Let's settle this, once and for all.
Did he cheat?
Let's settle this, once and for all
cheating is based either way
He doesn't cheat. He's just super lucky whenever he DOROs.
Depends. If you consider all the early shananigans like attacking the moon cheating, then yes. I think by the end of the series the canon was, that he basically had fate on his side. Hard do call it cheating when your destined to win, especially when you keep in mind that he had some losses too. So it doesn't seem to be an auto win power.
To me it felt like Yu-Gi-Oh basically explained the main characters plot armour by making it his power.
He did cheat by using magic to draw what he wants, but he still wins because he wasn't caught.
He gambled his soul every time, and cheater would be mind-raped by the Millennium Puzzle, so...
Kaiba knew
Is it cheating if you just topdeck whatever card you want from your deck?
Yes
It's not cheating if it's fated to happen.