Halil Halil is a character in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ARC - V " anime . He is an exchange student from the Leo Institute of Dueling Anatolia campus and belongs to the Fusion Summon course . Design . Personality . He is a character who loves Dueling and is excited to be in a completely new environment . He is always filled with energy . He is also shown to get ahead of himself often , as when he Dueled Zuzu , he announced drawing a Pendulum Monster , and placed both active Pendulum Monsters in his Monster Zone s rather than the Pendulum Zone s . Even when things don ' t go his way he is never shown without optimism , and actually tries to make the best out of everything he experiences , often mentioning that he " will learn from that " when something excites or amuses him in particular . Appearance . Halil wears a red and orange vest with a black t - shirt . He has a small yellow and orange hat and green scarf . Not only does he wear multiple gold earrings , Halil also has long puffy black hair . His hair has a few bangs in front of his face . He has dark skin and brown eyes . Voice / Mannerisms . Oddly enough , he speaks with a strong English accent . Biography . Arc League Championship . On the day of the third round , Halil and the other contestants were informed that the third round would be a city - wide Battle Royal , with participation determined by the Pendulum Monster s that the contestants found . His first Duel was against Zuzu Boyle in the Iceberg Area of the Action Field , who he gave a Pendulum Monster beforehand because she only had one of the required two . Halil was able to take the card back during the Duel with a card effect . While Zuzu reached for an Action Card , she ended up sliding off the ice shelf and into Olga , who was Dueling Gong at the time , resulting in both Duels being combined into a Tag - Team Duel with Zuzu being paired with Gong . After Gong was defeated , Zuzu proceeded to defeat both Halil and Olga . After their Duel with Zuzu and Gong , Halil and Olga walked through the Jungle Area . They encountered Trout and Reed Pepper and challenged Reed to a Duel . Even though Hail Summoned his ace monster , Reed activated the effects of his " Royal Cookpal s " to destroy his opponents ' monsters , then used " Metabolic Storm " to inflict damage to them equal to the ATK of the destroyed monsters . As per the ante rules , Trout took the Pendulum cards that Halil and Olga wagered , much to their disgust , as Trout hadn ' t even Dueled . Later , Halil and Olga slid down an ice board on the Ice Field , nearly crashing into Yuri and Dennis McField . The LID pair mistook Yuri for a Battle Royal participant and challenged him to a Duel . Yuri was irritated by their intrusion , but he accepted anyway . He defeated Halil and Olga and sealed them into cards , which he gave to Zuzu . Friendship Cup . When Zuzu and Yugo tried to warn New Domino City ' s residents about Duel Academy ' s invasion , Zuzu showed them the cards containing Halil and Olga , no one believed them . Duel Academy . After Zarc ' s defeat and the Standard Dimension being reborn into the " Pendulum Dimension " , Halil was freed from his card . He is seen watching Yuya ' s Duel against Jack Atlas with Olga and applauded when Yuya won . He then watched Yuya and Declan ' s Action Duel . He was happy when Yuya won the Duel and witnessed Zuzu ' s revival . Deck . Halil uses a " Lamp " Deck , focused around burn effects and Fusion Summon ing . His monsters ' effects allow him to quickly gather the tools needed to Fusion Summon as well as rapidly inflict effect damage to his opponent ( s ) .