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Like the Pharaoh, pride is Kaiba's strength and weakness, never backing down from a fight and giving everything in a Duel. This results in his sense of superiority and sense of arrogance, making it extremely difficult to earn his respect, and causes him to look down on and treat others as inferior until they do so. This gives him difficulty when forced to rely on others and work as a team. His pride in himself and his accomplishments is a prominent part of his character throughout the series, and he reacts harshly to those who threaten or infringe on it—though it is toned down slightly towards the end.
Also, Kaiba dislikes other people using his cards, namely his "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" (his favorite and [[signature card]]; notably, he uses its motif to decorate a large portion of his personal effects - e.g., [[Kaiba Land]], his jet, and his clothing). This is shown in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 001]], when he rips up [[Solomon Muto]]'s Blue-Eyes White Dragon after winning it so that it could never be used against him, and also in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 136]] when Kaiba becomes very angry when he finds out about Joey using his "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" in their Duel. Kaiba goes so far as to attack Joey's "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" with his own, destroying both in the process, to prevent Joey from using it for another turn. (He even says angrily, "I'm the only one with the skills necessary to wield a Blue-Eyes!" while doing so.) He also despises Pegasus' "[[Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon]]", saying it strips the original of all its pride. According to [[Kazuki Takahashi|Takahashi]], Kaiba's obsession with the "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (character)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" stems from the feelings between [[Kisara]] (the girl whose Ka housed the Blue-Eyes) and his ancient Egyptian incarnate, [[Priest Seto]]. This may also be due to Kaiba's affinity for [[Dragon]]-Type monsters.<ref>''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' (bunkoban) Volume 21</ref> More likely than anything would be it having to do with wanting to have the strongest deck possible out of any duelist as part of his domination motif, as he went through great lengths to acquire the three copies he presently has.
One of Seto's recurring traits is his absolute refusal to believe in the powers of magic often used in the series. Later on, during sagas like [[Waking the Dragons]], he openly admits to believing in all the supernatural events occurring around him, instead of just ignorantly saying they don't exist as he always does (or maybe he doesn't think that it's magic, but science and does not hesitate to do something about it). Also, in the Japanese version of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light]]'', Kaiba stated at the end that the only reason he tried to destroy the ''[[Pyramid of Light]]'' card during his duel with Yugi was because if the card really was magic, it would mean he didn't defeat Yugi using his own strength and he refused to win that way. However, the closest in the English version that Kaiba has come to this is "Maybe there is some truth to this junk" in the final episodes; however, when questioned by Joey, he quickly denies he ever said such a thing. Kaiba is much more accepting of the powers of magic in the Japanese version for instance, in his final turn before defeating Alister in Waking the Dragons, he told Alister he should show him the power of a "true duelist" and of the "Chosen One". He also openly accepted the vision he and Yami Yugi had after their Egyptian Gods were destroyed and also accepted the fact that their battle was destined over the span of 3000 years. During the duel against Dartz, Kaiba destroyed the [[Mirror Knight Token]] after they had taken the form of Yugi, Pegasus, Joey, and Mai because of his belief if they were true duelists, they would be willing to allow themselves to be destroyed in order to save the world. In the English anime, Kaiba believed Dartz manipulated the holograms to resemble their friends in order to weaken their resolve. Although there are some instances where Kaiba is a believer in both the Japanese and English Anime. One such example would be during his final turn against [[Zigfried von Schroeder]] when he predicted he would draw exactly the spell cards he would need to defeat Zigfried, despite initially only have one hard in his hand.
