In the first episode of Yu-Gi-Oh GX, Yugi Muto gives Jaden Yuki the Winged Kuriboh card as a "lucky card" and it wanted to be with Jaden). This card becomes a staple of Jadens early deck and serves as his spirit partner). The reason why Yugi gave Jaden the Winged Kuriboh card is a subject of fan theories. One theory suggests that Yugi remembers the events of Bonds Beyond Time, a crossover movie where Jaden and Yugi team up to defeat a time-traveling villain, and gives Jaden the card because of it. Another theory is that Yugi gives Jaden the card to save his own life by giving him a card to build his deck around.