Yami Bakura ' s Decks Yami Bakura runs Occult Decks focused on Fiend and Zombie - Type monsters . His Decks often employ lockdown strategies while concurrently disrupting and stunning his opponent from employing their strategic moves while trying to either instantly win through activating his " Destiny Board " by fueling his graveyard through Deck thinning Fiend - Type monsters or through using the " Cursed Twin Dolls " and " Goblin Zombie " to mill his opponent Decks . Yami Bakura makes use of lower level Fiend - Type monsters such as " Headless Knight " and " The Gross Ghost of Fled Dreams " to bait opponents into attacking them for fueling his Graveyard with Fiend monsters in order to Summon and activate his signature card " Dark Necrofear " effect . He also employs the use of monster effects to turn his opponent ' s attacks against them such as using his boss monster " Dark Necrofear " to control his opponents monsters or crippling his opponent Life Points when using " Zoma the Spirit " . His monsters resemble creatures from role - playing games , which makes certain sense as in the first series , Bakura was into RPGs . Anime . Duelist Kingdom . Bakura ' s initial Deck is a Disruption Deck , using cards like " Morphing Jar " and " Man - Eater Bug " to control the field and hand . This strategy was effective due to the specific nature of this Shadow Game against Yami Yugi , where the souls of Yugi and his friends had been sealed in their favorite cards which were added to Yami Yugi ' s Deck . Thus Yami Yugi focused on gathering them on the field to avoid having to discard them to the Graveyard , which Bakura exploited with " Just Desserts " to deal heavy damage since Yami Yugi controlled multiple monsters . Ultimately he was defeated when he played " Change of Heart " , the favorite card of the true Bakura . Bakura ' s soul within the card defied Yami Bakura and allowed Yugi and Yami Yugi to restore Bakura to his body , trapping Yami Bakura in the card of " Lady of Faith " where Yugi destroyed him as the " Dark Magician " . Battle City . During Battle City Yami Bakura uses his Occult Deck for the first time , with a new signature boss card " Dark Necrofear " . This Deck was highly risky , often using lower level Fiend - type monsters and relying on baiting opponents into attacking them for fueling his graveyard in order to summon and activate his signature card " Dark Necrofear " effect . Against Yugi , Yami Bakura allowed " Dark Necrofear " to be destroyed to activate " Dark Sanctuary " . Using the card ' s powers Yami Bakura was protected from Yugi ' s attacks and was able to recover his Life Points while draining Yugi ' s . He also used " Destiny Board " with the intent to eventually declare an automatic victory once he was able to complete its five - letter message . Against Yami Marik , Bakura focuses on making Yami Marik add " The Winged Dragon of Ra " to his hand with " Dark Designator " and claiming it for himself with " Exchange " . Memory World . Diabound . Yami Bakura plays another Fiend Deck when he confronts Seto Kaiba in order to gain the power of his " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " for his own purposes . He protects himself from attack with " Spirit Shield " and uses " Diabound Kernal " and " Spirit Illusion " to weaken Kaiba ' s " Blue - Eyes " so " Diabound " can destroy it and absorb its power . He also uses various tablet cards that symbolize the original Duel Monster spirits that were captured in stone . Undead Lockdown . In his final Duel of the series , Yami Bakura plays an Undead Lock Deck with the " Necro " monsters against Yugi Muto , which focuses upon winning the Duel by having one ' s opponent run out of cards . To achieve this he uses " Cursed Twin Dolls " and " Counterbalance " , allowing his destroyed monsters to return to the field as " Ghosts " rather than going to the Graveyard and forcing Yugi to discard cards from his Deck each turn equal to the number of monsters in play . Due to this combo Yugi lost almost a dozen cards each turn , quickly depleting his Deck , while Bakura did not have to discard since his Graveyard had been " destroyed " . As protection until Yugi ' s Deck was wiped out , Bakura utilized " Spirit Sword of Sealing " and " Narrow Corridor " to limit his attacks . Manga . Yu - Gi - Oh ! Millennium World . During the " Millennium World " arc , Bakura uses an Undead Lockdown Deck , focused on destroying the opponent ' s Deck while locking the opponent ' s attacks . Video games . Dark Duel Stories . In Dark Duel Story Yami Bakura use a Dragon / Forbidden Magic Deck . World Championship Tournament 2004 . In World Championship 2004 , Yami Bakura plays a Fiend / Destiny Board Deck . The Dawn of Destiny . Yami Bakura ' s signature card is shown to be Dark Necrofear , despite him not using it in the game .