Number 96 (character)

Number 96: Black Mist is a character version of the card "Number 96: Black Mist".

Biography
It was originally in the possession of a unnamed man. The man is defeated by Yuma Tsukumo and Astral absorbs the "Numbers" card. When Tetsuo Takeda knocked The Emperor's Key from Yuma's neck, Astral could no longer contain the power of the malevolent "Number". It appeared before them as blackened version of Astral and imprisoned the original version, who told Yuma to entrust Tetsuo with "Number 39: Utopia". It then manipulated Yuma as a puppet in order to Duel Tetsuo. It was capable of manipulating Yuma's actions, but not his words. In this way, Yuma tricked Number 96 into destroying Tetsuo's Set "Clockwork Explosive". That allowed Tetsuo to use "Utopia" with the effects of his "Clockwork" Spell Cards and defeat "Black Mist". Tetsuo throws The Emperor's Key back to Yuma and Astral is freed, and again absorbed "Black Mist".