Ultimate Yu-Gi-Oh! Filler List: Complete Skippable Fillers Guide

Yu-Gi-Oh! is by far the best anime involving games and the one with most entertaining fillers.

The manga has two adaptations, Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998) and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (2000).

The 1998 version heavily abridged from the manga and changed many of its details in the anime. The 2000 version is a remastered series and focuses on the Duel Monsters games.

The 1998 Yu-Gi-Oh! has 27 episodes, of which 8 are reported fillers. While the 2000 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters is a 224-episode series with 90 reported fillers bringing the filler percentage to 40%.

Other than the main series, there are 6 spin-offs which have a combined total of 767 spin-off episodes with 83 reported as fillers.

Thus, the filler percentage of 11% is very low. Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens is the 6th spin-off which is currently airing and has no fillers as of now.

Yu-Gi-Oh! fillers satisfy the audience’s anger by beating up opponents like the detestable Noah and even show Kaiba’s CEO glory by summoning five dragons.

Yu-Gi-Oh! THE DARK SIDE OF DIMENSIONS - Official Trailer 2

The show’s dark theme resonates within these episodes and they are worth watching.

However, to those who want to skip these, you can use this guide, and see for yourself if the fillers are worth it or not!

Yu-Gi-Oh! Filler List

• Partial Fillers: 1-3, 5-7, 9-11, 13-14, 18, 21-27
• Fillers: 4, 8, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19-20

Episode Number	Title	Air Date	Where to Watch
4	Theft! Rare Watch Battle	1998-04-25	Yugioh
8	The Four Game Masters Finally Stir	1998-05-23	Yugioh
12	A Lucky Foe Calls Out – The Invincible Legend	1998-06-20	Yugioh
15	Eerie Woman!! Unable to Transform	1998-07-11	Yugioh
16	Breadth’s Change – Crisis of the White Robe	1998-07-18	Yugioh
17	A Last-Minute Match – The Invited Model	1998-07-25	Yugioh
19	The Grand Melee!! Popularity Contest	1998-08-08	Yugioh
20	Come Out!! The Strongest and Final Trump Card	1998-08-15	Yugioh

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Filler List

• Canon: 2-12, 14-24, 26-32, 35-40, 46-52, 54-69, 71-73, 75, 76, 79, 81-97, 122-134, 138-143, 199-224
• Partial Fillers: 1, 34, 53, 70, 135, 137
• Fillers: 13, 25, 33, 41-45, 74, 80, 98-121, 136, 144-198

Episode Number	Title	Air Date	Where to Watch
13	Evil Spirit of the Ring	2000-07-11	Yugioh
25	Shining Friendship	2000-10-10	Yugioh
33	Best of Friends Best of Duelists	2000-12-05	Yugioh
41	The Wrath of Rebecca	2001-02-06	Yugioh
42	Ties of Friendship	2001-02-13	Yugioh
43-45	Legendary Heroes	2001-02-20, 2001-02-27, 2001-03-06	Yugioh for Episode 43, 44, 45
74	The Rescue	2001-09-25	Yugioh
80	Lights, Camera, Duel!	2001-11-06	Yugioh
98	A Virtual Nightmare!	2002-03-12	Yugioh
99-101	Isolated in Cyberspace	2002-03-19, 2002-03-26, 2002-04-09	Yugioh for Episode 99, 100, 101
102-103	Freeze Play	2002-04-16, 2002-04-23	Yugioh for Episode 102, 103
104-105	Courtroom Chaos	2002-04-30, 2002-05-07	Yugioh for Episode 104, 105
106-107	Mechanical Mayhem	2002-05-14, 2002-05-21	Yugioh for Episode 106, 107
108-109	Settling the Score	2002-05-28, 2002-06-04	Yugioh for Episode 108 Netflix for Episode 109
110	Noah’s Secret	2002-06-11	Yugioh
111-113	Merger of the Big Five	2002-06-18, 2002-06-25, 2002-07-02	Yugioh for Episode 111, 112, 113
114-116	Brothers in Arms	2002-07-16, 2002-07-23, 2002-07-30	Yugioh for Episode 114, 115, 116
117-118	Noah’s Final Threat	2002-08-06, 2002-08-18	Yugioh for Episode 117, 118
119	So Close Yet So Far	2002-08-20	Yugioh
120-121	Burying the Past	2002-08-27, 2002-08-27	Yugioh for Episode 120, 121
136	Battle for the Bronze	2002-12-10	Yugioh
144	Looking Back and Moving Ahead	2003-02-11	Yugioh
145-146	A New Evil	2003-02-18, 2003-02-25	Yugioh for Episode 145, 146
147	Legend of the Dragons	2003-03-04	Yugioh
148	The Creator Returns	2003-03-11	Yugioh
149-150	Deja Duel!	2003-03-18, 2003-04-08	Yugioh for Episode 149, 150
151	An Unexpected Enemy	2003-04-15	Yugioh
152-154	My Freaky Valentine	2003-04-22, 2003-04-29, 2003-05-06	Yugioh for Episode 152, 153, 154
155	The Challenge	2003-05-13	Yugioh
156-158	Fate of the Pharaoh	2003-05-20, 2003-05-27, 2003-06-03	Yugioh for Episode 156, 157 ,158
159	Trial by Stone	2003-06-10	Yugioh
160-162	On the Wrong Track	2003-06-24, 2003-06-24, 2003-07-01	Yugioh for Episode 160, 161, 162
163	Self-Destruction	2003-07-08	Yugioh
164	Reliving the Past	2003-07-22	Yugioh
165	Deck of Armor	2003-07-29	Yugioh
166-167	Flight of Fear	2003-08-12, 2003-08-19	Yugioh for Episode 166, 167
168	Paradise Found	2003-08-19	Yugioh
169-173	Fighting for a Friend	2003-09-02, 2003-09-09, 2003-09-16, 2003-09-23, 2003-10-01	Yugioh for Episode 169, 170, 171, 172, 173,
174-176	Grappling with a Guardian	2003-10-08, 2003-10-15, 2003-10-22	Yugioh for Episode 174, 175, 176
177-182	A Duel with Dartz!	2003-10-29, 2003-11-05, 2003-11-12, 2003-11-19, 2003-11-26, 2003-12-03	Yugioh for Episode 177, 178, 179 , 180,181, 182
183-184	Rise of the Great Beast	2003-12-10, 2003-12-17	Yugioh for Episode 183, 184
185-186	Unwanted Guest	2003-12-24, 2004-01-07	Yugioh for Episode 185, 186
187-188	Let the Games Begin!	2004-01-14, 2004-01-21	Yugioh for Episode 187, 188
189	Child’s Play	2004-01-28	Yugioh
190-191	Down in Flames	2004-02-04, 2004-02-11	Yugioh for Episode 190, 191
192-193	A Brawl in a Small Town	2004-02-18, 2004-02-25	Yugioh for Episode 192, 193
194-195	One Step Ahead	2004-03-03, 2004-03-10	Yugioh for Episode 194, 195
196-198	Sinister Secrets	2004-03-17, 2004-03-24, 2004-03-31	Yugioh for Episode 196,197, 198

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Filler List

• Canon: 1-4, 7-8, 12, 24-26, 29-33, 44-46, 51-53, 55-59, 65, 67-69, 83-84, 93-95, 97-98, 100-104, 106-155, 157-160, 168-180
• Partial Fillers: 5-6, 10-11, 21-22, 27-28, 36-37, 39-41, 43, 48-50, 61-62, 70, 73, 75-79, 82, 87-89, 96, 99
• Fillers: 9, 13-20, 23, 34-35, 38, 42, 47, 54, 60, 63, 64, 66, 71, 72, 74, 80-81, 85-86, 90-92, 105, 156, 161-167

Episode Number	Title	Air Date	Where to Watch
9	Family Business	2004-12-01	Crunchyroll
13	Monkey See, Monkey Duel	2004-12-29	Crunchyroll
14	A Spirit Summoned	2004-01-05	Crunchyroll
15	Courting Alexis	2005-01-12	Crunchyroll
16	The Duel Giant	2005-01-19	Crunchyroll
17	Nature of the Draw	2005-01-26	Crunchyroll
18-19	The King of the Copycats	2005-02-02, 2005-02-09	Crunchyroll for Episode 18, 19
20	The Maiden in Love	2005-02-16	Crunchyroll
23	The Little Belowski	2005-03-09	Crunchyroll
34	Fear Factor	2005-05-25	Crunchyroll
35	Sibling Rivalry	2005-06-01	Crunchyroll
38	Get Yarr Game On!	2005-06-22	Crunchyroll
42	Duel Monsters Spirit Day	2005-07-20	Crunchyroll
47	Chazz-anova	2005-08-24	Crunchyroll
54	Champion or Chazz-been	2005-10-12	Crunchyroll
60	Pop Goes the Duel	2005-11-23	Crunchyroll
63	Curry Worries	2005-12-13	Crunchyroll
64	Camaraderie Contest	2005-12-21	Crunchyroll
66	Going Bananas	2006-01-10	Crunchyroll
71	DuelFellas	2006-02-08	Crunchyroll
72	Not Playing with a Full Deck	2006-02-15	Crunchyroll
74	Happily, Never After	2006-03-01	Crunchyroll
80	What a Doll!	2006-04-12	Crunchyroll
81	Let’s Make a Duel!	2006-04-19	Crunchyroll
85	Rah, Rah, Rah!	2006-05-17	Crunchyroll
86	The Art of the Duel	2006-05-24	Crunchyroll
90	Pro-Dueling	2006-06-21	Crunchyroll
91	Don’t Fear the Reaper	2006-06-28	Crunchyroll
92	Duel for Hire	2006-07-05	Crunchyroll
105	Third Time’s a Charm	2006-10-04	Crunchyroll
156	Judai Revived!?	2007-10-10	Crunchyroll
161	Shall We Duel?	2007-11-14	Crunchyroll
162	Judai vs. Asuka!	2007-11-21	Crunchyroll
163	Challenge from Psycho Shocker	2007-11-28	Crunchyroll
164	The Inherited Cyber Dark Dragon	2007-12-05	Crunchyroll
165	Aim for it Manjoume!	2007-12-12	Crunchyroll
166	Armed Dragon vs. Dragoon D End	2007-12-19	Crunchyroll
167	Gratitude Duel!	2007-12-26	Crunchyroll

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Filler List

• Canon: 1-66, 71-72, 80, 83-85, 94, 107-114, 117-118, 132-138, 142-145, 147-155
• Partial Fillers: 73, 81, 82, 87-89, 119-121, 123, 125-130, 139
• Fillers: 67-70, 74-79, 86, 90-93, 95-106, 115-116, 122, 124, 131, 140-141

Episode Number	Title	Air Date	Where to Watch
67	Tradition of the Duel Academia! Antique Gear Golem	2009-07-15	Crunchyroll
68	The Memories of an Old Person – The Scrap-Iron Family Deck	2009-07-22	Crunchyroll
69	A Threat! Lone Token Hell	2009-07-29	Crunchyroll
70	The Forest which Spirits Away – Sleepy Beauty	2009-08-05	Crunchyroll
74	Aki Izayoi Acceleration!	2009-09-02	Crunchyroll
75	Further Evolution! Accel Synchro	2009-09-09	Crunchyroll
76	The Proud Demon, Demon Chaos King	2009-09-16	Crunchyroll
77	Here Comes! The Super Elite Transfer Student	2009-09-23	Crunchyroll
78	A Nightmare Reborn! Machine Emperor Skiel	2009-09-30	Crunchyroll
79	To a World Yet Unseen	2009-10-07	Crunchyroll
86	Crashtown	2009-11-25	Crunchyroll
90	Deathmatch Riding Duel	2009-12-23	Crunchyroll
91	Tag Duel	2010-01-06	Crunchyroll
92	Satisfaction	2010-01-13	Crunchyroll
93	Tremble in Fear!	2010-01-20	Crunchyroll
95	Soar! Blackfeather Dragon!	2010-02-03	Crunchyroll
96	Rally Forth! Team 5D’s	2010-02-10	Crunchyroll
97	Battle! Green Baboon Attacks Junk Archer!	2010-02-17	Crunchyroll
98	The WRGP Commences!	2010-02-24	Crunchyroll
99	Burn! Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis	2010-03-03	Crunchyroll
100	Cornered: Last Wheeler Yusei	2010-03-10	Crunchyroll
101	For the Team	2010-03-17	Crunchyroll
102	Just for Victory	2010-03-24	Crunchyroll
103	What You Win at the End of the Battle	2010-03-31	Crunchyroll
104	The Messengers of Destruction	2010-04-07	Crunchyroll
105	The Dark Card	2010-04-14	Crunchyroll
106	Ghost Flood!	2010-04-21	Crunchyroll
115	Press Him About the Mystery!	2010-06-23	Crunchyroll
116	The Momentum Express Development Agency	2010-06-30	Crunchyroll
122	The Power to Believe!	2010-08-11	Crunchyroll
124	Damaged Pride	2010-08-25	Crunchyroll
131	Fight for the Future!	2010-10-13	Crunchyroll
140	The Soul-Binding Gate!	2010-12-22	Crunchyroll
141	The Duel of Despair!	2010-12-28	Crunchyroll

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Filler List

• Canon: 1-4, 9-14, 19, 20, 22-25, 33-35, 40-43, 46-49, 54-148
• Partial Fillers: 5-8, 17-18, 26-32, 36-39, 50-53
• Fillers: 15-16, 21, 44-45

Episode Number	Title	Air Date	Where to Watch
15-16	Training Days	2011-07-18, 2011-07-25	Crunchyroll for Episode 15, 16
21	Battle with the Bot	2011-08-29	Crunchyroll
44	Rock and a Hard Place	2012-02-20	Crunchyroll
45	Ruffled Feathers	2012-02-27	Crunchyroll

Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Filler List

• Canon: 1-18, 21-148
• Fillers: 19, 20

Episode Number	Title	Air Date	Where to Watch
19-20	Quiz Quagmire	2014-08-17, 2014-08-24	Crunchyroll for Episode 19, 20

Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS Filler List

• Canon: 1-12, 14-28, 30-33, 34-37, 39-120
• Fillers: 13, 29, 38

Episode Number	Title	Air Date	Where to Watch
13	Battle Record	2017-08-09	Crunchyroll
29	Kusanagi Report	2017-11-29	Crunchyroll
38	Hanoi’s Recollection	2018-02-07	Crunchyroll

Which fillers can you skip?

Fillers in Yu-Gi-Oh! contain interesting sub-plots and give a new perspective on the game’s dark theme.

Then there are the fillers which are just mundane with boring recaps and stories and are just not worth your time.

Thus, the following fillers are recommended to skip without missing out on anything important:

Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998)

• All the fillers in this series

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (2000)

• You can completely skip these episodes:
  • 25, 33, 41-45, 74, 80, 98-109, 111-116, 119, 144-155, 165-173, 185-193

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

• All the fillers till Episode 90

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s

• All the fillers in this spin-off

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal

• All the fillers in this spin-off

Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS

• All the fillers in this spin-off

About Yu-Gi-Oh!

Yu-Gi-Oh! is based on a Japanese manga series about gaming, written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. 

Yu-Gi-Oh! centers around Yugi Mutou, an apprehensive young boy who loves all sorts of games but is often bullied.

One day, he solves an ancient puzzle known as the Millennium Puzzle, which causes his body to host to a mysterious spirit with the personality of a gambler.