[2] While living in Phoenix, Arizona in the early 1990s, Elliott and several of his friends were active bridge players and competed regularly in tournaments.
While at a Magic tournament at Arizona State University Elliott told two fellow attendees what he thought was wrong with the game.
[5] His titles for WizKids included Star Wars PocketModel Trading Card Game, Halo ActionClix, and DC HeroClix: Batman (Alpha).
and Star Trek: Fleet Captains[7] He also designed Card-Jitsu, an online mini-game in the Club Penguin children's MMO[8] and worked on Hearthstone in early 2017.
Part of the Battle Spirits franchise—which also includes several anime series, manga serializations and other merchandise such as toys and video games—the TCG was released in Japan in September 2008.
[10] The game's popularity led to Elliott's appearance in promotional videos,[11] and a new character based on him being added to the anime series Battle Spirits: Shōnen Toppa Bashin.
Battle Spirits Trading Card Game was released in the United States by Bandai of America on August 14, 2009.