MIND CRUSH

MIND CRUSH is a Penalty Game inflicted by Yami Yugi in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga. In Yu-Gi-Oh! The Extended Edition, the MIND CRUSH is a power of the Millennium Puzzle. It is used to kill characters, presumably by literally crushing their brains (due to IN THE BEGINNING THERE WERE COLONS' describing Grandpa as "dead due to brain hemorrhage caused by Mind Crush.")

The MIND CRUSH is used as a primary way to kill people by Yami Yugi, and it is shown that he can even MIND CRUSH from within the Millennium Puzzle, meaning no one is safe. It has yet to be shown if the MIND CRUSH is a power exclusive to Yami Yugi, or if other characters are capable of it as well.

Instances of MIND CRUSH in fanfic

 * The MIND CRUSH is first used, unknowingly to the audience, on Seto Kaiba in IN THE BEGINNING THERE WERE COLONS, though it fails to kill him. It, instead, gives him catastrophic brain damage and reverts him to an infantile state.
 * Joe later MIND CRUSHES Yugi's Grandpa, successfully killing him in the first fatal MIND CRUSH of the series.
 * Pegasus is later MIND CRUSHED by Joe right before the final battle. Notably, due to the open wound in his head, this MIND CRUSH results in gracious blood spraying everywhere.
 * Syrusatem MIND CRUSHES Kaiba in Yusei is a Dragon Hybrid, giving him brain damage yet again. This was eerily foreshadowed in Syrus of Necromancy, when Atem informs Syrus that he has MIND CRUSHED Kaiba before.

Instances of MIND CRUSH in roleplays

 * The first victim of the MIND CRUSH in the roleplay with the Other Author is Crow, who is killed while holding the Millennium Puzzle during the "Yami Side More Like SUBCONSCIOUS" arc.
 * During "You're Really My Dearest Friend", Yami Yugi MIND CRUSHES Marik, after discovering that his Dark Magician has been torn to pieces. He does not seem to realize Marik is not the one who did this.
 * While chasing Astromancy and Chronomancy, Yami Yugi attempts to MIND CRUSH Astromancy, though the MIND CRUSH is negated.
 * The same arc also sees Yami Yugi MIND CRUSHING Yuya, kicking off "Astromancy Goes Batshit Crazy Over the Phone".