Shadow Riders

Evil Organization
Full Name	Seven Stars Assassins
Alias	Shadow Riders
Origin	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Foundation	Kagemaru (recruiter and founder)
Headquarters	Unnamed dark cave (exact location unknown)
Commanders	Kagemaru
Agents	Nightshroud Camula Tania Don Zaloog Abidos the Third Titan Amnael
Powers / Skills	Dueling skills Control over shadows
Goals	Unlock the power of the Sacred Beasts.
Crimes	Attempted murder Abduction
Type of Villains	Evil Team

The Seven Stars Assassins, also known in the 4Kids dub as the Shadow Riders, serve as the main antagonists in the first season of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. Their goal is to resurrect the Three Phantasms. They consist of seven duelists and their leader.

History

They are gathered by the elderly Kagemaru to aid him in his quest to get back his lost youth. All seven of them are elite duelists, and everyone of them has a Dark Item (Shadow Charm in the 4Kids dub). Dark Items are items with supernatural powers of unknown origin. A long time ago, Kagemaru was forced to seal away the Three Phantasms. He locked them behind the spirit gates underneath Duel Academia. The only way to open the spirit gates is with all seven keys, which he gave to Samejima. Samejima gave the keys to the seven best duelists of the Academia, knowing that they would only open the spirit gate when the keys would be won in a fair duel.

Members

The members of the Assassins are:

• Nightshroud
• Camula
• Tania
• Don Zaloog
• Abidos the Third
• Titan
• Amnael
• Kagemaru

Three Phantasms

The Sacred Beast Cards.

There are three Phantasms.

• Uria, Lord of Divine Flames
• Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder
• Raviel, Lord of Phantasmal Demons

All three of them have special powers, and are powerful enough to suck the life force out of other duel monster cards when summoned. They bear some similarities to the three Egyptian God cards.

Trivia

• The evil group's original name, "Seven Stars" may be a reference to the Biblical Seven Stars in the Book of Revelation.
• Jaden took out five of them. With Don Zaloog and Titan were taken out by Chazz and Alexis.
• Despite there being seven silhouettes at the start of the Shadow Rider arc, Titan and Abidos weren't recruited until the first four Riders were defeated.
  • In fact the Dark Scorpions were deep undercover in the academy that same year; a minor plot hole, since CK (Don Zaloog's henchman) couldn't pose as a student for all those years.
  • Only one silhouette doesn't match any of the Shadow Riders; resembling Sky Scout. Banner and Titan's silhouettes are obvious; while the other one is vague enough yo resemble Don Zaloog.