Card Appearances:Jinzo

"Jinzo":

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Yu-Gi-Oh!

• This card is a Level 7 monster in the manga while it is a Level 6 monster in the anime, following the TCG/OCG.
• This card's attack name in the original Japanese is Cyber Energy Shock; Psychic Wave while its effect is known as Trap Search and Trap Crush. Its effect not only negated, but destroyed face-up and face-down Trap Cards on the field.

Battle City

• In episode 58, Espa Roba uses this card during his Duel against Rex Raptor. When "Serpent Night Dragon" attacks this card, Espa activates "Mesmeric Control" to negate the attack and reduce the ATK of "Serpent Night Dragon" by 800. This card then attacks and destroys Rex's "Serpent Night Dragon", winning Espa the duel. Later Espa uses this card during his Duel against Joey Wheeler. He Tribute Summons this by Tributing Joey's "Swordsman of Landstar" (which Espa took control of via "Mind Control"). This card's effect then destroys "Chasm of Spikes". In the next episode, Espa equips this monster with "Amplifier", increasing its ATK by 500. This monster then attacks and destroys Joey's "Alligator's Sword". Joey then summons "Baby Dragon" and "Time Wizard". He then activates the effect of "Time Wizard" and succeeds in its effect, allowing Joey to transform "Baby Dragon" into "Thousand Dragon". After Joey attacks this card with "Thousand Dragon", Joey was then shocked that this card is unaffected by the effect of "Time Wizard". Espa then explains that this card's armor is made of a special alloy that is guaranteed not to age or corrode for ten-thousand years. This card then destroys "Thousand Dragon". On Espa's Standby Phase, "Amplifier" increases this card's ATK by 300. This monster then attacks and destroys one of Joey's four "Sheep Tokens". Espa's "Reflect Bounder" then attacks and destroys another "Sheep Token". The next tour, Joey activates "Roulette Spider" which has this card randomly attack and destroy "Reflect Bounder". The effect of "Reflect Bounder" then activates, which destroys this card and inflicts the Battle Damage from the battle to Espa, thus winning Joey the Duel. Joey then won this card from Roba as per the Battle City Rules.
  • In the second above-mentioned episode, this card appeared on the screen of the laptop Tristan was using when he was trying to let Serenity Wheeler know how the Duel between Joey and Espa was going.

• In episode 63, Joey uses this card during his Duel against Weevil Underwood. He summons this card by Tributing "Swordsman of Landstar". This card then attacks and destroys Weevil's "Flying Kamakiri #2". On Joey's next turn, this card attacks and destroys Weevil's set "Kiseitai", but this activates the effect of "Kiseitai", equipping itself to this card. On Joey's next Standby Phase, the second effect of "Kiseitai" activates, increasing Weevil's Life Points by half of this card's ATK. Joey then uses this card to attack and destroy Weevil's set "Skull-Mark Ladybug", but this activates its effect, increasing Weevil's Life Points by 500. On Joey's next Standby Phase, the second effect of "Kiseitai" increases Weevil's Life Points by half of this card's ATK. Joey then Tributes this card so that his "Panther Warrior" can attack and destroy "Pinch Hopper".

• In episode 74, this card appears within a series of flashbacks that show all of Joey's Duels in Battle City.

• In episode 87, Joey uses this card during his Duel against Odion. When Odion's "Embodiment of Apophis" attacks Joey's "Swordsman of Landstar", Joey activates "Foolish Burial" to send this card to Odion's Graveyard. Joey then activates "Graverobber" to Special Summon this card to his side of the field. Joey then uses this card's effect to destroy Odion's "Embodiments of Apophis". Joey then attacks Odion directly with this card, "Battle Warrior" and "Swordsman of Landstar". After Odion activates "Swords of Revealing Light" Joey switches this card to Defense Position. In the next episode, Odion's "Mystical Beast of Serket" attacks and destroys this card. "Mystical Beast of Serket" then gains ATK equal to the half of this card's ATK.
  • In the first above-mentioned episode, this card appears in a series of flashbacks that Joey has when he notes to Odion that he has met many people on his way to the Battle City Finals and he kept fighting all the way no matter how grim the situation was.

• In episode 89, this card appears in a series of flashbacks Odion has when he explains that this card counts as three Tributes due to it absorbing three of Joey's monsters which was why he could Tribute this card to summon "The Winged Dragon of Ra".

Virtual World

• In episode 99, this card appears when Yami Yugi is selecting his Deck for his Duel against Gansley.

• In episode 106, this card can be seen when Duke Devlin, Tristan Taylor, and Serenity Wheeler are selecting their Decks for their Duel against Nezbitt.

• In episode 108, Leichter uses this card as his Deck Master during his Duel against Seto Kaiba, albeit disguised at first. When Kaiba activates "Crush Card Virus" in response to "Spear Dragon" destroying "Giant Germ", Leichter activates this card's Deck Master Ability to negate "Crush Card Virus's" effect and destroy it. In the next episode, this card remained on the sidelines until the Duel was over.
  • In the first above-mentioned episode, this card can be seen when Seto Kaiba is selecting his Deck for his Duel against Leichter.
  • In the first above-mentioned episode, this card appears in a flashback explained by Leichter when he reminds Seto that his birthday gift from Gozaburo Kaiba was where all the mistakes made by Seto himself began. This card is the Seto flips face-up during the flashback.
  • In the second above-mentioned episode, this card appears in a flashback Leichter has when he explains to Seto that his treachery began when Gozaburo gave him a large amount of dollars to test Seto's business skills.

• In episode 110, the four remaining Big Five members later tried to take the bodies of Yugi's friends by force as defeating them in Duels proved to be useless. Joey quickly summoned five monsters to stall for time while he and his friends tried to get away on the truck. Leichter, as this monster, destroys "Battle Warrior" and "Baby Dragon". After defeating the monsters, the Big Five went after the truck, but the gang are able to get the truck started and escape. Eventually the gang ends up in a desert and later crash. Before the Big Five can take the bodies of Yugi's friends, Noah captures them for questioning on their actions.

• In episode 111, Leichter uses this card as his Deck Master during the Big Five's Duel against Yami Yugi and Joey. In the next episode, Leichter takes over for Nezbitt. When Joey activates "Drop Off" to make Leichter discard the card he drew, Leichter uses this card's Deck Master Ability to negate "Drop Off" and destroy it. Later Joey summons his own copy by Tributing "Panther Warrior". Due to the effect of Joey's copy, Leichter's "Gravity Bind" is destroyed. Joey then activates "Block Attack" to switch Leichter's "Injection Fairy Lily" to Defense Position. This card then attacks and destroys Leichter's "Injection Fairy Lily". In the following episode, Leichter activates "Dragon Revival Ritual" to Tribute this card, "Deepsea Warrior", "Nightmare Penguin", "Judge Man", and "Robotic Knight" in order to Ritual Summon "Five-Headed Dragon". The effect of "Five-Headed Dragon" then activates, destroying Yugi's "Dark Magician Girl" and Joey's copy of this card.
  • In the first above-mentioned episode, this card is shown when Yami Yugi and Joey were selecting cards for their Duel against the Big Five.

Battle City Finals

• In episode 122, this card is shown in Joey's hand during the Battle Royale between himself, Yami Yugi, Seto Kaiba, and Yami Marik.

• In episode 124, this card is shown in a flashback that Joey has when he remembers all the Duelists he faced on his way to the Battle City Finals.

• In episode 125, this card is shown in Joey's hand during his Duel against Yami Marik, He was forced to discard this card due to the effect of "Helpoemer". In the next episode, Joey activates "Question" to make Marik guess what the first monster that was sent to his Graveyard was. As Yami Marik could not guess what card Joey sent via "Helpoemer", Joey Special Summons this card from the Graveyard. Joey then uses this card's effect to destroy Marik's "Coffin Seller", "Scratch Wheel" (which frees Joey's "Rocket Warrior" from the effect of "Scratch Wheel") and set "Malevolent Catastrophe". This card then attacks and destroys Marik's "Legendary Fiend" (which had 2200 ATK via its own effect). Later Marik Tributes this card and Joey's "Baby Dragon" to summon "Lava Golem" onto Joey's side of the Field.
  • In the second above-mentinoned episode, this card appears in a flashback Joey has when he remembers obtaining this card from Espa Roba during Battle City.

• In episode 135, this card is seen in a series of flashbacks Yugi has when he remembers the previous Duels that Joey went through in Battle City.

• In episode 144, this card is shown when Téa Gardner and Serenity go through a park. They see this card under the control of a kid Dueling another kid. The former-mentioned kid summons this card by Tributing "Rocket Warrior". After this card was summoned, its effect activates, destroying the latter-mentioned kid's "Solemn Wishes". What happened next is unknown as the scene goes back to Téa and Serenity.

Waking the Dragons

• This card can be seen during episode 159 when Weevil Underwood and Rex Raptor are taken to vault within Doma's headquarters that contains copies of every card in existence at the time save the Legendary Dragons and the Egyptian Gods.

• In episode 170, Joey uses this card during his Duel against Valon. He summons this card by Tributing "Battle Warrior". This card then attacks Valon's "Psychic Armor Head", but Valon uses the effect of his Armor Monsters to redirect the attack to his "Buster Knuckle" (which had 1900 ATK via to its own effect and "The Seal of Orichalcos"), destroying it instead. Valon's "Burning Knuckle" (which had 1700 ATK via its own effect and "The Seal of Orichalcos") then attacks this card. This card then destroys "Burning Knuckle", but this activates the effect of "Burning Knuckle", decreasing this card's ATK by the ATK of "Burning Knuckle". The next turn, Joey uses this card to attack Valon's "Jet Gauntlet", but this activates the effect of "Jet Gauntlet", destroying both battling monsters at the start of the Damage Step.

• In episode 182, Joey Summons this card to aide in the battle against The Great Leviathan. Yami, Joey, and Kaiba, after bringing out three monsters each, then summon their Legendary Dragons. Yami then used "Legend of Heart" to transform the Dragons into the three Legendary Knights. All the monsters summoned by Yami, Joey, and Kaiba then attack The Great Leviathan. When the Great Leviathan counterattacks, Yami quickly has Timaeus absorb the power of "Big Shield Gardna" to protect everyone from the attack. While this saves the chosen Duelists and the Legendary Knights, it doesn't save the other monsters summoned by the Chosen Duelists.

Grand Championship

• In episode 186, the KC DuelTek 760 uses this card during its Duel against Yami Yugi while the latter was using Rick's Deck. The computer summons this card by Tributing "Berserk Gorilla". Due to this card's effect, the computer's "Robbin' Goblin" is destroyed. This card then attacks and destroys "The Dragon Dwelling in the Cave". On the computer's next turn, this card attacks and destroys "Baby Dragon". "Sinister Serpent" then attacks Yugi directly. The next turn, Yugi summons "Spirit Ryu" and uses it to attack this card. Yugi then activates the effect of "Spirit Ryu" during the Damage Step, discarding the six Dragon-type Normal Monsters in his hand to increase the ATK of "Spirit Ryu" by 1000 for each Dragon discarded. This makes the ATK of "Spirit Ryu" 7000. "Spirit Ryu" then attacks and destroys this card, winning Yami Yugi the duel.

• In episode 187, this card can be seen in Joey's hand during his Duel against Solomon Muto while the latter was disguised as Apdnarg Otum. In the next episode, this card is still shown to be in Joey's hand.

• In episode 190, Joey uses this card during his Duel against Zigfried von Schroeder. He summons this card by Tributing "Brigadier of Landstar". This card's effect then activates, destroying Zigfried's set "Wotan's Judgment". This card then attacks Zigfried directly. In the next episode, this card is destroyed by the effect of Zigfried's "Valkyrie Zwei". Zigfried then uses the effect of "Valkyrie Erste" to banish this card and make the ATK of "Valkyrie Erste" the same as this card's ATK until the End Phase.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

This card uses its TCG/OCG effect.

• In episode 14, Jinzo uses this card during his Duel against Jaden Yuki. He summons this card by Tributing "Malice Doll of Demise". This card then attacks and destroys Jaden's "Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster" while preventing Jaden from activating "Draining Shield". On Jinzo's next turn, this card attacks and destroys Jaden's "Wroughtweiler", activating "Wroughtweiler's" effect to add "Elemental HERO Clayman" and "Polymerization" from the Graveyard to Jaden's hand. Jinzo then equips this card with "Amplifier", allowing him to use Trap Cards while this card was on the field. On Jinzo's next turn, he uses this card to attack "Elemental HERO Bubbleman", but Jaden destroys "Bubble Blaster" to prevent "Bubbleman" from being destroyed and and reduce the Battle Damage he would take from the attack to 0. After Jaden activates "Polymerization" to fuse "Bubbleman" with "Clayman" and Fusion Summon "Elemental HERO Mudballman", the effect of "Clay Wrap" activates, allowing Jaden to destroy "Amplifier". Due to the second effect of "Amplifier", this card is destroyed. Jinzo then activates "Call of the Haunted" and targets this card, but Jaden activates Solemn Judgment to negate the effect of "Call of the Haunted" and destroy it.

• In episode 17, this card appears in a flashback Damon has when he explains how his written exams were the best, but his draws in Duels were the worst. This card is shown in a flashback duel that Damon had against an unknown student. This card was used by the unknown student. The result is not shown, but Damon lost since he drew "Fake Trap" which would be useless in helping him turn the duel in his favor.

• In episode 84, a Slifer Red student uses this card during his Duel against Syrus Truesdale. He summons this card by Tributing "Berserk Gorilla". Due to this card's effect, Syrus was not allowed to activate the "Magic Cylinder" in his hand via his "Jetroid's" effect. This card then attacks and destroys "Jetroid". On the last turn of the Duel, Syrus' "Super Vehicroid - Stealth Union" attacks and destroys this card, winning Syrus the duel.

• In episode 111, this card briefly appears in one of the battles during the tournament hosted by Adrian Gecko. It was shown being used by a Ra Yellow Student during his Duel with another Ra Yellow Student.

• During episode 157, this card can be seen in a briefcase that Chazz Princeton and Alexis Rhodes put in a locked room, among other "defective" cards.

• In episode 163, Makoto Inotsume uses this card during his Duel against Zane Truesdale. Makoto sends this card from his deck to the Graveyard for the cost of "Psychic Wave".

• In episode 164, Makoto uses this card in his Duel against Syrus Truesdale. Makoto sends this card from his deck to the Graveyard for the cost of "Psychic Wave". The next turn, Makoto Special Summons this card from his Graveyard with "Jinzo - Returner's" effect, after "Returner" was sent to the Graveyard for the cost of "Crush Card Virus". This card's effect then negates the effects of Syrus' Rebirth Judgment. Later, this card is Tributed to summon Jinzo - Lord.

• This card appears in the GX Japanese closing song, Borderline Battle.

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL

• This monster's statue appeared in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 015.

Scripted Duels

• In the non-canon duel North American WCQ 2012 Special: Joey vs. Kaiba, Joey Special Summons this card with "Psychic Shockwave", after discarding "Trap Hole" for "Psychic Shockwave's" cost. This card's effect then negates the "Crush Card Virus" that "Psychic Shockwave" was chained to. Although not mentioned, this card also negates Kaiba's "Soul Demolition". This card then attacks Seto Kaiba directly. This card remained on the field until the Duel was over.

Video Games

• In the video game Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories, this card's text states that Jinzo abandoned its humanity and attained this form for power.

• Joey Wheeler and Espa Roba use this card in Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction.