Yami Marik Yami Marik , known as Dark Marik in the manga and Japanese versions , is Marik Ishtar ' s second personality created by his own inner hatred and pain . He serves as the main antagonist of the Battle City Finals arc after Odion falls into a coma , triggering his possession of Marik ' s body . Unlike Yami Yugi and Yami Bakura , Yami Marik did not originate as an entity sealed within a Millennium Item , but instead was spawned from the pain Marik endured from having his back carved as part of his family ' s rite of passage . Design . Appearance . Upon first awakening in the anime , he was wearing the original outfit of Marik , including a light purple sleeveless hoodie , black pants and black shoes , but wore most of his normal clothes underneath the hoodie in the manga . Yami Marik ' s usual outfit consists of a long purple cape with a gold chain , and the black sleeveless tank top and beige pants from the manga , making the whereabouts of his new clothes a trivial mystery . 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 since he picked up the Millennium Rod , which he keeps in his belt while not carrying it , he bears the Eye of Wdjat on his forehead . After he defeats Yami Bakura , he takes the Millennium Ring , wearing it around his neck for the remainder of the tournament , but concealing it beneath his tank top until he reveals it to Yami Yugi during their Duel . Whilst Dueling , faint , ghastly images of his face frequently stretch out from his head . As the series progressed , visible veins slowly start to appear on his face . 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 Yami Yugi and Yami Bakura , who are both entirely different entities from their associated hosts in their own right , Yami Marik ' s facial structure is exactly the same as Marik ' s , though the similarities are offset by the differences outlined above . Personality . Yami Marik is a person of pure cruelty and insanity who cares for no one but himself , as he was born of hate , anger , and envy . Yami Marik ruthlessly murdered his father , and was constantly trying to kill Odion for being a hindrance to his existence in the outside , and threatened Ishizu with death for hiding their brother . Yami Marik showed no interest in Yami Yugi ' s or Seto Kaiba ' s pasts , something which his alter ego wanted to know . In addition , while Marik ' s goal of becoming the new Pharaoh was fueled by a personal affliction towards the Pharaoh particularly , Yami Marik didn ' t seem to have any goal except for spreading pain and suffering , and also existing outside , both to no longer be sealed inside his alter ego and because he considers himself the " true " Marik . In the dub however , he shares Marik ' s goals in addition to his sadistic desire to spread pain . Before his death , he tried to reason with Marik saying that they could rule the world together ; however , given his personality , he was merely trying to persuade Marik to free him from his predicament . Yami Marik lacks empathy and is highly sadistic ; building his Deck around torture - themed cards , and using his shadow powers to manifest them into reality , painfully hurting his opponents for his own pleasures . However , he was overconfident in his dark powers and particularly their role in winning his Duels , since he would have lost his Duel against Mai Valentine right away if it wasn ' t for her attempting to Summon " The Winged Dragon of Ra " , only to be given Ra ' s Sphere Form , and in his Duel against Joey Wheeler , he wouldn ' t have won if Joey hadn ' t collapsed from exhaustion because of the torturing of " Ra " when Marik used its Egyptian God Phoenix effect . During his last Duel he even stated that he got the most pleasure from torturing Yami Yugi . In Noah Kaiba ' s Virtual World fortress , Yami Marik demonstrated a high degree of recklessness , as he destroyed the fortress ' computer , which was the only way of stopping the missile that was programmed to fire at the building ; his only care being the death that it would cause , and he was subsequently seen enjoying the frantic escape on the airship . Despite his cruelty and evil , he valued his own life dearly ; he tried to murder Odion so he would not be sealed back in Marik ' s body , and pleaded for Marik to help him win against Yugi after Marik was able to regain control of his body . Still , he shows traits of a masochist as well , especially in the Japanese version of his Duel against Joey . For example , after his " Gil Garth " was destroyed and its pain was transferred to him , he laughed psychotically and stated that he was enjoying the feeling . Though certainly reliant to a degree on his shadow powers during a Duel , Yami Marik was by no means an incompetent Duelist ; planning ahead in case Yami Yugi survived the attack of " Ra " by using his Egyptian God Slime to complete his strategy of immortality and do a follow - up with " Jam Defender " to make it the only monster Yugi could attack ( thanks to its ability to regenerate ) ; he also knew more about the abilities of " Ra " than Marik and he outwitted his alter ego and Yami Bakura by changing most of the cards in his Deck . Yami Marik is shown have difficulty with advanced technology ( his Duel Disk notwithstanding ) during the Virtual World arc as he was having trouble with a security pass - code when he pressed it , only to be denied . Yami Marik considers himself the " true " Marik , though he largely does not consider himself part of the Ishtar family , referring to Ishizu and his father as Marik ' s rather than his , barring his first emergence where he killed Ishtar . He also explains the pain of Marik ' s past as if it were his own , though he did not actually experience the events himself ; he merely birthed from them , and in the Japanese version , he laughs after recounting it , explaining that it is the trauma that dominates Marik . Abilities . Yami Marik can only emerge from Marik when the latter is filled with rage , though during the time of his second emergence , he managed to acquire enough power to bypass this restriction . As a Tomb Keeper , Yami Marik is capable of using the Millennium Items and the Egyptian God Cards , and subsequently creating Shadow Games . As a result of winning a Shadow Game and inflicting a Penalty Game on his opponent , his power increases . Biography . Yu - Gi - Oh ! Birth . Yami Marik was " born " from the pain and suffering that Marik had endured when he was forced to take the initiation ritual to become a full Tomb Keeper at ten years old by his father . A year later , after Marik ' s forbidden trip to surface , Marik returned from his trip , having realized that his departure had been discovered , and was horrified to see his father torturing Odion to a presumed death ( in the dub , Odion was going to be exiled , but was still almost unconscious on the floor ) . Odion ' s state enraged Marik , allowing Yami Marik to take control . Though he thanked his father for dealing with Odion , Yami Marik proceeded to resist his father ' s punishment on himself and claim the Millennium Rod for himself . Ignoring his father ' s orders to put the Item down , Yami Marik used its powers to smash him against the wall . When his sister Ishizu protested for him to stop , he blasted her back and froze her in place . Yami Marik then proceeded to murder his father ( in the dub , he sent his father to the Shadow Realm ) . He prepared to kill Odion next , but Odion was able to rouse himself , his presence calming Marik down and sealing Yami Marik away in Marik ' s body . It is never stated whether or not Yami Marik subconsciously removed Marik ' s guilt as he did in the manga . Battle City . Yami Marik was released and seemingly changed into a seperate entity from Marik during the Battle City quarter - finals when Odion was rendered unconscious during his Duel against Joey Wheeler . Deciding Marik ' s Deck was weak , he changed it to add many new cards of his own , and also managed to learn of the hidden powers of " Ra " . Unwilling to risk letting Odion wake up , he attempted to murder him , but changed his mind after he heard that he was Dueling next , deciding to let Odion live a little longer . In Marik ' s quarter - final match , Yami Marik Duels Mai Valentine in a Shadow Game . After initially trading blows , Yami Marik changed the Duel into a Shadow Game where when they lost Life Points , they lost memories , though this had no real effect on Yami Marik , who didn ' t care about the memories he ' d lost but had a severe effect on Mai . Mai traded blows with Yami Marik fairly equally , even taking " The Winged Dragon of Ra " . When she proceeded to Summon " Ra " , however , it was locked in Sphere Mode , and Mai was unable to release the God monster . Yami Marik proceeded to do so on his turn , remove Mai ' s last defenses , and attack her with " Ra " , though the attack did not kill her due to the intervention of Yami Yugi and Joey . After winning , Yami Marik trapped Mai ' s soul , where she is slowly buried in sand in an hourglass inside her mind . This left Mai with little more than a day to live before the torture killed her . ( in the dub , he banished her soul to the Shadow Realm ) . After this , Joey became determined to Duel Yami Marik and save Mai no matter how high the cost . He watched the Duel between Ishizu and Kaiba , and the sight of his sister caused Marik to attempt to regain control of their body . Yami Marik promptly sealed his alter ego ' s personality deeper within their body . Remembering Ishizu ' s strategy from her and Marik ' s Dueling practices , he believed that Ishizu had the Duel won easily , even though Kaiba had " Obelisk the Tormentor " out ( which Yami 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 , Yami Marik attempted to kill Odion again , but he was opposed by Yami Bakura , who teamed up with the real Marik ' s soul . With their Millennium powers equal , the duo Dueled in a match not part of the tournament . Yami Bakura managed to gain possession of " The Winged Dragon of Ra " via " Exchange " , but Marik used " Joyful Doom " to lower the ATK of the monsters Tribute d to Summon it to 0 and add their power to his Life Points , thereby weakening the Dragon ' s ATK to 0 . Yami Bakura Tributes " Ra " to Summon " The Dark Ruler " and also Summoned " Dark Necrofear " and " Headless Knight " but Marik used " Monster Reborn " to bring " Ra " back and introduced its Point - to - Point Transfer ability , sacrificing all but 1 of his Life Points to raise the the ATK of " Ra " to 8549 , then attack ed to win the Duel . Marik gleefully warned Bakura to be ready to disappear into the darkness , but Bakura claimed to be the darkness itself and vowed revenge before disappearing . Yami Marik claimed the Millennium Ring as his trophy from defeating Yami 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 Items . He returned to try and kill Odion again , but Ishizu had been warned by Marik and moved Odion . Virtual World . In the Virtual World arc , Yami Marik decided to wait on the airship and see how the situation unfolded for most of the arc . He eventually got tired of waiting and took matters into his own hands , deciding that no - one would hurt Yugi before he did . He investigated Noah Kaiba ' s base to find Yugi and his friends , but got frustrated with the high - tech contraptions that blocked his way . Eventually , the alarm set off and the fortress guard robots came after him , but he easily dealt with them using his Millennium Rod . He forced his way through the base and destroyed the main power generator , which in turn , released Kaiba ' s blimp . Then , he found the console that controlled the satellite , which Noah programmed to fire a missile to destroy the base . Marik recklessly destroyed it , so there was no way to stop the missile . Luckily , he and the others managed to escape in time . Battle City finals . The airship soon arrived at KaibaCorp Island , 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 Royale Duel . Yami Marik didn ' t really care who he ' d face , but eventually decided to match himself up against Yugi . However , despite his disruptive tactics , both Kaiba and Joey were intending to make sure that Yami Marik Dueled Joey , and Yami Marik was the first to be eliminated , followed swiftly by Joey . As they ascended to the top of the tower , Yami Marik warned Joey to prepare himself for his fate . Yami Marik transformed his Duel with Joey into a Shadow Game , connecting the Duelists to their monsters so that they ' d feel the pain their monsters did . He controlled the Duel with the effect of his " Helpoemer " in the Graveyard , which stole cards from Joey ' s hand as Yami Marik ' s " Coffin Seller " Trap Card drained his Life Points . Joey turned this against him by using " Question " to Summon his " Jinzo " , crippling Yami Marik ' s strategy after it destroyed his Traps . Yami Marik Summoned " Lava Golem " to Joey ' s field to eliminate " Jinzo " and he drained Joey of strength via the effects of his duplicated " Plasma Eel s " . Joey managed to gain the upper hand with " Gilford the Lightning " until Marik Summoned " Ra " , revealing its third power of Egyptian God Phoenix to destroy " Gilford " . 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 . Yami Marik was horrified that he ' d almost lost the Duel and gagged into his hands , though he recovered enough to gloat . As he left to recover , Kaiba stopped him and claimed that Yami Marik had revealed all of the secrets of " Ra " , and that he held the card capable of defeating it . Yami Marik sarcastically wished him luck . After he recovered , he returned to the Duel Tower gone to watch Yami 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 Yami Yugi the memories of Priest Seto . He smiled fiendishly after Yami Yugi won , ensuring that he would get the chance to kill him in a Shadow Game . After the Duel , Yami Marik furiously demanded that the Rod show him what it had shown Kaiba and Yugi , and when it didn ' t respond , he tossed it away in frustration . Unfortunately for him , Téa Gardner , controlled by a fragment of Marik , claimed the Rod and blasted Yami Marik down , much to his confusion . As Marik held his dark half at Rod - point , Yami Marik realized that Marik had been able to control Téa due to his earlier possession of her , and he snidely pointed out that it was thanks to Odion that he ' d re - emerged , distracting Marik long enough to disarm him . He began to subdue Marik , but was stopped by the arrival of Ishizu , and then Yami Yugi . Yami Marik decided to wait until it was time for his Duel to finish things and departed , laughing , but returning to the top of the Tower before Yugi did . As they prepared to Duel , Kaiba gave Yugi a card , which Yugi shuffled into his Deck . As they shuffled each other ' s Decks , Yami Marik taunted Yami Yugi , suggesting that he shuffle well so that " Ra " would end up at the bottom of his Deck . Yami Marik turned his Duel with Yami Yugi in the finals into a Shadow Game that gave him a clear edge ; when Yami Yugi lost Life Points , Yugi Muto ' s body would fade away , and when Yami Marik lost Life Points , the original Marik would fade away . While Yami Marik would survive if Marik didn ' t , if Yami Yugi lost , both he and Yugi would be destroyed . Discarding " Ra " on his first turn , Yami Marik helped Yugi get " Slifer the Sky Dragon " out so he could destroy it himself with " Ra " , which he succeeded in doing with Egyptian God Phoenix . He reclaimed his " Monster Reborn " with " Zombie ' s Jewel " , giving Yami Yugi a last chance to draw . Yami Yugi didn ' t even look at the card before he Set it , but Yami Marik wasn ' t interested . He brought out " Ra " again , this time using its Point - to - Point Transfer effect to raise its ATK and prepared to attack . He also revealed that he had taken the Millennium Ring from Yami Bakura , revealing that he was behind Bakura ' s disappearance to the group at large . When Yami Marik attacked , Yami Yugi revealed the card Kaiba had given him - " Fiend ' s Sanctuary " , which forced Yami Marik to attack himself . Yami Marik was forced to use the " De - Fusion " that Yami Yugi had given him through " Exchange " , separating himself from " Ra " and boosting his Life Points . Yugi then Summoned " Obelisk the Tormentor " and attacked Yami Marik directly , badly injuring him , but this gave Yami Marik the opportunity to create a clone of it called " Egyptian God Slime . " He used the Slime to stall until he could revive " Ra " to destroy " Obelisk " , but Yami Yugi prevented this by using " Slifer " as a shield . Yami Marik simply re - revived " Ra " and began to boost its ATK , only for Yami Yugi to sacrifice the " Egyptian God Slime " to activate the effect of " Obelisk " , boosting it to infinite ATK . Yami Marik blocked the attack with " Class System " , and prepared to finish Yami Yugi off , attacking " Obelisk . " Yami Yugi responded with " Ragnarok " , that would destroy " Ra . " Yami Marik warned Yugi that the move would likely destroy Marik as well , but as Yami Yugi hesitated , Odion , who had reawoken , arrived at the top of the Tower . As Yami Marik taunted Odion and blasted him with the Millennium Rod , Odion urged Marik to realize that he had to accept his responsibility for being a Tomb Keeper and the death of his father . With this confidence , Marik overpowered his evil self and urged Yami Yugi to attack him . Yami Yugi did so , destroying " Ra . " The shock of the monster ' s destruction while Yami Marik was fused to it allowed Marik to retake control , putting Yami Marik in the position of the sacrifice . Yami Marik begged his other self to work with him , but his efforts were in vain . Marik forfeited , reducing his Life Points to zero and resulting in the ultimate destruction of Yami Marik . Waking the Dragons . Yami Marik made another brief appearance in Mai ' s nightmares at the beginning of " Waking the Dragons " , a factor that had huge ramifications concerning her alliance with Doma . He also appeared as a spirit in the Valley of Lost Souls , when Yami Yugi journeyed there to find his other half . Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX . Yami Marik appears in two flashbacks in " Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX " , when Syrus Truesdale mentions some of Yugi ' s exploits and tells Jaden Yuki about the Egyptian God s and when Franz uses the counterfeit copy of " The Winged Dragon of Ra " . Deck . Yami Marik runs an Immortality - Torture Deck , which focuses on slowly torturing his opponents and him watching them squirm . In the theme of pain , Yami Marik ' s cards slowly drain his opponent ' s strength , such as discarding their hand with " Helpoemer " , lowering ATK with " Dark Jeroid " and " Plasma Eel " , and inflicting Burn damage with " Coffin Seller " and " Bowganian " . Some of his cards , like " Nightmare Wheel " and the manga - exclusive " Viser Shock " and " Viser Des " , are based on torture machines . Yami Marik ' s Deck otherwise relies on a variety of powerful Trap Cards and Fiend - Type monsters . With " The Winged Dragon of Ra " as his trump card , Yami Marik uses a variety of cards to discard it , then revive it with " Monster Reborn " to devastate his opponents . He further relies on retrieving " Monster Reborn " to his hand after using it initially to continue to revive " Ra " again and again , using cards such as " Left Arm Offering " and " Mining for Magical Stones " . Yami Marik also uses some of the cards previously used by Rare Hunters such as " Revival Jam " and in the anime " Masked Beast Des Gardius " .