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'''Yugi Muto''' (武藤遊戯{{Ruby|武藤|むとう}}{{Ruby|遊戯|ゆうぎ}}, ''Mutō Yūgi''), also romanized as '''Yugi Mutou''' , is the protagonist of the original ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' seriesanime, along with the spirit of [[Yami Yugi]]. Yugi is kind-hearted and child-like. He is good at games, riddles, and puzzles, especially ''[[Duel Monsters]]''. It was stated once that Yugi is the modern day version of [[Pharaoh Atem]].<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|222|ref}}</ref><!--- Please do not add the sentence base on "reincarnation" - Atem is absolute NOT a reincarnation of Yugi Muto in any form. --->

[[File:Yugi Linework.jpg|180px|thumb|left|Yugi's design incorporates multiple layers of clothing and a wide range of expressions. Depicted here is the character in the full Domino School boyboys's regalia from front, side, and rear views and alongside views of his head from different angles.]]

Yugi's character design was overseen by [[Kazuki Takahashi]]. His normal outfit consists of the standard male Domino Junior/Senior High uniform complete with a closed buckled collar. His extremely extravagant spiky hair features multiple layers including long blond crooked, pointy locks for his fringe; the rest features a set of five large spikes and two smaller spikes colored black with a magenta sheen along the edges. So far, he is the only character in the franchise to have his hair divided into three colors. He wears the [[Millennium Puzzle]] on a lace around his neck. The lace is later replaced with a chain. He often wears a [[Duel Disk 2|KaibaCorp Duel Disk]] on his left arm.

Yugi lived in his family's game shop, the [[Kame GameStore]], with his [[Mrs. Muto|mother]] and [[Solomon Muto|grandfather]]. His grandfather taught him a lot about the game, ''[[Duel Monsters]]''.

Yugi and his friends saw [[Star Chip-theft victimGeneric Duelist (episode 8)|a contestant]], being forced to leave the island as he was out of Star Chips. The boy claimed they had been stolen, along with his Deck. He described the thief and where he met him. Yugi promised to get his Star Chips back, before the boat left the island. At the scene of the crime, they met the thief, whose face was disguised. He Dueled Yugi, with five stolen Star Chips on the line, and Yami Yugi soon realized that the thief was Kaiba's brother, [[Mokuba Kaiba|Mokuba]]. Mokuba explained how Yugi's humiliation of Kaiba, resulted in his departure, giving Pegasus an opportunity to take over [[KaibaCorp]]. Mokuba sought revenge on Yugi for this. Unable to win the Duel, he made a grab for Yugi's Star Chips, but Yami discouraged Mokuba and promised to help him and Kaiba.<ref name="ep 8">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|8|ref}}</ref>

Yugi returned to the spot and faced the [[Ghost KaibaImpersonator of Death]], who pretended to be the actual Seto Kaiba and used his Deck. With the help of the real Kaiba, who weakened Ghost Kaibathe impersonator's "Blue-Eyes White Dragons", via a virus, Yami Yugi won. Yugi retrieved Kaiba's Deck, but Kemo had already disappeared with Mokuba.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|9|ref}}</ref><ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|10|ref}}</ref>

[[Mokuba Kaiba|Mokuba]] arrived at the [[Kame GameStore]] and informed Yugi and his friends that Kaiba's mind had been trapped in the Virtual World by [[The Big Five]], while testing out a virtual reality machine that he created. Upon agreeing to help, Yugi, Joey, Téa, Tristan and Mokuba snuck into Kaiba's laboratory at the [[Adventure Game]]. Yugi, Joey and Mokuba got into pods to transport their minds to the virtual world, while Téa and Tristan kept guard.<ref name="ep 43">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|43|ref}}</ref>

The trio spotted the fairy [[IruEaru]], who guided them to a town. Here they heard that a prisoner, who may be Kaiba, had been taken to the [[Cave of DeathOwess Temple]]. They were unable to travel there due to the sandstorm and a townsman informed them that they would need a "[[Niwatori (anime)|Niwatori]]" in order to cross that desert. Upon searching the town, they found a battle competition with "Niwatori" as a prize.<ref name="ep 43" />

Once they crossed the desert, they reached the template at the Cave of DeathOwess Temple. Inside they found themselves in a maze and were chased by "[[Labyrinth Tank]]". Yugi used "[[Magical Hats]]" to hide them and transport them to another part of the maze, where they met [[Iru]] Earu and [[Princess EdinaAdena|EdinaAdena]]. Iru Earu guided the group to the exit, but it was guarded by "[[Gate Guardian (anime)|Gate Guardian]]". Yugi and Joey together Summoned "[[Black Skull Dragon (anime)|Black Skull Dragon]]" and [[equip]]ped it with "[[Dragon Nails (anime)|Dragon Nails]]", making it strong enough to defeat "Gate Guardian". Outside the maze, a rescue party arrived and took Yugi and his friends to the [[EdinaAdena's palace|palace]] as a reward for saving EdinaAdena.<ref name="ep 44" />

At the palace Yugi and his friends learned that Edina Adena was the queen of the land. (In the dub, she was a princess.) Edina Adena informed them of Mythic Dragon ritual where they must offer sacrifices to the [[Five-Headed Dragon (character)|Mythic Dragon]]. They learn that Edina Adena is to be this kingdom's sacrifice and Kaiba is to be another kingdom's. Edina Adena tells them of a legendary [[flying machine]] which can access [[Castle of Dark Illusions (location)|the castle]] where Kaiba is and how she believed that Yugi and his friends are prophesized heroes who will destroy the Mythic Dragon. Yugi, Joey, Mai and Mokuba agreed to help and were given hero costumes to wear.<ref name="ep 44" />

On one of the battlements, they were attacked by monsters who were after the sacrifice. Yugi, Joey and Mai unsuccessfully tried fighting them off. However Mokuba, who had previously swapped clothes with EdinaAdena, was kidnapped instead. While trying to find a way to save Mokuba, Yugi noticed a recent storm had revealed the outlines of the flying machine on the floor below them. Yugi asked Edina Adena how long ago the legend involving the flying machine took place. With the unlikelihood of the machine still working and not enough time to dig it up, Yugi hinted to Joey that they needed to restore it to the condition it was 1000 years ago, prompting Joey to use "[[Time Wizard (anime)|Time Wizard]]" to take the machine back 1000 years.<ref name="ep 44" />

Yugi, Joey and Mai flew the airship up to the castle. On the way they were attacked by monsters, which they countered by Summoning their own monsters. Yugi was attacked while his "Dark Magician" was too far away to save him. However IruEaru, blocked the attack, sacrificing itself. Yugi then played "[[Swords of Revealing Light (anime)|Swords of Revealing Light]]" to block attacks. Angry over IruEaru's death, Yugi switched to Yami Yugi, who led the group to the castle.<ref name="ep 45">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|45|ref}}</ref>

As Yami, he managed to regroup with the Kaiba brothers and defeat [[The Big Five]]'s "Mythic Dragon" in the final stage by Summoning "[[Dragon Master Knight (anime)|Dragon Master Knight]]". Shortly after Edina Adena thanked them and revived Mai, Joey, Mokuba and IruEaru, the group returned to the real world.<ref name="ep 45" />

Grandpa feared for his business, the [[Kame GameStore]], when the new game store, the [[Black Clown]] opened in [[Domino City]]. He ordered Yugi to stay away from the new shop. However Yugi and Téa passed it on the way to school later. Yugi received a flyer for a new game ''[[Dungeon Dice Monsters]]'', but Téa dragged him away after he blushed at the lady handing out the flyer.<ref name="ep 46">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|46|ref}}</ref>

Yugi, Joey, Mai, Téa, Tristan, Duke and Serenity arrived at the KaibaCorp Stadium for the finals. Yugi was suspicious of the finalist Marik, who is under the guise "Namu", and Bakura, who should be in the hospital. Téa cleared any suspicion of Namu, by informing Yugi of how he saved her, Joey and Bakura earlier. Shortly after [[Odion Ishtar]], pretending to be Marik arrived, everyone boarded the blimp, where the finals took place.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|81|ref}}</ref>

Inside the tunnel Yugi and Téa got separated from Kaiba, and found themselves in a simulation of Kaiba's mansion back when Seto Kaiba got adopted. Yugi found a picture of Kaiba's father, [[Gozaburo Kaiba|Gozaburo]], with Noah, shortly before meeting up with Kaiba again. Noah then showed the three of them a projection of the past, where Gozaburo showed Noah a picture of Seto, who whom Noah had to be able to compete with in order to run KaibaCorp.<ref name="ep 110" />

The KaibaCorp blimp took the finalists to the [[KaibaCorp Island Duel Tower|Del Tower]] for the [[Battle City]] finals. Yugi switched to Yami Yugi for the Battle Royal to determine match-ups<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|122|ref}}</ref> and wound up with Kaiba as his opponent.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|124|ref}}</ref>

Back in Domino City, Yugi and his friends said goodbye to the Ishtar family, Duke and Mai. Afterwards, back in Kame Gamethe game shop, Yugi and Yami Yugi assembled a Deck and included the "[[Red-Eyes B. Dragon (anime)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]" Joey gave them. At sunrise, the Yugis met Joey at the [[Domino City Plaza|plaza]] for a final Duel to conclude their Battle City adventure.<ref name="ep 143" />

Later at the Kame Gamegame shop, as Yugi and his friends watched Kaiba on TV explaining that he wasn't responsible, there was a break-in and the Egyptian God cards were stolen by motorcyclists from [[Doma]]. They quickly rushed outside and saw the Gods appear in the city. Yugi wondered who could have Summoned them as only someone with a connection to the Millennium Items can Summon the Egyptian Gods. The thieves then appeared before them, demanding that Yugi follow them if he wants to get the God cards back. Yugi changed to Yami and wound up Dueling one of them, [[Gurimo]]. Gurimo used the soul stealing card "[[The Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of Orichalcos]]" and was even able to Summon "[[Obelisk the Tormentor (anime)|Obelisk the Tormentor]]" through its power.<ref name="ep 145" /> Yugi still managed to defeat Gurimo, causing his soul to be sealed in the card. Afterwards Yugi took his necklace containing a fragment of the [[Orichalcos]] stone. As a reward for his victory, [[Rafael]] released the souls of [[Rex Raptor|Rex]] and [[Weevil Underwood|Weevil]], which Gurimo had previously captured using "The Seal of Orichalcos".<ref name="ep 146">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|146|ref}}</ref>

Yugi woke-up in his bed shortly afterwards. He saw a strange light phenomenon trapping monsters outside. He ran to the plaza to see what it was and met his friends there. The monsters were absorbed into a crystal, which shattered, revealing an eye, which shot a twister at Yugi. However Yugi's Duel Disk began to glow as the card, "[[The Eye of Timaeus (anime)|The Eye of Timaeus]]" appeared in it. Using it, Yugi Summoned Timaues to attack and destroy the eye. The Dark Magician Girl then appeared next to Yugi and informed him that the battle is just beginning.<ref name="ep 147" />

The group took the plane to San Francisco, where a limousine was provided to take them to the Industrial Illusions headquarters.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|149|ref}}</ref> Inside the limousine, Yugi noticed "The Eye of Timaeus" lighting up as Kaiba reelased [[Critias]] elsewhere. However the limousine took the group to a desert and the driver abandoned them at a gas station.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|150|ref}}</ref> At the station, they were approached by another motorcyclist gang looking for trouble, but [[Mai Valentine]] appeared on a motorbike and fought off the bikers, causing a fire. Tristan drove Yugi, Joey and Téa in the limousine away from the station before the gasoline pump caused an explosion. Mai also escaped on her motorbike and drove away. The limousine broke down, while still in the desert, leaving Yugi and his friends stranded. Using Téa's femininity while the boys hid, they were able to hitch a ride from a [[truck driver]] to Industrial Illusions.<ref name="ep 151">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|150|ref}}</ref>

When the group finally at the Industrial Illusions headquarters, they were locked in by Mai, who revealed that she was with Doma and had captured Pegasus' soul in a "The Seal of Orichalcos" card, before challenging Joey to a Duel.<ref name="ep 151" /> During the Duel, Yugi's "The Eye of Timaeus" card once again lit-up as Joey was sent to the Spirit World to free [[Hermos]].<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|153|ref}}</ref> Fearing Mai would lose, [[Valon]] broke-up the Duel and the members of Doma fled.<ref name="ep 154">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|154|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 (anime)|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 (anime)|Dark Magician]]", "[[Necromancy]]", and "[[Diffusion Wave-Motion (anime)|Diffusion Wave-Motion]]" to win.<ref name="ep 198">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|198|ref}}</ref> ====''Capsule Monsters''===={{ambox|type=notice|small=left|text=The following events from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters]]'' are of disputed canon.}}[[File:Seven-Armed Fiend in Yugi's dream.png|thumb|right|Yugi's nightmare]]Yugi suffered nightmares, including one where he found himself in a template and spotted [[Yami Yugi]] wearing [[Duel Armor]]. In the dream, Yami was attacked and picked up by [[Seven-Armed Fiend (character)|Seven-Armed Fiend]]. Yugi demanded that Seven-Armed Fiend let his friend go and asked who he was. Seven-Armed Fiend replied that he would learn in good time, as soon as he joins "the game". Yugi then woke up, as he fell out of the bed and noticed the [[Millennium Puzzle]] glowing strangely.<ref name="cm 1">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters|1|ref}}</ref> One morning, Yugi noticed his grandfather, [[Solomon Muto|Solomon]], had not returned from an expedition despite being due home the previous night. At school that day, he played ''[[Capsule Monsters]]'' with [[Téa Gardner|Téa]] and was invited on a six-day holiday to India by [[Joey Wheeler|Joey]], who had just won four tickets.<ref name="cm 1" /> Yugi, Joey, Téa and [[Tristan Taylor|Tristan]] were flown to India in a personal plane. However the plane suffered engine difficulties while flying over a forest and crash landed. Everyone on board survived and the pilot sent a distress signal. Intent on not spending the holiday waiting for a rescue, Joey began to explore and was joined by Yugi, Téa and Tristan. They happened upon [[Alex Brisbane]] lying unconscious. After waking him up and giving him water, Yugi noticed Alex had Solomon's bandanna. Alex asked if Yugi was Solomon's grandson and said that he was a colleague of Solomon, who disappeared on their latest exhibition. As Alex led Yugi and his friends to where he last saw Solomon, Yami warned Yugi of his suspicions. He found it highly improbable for the events leading to them finding the last person who saw Solomon to have happened by chance.<ref name="cm 1" /> Alex brought Yugi and his friends to the [[Pyramid of Alexander]], unorthodoxly located outside of Egypt. He navigated them past the pyramid's traps to where he last saw Solomon. A giant map was located on the floor near where Alex found Solomon's bandanna. Despite Yugi's warnings, Joey began to quickly search the room for Solomon and disappeared after stepping on the map. As Yugi observed the map, he noticed how it spanned various land types and thought something seemed familiar about that. Alex said that his research indicated the pyramid housed an ancient game, which Yugi realized would have been the source of his grandfather's interest. Yugi decided that he must follow Joey to try and rescue him and Solomon. He futilely tried to talk Téa and Tristan out of coming too, blaming himself for getting into trouble too often.<ref name="cm 1" /> Stepping on the map caused Yugi, Téa and Tristan to appear in a forest, with [[Capsule Shooter]]s attached to their arms. Yugi noticed some capsules scattered throughout the area and wondered if there was something inside. Before he could examine one, he and his friends were chased by a trio of [[Gokibore (characters)|Gokibore]], which Yugi recognized as monsters from the ''[[Capsule Monsters]]'' board game. While running, he got separated from his friends after they encountered [[Kamakiriman (character)|Kamakiriman]]. Yugi escaped by jumping into a body of water However Kamakiriman approached him again later and Yugi switched to [[Yami Yugi]], who inadvertently released [[Celtic Guardian (character)|Celtic Guardian]] from a capsule. Celtic Guardian defeated Kamakiriman in battle and the Yugis noticed the similarities between the battle and the ''Capsule Monsters'' board game and concluded that had entered the [[World of Capsule Monsters]].<ref name="cm 1" /> Yami Yugi wound up in battle with a [[Trent (characters)|Trent]], calling Celtic Guardian to his defense. Yugi was surprised by how ineffective a direct attack from Celtic Guardian proved on Trent. He noted that in ''[[Duel Monsters]]'', the "[[Celtic Guardian (anime)|Celtic Guardian]]" card had more [[ATK]] than the "[[Trent (anime)|Trent]]" card and said that it was as if Trent had some sort of super power. He and Yami then deduced that Trent's [[Forest (Alignment)|Wood]] element was allowing it to be strengthened, while in the forest, like in the ''Capsule Monsters'' board game. The Yugis and Celtic Guardian then became surrounded as more trees in the area revealed themselves to be more Trents. While Yami and Celtic Guardian were pinned to the ground, Yugi spotted another capsule. Yami was unable to reach it, but Yugi suggested Celtic Guardian could help. Celtic Guardian threw his sword, cutting the branch that Trent was using to hold Yami. Yami released Hinotama Soul from the capsule, whose [[Fire (Alignment)|Fire]] element allowed it to easily defeat the Trents.<ref name="cm 2">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters|2|ref}}</ref>

At the airport in Egypt, Yugi and is friends were greeted by [[Ishizu Ishtar|Ishizu]], [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]] and [[Odion Ishtar]], who brought them to an underground cavern in the desert, where the stone tablets from the museum had been relocated. As Yami held the Egyptian God cards up to the tablet, his spirit was sucked out of Yugi's body and into the Memory World. The portion of Yami Bakura's soul that had secretly [[Parasite Mind (ability)|been sealed]] in the Millennium Puzzle was also sucked into the Memory World, taking the rest of Yami Bakura's spirit, from [[Bakura Ryou|Bakura]], with it. Yugi reported that Yami was no longer present in his heart or the Puzzle.<ref name="ep 201">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|201|ref}}</ref>

The group found [[Bobasa]], who like them could't be seen by most other people, but unlike them was able to touch objects. Chasing Bobasa led them to find [[Priest Seto]] saving [[Kisara]]. Recognizing him as the guy who looked like Kaiba from the tablet, they knew he worked for the pharaoh and followed him to the [[Pharaoh's palace|palace]]. Unlike other objects, they found that they couldn't phase through the palace gates. Bobasa reappeared and offered to help them.<ref name="ep 205" />

Yugi and Atem both found it weird having different names at first, having shared an identity since Yugi solved the Puzzle. Yugi said he felt a bit lonely, but it was okay. Even if their names are different, he said that they will still be a team. After saying goodbye to Priest Seto, Atem reached the end of his memories he could no longer exist in the Memory World, so he joined Yugi, Joey, Téa, Tristan and Kaiba to leave through an opening in the sky.<ref name="ep 219" />

====Ceremonial BattleRitual====The Ishtars guided Yugi and his friends to the [[Shrine of the Millennium Stone]]; The pharaoh's final resting place. They went on to a boat, where Yugi met up with Duke, Grandpa and Mokuba. On the boat, Marik told Yugi that Atem would have to lose in a [[Ceremonial BattleRitual]] in order to move on. Joey and Kaiba both offered to Duel Atem, but Yugi declined their offers in favor of Dueling Atem himself. He believed that this was something both he and Atem needed. Angrily, Kaiba showed Yugi a briefcase of cards and said that if he's Dueling he might as well use a real Deck, but Yugi declined again, wanting to use his and Atem's cards.<ref name="ep 220" />

[[File:Yamiandyugifinal.jpg|thumb|right|Atem and Yugi face each other in the [[Ceremonial BattleRitual]].]]

When Jaden visits the [[Kame GameStore]] shop during the school trip, [[Solomon Muto]] states Yugi went on another journey and he does not know when he will come back.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|75|ref}}</ref>

===Altered Timelinestimelines=======''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX''====[[File:FlyerGX179.jpg|thumb|An article on Yugi winning the second [[Battle City.]]]]Yugi won [[Battle City V2]] at some point and had a dream where [[Kuriboh (character)|Kuriboh]] told him he would meet someone and have to Duel him. Shortly after this, Yugi bumped into [[Jaden Yuki]], who had been sent back in time by Yugi's future self. Jaden showed Yugi a "[[Winged Kuriboh (anime)|Winged Kuriboh]]" card, which he said Yugi had given to him and it helped him come here. Yugi saw that Jaden's "Winged Kuriboh" looked like his own "[[Kuriboh (anime)|Kuriboh]]", but had no knowledge of ever meeting Jaden or giving him a card. He told Jaden about his dream and asked if Jaden was there to Duel him.<ref name="gx ep 179">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|179|ref}}</ref>

====''Bonds Beyond Time''====

Yugi Muto-DM2 yugi.png | [[Yugi Muto (Duel Monsters 2)|Yugi Muto (''Duel Monsters 2'')]]

Yugi Muto-WC4.png | [[Yugi Muto (World Championship2004)|Yugi Muto (''World Championship2004'')]]

[[Joey Wheeler|Joey]] initially bullied Yugi along with [[Tristan Taylor|Tristan]], but after he saw how Yugi stood up to Ushio, they became best friends. When he was possessed by [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]], Yugi took Yami's place to get his friend back to his senses. After Joey's first Duel with Marik, Yugi took it hard, cried, blamed himself, and was in grief. Joey, likewise, was upset when Yugi's soul was taken by the "[[The Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of Orichalcos]]". Joey is fiercely loyal to Yugi and is often quick to give his support to him. Joey is the most precious person to Yugi, They love each other like brothers and would do anything for each other. During the Ceremonial Battle he was the first to declare his support for Yugi over Yami.

After putting the [[Millennium Puzzle]] together, a "walk-in" spirit entered his mind and bonded with him. Yugi was initially unaware of [[Yami Yugi|Yami]]'s existence and control of Yugi's body would involuntarily shift when Yugi or his friends are wronged. After finding out about the spirit, he was afraid of him, but eventually grew to accept this revelation as well as Yami himself. Not only did the two become best friends but also developed a bond similar to that of brothers or a father and son. As Yugi began to grow, becoming stronger he still remained in Yami's shadow. After winning the [[Ceremonial BattleRitual]], Yugi was upset to see him go, claiming that he was weak and wasn't ready. Yami, proud of him, tells him otherwise, and as he steps through the door to the afterlife, Yugi gives him a thumbs up, now ready to go on his own.

After [[Seto Kaiba]] lost to Yugi in their first Duel he becomes determined to defeat Yugi and becomes his rival. Their differing personalities often causes them to come into conflict with each other such as their initial meeting with Kaiba's belief in cards being meant for power over Yugi/Yami's belief that cards have a heart. Despite their differences, Yugi bears no animosity towards Kaiba, which cannot be said the same for the other way as Kaiba held a grudge against Yugi for quite some time. He even cheered Kaiba on when the latter played a match against Pegasus even though Kaiba had taken Yugi's star chips by threatening to jump off the edge of the castle unless Yugi stopped an attack that would have won him the Duel, something that made Yugi suffer a loss in confidence due to nearly killing Kaiba and that Kaiba truly loathed Yugi. When Kaiba ultimately lost to Pegasus he had his soul taken away. Yugi became outraged at Pegasus for playing games with their lives. He and Yami made it their mission to free Kaiba along with [[Mokuba Kaiba]] and [[Solomon Muto|Yugi's grandfather]]. Kaiba helped Yugi find his friends when they were abducted by Marik. Usually circumstances force Kaiba to work with or aid Yugi such as common foes like [[Marik]] and his Rare Hunters, the Big Five, or [[Dartz]]. Yugi respects Kaiba as a Duelist, a sentiment that Kaiba seems to share. When Kaiba discovers that Yugi and Yami Yugi are two different people he focuses his rivalry on the latter for past defeats. However, he still respects Yugi as a Duelist in his own right. This is shown at the start of the Ceremonial Battle Ritual when Kaiba described the Duel (to himself) as the ultimate Duel for the title of Duel King, acknowledging Yugi as Yami's equal. When Yugi defeats all three God cards Kaiba openly states he believes Yugi can win. Yugi considers Kaiba to be a friend. Before they traveled to Egypt Yugi and Yami reflect on their journey until that point, Yugi muses on all the friends he made because of Yami and Kaiba appears along with his other friends.

As the series progressed Yugi's Deck would continue to evolve to have greater focus on the "Dark Magician" and its related cards, adding "[[Dark Renewal (anime)|Dark Renewal]]", "[[Sage's Stone (anime)|Sage's Stone]]" and "[[Dark Magic Curtain (later anime)|Dark Magic Curtain]]" to the Deck.

During the [[Dawn of the Duel]] arc, Yugi uses a Deck separate from Yami Yugi's, which is based around cards with a Toy theme like "[[Blockman (anime)|Blockman]]" and the "[[Gadget]]s", and Level monsters that grow stronger over time, such as "[[Silent Swordsman (archetype)|Silent Swordsman]]" and "[[Silent Magician (archetype)|Silent Magician]]". This Deck represents the strength Yugi has without the help of Yami Yugi as well as his playful side. As a result he does not use the Dark Magician and [[Dark Magician (archetype)|its related cards]], leaving them to Yami Yugi when they build separate Decks for the final [[Ceremonial Battle|Ceremonial DuelRitual]].

* [[Dark Magician (anime DDM)|Dark Magician]]* [[Knight of Twin Swords (anime)|Knight of Twin Swords]]* [[Mighty Mage (anime)|Mighty Mage]]* [[Strike Ninja (anime DDM)|Strike Ninja]]* [[Thunder Ball (anime)|Thunder Ball]]* [[Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress 1 (anime DDM)|Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress]]

* [[Warp Vortex (anime)|Warp Vortex]]

 ==Trivia==* Yugi is the only protagonist to not have a Duel against the [[Blue-Eyes White DragonTéa Gardner|heroine]] (temporary)of his series. He does, however, play Capsule Monsters with Téa in which the former was winning.