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| japanese name =
| romaji name = Yami Mariku
| english manga name = Dark Marik
| english anime name = Yami Marik
| arabic name = مالك عشتار
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monster Coliseum]]
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dawn of Destiny]]
| birthdate = 10 years after Marik was born | age = 16 (physically)
| height = 180 cm
| weight = 55 kg
==Naming==
Marik's name is also commonly read as Malik by fans. Some fans believe that it was made fairly obvious that it was meant to be romanized as "Malik", given the meaning of the name "Malik", and given the fact that Malik is a fairly common Arabic name. Additionally, "Malik" can be defined in Arabic as "the controller"," "king", or "one who rules", a well-fitting name given his excessive use of the Millenium Rod, mind slaves, and his portrayal as a dominating villain. Marik Ishtar is known as "Malik Ishtar" in Indonesia.
Likely Marik comes from the fact that often "l" and "r" alternate in names from Japanese to English, though this was not necessarily the intended substitution.
Marik's name is derived from the Arabic word [[Wikipedia:Malik|Malik]] ("king") and the Mesopotamian deity [[Wikipedia:Ishtar|Ishtar]]. Ishtar is a vengeful Babylonian goddess according to the 3000 year-old epic of Gilgamesh.
'''Malik''' is considered a correct Romanization of 3 different Arabic words. These include:
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Yami Marik runs an '''Immortality-Torture Deck''', which focuses on slowly torturing his opponents and watching them squirm, until ultimately playing "[[The Winged Dragon of Ra (original)|The Winged Dragon of Ra]]" in ways he finds most evoking of pain, i.e. using "[[The Winged Dragon of Ra (original)|Ra]]'s" [[The Winged Dragon of Ra (Phoenix Mode)|Egyptian God Phoenix]] (introduced when he dueled [[Joey Wheeler]]) and "[[Point-to-Point Transfer]]" abilities (introduced when he dueled [[Yami Bakura]]). When he proceeds to duel [[Yami Yugi]], Yami Marik's strategy focuses primarily on reviving [[The Winged Dragon of Ra (original)|Ra]] from the [[Graveyard]] with "[[Monster Reborn]]" and continually transferring that card to his [[hand]] with cards like "[[Left Arm Offering]]", "[[Zombie's Jewel]]", and "[[Magical Stone Excavation]]". He also focuses on increasing his [[Life Points]] so he can activate both of "Ra's" abilities, resulting in a massive [[ATK]] for "Ra" to deliver the finishing blow, critical injury to his opponents—since he has played all of his Duels as [[Shadow Game]]s—and sometimes both.
Besides this, his [[Main Deck|Deck]] is largely composed of [[Fiend]]-[[Type]] monsters, and his cards rely on draining an opponent of strength: "[[Helpoemer]]" [[discard]]s cards; "[[Plasma Eel]]" lowers the [[ATK]] of an opponent's monster every turn; cards like "[[Bowganian]]", "[[Lava Golem]]", and "[[Coffin Seller]]" can [[Effect damage|burn]] through his opponent's [[Life Points]]. In particular to the theme of pain, many cards like "[[Byser Shock]]", "[[Viser Des]]", and "[[Nightmare Wheel]]" are all modeled after torture devices. Yami Marik also uses some of the cards previously used by [[Rare Hunters]] such as "[[Revival Jam]]" and in the anime "[[Masked Beast Des Gardius]]".
* [[Lekunga]]
* [[Legendary Fiend]]
* [[Lord Poison]]
* [[Makyura the Destructor]]
* [[Masked Beast Des Gardius]]
* [[Helpoemer]]
* [[Lava Golem]]
* [[Legendary Fiend]]
* [[Makyura the Destructor]]
* [[Newdoria]]
