In a twist that seems like one thing from the Battle Metropolis arc of Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters, Zayn Malik of One Path was revealed on August 29, 2024 that he was the inaugural Shadow Duelist within the Yu-Gi-Oh Grasp Duel match. Throughout the occasion itself, he took on the persona of Nocturne, hiding his face beneath a horned masks.

Zayn’s participation within the match had nothing to do along with his surname sounding like the primary identify of Marik Ishtar, who was one of many most important antagonists of Battle Metropolis. He’s truly an enormous Yu-Gi-Oh fan himself and talked about his ardour for the sport after the unmasking. Zayn shared his binder of playing cards, in addition to the truth that his favourite card is the Capturing Star Dragon, which can also be considered one of his greatest playing cards. The winner of the Grasp Duel match, Fictinium, received a signed copy of the Nocturne masks as a part of the prize package deal.

Zayn Malik was a part of One Path, a really massive and standard boy band from the early 2010s. He left the group in 2015 to start a solo profession. His lead single was “Pillowtalk,” which was one of many clues that the match organizers dropped when teasing the true identification of the mysterious duelist Nocturne.

Yu-Gi-Oh Grasp Duel is available on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Collection X, Nintendo Change, Home windows PC, and cell units. The world championship of the sport will happen in Seattle on September 7 and eight, 2024.