Dark Yugi and Maximillion J . Pegasus ' TV Duel ( manga ) Dark Yugi and Maximillion J . Pegasus ' TV Duel was a Duel in which Dark Yugi and Maximillion J . Pegasus Dueled through a videotape . Pegasus appeared on the video , claiming to be prerecorded , knowing what moves Dark Yugi would make . Yugi Mutou took part in the beginning of the Duel , until he realized that it was a Shadow Game , at which point Dark Yugi took over . Events . Prior . When the " Duel Monsters " champion , Seto Kaiba was defeated by Yugi Mutou , KaibaCorp ' s reputation was damaged . Maximillion J . Pegasus used this as an opportunity to overthrow Seto Kaiba and take control of the company . Part of his plan involved defeating Yugi in an official Duel to restore its reputation when he got control . Pegasus planned this unofficial Duel as a means of coaxing Yugi into taking part in the Duelist Kingdom tournament , where he could face him in an official one . He set up a videotape to use as a means of communicating with Yugi and mailed it to him with equipment for Duelist Kingdom . Yugi watched the tape along with Anzu Mazaki , Katsuya Jonouchi and Sugoroku Mutou . Pegasus appeared on the screen and complemented Yugi on defeating Kaiba . He expressed his desire to test Yugi ' s skill and challenged him to a game of " Duel Monsters " . The notion of Dueling a prerecording seemed impossible , but Yugi accepted . The Duel . Yugi Summoned " Koumori Dragon " ( ATK : 1500 ) . On the TV screen , Pegasus correctly stated what card Yugi played ; something a prerecording should not be able to know . Pegasus claimed to know Yugi would play that card and what cards were in Yugi ' s hand . He predicted that Yugi was planning on combining " Koumori Dragon " with " Dragon Knight " on his next turn to increase its power . Secretly Pegasus was using his Millennium Eye to read Yugi ' s mind . Pegasus countered with " Dragon Capture Jar " , which sealed " Koumori Dragon " inside itself . When Yugi saw the illustration on the card getting sucked out and drawn into the TV screen , he realized that they were playing a Shadow Game , so Dark Yugi took control . Dark Yugi drew " Baby Dragon " . It would only get sucked into " Dragon Capture Jar " , so he played " Silver Fang " ( ATK : 1200 ) instead . Pegasus said he knew Dark Yugi was going to play a Beast and power it up with " Mystical Moon " next turn . Pegasus countered with " Dragon Piper " ( ATK : 200 ) and used its effect to Summon " Koumori Dragon " from the jar . " Koumori Dragon " attacked " Silver Fang " and since it used a fire - based attack it gained ATK when battling Beasts ( ATK : 1500 → 1700 ) . " Silver Fang " was destroyed . ( Dark Yugi : 2000 → 1500 Life Points ) . Pegasus joked that it must have been " jarring " for Yugi . Dark Yugi Summoned " Great White " ( ATK : 1600 ) , but Pegasus countered with " Oscillo Hero # 2 " ( ATK : 1000 ) . Water monsters ' ATK are halved when battling Lightning monsters ( Great White : 1600 → 800 ATK ) , so " Great White " was destroyed by battle ( Dark Yugi : 1500 → 1300 Life Points ) . Pegasus joked that he understood Yugi ' s " shock " . At this point , Pegasus explained that Yugi was to take part in the upcoming Duelist Kingdom tournament should he lose . Dark Yugi asked what would happened if he refused , but Pegasus claimed that was irrelevant as Dark Yugi was going to lose . Dark Yugi was about to play " Undead Warrior " , but realized he was about to do it out of pure instinct . He suspected Pegasus was using subliminal messages to tell him what cards to play , which would explain how Pegasus knew what cards he was going to play in advance . Instead Dark Yugi played " Dark Magician " ( ATK : 2500 ) face - down . He then asked Sugoroku , Jonouchi and Anzu to guess off the top of their heads what he played . They guessed a skull , a warrior and a skeleton , respectively , reinforcing Dark Yugi ' s suspicion that Pegasus put a subliminal message in the tape to implant the idea of a skeleton into the viewers ' head . Pegasus said that Yugi played a Zombie , so he Summoned " Rogue Doll " ( ATK : 1600 ) , who had an advantage over Zombies . " Rogue Doll " attacked the face - down " Dark Magician " , causing itself to be destroyed ( Pegasus : 2000 → 1100 Life Points ) . Pegasus claimed to have know it was " Dark Magician " , but attacked anyway to keep things fair . Since the tape contained footage of " Rogue Doll " being destroyed , Dark Yugi thought Pegasus might be telling the truth . At some point , Pegasus switched " Oscillo Hero # 2 " and " Dragon Piper " to Defense Mode ( DEF : 500 ) ( DEF : 1800 ) . Pegasus said that there was only so much film left on the tape , so he imposed a time limit of 15 minutes ; If neither player had won before the time ran out , whoever had the most Life Points would be declared the winner . Pegasus ended his turn when the timer reached 13 : 58 . Dark Yugi attacked and destroyed " Koumori Dragon " with " Dark Magician " ( Pegasus : 1100 → 300 Life Points ) . Pegasus drew " Illusionist Faceless Mage " . He Summoned it ( ATK : 1200 ) and equipped it with " Eye of Deception " . He chose " Dark Magician " as the monster for " Illusionist Faceless Mage " to control with " Eye of Deception " . Dark Yugi mistook this action as the two monsters battling , but neither of them were destroyed . The timer was at at 5 : 03 as Dark Yugi began his turn . He was able to win on Life Point difference by doing nothing until the timer ran out , but considered that cowardly . He drew " Celtic Guardian " and Summoned it ( ATK : 1400 ) . He attempted to attack " Illusionist Faceless Mage " with " Celtic Guardian " . However , through the effect of " Eye of Deception " , Pegasus got it to battle " Dark Magician " instead , resulting in " Celtic Guardian " being destroyed ( Yugi : 1300 → 200 Life Points ) . Pegasus Set a card and ended his turn with the timer at 0 : 13 . Dark Yugi drew " Summoned Skull " and Summoned it ( ATK : 2500 ) . He attacked " Illusionist Faceless Mage " with it , but the timer hit 0 , before the attack went through . Pegasus then won on Life Point difference . Aftermath . Pegasus remarked " If that battle had gone on . . . I would have lost . . . or would I ? " He said that Yugi had more talent than he expected and predicted they would meet again at Duelist Kingdom . As Penalty Game for Yugi ' s loss , Pegasus sucked the soul of Sugoroku into the videotape .