Yubel (character)

Yubel is an evil hermaphrodic Duel Monster whose card was in Jaden's possession when he was a little kid. Yubel is obsessed with Jaden Yuki, and harms anyone who tried to harm or take him away from it.

Deranged and manipulative, it mainly alligns itself with others to accomplish its goals. It plays as the primary antagonist of the first half of season 3 until its defeat at the hands of Jesse Anderson and Jaden Yuki. It later reappears with Adrian Gecko in episode 144.

Character Biography
As Jaden's parents rarely spent time with him, Jaden dueled with his friends in order to pass the time. This stops when Yubel harms Jaden's friend, Osamu, resulting in an admittance to a hospital during a friendly duel and subsequently scared away the rest of Jaden's friends. Because of this, Jaden was forced to send the card to KaibaCorp and have it shot into space, after which he completely blanked the whole ordeal out of his mind.

After an indeterminate amount of time in isolation, Yubel's capsule returned to Earth, though the shock of reentry destroyed all but a single forearm of Yubel's body, which was eventually found by Professor Viper. Tricking Viper into helping it with the promise of restoring his adopted son Rick to life, Yubel coerced him into creating the Bio-Bands and Survival Duels, absorbing the duel energy produced by them so it could reform its shattered body.

This continued after Yubel transferred itself from Viper to Marcel (Martin Kanou), turning the students and faculty of the displaced Duel Academy into duel-obsessed zombies to help fuel its rebirth, and eventually securing the Sacred Beast cards to complete its reformation. Yubel later duels against Jaden and Jesse where it discards Marcel for its restored body and was then defeated by Jesse's Rainbow Dragon card. However, it later teams up with Adrian Gecko when stuck in the alternate dimension

Yubel is demonstrates many powers through its appearances. It can possess anyone with inner turmoils and manifest itself through an avatar of energy. It can also render itself invisible to others, even those who can see Duel Spirits. Using Duel Energy, Yubel becomes powerful enough to warp reality. It also has the ability to bestow its power onto others as evidenced in the fight between Professor Viper and Adrian Gecko.

Voice/Mannerisms
Yubel's voice actress also portrays Alexis Rhodes, though her voice is given special electronic effects to avoid confusion between the two characters. In the Japanese version, Yubel is voiced by Hisao Egawa and Hiromi Tsuru, whose voices alternate.

Deck
Yubel plays an Exodia/Sacred Beasts Deck while controlling others. By using cards such as Mad Reloader and Break the Seal, it is able to quickly gather the individual pieces of Exodia and declare an automatic victory. After retrieving the Sacred Beasts, Yubel boosts the summoning speed of the Sacred Beasts and also supports the summoning of their combined form, Armitael, Phantasm of Chaos.