Tony Zomboni Tony Zomboni , known as Tony Simmons ( トニー ・ シモンズ , " Tonī Shimonzu " ) in the Japanese version , is a character who appears in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ARC - V " anime . He is a friend of Crow Hogan , Shinji Weber , and Damon Lopez . Biography . Friendship Cup . When his friends Crow , Shinji , and Damon conducted a prison break , Tony was to aid them by signaling that it was safe to swim across the bay back into New Domino City . Jean - Michel Roget became aware of the prison break and had Sector Security arrest Tony . They held him there and proceeded to signal Tony ' s friends that the coast was clear , before proceeding to arrest them alongside the Lancers and Chojiro Tokumatsu . The High Council intervened and entered the entire group into the Friendship Cup . Tony was later selected to Duel Celina in the Friendship Cup . Building up a strong field of three " Archfiend Zombie - Skull s " and " Zombie Heart " , he thought he had built up an impenetrable field due to the synergy between the monsters and the Equip Spell . However , Celina ' s " Lunalight Panther Dancer " proved to be too powerful for the " Zombie Skulls " , eventually leading to his defeat and eliminating him from the tournament . Friendship Cup Finals . When Shay , Gong , Sylvio , and Moon Shadow caused a riot , Shinji , Damon , and Tony decided to take advantage of the situation and encourage the other inmates to rebel as well . Tony told Shinji that they were able to get back everyone ' s Duel Disk . After escaping from underground , Tony and others started to gather allies for the takeover of New Domino City . Tony followed Shinji as he led the Commons into New Domino City for revolution against the Topsiders , but they stopped during their when Jack was scheduled to face Sergey Volkov . They soon began rioting again after the Duel ended , and they were confronted by Sector Security after Roget placed New Domino City under martial law . Damon was driven back , but they were saved by Crow using " Assault Blackwing - Raikiri the Rain Shower " . Crow tried to stop Shinji ' s rioting and convince him that Duel Academy were the true enemy , but Shinji refused , claiming that he hated the Topsiders more than Duel Academy and he , Damon and Tony activated their Duel Disks against Crow , who proceeded to do the same . Before they could Duel , Yuya appeared on the screen ; proclaiming that Dueling was about bringing smiles to people and not a tool to be used in conflict , and he then challenged Jack to a Duel . While Crow and Shinji were surprised by Yuya ' s mention of them in his short speech before the Duel , it did not end the confrontation between the four of them until Shay arrived and presumably ended the situation . Tony , Crow , Shinji , and Damon , raced to join Yuya ' s Duel with Jack and voiced out his encouragement and support . They simultaneously announced the effect of " Odd - Eyes Pendulum Dragon " with Yuya and watched Yuya deal the final blow . Tony was present to hear from Sora ' s broadcast about Roget ' s latest actions as well as Zuzu ' s status . He later witnessed Sector Security Headquarters being obscured by green light . Duel Academy . After Zarc ' s defeat , Tony is seen watching Yuya ' s Duel against Jack with Shinji , Damon , Sam , Amanda , Frank , Tarren , Chojiro , and his lackeys . He applauded when Yuya won and watched Yuya and Declan ' s Action Duel . He was happy when Yuya won the Duel and witnessed Zuzu ' s revival . Deck . Tony runs a Zombie Deck , which seems to capitalize on the powerful defensive effect of " Archfiend Zombie - Skull " .