Magician's Red
Magician's Red (魔術師の赤（マジシャンズレッド）, Majishanzu Reddo, lit. "The Red Magician") is the Stand of Muhammad Avdol, featured in Part III: Stardust Crusaders.
Appearance
Magician's Red appears as a humanoid figure, with the head of a great eagle, and fur-covered legs.
Its design is inspired by the renegade god Horus, from Enki Bilal's Nikopol Trilogy.[1]
Personality
This Stand is based on the first card in the Major Arcana tarot deck, The Magician; which represents beginnings.
History
Muhammad Avdol was born with this Stand.
Abilities
Magician's Red is a humanoid medium-range Stand; its unique ability the generation and manipulation of fire. Avdol prefers open spaces in order to use its power more fully.
- Flame Manipulation: Magician's Red is capable of generating flames intense enough to evaporate metal projectiles mid-air and slice railroad tracks. It also has more nuanced uses, as Avdol can manipulate it without restraints.
- Crossfire Hurricane (クロスファイヤーハリケーン, Kurosu Faiyā Harikēn): Magician's Red can fire a few salvos of the Crossfire Hurricane, a spectacular signature move that sends forth ankhs of flame in a great storm.
- There is a variation simply called "Crossfire" in the Capcom fighting game, where a single flame ankh is shot out as a projectile.
- "Cross Fire Hurricane Variation (C・F・H・バリエーション (クロスファイヤーハリケーンバリエーション), Kurosu Faiyā Harikēn Bariēshon)" enables Avdol to be able to manipulate the direction/trajectory of his flame ankhs.
- Crossfire Hurricane Special (C・F・H・S (クロスファイヤーハリケーンスペシャル), Kurosu Faiyā Harikēn Supesharu): One variation of the Crossfire Hurricane, which splits the ankhs to cover a wider area.
- Red Bind (赤い荒縄(レッドバインド), Reddo Baindo, lit. "Red Rough Rope"): Magician's Red can use his flame to tie his opponent, like a rope. With this, Avdol is even capable of imprisoning his enemy's arms and legs to the wall, as well as his neck. By putting a flame too close to the opponent's face, it eventually burns the oxygen around him to the point of suffocating him.
- Life Detector: Magician's Red can produce a "heat radar", a cruciform mass of psychic flame which flicker in response to enemy presence, indicating the location of his heat source based on a compass rose.
Trivia
- The name of Magician's Red's attack, Crossfire Hurricane, comes from a line in the Rolling Stones' song "Jumpin' Jack Flash".
- Originally, Magician's Red was barefooted, but during Avdol's return, it wore Arabian shoes.
Gallery
Crossfire Hurricane Special
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Magician's Red as seen in the 1993 OVA
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Magician's Red in the 2003 OVA
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In the 2014 TV anime
Avdol, Magician's Red, and tarot card "The Magician"
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Magician's Red Action-figure
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Magician's Red as it appears in All-Star Battle
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References
- ↑ Artbook: JOJOVELLER
