Ace

Ace is a one-shot character appearing in Taylor Gorrell's Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL continuity. He is a multi-time tournament winner who organized his own tournament to try and find a worthy opponent, offering a Number card as the prize.

Appearance
Ace is a rather tall and muscled man with black eyes and messy blonde hair done in a thick mohawk, the back of his mohawk being in a ponytail, giving it a wild appearance. His outfit is only one piece, with a white top that leaves his neck exposed, black tank top-like shoulder straps, no sleeves, a black bottom that reaches his knees, leg holes that flare into spikes, and sandals.

Personality
Ace is a confident Duelist who loves seeing people give it their all while also having some fun. He searches for a worthy opponent and never insults those he faces, showing a good level of sportsmanship. However, he's not immune to being weirded out by certain happenings, nor is he willing to deny any attraction he has to women or female monsters. Ace has the catchphrase "Go Go Joker Magic!" for whenever he uses a Joker to Summon an Xyz Monster, a saying that is also the name of one of his cards.

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
Ace appeared in Numbershot 1, first seen winning a tournament by defeating an unknown opponent, helping him up afterwards. However, dissatisfied with how fast the tournament went, Ace decided to hold his own tournament in Heartland, offering a Number card as a prize if someone could beat him. Yuma, Shark, Kaito, Yamoto, Droite, Rio, Kuronazo, Kyorei, Raio, Keegan, Anna, Yamikawa, Taichi, Karaan, Shirotora, and Marizu all entered the tournament for their own reasons, and while Ace was not actually a participant in the tournament, he acted as the announcer for every Duel in the tournament.

In the end, Yuma was the one to emerge victorious in the tourney, allowing him to challenge Ace for the trophy and for Number 1. Ace quickly showed off his ability to Summon Xyzs he won from tournaments using mere Level 1 monsters, eventually bringing out "Number 1: First Fighter Ichigo" and boosting its power through Rank manipulation and swarming. However, Yuma managed to emerge victorious by using Chaos Xyz Change to get out Number C39: Hope Ray to combat Ichigo. Beaten but satisfied, Ace presented Yuma with the championship trophy, as well as his Number card.

Deck
Ace plays a Joker Deck, combining his "Xyz Transformation" Spell Card with his monsters' abilities to act as substitute Xyz Materials for certain monsters, allowing him to Xyz Summon powerful monsters with only 1 Level 1 monster. Apart from his Number, all of his Xyz Monsters are the Match Winner Xyzs that had been released at the time the fic was written. The Number itself, "Number 1: First Fighter Ichigo", takes advantage of the Jokers' low Levels to become stronger.