Jakob Jakob , known as José ( sometimes spelled as Jose ) in the Japanese version , is a character in " Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s " . He is one of Aporia ' s three embodiments of despair , the leader of the Three Pure Nobles and one of the main antagonists of the second season , along with Lester and Primo . His master plan is to erase one of what Iliaster believes to be one of history ' s greatest mistakes : Ener - D . The attempt is tied into completing what the Three Nobles refer to as the Grand Design . Like the other embodiments , along with Paradox , Antinomy , and Z - one , Jakob is a left - handed Duelist . Design . Appearance . Jakob is the largest member both in height and mass of the Three Pure Nobles . Although no official height has been given , Jakob is over seven feet tall , and has massive arms , as seen when Sherry was able to wrap her entire body around one of his arms . As the oldest Noble of Iliaster , Jakob has wrinkled skin , most notably under his eyes , and a long , father - time style gray beard that reaches all the way down to his waist . In addition to the beard , Jakob has an overgrown right eyebrow that covers his right eye , and his left eye is yellow . Other than the beard and the eyebrow , Jakob does not have any other hair on his head . Being one of Aporia ' s embodiments , he strongly resembles Aporia while in his old age , but the original Aporia was short and slim , while Jakob was tall and muscular . Like the other Nobles , Jakob primarily wears white , has a white cloak and hood , and a red gem on his head . Unlike the other Nobles though , Jakob ' s gem is above his right eye instead of between his eyes . He also has a gray patch with an infinity symbol on his face , but unlike Lester and Primo , Jakob ' s patch covers his nose and mouth similar to a gas mask , which muffles his voice . Jakob ' s color variation other than the white is a dark golden orange , as seen on his pants , front , and the shoulder pads that pin his cloak . Jakob wears black gloves , metal arm bands and black boots . His pants , which are the golden orange and white , are loose around his feet , and underneath Jakob wears black boots . The white cloak that Jakob wears covers a white armor shell over his chest , back , and shoulders , which on the front bears an infinity symbol similar to that of the " Meklord Emperor s " . However , rather than a glowing green core , Jakob ' s symbol is shut . Directly underneath the symbol on the chest , Jakob ' s abdomen unfolds to reveal a Duel Disk is built into him . Personality . Jakob acts as the group ' s superior and is the wisest of the trio . He moves slowly and methodically , planning each move carefully , and holding a great deal of patience to both complete his plan , and dealing with obstacles in his path . Especially when it comes to Primo , who has not always been in agreement with Jakob and has attempted to thwart Jakob ' s plans so that he can go forward with his own . Jakob though is not all calm , showing great distaste for humanity as he sees them as arrogant , shortsighted , and in constant need of Iliaster ' s help to stay on God ' s path to avoid destruction . He holds a cold attitude towards those he ' s harmed , such as Sherry LeBlanc , justifying her parents ' murder and his lacking memory of why Iliaster did it as just another correction in history . Jakob reflects on himself through observing his own teammates , thinking back to when he was younger while watching Lester Duel Luna and Leo , and how he outgrew Primo ' s brash arrogance when planning the Diablo Duelbot Army . Abilities . As the leader of the Three Pure Nobles , Jakob has immense power , but it is difficult to gauge because he mostly works behind the scenes . His largest demonstration of power was when he used telekinesis to move Primo and stop his stone tablet , as well as possessing superhuman strength , as seen when he easily defeated Sherry in a fight using only one arm at a time , and threw her motorcycle into the ocean and destroyed Elsworth ' s . His Duel Disk unfolds from the hidden compartment built into his abdomen . Jakob is capable of running as fast as a Duel Runner , yet it could be seen that he had combustion coming out of his feet , maybe to speed himself as he ran . Just like Lester and Primo he is able to inflict real damage when he Duels . Like Primo , Jakob also has the ability to fuse with his Duel Runner , which is similar to " Granel Carrier " . With Jakob fused with his runner , the two are similar to " Meklord Emperor Granel " , when it is fully assembled . Biography . History . 200 years into future , where most of humanity is wiped out by what was believed to be Ener - D , Aporia was one of the few human survivors . He and the other survivors , Antinomy , Paradox , and Z - one worked on a way to restore the world to the way it once was . Shortly before Aporia died , he requested that Z - one split him into three incarnations based on the three major despairs of his life . Z - one complied and the three embodiments of despair , Lester , Primo and Jakob were created and sent to the past . Jakob is Aporia ' s older years , and was the embodiment of despair Aporia suffered after having no one left to love . Pre - World Racing Grand Prix . Jakob appeared alongside Primo and Lester when Primo acquired his Meklord Emperor Wisel . Jakob noted that they did not have to do anything for the tablet to arrive on its own , and pondered on whether that means that all the tablets will just show up on their own . When Security arrived to investigate the site , he recognized Lazar and his group , stating it seems their entourage has arrived . Jakob stood quietly as Primo and Lester explained to Lazar who they were and that they were the new directors to replace Rex Goodwin . At the World Racing Grand Prix opening party , Jakob , Primo and Lester all watched the celebration from a back room . He argued with Primo , claiming that they don ' t have enough strength to complete their task themselves and need to use the WRGP to draw all those who have the necessary power . On their screen , they saw Dobocle try to crash the party to Jakob ' s annoyance , but through it he managed to see that Akiza Izinski possessed psychic powers as she fought Dobocle . Primo chased after the intruder and caused Dobocle to crash , leading everyone to believe a Ghost was responsible . Afterwards they saw Yusei Fudo Dueling Vizor , but didn ' t see Vizor perform his Accel Synchro Summon because the process jammed the feed . The Three Nobles took interest in the Duel after seeing it had completed one of the tracks on the Grand Design . Jakob , along with Lester and Primo watched Yusei and Akiza ' s Turbo Duel from their true base of operations . The Duel didn ' t add any tracks to the Grand Design , but Jakob had faith that his plan would ultimately succeed through the WRGP . Primo reminded him that the Crimson Dragon is a potential threat to the plan and proposed that he defeat Yusei in a Duel to take " Stardust Dragon " to effectively cut off the Crimson Dragon ' s head . Jakob didn ' t comment as they interrupted by the arrival of Lester ' s tablet . Jakob watched Lester spending time with Luna , while undercover as a Duel Academy student . After Lester revealed himself , Jakob and Primo watched Lester ' s from their thrones when he challenged Luna and Leo to a Turbo Duel at the same time . Jakob and Primo discussed whether Lester was getting ahead of himself by Summoning " Meklord Emperor Skiel " , but Jakob replied that children are just that way and he remembers acting like that during his own childhood . They continued to watch , taking interest when Luna Summoned " Ancient Fairy Dragon " are were surprised when the Crimson Dragon appeared and saved Leo ' s life and the Duel Monster Spirits saved Luna as Lester defeated her . Following the Duel , the Nobles erased Lester ' s presence as a transfer student from history , removed his mansion and any memory of him except from those immune to falsification of history . Primo took matters into his own hands and defected from Jakob ' s plan to build the Diablo Duelbot army and steal a Duel Runner program that Yusei and Bruno had been working on . Jakob contacted Primo and protested that his plan would be ruined if Primo carried on like this , but Primo responded that he couldn ' t care less about Jakob ' s plan and and cut off their connection . Lester said that Primo was just immature and added that Jakob was once like that as well . Jakob claimed to have outgrown that and forgotten Primo ' s sort of attitude a long time ago . They figured that Primo planned on using the Duelbots to complete the circuit rather than the Signers . Lester didn ' t think the defection mattered since they were all still trying to activate the circuit , but Jakob thought it was a waste of time to change plans when they were so close to completing them . Lester got excited upon realizing that when the circuit worked he would end up just like Primo and Jakob , and he didn ' t ever want to get that old . Primo tried to ruin Jakob ' s plan by attempting to kill three of the Signers : Yusei Fudo , Jack Atlas , and Crow Hogan , by blowing up the factory he had used to make the Duelbot Army , but they all managed to escape . After Primo brought his Duelbot army online , Jakob attempted to show Primo that the original plan was not flawed . He orchestrated the appearance of an imposter of Jack Atlas to gauge the power of the Crimson Dragon in an attempt to activate more of the Grand Design . The impostor framed the real Jack for crashing Turbo Duelists . Iliaster then broke Jack out of his cell , knowing that he would attempt to clear his name and set up a Duel between him and the impostor . The impostor won , causing Jack to fall into the ocean . Rather than leave him die , Jakob ordered to have Jack brought to a cave where he was forced to watch the impostor go around ruining his name . Primo thought they should get rid of Jack , since he had already lost to his impostor once , but Jakob insisted that his connection to the Crimson Dragon could become a problem , and they couldn ' t risk it interfering . Jack broke free from his virtual cell , took his Duel Runner , and chased down the impostor . The two Jacks Dueled again , and this time Jack won , causing the imposter to disintegrate . Lester and Primo considered the loss a waste of time at first , but as Jakob planned the Duel activated another track on the Grand Design . Following the Duel Iliaster removed the cave where Jack was held captive and erased traces of their involvement from history . World Racing Grand Prix . Sherry LeBlanc and Elsworth attacked a Sector Security building and forced an evacuation . When it came to the attention of the Three Nobles , who were considered head of Security , Primo blamed Lazar because he had abandoned his post . However Lazar was of no interest to Jakob , who also thought the situation at Security was trivial compared to their current plans . Unbeknownst to them , Sherry , Bruno , and Yusei met Z - one for the first time that day through Sherry ' s Z - ONE card . The Three Nobles briefly appeared on the opening day of the World Racing Grand Prix and watched some of the first round matches , including Team 5D ' s match against Team Unicorn . The first round of the WRGP completed more tracks in the Grand Design . Jakob explained that the participants ' Duelist power was going to change the future . Unbeknown to Jakob , Primo made another attempt to take out the Signers by giving Team Catastrophe Cards of Darkness , which they used to crash Turbo Duelists . Team Catastrophe lost to Team 5D ' s , but Primo decided to put his plan into full motion and unleashed the Diablo . Lester figured out Primo ' s plan , but didn ' t report it to Jakob . Instead he pointed out that relying on the Turbo Duels to produce the Grand Design was taking a long time , but Jakob reminded him that they need Ener - D , and therefore Turbo Duelists , to complete the circuit . The result would reveal Z - one ' s location , bringing his shrine to New Domino City . Lester pointed out the Grand Design was big enough to cover New Domino , so its completion would destroy the city when the castle arrived . Jakob considered that to be a trivial sacrifice to save the future . Jakob suddenly saw the Diablo attacking the WRGP on a monitor . Lester informed him that they were Primo ' s Duelbots . Jakob contacted Primo through his eyepatch . Primo retorted that Jakob ' s way was weak and explained that by forcing everyone to Duel , the Circuit would surface much faster . Jakob insisted that forcing the fight would not bring out a person ' s inner potential and a true circuit would never be completed that way . Primo cut the transmission after Lester pointed out that Yusei was ruining his plan again . Jakob was alarmed when a tablet crashed outside of New Domino City , but found it was not his , but Yusei ' s . Jakob realized this meant that Yusei had made contact with Z - one . Jakob managed to contact Primo to warn him that Yusei had received a tablet from Z - one and advised him to return because there was no guarantee that he could win . Primo was enraged that Jakob believed that he might lose , cut the connection , and combined with his Terrible Omen to fight Yusei . Jakob and Lester watched Primo and Yusei Duel from their thrones . Lester couldn ' t accept that Yusei received a tablet from Z - one , believing that the tablets were supposed to only be entrusted to them to restore history to its proper path , but Jakob told him to be quiet and watch when he realized that Z - one willed this fight . Yusei achieved Clear Mind and Summoned the card from his tablet , " Shooting Star Dragon " . Jakob wondered if the fate assigned by Z - one was starting to escape their grasp and if the power of humans was coming before them . He cautioned that they needed to be even more careful now . Primo lost , but the Duel completed a large area of the circuit . Jakob explained that they will still need more Signer power to complete the circuit though . Yusei tried to approach Primo after the Duel , but Jakob used telekinesis to lift Primo ' s remains from the highway to the top of the monument in the middle , where he and Lester were . After Jack , Crow , and Bruno arrived , Jakob called it ironic that they should meet at the symbol of the unification between Satellite and New Domino City . Crow asked if they were responsible for the Ghost attacks , and Jack demanded to know who they are . Jakob obliged and told them their names , as well as introducing themselves as the Three Pure Nobles . Lester objected to Jakob calling himself the leader , but after receiving an angry look from him , Lester introduced himself as the sub - leader and Primo as the number one junior lackey . Yusei asked why they were causing such a commotion . Seeing nothing Yusei could do to stop it , Jakob said that it was their goal was to change the future . Jack objected that they decide there own future . Lester mocked Jack saying that if he was doing such a fine job , they wouldn ' t have come out . Jakob agreed and explained that Iliaster is an organization crafted by their God whose job it is to set the course of history back on track . Their organization has been around since prehistoric times and reached all across Earth , he says and no matter how humanity tried to change the future , they couldn ' t grasp the whole picture . Crow won ' t believe that every important person could be in Iliaster ' s pocket , and Jakob agreed with him because the power of the world was instead set up like a food chain or a pyramid , with Iliaster controlling people from the top . In exchange for providing those at the top with benefits , Iliaster was allowed to guide history . Sherry and Elsworth arrived at the monument , where Sherry demanded to know if the Nobles were responsible for her parents ' death . Jakob said that he couldn ' t be bothered remembering everyone that has faded away as a result of correcting history . Declaring the she would make him remember , Sherry rode up the curve of the monument and launched her Duel Runner aiming to crush Jakob . However Jakob caught the Duel Runner with one hand and tossed it into the ocean , almost taking Sherry with it . Elsworth came up the other side , but Lester deflected his attack with Primo ' s sword and Jakob destroyed Elsworth ' s Duel Runner with a back - handed punch . Jakob declared that humans are full of stupidity and arrogance and Iliaster have always been putting humanity on the path of righteousness when it chooses the path of foolishness . No matter how they try to modify history , he said that there was an unavoidable future coming . When Dr . Fudo , created Ener - D , he created an immeasurable mistake in history , Jakob claimed and Iliaster tried to use Roman Goodwin to make Ener - D disappear through Zero Reverse , but it failed , so now Iliaster plan on erasing all of New Domino City . Sherry refused to let them do that and charged at Jakob once again . Jakob dodged the attack , punched her and grabbed her by the collar . He called her a disgrace to real Duelists for challenging a Noble like this . Sherry ripped her collar , freeing herself from Jakob ' s grasp and wrapped around his left arm , which she tried to break off . Jakob just wondered if there was any end to the foolishness . He lifted Sherry over his head and told her to join her parents , before throwing her off the monument . Elsworth jumped off after her and used a parachute in his Duel Disk so that they could land safely . Yusei asked what they meant by erasing New Domino City , but Jakob simply told them that they must come to the WRGP to find out , adding that they would be participating in the main round . Jakob ' s meteor then fell from outer space . Jakob stopped the tablet with his telekinesis and extracted the monster from it . The tablet shattered afterwards . A Duel Disk unfolded from Jakob ' s stomach , which he placed the five cards necessary to Summon " Meklord Emperor Granel Infinity " on . Jakob advised Team 5D ' s to keep winning in the WRGP if they wanted the truth . He lifted Primo with his telekinesis and Lester made a portal using Primo ' s sword , which they exited through . Once they left , power was restored to the city from when Primo attacked , and Granel faded away . Jakob left Team 5D ' s alone for a while , until he was contacted by Clark Smith , who informed him that Yusei Fudo , Sherry LeBlanc , and Bruno , the latter of whom they couldn ' t identify , had infiltrated Momentum Express Development Organization to steal information on Iliaster , but he had sent them into an unstable wormhole using Infinity . Jakob was not happy and decided that Momentum Express was no longer needed . Clark begged for his life , but before Jakob could erase him from history , Primo returned to his throne and said that it was already done , telling Clark that he no longer exists . The ensuing change in history caused a white shockwave to spread across the world . The Signers , Lazar , Bruno , Leo , and Elsworth were protected from memory loss by the Crimson Dragon , and Team Ragnarok were protected by their Aesir . The result was that Momentum Express was erased from existence and the remaining teams in the WRGP were changed , including removing Sherry LeBlanc ' s and adding Jakob , Primo and Lester as Team New World . As a result of entering the WRGP , the Noble forfeited the knowledge that they had ever taken the position as Directors of Sector Security . Lazar took advantage of this loophole to fill the seat himself . As Team New World , the Noble swept their quarter - finals match and were projected to be the finalist of their bracket . They watched intently as the other matches produced more tracks in the Grand Design , including the match where Team Taiyo Summoned " Zushin the Sleeping Giant " against Team 5D ' s . This provided enough tracks for the Ark Cradle to appear in the sky over New Domino . The following day , Team New World won their second match with ease , securing their position as finalists . They watched Team 5D ' s Duel against Team Ragnarok . They were astounded to see Jack Summoning " Red Nova Dragon " , a card which none of them recognized . In the finals against Team 5D ' s , Jakob hatched a plan ; Lester & Primo were to use " Infinite Aura " to place 80 Counters on it , lose to Jack without using the rings inflicting real damage , and set " Infinity Barrage " , " Echo Mirror " and " Explosive Blast " for him . Lester followed the plan , losing to Jack in the process ; however , Primo ' s ego kept him from following the plan , as he ended up using both Barrage & Mirror which were meant for Jakob . However , Jakob warned Primo telepathically to follow their plan ; barely saving Aura in the process , Primo succeeded . Jakob took over and started running on the Duel lane , where he merged with his Duel Runner . He set the Duel to inflict real pain as players took damage . He quickly Summoned " Grand Core " and used the " Explosive Blast " Primo left him to destroy it , Summoning " Meklord Emperor Granel " . Using " Speed Spell - Take Over " he rose his Life Points and the ATK of " Granel " to 12 , 000 . With " Granel " he defeated Jack and absorbed " Red Nova Dragon " , upping the ATK of " Granel " to 15500 . Crow took over from Jack , but Jakob beat him quite easily despite Crow ' s newest monster . However , when Crow realized that he couldn ' t win , he Synchro Summoned his " Black - Winged Dragon " , to leave to Yusei . As the final opponent , Yusei managed to Summon " Stardust Dragon " with the help of Crow ' s " Shadow Impulse " . Jakob then showed Team 5D ' s visions of the future , showing the chaos brought upon by Synchro Summon s , which led to an invasion of Meklord Emperors , who wiped out most of the human race , leaving what looked like Jakob as a lonely survivor ( also revealing the origins of Primo , Lester & Jakob ) . Yusei refused to believe the future he had seen and proceeded to Summoned " Shooting Star Dragon " , which he used to destroy " Granel " . However following that Jakob , Primo and Lester combine into Aporia , ready to continue the Duel with Yusei . Non - canon appearances . In " Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s Duel Transer " , Jakob can be Dueled after Niflheimr 20f has been cleared . He does not have " Meklord Emperor Granel Infinity " , but he has other Machine - Type monsters such as " Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon " , and " Scrap Twin Dragon " . With a difficulty level of 40 , he is stronger than his two associates Lester and Primo . Deck . Jakob uses a " Granel " Deck focused around the latter form of " Meklord Emperor " . His strategy revolves around using " Infinite Aura " along with " Speed Spell - Take Over " to increase his Life Points , which in turn increases the ATK of " Granel " . After fusing into Aporia , his Deck includes " Meklord Astro Mekanikle " , in addition to several advanced " Meklord Emperor " parts in support of it .