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Kalin Kessler is a playable Legendary Duelist in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links. This is a video game depiction of Kalin Kessler, a character from the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime. He is obtainable in the event Duelist Road - Clash at Crash Town.

Blue Gate Keys are required to Duel Kalin at the Gate.

Description[]

When the Signers defeated the King of the Netherworld, Kalin was revived from the shadows. But remembering all the evil he caused as a Dark Signer, Kalin is caught in a cycle of guilt and regret. Wandering the world in search for answers, he settles in Crash Town - where he fights Duels with his very existence at stake.

Gallery[]

Decks[]

Character[]


Opponent[]

Level 10[]


Level 20[]


Level 30[]


Level 40[]


Tag Duel Tournament[]

Skill: "Cycle of Doom" (At the beginning of your turn, play 1 "Infernity Doom Dragon" and 1 face-up "Phantom Hand" from outside of your Deck. If your "Internity Doom Dragon" played by this Skill leaves the field by your opponent's card effect, or is destroyed in battle, play 1 "Void Ogre Dragon" from outside of your Deck at the beginning of your next turn. This Skill will only activate once per Duel.)


Level-up Rewards[]

The following lists are the rewards the player accumulates from having Kalin Kessler reach a certain Level.

Level Reward
2 10 Gems
3 1 copy of "Infernity Des Gunman"
4 Avenger & Doom Dragon (Skill)
5 Deck slot (Kalin Kessler)
6 15 Gems
7 1 copy of "Goblin King"
8 Deck slot (Kalin Kessler)
9 25 Gems
10 1 copy of "Infernity General"
11 1 copy of "Goblin King"
12 35 Gems
13 Avenger from the Void (Skill)
14 1 copy of "Infernity Des Gunman"
15 50 Gems
16 1 copy of "Goblin King"
17 60 Gems
18 1 copy of "Infernity General"
19 75 Gems
20 Wave-Motion Inferno (Skill)
21 1 copy of "Infernity Des Gunman"
22 100 Gems
23 1 copy of "Infernity Archer"
24 120 Gems
25 1 copy of "Infernity Break"
26 150 Gems
27 Deck slot (Kalin Kessler)
28 200 Gems
29 250 Gems
30 1 copy of "Infernity General"
31 100,000 Gold
32 200 Gems
33 1 copy of "Infernity Necromancer"
34 250 Gems
35 1 copy of "Infernity Break"
36 1 UR Jewel
37 200 Gems
38 1 copy of "Infernity Necromancer"
39 250 Gems
40 1 copy of "Infernity Barrier"

Duel rewards[]

When dueling against Level 40 Kalin Kessler, these are the only cards that can drop; at lower levels, cards from the standard pool for Legendary Duelists may also drop.

Rarity Card
UR "Infernity Doom Dragon"
UR "Infernity Destroyer"
UR "Luna the Dark Spirit"
SR "Fabled Ashenveil"
SR "Infernity Reflector"
R "Infernity Beast"
R "Wave-Motion Inferno"
R "Phantom Hand"
N "Hercules Beetle"
N "D. Human"

Skills[]

Skill Effect Unlock
Avenger & Doom Dragon At the beginning of the Duel, add 2 "Infernity Avenger" to your Deck. Then, add 1 "Infernity Doom Dragon" to your Extra Deck. Level 4
Avenger from the Void Begin the Duel with 1 "Infernity Avenger" in your Graveyard. This Skill will not activate if you begin the Duel with a Deck that contains monsters other than DARK monsters. Level 13
Wave-Motion Inferno If you have no cards in your hand, this skill increases the ATK/DEF of all "Infernity" monsters you control by 400. Level 20
Handless Combo Infinity Begin the Duel with 0 cards in your hand and "Infernity Doom Dragon" on your side of the field. Drop
I Was Quicker Than You At the beginning of the Duel, recover the starting player's Life Points by 2000. Drop
Shell of a Ghost Can be used if you have 0 cards in your hand and you only control "Infernity" monsters. You can take 1 "Infernity Launcher" from your Deck and place it at the top of your Deck. Then place 1 "Infernity Launcher" from outside your Deck at the bottom of your Deck. This Skill can only be used once per Duel. Drop
Fleeting Hand Can be used when your Life Points are at least 2000 less than the opponent's.
Return 1 to 3 cards from your hand to your Deck. Then, apply 1 of the following effects, depending on the number of cards returned:

1 Card: Place 1 "Infernity Archfiend" on top of your Deck from outside of your Deck.

2 Cards: Play 1 "Infernity Necromancer" from outside of your Deck.

3 Cards: Play 1 "Infernity Launcher" face-up from outside of your Deck.

Drop
Infernity Inferno Can be used on your 2nd turn. Discard up to 2 cards from your hand, then send an equal number of "Infernity" monsters from your Deck to the Graveyard. Drop
One-Card Wonder Your starting hand will contain only 1 card. Your normal draws in the Draw Phase become 2 cards. This Skill can only be used if you begin the Duel with a Deck that contains no cards other than the following cards (excluding the Extra Deck):
  • "Infernity" cards
  • Cards that include "Infernity" in their card text
Drop
Draw Sense: DARK Can be used before your normal draw each time your Life Points decrease by 1500. One of the cards from your normal draw this turn will be a random DARK monster in your Deck. Drop
Level Reduction Can be used when your Life Points are 3000 or lower, by revealing 1 monster card in your hand and selecting 1 monster on your field.
The selected monster's Level will decrease by the Level of the monster you revealed until the end of the turn (The minimum Level is 1). This Skill can only be used once per Duel.
Drop
LP Boost Ω Increases starting Life Points by 5000, reduces hand by 4 cards. Drop
Reload Can be used turn 5 and onward. Add all cards in your hand to your Deck and shuffle it. Then draw the same number of cards that you added to your Deck.
This Skill can only be used once per Duel.
Drop
Restart Can be used only once after starting hands are drawn. Reduce your starting hand by 1, and then redraw your hand. You cannot Special Summon or activate monster effects until the end of the Main Phase of your first turn. Drop

Dialogue[]

Character-specific[]

Yusei Fudo
  • When Kalin wins a Duel against Yusei Fudo, he says "Only you would think of Dueling to save me."
  • When Kalin loses the Duel against Yusei Fudo, he says "I'm glad you're the one who ended me, Yusei."
Jack Atlas
  • When Kalin loses a Duel against Jack Atlas, he says "You don't seem satisfied with this victory, Jack"
Crow Hogan
  • When Kalin loses a Duel against Crow Hogan, he says "Crow, I'm glad I was able to Duel you in my final battle."
Dark Signer Kalin Kessler

Card-specific[]

Monsters
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Doom Dragon", he chants "The sinister spirits that inhabit these creatures combine!" followed by "I Synchro Summon!". Afterwards, a cut-in frame of Kalin briefly appears, and he announces "I call forth Infernity Doom Dragon!" If that player hasn't already Summoned "Infernity Doom Dragon" during that Duel, a cut-scene of "Infernity Doom Dragon" being Summoned plays afterwards.
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Infernity Doom Dragon, attack!" followed by "Infernal Flame Blast!"
    • When Kalin activates the effect of that monster, he announces "Infernity Doom Dragon's effect activates." followed by "Infernal Flame Breath!"
  • When Kalin Summons "Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier", he chants "Let the spear shatter the frozen wastes!" followed "I Synchro Summon!" Afterwards, a cut-in of Kalin briefly appears, and he announces "Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier!"
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier! Attack!"
    • When Kalin activates the effect of that monster, he announces "I banish a card from your hand, field and Graveyard."
  • When Kalin Summons "Void Ogre Dragon", he chants "Between the skies and the earth lies a chaotic void!" followed by "I Synchro Summon!” Afterwards, a cut-in of Kalin briefly appears, and he announces "Void Ogre Dragon!"
    • Most of the time when Kain declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Attack, Void Ogre Dragon!" followed by "Infernity Chaos Burst!"
    • When Kalin activates the effect of that monster, he announces "Void Ogre Dragon negates and destroys your card!"
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Archer", a cut-in frame of Kalin's face briefly appears, and he announces "Appear, Infernity Archer!"
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Attack, Infernity Archer!" followed by "Infernity Crossbow!"
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Destroyer", a cut-in frame of Kalin's face briefly appears, and he announces "Appear, Infernity Destroyer."
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Infernity Destroyer attacks."
    • When Kalin activates the effect of that monster, he announces "Since my hand's empty, my Destroyer deals 1600 damage."
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity General", a cut-in frame of Kalin's face briefly appears, and he announces "Appear, Infernity General!"
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Infernity General, Attack!" followed by "Infernity Blade!"
    • When Kalin activates the effect of that monster, he announces "When my hand is empty, I can use Infernity General effect."
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Doom Slinger", a cut-in frame of Kalin's face briefly appears, and he announces "Set your eyes on Infernity Doom Slinger!"
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Infernity Doom Slinger attacks!"
    • When Kalin activates the first effect of that monster, he announces "Infernity Doom Slinger's effect activates!" or "I banish Infernity Doom Slinger to negate the effect damage!" followed by "Next, you choose whether to use my Slinger's effect or not." followed by "Which will you choose?"
  • When Kalin Summons "Archfiend Soldier", he announces "Here comes Archfiend Soldier!"
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Archfiend Soldier Attacks!"
  • When Kalin Summons "Gene-Warped Warwolf", he announces 'Come, Gene-Warped Werewolf!"
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Attack, Gene-Warped Werewolf!"
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Archfiend", he announces "Come out, Infernity Archfiend!"
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Attack, Infernity Archfiend!" followed by "Infernal Pressure!"
    • When Kalin activates the first effect of that monster, he announces "I can show you this card to Special Summon it!"
    • When Kalin activates the second effect of that monster, he announces "Infernity Archfiend lets me add a card to my hand!"
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Avenger", he announces "The Tuner Monster, Infernity Avenger."
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Infernity Avenger attacks."
    • When Kalin activates the effect of that monster, he announces "Infernity Avenger's effect activates from my Graveyard."
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Beast", he announces "Let's go, Infernity Beast."
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Attack, Infernity Beast." followed by "Infernal Howling!"
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Beetle", he announces "The Tuner Monster, Infernity Beetle."
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Infernity Beetle attacks." followed by "Beetle Blast!"
    • When Kalin activates the effect of that monster, he announces "Infernity Beetle's effect activates."
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Dwarf", he announces "Go, Infernity Dwarf!"
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Infernity Dwarf attacks!"
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Guardian", he announces "Here's Infernity Guardian!"
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Attack, Infernity Guardian!"
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Knight", he announces "Come, Infernity Knight!"
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces Attack, Infernity Knight!"
    • When Kalin activates the effect of that monster, he announces "Infernity Knight's effect activates!"
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Mirage", he announces "Arrive, Infernity Mirage."
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Attack! Infernity Mirage."
    • When Kalin activates the effect of that monster, he announces "I have no cards in my hand. So I can use my Mirage's effect."
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Necromancer", he announces "Here comes Infernity Necromancer."
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Infernity Necromancer attacks!"
    • When Kalin activates the first effect of that monster, he announces "When my Necromancer is Summoned, it switches to Defense."
    • When Kalin activates the second effect of that monster, he announces "My hand is empty. So I can activate Necromancer's effect."
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Patriarch", he announces "Here's Infernity Patriarch."
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Attack Infernity Patriarch!
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Pawn", he announces "Infernity Pawn!"
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Attack! Infernity Pawn!"
    • When Kalin activates the effect of that monster, he announces "Infernity Pawn’s effect activates!"
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Randomizer", he announces "Let's go, Infernity Randomizer."
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "I'll attack with my Infernity Randomizer!"
    • When Kalin activates the effect of that monster, he announces "Infernity Randomizer's effect activates!"
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Sage", he announces "Infernity Sage."
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Infernity Sage attacks!"
    • When Kalin activates the effect of that monster, he announces "Infernity Sage's effect activates!"
  • When Kalin Summons "Vorse Raider", he announces "Come on out, Vorse Raider!"
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Go, Vorse Raider!"
Spells/Traps
  • When Kalin activates "Contract with the Void", he announces "I activate my Spell Card, Contract with the Void."
  • When Kalin activates "Damage Gate", he announces "I activate Damage Gate to revive a monster as long as its ATK points equal or less than the damage I took."
  • When Kalin activates "Full Salvo", he announces "I flip over my Trap Card. Full Salvo." followed by "I discard my entire hand, and you take 200 damage per card."
  • When Kalin activates "Hate Buster", he announces "I activate Hate Buster to destroy both our monsters, and you take damage equal to your monster's ATK points."
  • When Kalin activates "Infernity Barrier", he announces "I activate my Counter Trap. Infernity Barrier."
  • When Kalin activates "Infernity Break", he announces "I flip over my Trap Card. Infernity Break."
  • When Kalin activates "Infernity Force", he announces "My Trap Card, Infernity Force." followed by "I destroy the attacker, and Special Summon an Infernity."
  • When Kalin activates "Infernity Inferno", he announces "I activate my Trap Card, Infernity Inferno."
  • When Kalin activates "Infernity Launcher", he announces "I activate the Continuous Spell, Infernity Launcher."
    • When activating the first effect of that card, Kalin announces "Infernity Launcher's effect activates." followed by "It sends an Infernity monster to the Graveyard."
    • When activating the second effect of that card, Kalin announces "When my hand is empty I can use my Launcher's extra effect."
  • When Kalin activates "Infernity Reflector", he announces "I flip over my Trap Card. Infernity Reflector." followed by "I Special Summon my destroyed monster, and deal 1000 damage."
  • When Kalin activates "Into the Void", he announces I activate the Spell Card, Into the Void."
  • When Kalin activates "Phantom Hand", he announces "I activate the Continuous Trap, Phantom Hand."
    • When activating the effect of that card, Kalin announces "Phantom Hand's effect activates." followed by "I banish my entire hand until my next Standby Phase."
  • When Kalin activates "Wave-Motion Inferno", he announces "The Continuous Spell, Wave-Motion Inferno."
    • When activating the effect of that card, Kalin announces "I send Wave-Motion Inferno to the Grave to use it's effect." followed by "It sends all the cards in my hand to the Graveyard."
  • When Kalin activates "ZERO-MAX", he announces "I can activate ZERO-MAX when I have 0 cards in my hand." followed by "All monsters with lower ATK points than mine are burned to ash."

Unused Dialogue[]

Monsters
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Climber", he announces "Infernity Climber."
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Attack! Infernity Climber!"
    • When Kalin activates the effect of that monster, he announces "Infernity Climber's effect activates!"
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Queen", he announces "Infernity Queen!"
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Attack! Infernity Queen!"
    • When Kalin activates the effect of that monster, he announces "Infernity Queen's effect activates!"
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Shield Bearer", he announces "Infernity Shield Bearer!"
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Attack! Infernity Shield Bearer."
    • When Kalin activates the effect of that monster, he announces "Infernity Shield Bearer's effect activates!"
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Spear Bearer", he announces "Infernity Spear Bearer!"
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Infernity Spear Bearer attacks!
    • When Kalin activates the effect of that monster, he announces "Infernity Spear Bearer's effect activates!”
  • When Kalin Summons "Infernity Zero", he announces "I'd like you to meet a friend of mine. Infernity Zero."
    • Most of the time when Kalin declares an attack with that monster, he announces "Attack! Infernity Zero!"
    • When Kalin activates the first effect of that monster, he announces "I can now discard my hand to Special Summon Infernity Zero.”
    • When Kalin activates the second effect of that monster, he announces "Infernity Zero's effect activates." followed by "When Infernity Zero is in play, I can't lose. Even with 0 life points." followed by "But if it gains 3 Doom Counters, I lose."
Spell/Traps
  • When Kalin activates "Infernity Burst", he announces "I activate the Spell Card, Infernity Burst."

Trivia[]

  • When Kalin wins a Duel against Jack Atlas or Crow Hogan, he says "That was a satisfying Duel."
  • Kalin has the same dialogue when he Duels against Dark Signer Kalin Kessler, Dark Signer Carly Carmine, and Rex Goodwin.
    • Starting the Duel: "To atone for my past, I must defeat the Dark Signers!" or "No need to remind me of my sins. I've never forgotten them."
    • Winning: "I will no longer run from my past." followed by "I will fight for those who have lost their freedom!"
    • Losing: "This is the price I must pay for my crimes."
      • Kalin still possesses the aforementioned dialogue for the Dark Signers, even though he already has character-specific dialogue for Dark Signer Kalin Kessler.
  • The Paradox Brothers, Dark Signer Kalin Kessler, and Kalin Kessler are the characters who possess a Skill that allows them to begin a Duel with Monster Cards on the field, albeit at a significant cost.
  • There are some Legendary Duelists who are alternate counterparts to each other:
    • Seto Kaiba (DM) and Seto Kaiba (DSOD)
    • Joey Wheeler (DM) and Joey Wheeler (DSOD)
    • Téa Gardner (DM) and Téa Gardner (DSOD)
    • Yugi Muto (DM) and Yugi Muto (DSOD)
    • Mokuba Kaiba (DM) and Mokuba Kaiba (DSOD)
    • Tristan Taylor (DM) and Tristan Taylor (DSOD)
    • Sera and Prana
    • Jaden Yuki and Jaden/Yubel
    • Kalin Kessler and Dark Signer Kalin Kessler
    • Carly Carmine and Dark Signer Carly Carmine
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