Millennium Ring < nowiki > < / nowiki > The Millennium Ring ( " Sennen Ringu " ) is one of the Millennium Items . It was the item held by Mahad in the past and Bakura Ryou in the present . History . Ancient Egypt . 3 , 000 years before present day events ( 5 , 000 in the dub ) , the Millennium Ring and the other Millennium Items were forged in Kul Elna by sacrificing 99 souls of the Kul Elna villagers . The items were created in order to protect Egypt from attackers . Mahad had the Millennium Ring before Bandit King Bakura . Bakura sealed his soul in the Ring , along with a portion of Zorc ' s , which formed Yami Bakura . Yu - Gi - Oh ! In the present day at the start of the anime Bakura Ryou had it , he later lost it to Yami Marik . After Yugi defeated Marik , Marik Ishtar gave the Ring to Yugi . When Rex and Weevil mistakenly took Yugi ' s Millennium Items in an attempt to steal his Egyptian God Cards , Yami Bakura retrieved it back from them . As the RPG replayed Atem ' s life , Bandit King Bakura managed to steal it again from Mahad . He once again gathered the Items and Summoned Zorc . Yugi then retrieves the Millennium Ring after the demise of Zorc and Yami Bakura . Also , as seen in a brief scene from the manga , Mana gained the Millennium Ring after the final battle with Zorc . After the Ceremonial Battle , the Ring , along with all the other Millennium Items , fell underground . Later , in " The Dark Side of Dimensions " , while the Millennium Puzzle was being excavated , Mani found the Millennium Ring , and his mind got warped by its evil . He then got incinerated thanks to the Ring , and it got transported to another dimension . After Aigami returned to that dimension , the Ring warped him into Dark Diva , and transformed the Quantum Cube into a huge crimson cube that started absorbing the world and spread its darkness across the globe , until Aigami was defeated by Yugi and Atem , and was reverted back to normal . Following Atem and Yugi ' s attack , the Millennium Ring was supposedly destroyed . In the non - canon " Capsule Monsters , " thousands of years before the events of " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " , Alexander the Great came into possession with this item . During his time , he won many battles with it , and claims it to be his lucky charm , but years later , the Ring somehow corrupted his mind ( possibly , it has the power to split a person ' s soul into two pieces : one is Alexander ' s light - soul and the other is Alexander ' s dark - soul due to the fragment of Zorc ' s soul and his power being sealed away ) . In the manga , this ring has a gruesome effect on a wearer who has not the ability to maintain its shadow powers . If the wearer is not strong enough , then the ring will burn their soul and body , as seen when a thief who tried to steal it was forced to wear it by Shadi ; after the ring ' s prongs punctured his chest , the thief had fire pouring out of his eyes and mouth and died horribly , a scene that Maximillion Pegasus saw , who was then subsequently forced to accept the Millennium Eye . The strong people who managed to survive the ring ' s power are : Mahad , Bakura Ryou , Alexander the Great , Yami Marik , presumably , Mana in the manga , and Seto Kaiba in the Yu - Gi - Oh ! Monster Capsule GB video game . The ring is also featured on the chest of " Ma ' at " . Abilities . Its primary power is to guide the owner to whatever he seeks , including other Millennium Items , like a compass . It even detects non - physical objects like mystical energies or dark emotions . Like the Millennium Puzzle , it had a soul sealed inside of it , in this case a fragment of the soul of Zorc Necrophades ( who had also lost his memories ) and a portion of Bakura ' s past life , Bandit King Bakura . Another well - known power of the Ring is its ability to seal one ' s soul , or portions of one ' s soul into other objects , including itself and other Millennium Items . It can also harness the magic of the Shadow Games . It can initiate mystical games where the players cannot be disturbed , cast illusions , and manipulate souls . It also gives the owner other magic powers , including clairvoyance , interfering with the powers of other Millennium Items , immobilizing people , and knocking people unconscious . In the " Memory World " arc , Bandit King Bakura used it to access his Diabound ' s ability to camouflage itself in the dark , so he could sneak into the pharaoh ' s palace , though he later states that Diabound becomes more powerful the more Millennium Items he holds ( a trait likely true regarding most monster spirits ) . Only in the anime , the Ring also has an unexplained bond with its owner , as shown when Bakura mysteriously regained the Ring after Tristan threw it off a cliff into the forest in Duelist Kingdom . In " The Dark Side of Dimensions " , when young Bakura touched the Ring for the first time , it released tremendous amount of dark energy and merged with his body . This all was presumably due to Zorc ' s malignant powers . Only in the manga , if the Ring found a suitable host , it can dig its prongs into the wearer ' s chest , preventing them from taking it off . In Yu - Gi - Oh ! Capsule Monsters , its revealed that the Millennium Ring has the ability to split the owner ' s soul in two as seen with Alexander The Great and Yami Alexander . Unlike the rest of the Millennium Items , the Millennium Ring seems to possess the darkest powers , possibly due to having been corrupted by Zorc ' s powers ever since its creation in the anime ( where it fell into a chasm where the Tablet of Lost Memories rose from and Zorc emerging the first time ) . Mahad even mentioned that he could sense incredibly evil energy within the Ring when he wore it . Evidence of the evil powers still existing within it is that despite the fact that it is no longer housing the soul and power of Yami Bakura , who was Zorc , the Ring still had the ability to turn others evil , as it had done with Aigami and Mani in " The Dark Side of Dimensions " .