Dark Marik ( manga ) Dark Marik is a character appearing in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " manga . This is the original depiction of Yami Marik , the split personality of the original Marik Ishtar . Design . Appearance . Upon first awakening , he was wearing the original outfit of Marik including a light purple sleeveless hoodie , a black tanktop underneath that , beige pants , and black shoes . Later , before his Duel with Mai Kujaku , he removes the hoodie and wears a long purple cape over his shirt . He wears golden earrings , neckwear , armbands and bracelets . His hair is spiked upwards and points in all directions , though he retains the same wing - like fringes of Marik ' s hair , and he bears the Eye of Wdjat on his forehead . In the Battle City arc he wears a KaibaCorp Duel Disk on his left arm . As he is merely a split personality of the normal Marik , unlike Dark Yugi and Dark Bakura , who are both entirely different entities from their associated hosts in their own right , Dark Marik ' s facial structure is exactly the same as Marik ' s , though the similarities are offset by the differences outlined above . Biography . History . Dark Marik was " born " from the pain that Marik had endured when he was forced to take the initiation ritual to become a full Tomb Guardian at ten years old by his father . A year later , Dark Marik emerged for the first time after Marik ' s forbidden trip to the surface , thanks to his father ' s torture of Rishid . Thanking his father , he resisted his father ' s punishment and claimed the Millennium Rod for himself . Ignoring his father ' s orders to put the Item down , Dark Marik used its powers to smash him against the wall . When his sister Ishizu protested , she was frozen by the Rod ' s power . Dark Marik then proceeded to murder his father , skinning his father ' s back with the Rod ' s blade and then throwing the skin from his father ' s back onto Rishid , mocking him for wanting to be a part of the Tomb Guardians . Unfortunately for Dark Marik , Rishid had survived , calming Marik down and surpressing Dark Marik . Despite being sealed , Dark Marik later implied that he was somewhat responsible for Marik ' s crimes later in life , claiming that he took away Marik ' s guilt . Battle City Finals . Dark Marik was released during the Battle City quarter - finals when Rishid was rendered unconscious during his Duel against Katsuya Jonouchi . Deciding Marik ' s Deck was weak , he changed it to add many new cards of his own , and discovered " The Sun Dragon Ra ' s " hidden powers . Unwilling to risk letting Rishid wake up , he attempted to murder him , but changed his mind after he heard that he was Dueling next , deciding to let Rishid live a little longer . In Marik ' s quarter - final match , Dark Marik Duels Mai Kujaku in a Shadow Game . The specifics of the Game presented the injuries from their monsters also being applied to them through realistic illusions ( though the pain was real ) . Mai traded blows with Dark Marik fairly equally , even taking " The Sun Dragon Ra " . When she proceeded to Summon the Dragon , however , it was locked in Sphere Mode , and Mai was unable to release the God monster . Dark Marik proceeded to do so on his turn , remove Mai ' s last defenses with " Viser Des " and " Viser Shock . " Before he could attack her with " Ra , " Dark Yugi furiously ordered him to stop , asking what he wanted . Dark Marik replied that he had no needs , claiming that all he wanted was to destroy everything besides himself . He attacked with " Ra , " though the attack did not kill Mai due to the intervention of Dark Yugi and Jonouchi . After winning , Dark Marik trapped Mai ' s soul , where she suffered as several brain insects slowly devoured her soft tissues , leaving her with little more than a day to live before the torture kills her . After this , Jonouchi is determined to Duel Dark Marik and save Mai no matter how high the cost . Dark Marik noted that his power grew with each soul he fed to the darkness . He watched the Duel between Ishizu and Kaiba , having to supress Marik initially upon the surprise of seeing their sister . He believed that Ishizu had the Duel won easily , even though Kaiba had " The God of the Obelisk " out ( which Dark Marik saw for the first time ) . As he began to leave , the Millennium Rod activated , and showed Kaiba a vision of Priest Seto ' s past , which convinced Kaiba to instead Summon " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " to win the Duel . After the quarter - finals , Dark Marik attempted to kill Rishid again , but he was opposed by Dark Bakura , who had teamed up with the real Marik . The duo Dueled in a match not part of the tournament . Dark Bakura managed to discard " The Sun Dragon Ra " via " Multiple Destruction , " and Summoned multiple monsters via " Puppet Master , " but Marik used " Monster Reborn " to bring " Ra " back and introduced its One Turn Kill ability , sacrificing all but 1 of his Life Points to raise the " Winged Dragon ' s " ATK to 3999 , then attacked to win the Duel . Marik tormented Bakura telling him that he will be in the darkness soon but Bakura claimed to be the darkness itself and vowed revenge before disappearing . The real Marik sealed himself in Anzu Mazaki ' s body and Bakura avoided death for both himself and his host via the part of his soul he had sealed in the Millennium Puzzle . Dark Marik claimed the Millennium Ring as his trophy from defeating Dark Bakura after his disappearance into the darkness , deciding to enjoy taming the darkness , wearing the Ring around his neck for the remainder of the tournament , now possessing two Millennium Item s . He returned to try and kill Rishid again , but Ishizu had been warned by Marik and moved Rishid . The airship soon arrived at Alcatraz , where the Duel Tower that the finals and semi - finals would be held in was located . The match - ups for the semi - final would be decided by a four - way battle royal . Dark Marik did not really care who he would face , but eventually decided to match himself up against Yugi , having been waiting to kill him for so long . However , despite his disruptive tactics , both Kaiba and Jonouchi were intending to make sure that Dark Marik Dueled Jonouchi , and Dark Marik was the first to be eliminated , followed swiftly by Jonouchi . When he Dueled Jonouchi during the semi - finals , he transformed the match into a Shadow Game , connecting the Duelists to their monsters so that they ' d feel the pain their monsters did in the same way as his Shadow Game with Mai . He controlled the Duel with the effect of his " Helpoemer " in the Graveyard , which stole cards from Jonouchi ' s hand as Dark Marik ' s " Coffin Seller " Trap Card drained his Life Points , and " Viser Des , " drained the attack points of Jonouchi ' s monsters . Jonouchi turned this against him by using " Question " to Summon his " Jinzo , " crippling Dark Marik ' s strategy after it destroyed his Traps . Dark Marik Summoned " Lava Golem " to Jonouchi ' s field to eliminate " Jinzo , " and he drained Joey of strength via the effects of his duplicated " Viser Des . " Joey managed to gain the upper hand with " Gilford the Lightning " until Marik Summoned " Ra , " revealing its third power of God Phoenix . However , Joey was still standing after its blast and Summoned " Gearfried the Iron Knight " , a monster with enough power to win him the Duel . He attempted to attack Marik directly but collapsed from the Shadow Game and was unable to continue to claim victory . Dark Marik was horrified that he ' d almost lost the Duel , gagging into his hands , though he recovered enough to gloat . Kaiba in turn claimed he knew how to defeat " Ra . " After he ' d recovered , he went to watch Dark Yugi ' s Duel with Kaiba . He noted what had happened , though he planned to kill both of them whatever the outcome . He was intrigued when both Duelists Summoned their Egyptian God cards , and shocked when the Millennium Rod activated again after the Gods destroyed one another , showing Kaiba and Dark Yugi the memories of Priest Seto . Dark Marik turned his Duel with Dark Yugi in the finals into a Shadow Game that gave him a clear edge ; when Dark Yugi lost Life Points , Yugi Mutou ' s body would fade away , and when Dark Marik lost Life Points , the original Marik would fade away . While Dark Marik would survive if Marik didn ' t , if Dark Yugi lost , both he and Yugi would be destroyed . Discarding " Ra " on his first turn , Dark Marik helped Yugi get " Slifer the Sky Dragon " out so he could destroy it himself with " Ra " , which he succeeded in doing with God Phoenix . He reclaimed his " Monster Reborn , " giving Dark Yugi a last chance to draw . Dark Yugi didn ' t even look at the card before he Set it , but Dark Marik wasn ' t interested . He brought out " Ra " again , this time using its One Turn Kill effect to raise its ATK and prepared to attack . He also revealed that he had taken the Millennium Ring from Dark Bakura , revealing that he was behind Bakura ' s disappearance to the group at large . When Dark Marik attacked , Dark Yugi revealed the card Kaiba had given him - " Devil ' s Sanctuary , " which forced Dark Marik to attack himself . Dark Marik was forced to use the " De - Fusion " that Dark Yugi had given him through " Exchange , " separating himself from " Ra " and boosting his Life Points . Yugi then Summoned " The God of the Obelisk " and attacked Dark Marik directly , badly injuring him , but Dark Marik created a clone of it called " God Slime . " He used the Slime to stall until he could revive " Ra " to destroy " Obelisk , " with God Phoenix , but Dark Yugi prevented this by using " Slifer " as a shield . Dark Marik simply re - revived " Ra , " and began to boost its ATK via One Turn Kill , only for Dark Yugi to sacrifice the " God Slime " to activate the effect of " Obelisk , " boosting it to infinite ATK . Thanks to " Ra " being higher on the Divine Hierachy , Dark Marik blocked the attack , and prepared to finish Dark Yugi off , attacking " Obelisk . " Dark Yugi responded with " Dimension Magic , " that would destroy " Ra . " Dark Marik , knowing that Dark Yugi didn ' t want to destroy the original , taunted him , claiming that Marik wouldn ' t survive the shock even with a single Life Point left . By this time , Rishid had woken up and made Marik realize that he had to accept his responsibility for being a Tomb Guardian and the death of his father . With this confidence , Marik overpowered his evil self and urged Dark Yugi to attack him . Dark Yugi did so , destroying " Ra . " The shock of the monster ' s destruction while Dark Marik was fused to it allowed Marik to retake control , putting Dark Marik in the position of the sacrifice . Dark Marik begged his other self to work with him , but his efforts were in vain . Marik forfeited , reducing his Life Points to zero and destroying Dark Marik .