One of the most powerful spirits in the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe, and one of the three Egyptian Gods, Slifer The Sky Dragon is known as the best of three Egyptian God cards for players, along with Obelisk The Tormentor and The Winged Dragon Of Ra. In the universe, these monsters were only capable of being summoned by the chosen Pharaoh.

In the game, Slifer The Sky Dragon requires three tributes to summon the monster and gains 1,000 Attack and Defense Points for every card in the player's hand. If a monster is summoned on the opponent's field, that monster loses 2,000 Attack Points and is destroyed after being defeated by the player's monster.

Slifer The Sky Dragon is an archetype of DIVINE Beast Monster cards not released during its appearance until 2012 in Shonen Jump's July 2012 issue that included the promotional Monster card. After that release, Slifer continued along with the other Egyptian God cards through Konami's Legendary Deck collections and further promotional collections.

Slifer The Sky Dragon is of Ultra Rare rarity and Secret Rare rarity, the highest rarity status in the Trading Card Game, being impossible to obtain during the show's appearance but has gotten easier to obtain over time.

With its rarity and extremely powerful effects, Slifer The Sky Dragon is banned from all Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game tournaments that occur worldwide, ending up as the collective card for players to brag about owning.

Exodia the Forbidden One (also known as "Forbidden One") is a set of cards to stop all cards. It is an archetype of DARK Spellcaster monsters released in the Legend of Blue-Eyes White Dragon card packs. Forbidden One was one of the first deck themes and remains one of the most popular ones to date.

While many people refer to the Forbidden One cards as "Exodia" cards, the "Exodia" archetype is a separate but related archetype, and the only Forbidden One card to be a part of it is "Exodia the Forbidden One" (the head).

Exodia's backstory and pharaoh-like appearance seemed to be a reference to the famous Egyptian legend of Osiris. Osiris was the god Egyptians believed brought them civilization, such as the knowledge of architecture, farming, and establishing the line of pharaohs. However, Osiris was betrayed by his jealous brother Set and was cut into several pieces, which were then scattered across Egypt. This leads the story to the explanation of Exodia's card set in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game.

There are five cards that complete The Forbidden One, them being: the head; the left leg; the left arm; the right leg; and the right arm. When all five are in the player's hand, the player declares an automatic win to end the duel.

As many players state that it is extremely difficult to collect all five cards into the player's hand, this is a set that gives the player an automatic win, no matter how low their Life Points are in the match.

Originally, the complete "Forbidden One" set was extremely hard to obtain, with all five pieces being Ultra Rare. They have since been reprinted into lesser rarities, making a complete set easier to obtain. Often, Exodia The Forbidden One is printed as an Ultra Rare card, and the limbs are Commons. Yugi's Legendary Deck prints all five pieces as Fixed Rarity Ultra Rares.

If you're willing to risk the match by unleashing Exodia The Forbidden One, then be the legend that can hold all five cards together to defeat any opponent that comes at you.

Completing the list of the best Yu-Gi-Oh! cards is Relinquished, a unique but strong Ritual Monster card to have for a player's deck. Known to have a never-ending effect during a duel, players are able to have this DARK Ritual Monster card on the field from the first turn until their last.

To explain Relinquished's card effect, the card text is as follows: "You can Ritual Summon this card with 'Black Illusion Ritual'. Once per turn: You can target 1 monster your opponent controls; equip that target to this card (max. 1). This card's ATK/DEF (Attack/Defense) become equal to that equipped monster's. If this card would be destroyed by battle, destroy that equipped monster instead. While equipped with that monster, any battle damage you take from battle involving this card inflicts equal effect damage to your opponent."

Relinquished is easily a valuable card to have in a player's deck if Black Illusion Ritual is also in the inventory. When playing, Ritual Summoning is a turn to lose but it's not a problem at all when having it on the playing field. The most likely way to defeat the monster is through Spell and Trap cards. However, if that is not executed properly, expect Monster cards facing Relinquished to be absorbed and destroyed in an instant.

Relinquished is eligible for Trading Card Game tournaments, having Common rarity but defeating opponents most of the time during duels. Having this card will make you one of the best players in the game, so be sure to collect it!

Yugi's signature card and a must-have to add to your collection, Dark Magician is one of the most known cards and characters in the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe. In the series, Yugi held this card as his main weapon throughout the series, acting as a monumental card for all fans and players.

Dark Magician was first introduced early on at the very beginning of Episode 1 of the Yu-Gi-Oh! series. Yugi summons him during his very first casual duel between himself and Joey Wheeler, his classmate and longtime friend.

Dark Magician can only be summoned by sacrificing a Monster card already on the playing field. The DARK Spellcaster card has a star level of seven with 2,500 Attack Points and 2,100 Defense Points. As for its eligibility for Trading Card Game tournaments, Dark Magician is allowed to be used in-game.

The ability of Dark Magician, unfortunately, has no effect. However, it is part of the Magician archetype that can be a trump set of a deck if a player has various Spellcaster Monster cards in hand. For example, Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, and another Spellcaster-type Monster card can be fused to create The Dark Magicians, a fusion card with an effect and higher Attack and Defense Points. This being just one of the many fusions that are possible to be created with Spellcaster-type Monster card, it can be done to build up an advantagable deck with different Magicians.

Seto Kaiba's trump card, the legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon, is definitely the most, if not the most, recognizable cards in the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe.

In the main series, the story goes that Kaiba won Solomon Mouto's Blue-Eyes White Dragon card, then destroying it. Leaving only three Blue-Eyes White Dragons in the world for himself, Kaiba became very obsessed with them, liking to decorate everything he possesses as Blue-Eyes. Kaiba gained the status of being the only character in the series that is worthy and powerful enough to control the monsters. Not only is it the most beautiful Dragon Monster card in Yu-Gi-Oh!, but it's also the basic foundation for some of the most powerful cards of all time. Blue-Eyes alone has 3,000 Attack Points and 2,500 Defense Points. As stated before in this list: Combine three of these Monster cards together and you will fuse them into the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon with 4,500 Attack Points; Combine the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon with Black Luster Soldier, and you will get the Dragon Master Knight with 5,000 Attack Points; Spare one of your Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragons to send out a Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. This whole structure of building incredible Monster cards comes from the base Monster card, Blue-Eyes. Truly a powerful card right there, you can't get any of the above Monster cards without starting with Blue-Eyes.

Blue-Eyes White Dragon is eligible in worldwide tournaments, leaving players to use and combine the Monster card as they please to. Its special summoning of tributing two Monster cards on the field leave the LIGHT Dragon Monster to rule the playing field against any Monster card that comes its way.

The Winged Dragon Of Ra, also known as Winged God Dragon Of Ra, is one of the most powerful monster spirits in the Egyptian Gods along with Obelisk The Tormentor and Slifer The Sky Dragon. In the Yu-Gi-Oh! series, its Monster card is considered to be the most powerful card during battle. In the universe, these monsters were only capable of being summoned by the chosen Pharaoh.

In the game, The Winged Dragon Of Ra cannot be summoned normally or specially as the other Monster cards in the Trading Card Game. The monster requires three tributes to summon it completely. When summoned, other cards and effects cannot be activated when the card is on the field. A special feature that the card has is that a player can pay Life Points during a match until the player has 100 Life Points left, gaining the card's Attack Points and Defense Points equal to the amount of Life Points paid. A player is able to pay 1,000 Life Points and target one monster on the field to destroy it.

Like its neighboring Egyptian God cards, The Winged Dragon Of Ra is an archetype of DIVINE Beast Monster cards not released during its appearance until Shonen Jump's January 2011 issue that included its promotional card. After its promotional release, The Winged Dragon Of Ra was able to be purchased through its Legendary Deck collection and other promotional collections.

The Winged Dragon Of Ra is of Ultra Rare rarity and Secret Rare rarity, the highest rarity status in the Trading Card Game, being impossible to obtain during the show's appearance, but has since been easier to obtain over time.

Like the other Egyptian God card, The Winged Dragon Of Ra is banned from all Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game tournaments that occur worldwide and cannot be in a player's tournament deck, thus being reputable as the strongest Egyptian God card in the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe.

The third and final Egyptian God card, Obelisk The Tormentor, is known to be one of the most powerful Monster cards in the Trading Card Game. In the Yu-Gi-Oh! lore, it states that "the descent of this mighty creature shall be heralded by burning winds and twisted land. And with the coming of this horror, those who draw breath shall know the true meaning of eternal slumber."

Obelisk The Tormentor was introduced during the Duelist City Tournament arc in the Yu-Gi-Oh! series, and has always been a sight to see in various episodes or on the card itself. The card's appearance is both menacing and powerful when comparing it to the other Egyptian God cards.

A DIVINE Beast Monster card, Obelisk can be summoned by tributing three monsters that are present on the field. It is of Secret Rare and Ultra Rare rarity, and it also banned from all Trading Card Game tournaments. Just like the other Egyptian God cards, Obelisk The Tormentor could only be obtained until many years after its appearance in the series, in the 2012 issues of Shonen Jump with its promotional card. Obelisk The Tormentor is a fan-favorite for Yu-Gi-Oh! fanatics far and wide due to its reputation held in the main series and cards that people can collect. The card's legend and continuing legacy grasps the hearts of many who remember the monster's appearance in 2003. To this day, Obelisk remains a statute of strength and unbelievable power for Trading Card Game players to enjoy and play.

The fused version of Seto Kaiba's signature card, the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, is of ultimate strength during any duel. The first Fusion Monster card on this list, it is a card that can only be summoned by fusing three Blue-Eyes White Dragon's together, creating a monster that can destroy almost any monster on the field.

Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon was first introduced in Episode 23 in the Yu-Gi-Oh! series when Kaiba uses the card during his duel against Yugi. Kaiba summons it via the Polymerization card. After the card was summoned, Kaiba uses Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to attack and destroy Yugi's Soldier of Stone.

Being less known than its preceding Blue-Eyes White Dragons, the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon is still of Ultra Rare rarity, making it a must-have card to add to the collection.

Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon is the first LIGHT Dragon Monster card on this list only being able to be summoned using the fusion technique. It has a star level of 12 with 4,500 Attack Points and 3,800 Defense Points. Compared to the other monster cards listed so far, Ultimate Dragon can be used in tournaments and elsewhere, acting as more than just a collectible in the Yu-Gi-Oh! card database.

Even though the card can be fusion summoned by fusing three Blue-Eyes White Dragons together, it doesn't stop there. If possible in a duel, the player can also fuse Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Black Luster Soldier together to summon Dragon Master Knight, a Monster card beyond belief with 5,000 Attack and Defense Points. While difficult to make that move, it still serves a purpose to destroy the opponent during a match.

The Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon is of abnormal strength, making it a strategic addition to any player's deck.

Continuing with the best Yu-Gi-Oh! cards list with dragons is the breathtaking Five-Headed Dragon, another Fusion Monster card that has unbelievable power on the playing field. Introduced during the Legendary Heroes arc and the Capsule Monsters arc, Five-Headed Dragon has an incredible amount of Attack and Defense Points, along with a wild effect: "The Monster card cannot be destroyed by battle with a DARK, WATER, FIRE, or WIND Monster." This makes Five-Headed Dragon truly a menace on the playing field.

With a Common rarity, Five-Headed Dragon is not a card that is difficult to obtain in Monster card packs, however, it does do well when in duels, being an eligible card for players to use when battling with fellow Yu-Gi-Oh! players, with many stating that Five-Headed Dragon is "almost impossible to destroy."

Continuing on with how it can be summoned, a player must have five Dragon-type Monster cards in hand of any kind, meaning that a player may use the feeble Baby Dragon or the immense Blue-Eyes White Dragon to Fusion summon Five-Headed Dragon.

Five-Headed Dragon can be found in collections and card packs since 2006 in the Dinosaur's Rage Structure Deck, the Gold Series Collection, the Millenium Pack, and the Battles of Legends Collection most recently released in 2019.

This is an unbeatable Monster card to obtain if you have a Dragon-themed deck in the Trading Card Game, guaranteeing the destruction of at least one or multiple monsters on the field, and probably winning the entire match. Be sure to acquire the unbreakable Five-Headed Dragon!

Having a Yu-Gi-Oh! cards list without any spell or trap cards would be considered a disappointment to fans around the world, and that is why we introduce Pot Of Greed, a sweet old classic Spell card without any true costs and can indeed be a so-called lifesaver during a duel.

Pot Of Greed is a Spell card that supports the player or Monster cards on the playing field. Its effect is simple and is stated on the card: "Draw 2 cards." With that advantage in mind, the player can draw two cards that may possibly give them an upper hand with more cards to choose from.

Pot Of Greed was first introduced in Episode 65 and 66 of the main series during a battle against Yugi and Strings, one of Marik's so-called brainwashed slaves. Strings activates Pot Of Greed during the 11th turn but is ultimately defeated by Yugi in Episode 67.

There is a catch with the card, however, and that it is banned from all official Trading Card Game tournaments. As most fans state that it is by far the strongest card ever with no disadvantages, it is a positive note to state that it is banned because nearly all players in tournaments would have this Spell card in their decks.

Pot Of Greed is truly a greedy card, getting players out of tough situations during a duel. The card is of Common rarity and is available to be found or purchased in the earlier Yu-Gi-Oh! packs, like the Legend of Blue-Eyes White Dragon card pack or the Start Deck: Yugi collection. Be sure to collect this blessing and curse of a card.