Marik Ishtar (Anime)

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==Summary==
Marik Ishtar is the leader and founder of the Rare Hunters and the main antagonist of the second and third season of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters series. He seeks for the Egyptian God Cards and the Millenium Items because he believes that the Pharaoh was responsible for his father's death, though a suppressed darker side within him. Yami Marik lays dormant after his painful and suffering childhood as a gravekeeper. When his adopted brother Odion is defeated in a Shadow Game, Marik's reaction causes him to transform into his darker side.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: | , higher with electricity manipulation
Key: Marik Ishtar | Yami Marik
Name: Marik Ishtar, Namu | Yami Marik, Dark Marik
Origin: Yu-Gi-Oh!
Gender: Male
Age: 16 years old
Classification: Human, Duelist, Rare Hunter, Tomb Keeper | Marik Ishtar's second personality
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Strength and Durability (As Yami Marik), Magic, Mind Control, Skilled Strategist, Illusion Creation, Possession, Electricity Manipulation, Absorption, Soul Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement
Attack Potency: Human level | Street level (Knocked down and sent a metal door flying), higher with electricity manipulation
Speed: Average Human | Athletic Human
Lifting Strength: Average Human | Athletic Human
Striking Strength: Human level | Street level
Durability: Human level | Street level
Stamina: Average | Peak Human (Can duel for various hours and continue dueling after a lot of physical abuse to body and soul)
Range: Standard Melee Range | Several meters.
Standard Equipment: Duel Monster Cards, Duel Disk, Millennium Rod, (and Millennium Ring).
Intelligence: Skilled duellist | Insane, but able to scheme complex strategies for his opponents.
Weaknesses: Normal human weaknesses. | He relies on torturing his opponents instead of killing them.
==Gallery==
File:Ghost_Arkana_and_Yami_Marik.jpg|Yami Marik's "lost soul" along with Arkana.
File:Reformed_marik.jpg|Marik's appearance in Dawn of the Duel
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
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