Name: McCoy Holt
Username: Konoha Koi
Nickname: Koi or Coy
Age: 24

Bio: McCoy had a turbulent home life with a father who could loosely be described as jealous, controlling, manipulative, emotionally abusive, and wildly successful in his business. He was never violent with McCoy's mother, but he wasn't afraid to "physically discipline" McCoy until he did what he was told to do, which was a lot in order to mold McCoy into someone who could fill his template of success, if not his shoes.

When McCoy moved out, he did so in a self-destructive blaze of glory where he blew up at his father, threw a punch or two, and had the cops called on him by their neighbors. Nothing came of it legally, but when all was said and done, he was thoroughly estranged from his father and living paycheck to paycheck in a trailer park, the only place he could afford. After his sudden veer off the path his father had set for him, his high school sweetheart, Mona, broke up with him, and so he entered a five year long depressive spiral which didn't exactly help his finances.

Although he tried to meet new people, get back to work chasing the so-called American dream, and look into entering the professional dueling scene, nothing came of it other than a few shallow flings, lost duels, unnecessarily inconvenient job interviews, and exploitative working environments that he couldn't stick with for more than a few months at most. Still, things weren't all bad. When he decided to feed one of the stray cats in the trailer park a half-eaten piece of shrimp from some Chinese takeout, a lifelong bond was forged in that moment. The cat, which he named Jerry, followed him around from then on, and proceeded to hang around his trailer until he was let in.

He eventually got a tolerable job (that definitely has nothing to do with drugs) and felt motivated to work longer hours to take better care of Jerry. He didn't keep Jerry locked up in his trailer, so sometimes Jerry would return with other cats, which he couldn't bring himself to deny. Being the appellative genius that he is, he named the second cat Mary, and the third cat Terry, and the fourth cat Sherry, and the fifth cat Gary, and the sixth cat-

Well, you get the idea. He is currently the proud caretaker if not owner of 26 stray cats. They are weirdly drawn to him, he has come to realize, though that may just be because he spends so much time around other cats.

He became known as the crazy cat guy in his trailer park, though given he actually forces the cats to take a bath every so often, his cat horde is generally well-liked, and an old lady who lives nearby sometimes comes over to pet them or take care of them while he's away.

When Cairo Tech Industries announced Advanced Duels and the Terminus, he decided he'd give it a try. He didn't exactly regard his desire to become a professional duelist as anything more than a pipe dream, but it was emblematic of all the things he wanted that his father didn't want for him, and he genuinely really liked duel monsters. Even if was just for fun, he figured it'd be worth trying out.

Playstyle: "If it works, it ain't stupid."

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Miscellaneous: McCoy's 26 cats are named, in alphabetical order, Aery, Barry, Canary, Cherry, Dairy, Fairy, Flarey, Gary, Harry, Jerry, Kerry, Lary, Library, Mary, Neri, Peri, Query, Rarey, Scary, Seri, Sherry, Terry, Veri, Wary, Yareyare (mispronounced intentionally), and Zeri.

EARTH Monster, Level 3, Warrior. 800 ATK / 700 DEF
A stern woman with a dangerous whip and a leather get-up.

Advanced Duel Effect: Shadow Tamer may take control of 1 enemy fiend-type monster. While controlling a monster, she cannot declare attacks. If the fiend was not a player's duel partner, control can be maintained even outside of battle, until that monster is destroyed.
(Shadow Tamer is always treated as an "Archfiend".)

DARK Monster, Level 2, Fiend. 700 ATK / 600 DEF
A small, dragon-like demon that possesses a mirror with mystical powers.

Advanced Duel Effect: The mirror can divert an enemy monster's attack to any new target, including the original attacker. Afterwards, the mirror becomes inert for two turns. However, the demon can still make its own attacks in this time.

Equip Spell

Advanced Duel Effect: The equipped monster gains 1000 ATK. If this card is in the graveyard: You can Tribute 1 monster; return this card to your hand/library. (Axe of Despair is always treated as an "Archfiend" spell.)

Note: 1000 attack was a ton when this card came out - it's still somewhat significant today. I chose it because it was on theme and for the tribute effect. We can lower the attack bonus to 800 or so if you think that's more fair

Normal Spell

Advanced Duel Effect: Target 1 Spell/Trap; destroy that target. Your opponent cannot activate the targeted card in response to this card's activation.

Normal Trap

Advanced Duel Effect: When you take damage: Gain LP equal to the damage you took, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Malus Token" (Fiend/DARK/Level 1/ATK ?/DEF ?). Its ATK/DEF are each equal to the amount of LP you gained by this effect.

Continuous Trap

Advanced Duel Effect: Target 1 Effect Monster on the field; negate the effects of that face-up monster while it is on the field, also that face-up monster cannot attack. When it is destroyed, destroy this card. Out of combat, the chains may be used to cross chasms, scale cliffs, and to otherwise navigate the environment.