Shufflin

*Some sections of this article may be under construction at the moment.*

**Shufflin** (シャッフリン) is the secondary antagonist of *Magical Girl Raising Project: JOKERS*.

She is Grim Heart's subordinate who is absolutely loyal to her despite being constantly being abused by her.

## Appearance

### Magical Girl

As a Magical Girl, Shufflin has pale grey hair that curls inwards. She has bangs that curl inwards and which also fade to black. Her eyes are a slightly darker shade of grey with no pupils, and her left eye has a black spade in the middle whereas her right eye is completely blank. She wears a darker grey eyeshadow.

Her outfit resembles a white spades card with ruffles around it, joined up by a lacy collar with laces at the top. The middle of her collar has lines, with small laces at the bottom and a black strap around the middle of her collar.

A black spade protrudes in the middle of her outfit, with the insides of her outfit being black. In the inside, it has thick and thin white stripes being around the edges of the outfit. Underneath, she wears a white leotard top that has small laces at the top and bottom. She wears a black garter with a black ribbon which parted to the side.

She has thigh-length black boots with two white bows on the front. She has short, white gloves with black straps around the wrist. They have black diamonds on top of the straps with white star designs on them. The gloves seem to have a petal edge on top.

She has a giant black spade at the back of her hair with a white stripe nearly around the edges of the spade and a smaller spade in the middle. She also has a giant black bow at her back which has white ends with thick black stripes on the front of the bow's ends.

Each suit follows the same design pattern, the only differences being the color (black or red), the shape of her hair and glove accessories (Diamond, Heart, Club or Spade), the type of suit reflected in her left eye, and the markings on her suit which reflects her number in the deck.

## Personality

Shufflin are designed to be loyal to their master and will do their best to serve whoever the deck belongs to. The Heart suits in particular are very fearful of Grim Heart. However, the Joker suit is quite merciless with her victims, and will not hesitate to kill a magical girl if it is necessary for replenishing the deck.

Shufflin (excluding the Joker suit) tend to have very basic personalities that correspond with their suit's purpose. The higher value their suit is, the better they are at carrying out their responsibility. They are all loyal to Grim Heart, though the Joker suit is stated to be content with her master's failure at the end of *JOKERS* upon their arrest, finding it entertaining. Other than the Joker suit, Shufflin lack communication abilities beyond making inhuman sounds and squeaks.

Diamond, Club and Spade suits are very focused on achieving the goal of their respective suit's purpose. (See the *Magic* category for their individual abilities). Otherwise, they do not express any discernable personality, drone-like in their response to orders given by Grimheart and the Joker suit.

Heart suit Shufflin are able to feel a wide array of emotions and display some semblance of personality, much more than any other type of suit in the deck excluding the Joker suit.

## Magic

***Her powers change depending on various suits and numbers.***

Similar to a deck of cards, she is an army consisting of 52 bodies + 1 source body (Joker). Her abilities and skills will be different based on the suit type and its value in the deck. Each suit has a specific ability.

* **Spades** specialize in combat skills, with their weapon being a spade-shaped spear. They will not stop fighting until they are killed.
* **Diamonds** specialize in understanding complex technological issues. They can be used to hack a technical system or detect traps in combat, and are capable of construction.
* **Hearts** have high durability and feel the most emotions, They are used as meat shields.
* **Clubs** specialize in stealth. In addition, they utilize a club weapon for combat, but are not nearly as combat-oriented as Spade suits.

The number represents the level of capability: Ace is the highest, followed by K, Q, J, 10, with 2 being the lowest.

There is also the Joker, who is the overseer of all Shufflins. As the original body of Shufflin, she uses a scythe as her weapon. If the Joker suit kills a Magical Girl, the Joker can absorb her life power and replenish any damaged or perished Shufflin in the deck. This means all the previous Shufflins, dead or alive, will disappear and a new set of 52 Shufflins will be generated. However, if the Joker dies, the whole army will completely disappear. She is able to communicate with all Shufflin produced by her no matter what their location is.

Only Joker can share and consolidate the memory of all Shufflins, and only she can have a normal conversation with others.

### Special Item(s)

* ***Spear:*** A long spear tipped with a sharp Spade. Wielded specifically by Spade Shufflin.
* ***Club:*** A club wielded specifically by Club Shufflin.

* ***Scythe:*** Joker Shufflin's weapon. When a Magical Girl is beheaded with this weapon, the Joker suit can absorb their life force to replenish the deck
* ***4-Dimensional Bag:*** A magical bag that can pack not only non-living things but also living things inside it. It's more of a pocket than a bag.

## Relationships

### Grim Heart

Grim Heart and Shufflin are partners. Shufflin fears her. In *JOKERS*, Grim Heart relies on the various Shufflin to do her bidding. However, she also looks for advice from the Joker Shufflin for strategies in collecting the Artificial Magical Girls. In the end, the Joker's advice and Grim Heart's tactics lead to their arrest, which the Joker doesn't seem to mind despite being subservient to Grim Heart.

## Trivia

* Shufflin's design, as well as their red and black colors, are based on a Playing card.
	+ The leader of the Shufflin, Joker, is based on Joker (playing card).
* In Fanbook 1, Shufflin has the following stats:
Physical Ability: 5/5
Communication Skill: 1/5
Magic Rarity: 5/5
Magic Experience: 3/5
Mental Strength: 5/5
Patience: 5/5
* Shufflin has the second highest kill count In the entire franchise, with Keek being the first.
* In a QnA, it was confirmed by Asari Endō that the “accident” that was said to have caused Shufflin’s death is a cover up. Her true cause of death is currently unknown.

## References

1. ↑ https://letsdiscoverthingsthataregood.wordpress.com/2021/05/31/qa-with-asari-endou-and-maruino/

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