Solomon Muto Solomon Muto , known as Sugoroku Mutou in the Japanese version is the grandfather of Yugi Muto . " Sugoroku " is a Japanese game similar to Backgammon . Solomon gave Yugi the Millennium Puzzle as a present . He owns the Kame Game shop , where Yugi and his friends get several of the games they play . Solomon is the present day counterpart of Shimon Muran . Biography . History . Valley of the Kings expedition . Solomon visited the Valley of the Kings in hopes of finding the Pharaoh ' s tomb . He hired two guides , Ahmet and Mushara to help him locate and navigate the tomb . The tomb was riddled with traps , which Solomon was able to discover . In one such trap , you had to walk with your left foot forward , as a sign of respect to the statues of the Pharaoh . Mushara failed to do so , and was attacked by the statues , and fell to his death . In the final room , Ahmet fell victim to a trap and was devoured by a monster . Solomon nearly fell victim as well , but was saved by the spirit of Pharaoh Atem . It was at the end of this room that he discovered the Millennium Puzzle . Later life . At some point in time , he lost a game and , as he promised himself , traded in his suit for overalls and began collecting games for years . Eventually , he opened up a game shop ( the Kame Game ) instead of continuing with his gambling days . Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duelist Kingdom . Kaiba wants the " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " and decides to challenge Grandpa to a Duel . Grandpa loses , and his card is torn , because Kaiba has the other three " Blue - Eyes White Dragons " and unable to have a fourth copy , in his Deck , the card could only be used against him . Grandpa is sent to the hospital as Yugi Duels Kaiba . His soul is later sealed inside a card by Pegasus and freed after Yugi defeats Pegasus . Grandpa , Yugi , Tea , Joey , and Tristan later come across Rebecca Hawkins , who accuses Solomon of stealing her grandfather ' s Blue Eyes White Dragon card . Grandpa denies it , but Rebecca pays no attention . She challenges him to a Duel but ends up faces Yugi instead . Grandpa tries to convince her about what he said and tells her the tale of how he met Arthur Hawkins . She calls Solomon a liar , much to his frustration . When the Duel ended , Arthur reunites with Solomon . Rebecca finally believes Solomon ' s story and apologizes to Yugi , and he decides to face Arthur in a Duel . Dungeon Dice Monsters . Grandpa doesn ' t play a very significant role in this arc . He is seen watching Yami Yugi play against Duke Devlin in a game of Dungeon Dice Monsters on a screen in front of the building in which the two are playing . He frequently gets distracted by Duke ' s cheerleaders , who sometimes appears on the screen . Battle City . When the Battle City tournament started , Solomon was eager to see the event . He was present for Joey Wheeler ' s three Duels against Espa Roba , Weevil Underwood , and Mako Tsunami , along with Téa Gardner and Tristan Taylor , offering support and advice for Joey . When Bakura was found injured , Solomon took him to the hospital . Grandpa got knocked out by Yami Bakura later on when he was checking on Bakura . Virtual World . Grandpa briefly appears in a flashback where he meets with Téa on a bench . Grand Championship . Grandpa competes in Kaiba ' s KaibaCorp Grand Prix tournament under the alias " Apdnarg Otum " / " Grandpa Muto ( Backwards ) " ( " Mask the Rock " in the Japanese version ) , yet Joey manages to defeat him . The English name is " Grandpa Muto " backwards . The Japanese name is a pun of " " Mask the Roku " " . Roku is six in Japanese , and " Sugoroku " means " double - six " . The Deck used is an Ancient - themed Deck with consisting mostly of Rock monsters . Dawn of the Duel . The season begins with Solomon telling Yugi how he found the Millennium Puzzle . During this time in his youth , he was a gambler searching for even greater trials in order to test his luck . However , he did decide to have a penalty for losing even a single game : he would turn in his gambling suit and wearing overalls instead with the intention of collecting years instead of chips . He found the Millennium Puzzle in Atem ' s tomb and was spared from the traps , thanks to his analytical skills helping him overcome the man - made traps and his pure heart sparing him from being eaten by ka . He later was picked up from the airport in Egypt and was present for the Ceremonial Battle between Yugi and Yami Yugi . Solomon and the others later escape from the collapsing building where Yugi and the Pharaoh Dueled . Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX . In " Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX " , he appeared at the end of Season 1 . When Kagemaru Summoned all three of the Sacred Beast s , and they were shown draining energy from cards around the world , two children were shown crying in his card shop as the monster card images were drained away . He was shown walking up to see the cause of the commotion . At that time his face was not shown , only his overall . Later , in Season 2 , Duel Academy students went on a field trip to Domino City . He was visited by Jaden Yuki and his friends who wanted to see Yugi . He answered them Yugi had been upset , and that card pictures had been faded away recently , referring to the Sacred Beast accident . When Hassleberry told him that Jaden sort out that mess , he decided to guide them through the city in return . As they left him behind , he was kidnapped by Thunder and Frost . Jaden and his friends spread out in order to find him . While Hassleberry and Syrus were lured and ended up Dueling his kidnappers , Jaden found him unconscious into a blind alley . Alongside Aster , they went to the place where the Duel was held , but came too late . Later in the night , Solomon gave Jaden , Atticus Rhodes , and the Slifers hamburgers in the bag for one of each . He also watched Jaden ' s Duel with T - Bone . Then he led Jaden and his remaining companions to Kaiba Land , where the latter Dueled Sarina with Aster . After the Duel , he promised Jaden to speak with Seto Kaiba in order to restore Sarina ' s consciousness , who left stuck in the virtual reality . Solomon ' s hair is now pointy on the top similar to the way it was shown in the " Capsule Monsters " . In the English dub , he is portrayed as senile . Altered timelines . Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX . Although he wasn ' t shown when Jaden traveled back through time to Duel the younger Yugi , Yugi said goodbye to Solomon while heading to school . Yu - Gi - Oh ! 3D Bonds Beyond Time . In this movie , during Paradox ' s plot to kill Pegasus , Solomon gets in the way and is killed along with Pegasus and some other citizens leaving Yugi as the sole survivor . Yugi then finds his bandana and cries over his death . The Crimson Dragon however takes Yugi back 30 minutes before Paradox ' s attack . Thanks to Yami Yugi , Jaden Yuki , and Yusei Fudo defeating Paradox , Solomon ' s death had been prevented ( therefore , he hadn ' t died at all . ) Non - canon appearances . Capsule Monsters . Solomon goes with Alex Brisbane to find the pyramid of Alexander the Great . However , when they split up , Solomon finds Shadi ' s Capsule Monster game board and accidentally gets sucked into it . During his time there , Solomon found a Summoned Skull and used it as his primary monster . Upon the arrival of Yugi and his friends , Solomon helped them through the five trials to test if the Pharaoh was a true king by translating the messages they received on how to accomplish them . However , he lost Summoned Skull during the trial preliminaries , but soon received Alexander the Great ' s Curse of Dragon as a replacement monster . After being victorious in the trials , Solomon allowed the good half of Alexander to use him as a vessel to return to the real world . However , Alexander ' s dark half had possessed Brisbane and trapped everyone in the room where the power to rule the world was held . However , after a final battle to decide which ruler deserved the power , Solomon was returned to the real world once again and fled the pyramid with everyone else when it collapsed after its purpose had been fulfilled . He then talked the pilots of Joey ' s vacation plane into taking him and Brisbane back to Domino . Personality . Solomon Muto is Yugi ' s grandfather and with his father ' s absence , he is Yugi ' s ultimate provider . He is smart , kind - hearted , funny , silly , loving , resourceful , gentle , and , of course , grandfatherly . He is , however , attracted to beautiful women , such as Vivian Wong , which did get him in some trouble with the gang when he agreed to help her after she fixed his back . He is the one who taught Yugi and Joey how to Duel . He is a strong believer of the Heart of the Cards , having taught both Yugi and Joey that concept , which both follow proudly . When he taught Joey he was strict , giving all sorts of lessons and usually being tough on him , but still encouraging him on how much he has grown , and is proud of him . Chances are he was the same way with Yugi when he taught him . Solomon loves games of all sorts , which may be because of his former gambling nature , and is even willing to go to dangerous places , such as during the non - canon Capsule Monsters adventure , to see and experience new games first - hand . Deck . Duelist Kingdom . Yugi ' s " Duelist Kingdom " Deck was once Solomon ' s , passed on to Yugi . In the manga , he uses one card that Yugi does not later use , " Hobbit " . The only card that Solomon didn ' t give to Yugi was " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " . This card was destroyed by Seto Kaiba . Grand Championship . During his participation in the Grand Championship , Solomon uses an " Ancient " Deck based around the " Ancient Dragon " , which can be revived whenever it is destroyed as long as he has " Ancient City " in play . However , the card is very difficult to play , requiring a set of six other cards and several turns to set up . According to Arthur Hawkins , the Grand Championship was the first time Solomon was able to call the " Ancient Dragon " , and in the dub is implied to be the only person Arthur knows to have ever done it . Besides his " Ancient " cards , Solomon tests Joey ' s reliance on luck with " The Legendary Gambler " and " Ordeal of a Traveler " . Capsule Monsters . In Capsule Monsters he uses some of the capsules that were cards in his old Deck he gave to Yugi . Video games . World Championship 2004 . Solomon is the first opponent available to the player who uses an Exodia Deck ( the other opponents are Rare Hunter and Simon whose Exodia Decks are much more potent ) . However , since he is a tier one Duelist , his cards are very weak , and he doesn ' t have many cards that enable him to draw , presenting himself with a very difficult challenge of acquiring all five Exodia cards in his hand . Still , he uses 1 copy of Blue - Eyes White Dragon , although he makes a habit of Tributing even this card to summon his Giant Turtle Who Feeds on Flames .