Card Tips:Exodia the Forbidden One


 * This card can be searched via "Richard the Forbidden One", "Last Will", "Witch of the Black Forest", "Magician's Circle", "Sphere of Chaos", and "Mystic Tomato".


 * See Exodia OTK for a list of decks that focus on winning with this card's effect.


 * "Advanced Ritual Art" can be used to send the four limbs to the Graveyard to summon "Paladin of White Dragon". You can later retrieve them with Backup Soldier and Dark Factory of Mass Production.


 * Continually equip Gearfried the Iron Knight with Butterfly Dagger - Elma while Royal Magical Library is on your side of the field. This allows you to continually draw cards until your draw all five pieces.


 * Another good strategy is to use the normal Exodia monsters in combination with Human-Wave Tactics, along with monster retrieval cards such as Backup Soldier and Dark Factory of Mass Production.


 * You can use Magical Merchant to send the monsters to the graveyard. you can then retrieve the pieces with Dark Factory of Mass Production or Monster Reincarnation at your leisure.


 * To draw all five pieces of Exodia in the one turn continually tribute a Manticore of Darkness to revive another using their effect, while Card of Safe Return is active. This allows you to continually draw cards until your draw all five pieces.
 * A quick way to trigger this loop is to tribute "Manticore of Darkness" for "Generation Shift" or "Next to be Lost" or use "Foolish Burial" to send one from your Deck to the Graveyard while you have another in your hand or side of the field.


 * Another way to draw all five pieces of Exodia in one turn is to summon The Wicked Worm Beast while you have 6 cards in your hand and while Card of Safe Return and Dark World Grimoire are active. Since The Wicked Worm Beast's effect will return it to your hand, you'll have 7 cards, so you must discard one. Thanks to Grimoire's effect, you can Special Summon it and draw a card thanks to Card of Safe Return, and then the beast will return again to your hand. This allows you to continually draw cards until your draw all five pieces.
 * A quick way to trigger this loop is to send "Rescue Cat" for its effect to Special Summon 2 Wicked Worm Beasts or use "Sangan" to search for a cat from your Deck to your hand.


 * Simply dump all 5 parts into the selection of Painful Choice, and you get one part automatically and the rest can be retrieved with Backup Soldier or Monster Reincarnation.
 * The danger here is your opponent removing the cards in the graveyard from play (like with D.D. Crow). Include Burial from a Different Dimension and Imperial Iron Wall to prevent this.


 * Use "Armageddon Knight", "Dark Grepher", and "Foolish Burial" to send the five Exodia pieces to your graveyard quickly. Then use "Dark Eruption", "Dark Factory of Mass Production", and "Backup Soldier" to return the pieces to your hand.
 * Card like Reload, Solemn Wishes, or Magical Mallet can give you a higher rate of draw Exodia.
 * Magical Mallet is somewhat a better choice than Reload, as you can keep the pieces you already have so you dont have to start over (Reload forces your entire hand back, including any pieces you might have already drawn).


 * Use "Card Trader" to send a card you don't need from your hand to your Deck to attempt to draw an Exodia Piece.
 * There is a hazard to using this in that each time it is used, your Deck is shuffled, so you may end up not drawing any of the parts at all, plus "Card Trader" can only be activated once per turn.
 * Use "Card Trader" with "Volcanic Shell": with a "Volcanic Shell" in your Graveyard, you can use its effect to add another "Volcanic Shell" to your hand, with which you can immediately trade for another card using "Card Trader".


 * Heart of the Underdog can help you draw Exodia parts.


 * Another infinite draw loop is a combo of Imperial Iron Wall, a Tuner monster, Card of Safe Return, Mass Driver, and Quillbolt Hedgehog.
 * A similar combo would be the same thing except replace the hedgehog with Plaguespreader Zombie and a second Card of Safe Return.


 * You can combine "Heart of the Underdog" with cards like "Gold Sarcophagus", "Different Dimension Capsule", "Magical Merchant", "Painful Choice". Separate Exodia's head (as well as any other nuisance)from the rest of the Deck, so you have less interruption while using HoTU's effect.