Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Filler List: Complete Guide to Canon & Story Arcs

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters is the Japanese version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. It premiered in Japan in 1997 and was followed by the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX series in 2004. It contains a total of 589 episodes during its run. Unlike the English version of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Duel Monsters is more based on the manga which is why it contains many filler episodes.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Plot

The show is about a boy named Yugi Muto who loved playing a card game called Duel Monsters. He got himself embroiled in an ancient conflict between two powerful enemies, the forces of good and evil, where the balance between both sides was held by an ancient Egyptian artifact known as the Millennium Puzzle. He solved the Millennium Puzzle, awakening an alter ego within him that he calls Yami Yugi.

How Much Filler is in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters?

The Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters series has a remarkably high filler episode rate. There are a total of 225 episodes in the series. There are a total of 91 episodes which are filler episodes, which gives it a score of 40% filler episodes.

Quick Filler & Canon Lists

Canon Episodes

1-12, 14-24, 26-32, 34-40, 46-73, 75-79, 81-97, 122-135, 137-143, 199-224

Filler Episodes

13, 25, 33, 41-45, 74, 80, 98-121, 136, 144-198, 225

Complete Filler List

#	Episode Title	Type	Aired
1	The Heart of the Cards	Mostly Canon	04/18/2000
2	The Gauntlet Is Thrown	Canon	04/25/2000
3	Journey to the Duelist Kingdom	Canon	05/05/2000
4	Into The Hornet's Nest	Canon	05/09/2000
5	The Ultimate Great Moth	Canon	05/16/2000
6	First Duel	Canon	05/23/2000
7	Attack from the Deep	Canon	05/30/2000
8	Everything's Relative	Canon	06/06/2000
9	Duel With a Ghoul	Canon	06/13/2000
10	Give up the Ghost	Canon	06/20/2000
11	The Dueling Monkey	Canon	06/27/2000
12	Trial by Red-Eyes	Canon	07/04/2000
13	Evil Spirit of the Ring	Filler	07/11/2000
14	The Light at the End of the Tunnel	Canon	07/25/2000
15	Winning Through Intimidation	Canon	08/01/2000
16	The Scars of Defeat	Canon	08/08/2000
17	Arena of Lost Souls, Part 1	Canon	08/15/2000
18	Arena of Lost Souls, Part 2	Canon	08/22/2000
19	Double Trouble Duel, Part 1	Canon	08/29/2000
20	Double Trouble Duel, Part 2	Canon	09/09/2000
21	Double Trouble Duel, Part 3	Canon	09/12/2000
22	Face Off, Part 1	Canon	09/19/2000
23	Face Off, Part 2	Canon	09/26/2000
24	Face Off, Part 3	Canon	10/03/2000
25	Shining Friendship	Filler	10/10/2000
26	Champion Vs. Creator, Part 1	Canon	10/17/2000
27	Champion Vs. Creator, Part 2	Canon	10/24/2000
28	The Night Before	Canon	10/31/2000
29	Duel Identity, Part 1	Canon	11/07/2000
30	Duel Identity, Part 2	Canon	11/14/2000
31	Keith's Machinations, Part 1	Canon	11/21/2000
32	Keith's Machinations, Part 2	Canon	11/28/2000
33	Best of Friends Best of Duelists, Part 1	Filler	12/05/2000
34	Best of Friends Best of Duelists, Part 2	Mostly Canon	12/12/2000
35	Yugi Vs. Pegasus Match of the Millennium, Part 1	Canon	12/19/2000
36	Yugi Vs. Pegasus Match of the Millennium, Part 2	Canon	12/26/2000
37	Yugi Vs. Pegasus Match of the Millennium, Part 3	Canon	01/09/2001
38	Yugi Vs. Pegasus Match of the Millennium, Part 4	Canon	01/16/2001
39	Yugi Vs. Pegasus Match of the Millennium, Part 5	Canon	01/23/2001
40	Aftermath	Canon	01/30/2001
41	The Wrath of Rebecca	Filler	02/06/2001
42	Ties of Friendship	Filler	02/13/2001
43	Legendary Heroes, Part 1	Filler	02/20/2001
44	Legendary Heroes, Part 2	Filler	02/27/2001
45	Legendary Heroes, Part 3	Filler	03/06/2001
46	Dungeon Dice Monsters, Part 1	Canon	03/13/2001
47	Dungeon Dice Monsters, Part 2	Canon	03/20/2001
48	Dungeon Dice Monsters, Part 3	Canon	03/27/2001
49	Dungeon Dice Monsters, Part 4	Canon	04/03/2001
50	The Mystery Duelist, Part 1	Canon	04/10/2001
51	The Mystery Duelist, Part 2	Canon	04/17/2001
52	The Past Is Present	Canon	04/24/2001
53	Steppin' Out	Mostly Canon	05/01/2001
54	Obelisk the Tormentor	Canon	05/08/2001
55	Stalked by the Rare Hunters	Canon	05/08/2001
56	Yugi Vs. Rare Hunter, Part 1: Battle City Begins	Canon	05/15/2001
57	Yugi Vs. Rare Hunter, Part 2: Up Against Exodia	Canon	05/22/2001
58	The ESP Duelist, Part 1	Canon	05/29/2001
59	The ESP Duelist, Part 2	Canon	06/05/2001
60	The Master of Magicians, Part 1	Canon	06/19/2001
61	The Master of Magicians, Part 2	Canon	06/26/2001
62	The Master of Magicians, Part 3	Canon	07/03/2001
63	Playing With a Parasite, Part 1	Canon	07/10/2001
64	Playing With a Parasite, Part 2	Canon	07/17/2001
65	Mime Control, Part 1	Canon	07/24/2001
66	Mime Control, Part 2	Canon	07/31/2001
67	Mime Control, Part 3	Canon	08/07/2001
68	Legendary Fisherman, Part 1	Canon	08/14/2001
69	Legendary Fisherman, Part 2	Canon	08/21/2001
70	Double Duel, Part 1: Yugi and Kaiba Vs. Lumis and Umbra	Filler	08/28/2001
71	Double Duel, Part 2: Yugi and Kaiba Vs. Lumis and Umbra	Canon	09/04/2001
72	Double Duel, Part 3: Yugi and Kaiba Vs. Lumis and Umbra	Canon	09/11/2001
73	Double Duel, Part 4: Yugi and Kaiba Vs. Lumis and Umbra	Canon	09/18/2001
74	The Rescue	Filler	09/25/2001
75	Friends 'Til the End, Part 1	Canon	10/02/2001
76	Friends 'Til the End, Part 2	Canon	10/09/2001
77	Friends 'Til the End, Part 3	Canon	10/16/2001
78	Friends 'Til the End, Part 4	Canon	10/23/2001
79	Shadow of a Duel	Mostly Canon	10/30/2001
80	Lights, Camera, Duel!	Filler	11/06/2001
81	Let the Finals Begin!	Canon	11/13/2001
82	The Dark Spirit Revealed: Yugi Vs. Bakura, Part 1	Canon	11/27/2001
83	The Dark Spirit Revealed: Yugi Vs. Bakura, Part 2	Canon	11/27/2001
84	The Dark Spirit Revealed: Yugi Vs. Bakura, Part 3	Canon	11/27/2001
85	Rage of the Egyptian Gods	Canon	12/04/2001
86	Awakening of Evil, Part 1	Canon	12/11/2001
87	Awakening of Evil, Part 2	Canon	12/18/2001
88	Awakening of Evil, Part 3	Canon	12/25/2001
89	Awakening of Evil, Part 4	Canon	01/08/2002
90	Mind Game: Mai Vs. Marik, Part 1	Canon	01/15/2002
91	Mind Game: Mai Vs. Marik, Part 2	Canon	01/22/2002
92	Mind Game: Mai Vs. Marik, Part 3	Canon	01/29/2002
93	A Duel With Destiny: Kaiba Vs. Ishizu, Part 1	Canon	02/05/2002
94	A Duel With Destiny: Kaiba Vs. Ishizu, Part 2	Canon	02/12/2002
95	The Tomb-Keepers' Secret	Canon	02/19/2002
96	Showdown in the Shadows: Marik Vs. Bakura, Part 1	Canon	02/26/2002
97	Showdown in the Shadows: Marik Vs. Bakura, Part 2	Canon	03/05/2002
98	A Virtual Nightmare!	Filler	03/12/2002
99	Isolated in Cyberspace, Part 1	Filler	03/19/2002
100	Isolated in Cyberspace, Part 2	Filler	03/26/2002
101	Isolated in Cyberspace, Part 3	Filler	04/09/2002
102	Freeze Play, Part 1	Filler	04/16/2002
103	Freeze Play, Part 2	Filler	04/23/2002
104	Courtroom Chaos, Part 1	Filler	04/30/2002
105	Courtroom Chaos, Part 2	Filler	05/07/2002
106	Mechanical Mayhem, Part 1	Filler	05/14/2002
107	Mechanical Mayhem, Part 2	Filler	05/21/2002
108	Settling the Score, Part 1	Filler	05/28/2002
109	Settling the Score, Part 2	Filler	06/04/2002
110	Noah's Secret	Filler	06/11/2002
111	Merger of the Big Five, Part 1	Filler	06/18/2002
112	Merger of the Big Five, Part 2	Filler	06/25/2002
113	Merger of the Big Five, Part 3	Filler	07/02/2002
114	Brothers in Arms, Part 1	Filler	07/16/2002
115	Brothers in Arms, Part 2	Filler	07/23/2002
116	Brothers in Arms, Part 3	Filler	07/30/2002
117	Noah's Final Threat, Part 1	Filler	08/06/2002
118	Noah's Final Threat, Part 2	Filler	08/18/2002
119	So Close Yet So Far	Filler	08/20/2002
120	Burying the Past, Part 1	Filler	08/27/2002
121	Burying the Past, Part 2	Filler	08/27/2002
122	Back to Battle City, Part 1	Canon	08/27/2002
123	Back to Battle City, Part 2	Canon	09/03/2002
124	Back to Battle City, Part 3	Canon	09/03/2002
125	The Darkness Returns, Part 1	Canon	09/10/2002
126	The Darkness Returns, Part 2	Canon	09/17/2002
127	The Darkness Returns, Part 3	Canon	09/24/2002
128	The Darkness Returns, Part 4	Canon	10/08/2002
129	Clash in the Coliseum, Part 1	Canon	10/15/2002
130	Clash in the Coliseum, Part 2	Canon	10/22/2002
131	Clash in the Coliseum, Part 3	Canon	10/29/2002
132	Clash in the Coliseum, Part 4	Canon	11/05/2002
133	Clash in the Coliseum, Part 5	Canon	11/12/2002
134	Clash in the Coliseum, Part 6	Canon	11/19/2002
135	Battle for the Bronze, Part 1	Mostly Canon	12/03/2002
136	Battle for the Bronze, Part 2	Filler	12/10/2002
137	Battle for the Bronze, Part 3	Mostly Canon	12/17/2002
138	The Final Face-Off, Part 1	Canon	12/24/2002
139	The Final Face-Off, Part 2	Canon	01/07/2003
140	The Final Face-Off, Part 3	Canon	01/14/2003
141	The Final Face-Off, Part 4	Canon	01/21/2003
142	The Final Face-Off, Part 5	Canon	01/28/2003
143	Alcatraz Goes Up in Flames	Canon	02/04/2003
144	Looking Back and Moving Ahead	Filler	02/11/2003
145	A New Evil, Part 1	Filler	02/18/2003
146	A New Evil, Part 2	Filler	02/25/2003
147	Legend of the Dragons	Filler	03/04/2003
148	The Creator Returns	Filler	03/11/2003
149	Deja Duel!, Part 1	Filler	03/18/2003
150	Deja Duel!, Part 2	Filler	04/08/2003
151	An Unexpected Enemy	Filler	04/15/2003
152	My Freaky Valentine, Part 1	Filler	04/22/2003
153	My Freaky Valentine, Part 2	Filler	04/29/2003
154	My Freaky Valentine, Part 3	Filler	05/06/2003
155	The Challenge	Filler	05/13/2003
156	Fate of the Pharaoh, Part 1	Filler	05/20/2003
157	Fate of the Pharaoh, Part 2	Filler	05/27/2003
158	Fate of the Pharaoh, Part 3	Filler	06/03/2003
159	Trial by Stone	Filler	06/10/2003
160	On the Wrong Track, Part 1	Filler	06/24/2003
161	On the Wrong Track, Part 2	Filler	06/24/2003
162	On the Wrong Track, Part 3	Filler	07/01/2003
163	Self Destruction	Filler	07/08/2003
164	Reliving the Past	Filler	07/22/2003
165	Deck of Armor	Filler	07/29/2003
166	Flight of Fear, Part 1	Filler	08/12/2003
167	Flight of Fear, Part 2	Filler	08/19/2003
168	Paradise Found	Filler	08/19/2003
169	Fighting for a Friend, Part 1	Filler	09/02/2003
170	Fighting for a Friend, Part 2	Filler	09/09/2003
171	Fighting for a Friend, Part 3	Filler	09/16/2003
172	Fighting for a Friend, Part 4	Filler	09/23/2003
173	Fighting for a Friend, Part 5	Filler	10/01/2003
174	Grappling with a Guardian, Part 1	Filler	10/08/2003
175	Grappling With a Guardian, Part 2	Filler	10/15/2003
176	Grappling With a Guardian, Part 3	Filler	10/22/2003
177	A Duel With Dartz!, Part 1	Filler	10/29/2003
178	A Duel With Dartz!, Part 2	Filler	11/05/2003
179	A Duel With Dartz!, Part 3	Filler	11/12/2003
180	A Duel With Dartz!, Part 4	Filler	11/19/2003
181	A Duel With Dartz!, Part 5	Filler	11/26/2003
182	A Duel With Dartz!, Part 6	Filler	12/03/2003
183	Rise of the Great Beast, Part 1	Filler	12/10/2003
184	Rise of the Great Beast, Part 2	Filler	12/17/2003
185	Unwanted Guest, Part 1	Filler	12/24/2003
186	Unwanted Guest, Part 2	Filler	01/07/2004
187	Let the Games Begin!, Part 1	Filler	01/14/2004
188	Let the Games Begin!, Part 2	Filler	01/21/2004
189	Child's Play	Filler	01/28/2004
190	Down in Flames, Part 1	Filler	02/04/2004
191	Down in Flames, Part 2	Filler	02/11/2004
192	A Brawl in a Small Town, Part 1	Filler	02/18/2004
193	A Brawl in a Small Town, Part 2	Filler	02/25/2004
194	One Step Ahead, Part 1	Filler	03/03/2004
195	One Step Ahead, Part 2	Filler	03/10/2004
196	Sinister Secrets, Part 1	Filler	03/17/2004
197	Sinister Secrets, Part 2	Filler	03/24/2004
198	Sinister Secrets, Part 3	Filler	03/31/2004
199	Tomb of the Nameless Pharaoh	Canon	04/07/2004
200	Spiritual Awakening	Canon	04/14/2004
201	Memoirs of a Pharaoh	Canon	04/21/2004
202	The Intruder, Part 1	Canon	04/28/2004
203	The Intruder, Part 2	Canon	05/05/2004
204	Makings of a Magician	Canon	05/12/2004
205	Birth of the Blue-Eyes	Canon	05/19/2004
206	Village of Lost Souls	Canon	05/26/2004
207	A Reversal of Fortune	Canon	06/02/2004
208	In Search of a King	Canon	06/09/2004
209	Village of Vengeance, Part 1	Canon	06/16/2004
210	Village of Vengeance, Part 2	Canon	06/23/2004
211	Village of Vengeance, Part 3	Canon	06/30/2004
212	Village of Vengeance, Part 4	Canon	07/07/2004
213	Village of Vengeance, Part 5	Canon	07/14/2004
214	Name of the Game	Canon	07/21/2004
215	The Dark One Cometh, Part 1	Canon	07/28/2004
216	The Dark One Cometh, Part 2	Canon	08/04/2004
217	The Dark One Cometh, Part 3	Canon	08/11/2004
218	The Dark One Cometh, Part 4	Canon	08/18/2004
219	In the Name of the Pharaoh	Canon	08/25/2004
220	The Final Journey	Canon	09/01/2004
221	The Final Duel, Part 1	Canon	09/08/2004
222	The Final Duel, Part 2	Canon	09/15/2004
223	The Final Duel, Part 3	Canon	09/22/2004
224	The Final Duel, Part 4	Canon	09/29/2004
225	The Pyramid of Light	Filler	11/03/2004

List of filler episodes for Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters in chronological order – Learn if it is worth watching

Episode 13: Evil Spirit of the Ring

Episode 13 is a filler episode, as it’s plot has nothing to do with the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime series.

In the first round of Battle City, Yugi Muto faces off against Bakura Ryou in his millennium puzzle. Like Yami Yugi, Bakura Ryou has a real soul of a person trapped inside him, and will die when he loses. However, while Yami Yugi can control himself when he is in possession of Bakura’s body (albeit with some difficulty), Bakura Ryou is not able to. During the duel, he will randomly change into Yami Bakura and attack Yugi on his own. At one point during the duel, the real Bakura gets out for a second in order to warn Yugi about Yami Bakura’s ability to possess people.

During this duel, Yami Yugi summons “Cyber Commander,” which gets destroyed by “White Magical Hat,” sending Tristan’s soul to the graveyard. Then it shows Tristan inside the graveyard looking at his tombstone that says “Tristan Taylor” on it. He then says that he must get out soon or else he’ll die like Joey did (in episode 1).

Bakura Ryou then summons “Silent Swordsman LV0” and destroys “Cyber Commander”, sending Tristan’s soul to the graveyard. Tristan manages to escape the graveyard and be saved by Dark Magician Girl. Yami Yugi defeats Bakura Ryou and sends his soul to the afterlife, where he is reunited with his sister.

Episode 25: Shining Friendship

This episode doesn’t contribute to the overall story arc of the Duel Monsters Anime and is an episode to provide filler material for the series. It follows the same basic plot structure as the previous 5 filler episodes. As Yugi still won’t talk after what happened during the KaibaCorp Tournament, Mai and Yugi decide to have a Duel.

This is Mai’s last appearance in the series for a while, as she leaves for America at the end of this episode to compete in a Duel Monsters tournament over there. She gives Yugi her Star Chips, and he decides to enter Pegasus Castle with Joey and Téa. The three are greeted by Tristan, who informs them that they will need to pass through three tests before they can get to see Pegasus.

Their first test is taken by a man named “Dark Magician” (it’s actually a disguise used by Tristan), who forces Yugi and Joey to go through a maze made of cards while he goes on ahead. They get through it and find Tristan (still disguised as Dark Magician) just outside of the castle. The three take him back to their room and discover that he wasn’t wearing any clothes beneath his costume, but they don’t let him know that they knew this was his plan all along.

Episode 33: Best of Friends Best of Duelists, Part 1

During the Duel, Joey mentions a play on “Red-Eyes Black Dragon” called “Red-Eyes Black Chick”, a card which was never released in the real game, but does exist in some video games.

This is the first episode where Kaiba Corp’s holographic technology is used. The first time it was used was when Seto Kaiba played Yugi in the first Duel of the series (Yugi vs. Kaiba). It was not used again until this episode.

This episode is one of only two filler episodes to feature an actual Duel where characters use cards that are not featured in the real game – The other filler episode featuring an actual Duel that uses cards that are not featured in the real game is Episode 5, “Waking the Dragons”, which features a Duel between Joey and Valon (one of Doma’s Seven Barians).

In this episode, we see Yugi Muto and Yami Yugi both using their own Decks for their Decks – We also see them both using their own Decks for Duels before this (for example; Yugi Muto’s Deck was seen in Yugi vs. Bakura), but only when they were separated from each other.

Episode 41: The Wrath of Rebecca

The way this episode progresses is exactly like the Duelist Kingdom arc in the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, before it was edited and re-written as “the anime filler arc” of Yu-Gi-Oh!, during which this episode takes place, and the only difference is that there are no appearances by Mai Valentine, Duke Devlin, Bandit Keith or Rebecca Hawkins. After Yugi and his friends escape from Pegasus’s castle (after winning the Ceremonial Battle), Pegasus suffers a heart attack because he was upset about losing Yugi as his new star pupil. Pegasus’ doctors tell him to lie down and rest, but he refuses to stay in his castle while Yugi is still on the island. He orders Croquet to have his boat prepared for him so he can go after Yugi. However, an ambulance manages to get him to a hospital in time.

This is a filler episode. It has absolutely nothing to do with the plot of the series, and is not referenced by any later episodes. Even though the ending credits state that this episode was based on story by Kazuki Takahashi, this episode was not based on an existing scene from the manga, but was completely original and made up for this episode alone.

Episode 42: Ties of Friendship

This episode (along with the next two episodes) was not actually scripted by Kazuki Takahashi, but were created by the anime’s producers to make up for time lost from the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime due to real life events.

The plot of this episode is a simple retelling of Yugi’s first Duel with Rebecca from the manga, except it is completely opposite from the original version. In the manga, Solomon tears up Rebecca’s “Blue-Eyes White Dragon” card in anger after being accused of stealing it. In this episode, he shows her the “Blue-Eyes White Dragon” that has been taped back together. The only other difference is that instead of Solomon telling Rebecca about how he met Arthur Hawkins during his story, it was Yugi who did so.

The episode also has a few other errors that were not present in the manga, such as Yugi’s “Change of Heart” card being shown as a “Vennominon” card, and Yugi using “Monster Reborn” to revive the effect of Rebecca’s “Jinzo”.

This is a filler episode because it was created by the anime’s producers to make up for lost time in the anime’s story, due to real life events.

Episode 43: Legendary Heroes, Part 1

In this episode, The Big Five have been reduced to playing the roles of henchmen to the main villain. Also, there was an actual plot in this episode. This episode is one of few in the series that has a story and plot.

The plot of this episode was interesting, as it was the only time that the Big Five had actually been seen plotting something evil. However, they did not have that much screen time in this episode. Most of the characters were playing a virtual game that has no relevance to the actual plot of the series. Also, Yugi and his friends rescuing Kaiba from his own virtual game is a plot hole.

This was a filler episode because most of it was not relevant to the main story. Most of the events in this episode took place inside a virtual game that had no relevance to the plot of the series. Also, a majority of the characters were actually playing that virtual game, and very little screen-time was given to them for them to develop their personalities. The Big Five were reduced to playing an evil villain, which is something they had never done before in the series. This episode also has no importance to the overall storyline, and this is one of few episodes in this series that does have one.

Episode 44: Legendary Heroes, Part 2

Yugi and his friends arrive in the virtual world, and find themselves in a tournament. At this point, the series is no longer following the events of the manga. Joey is a disguised as a girl, hoping that if he wins the tournament he can become rich. Mai Valentine and Bandit Keith are also in the game, but are still at each other’s throats from their Duelist Kingdom duel.

The plot for episode 44 was based on two filler episodes from Duel Monsters: “The Man with the Machine Gun”, and “Blue-Eyes White Dragon”. The first episode involved Yugi, Joey, Tristan and Téa going to an arcade to watch a gun duel between Seto Kaiba and Gozaburo Kaiba. They end up being sucked into a Virtual World where they must compete against each other in order to get home. The second episode involved Yugi obtaining Blue-Eyes White Dragon from Pegasus after winning Duels against Yami Bakura (the Millennium Ring) in both games of Capsule Monster Chess and Monster World. In order to save Mokuba from being sacrificed by Adena (Princess Adena), Seto must play a monster card game against the Mythic Dragon.

The Japanese story mentions that there is a legend about “a hero who will save the world from destruction when the Mythic Dragon appears again”. This is based on the legend behind virtual reality technology. Before the release of this episode, in Japan, virtual reality was seen as a new form of communication technology. The sense of immersion in a virtual reality, and its potential for simulation and training, were discussed in scientific papers and popular magazines. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Anime was using these themes to set up future events in the story line.

Episode 45: Legendary Heroes, Part 3

The episode starts out with Yugi, Joey, Tea, and Tristan fighting the Big Five’s thugs in the city. During their fight, one of the Big Five’s henchmen tries to take Mokuba hostage, but he is saved by Joey. The Big Five then fly off in their airship with Mokuba, and the gang follows them on their motorcycle. The Big Five then fly to a mysterious castle.

At the castle, an illusion of Mokuba is used as a sacrifice to bring forth an evil dragon. As a result of this ritual, only Dragon-type monsters can attack the dragon. Yugi summons “Dragon Master Knight” and attacks it but is unable to defeat it using his card since it can’t attack back. Yami Bakura takes over Bakura’s body and helps Yugi battle against the dragon. Yami Bakura uses “Dark Magician” to attack its weakness: magic knights (the “Dragon Master Knight” card). Somehow Kaiba ends up at the castle as well after being knocked out by one of the Big Five’s men while on his way to duel Pegasus after winning his duel against Ishizu Ishtar at Duelist Kingdom (this was not shown in this episode).

This is a filler episode because the Big Five, who were only introduced in the previous episode, are featured in this episode and they were not major characters in the anime until after this episode. The Big Five were not major characters until season 2.

Yami Bakura used “Dark Magician” (his own card) against the “Mythic Dragon”. It should have been destroyed when he did this. Although he was controlling Bakura’s body at the time, it is possible that this was a mistake made by Toei Animation.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Filler Guide