Zigfried von Schroeder Zigfried von Schroeder is the main antagonist of the KC Grand Championship story arc of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " second series anime . In both incarnations , his name is derived from the name of Siegfried , a character in the opera , ( The Ring of Nibelung ) . He is the CEO of Schroeder Corp , a rival of KaibaCorp . As the champion of Europe , he participates in Kaiba ' s KC Grand Championship under the name " Zigfried Lloyd " ( Sieg Lloyd ; ジーク ・ ロイド " Jīku Roido " ) . He is Leon von Schroeder ' s ( " Leonhart von Schroider " ) older brother . Design . Appearance . Zigfried appears in a palatinate purple suit with a black lapel which shows the Schroeder Corp ' s insigna at the left side . According to Seto Kaiba , Zigfried wears ' expensive ' black patent - leather shoes . Around his neck he wears a cerise colored frilled jabot adorned with a purple brooch . On his left wrist he carries a golden watch with him . He has aqua colored eyes . His long pink hair is waist - length and is heavily criticized by Kaiba , Joey , Weevil and Rex because of it ' s unusual color and shape . Zigfried likes to play with roses , like throwing them at his enemies at the end of a Duel in a very conceited way which emphasizes his pretentious behavior . In his childhood and teenage years his hair is darker , he wears a pink suit with a periwinkle colored collar , a purple ribbon and a blue brooch . Zigfried is depicted as a handsome nobleman who talks and walks gently wearing fashionable clothes . He has also been introduced as the ' Untouchable Emperor of Europe ' by Roland since he is the champion Duelist of Europe , as well as a ' trend setter ' because of his fancy clothes . Personality . He comes across as arrogant and vain , but he has a kind side , as evidenced by how regretful he feels at the end of the arc for lying to his brother Leon , so Leon would help him with his plot . He genuinely loves his brother , as Seto loves Mokuba . Zigfried calls some people ' Herr ' which means ' Mister ' in German ( in the Japanese version he only calls Kaiba ' Mister ' ) . He likes luxury as he baths in pool , goes somewhere by his private jet and likes massages . He is also really good at programming and hacking . In the Japanese version , he also believes that he is very lucky and goddess of victory ( or fate ) always chooses him . Biography . History . Zigfried was born as a new successor of Schroeder Corp . His childhood and early years were affected by educational abuse very similar to Seto Kaibas past . Because of this educational wounding in his youth Zigfried created an inner compulsion to be successful . He and Kaiba first met at a business party at the age of 8 . Zigfried ' s father introduced his son as a child prodigy , who has an unbelievable talent for computer programming . Zigfried managed to bypass Kaiba Corp ' s security system and played with the power supply to demonstrate his genius , impressing Kaiba at that time . When Gozaburo Kaiba announced the new company deal belongs to Kaiba Corporation , both Zigfried and his father were left stunned . This event triggered Zigfried , who promised himself to defeat Kaiba Corporation someday . His father becomes mad after so many defeats against KaibaCorp , so Zigfried becomes the new CEO of Schroeder Corp . He first gets rid of military department and enters the Game Industry , but in a meeting , one of the Corp ' s executives says that Seto Kaiba also became the new CEO of KaibaCorp and they entered the Game Industry too . Zigfried thinks that is a lie at first but then he realizes that it ' s true and works harder to surpass Kaiba this time . Finally he invents ' Holographic Virtual Duel System ' for Duel Monsters Game . He goes to Industrial Illusions to make a business deal with Maximillion Pegasus . However , because he was late , Seto Kaiba makes the deal instead , which makes him even more angry at him . He seeks to take down KaibaCorp as revenge because he feels that Seto Kaiba stole his plans for holographic Duel ing technology ( In the Japanese Version , it is because Kaiba ' s project was accepted before he arrived to display his own technology to Industrial Illusions ) . KC Grand Championship . After years , Zigfried hears that KaibaCorp is making a new tournament in the new Kaiba Land . With his talent on programs , he hacks the main computer sytem and plays with security system , causing Mokuba , Yugi and his friends locked inside of Kaiba Dome . He also recognizes Yugi and he says that he is the champion of Battle City tournament . After Yugi defeats the KC DuelTek 760 in a Duel , everything in the dome returned to normal , but Zigfried also joins the tournament with a fake name , ' Zigfried Lloyd ' . He arrives the Kaiba Hotel late and meets again with Kaiba , without Kaiba recognizing him . After the tournament begins , Kaiba starts to watch the contestants to see do they make anything suspicious . Zigfried predicts that and tries to looks especially suspicious to him . He was scheduled to Duel Fortune Salim at the Flower Clock . However , Rex Raptor and Weevil Underwood impersonates him after knocking Salim out , but are caught by Mokuba . Zigfried persuades Mokuba to let them Duel him . He looks at the security camera and says that Kaiba is about to see his true power . He defeats them in 1 turn with " Ride of the Valkyries " . In his later Duel against Joey , he looks at the camera several times again to look suspicious . Zigfried also sabotages the main computer again , this time causing the park vehicles work too fast . He thinks that if Kaiba couldn ' t handle this , he is not a big opponent at all , but Kaiba stops the virus . He also starts to recognize Zigfried a little by remembering the past . Zigfried uses his Goddess Magic Cards and " Nibelung ' s Ring " strategy to defeat Joey . He then defeats Balfry Ginger in the semifinals . Kaiba starts to search about Zigfried and founds that he entered the tournament with a fake name and is the responsible of these troubles . When it comes to the finals where Zigfried is about to Duel Leon , Kaiba intervenes . He says the winner is Leon and Zigfried has been disqualified , but Zigfried says that Kaiba is doing this because he fears of his power . Since he said this while the whole world is watching this , Kaiba makes a deal with him . They ' ll Duel , and if Zigfried wins he ' ll stay in the tournament but if he loses he will be disqualified . In the Duel Zigfried says why he came here and what is his plan , and says that if Kaiba loses his company , Industrial Illusions will not work with Kaiba anymore , and Pegasus will make a new deal with Zigfried himself . Despite the fact that Zigfried used the same strategy against Kaiba , he defeats Zigfried . Kaiba humiliates him and tells Roland to let him go , saying he can ' t do anything anymore . Before the final match of Grand Championship begins , Zigfried gives " Golden Castle of Stromberg " to Leon , says that if he plays this card all Schroeder family will be thankful to him . After Duel begins , Kaiba learns that Leon Wilson has also entered with a fake name too and he is actually Zigfried ' s brother , namely Leon von Schroeder . Zigfried appears and says that his real plan was actually to look suspicious and receive attention while Leon goes straight to the finals . Though Kaiba wanted to stop this Duel , he also knew that if he cancel the final Duel the whole tournament would be nothing . He does nothing , thinking that Leon doesn ' t have a chance against the King of Games , Yugi Muto . But Zigfried doesn ' t agree since he gave " Golden Castle of Stromgberg " to Leon . Leon finally draws the " Castle " during the Duel and activates it . Kaiba is surprised and says that card is illegal , meaning that it shouldn ' t work on the Duel Disk . Zigfried says that he didn ' t enter the main computer just for hacking , he also rewrote and made the card legal for the Duel Disks . Leon learns that he is cheating and both he and Yugi try to destoy it but they can ' t . Zigfried says that this card is also the biggest virus he made and it will remove all KaibaCorp files if it ' s not destroyed . Kaiba then goes back to the center to stop it while Zigfried enjoys the Duel . Because of the card ' s own effect , ( when Yugi only have one card in his Deck and can ' t send half of it to the Graveyard ) Stromberg destroys itself . But Zigfried still believes he won because Yugi has only 1 card on his deck . Though Leon tries to surrender , Yugi says he shouldn ' t and continue the Duel . In his last turn , Yugi makes a perfect combo and manages to defeat Leon . Zigfried says that he still didn ' t lose because the Golden Castle ' s virus removed a lot of KaibaCorp ' s files , but Kaiba appears and says he already saved them because he backed up all the files from beginning . Zigfried gets shocked and Leon tells him to stop , Zigfried gives up and says he ' ll never defeat Kaiba . He also feels sorry for what he did to Leon , but Leon still loves him and tells him that he can still be succeed without defeating Kaiba . With Leon encouraging Zigfried , he thanks Leon and hugs him . Dawn of the Duel . In the last Japanese ending he and Leon talk and try to make a deal with Pegasus , Pegasus looks unwilling at first , but after a speech by Leon , he accepts the deal , which makes both Zigfried and Leon very happy at last . Deck . Zigfried plays a " Valkyrie " Deck , consisting of cards based on and named after characters and concepts from Richard Wagner ' s . His signature move is to Summon all his " Valkyrie " monsters at once using " Ride of the Valkyries " to perform a One Turn Kill . Zigfried otherwise combines his three " Goddess " Spell Card s with " Nibelung ' s Ring " to gradually deplete his opponent ' s Deck , banish ing their monsters before they can play them . He also uses several stall and drawing cards to buy time for him to draw " Ride of the Valkyries " into his hand .