Ishizu Ishtar (manga)

Ishizu Ishtar

Names
English	Ishizu Ishtar
Other	Ishizu Ishutarl (bunkoban)
Japanese Japanese イシズ・イシュタール Rōmaji Ishizu Ishutāru
Personal
Birth	April 5
Age	20
Height	1.67 m <br />5.479 ft <br />65.748 in <br />167 cm
Weight	94.799 lb <br />43 kg
Gender	Female
Blood type	O
Favorite food	Om ali
Least favorite food	Meat dish
Relatives
Marik Ishtar (brother) Rishid (adoptive brother) Mr. Ishtar (father) Mrs. Ishtar (mother)
Career
Occupation	Secretary General
Organization	Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities
Previous occupation	Tomb Keeper
Duelist
Tournament Position Battle City Top 8
Manga Deck	Past Pains
Appearances
Manga debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 146 (Duelist Duel 87): "The Ancient Stone"
Appears in Manga Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World Yu-Gi-Oh! R
Ishtar, Ishizu

Ishizu Ishtar (イシズ・イシュタール Ishizu Ishutāru), rendered Ishizu Ishutarl in the bunkoban, is a character appearing in the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga. This is the original depiction of Ishizu Ishtar.

Ishizu works for the Egyptian government agency, the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

Biography

Childhood

Ishizu's family guarded the tomb of the pharaoh for generations and two of the Millennium Items: the Millennium Rod and the Millennium Tauk.

Ishizu and her brother, Marik, played Duel Monsters. Ishizu won at least one of their games, using a Deck–Graveyard switching strategy.

Marik was forbidden to go outdoors, because it might divert his attention away from his heritage, but he convinced Ishizu to help him sneak outside once. Their father found out and was furious, but Marik unwillingly unleashed Dark Marik, who took the Millennium Rod and killed their father.

Ishizu regarded Dark Marik as the "devil, who brought tragedy to [their] family" and took it on herself to destroy him, and save Marik, even if it meant playing the bloodletting Shadow Games and using the power of the Millennium Tauk to cheat. For her crimes for which she was prepared to offer her life to the gods as punishment.

Ishizu became the secretary general of the Egyptian supreme council of antiquities. In order to stop Marik's quest of unlocking the power of the pharaoh for himself, she acquired the God Card, "The God of Obelisk" before Marik could.

The Millennium Tauk gave Ishizu the ability to see into the future. She foresaw a turn-by-turn account of her Duel with Kaiba, which resulted in Kaiba's loss due to his use of "The God of the Obelisk".

Battle City

Ishizu gives Seto Kaiba "The God of the Obelisk".

Ishizu traveled to Japan to oversee the dynastic exhibit, The Art of Egypt. This took place in Domino City Museum and showcased stone slabs, depicting ka battles, from which Duel Monsters originated. She invited Seto Kaiba to the museum and showed him the slabs. Kaiba was astonished to see that the depicted nameless pharaoh resembled his classmate, Yugi Mutou. Although Ishizu claimed not to know who Yugi was. She told Kaiba about the God cards and tasked him with retrieving them from the Ghouls, through hosting a Duel Monsters tournament. To bait the Ghouls into coming, she gave him one of the God cards "The God of the Obelisk". Kaiba asked what if he acquired the three God cards, but refused to let them go, to which Ishizu replied that she trusted him. Secretly she gave it to him in anticipation of it leading to his defeat, after which she would reacquire the card and face Dark Marik later in the tournament, which she saw as her last chance to destroy him. She felt bad for deceiving Kaiba, but was willing to do what it took to save Marik.

With the Millennium Tauk, Ishizu predicted Yugi would visit the museum. When Dark Yugi arrived, with Anzu Mazaki, and saw the slabs, she approached him. She told him that a great battle would soon be taking place and that he must gather the seven Millennium Items to regain his memories. Seeing Ishizu's own Millennium Item, Dark Yugi asked if she was an enemy. She denied being an enemy, but said that the enemy who was about to appear possessed the last Millennium Item, Dark Yugi was to encounter.

Ishizu took part Kaiba's Battle City tournament and was the last to qualify as one of the eight finalists. She abstained from attending lottery selections determining the pairings for the quarterfinals, as she had already predicted their results.

Ishizu did not attend any of the first three quarterfinals, leaving her identity as a finalist a mystery to the other participants. Before the last quarterfinal, Kaiba expressed disinterest in the identity of his opponent, vowing to crush them regardless. However he was surprised when Ishizu was announced as his opponent. Ishizu informed him of the Tauk's prediction of the Duel and claimed Kaiba was inescapably fated to lose. Kaiba laughed at how she urged him to host the tournament to disband the Ghouls and now plans on defeating him, but admired her boldness. Kaiba regarded her claims as superstitious and declared that he would deal an iconic defeat with the power she gave him. Dark Yugi and Anzu also recognized Ishizu from the museum. Anzu wondered if the Tauk's prediction meant Ishizu's victory was guaranteed, but Dark Yugi said he would not succumb to fate, if he were in Kaiba's position. Ishizu's appearance caused Marik's ego to momentarily emerge, before being suppressed again by Dark Marik.

During Ishizu and Kaiba's Duel, Dark Marik recognized Ishizu's strategy as one she had used to defeat Marik. Ishizu glanced at Dark Marik and corrected herself on referring to him as "Marik", calling him "the evil thing that dwells within [Marik]". They silently communed via the Millennium Rod. Ishizu stated her intentions to defeat him and Dark Marik asked if she really believed it was possible. Ishizu allowed Kaiba to send a large portion of her Deck to her Graveyard, via "Crush Card" and "Virus Cannon", after which she used "Exchange of the Spirit" to switch the contents of each player's Deck with their Graveyard. She allowed Kaiba to use her monsters as Sacrifices to Summon "The God of Obelisk", having secretly planted "Blast Held by a Tribute" in one of them.

Ishizu predicts all of Kaiba's moves and foresees her victory, but a vision of Kisara compels Kaiba to summon "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" instead of The God of the Obelisk, hence avoiding his predicted defeat. Following her loss, Ishizu gives the Millennium Tauk to Yugi, claiming that it is no longer necessary as the future it predicts is not infallible and can be changed.

During the finals where Yugi faced Dark Marik, Rishid convinces the real Marik to accept responsibility, freeing him from Dark Marik. Ishizu and Marik are then able to fulfill their duties as Tomb Keepers, by revealing the Pharaoh's memory which had been carved onto Marik's back. Ishizu, Marik and Odion then return to Egypt to start a new life.

Ceremonial Battle

Ishizu, Marik and Rishid lead Yugi and his friends to the tomb of the Pharaoh in order for Pharaoh Atem and Yugi to have a final duel in order to determine if the spirit will move on to the afterlife or remain in the present for another 3,000 years.

When the duel is over and the tomb is destroyed, Ishizu states that her family's duties as the Pharaoh's Tomb Keepers are finally complete since his spirit has returned to the nether world and the Millennium Items have been sealed forever.

Deck

Image	Information
	"Agido" (「アギド」 Agido)
	Level  4 ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  Normal ATK  1500 DEF  1300
	"Keldo" (「ケルドウ」 Kerudou)
	Level  4 ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  Normal ATK  1200 DEF  1600
	"Kelbek" (「ケルベク」 Kerubeku)
	Level  4 ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  Normal ATK  1500 DEF  1800
	"Mudora" (「ムドラ」 Mudora)
	Level  4 ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  Normal ATK  1500 DEF  1800
	"Zolga" (「ゾルガ」 Zoruga)
	Level  4 ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  Normal ATK  1700 DEF  1200
	"Michizure of Doom" (「墓（はか）穴（あな）の道（みち）連（づ）れ」 Hakaana no Michizure)
	Card type  Spell Card
	"Revival Magic" (「魔（ま）法（ほう）再（さい）生（せい）」 Mahō Saisei)
	Card type  Spell Card
	"Sword of Dogra" (「ダグラの剣（つるぎ）」 Dagura no Tsurugi)
	Card type  Equip Card
	"Blast Held by a Tribute" (「生（いけ）贄（にえ）の抱（だ）く爆（ばく）弾（だん）」 Ikenie no Daku Bakudan)
	Card type  Trap Card
	"Exchange of the Spirit" (「現（げん）世（せ）と冥（めい）界（かい）の逆（ぎゃく）転（てん）」 Gense to Meikai no Gyakuten)
	Card type  Trap Card
	"Muko" (「無（む）効（こう）」 Mukō)
	Card type  Trap Card

Duels

	Event	Outcome	Chapters
VS — Marik Ishtar		Win
VS — Seto Kaiba	Battle City	Lose