Yubel

“	It's over! And by ending everything, I claim all of your love for myself, for all eternity	„
	― Yubel to Jaden Yuki

Yubel (ユベル) serves as the primary antagonist in the Dimension World arc of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime. Once a malevolent Duel Monster Spirit tied to Jaden Yuki's childhood, Yubel is deeply obsessed with her love for him. Despite her initial antagonistic role, she is ultimately redeemed after Jaden fuses with her, ensuring their bond is eternal. Since then, Yubel has acted as Jaden's partner, resembling the dynamic between Yugi and Yami Yugi or other duelist pairs in the franchise.

Names	Yubel (ユベル)
Gender	Genderless
Race	Spirit, Demon
Occupation	Duel Monster
Origin	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Episode 106: "A Jewel of a Duel: Part 1", 十代じゅうだいと宝玉獣ほうぎょくじゅうデッキのヨハン Jūdai to Hōgyokujū Dekki no Yohan lit: "Judai and Johan of the Gem Beast Deck" (October 11, 2006)
Alignment	Reformed
Age	Unknown at Least 3000 years
Created By	Hatsuki Tsuji, Studio Gallup

Appearance

Yubel’s appearance is striking and symbolic, blending demonic and androgynous features to emphasize duality. Her most distinct characteristics include sickly-pink skin, large black wings, heterochromatic eyes (resembling Dartz's Orichalcos-affected gaze), and a third, vertically placed eye. Her hair reflects a fusion of styles seen in Yami Marik and Yami Bakura, while her lips are blue, and her sharp, pointed teeth evoke comparisons to Camula.

Her clothing is asymmetrical—one leg is fully covered, and the other is mostly exposed—further symbolizing opposites. One side of her body is overtly feminine, with a covered breast and rounded hip, while the other side is masculine, featuring a pectoral muscle and harder contours. This duality extends to her Duel Disk, which grows directly from her arm. Her Japanese design is more revealing, while the English dub modifies her top half to appear less so, often emphasizing a fully feminine appearance.

In her human form, Yubel had an androgynous beauty, with light blue hair, turquoise eyes, and tanned skin.

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  TCG Yubel Monster Card

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  TCG Phantom Yubel Card

Personality

As a human in her past life, Yubel was stoic, noble, and profoundly devoted to her childhood friend. Her unwavering love led her to sacrifice her humanity to protect him, despite the immense pain it caused. However, as a Duel Monster Spirit, Yubel’s personality darkened, becoming emotional, sadistic, and manipulative. Her love for Jaden, reincarnated as the Supreme King, transformed into an obsessive, possessive force. She fiercely protected him, cursing those who upset or harmed him, and believed she was the only companion he needed, regardless of the suffering this caused.

Yubel’s exposure to the Light of Destruction amplified her darker traits, driving her to insanity. In the Japanese version, she is portrayed as psychopathic and adept at manipulating others' insecurities to achieve her goals. Her sadistic tendencies often included emotionally tormenting opponents while deriving satisfaction from their suffering. Despite this, she occasionally demonstrated genuine respect for strong opponents, though this was downplayed in the English dub, where her sadism was more focused on Jaden.

Her ultimate ambition was to have Jaden entirely to herself, even at the cost of others' lives or his own suffering. She rationalized her twisted actions as "true love," equating shared suffering with a deeper bond. Yubel’s warped understanding of love stemmed from her belief that Jaden sent her into space out of love, though in the dub, this act was interpreted as betrayal. Over time, her obsession became a driving force for her every action, including the manipulation of Duel Spirit dimensions.

In the dub, Yubel’s character was altered significantly. Her love for Jaden was replaced with a childish desire to "play" with him, and her motivations were simplified to seeking revenge for her banishment. Her sadomasochistic tendencies and twisted views on love were largely removed, making her less complex and more vindictive. Her appearance was also edited to eliminate masculine elements, and her voice was altered to be distinctly feminine.

By the series’ conclusion, Yubel undergoes a significant transformation, shedding her hatred and the influence of the Light of Destruction. Fused with Jaden, she becomes a supportive ally, offering him guidance and power in critical moments, such as during his Duel with Nightshroud. Yubel reassures Jaden that he is never alone, as her spirit is always with him, strengthening their partnership.

Yubel’s redemption is closely tied to Jaden’s ability to control Duel Spirits and the power of the Gentle Darkness. In Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time, she acknowledges Yugi Muto as the True King of Duelists and supports Jaden through his emotional struggles, showcasing her newfound maturity and selflessness.

Voice and Mannerisms

In the Japanese version, Yubel alternates between two voices—one male and one female—though she predominantly uses the female voice when addressing Jaden. She also frequently refers to herself with male pronouns, emphasizing her duality. In the dub, Yubel’s voice is consistently androgynous but leans feminine, reflecting her simplified personality. Her behavior transitions from childish and bratty to calculated and intelligent as the series progresses.

When possessing others, Yubel’s voice often blends with her host's, though the Japanese version retains her dual tones more prominently. In the English dub, her speech includes additional dialogue not present in the original, and her motives are framed with less nuance, often tied to concepts of destiny rather than her complex emotional state.

Biography

Background

In a past life, Yubel and their closest companion lived in an unnamed kingdom. The King revealed that the prince would one day wield the power of the Gentle Darkness and required a guardian to protect him until he matured and could control it. Yubel volunteered for the role and underwent a painful transformation, turning from a human into a dragon-like form. During the procedure, Jaden's ancestor discovered what was happening and tried to stop it but failed, leading to Yubel's complete transformation. Moved by Yubel's sacrifice, Jaden's ancestor swore eternal love and devotion to them after their transformation (in the dub, he promised never to forget Yubel and to keep them by his side).

In the modern era, Yubel’s spirit was sealed into a card by Industrial Illusions. This card was later discovered by Jaden Yuki’s father, who gifted it to his son. As Jaden was the reincarnation of Yubel's beloved prince, Yubel vowed to protect him once more. Jaden formed a deep bond with Yubel, treasuring the card and feeling an unexplainable connection to its spirit. Every time Jaden dueled, Yubel's spirit urged him to summon her.

However, Yubel's protective instincts soon turned destructive. They perceived any perceived threat to Jaden or their relationship as a danger to be eliminated. This led to unfortunate consequences—such as when Jaden dueled a boy named Osamu, and Yubel cursed him after an accident caused Jaden minor physical harm (in the dub, the curse was for unintentionally upsetting Jaden). These incidents alienated Jaden, as others came to fear dueling him while Yubel remained in his deck. Despite understanding Yubel was causing harm, Jaden refused to discard the card, valuing their bond too deeply.

Hoping to help Yubel gain the "powers of justice" that Elemental Hero Neos would later embody, Jaden asked KaibaCorp to launch Yubel's card into space. The plan was to have the card exposed to cosmic energies, in the hopes it would purify Yubel's soul. However, the satellite containing Yubel was instead corrupted by the Light of Destruction, a force Yubel was meant to help Jaden fight. Isolated and calling out to Jaden in vain, Yubel's psyche deteriorated. (In the dub, Yubel's card absorbed a "darker form of energy," which granted them immense power but caused excruciating pain.)

This transformation set Yubel on a twisted path, driven by their love and obsession for Jaden, but ultimately leading to their tragic descent into darkness.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

Dimension World

After spending an unknown amount of time isolated in space, Yubel's capsule eventually returned to Earth. The violent re-entry destroyed most of Yubel's body, leaving only a single forearm. This remnant was discovered by Thelonious Viper. Yubel deceived Viper by promising to resurrect his adopted son, Pierce, and coerced him into creating Bio-Bands and orchestrating Survival Duels. These Duels generated energy that Yubel absorbed to restore their shattered body and reclaim Jaden. In the English version, Yubel's motivations were expanded to include punishing Jaden for "discarding" them, protecting him from others, and ultimately claiming him as their own.

After Jaden defeated Viper, Yubel manipulated Viper’s memories, causing him to fall off the arena when he was no longer useful. (In the English version, this was replaced with Yubel grabbing Viper’s face and destroying him using their Devil Arm.) Using their newly acquired power, Yubel shifted Duel Academy into another dimension. They possessed Marcel Bonaparte and turned the students and staff—including Syrus Truesdale, Chazz Princeton, and others—into Duel-obsessed zombies (known as Duel Ghouls in the dub) to fuel their restoration. Yubel also secured the Sacred Beasts and formed an alliance with Adrian Gecko, though their partnership grew contentious.

When Adrian challenged Yubel for the Sacred Beasts, their Duel was interrupted by the beasts awakening. Yubel revealed that they already held four limbs of Exodia and, with "Break the Seal" resolved, could have added the head to secure victory. Yubel then challenged Jaden to a Duel, threatening to dispose of the Duel Ghouls if he refused and promising to return everyone home if he won (though they never intended to keep this promise). Jaden dueled Marcel, but the battle turned dire until Jesse Anderson arrived. Yubel eventually left Marcel’s body, having fully restored themselves, to Jaden’s shock. Though Yubel nearly triumphed with "Chaos Phantasm Armityle," Jesse's "Rainbow Dragon" prevented their victory. The Duel's climax caused an explosion that engulfed both Jesse and Yubel, but both survived.

Yubel reemerged in the Duel Monsters Spirit World, now possessing Jesse's body. Their goals expanded to uniting all twelve Duel Spirit dimensions under their rule, with Jaden at their side. (In the English version, Yubel claimed this plan would prevent others from experiencing the pain and loneliness they endured.) Simultaneously, Yubel manipulated events that led Jaden to embrace darkness as The Supreme King, completing "Super Polymerization," the card crucial to their plans.

When Yubel first appeared in Jesse's body, they dueled Zane Truesdale, using "Advanced Crystal Beasts" and eventually summoning "Rainbow Dark Dragon." Despite Zane summoning "Cyber End Dragon" with 16,000 ATK, Yubel won due to "Power Bond's" effect. Exhausted, Yubel retreated to recover, only to face betrayal from Adrian Gecko, who sought to rule the twelve dimensions himself. Using the Sacred Beasts, Yubel dismantled Adrian’s Exodia strategies and ultimately defeated him by turning Echo, Adrian’s companion spirit, against him. This victory restored Yubel’s energy (Adrian's fate was implied as death, softened to "sent to the stars" in the dub).

In their final confrontation with Jaden, Yubel revealed that Jesse's soul was hidden in "Rainbow Dragon" during their possession. Jaden freed Jesse but drew the Duel to a stalemate, allowing Yubel to seize "Super Polymerization." Their final Duel brought Yubel to a realization: Jaden resented the suffering they caused and could not reciprocate their obsessive love. In their despair, Yubel resolved to destroy all dimensions along with Jaden. (In the dub, Yubel's ultimate goal remained unchanged.)

Jaden ultimately forgave Yubel, vowing eternal love and understanding. Using "Super Polymerization," he fused their souls, ending the conflict and binding them together forever. (In the dub, Jaden acknowledged Yubel's original intentions and promised they would fight side by side in harmony.)

Darkness

Yubel’s abilities often come into play during Jaden’s encounters with Trueman, signified by Jaden’s eyes shifting to Yubel's dichromatic colors. Although Yubel’s presence is known to Jaden’s friends early on, she does not physically appear until Jaden duels Nightshroud as the last remaining human on Earth. During this duel, Yubel reassures Jaden that he is not alone, strengthening his resolve to counter Nightshroud’s "Darkness" strategy. She mocks the combo as unworthy of a "God," frustrating Nightshroud.

Nightshroud, angered by Yubel's fusion with Jaden and her support, uses "Darkness Outsider" to summon Yubel’s card against Jaden. In response, Jaden vows to reclaim Yubel, fusing her with "Elemental Hero Neos" using "Super Polymerization" to create "Neos Wiseman." This powerful fusion shifts the duel in Jaden’s favor until Nightshroud counters by destroying "Neos Wiseman" with "Darkness Neosphere." Despite this setback, Yubel encourages Jaden to use the effect of "Neos Wiseman" to revive "Neos" by banishing her, once again reminding him that he is not alone.

Yubel also makes an appearance during Jaden’s duel with Yugi Muto in the past. She notes that Yugi senses her presence, just as she and Jaden sense the Egyptian Gods. Observing the duel, Yubel comments on Jaden's trembling hand, asking if he is afraid but ultimately recognizing that Jaden is enjoying himself and rediscovering the joy of dueling.

Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time

In Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time, Yubel appears in her spirit form when Jaden learns from Yusei Fudo about Paradox’s plan to eliminate Maximillion Pegasus. When Jaden, Yugi, and Yusei travel back thirty minutes before Paradox's attack, Yubel uses her powers to frighten away party patrons to ensure the area is cleared before Pegasus or Paradox arrives.

Before the climactic duel against Paradox, Yubel’s spirit appears behind Jaden as his eyes glow, symbolizing her continued support. She assists Jaden during the three-way duel alongside Yugi and Yusei. After the battle concludes, Yubel returns to her own timeline with Jaden. Her demeanor throughout the film reflects a calmer and more harmonious personality, showing the transformation she underwent after fusing with Jaden.

Powers and Statistics

Tier: 2-C

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Type 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 9: Duel monster spirits naturally have eternal lives, Yubel survived being reduced to an arm, continuously absorbed dueling energy which allowed them to regenerate their enitre body, Yubel can resurrect itself up to twice with it's own effect and can always be brought back to life if someone summons them like any other duel spirit, managed to possess Johan and just like other duel spirits Yubel can possess a person with their astral form, and their true self lies in another dimension), Regeneration (High-Mid though It takes many hours to regenerate), Aura and Power Nullification (created an aura that pushed back and overpowered the three Sacred Beasts and nullified their passive absorption ability, Yubel can also create aura around others), Spiritual Awareness (Yubel can detect and see spiritual entities and souls as well as manipulate them), Enhanced Senses (can hear people who aren't in the same floor as her, She can also sense the darkness in one's heart and can see and read the opponent's mind past and weaknesses), Reactive Power Level (Cards and duelists empower each others with strong will), Invisibility (as shown here), Intangibility (solid things can go through yubel), Telepathy (can mentally communicate with amon), Memory Manipulation (Can modify memories as shown when Yubel changed cobra's memories of his son dying), Mind Manipulation (Can control others' minds, and can mentally force people to stop and trigger a mental shutdown, where the victim's mind becomes blank and is mentally disconnects from reality and All of Yubel's mind manipulation abilities can bypass Resistance, since she managed to mentally corrupt and enslave Jesse's crystal beasts as well as his Rainbow Dragon despite said monsters having resistance against Fujiwara's mind manipulation and reading), Darkness Manipulation (Able to generate and control darkness), Healing (Can transform dueling energy or darkness to recover stamina and heal her wounds), Power Absorption, Law Manipulation and Deconstruction (People who lose a duel in the dark world would be banished, it is an established rule in the universe sized dimension. At the moment of the death, the body is deconstructed and sent and sealed in Yubel's "hell dimension" where their powers are constantly drained). Dream Manipulation (can give people nightmares and control said nightmares, even if they're on Earth while Yubel is in space), Teleportation (Yubel can teleport), Telekinesis (Showed to be mentally able to lift small and big objects as well as other people. She can also paralyze the target with their Telekinesis), Non-Physical Interaction (Can damage souls and manipulate them), Creation (Can create objects out of thin air like cameras, and a a new type of energy absorbing technology), Transmutation (Can generate a dark liquid that takes the form and gains properties of anything Yubel wants), Minor Electromagnetism Manipulation (Can create electromagnetic waves but not useful in combat: it's a mere consequence of some of Yubel's spirit energy. The only affected creatures are those with reptilian or dinosaur DNA who become violent and savage), Energy Manipulation (Could make machines and other technological devices keep going by using their energy), Sealing (Can seal their opponent's mind, body, and soul within another spirit or a Duel Monster's card), Reality Warping (Can turn holograms into real objects), Spatial Manipulation (A person Yubel lent some of their power to was able to distort space), Shapeshifting (Can modify parts of their body to change it's form. The changed body part can even gain properties and functionalities of the form it took which include technological devices such as duel disks), Status Effect Inducement (Can infect someone with darkness turning them into fully obedient zombies), Immense Tolerance to Pain (Unaffected by the fact she was reduced to an arm), Corruption (Type 2: Able to mentally corrupt several beings, turning them into darker versions of themself), BFR (Can can teleport others over a large area of effect and to the gap between space and time and an alternate dimension where their powers are continuously being drained), Disease Manipulation (Can mentally give someone an incurable disease that puts the victim in a coma).

All of Yubel's previous abilities, plus Flight (shown here), Regeneration (Mid-Godly; was able to regenerate after their body mind and soul was erased), Invulnerability and Attack Reflection (Yubel's effect prevents them from being damaged by attacks and it reflects the damage she would have received back at the attacker), Plant Manipulation (in addition to their innate ability yubel can also reflect damage with nightmare pain)

Summoning (Can summon monsters from their deck), Magic (Can use Magic via Monsters, spells and trap cards), Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Reactive Power Level (Cards and duelists empower each others with strong will), Immortality (Type 1, 2, 3, and 4; just like other duel monsters Yubel's Monsters are immortal spirits who can regenerate by absorbing spirit energy and can be resurrected upon summon), Resurrection (for all monsters; monsters can be revived when they are summoned just like how bakura summoned diabound after dibaound's death), Self-Sustenance (Type 1 and 2 : For all monsters), Duplication (Can summon copies of herself), Soul Manipulation (the three sacred beats absorbed duel monsters energy from the whole world), Age Manipulation (The sacred beasts are capable of Fully rejuvenating rejuvenating Kagemaru who's an over 100 years old human), Elemental Manipulation (With the sacred beasts and other monsters), Fire Manipulation and Magma Manipulation (Uria, Lord of Searing Flames can make a volcanic eruption when he is the summoned, can control fire, and shoot flames with hyper blaze), Electricity Manipulation (Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder can control thunder), Ice Manipulation (Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder managed to freeze the spells cards used to summon him and created a giant glacier when summoned), Weather Manipulation (The sacred beasts are capable of creating a storm by their presence alone), Attack Absorption (Chaos Core, can absorb the ennemy's attack), Power Nullification (Dark Shrine Bribery, can negate a trap card), Sand Manipulation (Can summon a building that is made of sand with her card House of Sand, she could also manipulate the sand stocked in the arena. The Rock Spirit could also use sand manipulation), Dimensional Storage (Spell Chronicle stores five other cards. Their "Spell Chronicle" stores one magic charge each time magic is used by someone else), Necromancy (her trap card "Immortal Class" can resurrect her strong monsters), Damage Transferal, Pain Reduction and Plant Manipulation (Can summon demon balsams: a special demonic kind of plant that absorbs and feeds on pain, assimilating the majority of damage and pain Yubel should have took to create a number of seeds that is proportional to transferred damage and that will summon more plants), Power Mimicry ("Phantom of Chaos" can copy the name, physical stats,powers and appearance of another monster. Their continuous trap card "Chaos Form", works in a similar way), limited Text Manipulation (The original text on "Phantom of Chaos", the stats ATK/DEF, as well as the name and effects will be replaced by the ones of the copied monster), Invulnerability (via demon rose an aura that makes the monster it's equipped to invulnerable to attacks), Black Hole Creation (Chaos Phantasm Armytile can create a black hole with a gravitational force that is strong enough to attract Elemental HERO Chaos Neos), Pocket Reality Manipulation and Fusionism (Can create a dark space to trap people's souls, Yubel can also, use the regular Polymerization spell card to create a pocket dimension where Yubel can force victims to fuse with some duel monster spirits, turning the victims of this fusion into a will drained slaves can fuse herself and virtually anything else via Super Polymerization, including entire universes), Empathic Manipulation (By fusing people with spirits she can alter their emotions to express only one type of emotion like making someone always laugh or making someone feel rage or erasing all of them making said person emotionless in the process )

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Summoning (can summon any of his monsters), Flight (for Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle, Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus and Rainbow Dragon), Enhanced Senses (monsters can sense other spiritual energy just like other duel monsters), Self-Sustenance (can fight in space just like other duel monsters), Magic (Can use magic via Monsters, spells and trap cards), Immortality (Type 1, 2, 3, and 4; just like other duel monsters crystal beasts are immortal spirits who can regenerate by absorbing spirit energy and can be resurrected upon summon), Reactive Power Level (Cards and duelists empower each others with strong will), Energy Projection (via monsters, like Ruby Carnbuncle, Emerald Tortoise, and Rainbow Dragon), Natural Weaponry (Amethyst Cat, Cobalt Eagle, Emerald Turtle and Topaz Tiger have Claws Amber Mammoth has large tusks and Sapphire Pegasus has a horn), Regeneration (Mid-High when Crystal Beast get destroyed they regenerate and return to the spell/trap zone), Air Manipulation (via Sapphire Tornado), Body and Mind Control (G Force forces a monster to battle a Crystal Beast monster), Forcefield Creation (can summon Topaz Tiger and Sapphire Pegasus in order to make barrier that reduces the damage to 0 with Crystal Pair, and can make a barrier by using the crystals of the Crystal Beasts with Crystal Fortress, can also call a crystal beasts into the spell/trap zone in order make a barrier that reduces damage with Crystal Flash, Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth can also create a barrier when amplifed by Amber Crystal Circle, Rainbow Path can likely create a barrier based on it's effect and artwork), Statistics Amplification (M Force can amplify a Crystal Beasts's attack by 500, Amber Crystal Circle canamplify the power of amber mammoth with the power of the Crystal Beast enough to awaken rainbow dragon, rainbow dragon can amplify his power by absorbing other crystal beasts), Attack Redirection (can redirect an attack using Prism Wall), Healing (via Rainbow Life), Resurrection (via Counter Gem, which sends all spells in your field to the grave to replace as many Crystal Beast monsters as possible from the Graveyard to the Spell/Trap Card Zone, can also revive his Crystal Beasts monsters with Sapphire Revive and Monster Reincarnation), Power Mimicry (can summon a copy of an opponent's monster to his side of the field and then revive a Crystal Beast via Sapphire Revive), Statistics Reduction (via Cut Jewel which halves the attack of a monster by sending a Crystal Beast to the grave), Explosion Manipulation (via Buster Thousand)

Resistance to Mind Manipulation, Telepathy and Memory Manipulation (Protected Jaden/Judai several times from various forms of mind manipulations and Telepathy ), Resistance to Cold Temperatures and Cosmic Radiations (Survived and spent several years in the vacuum of space)

Attack Potency: Low Multiverse level (Created an aura made out of their energy that pushed back and overpowered the three Sacred Beasts, was able to push back Exodia's attacks while weakened. Just like other duelists, Yubel empowers and gets empowered by their cards which includes both Super Polymerization and the Super Fusion God, Super Polymerization affected the 12 dimensions and was going to fuse and destroy them in a large explosion, with the Fusion God being stronger than that given how the 12 dimensions are part of his summoning materials.)

Speed: Massively FTL+ (Superior to Elemental HERO Neos)

Lifting Strength: Unknown

Striking Strength: Low Multiverse level

Durability: Low Multiverse level (Would have likely survived Super Polymerization, which was going to fuse the 12 dimensions and destroy them in a single explosion. Was able to survive Exodia's force attack, and is empowered by both Super Polymerization and the Super Fusion God)

Stamina: Superhuman (Was never shown tiring in the series after regaining their physical body and effortlessly defeated the Sacred Beasts, However, fighting particularly powerful beings or being faced with primal forces like the Light of Destruction drained them to the point that they were unable to regenerate)

Range: Kilometers with casual attacks, Planetary via Soul from the Three Sacred Beasts, Low Multiversal with Super Polymerization

Standard Equipment: Duel Disk, Deck (Contains cards such as "Super Polymerization", Exodia, the Three Sacred Beasts, Rainbow Dark Dragon, "Yubel" and her evolved forms which they can summon to the field to assist them in combat)

Intelligence: Yubel is extremely vengeful and manipulative, having orchestrated almost every event in the Dimension World arc with ease and suffering only minor setbacks along the way. They are also a dreadfully skilled duelist, as they defeated virtually everyone in their path, with Jaden being the only one who was able to even force a stalemate. Yubel also has the ability to mentally perform several complex tasks at the same time as they simultaneously used complex powers that require high mental focus (astral projection, telepathy, telekinesis, mind reading, reality warping, pocket dimension creation, etc.)

Weaknesses: Yubel was completely insane for most of their appearances, but this has since been remedied after fusing with Jaden, Yubel tires more easily if forced to possess another body for long periods of time, Objects they create will vanish instantly once they leaves a particular universe. Yubel can evolve and resurrect themself a maximum of two times, They cannot regenerate without a sufficient supply of Duel Energy or Darkness

Trivia

• Yubel is inspired by three main villains from the original series: Yami Marik, Yami Bakura, and Dartz.
• Their hairstyle resembles Yami Marik and Zorc's avatar, with each contributing to one side.
• Like Yami Marik and Zorc's avatar, Yubel is cruel, manipulative, and possesses the ability to take over human hosts.
• Similar to their predecessors, Yubel ultimately "regains" their body after amassing enough power through their host.
• Yubel's heterochromatic eyes resemble Dartz’s when under the Orichalcos' control. Like Dartz, Yubel is cold, manipulative, and capable of manipulating time and dimensions during duels to narrate their past.
• In Jaden and Yubel's final duel (Season 3), Yubel delivers a monologue about the "darkness in the heart" in the Japanese version, akin to Dartz’s speech during his last duel with Pharaoh and Kaiba.
• Both Dartz and Yubel are eventually redeemed by the actions of their respective protagonists.
• In every on-screen duel Yubel participated in, they always took the first turn.
• Yubel is the only main antagonist Jaden did not defeat in a final duel.