According to the Egyptian Book of the Dead, five thousand years ago, Egypt was ruled by a young Pharaoh. The Egyptian rulers before him played a terrible game called the Shadow Games that threatened the world. The young Pharoah sacrificied his life to seal away these dark powers into 7 Millennium Items. Once these Items are collected, along with the 3 God Cards, the dark powers will be unleashed.

Millennium Puzzle
Owner: Yugi Moto
Ability: Contains the soul of the Pharaoh which imbues the possessor with confidence and ability, can release trapped souls.

Millennium Eye
Owner: Maximillion Pegasus, Bakura
Ability: Have a sixth sense (capable of seeing worlds and times outside our own), able to read other people's minds and deepest thoughts, trap souls.

Millennium Ring
Owner: Bakura Ryou
Ability: Contains the soul of a tomb robber which imbues the possessor with evil and aspiriation to control all the Millennium Items, allows the user to see into another's soul, detecting other Millennium Items, trap part/all of a person's soul within objects.

Millennium Tauk
Owner: Isis Ishtar (eldest daughter of the Ishtar family who have been guarding the Pharoah's Memory since ancient Egypt), Yugi Moto
Ability: See into the unaltered future (other Millennium Items can change the future).

Millennium Rod
Owner: Malik Ishtar (brother of Isis)
Ability: Brainwash people, turn into a small knife.

Millennium Ankh/Key
Owner: Shadi
Ability: Can enter a person's heart to see their personality and memories, change a person's personality.

Millennium Scale
Owner: Shadi
Ability: To judge a person, answering questions truthfully or the Scale will punish that person for lying