Mendo Cino

Mendo Cino

English name	Mendo Cino
Japanese name Japanese メンド・シーノ Rōmaji Mendo Shīno
Gender	Male
Occupation	Card Professor
Manga Deck	Mantis
Manga debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! R Duel Round 12: "Curtains For Jonouchi?!"
Appears in Manga Yu-Gi-Oh! R
Cino, Mendo

Mendo Cino is a Card Professor in Yu-Gi-Oh! R.

Design

Appearance

Cino is a muscular man with neck-length light hair. He wears a turban, a sleeveless trenchcoat over a bare chest, bandages wrapped around his midsection, black pants, and pointed white shoes. He also wears a jeweled necklace and carries a KaibaCorp Duel Disk on his left arm.

Personality

In comparison to his fellow Card Professors, Mendo is less arrogant regarding his own skills and more arrogant concerning the skills of his opponent. He believed that Katsuya Jonouchi wasn't worth his time to Duel solely due to the low bounty on his head (despite the fact that it had been rising from the moment he entered the building). First hand experience does change these views; he expressly admitted that Jonouchi was doing well during their Duel, though still believed he had the match won.

Etymology

"Mendocino" is also a pre-release codename for the 300 MHz P6 Intel Pentium II Centrino chip.

Biography

Cino was hired with many other card professors to guard the R.A. Project by Yako Tenma. He was disappointed that he met up with Katsuya Jonouchi, as the reward for beating him was only $500, while the reward for beating Yugi Mutou was $2,000,000. Insulted, Jonouchi suggested that Mendo just hand over the card key if he didn't want to Duel. Mendo answered that he couldn't, as Yako's orders were to defeat any other Duelists that accompanied the Duel King; if he did defeat Jonouchi, he'd get the chance to Duel Yugi. Calling Jonouchi a "cheap Duelist", they began their Duel.

Mendo gained an advantage with his combination of "Dreadscythe Harvester" and "Labor Pain", but Jonouchi counters with "Jinzo". Mendo complimented Jonouchi on doing his best and even admitted he was surprised at the appearance of "Jinzo" and was actually having fun. Jonouchi turned the Duel around using "Shield & Sword" and "Time Machine" and ultimately defeated Mendo. Mendo was shocked that such a tough Duelist would only be worth $500.

Deck

Mendo uses a Mantis Deck. He uses "Labor Pain" to put a cost on Normal Summoning, while using "Mantis Egg" to Special Summon tokens for himself to use as Tributes for his "Dreadscythe Harvester," effectively bypassing the effects of his own Spell Card.

Image	Information
	"Dreadscythe Harvester" (「デスサイズ・キラー」 Desusaizu Kirā)
	Level  8 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  ??? / Effect ATK  2300 DEF  1600
	"Guard Mantis" (「ガード・マンティス」 Gādo Mantisu)
	Level  4 ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  Normal ATK  1000 DEF  2400
	"Praying Mantis" (「プレイング・マンティス」 Pureingu Mantisu)
	Level  4 ★ ★ ★ ★ Types  Normal ATK  1500 DEF  1200
	"Labor Pain" (「レイバー・ペイン」 Reibā Pein)
	Card type  Spell Card Property  Continuous
	"Mantis Egg" (「カマキリの卵（らん）鞘（しょう）－エッグ・シェル－」 Kamakiri no Ranshō -Eggu Sheru-)
	Card type  Spell Card Property  Field
	"Forced Withdrawal" (「強（きょう）制（せい）回（かい）収（しゅう）」 Kyōsei Kaishū)
	Card type  Trap Card
	"Forced Withdrawal" (「強（きょう）制（せい）回（かい）収（しゅう）」 Kyōsei Kaishū)
	Card type  Trap Card
	"Baby Mantis Token" (「ベビーカマキリトークン」 Bebī Kamakiri Tōkun)
	Level  ??? Types  ??? / Token ATK  500 DEF  ???

Duels

Opponent(s)	Chapter(s)	Outcome
Katsuya Jonouchi	12-13	Lose