Card Tips:Rainbow Dragon


 * This card can be searched via "Witch of the Black Forest".


 * One of the easiest ways to summon the Rainbow Dragon is to use these main cards:
 * Rainbow Path
 * Rainbow Gravity
 * Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus
 * Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle
 * Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle
 * Crystal Promise
 * Crystal Beacon
 * Crystal Release or Crystal Pair

The main idea is to use Pegasus to bring the other Crystal Beasts, especially ones not normally used in traditional beatdown (cards like Ruby Carbuncle, Amethyst Cat, etc) Cobalt Eagle is used for recycling Pegasus, as well as sparing it from being destroyed in your opponent's next turn before you're done using it. Crystal Release is good because it doesn't have to be destroyed for the effect to take place, just sent to the graveyard. Equipping it to Pegasus or any other Crystal Beasts you intent to remove from the Monster Card Zone makes an easy pull from the deck. Again, choose monsters you wouldn't normally want to pull to your hand. Crystal Promise is for Pegasus, Carbuncle, and Eagle. Rainbow Path is of course for bring the dragon to the hand. Beacon can special summon Carbuncle to recover Pegasus and Eagle in case of destruction. Rainbow Dragon, with these 6 cards in constant play with certain support (Pot of Avarice, The Transmigration Prophecy, Crystal Blessing, Rare Value), can come out in as little as 6 turns.

Remember that Crystal Pair can only be used once you allow a Crystal Beast to go to the Graveyard. Being destroyed and placed in the Spell and Trap Card Zone does not meet the activation requirement for Crystal Pair.

Also, with Rainbow Dragon's second effect you can use a card like "Dimension Fusion" or "Return from the Different Dimension" to bring back all your removed from play monsters.
 * After using Rainbow Dragon's first effect, use cards like "Crystal Blessing", "Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus", and "The Transmigration Prophecy" to return your Crystal Beasts back to the field or deck.


 * Another way to summon Rainbow Dragon quickly besides the above method is to use:
 * Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus
 * Crystal Tree
 * Crystal Beacon
 * Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins

What you do is first activate Rainbow Ruins for support. Then use Crystal Tree for it's eventual effect activation. Summon Sapphire Pegasus and some other Crystal Beasts and let them go to the Spell & Trap Card Zone. When you have two in the Spell & Trap Card Zone, activate Crystal Beacon to get another Crystal Beast to the field and then send Crystal Tree to the graveyard to use it's effect. Then just Summon Rainbow Dragon from your hand.


 * Rainbow Dragon's first effect is considered an Ignition Effect, with the ATK bonus a Continuous Effect, meaning you can tribute any number of Crystal Beasts in your Monster Card Zone in one turn to give Rainbow Dragon a permanent massive increase in ATK.


 * Use Painful Choice to quickly discard the Crystal Beasts to the graveyard, making Rainbow Dragon easy to summon.


 * After having the 7 "Crystal Beasts" in the field or Graveyard, try to collect 4 in your Spell/Trap Card Zone, and activate "Crystal Abundance". Get rid of all you opponent's cards and then Summon "Rainbow Dragon", to an near OTK.


 * Use "A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon" on "Rainbow Dragon" since "Rainbow Dragon" can be Special Summoned again.

Milling + Rainbow Gravity

 * Another way to get out Rainbow Dragon is to mill your deck in an attempt to get as much of the Crystal Beasts into the graveyard, then activating "Rainbow Gravity"


 * However, there is still a contant danger of milling your Rainbow Dragon into the graveyard by accident.


 * Therefore, usage of monster recovery cards such as "Monster Reincarnation" would help, also it would also help in getting one more Crystal Beast from your hand into the graveyard.


 * Use "Hand Destruction" or "Dark World Dealings" (the former would be more viable) to dump Crystal Beasts or other useless Magic/Trap cards and draw two more card for hand refreshing.


 * Use "Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter" to destroy dangerous cards on opponent's field and mill 3 cards into the graveyard.


 * Use "Card Trooper" for milling 3 cards and drawing one extra card


 * Fiend Comedian can help dump Crystal Beasts into the Graveyard, just make sure to have Rainbow Dragon in your hand first, otherwise it may wind up in there too.


 * Use Magical Merchant to send Crystal Beasts quickly to the graveyard and draw spells such as Crystal Beacon and Crystal Blessing. Using this combo Rainbow Dragon has a chance of hitting the field in only 2 turns.