Yami Bakura is a playable Legendary Duelist in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links. This is a video game depiction of Yami Bakura, a character from the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime.
He appears in-game after the player reaches Stage 13 of Duel World (DM), at which point his Character Unlock Missions become available. Prior to December 21, 2017, he was exclusive to the special event Fear the Deck of Terror! The Destiny Board of Doom, only being able to be dueled or unlocked during the event.
Black Gate Keys are normally required to Duel Yami Bakura at the Gate. During the special event Fear the Deck of Terror! The Destiny Board of Doom, 10-sided dice are required instead.
Description
When Yugi's classmate Bakura was possessed by the evil spirit within the Millennium Ring, he transformed into Yami Bakura. He is merciless and will stop at nothing to achieve his goal. Yami Bakura's Occult Deck focuses on Fiend and Zombie-Type cards.
Decks
Character
Opponent
Level 10
Level 20
Level 30
Level 40
Fear the Deck of Terror! The Destiny Board of Doom
During this event, as an event opponent he has the skill "Destiny Board of Doom" at Level 40 and higher (at all levels prior to version 1.7), which lets him start the duel with "Dark Necrofear" in his Graveyard and the effect of the Destiny Board skill activated. Prior to version 1.7, he would always go first as an event opponent.
Level 10
Skill: "Destiny Board of Doom" (Start the Duel with "Dark Necrofear" in your Graveyard. At the end of your 5th turn, you win the Duel. This skill is negated if "Dark Necrofear" leaves your Graveyard.)
Prior the version 1.7, Yami Bakura has the skill "Destiny Board of Doom" and always goes first. From version 1.7 onward, Yami Bakura has no skill at level 10 and is not guaranteed to go first.
Level 20
Skill: "Destiny Board of Doom" (Start the Duel with "Dark Necrofear" in your Graveyard. At the end of your 5th turn, you win the Duel. This skill is negated if "Dark Necrofear" leaves your Graveyard.)
Prior the version 1.7, Yami Bakura has the skill "Destiny Board of Doom" and always goes first. From version 1.7 onward, Yami Bakura has no skill at level 10 and is not guaranteed to go first.
Level 30
Skill: "Destiny Board of Doom" (Start the Duel with "Dark Necrofear" in your Graveyard. At the end of your 5th turn, you win the Duel. This skill is negated if "Dark Necrofear" leaves your Graveyard.)
Prior the version 1.7, Yami Bakura has the skill "Destiny Board of Doom" and always goes first. From version 1.7 onward, Yami Bakura has no skill at level 10 and is not guaranteed to go first.
Level 40
Skill: "Destiny Board of Doom" (Start the Duel with "Dark Necrofear" in your Graveyard. At the end of your 5th turn, you win the Duel. This skill is negated if "Dark Necrofear" leaves your Graveyard.)
Prior the version 1.7, Yami Bakura always goes first.
Level 50
Skill: "Destiny Board of Doom" (Start the Duel with "Dark Necrofear" in your Graveyard. At the end of your 5th turn, you win the Duel. This skill is negated if "Dark Necrofear" leaves your Graveyard.)
Prior the version 1.7, Yami Bakura always goes first.
Roaming Duelist
Level 10
Level 20
Level 30
- Gernia x3
- Goblin Zombie x3
- Skull Conductor x3
- Humpty Grumpty x3
- Il Blud x2
Level 40
Level-up rewards
The following lists are the rewards the player accumulates from having Yami Bakura reach a certain Level.
| Level | Reward |
|---|---|
| 2 | 10 Gems |
| 3 | 1 copy of "Electric Lizard" |
| 4 | Compensation (Skill) |
| 5 | Deck slot (Yami Bakura) |
| 6 | 15 Gems |
| 7 | 1 copy of "Winged Minion" |
| 8 | Deck slot (Yami Bakura) |
| 9 | 25 Gems |
| 10 | 1 copy of "Taunt" |
| 11 | 1 copy of "Call of the Earthbound" |
| 12 | 35 Gems |
| 13 | Draw Sense: DARK (Skill) |
| 14 | 1 copy of "Gernia" |
| 15 | 50 Gems |
| Level | Reward |
|---|---|
| 16 | 1 copy of "The Earl of Demise" |
| 17 | 60 Gems |
| 18 | 1 copy of "Winged Minion" |
| 19 | 75 Gems |
| 20 | Tether of Defeat (Skill) |
| 21 | 1 copy of "Headless Knight" |
| 22 | 100 Gems |
| 23 | 1 copy of "Puppet Master" |
| 24 | 120 Gems |
| 25 | 1 copy of "White Magical Hat" |
| 26 | 150 Gems |
| 27 | Deck slot (Yami Bakura) |
| 28 | 200 Gems |
| 29 | 250 Gems |
| 30 | 300 Gems |
| 31 | 100,000 Gold |
| 32 | 200 Gems |
| 33 | 1 copy of "Headless Knight" |
| 34 | 250 Gems |
| 35 | 1 copy of "Goblin Zombie" |
| 36 | 1 UR Jewel |
| 37 | 200 Gems |
| 38 | 1 copy of "Goblin Zombie" |
| 39 | 250 Gems |
| 40 | 1 copy of "Dark Ruler Ha Des" |
Duel rewards
When dueling against Level 40 or higher Yami Bakura, these are the only cards that can drop; at lower levels, cards from the standard pool for Legendary Duelists may also drop.
Skills
| Skill | Effect | Unlock |
|---|---|---|
| Compensation | Can be used each time your Life Points decreases by 1000. Send the card on the top of your Deck to the Graveyard, and recover 300 LP. | Level 4 |
| Draw Sense: DARK | Can be used each time your Life Points decrease by 1500. In the Draw Phase, instead of doing a normal draw, draw a random DARK-attribute monster. |
Level 13 |
| Tether of Defeat | Can be used when one of the opponent's monster is destroyed in battle. The Top card from either your or the opponents deck is sent to the graveyard. | Level 20 |
| Destiny Board | Can be used if Dark Necrofear is in your Graveyard, and your LP are at 2000 or below. At the end of your 5th turn after activating this skill, you win the Duel. This skill is negated if "Dark Necrofear" leaves your Graveyard. This skill can only be used once per Duel. | Drop |
| Fiend Farewell | Can be used when one of your monsters is destroyed by battle. 1 random Fiend-Type monster from your Deck is sent to the graveyard. | Drop |
Dialogue
Character-specific
- Yami Yugi
- When starting a Duel with Yami Yugi, Yami Bakura says "Every game has an end. It's just a question of who the victor will be." followed by "And who will spend eternity roaming the Shadow Realm!"
- When he loses, he says "I wouldn't be celebrating if I were you." followed by "I'll be back to show you that your victory was all in vain!"
- Yami Marik
- When starting a Duel with Yami Marik, Yami Bakura says "Talk it up while you can..." followed by "You'll be the one living in eternal darkness."
- When he loses, he says "You haven't seen the last of me."
- Yugi Muto
- When starting a duel with Yugi Muto, Yami Bakura says "If you can defeat me you will be free to go, but lose, and the only place you'll end up is the Shadow Realm!"
Card-specific
- Monsters
- When Yami Bakura Summons "Dark Necrofear", a cut-in frame of Yami Bakura briefly appears, and he announces "I Summon the one that will cause your demise..." followed by "Dark Necrofear!" If that player hasn't already Summoned "Dark Necrofear" during that Duel, a cutscene of "Dark Necrofear" being Summoned plays afterwards.
- Most of the time when Yami Bakura declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Go, Dark Necrofear!" followed by "Doom Gaze!"
- When Yami Bakura activates the effect of that monster, he announces "Dark Necrofear's effect activates!"
- When Yami Bakura Summons "Dark Master - Zorc", he announces "Dark Master Zorc's resurrection is at hand! Aaahahahahaha!"
- When Yami Bakura activates the effect of that monster, he announces "Dark Master Zorc's effect activates! Brainwashed Dice!"
- When resolving the effect by rolling a 1, 2, or 3, he announces "Zorc Inferno!"
- When resolving the effect by rolling a 4, 5, or 6, he announces "Dark Catastrophe!"
- Most of the time when Yami Bakura declares an attack with that monster, he announces "I attack with Dark Master Zorc! Go, Dark Phenomenon!"
- When Yami Bakura activates the effect of that monster, he announces "Dark Master Zorc's effect activates! Brainwashed Dice!"
- When Yami Bakura Summons "Goblin Zombie", he announces "I Summon Goblin Zombie!"
- Most of the time when Yami Bakura declares an attack with that monster, he announces "I attack with Goblin Zombie!"
- When Yami Bakura Summons "Man-Eater Bug", he announces "This card hungers for you!" followed by "Man-Eater Bug!"
- Spells/Traps
- When Yami Bakura activates "Contract with the Dark Master", he announces "I activate my Spell card, Contract with the Dark Master!"
- When Yami Bakura activates "Dark Spirit of the Silent", he announces "My face-down card is Dark Spirit of the Silent!"
- When Yami Bakura activates "Destiny Board", he announces "I activate the Continuous Trap Destiny Board! Five simple letters will spell your doom!" [sic]
- When Yami Bakura activates "Ectoplasmer", he announces "I activate the Spell Card, Ectoplasmer!"
- When Yami Bakura activates the effect of that card during his turn, he announces "Ectoplasmer, fire!" followed by "You take damage equal to half the Attack Points of the Tributed monster!"
- When Yami Bakura activates the effect of that card during his opponent's turn, he announces "I activate the Spell Card, Ectoplasmer!"
- When Yami Bakura activates "The Dark Door", he announces "The Spell card, The Dark Door!"
- When Yami Bakura activates "The Shallow Grave", he announces "The Shallow Grave, activate! We each return one of our monsters from the Graveyard to the field."
Trivia
- Strangely, his eyes are red instead of brown eyes.
- His use of "Dark Master - Zorc" is a reference to the Monster World game from the manga.
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