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| tournament1 = [[Duelist Kingdom]]
| result1 = Winner<ref name="ep 39"/>
| tournament2 = [[Battle City]]
| result2 = Winner<ref name="ep 142"/>
| tournament3 = [[Grand Championship]]
| result3 = Winner<ref name="ep 198"/>
| tournament4 = [[Battle City V2]]
| result4 = Winner<ref name="gx ep 179"/>
| manga_deck = Strategy
[[File:DMx037 Yugi meeting.jpg|thumb|Yugi meets with Yami, during the Duel to suggest plans to defeat Pegasus.]]
Yugi advanced to duel Pegasus. At the start of the Duel, Yugi requested that the Kaiba brothers' souls be released as well as his grandfather's, if he wins. Pegasus accepted but indicated that he plans on taking Yugi's soul if he wins.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|35|ref}}</ref> Pegasus used his [[Millennium Eye]] to read Yami Yugi's mind during the Duel, but Yugi had an idea about countering Pegasus's powers by the risky strategy of having him and Yami switch minds each time they played a face-down card, thus preventing Pegasus from reading their strategy while running the risk that one of them would attempt something that would hinder the other's plans. After the Yugis destroyed Pegasus' "[[Toon World]]" card, Pegasus transported them all into the [[Shadow Realm]]. In the Shadow Realm, Yugi lost his life energy while doing the mind shuffle strategy, lacking the spiritual strength to play on that level, and Pegasus continued successfully reading Yami's mind until Joey, Téa, and Tristan blocked his Millenium Eye. Yami defeats Pegasus, returning them both back from the Shadow Realm.<ref name="ep 39">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|39|ref}}</ref>
Pegasus disappeared after his Duel with Yugi. Determined to ensure the captive souls are returned, Yugi and his friends searched for Pegasus. They found a number of Pegasus' men carrying him away after he was assaulted by [[Yami Bakura]]. [[Croquet]] explained that he was attacked. (In the English version, he said that Pegasus had fallen ill.) Yugi and company headed to Pegasus' tower, where they found a diary entry addressed to new [[King of Duelists]] who defeats him, explaining why he created ''Duel Monsters''. Yugi then spotted the three "[[Soul Prison]]" cards, which are now blank, meaning the souls are no longer imprisoned.<ref name="ep 40">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|40|ref}}</ref>
Yugi, Kaiba, and all of Yugi's friends prepared for Kaiba's ultimate tournament, the [[Grand Championship|KC-1 Grand Prix Championship]]. The winner of the tournament would face Yugi Muto in an attempt to claim his title as the world ''Duel Monsters'' champion.
On the opening day, while Yugi and his friends are watching a Duel between [[Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, manga or movie only characters#Rick|Rick]] and a CPU opponent, a hacker traps all the duelists and spectators inside the makeshift electronic stadium. The CPU opponent level has been altered to its highest of difficulty, and the only way for everyone to escape is to defeat the CPU in a Duel. Rick had mostly [[Dragon]]-[[Type]] [[Normal Monsters]] and almost no [[Spell Cards|Magic]] or [[Trap Cards]] in his Deck. Yugi transforms into Yami and takes over, using "[[Heart of the Underdog]]"—a card Yugi had given Rick—and combined it with the effects of "[[Spirit Ryu]]" to win and free everyone.<ref name="ep 185">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|185|ref}}</ref><ref name="ep 186">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|186|ref}}</ref>
Yugi didn't duel Duel much in this season. He cheered for Joey and Rebecca throughout the tournament. He dueled and defeated [[Vivian Wong]], in order for her to cure Solomon Muto's back.<ref name="ep 193">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|193|ref}}</ref>
Yami faced [[Leon von Schroeder]], who assumed the alias Leon Wilson, in the finals. Leon acted differently during the Title Bout and Yugi discovered that Leon only wanted to duel and defeat him to earn the respect of his family that [[Zigfried von Schroeder|Zigfried]] couldn't earn in his youth. Leon played an illegal card, "[[Golden Castle of Stromberg]]", that forced Yugi to discard half the cards in his Deck with every passing turn that Leon took and also infected a virus into the KaibaCorp computer system. Yami figures out a weakness in the card; He couldn't discard half the Cards in his Deck, having only 1 card left. He was able to destroy it and nullify the virus. With "Golden Castle of Stromberg" defeated, Yugi continued the Duel and played several Magic and Trap Cards before striking the final blow using "[[Dark Magician]]", "[[Necromancy]]", and "[[Diffusion Wave-Motion]]" to win.<ref name="ep 198">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|198|ref}}</ref>
====Dawn of the Duel====
