Maximillion J . Pegasus ( manga ) Maximillion J . Pegasus , known as Pegasus J . Crawford in the Japanese version is a character in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " manga . This is the original depiction of Pegasus , created by Kazuki Takahashi . With the exception of two occasions where he is called Pegasus J . Crawford , he is one of the few human characters to not use his original Japanese name in the English manga . Pegasus is depicted as a well - mannered , yet overly dramatic man obsessed with cartoons , concealing the appearance of a ruthless businessman and gamer , yet man of his word . His motives stem from the death of his lover , Cyndia . His fascination with Egyptian beliefs in life after death led to him obtaining the Millennium Eye and creating the " Duel Monsters " card game . He attempted to take control of KaibaCorp to use their Solid Vision technology to create a lifelike version of Cyndia . The takeover plan involved him hosting the Duelist Kingdom tournament to defeat Yugi Mutou . However his defeat against Yugi led to the failure of his plan and his murder at the hands of Dark Bakura . " Yu - Gi - Oh ! R " explores more of Pegasus ' life ; particularly how he had taken care of a number of orphans . One of them , Yako Tenma , blamed Yugi for Pegasus ' death and arranged Project R . A . in an attempt to resurrect him . Biography . Childhood and Cyndia . Pegasus ' father was a wealthy man , who managed casinos in Las Vegas . While Pegasus was growing up , he watched " Funny Rabbit " every Saturday morning and considered its characters to be his best friends at the time . Around the age of 10 , while attending a social function , he met Cyndia , the daughter of one of his father ' s friends . The two fell in love and spent a lot of time together . They would often talk about their dreams , with Pegasus aspiring to be an artist who would travel around the world . They swore to spend their lives together . Shortly after Pegasus turned 17 , Cyndia got sick and died also at the age of 17 , causing Pegasus to fall into a state of depression . Acquiring the Millennium Eye . Shortly after Cyndia ' s death , Pegasus became interested in the ancient Egyptian beliefs in life after death and traveled to Egypt to learn more . He visited the Valley of the Kings . Inside the village , Kul Elna , he saw a thief about to be prosecuted for stealing the Millennium Ring . Fearing for the thief ' s safety , Pegasus offered to buy the Ring with all the money he had in exchange for the man being let go . However Shadi appeared and advised him not to flaunt his wealth in that area . He explained that the man was to be punished for the theft and the value of the Ring was irrelevant , but priceless . Shadi warned Pegasus that thieves were a common sight in the village , suggested that he leave and added that it was not a place where the sadness of losing a lost one is healed . Pegasus was surprised that Shadi seemed to have read his mind , so he secretly followed him and the other prosecutors . They went to an underground temple where they put the thief on trial to see if he was chosen by the Ring . The ring was put on him , which resulted in his body burning up , killing him . Pegasus was caught spying on the ritual and taken down to Shadi . He begged to be let go and promised not to tell anyone what he had seen . However he was only permitted to leave if he became bearer of a Millennium Item , so he was to be tested by the Millennium Eye . If he were deemed worthy , Shadi said he would be granted his dearest wish . The other men cut out Pegasus left eye and inserted the Millennium Eye in its socket . Pegasus passed the test and for a moment was embraced by an apparition of Cyndia . At some point , Pegasus painted portraits of Shadi and Cyndia , which he hung up in his castle , but did not like to talk about them . " Duel Monsters " work . While in the Valley of the Kings , Pegasus also heard legends of Egyptian magicians , who had power to seal monsters in stone tablets and summon them to fight battles . He created the card game " Duel Monsters " as a means of bringing these ancient games to the modern world . Pegasus founded the company Industrial Illusions and established himself as a young genius game designer on creating " Duel Monsters " , Among the cards he created were the three Egyptian God s , though he was unable to translate the Hieratic Text that referred to " The Sun Dragon Ra " specifically , and he was forced to print it on the card in an ink only visible under the light emitted from " Ra " when Summoned ( possibly inferring that he created them after the development of the Solid Vision technology ) . He regarded their creation as his greatest mistake as three cards gained power as if the gods dwelled within them , making them powerful weapons . He tried to destroy the God Cards , but could not bring himself to do it , so he had the Egyptian supreme council of antiquities bury the cards in different locations in the Valley of the Kings . Pegasus also designed the Wicked God s , but refrained from creating them for the same reason he regretted creating the Egyptian Gods . " Duel Monsters " became a huge success in the United States , with players said to be in excess of twenty million and many tournaments hosted with large prizes . He received an offer from KaibaCorp to develop Virtual Simulation Battle Boxes together , to enhance the experience of playing " Duel Monsters " . The United States top Card Professor , Keith Howard challenged Pegasus to a Duel . Pegasus was not interested at first , but accepted under the conditions that the prize was to be one million dollars , the Duel was to take place in a stadium capable of holding fifty thousand people and broadcast nationwide with earnings split between sponsors and TV stations . The Duel was to take place in the New York Duel Stadium . Before it began , Pegasus took the time to teach some children present how to play " Duel Monsters " . He gave one of the children , Tom , a Deck of cards as he could not afford to build a good one of his own . When the Duel began , Pegasus performed a Mind Scan on Keith and wrote instructions on a piece of paper . He then called Tom to the Duel and gave him the paper , telling him to follow the instructions and he would win . In the meantime , Pegasus sat with his guest , Seto Kaiba from KaibaCorp and accepted his offer to develop the Battle Boxes . When Tom defeated Keith , Pegasus took him to the camera and advertised " Duel Monsters " as a game where even a beginner can beat a strong champion , effectively turning the Duel into a commercial . Pegasus grew fond of the Solid Vision technology KaibaCorp was developing . It was capable of creating projections that were more lifelike than simple holograms . He hoped to takeover KaibaCorp , so he could have the technology and use it to create a lifelike projection of Cyndia . He got a number of his employees work at KaibaCorp as spies , including Saruwatari . Pegasus took in a number of orphans , including Yako Tenma , Gekko Tenma , Depre Scott and Richie Merced , as protégés to be potential heirs to Industrial Illusions , while raising the others to be professional gamers and designers . Duelist Kingdom . When Seto Kaiba was left in a coma after losing to Yugi Mutou in Death - T , KaibaCorp shares began to plummet . With the company in a bad state and Kaiba out of action , Pegasus seized the chance try and take over it . He made a deal with the company ' s leading stock holders , the Big Five , in which he could buy the position of chief executive if he defeated Yugi Mutou in an official game of " Duel Monsters " in order to rebuild the company ' s reputation . To defeat Yugi Mutou , Pegasus organized the Duelist Kingdom " Duel Monsters " tournament . It was to place on his island , which shared its name , Duelist Kingdom . Participants were given 2 Star Chip s to wager in Duels in the battle royal format preliminary stages . The Duels were to take place in Battle Box es scattered across the island , granting different Field Power Sources based on their location . Duelists who acquire 10 Star Chips would earn the right to enter his castle . Pegasus also hired Player Killers to try and defeat Yugi in the preliminary stage and win Star Chips from the regular participants , so that no more than four finalists could enter the castle . The finalists would participate in a knockout stage with the winner facing Pegasus . If they could defeat him , they would win $ 200 , 000 US . Invitations were sent to Duelists Industrial Illusions deemed to be the best in Japan . , including one to Yugi , along with an 8 mm videotape . Pegasus also appeared at the finals of the Japanese National " Duel Monsters " Championship , where he congratulated the winner Insector Haga , and personally invited him to the tournament . Pegasus arranged the boat ride to the island . When Yugi played the videotape Pegasus sent him , Pegasus appeared on screen and , despite claiming to be a prerecording , challenged him to a Duel to test his skill . Using his mind reading skills , Pegasus predicted and countered Yugi ' s moves . Upon realizing the Duel was a Shadow Game , Dark Yugi took over from Yugi . Dark Yugi suspected the video contained subliminal messages telling him what cards to play , allowing Pegasus to prerecord moves to respond perfectly . Dark Yugi ignored his subconscious decision for one move , which resulted in Pegasus counteracting with a weaker monster . However the video footage showed Pegasus ' monster being destroyed and Pegasus claimed to have known that would happen and took the hit on purpose . With limited footage left on the tape , Pegasus imposed a 15 minute time limit . In the last few seconds , Dark Yugi ' s victory was apparent , but the time ran out , making Pegasus win due to having higher Life Points . As Dark Yugi ' s Penalty Game and a means of ensuring he would take part in Duelist Kingdom , Pegasus sealed the soul of Sugoroku Mutou in the videotape . He then showed Dark Yugi the Millennium Eye , explaining he had used it to read his mind . Two nights before the tournament , the Big Five kidnapped Mokuba Kaiba and brought him to Pegasus ' island as he had swallowed the key to a safe with documents they needed to complete their deal with Pegasus . The day before the tournament , Pegasus discussed his plans with Yako Tenma . When the tournament began , Pegasus appeared before the participants and explained some of the tournament rules . Some time after Mokuba had been recaptured after an escape , Pegasus stripped Mokuba ' s soul from his body and sealed it in a " Soul Prison " card . During the night of the first day , Pegasus heard word that Kaiba had woken from his coma and was coming towards the island . He was confident Kaiba would not make it to the island , as he had two spies on the same helicopter . However Kaiba managed to overpower them . When Kaiba arrived on the island , he was refused permission to speak to Pegasus , so he took his adviser , Croquet , hostage . After receiving word that Yugi had collected ten Star Chips , Pegasus made contact with Kaiba . He agreed to return Mokuba to Kaiba under the condition that Yugi first defeat Yugi in a Duel . He got Saruwatari to give Kaiba five Star Chips Mokuba had stolen and instructed Kaiba to wager them in his Duel against Yugi . Kaiba won the Duel and was able to use his ten Star Chips to enter the castle to face Pegasus . The four finalists , Keith Howard , Mai Kujaku , Yugi and Katsuya Jonouchi qualified in time to watch the Duel between Kaiba and Pegasus . Kaiba insisted that they Duel using his Duel Disk s , something he had designed as a means of combating Pegasus ' mind reading . However Pegasus thought it would be unwise to fight on his opponent ' s terms , so he complained about the degree of fitness needed to operate one and agreed to use the Duel Disks only if Mokuba ' s soulless body would act as a proxy and throw his Duel Disk . Kaiba refused to fight his brother , so he agreed to Duel Pegasus without the use of Duel Disks . By reading Kaiba ' s mind , Pegasus knew when he was about to Summon " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " and used the card " Prophecy " to easily take the card from him . Pegasus also foresaw Kaiba ' s " Saggi the Dark Clown " and " Crush Card " combo and used " Negative Energy " to make " Saggi " too strong to hold the virus , killing the virus . Pegasus then used " Toon World " to turn his monsters , including the " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " he took , into cartoon versions of themselves , capable of dodging attacks . To avoid having his mind read , Kaiba discarded his hand and played cards straight from the top of his Deck , which did not make any major difference , as Pegasus had read Kaiba ' s subconscious memorization of his own Deck to produce counter - strategies for any possible incoming threats . Kaiba managed to defeat the cartoon version of " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " with a combination of " Shadow Spell " and another " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " . However , Pegasus captured the new " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " in " Dragon Capture Jar " . Kaiba tried to attack " Dragon Piper " to stop it Summoning " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " from the jar , but Pegasus used " Doppelganger " to copy Kaiba ' s " Crush Card " , infecting " Dragon Piper " . Once the piper was destroyed , Kaiba ' s Deck was infected , killing everything with more than 1500 ATK . Now only able to revive " Saggi the Dark Clown " , Kaiba was easily finished off . Pegasus then inflicted the " Mind Card " Penalty Game on Kaiba , trapping his soul in another " Soul Prison " card . Pegasus arranged a dinner party for the tournament finalists and placed Millennium Eye replica s in their soup . Each eye had a slip of paper with a letter on it to determine the match up for the finals . When the finalists discovered the eyes in their soup , Pegasus appeared on a screen and explained the rules of the bingo game , which resulted in Yugi and Mai being paired up for the first semi final and Keith and Jonouchi being paired up for the second . On the day of the finals , Pegasus showed the finalists the prize money and had it explained that they would need to defeat him to get it . He watched the Duel between Dark Yugi and Mai and was impressed by the flawlessness of Mai ' s " Harpy " Deck . By reading their thoughts , he confirmed Mai ' s accusation that Dark Yugi was distracted by the thought of Dueling him , was able to detect Dark Yugi ' s change in spirit and predict Mai ' s surrender . As Pegasus watched Keith and Jonouchi ' s Duel , he noted how Jonouchi was not even close to Keith in terms of experience , strategy or Deck strength and wondered how Jonouchi had turned the tables in his favor . He read their minds , finding despair and revenge in Keith ' s and hope and trust in Jonouchi ' s . He described the Duel as a fight between light and darkness . He also spotted Keith cheating during the Duel . Aware of how Yugi and Jonouchi planned on having Dark Yugi face Pegasus and give the prize money to Jonouchi , Pegasus deemed a final Duel between Yugi and Jonouchi pointless and had the Duel stage prepared for his Duel with Yugi . Before entering the Duel stage , he was confronted by Keith , who held out a knife and demanded that he be given the prize money . Pegasus called Keith out on cheating in his last Duel and inflicted the " Hand Gun " Penalty Game on him , causing his hand to turn into a gun and shot himself in the head . Before they Dueled , Dark Yugi said that if he won he wanted Pegasus to release the souls of Sugoroku , Mokuba and Kaiba . Pegasus thought it was odd that Yugi wanted to save Kaiba , but accepted the condition . He was impressed that Dark Yugi accepted the Duel , knowing his soul would be trapped in a card if he lost . Croquet then informed Pegasus that having scanned Mokuba they would be able to make a duplicate of the key he swallowed shortly , meaning defeating the Yugis was the last thing Pegasus needed to do to take control of KaibaCorp . Like in their last Duel , Pegasus was able to predict and appropriately prepare for Dark Yugi ' s moves . He also used " Toon World " to convert his monsters into cartoon versions . However Yugi established a Mind Shuffle strategy , wherein he and Dark Yugi would switch control between moves without telling each other what they were planning or what cards they played face - down . This way , Pegasus could not read the mind of whichever Yugi made the last move . This made him unable to find which of the " Magical Hats " " Dark Magician " was under . Instead he used " Magic Neutralizing Force " to remove the hats and attacked " Dark Magician " . However Yugi used " Living Arrow " to transfer the effect of " Magic Neutralizing Force " to Pegasus , removing the effect of " Toon World " and then used " Mirror Force " to reflect the attack back at Pegasus ' monsters . Without the effect of " Toon World " , the monsters could not dodge the attack and were destroyed . Pegasus switched the nature of the Duel to a Shadow Game , making it difficult for normal mortals to physically endure . He used his eye - themed cards from that point and got " Relinquished " to absorb the Yugis ' " Dark Magician " and " Winged Dragon , Guardian of the Fortress " . The pressure of the Shadow Game proved too much for Yugi , who collapsed on playing his final card face - down . Pegasus Summoned " Jigen Bakudan " , which would self - destruct and destroy his monsters , including those absorbed by " Relinquished " , depleting Dark Yugi ' s remaining Life Points . He tried to use his Mind Scan when Dark Yugi drew his next card . However he was blocked by an apparition of Yugi ' s friends . Dark Yugi used " Mystic Box " to swap the positions of his absorbed " Dark Magician " and Pegasus unabsorbed " Jigen Bakudan " . He used " Brain Control " to take control of " Relinquished " with its absorbed monsters and then used Yugi ' s last card " Dark Magic Ritual " to sacrifice " Jigen Bakudan " and " Winged Dragon , Guardian of the Fortress " to Summon " Magician of Black Chaos " . Pegasus was surprised to see that someone actually uses " Kuriboh " when Dark Yugi Summoned it . When " Relinquished " returned to his control , he fused it with " Thousand - Eyes Idol " to create " Thousand - Eyes Restrict " . " Thousand - Eyes Restrict " paralyzed Dark Yugi ' s monsters and attempted to absorb " Magician of Black Chaos " . However Dark Yugi used " Multiply " to create a swarm of " Kuribohs " , which instead got absorbed . The effect of " Kuriboh " caused it to explode on impart , blinding each of the eyes . This freed " Magician of Black Chaos " from its paralysis , allowing it to attack and destroy " Thousand - Eyes Restrict " , defeating Pegasus . With his defeat , Pegasus is unable to take control of KaibaCorp . In keeping his promise , he freed the souls of Sugoroku and the two Kaiba brothers and assured Dark Yugi he would get his prize money . He was impressed by the power of the Millennium Puzzle and asked if Dark Yugi was not aware of the evil intelligence possessed by the Millennium Items . He then told Dark Yugi the story of how he lost Cyndia and acquired the Millennium Eye . He learned Shadi ' s name from Yugi as he told the story . Having come from a Millennium Item and not wanting to be regarded as an evil intelligence , Dark Yugi refrained from inflicting a Penalty Game on Pegasus . Before Yugi , his friends and the Kaiba brothers left the island , Pegasus was confronted by Dark Bakura , who pulled the Millennium Eye out of his socket , killing him . He left Pegasus with one of the replica Millennium Eyes from the soup , telling him to take it with him to Hell . Post death . Pegasus ' heir , Yako Tenma , found Pegasus ' blood splattered over the table where he had been killed . He wept his death and was told by Croquet that Yugi Mutou was responsible . Yako took over as president of Industrial Illusions sometime afterwards and began developing Project R . A . in an attempt to revive Pegasus . A few months after Pegasus ' death , Esper Roba who pretended to have , claimed that he was using his powers to communicate with the spirit of Pegasus . Some time after the Battle City tournament , Yako forced Yugi to partake in Project R . A . by kidnapping Anzu Mazaki . His primary goal was to sacrifice Anzu ' s body to house Pegasus ' soul . Pegasus ' spirit was temporarily revived , but Seto Kaiba was able to stop the Duel Ring server , and Pegasus ' spirit vanished , saving Anzu ' s life and infuriating Yako . During the final stages of the Duel between Dark Yugi and Yako , when " The God of the Obelisk " clashed with " The Wicked Avatar " , Yako caught a glimpse of Pegasus ' spirit once more , but Pegasus ' did not so much as turn around to face Yako before vanishing a final time . Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX . When Trageodia accessed the memories of " Winged Kuriboh " , he saw Pegasus , as he was the one who made Winged Kuriboh into a card . Deck . Pegasus uses a Deck containing cards he created exclusively for himself . These include " Toon World " , which turns all his monsters into near invulnerable cartoon versions of themselves and a number of eye - themed cards , which paralyze and absorb opposing monsters . He utilizes " Dragon Capture Jar " and " Dragon Piper " in combination to overcome Seto Kaiba ' s " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " cards . He makes use of his Millennium Eye ' s mind reading powers to predict and counter opponents ' strategies and exploit cards like " Prophecy " , which usually require guess work . Duelist Kingdom . Pegasus also used one unnamed monster Duels . Pegasus took part in the following Duels . Penalty Games . Pegasus inflicted the following Penalty Game s .