Sandrat

Sandrat (サンドラット) is a character in the anime and manga series Battle Spirits Double Drive.
"Come out, my key spirit! Run through the darkness and appear within the bright light! Summon! The RatTwelveGodKing Mouchuu~chuu!"
- Sandrat's Catchphrase while summoning The RatTwelveGodKing Mouchuu.
==Appearance==
He is a young man with a massive black afro, which conceals much of his face and even his eyes. He wears a grey shirt under a yellow top and bulky green pants. He has a tattered brown cape and brown fingerless gloves.
In Mistral-Bit's trial, he has large cat's ears, paws, and tail.
==Personality==
Sandrat is a very cunning and deceptive at best, but also greedy and obnoxious at worst as he would also do anything to get rare cards, or at the very least a reward of some sort like money. He even keeps candy in his large afro to bribe young children. 
But at times, it was shown that he even has some forms of kindness for his companions, even if he tried on using them for his own gain. But when he does shown genuine compassion, he would try to be brave with determination in fighting against people like Kiki, inspired by the actions of ones like Mei.
He also appears to dislike being called an "old man" and is quite cowardly when he failed his goal.
==Biography==
Sandrat is a traveler in the desert. He first approached Mei Merryhadda with plots to steal Mei's God-King card. Sandrat, by pretending to be a nice man, tricked Mei into giving him the card. He then ran away.
While Sandrat made his escape, he was confronted by Tatsumi, who demanded the card. Frightened, Sandrat returned the card to Mei, who caught up with him, and told him to fight. Mei then lost the match with Tatsumi, much to Sandrat's dismay. Sandrat then cowardly ran away.
Sandrat has made continuous attempts to obtain (or sometimes, steal) rare cards and occasionally works with General Inui or even the heroes in an attempt to get them. Eventually, Sandrat began working as an undercover for Inui by staying with the heroes.
Finally, a Soul Spot appeared near his village. Unable to overcome the trial himself, Sandrat lied that he wanted to obtain the God-King for the sake of his mother. The lie was a success, touching the heroes. They were able to overcome the trial, and they gave Sandrat The RatTwelveGodKing Mouchuu. However, Sandrat quickly ran off with it.
Back at his village, Sandrat shows off his new card to his former friends. At this time, the heroes catch up, and Sandrat battled them using Mouchou. He was able to defeat Shunta, Mei, and Yoku three time in a row by hiding Mouchuu in his hair and putting it in his hand. However, they were able to figure out his cheat, and Shunta defeated him in a rematch.
After much begging, Sandrat was allowed to keep Mouchuu. Shunta and Yoku helped him remodel his deck so that he wouldn't lose Mouchuu to the Battlers of Darkness easily.
After a while, he was approached by Inui, who arrived to remind him that he's still undercover for Inui. When Inui realized that Sandrat has Mouchuu, he tried to take it, but Sandrat was reluctant to let go of it. At this point, Mei challenged Inui to a battle to fight for Sandrat. As the battle started, Sandrat was skeptical about Mei's power against Inui. However, as the battle continued with Mei countering Inui's strategies, Sandrat realized that Mei has grown much stronger. Mei ended up winning the battle and taking Inui's God-King called The BoarTwelveGodKing Calamity-Boar.
Encouraged by Mei's victory, Sandrat became very confident and decided to battle the next Battler of Darkness that approached them. However, when they were approached by Kiki Beresia, Sandrat lost all of his confidence and even tried to just hand over Mouchuu. Still, with encouragement from Mei, the battle was started. Sandrat was determined to win in front of Mei and managed to make a comeback after Mouchuu was destroyed, but Kiki ultimately overpowered him. Sandrat lost the battle, and Kiki took Mouchuu. Still, the others were impressed by Sandrat's determination.
After Shunta lost his The HorseTwelveGodKing Execeed and The TigerTwelveGodKing Revol-Tiger, he took The DragonTwelveGodKing ourovorius away hoping that he can become strong. But unfortunately Yoroi found him and challenged him to a battle. At first he getting totally demolished by Yoroi then at only 1 life he manages to counter-attack with Ourovorius but is ultimately defeated by The DogTwelveGodKing Greedog. After that he was just a bystander rooting for Shunta and Yoku.
==Deck==
Sandrat uses a yellow deck. And he also uses purple desk when he gets The DragonTwelveGodKing Ourovorius. It has contained at some point the following:
Yellow Deck 	Yellow Deck	Yellow Deck
Name 	Color 	Type
Kudagitsunen 	Yellow 	Spirit
Melofuurin 	Yellow 	Spirit
The Fruitsel Straw-Berry 	Yellow 	Spirit
Kuurin 	Yellow 	Spirit
Pit Pentan 	Yellow 	Spirit
The RatTwelveGodKing Mouchuu 	Yellow 	Spirit
The Fruitsel Blueblueberry 	Yellow 	Spirit
The Fruitsel Ringostarr 	Yellow 	Spirit
Wolfboy 	Yellow 	Spirit
Frankenman 	Yellow 	Spirit
The GourmetFairyPrincess Fromage 	Yellow 	Spirit
The NinthClown Djugglingarian 	Yellow 	Spirit
Magician's Potion 	Yellow 	Magic
Symphonic Burst 	Yellow 	Magic (Burst)
Flying Carpet 	Yellow 	Magic
Bonbeam 	Yellow 	Magic (Magic)
Purple Deck 	Purple Deck	Purple Deck
Straw-Puppet 	Purple 	Spirit
Shikitsuru 	Purple 	Spirit
Camelot Knight 	Purple 	Spirit
The DragonTwelveGodKing Ourovorius	Purple 	Spirit
Crystal break 	Purple 	Magic
==Battle Stats==
Episode	Type 	Opponent 	Result
12 	Single Battle (offscreen) 	Soul Spot Rock Head	Lose
30 	Single Battle 	Shunta 	Win
30 	Single Battle 	Mei 	Win
30 	Single Battle 	Yoku 	Win
30 	Single Battle (rematch) 	Shunta 	Lose
32 	Single Battle 	Mei 	Lose
36 	Single Battle 	Kiki 	Lose
41 	Single Battle (Purple Deck)	Yoroi 	Lose
==Trivia==
*He shares a seiyuu with Galaxy Watanabe, Pantera in Battle Spirits Shounen Gekiha Dan, the narrators in Battle Spirits Brave and Battle Spirits Heroes, Bringer in Battle Spirits Sword Eyes, Kiriga in Battle Spirits Saikyo Ginga Ultimate Zero and Dairokuten Maou in Battle Spirits Burning Soul.
*The "rat" part of his name is a reference to his God-King, The RatTwelveGodKing Mouchuu.
*Like Hagakure Shidou from Battle Spirits Sword Eyes which usually has a habit of ending phrases with "de gozaru" (でござる), he usually has a habit of ending phrases with "~chuu" (~ちゅっ) or "~chuu-no" (~ちゅっの) too.
==Appearances==
Battle Spirits Double Drive (anime)
Battle Spirits Double Drive (manga)
==Gallery==
sandcat.png|Appearance in Mistral-Bit's trial
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Category:Battle Spirits Double Drive characters
Category:Male characters
Category:Yellow card battlers
Category:Purple card battlers
Category:Main Characters