"Any card—so long as it exists—has a power that is needed."

morningmoon:

Yugi

• Has lost a couple of duels
  
• Forfeited a duel he would’ve won against Kaiba
  
• Literally has the power to draw the card that’s most convenient for him
  

Judai

• Made an entire OC Archetype with space magic that’s unique to him 
• Lost an E-HERO mirror match and a few other duels 
• Summoned Neos against Osiris
  

Yusei

• Practically all his duels are gimmick motorbyke stunts
  
• Lost to a zombie but had the duel be “”””interrupted””” for the sake of his record
  
• Has a big red magic dragon constantly print out new upgrades to his favorite card that’s also super mega magical and unique and also a key to stop a nuclear explosion
  

Yuma

• His ace is so powerful it actually cannot be destroyed if it doesn’t fight another powerful magic monster
  
• Lost to a twelve year old that calls himself Shark
  
• Constantly has tips on how to duel thanks to a magic space alien ghost jesus.
  

Yuya

• His skills were introduced to be middling at best
  
• only got wins when he literally invented a brand new summon method, not an archetype like the kids before, but a whole summon method.
  
• His past life lost his marbles at having a decent win/loss ratio that he destroyed the universe
  

and finally, into the Vrains

LONELY BRAVE

• 100% Duel Win Ratio
  
• Only plays Master Format, no gimmick duels
  
• Has won duels using one (1) card.
  
• OTK all the time
  
• Only protag to win a duel that opened on a completely dead hand
  
• No magic or unique archetype, he simply got a cyberse wizard pm’d to him via DN.
  
• Uses established cards only. 
  
• Has no outside help, he’s the LONELY Brave
• Evolved with all of us to no longer be lonely, but BRAVE MAX

i think it’s pretty obvious who is the most skilled character in the franchise