Yusei Fudo
Yusei Fudo is the main protagonist of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, and was one of the Signers. He is known for and respected by many other characters in the show for his genius style of Dueling, his considerable skill, and his cool and clever personality. He uses a Duel Runner, which is called the Yusei Go. In the English dub, "Let's rev it up!" is a common catchphrase that he uses when he summons a Synchro Monster. He is also the foster brother of Jack Atlas and Crow Hogan, and very good friends with Kalin Kessler, with whom Yusei has history.
Trivia[]
- He is Akiza Izinski's boyfriend.
Yusei's Deck[]
- Main article: Yusei Fudo's Decks
Yusei riding alongside "Stardust Dragon" and other monsters.
Yusei plays a "Junk" Deck. Many of the cards he uses in his deck tend to be a constant in his duels, to which many have come to say that his strategies have become played out if not predictable. Despite this, Yusei is still known for his genius dueling style, able to quickly analyze his opponent's tactics and formulate an effective counter strategy by taking advantage of whatever cards he currently has access to. While he normally starts slow to better gauge his opponent, he is shown able to build off his previous moves to methodically calculated well-ahead with a setup for bigger combos later.
Thematically, many of Yusei's cards lean towards being either Warrior or Machine-Type monsters. He also relies heavily on "Junk"-themed cards like "Scrap-Iron Scarecrow" and "Junk Barrage". Fitting with the motif, Yusei's cards generally appear as rather weak in ATK and/or low in Levels with limited usage, but combined together for various innovative tactics. He also makes regular use of recycling his cards, either returning them to his hand/field or activating their effects from the Graveyard. To compensate for most of his monsters having limited ATK, he also uses cards that focus on Burn effects, such as "Junk Barrage" and "Cosmic Blast".
His main tactic is to Summon various Synchro Monsters, most often "Junk Warrior" with various support cards for them. To aid him he relies on the "Synchron" archetype, enabling him to Summon various Synchro Monsters in a single turn as his tendency towards low-level non-Synchro Monsters gives him more fine control over which Synchro Monster he can Summon at a given time. His basic strategy usually entails either swarming the field, building off his previous monsters to build up his lower-level monsters. He has also at times relied on other Summoning methods, including Tribute Summon and Fusion Summon.
His ace card, "Stardust Dragon", aids him in a more defensive style. At the same time, he originally kept it in reserve, using it during special occasions and as a backup plan. From the WRGP arc onwards, he puts much more emphasis on its Summoning, even using more cards the exploit its presence and effect. He has periodically gained more powerful variations of this card, including include "Majestic Star Dragon", "Shooting Star Dragon", "Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode" and "Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste". His strongest card, "Shooting Quasar Dragon", represents the pinnacle of his Synchro Summoning tactics.
His Deck contains a large array of Trap Cards, which he uses in Turbo Duels to supplement his Speed Spells. Even his Standing Decks tend to contain a higher amount of Trap Cards than most other characters.