Rune

Rune

English name	Rune
Japanese translated	Ryo Shibata
Japanese name Japanese 柴田（しばた）　リョウ Base 柴田　リョウ Furigana しばた　リョウ Rōmaji Shibata Ryō
Gender	Male
School	Duel Academy
Dormitory	Ra Yellow
Decks
Tag Force	Invisible Hand
Tag Force 2	Cycle of Life
Tag Force 3	Cycle of Destruction and Rebirth
Video game debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force
Appears in PlayStation 2 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force Evolution PSP Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 2 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3
Rune

Rune, known as Ryo Shibata in the Japanese version, is a character appearing in the Tag Force series. He is a Ra Yellow student.

Appearances

Rune's dialogue uses a large amount of English terms in the Japanese version of the games.

Tag Force

Defeating Rune 10 times earns the player 1 copy of "Rising Energy".

Rune teams up with Yan for the Tag Force Tournament.

Tag Force 2-3

Rune is Pipin's partner for the Ra Yellow Tournament in Tag Duel Sundays.

Tag Force 3

The player and Bastion Tag Duel against Rune and Ray in Normal Bastion's last story event.

Gifts

The player is able to give Rune sandwiches. The following table details how much he likes or dislikes the sandwiches.

Tag Force 2

In Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 2, Rune has the following responses when the player gives him a sandwich.

Rating	Sandwiches	Response
5	Golden Egg Caviar Cook's Fried Noodle Grape Gyoza	(Your partner is really happy!)
4	Dried Mackerel Dried Sardine Durian Fried Shrimp Lobster	(Your partner is happy!)
3	Carrot Chicken Cream Curry Goya Ham Hamburger Hot Pepper Jam Kimchi Lettuce Melon Normal Egg Phantom Pepper Pineapple Plain Ramen Noodle Rice Ball Salmon Sausage Soba Noodle Steak Sweet Bean Paste Sweet Chestnut Tangerine Tofu Tomato Top-grade Salad	(Not much of a reaction...)
2	Fermented Cheese Fermented Soybean Foie Gras Garlic Truffle	(Your partner didn't seem to like it!)
1	Cheese Chocolate Croquette Spicy Curry Spicy Fish Egg	(You partner didn't like it!)
?	Destiny	Randomly selected response

Tag Force 3

In Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3, Rune has the following responses when the player gives him a sandwich.

The localized version of the game reuses his responses from Tag Force 2, which are shared among all standard Duelist 3 characters. The responses below are translations from the Japanese version of the game, which has individual responses for each character.

Rating	Sandwiches	Response
5	Golden Egg Caviar Cook's Fried Noodle Grape Gyoza	Yes! It tastes so good! It's super delicious!
4	Dried Mackerel Dried Sardine Durian Fried Shrimp Lobster	It's delicious! I like it very much!
3	Carrot Chicken Cream Curry Goya Ham Hamburger Hot Pepper Jam Kimchi Lettuce Melon Normal Egg Phantom Pepper Pineapple Plain Ramen Noodle Rice Ball Salmon Sausage Soba Noodle Steak Sweet Bean Paste Sweet Chestnut Tangerine Tofu Tomato Top-grade Salad	This sandwich tastes pretty alright! I like it well enough!
2	Fermented Cheese Fermented Soybean Foie Gras Garlic Truffle	Ugh... This one's no good. No thanks...
1	Cheese Chocolate Croquette Spicy Curry Spicy Fish Egg	My god! This tastes real bad!
?	Destiny	Randomly selected response

Ending Scenes

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  Tag Force 3 (Localized)

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  Tag Force 3 (Japanese)

Decks

In Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force, Rune uses a Deck focused on summoning "Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys" and "Vampire Lord" and protecting them from battle, forcing the opponent to destroy them with card effects and have them revive during the following turn. Rune also uses several Spell and Trap Cards with effects that trigger upon being destroyed as well, which can be set off by himself or by his opponent.

In later installments, as "Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys" is no longer Limited, Rune focuses exclusively on it.

Tag Force 2

Cycle of Life 1 ★5

Japanese: 再生と破壊の輪廻１ · Rōmaji: Saisei to Hakai no Rin'ne 1 · Translated: Cycle of Destruction and Rebirth 1 Monster Cards Effect Monsters Apprentice Magician x2 Enraged Battle Ox x3 Giant Rat x3 Gigantes x3 Hand of Nephthys Nimble Momonga x3 Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys x3 Spell Cards 7 x3 Black Pendant x3 Giant Trunade Heavy Storm Mystical Space Typhoon Premature Burial (D) Snatch Steal Trap Cards Call of the Haunted (D) Dark Coffin x3 Malevolent Catastrophe x3 Statue of the Wicked x3 Torrential Tribute (D)

Cycle of Life 2 ★6

Japanese: 再生と破壊の輪廻２ · Rōmaji: Saisei to Hakai no Rin'ne 2 · Translated: Cycle of Destruction and Rebirth 2 Monster Cards Effect Monsters Apprentice Magician x2 Enraged Battle Ox x3 Giant Rat x3 Gigantes x3 Hand of Nephthys x2 (D) Nimble Momonga x3 Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys x3 Spell Cards Black Pendant x3 Heavy Storm Mystical Space Typhoon Premature Burial (D) Snatch Steal Trap Cards Blast with Chain x3 Call of the Haunted (D) Dark Coffin x3 Malevolent Catastrophe x3 Statue of the Wicked x3 Torrential Tribute

Cycle of Life 3 ★6

Japanese: 再生と破壊の輪廻３ · Rōmaji: Saisei to Hakai no Rin'ne 3 · Translated: Cycle of Destruction and Rebirth 3 Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Apprentice Magician x2 Chiron the Mage x3 Dandylion Enraged Battle Ox x3 Gigantes x3 Hand of Nephthys x3 Magical Scientist Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys x3 Spell Cards Black Pendant x3 Brain Control Heavy Storm Mystical Space Typhoon Premature Burial (D) Scapegoat (D) Shrink x3 Trap Cards Blast with Chain x3 Call of the Haunted (D) Dark Coffin x3 Malevolent Catastrophe x2 Ojama Trio Statue of the Wicked Torrential Tribute Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Crimson Sunbird x3 Punished Eagle x3 Rabid Horseman x3

Tag Force 3

Cycle of Destruction and Rebirth 1 ★5

Japanese: 再生と破壊の輪廻１ · Rōmaji: Saisei to Hakai no Rin'ne 1 Monster Cards Effect Monsters Apprentice Magician x2 Enraged Battle Ox x3 Giant Rat x3 Gigantes x3 Hand of Nephthys Nimble Momonga x3 Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys x3 Spell Cards 7 x3 Black Pendant x3 Giant Trunade Heavy Storm Monster Reborn Mystical Space Typhoon Premature Burial Trap Cards Dark Coffin x3 Malevolent Catastrophe x3 Mirror Force Statue of the Wicked x3 Torrential Tribute

Cycle of Destruction and Rebirth 2 ★6

Japanese: 再生と破壊の輪廻２ · Rōmaji: Saisei to Hakai no Rin'ne 2 Monster Cards Effect Monsters Apprentice Magician x2 Enraged Battle Ox x3 Giant Rat x3 Gigantes x3 Hand of Nephthys x2 Nimble Momonga x3 Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys x3 Spell Cards Black Pendant x3 Heavy Storm Monster Reborn Mystical Space Typhoon Premature Burial Trap Cards Blast with Chain x3 Dark Coffin x3 Malevolent Catastrophe x3 Mirror Force Statue of the Wicked x3 Torrential Tribute

Cycle of Destruction and Rebirth 3 ★7

Japanese: 再生と破壊の輪廻３ · Rōmaji: Saisei to Hakai no Rin'ne 3 Monster Cards Effect Monsters Apprentice Magician x3 Chiron the Mage x3 Cyber Jar Dandylion x2 Flying Kamakiri #1 x3 Hand of Nephthys x3 Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys x3 Spell Cards Black Pendant x2 Brain Control x2 Creature Swap x2 Heavy Storm Monster Reborn (D) Mystical Space Typhoon Premature Burial Scapegoat x2 (D) Shrink x3 Trap Cards Blast with Chain x2 Dark Coffin x2 Malevolent Catastrophe Mirror Force (D) Ojama Trio Statue of the Wicked Torrential Tribute