Was Marik About To Defeat Yugi? [The Final Face Off]

I see a lot of people saying that if Good Marik ended his turn then Yugi would have lost to deck out. However Ragnarok only banished Yugi’s Monster Cards, so he still had some deck left.

"...the referee kicks off at this, but you can just disintegrate somebody's soul over there - that's no problem." He works at Kaiba Corp, he's probably used to seeing people's souls get annihilated on the daily.

The animators went SO hard on Marik's expressions during this duel. Him getting attacked by Obelisk has so much expression and pain on his face

11:25 "Seto! Marik is invoking the powers of Satan again!" "Eh, I'll allow it."

Something glossed over a little is a certain symbolism! In the original Japanese version, Monster Reborn is named "Resurrection of the Dead" which takes on an extra meaning here and later in the series. Marik using it to bring back a God over and over again is essentially him defiling the grave, and by extension a grotesque defiance of his family's past as Gravekeepers - perfectly in line with Yami Marik's personality. Banishing Ra prevents Marik from defiling the grave further, and Original Marik returns, 'bows' to the pharaoh by surrendering, and proceeds to share the Gravekeepers' secrets. This is expanded in the final duel against Yugi (where he effectively denies Atem's stay in the land of the living by blocking the use of Monster Reborn.)

Marik : opens a portal to hell and steals/tortures several people's souls Refree : I see nothing wrong with this Atem/ Yami yugi : sets a card without looking at it first Refree : Unacceptable !!!!

There's another condition to this shadow game: Mai Valentine who had her mind trapped in an hourglass would be freed with all of her memories restored should yami yugi win. So, this duel is essentially a catch-22. Either lose & protect the good marik while little yugi dies & mai stays trapped, or beat yami marik, free mai & kill the good marik

I like the symbolism of Yugioh correctly summoning his god cards, giving them their proper tribute, while Marik constantly disrespects Ra by throwing him into the graveyard and summoning without giving his due.

When I saw Marik shuffling Yugi’s deck and Yugi shuffling Marin’s deck before their duel start d I instantly remembered the abridged version of that and it was hilarious 😂

If Yami was able to use Kuriboh to negate the damage of Ra If he had gone for the attack, would be the funniest thing ever. Imagine your literal sun god losing to a dust bunny 😂

I think the Pharaoh not creating more tokens was in line with his character. Since loosing LP meant that Yugi was closer to being erased, the Pharaoh chose to play "safer" by just creating enough tokens to summon Obelisk

"And pray Ra ends up at the bottom!" "His opening hand consists of: the Winged Dragon of Ra..."

I was hoping this Duel would get a proper analysis. So glad to finally see this!

I’m kind of disappointed that you didn’t mention that class system card was meant to simulate how in the manga, the Egyptian God cards have a divine hierarchy, which prevents monsters who are beneath their divine level from using their effects against them.

Marik: “I’m a bad guy” Yugi: “I will not kill you, I will save you” Rafael: “You’re a bad guy” Yugi: “What did you say about me you blond-haired bastard”

The main issue to why Yugi didn't win earlier was because he was worried in the entire duel about the "good Marik" being banish for existence and Yami Marik continue to live. So, yes, he could won earlier, but that would have meant that Yami Marik would be free in the world and all :v

I think the point was not to have Yugi win once again via plot armor but put the decision in the hands of Marik whose life was unintentionally ruined by Atem. Marik got to decide whether or not the world should be destroyed and both he and Atem are redeemed when he decides to conquer his darkness and choose to save the world.

In discussing whether or not Kuriboh could negate Ra's damage. The answer is yes. Kuriboh's damage negation is non targeting, and the Egyptian Gods can't be targeted, these facts can co-exist

I think the reason Atem didn't go for game with Obelisk was because he was trying to find a way to purge the evil out of Marik without killing the good. Hence why he waited for Yami Marik to fuse again to banish him with Ragnarok.

10:49 the referee called out Yugi's bs here is probably the best moment of the entire franchise for me 😂