt to pay back Joey and Valon, she tries to take on Dartz to beat him and win back their souls, but is instead confronted and defeated by [[Rafael]] at their headquarters, resulting in the loss of her own soul.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|174|ref}}</ref> Rafael later saves her life by pulling her unconscious body from the wreckage of the collapsing headquarters.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|177|ref}}</ref>
==Relationships==
===Joey Wheeler===
She is often paired up with her dearest and closest friend, [[Joey Wheeler]]. There is no clear cut indicator that they are deeply romantically interested in one another throughout the manga or anime, though it has been implied in the anime (more so in the Dub). Before their duel, [[Valon]] remarks to himself that Mai still loves Joey despite her obsessive desire to defeat him. Mai is viewed as a role model by [[Serenity Wheeler]].
==Decks==
