Eliphas

Eliphas

English name	Eliphas
Japanese name Japanese エリファス Rōmaji Erifasu
Gender	Male
Organization	Astral World
Anime Deck	New Order/Etheric
Anime debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 118118: "Mission: Astral World, Part 1"
Appears in Anime Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
Japanese voice	Kenji Hamada
Eliphas

Eliphas is a character in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL is the godhead of the Astral World. As such, he governs the entire realm and rules it with the purpose to Rank it up by destroying the Barian World.

Design

Appearance

Full body view of Eliphas.

Eliphas is physically large and muscular with teal and beige heterochromic eyes and long flowing blond hair. He wears gold plated sleeveless armor with large sapphires at the pauldrons and faulds and a large white cape at the back. His half helmet is crowned with three sapphire-covered tips and he wields an acute angled Duel Disk with a cyan interior.

Eliphas, without his mask.

When his helmet fell off, it is revealed that he has one blue gem on his forehead and two above his temples, as well as marks on his face similar to but noticeably different from the ones on Astral's.

Personality

Eliphas is fanatical in his disdain for Chaos and the beings that possess it, especially those he perceives as menaces to the Astral World. He even threatens his own people like Ena after Yuma cured them with his Chaos powers, as they have become subjective to it and must be quarantined. Nonetheless, he shown to be lenient enough to allow Yuma to Duel for Astral's sake.

Another trait is his adherence to Ranking Up, especially to when it comes to his world. In his definition, it's the means to surpass limitations and to escape the suffering brought on by Chaos. To that end, only a select chosen few are allowed entry to the Astral World as they have the potential to Rank-Up spiritually.

Abilities

Eliphas performing a Shining Draw.

As the will of the Astral World itself, Eliphas is near omnipotent. He can appear anywhere he wishes and clone copies of himself. He can summon guard dogs and shoot lightning at those who happen to intrude into his domain, as shown while he was chasing Yuma.

As a denizen of the Astral World, he is also capable of performing multiple Shining Draws during a Duel.

Biography

History

Eliphas was created by the people of the Astral World as the ultimate symbol of their worldview of "Ranking-Up".

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL

Legendary Number War

Eliphas meets Yuma.

Eliphas confronted Yuma Tsukumo when the latter arrived in the Astral World. Insisting that Yuma could not be allowed there, he attempted to kill him several times, with Yuma being saved by Rainbow Kuriboh. After meeting Ena and using the power of Chaos to cure several Astral denizens, Yuma and Eliphas conversed with one another, with Yuma demanding Astral's return. Eliphas explained that the Barian World is the result of the Astral World expelling Chaos in order to Rank-Up and that Astral's original purpose was to destroy the Barian World. Eliphas also blamed Yuma for Astral's injuries, but Yuma countered that he and Astral cooperated as friends. Yuma suggested they Duel to determine Astral's fate. Eliphas agreed, but Yuma was to wager his memories of Astral. The Duel begins with Eliphas Summoning "New Orders 4 Etheric Anubis" on the first turn and revealing that he was capable of performing Shining Draw.

Eliphas continually Ranked-Up his monsters using "Rank-Up-Magic Astral Force", while lecturing Yuma on what he done to Astral. Believing that Astral had been "corrupted" by Yuma's Chaos and the betrayal at Sargasso, Eliphas intended to purge Astral's memories and send him off to fulfill his original purpose once more. The betrayal at Sargasso inflicted a small wound that threatened to poison Astral's entire body. It was only through the intervention of Yuma's father Kazuma that Astral was sent to Yuma as Kazuma modified Astral's programming before sending him to Earth, in defiance of his original mission. By healing Ena and the others, Elpihas believed that Yuma had infected them with Chaos - and thus they could not be allowed to live. However, Eliphas agreed to reconsider his entire perspective if Yuma would win. Though Yuma brought out "Number C39: Utopia Ray Victory", Eliphas continued to Rank-Up his monsters, resulting in "New Orders 10 Etheric Horus".

Through "Rainbow Kuriboh", Yuma was able to survive, but Eliphas Ranked-Up once more, unveiling "New Orders 12 Etheric Mahes". Every one of Yuma's moves was countered through Eliphas' Spells and Traps, which granted his monsters great ATK boosts and protection. Finally, Eliphas, Ranked-Up one more time, creating a Rank 13 Xyz Monster - "New Orders 13 Etheric Amen", which decimated Yuma's Deck, using it as more Overlay Units. Rainbow Kuriboh once more allowed Yuma to survive another turn. Through his will, Yuma was able to Shining Draw himself, creating "Rank-Down-Magic Numeron Fall". Using this card, he Ranked Down "Number 39: Utopia" into the Rank 1 "Number 39: Utopia Roots". Its ATK increased by the difference between the Ranks of it and "Amen", while also rising for each Overlay Unit "Amen" had, resulting in a monster with 39,600 ATK. He further increased it with "Double or Nothing!", obliterating "Amen" and defeating Eliphas. A man of his word, Eliphas released Astral and entrusted the fate of the Astral World to him and Yuma. They were given permission to confront the Barian World in whatever approach they wished instead of destroying it along with information about Don Thousand's existence. He then bestowed Astral with a card in the process and returned the Emperor's Key to Yuma before sending the ZEXAL wielders back to the Human World.

Barian Emperor Onslaught

Eliphas sacrifices himself to save Astral.

When Don Thousand opened a portal to the Astral World during his Duel against Nash and Yuma, Eliphas witnessed the damage caused to the Astral World. He later journeyed to the Barian World when Astral was intent on sacrificing himself to destroy "Numeron Network". Eliphas pushed Astral out of the way, telling him he cannot die yet. He threw Astral another card (later revealed to be "Rank-Up-Magic Astral Force") and forcefully returned him to the Duel's location as the Numeron Network went critical when the energy from it backfired, having nowhere else to go after the card was removed.

After the final Duel between Yuma and Astral, Eliphas was revived by the power of the Numeron Code. He was seen discussing the new crisis that plagued the Astral World with Ena.

Deck

Eliphas uses an "New Order/Etheric" Deck focused on Double Rank-Up monsters, which resemble Egyptian deities. He is the first character to Double Rank-Up monsters in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL. His "Rank-Up Advantage" also grants him extra draws for each successful Rank-Up, allowing him to potentially perform multiple Shining Draws each turn. He also employs several cards that grant him advantage by out-Ranking the opponent's Xyz Monster such as "Rank Domination" that ensures that his high-Rank Xyz Monsters are difficult to defeat in battle.

Deck
Main Deck Spell Cards Mysterious Monolith x2 Rank Domination Rank-Up Advantage Rank-Up-Magic Astral Force x2 Trap Cards Ascension Spiral Mysterious Mirror Rank Wall Extra Deck Xyz Monsters New Orders 4 Etheric Anubis New Orders 6 Etheric Apophis New Orders 8 Etheric Sebek New Orders 10 Etheric Horus New Orders 12 Etheric Mahes New Orders 13 Etheric Amen

Duels

Opponent(s)	Episode(s)	Outcome
Yuma Tsukumo	118-121	Lose