Edo Phoenix

Edo Phoenix (エド・フェニックス Edo Fenikkusu) or also known as Ed Phoenix is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime. He is the alternate universe version of the Edo Phoenix that appeared in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX ''anime.

Appearance
Edo has a gray-colored hair, dark blue eyes and wears a gray suit with black shoes. Being a commander of Academia forces, Edo wears a collared blue-green regal cloak, with yellow shoulder pads. The cloak's chest area is colored white, and has small yellow buttons. During his initial encounter with Yūya, Edo wears a large gray hooded cloak that completely obscures him and his clothes.

Personality
Like his GX counterpart, Edo is overall serious and fairly aggressive when Dueling, especially against an opponent that he detests. However, and in contrast with this, Edo does seem to have a much brighter side to his personality, as before learning that Yūya was Yūshō's son, he was willing to lend a helping hand in finding his father, being far more benevolent than most Academia agents who would resort to assault people on sight, although he likes to get to the point quick as he pressured Yūya for information to help him. As a Commander-in-Chief of Academia, he is very loyal to Academia and its cause, believing that Academia's teaching is the most righteous. Therefore, he doesn't accept Yūshō's Entertainment Duel that was the complete opposite of Academia's teaching, which is partly one of his reasons to bear hatred towards Yūshō.

Similarly like his original counterpart, Edo's speech replaces certain Japanese words with anglicisms, the most common being his substitutions of numbers for their English equivalents, and replacing "bochi" 「墓地」 with its English equivalent, "cemetery", and "kouka" 「効果」 with "effect". In addition, he yells "Come on!" when Summoning his monsters.

Etymology
His name is meant to be a pun in Japanese, as phoenixes were commonly depicted in art during the Edo period of Japan. Edo is also the original name for Tokyo.

Pre-Invasion
Like most Duelists of the City of Fusion Dimension, Edo was sent to Academia to be trained as Duel Soldier. He eventually grew strong enough to be appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of Academia for the invasion in the Xyz Dimension a year ago.

Duel Against Yūshō
At one point, during the invasion of Xyz Dimension, he Dueled Yūya Sakaki's father, Yūshō Sakaki, and for the first time he witnessed Entertainment Duel, which is a complete opposite of Academia's Duel and resulted with his lost. Yūshō attempted to explain to Edo that Duel can be fun for both winner and loser, but Edo's belief that Duel is a symbol of strength, refused to listen to Yūshō and torn the "Smile World" that Yūshō offered to him. He then accidentally sent Yūshō to Fusion Dimension without he himself realising. Since then, he bears strong animosity towards Yūshō. As a reminder of his vendetta against Yūshō, he keeps a scrap of Yūshō's "Smile World" and since then continues to search for him for a rematch and prove that Academia's ideal is correct.

Duel Against Yūya
While looking for Yūshō, Edo spotted Yūya and asked what he was doing. Yūya answered that he was looking for his father, making Edo assumed that he got lost and demanded Yūya for his father's name, claiming he maybe could help finding him. However, upon knowing that Yūya is Yūshō's son, Edo immediately challenged him to a Duel, intending to make Yūya a bait to lure out Yūshō if he really is Yūshō's son, something that he confirmed when Yūya summoned his "Entermate" monsters. Edo easily reduced Yūya's LP to 2400 on his first turn, to which Yūya countered by using "Smile World", shocking and angering Edo further as it reminded him of Yūshō. Edo activated his reverse card "D - Fusion" to perform Fusion Summon, summoning "Destiny HERO - Dystopiaguy" and direct attacked Yūya, reducing his LP to 800. At this time, Yūto took over and able to reduce Edo's LP to 100, but Edo managed to prevent his monster's destruction by using his trap card. He countered attack by destroying "Dark Rebellion" and then used continuous trap "D - Devil Dance" to attack twice and "D Death Match" to increase his monster's ATK by 800 and destroy Yūya's monster that prevented him from inflicting damage. Yūya barely survived using an Action Card and Yūto once again took over, summoning "Dark Requiem Xyz Dragon" to turn the tide. Edo tried to use an Action Card to avoid the incoming attack, but it couldn't be used, leaving him no choice but to use "Destiny HERO - Dynamiteguy"'s effect to inflict both himself and Yūya a 1000 point damage, ending the Duel with a draw. He was then fetched by his subordinates.

Tyler Sisters vs. Yūya & Shun
Back at HQ, Edo was frustrated over his inability to defeat Yūya, wondering was it because Yūya is Yūshō's son. He determined to never lose against Yūya who believes of making people smile through Duel and using "Smile World". Back to his throne, Edo ordered his subordinates to investigate Yūya through his battle record before noticing his Vice-Commander, Mamoru Noro, wasn't present. He questioned Noro's whereabout when they picked up a strong Duel signal. His subordinate then showed the Tyler Sisters were in the middle of Duel against Yūya and Shun. Once again angered at the sight of "Smile World" and Yūya's Entertainment Duel that inspired from Yūshō's, Edo ordered all of his squad to go with him.

After the Obelisk Force were defeated, he and his squad arrived, surrounding Yūya and the others, as he told everyone that he won't let anyone to interfere because he will be the one to defeat Yūshō's son.

Destiny HERO
As his counterpart did in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'', this Edo uses a "Destiny HERO" Deck. His Deck includes the ability to perform a Fusion Summon. His Deck focuses on brute force, in the forms of both attacking an effect damage. To counter Xyz Monsters, he utilizes "D - Death Match", which ensures a boost for his monsters against said cards.