Editing Puppeteer of Doom (Duel Monsters 1)

{{Infobox character
| main             = Ventriloquist of the Dead
| defaultsort      = no
| image            = Puppeteer-DM1.png
| en_name          = Puppeteer
| ja_name          = 
| romaji_name      = 
| ja_trans_name    = Ventriloquist of the Dead
| gender           = Male
| video_game_debut = ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (video game)|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters]]''
| appears_in_gb    = ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (video game)|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters]]''
}}

The '''Puppeteer of Doom''', known as the '''Ventriloquist of the Dead''' in Japan, is a character in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (video game)|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters]]'' video game. This is a video game depiction of the [[Ventriloquist of the Dead]] from the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|manga]].

The puppeteer is a Level 2 opponent, available after beating each Level 1 opponent five times each. He can be found in the southwest area of [[Duelist Kingdom (island)|Duelist Kingdom]].

==Deck==
The Pupeteer's Deck is composed of a random assortment of 40 the following cards.

The chance of a card being included in his Deck is indicated by the "%" (chance out of 100) and "2048th" (chance out of 2048) columns.

Among the cards that can be included are the monsters the [[Ventriloquist of the Dead]] used in [[Dark Yugi and the Ventriloquist of the Dead's Duel|his Duel]] against [[Dark Yugi (manga)|Dark Yugi]], in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]] with the exception of "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (manga)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]].

{{Card probabilities
| type  = Deck
| game  = Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (video game)
| cards =
Battle Ox (DM1); 2
Mountain Warrior (DM1); 28
Grappler (DM1); 5
Mask of Darkness (DM1); 36
Curtain of the Dar (DM1); 9
Graveyard & Hand (DM1); 36
Life Eater (DM1); 19
Dark Gray (DM1); 48
White Magical Hat (DM1); 48
Dream Clown (DM1); 24
Charubin the Fire (DM1); 39
Fiend's Hand (DM1); 12
Dragon Statue (DM1); 36
Chronolord (DM1); 48
Phantom Thief (DM1); 27
Sinister Shadow (DM1); 41
Fire Reaper (DM1); 19
Larvas (DM1); 49
Hard Armor (DM1); 19
Man Eater (DM1); 36
M-warrior 1 (DM1); 41
M-warrior 2 (DM1); 20
Lisark (DM1); 4
Mysterious Puppete (DM1); 26
Dark King of the A (DM1); 28
Dark Prisoner (DM1); 28
Ancient Brain (DM1); 48
Fire Eye (DM1); 36
Claw Reacher (DM1); 49
Phantom Dewan (DM1); 23
Dark Shade (DM1); 45
Genin (DM1); 24
Fiend Reflection 2 (DM1); 17
Akakieisu (DM1); 49
Turtle Tiger (DM1); 26
Doron (DM1); 39
Frenzied Panda (DM1); 18
Phantom Ghost (DM1); 18
Meotoko (DM1); 22
B. Flame Kagemusha (DM1); 27
Solitude (DM1); 38
Trap Master (DM1); 23
Skull Stalker (DM1); 53
Madjinn Gunn (DM1); 18
Guardian of the La (DM1); 35
The Drdek (DM1); 31
One Who Hunts Soul (DM1); 31
Master & Expert (DM1); 18
Dimensional Knight (DM1); 18
Beastking of the S (DM1); 40
Ancient Sorcerer (DM1); 31
The Little Swordsm (DM1); 40
Rock Ogre Grotto 2 (DM1); 31
Wing Egg Elf (DM1); 28
Unknown Warrior of (DM1); 40
Wetha (DM1); 47
Ray & Temperature (DM1); 44
King Fog (DM1); 47
Mystical Sheep 2 (DM1); 48
Tao the Chanter (DM1); 23
Moon Envoy (DM1); 31
Masaki the Legenda (DM1); 26
Dragoness the Wick (DM1); 23
One-eyed Shield Dr (DM1); 35
Wicked Dragon with (DM1); 57
Sonic Maid (DM1); 23
}}

==Victory bonuses==
After defeating the puppeteer a specific number of times, the player wins the following cards.

{{Card probabilities
| type  = victory bonus
| game  = Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (video game)
| cards =
Stop Defense (DM1); 10
Trial of Nightmare (DM1); 20
Dark Titan of Terr (DM1); 30
Lisark (DM1); 40
The Judgement Hand (DM1); 50
Cyber Soldier of D (DM1); 60
Witty Phantom (DM1); 70
Terra Bugroth (DM1); 80
Gatekeeper (DM1); 90
R Arm of Forbidden (DM1); 100
}}

==Drops==
The following cards can be won, by defeating Mokuba. The chance of winning a card is indicated by the "%" (chance out of 100) and "2048th" (chance out of 2048) columns.

{{Card probabilities
| type  = drops
| game  = Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (video game)
| cards =
Battle Ox (DM1); 10
Grappler (DM1); 104
Life Eater (DM1); 111
Larvas (DM1); 2
Lisark (DM1); 89
Mysterious Puppete (DM1); 74
Dark King of the A (DM1); 80
Ancient Brain (DM1); 14
Claw Reacher (DM1); 16
Dark Shade (DM1); 27
Fiend Reflection 2 (DM1); 104
Akakieisu (DM1); 16
Turtle Tiger (DM1); 74
Frenzied Panda (DM1); 111
Solitude (DM1); 48
Guardian of the La (DM1); 58
One Who Hunts Soul (DM1); 71
Master & Expert (DM1); 110
Dimensional Knight (DM1); 110
Beastking of the S (DM1); 41
Ancient Sorcerer (DM1); 73
Rock Ogre Grotto 2 (DM1); 26
Wing Egg Elf (DM1); 1
Unknown Warrior of (DM1); 13
Wetha (DM1); 19
Ray & Temperature (DM1); 26
King Fog (DM1); 19
Tao the Chanter (DM1); 92
Moon Envoy (DM1); 71
Masaki the Legenda (DM1); 88
Dragoness the Wick (DM1); 92
One-eyed Shield Dr (DM1); 13
Wicked Dragon with (DM1); 3
Sonic Maid (DM1); 92
Stop Defense (DM1); 100
Yami (DM1); 50
}}

==Sprite source==
The picture of the puppeteer is taken from Duel 74 of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|manga]], {{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|74}}.

{{Multiple image
| align  = left
| image1 = Puppeteer-DM1.png
| width1 = 160
| image2 = Ventriloquist - Duel 74.png
| width2 = 193
}}

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