Gendo

> Do not be concerned. After all, this is the purpose of NERV.
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**Gendo** is one of the 10 playable Villains in the Anime Villainous base game, The Battle Begins.

**Gendo Ikari** (碇ゲンドウ, "*Ikari Gendō*") is the main antagonist of the *Neon Genesis Evangelion* franchise. He was voiced by Fumihiko Tachiki in the Japanese version, and Ray Chase in the Netflix dub of the English version.

Rule of Two and WeirdMouse were the lead designers for Gendo.

## Objective

Gendo needs to start his turn with 3 Instrumentality Tokens on Adam and no Angels in his Territory. For this he needs to play Adam, which gets an Instrumentality Token on him each time Gendo starts his turn with no Angels in his Territory. However, when this happens Adam also plays an Angel. When Adam has 3 Instrumentality Tokens and no Angels in his Territory at the start of Gendo's turn, he enters Showdown.

## Villain Ability

Gendo has 1 Strength.

Draw four additional cards at the start of the game.

## Territory

   Gendo's Territory contains the following locations, from left to right:

* Tokyo-3
	+ Gain 1 Power
	+ Fate | Play a Card | Move an Item or Ally
* NERV Headquarters
	+ Play a Card | Discard Cards
	+ Play a Card | Gain 3 Power
* Command Center
	+ Gain 2 Power | Activate
	+ Play a Card | Vanquish
* Terminal Dogma
	+ Fate | Play a Card
	+ Activate | Discard Cards

## Villain deck

    The following cards are in Gendo's Villain deck:

* NERV Tanks (x4)
* Fruit of Knowledge (x2)
* Horrible Truth (x2)
* Legacy of Gehirn (x2)
* Marduk Institute (x2)
* NERV Artillery (x2)
* Purpose of NERV (x2)
* Adam
* Asuka
* EVA-00
* EVA-01
* EVA-02
* EVA Cage
* Kozo
* Misato
* Rei
* Ritsuko
* Sector Lockdown
* Shinji
* The Magi
* Third Impact

These include 12 total Allies (NERV Tanks; NERV Artillery; Asuka; Kozo; Misato; Rei; Ritsuko; Shinji), 5 total Effects (Fruit of Knowledge; Horrible Truth; Third Impact), 1 Form (Adam), 6 total Items (EVA-00; EVA-01; EVA-02; EVA Cage; Sector Lockdown; The Magi) and 6 total Schemes (Legacy of Gehirn; Marduk Institute; Purpose of NERV).

## Fate deck

    The following cards are in Gendo's Fate deck:

* Mass Production EVA (x3)
* Red Alert (x3)
* A.T. Field (x2)
* Fruit of Life (x2)
* SEELE Interference (x2)
* Betrayal
* Committee Meeting
* Synchronization Failed

These include 1 Challenge (Synchronization Failed), 8 total Effects (Red Alert; Fruit of Life; SELEE Interference; Betrayal), 2 total Items (A.T. Field), and 4 total Heroes (Mass Production EVA; Committee Meeting).

## Angel deck

    The following cards are in Gendo's Angel deck:

* Arael
* Armisael
* Bardiel
* Gaghiel
* Iruel
* Israfel
* Leliel
* Matarael
* Ramiel
* Sachiel
* Sahaquiel
* Sandalphon
* Shamshel
* Tabris
* Zeruel

These are all Angels, with 15 total.

## Clarifications

* **Villain Ability:** You will only draw eight cards at the beginning of the game, as your starting hand size. For the remainder of the game, your hand size is four cards as normal, and you will only draw back up to four cards if you have less than four cards in your hand at the end of your turn.

## Strategy Guide

 **Villain deck**
*4 Copies:* NERV Tanks
*2 Copies:* Fruit of Knowledge • Horrible Truth • Legacy of Gehirn • Marduk Institute • NERV Artillery • Purpose of NERV
 **Fate deck**
*3 Copies:* Mass Production EVA • Red Alert
*2 Copies:* A.T. Field • Fruit of Life • SEELE Interference
 **Angel deck**
 **Unique Mechanics**
 **Villains designed by Rule of Two**
 **Villains designed by WeirdMouse**
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