Best character in yu-gi-oh

My sincere apologies for getting my opponent's gender wrong. I thank her for opening her case.Rebuttal: DeckThis point is about what cards they own. I deal with how well they are able to play with these cards in my point.Kaiba owns the best cards in the world. He has even destroyed powerful cards belonging to other duellists to make him the only one to possess them. Being wealthy he is able to pay any price for cards.But more importantly Kaiba uses his deep strategic thinking skills to be able to construct his deck intelligently. He tends to use more complex combinations than other duellists, leading him to be able to snatch victory from almost any seemingly hopeless position. For Kaiba it isn't just about the individual cards, but how he can use them together to claim victory.Kaiba runs a dragon-themed deck. It's not a simple beatdown deck, however, as Kaiba uses a variety of other spells to complement his strategy. Alexis' Cyber Girls and Seto's Dragons are both types primarily concerned with attacking their opponents, which is bad news for Cyber Girls because Dragons have the greatest attacking power out of any monsters in the game (http://yugioh.wikia.com...). Cyber Dragons don't generally have any special abilities that make them better than Dragons in any way either. Dragons are superior to Cyber Girls hands down.But as Kaiba knows, powerful cards alone don't win duels. For example, Kaiba was the one who taught Yugi how to beat Marik's Egyptian God Card with a much more low-level card. Because Kaiba knows how to integrate cards like this, adapt to his oppRebuttal: PersonalityMost of the things con said about Alexis are true of Kaiba also. It is mostly just plagiarised from http://yugioh.wikia.com...Kaiba and Alexis are both confident, brave and strong willed characters. This is not a marginal advantage Alexis has over Kaiba in any way. Kaiba also is probably the character who plays less by others' rules than any other among his generation (he even personally changed the rules of the card game in season 2). Kaiba has no problem putting himself in danger to help his friends exactly like Alexis, for example during the aforementioned battle with the Big Five or during his battles to save Mokuba at massive personal risk during season 4.Kaiba is also very quiet and reserved when he's not duelling. Kaiba actually tries to help Yugi throughout the series as best he can when the world is in danger (for example, in his fight with Ryou Bakura). Sometimes he simply feels he would be better placed than Yugi to do the saving, but they are essentially friendly rivals fighting on the same side throughout the series.So let's focus on the differences con identified. And I think there's essentially only one.It's true Kaiba often speaks of others' duelling skills in a derogatory fashion - however, he also demonstrates respect for his opponents who beat him, especially Yugi. There's an assumption of superiority he has towards other people, as a counterpoint to the assumption he has about himself that he does not deserve what others give him. But this doesn't prevent him being nice to them. It's like Muhammed Ali, the "world's greatest" boxer - sure he puts people down, but professionally as a duellist, not in any kind of personal sense. It really only makes Kaiba more endearing.Rebuttal: Popularity/RelationshipsUnlike Alexis, Kaiba is not very popular in school. For some reason, school popularity in the yu-gi-oh world seems to be based entirely on sex appeal (see also Duke Devlin). But being hot does not make you a better person or a better character. This point is emphasised many times within the yu-gi-oh franchise (again, see Duke Devlin). Kaiba makes a really strong effort to keep himself looking good, and no more can be expected of anybody than that.Dating a boy only makes the character of Alexis weaker, not stronger. It reinforces gender-normative stereotypes and he idea that Alexis' sole reason for existing is to be a good future girlfriend for the main protagonist. Naturally this view is unfair to Alexis' character, as Alexis herself doesn't like herself to be seen as just a cute girl - she wants to be seen as a top duellist. In other words, Alexis herself aspires to be like Seto Kaiba, who is universally adknowleged as a great duellist throughout the series.A character not defined by their relationships is a better character. Seto had a long history of bad relationships, but he's risen above that and is not afraid to give people chances, even occasionally teaming up with his arch-rival Yugi.My pointsThe ONLY one of my points con could answer was that my quotes made Kaiba sound like a jerk. This is subjective - in fact, Kaiba is a strong source of motivation when the going gets tough. All of my other numerous arguments are dropped, conceded and extended.My opponent has failed to answer my extensive case and I have throughly rebutted his. The fact remains Seto Kaiba is the only known person able to watch a God-card get summoned and not even flinch.Or put another way, screw the rules, Seto Kaiba has money.