The cool head of a lifelong soldier, the experience of a long line of all kinds of travels, some less noble than others and the wildcard factor held by the strangest card in a player's deck. These are Joker's greatest tools against the hotblooded mariachi Ricardo Gomez. The young Mexican's guitar is a deadly bullet-raining instrument, and Ricardo is very skilled with it, but he lacks the training and temperance needed to withstand a prolonged battle - or anything requiring an attention span greater than a dog's. Joker's command of the fiery arts puts him on even standing with Ricardo in a pitched battle, but Joker's superior patience and sense of timing will allow him to cast his most devastating spells at a prime moment, while the passionate strummer is lost in the heat of battle. Not fool-proof, perhaps, but it's the sort of odds you can bet on with confidence. After all, he is not called the Joker for nothing.
