Card Tips:Red Nova Dragon


 * This card works well in "Infernity" and Disaster Dragon Decks.


 * Another way to boost the attack of "Red Nova Dragon" is to use "Future Fusion", sending 5 Dragon-Type Tuner monsters from the Deck to the Graveyard for the requirement of "Five-Headed Dragon", giving "Red Nova Dragon" a 2500 ATK bonus.


 * A fairly easily OTK can be performed with this card in a "Chimeratech Overdragon" Deck, as long as a good number of Machine-Type Tuner monsters are included in the Deck, of which there are many.


 * After you Synchro Summon this card, use "Call of the Haunted" to bring back "Red Dragon Archfiend" and clear the opponent's field with "Scarlet Security" and "Lightning Vortex" for an OTK (at least 3 Tuners will be needed in the player's Graveyard).


 * Since this card requires 2 Tuner Monsters, and gains at least 1000 from its own effect, it would be even more effective to increase this card's ATK further with "Synchro Strike".


 * You can use "Archfiend's Roar" to bring back "Red Dragon Archfiend" and summon "Junk Synchron" to get another Tuner, or use "Deep Sea Diva".


 * In a "Dragunity" Deck you can use "Dragon Mastery" in order to equip this card with "Dragunity Brandistock". This will give "Red Nova Dragon" the ability to attack twice.


 * Protect this card from cards like "Compulsory Evacuation Device", "Dimensional Prison" and "Solemn Warning" with cards like "Dark Illusion", "The Dragon's Bead" and "Trap Stun".


 * Use with "Soul Absorption" to gain 500 Life Points every time you negate an attack.


 * You can Combine this card with "Zero Force" because this meets the banish requirements and can do some massive damage.


 * Combine this card with "Armory Arm" to have massive damage, and attack boost.
 * Another idea is to use "Junk Barrage", since it is easier to bring out.


 * Combine this card with "Lord of D." or "King Dragun" to immune your opponent's spell and trap cards.


 * Combine with "Strike Slash" to gain 700 ATK points and have piercing effect.


 * Use "Card Trooper" to mill Tuners from your deck to the Graveyard, in order to power up both "Red Nova Dragon" and "Card Trooper".


 * Although this card can't be destroyed by regularly used ways (by battle or by opponent's card effects), it's not impossible:
 * 1) The easiest and most commonly used way is cards that can highly increase ATK of "Red Nova Dragon"'s attack target during the Damage Step, like "Honest". To prevent this from happening, equip "Red Nova Dragon" with "Silver Wing".
 * 2) Remove from play effects, like "Dimensional Prison", "Karma Cut" and "Caius the Shadow Monarch" is very dangerous for this card. Keep "Imperial Iron Wall" face down to negate it, but keep in mind that "Red Nova Dragon" can't negate attack after that.
 * 3) "Share the Pain" and "Creature Swap" can work only when "Red Nova Dragon" is the only monster on your side of the field. The most clever way to counter it is "Trap Monsters".
 * 4} Enemy Controller, Compulsory Evacuation Device, Dark End Dragon, Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier are not destroying cards.
 * 5} Counter Traps, like "Solemn Judgment", that negate its summon.
 * 6) Cards like Skill Drain and Axe of Fools, that can negate it's effects.

Tips for Synchro Summoning this card:

 * Given that "Red Dragon Archfiend" will likely survive a turn on its own, you can use "Junk Synchron", if it's in your hand, to Special Summon a Level 1 Tuner monster from the Graveyard, like "Sinister Sprocket", to allow this card's Synchro Summon. Plus, you can destroy 1 face-up Spell or Trap on your opponent's side of the field, since "Red Nova Dragon" is a DARK-Attribute monster.


 * Use the effect of "Twilight Rose Knight" to Summon "Copy Plant" and fulfill the Tuner requirements for this card.
 * Use "Hanewata" with "Court of Justice" to Special Summon "Counselor Lily" to fulfill the Tuner monster requirements and give this card an extra 1000 ATK by paying 500 Life Points.


 * "Infernity Beetle's" effect to summon two more of itself can provide the two Tuners required for this card's summoning as well as making his ATK 5000, providing you have no cards in your hand.
 * This card can be summoned in one turn if you have "Dark Grepher", "One for One", "Infernity Avenger" and "Infernity Beetle" in your hand. First Normal Summon "Dark Grepher", then discard "Infernity Avenger" to mill "Infernity Necromancer". Discard "Infernity Beetle" with "One for One" to get out "Infernity Mirage". Tribute Mirage to Special summon Necromancer and Avenger and use Necromancer's effect to Special Summon Beetle. Tribute Beetle to Special Summon 2 more copies. Tune Avenger, Grepher and Necromancer to make Red Dragon Archfiend and then tune that with the 2 Beetles to summon "Red Nova Dragon". It will then have 5500 ATK due to the 3 Beetles and the Avenger.
 * Another way to summon this card in one turn is to use "Infernity Launcher", "Elemental Hero Bubbleman", and an "Infernity Beetle". First, normal summon "Infernity Beetle". Play "Infernity Launcher", then use Bubbleman's effect to special summon him. Use "Infernity Beetle"'s effect to get out two more, tune for a level six synchro, then "Red Dragon Archfiend". Use "Infernity Launcher" to get back your two Beetles, then tune for "Red Nova Dragon".


 * Special Summoning "Plaguespreader Zombie" allows you to Normal Summon a second Tuner.
 * Similarly, you can use "Emergency Teleport" and Special Summon "Krebons" from your Deck.


 * You can summon the 2 Tuners quickly by using "Telekinetic Power Well" by bringing back 2 of either "Krebons" and/or "Psychic Jumper" that you may have used to summon "Red Dragon Archfiend".
 * One way is to summon a "Cyber Dragon"/"Vice Dragon"/"Oracle of the Sun", then using "One for One" by discarding 1 of the Psychic's to summon "Level Eater" (for later use). Then Normal Summon the second psychic to make "Red Dragon Archfiend". Then, use "Telekinetic Power Well" to summon the 2 Psychic's from your Graveyard.


 * You can play "Brain Research Lab" and then summon "Mind Master" with any other psychic monster. Then mill at least 4 level 2 or lower monsters, ending with a level 4 monster like "Destructotron" to clear the back field.  Then play "Telekinetic Power Well" to summon three level two psychics. Tune two with Destructotron to get "Red Dragon Archfiend". Then use the last to mill as many tuners as possible with Mind Master and end with "Psychic Commander". Tune MM and Commander with Red Dragon Archfiend to have yourself a "Red Nova Dragon" with massive ATK.


 * Special Summon "Vice Dragon" through its own effect and summon "Dark Resonator" normally to Synchro Summon "Red Dragon Archfiend". Then, Special Summon "Synchro Magnet" through its effect and use a card like "Double Summon" to summon "Sinister Sprocket" or even better "Attack Gainer", which will reduce the ATK of 1 monster your opponent controls by 1000.


 * It can also be summoned easily in a Flamvell/Neo Flamvell Deck, considering the monsters in your Graveyard when you activate "Rekindling", you can Special Summon any Level 4 monster, "Flamvell Magician", "Neo Flamvell Origin"/"Flamvell Archer", "Flamvell Baby" and "Flamvell Firedog". Combine the level 4 monster with "Flamvell Magician" to Synchro Summon "Red Dragon Archfiend" then combine him with your other 2 Tuners on the field to Synchro Summon "Red Nova Dragon", having a total of 6900 ATK on the field, in addition to a Normal Summon this turn, you could easily create an OTK situation.


 * You can Synchro Summon this card with a "Destiny Hero - Malicious" in the Graveyard. Special Summon "Krebons" with "Emergency Teleport" or "Graceful Revival", and use "Inferno Reckless Summon" to get two more "Krebons" out. Then remove the "Malicious" in the Graveyard to Special Summon another from your Deck. Synchro Summon "Red Dragon Archfiend" using "Destiny Hero - Malicious" and the first "Krebons". Then tune "Red Dragon Archfiend" with the two "Krebons" to Synchro Summon "Red Nova Dragon".


 * You could activate "Red Screen" to bring out a Level 1 Tuner and use "Synchro Magnet" when you summon "Red Dragon Archfiend" to summon "Red Nova Dragon".
 * Another option is to use "Creation Resonator" instead of "Synchro Magnet".


 * If "Red Dragon Archfiend" is in your Graveyard, you can use cards like "Descending Lost Star", "Wicked Rebirth", or "Call of the Haunted" to bring it back.


 * In a Dragon Deck based around "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon", and you already have a level 6 Dragon such as "Prime Material Dragon" on the field before hand, Special Summon "Magna Drago" and follow up with "Inferno Reckless Summon" to have 3 copies of "Magna Drago". Tune a Magna with the Prime for "Red Dragon Archfiend" and tune the other 2 copies of "Magna Drago" to get you "Red Nova Dragon".


 * In a "Dragunity" Deck, you can summon "Red Nova Dragon" in one turn by having "Dragunity Dux" and "Inferno Reckless Summon" in your hand, as well as at least one "Dragunity Phalanx" in the Graveyard and 2 more in the Graveyard, Hand or Deck. Normal Summon "Dragunity Dux", equip with "Dragunity Phalanx", Special Summon "Dragunity Phalanx" and chain "Inferno Reckless Summon", special summoning 2 more "Dragunity Phalanx". Tune one of them with "Dux" for "Dragunity Knight - Vajrayana", equip with the "Dragunity Phalanx" that you used for the Synchro Summon, Special Summon and tune with "Dragunity Knight - Vajrayana" for "Red Dragon Archfiend". Synchro Summon "Red Nova Dragon" using "Red Dragon Archfiend" and the 2 remaining "Dragunity Phalanx". The downside to this is that your opponent needs to have at least one face-up monster on the field, and he/she will summon all the copies from his/her Deck, Hand or Graveyard. Also, in order to activate "Inferno Reckless Summon" you need to have sufficient space in your Monster Card Zone.


 * You can use "Hyper Synchron", "Cost Down" and the effect of "Plaguespreader Zombie" to Synchro Summon this card with 1500 ATK via it's own effect (1 Tuner for "Red Dragon Archfiend" and 2 for "Red Nova Dragon" 0 and an added 800 ATK via Hyper Synchrons effect, giving a total 5800 ATK.


 * You can use "Formula Synchron" and another Level 2 Tuners to Synchro Summon this card during your opponent's turn.


 * Set Any remaining Spell and Trap Cards. Then, Summon "Infernity Beetle", Assuming you have no cards in your hand, use "Infernity Beetle's" effect, Summoning 2 more. Then, You can Synchro Summon This card


 * You can summon "Blackwing - Sirocco the Dawn" on the second turn and Special Summon "Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind". Tune them to Synchro Summon "Red Dragon Archfiend". Activate the "One for One" Spell Card, then discard a Tuner monster to summon a Level One Tuner monster. Then activate the spell card "Double Summon" to summon a Level Three Tuner monster. Finally, tune "Red Dragon Archfiend" with the Level One Tuner, and the Level Three Tuner to summon "Red Nova Dragon". It will have 2000 more Attack Points making it have 5500 Attack Points.
 * Alterntively, you can summon this card by having "Red Dragon Archfiend" on the field and summonning "Blackwing - Blizzard the Far North". then, use it's effect to Special Summon "Blackwing - Mistral the Silver Shield". this means that both of your Tuners will be brought to the field with ease.


 * In a Dragon Deck, make sure to have 1 Tuner in your hand and graveyard a total of level four while you have "Red Dragon Archfiend" and "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon" on the field. Use "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon" effect to Special Summon "Lava Dragon" in Defense mode, tribute it to Special Summon the Tuner monsters and Synchro them for "Red Dragon Archfiend". The Tuner monster that can be used for "Red Nova Dragon" are "Magna Drago" and/or "Dread Dragon", and "Flamvell Guard" or "The White Stone of Legend" with "Delta Flyer".


 * You can swarm your field with "Scapegoat" and equip "Big Bang Shot" and "United We Stand" so this card's attack becomes 9400, but it's total "ATK" depends on the Tuner monsters in your graveyard. Your opponent can destroy this strategy by using "Soul Release", but if no card effect is to be activated, you can deal a massive 9400 damage straight to your opponent'sLife Points.


 * If you have "Eccentric Boy", 1 Level 5 monster, "One for One", "Synchro Magnet", and one monster card in your hand, you can Synchro Summon this card in one turn.


 * You can Synchro Summon this card on your first turn if your hand contains the following; "Trident Warrior" or "Goblindbergh", "Delta Flyer", "Jester Confit", "Different Dimension Spirit", and "Creation Resonator"
 * 1. Normal Summon "Trident Warrior" or "Goblindbergh".
 * 2. Use Trident Warrior's/Goblindbergh's effect to Special Summon "Delta Flyer".
 * 3. Use Delta Flyer's effect to increase Trident Warrior’s/Goblindbergh's level by 1.
 * 4. Tune them to summon "Red Dragon Archfiend".
 * 5. Special Summon "Create Resonator".
 * 6. Special Summon "Jester Confit".
 * 7. Banish "Jester Confit" to Special Summon "Different Dimension Spirit".
 * 8. Tune them all to Summon Red Nova Dragon.
 * NOTE: You can replace "Jester Confit" with either "The Tricky", "Cyber Dragon", "Vice Dragon", or "Oracle of the Sun". However, to Summon them your opponent needs a monster. Thus, if your going first, it's best to use "Jester Confit" or "The Tricky".


 * You can Synchro Summon this card in one turn, including your first turn, by using the following cards: "Dark Resonator", "Vice Dragon", "Create Resonator", "One for One", and a monster to discard for "One for One". Special Summon "Vice Dragon", Normal Summon "Dark Resonator' and tune them for "Red Dragon Archfiend". Because you control a level 8 monster, you can Special Summon "Create Resonator" from your hand. Use "One for One" to bring out a level 1 Tuner, preferably "Sinister Sprocket", to destroy a Spell or Trap card, and tune for "Red Nova Dragon". If you discarded a tuner, like "Majestic Dragon" for "One for One", "Red Nova Dragon" will have 5500 ATK!


 * (Note: this tip contains a video game only card, and thus only works in the video games in which it is included.) If you have "Cursed Prison" set on the field and have "Fabled Raven" and "Mist Valley Baby Roc" or "The Fabled Cerburrel" in your hand, you can activate "Cursed Prison" to bring "Red Dragon Archfiend" to the field, Normal Summon "Fabled Raven", use it's effect to discard "Mist Valley Baby Roc" and "The Fabled Cerburrel", then Synchro Summon "Red Nova Dragon", you can also use "Plaguespreader Zombie" to summon "Red Nova Dragon".


 * This card can easily be summoned in a Tricky Turbo Deck.
 * 1. Discard a level 1 Tuner to summon "The Tricky".
 * 2. Normal Summon "Junk Synchron", and use its effect to revive the level 1 tuner.
 * 3. Tune "Junk Synchron" with "The Tricky" for "Red Dragon Archfiend".
 * 4. Special Summon "Creation Resonator" or "Synchro Magnet" with its own effect.
 * 5. Tune "Creation Resonator", a Level 1 Tuner, and "Red Dragon Archfiend" for "Red Nova Dragon" with 5000 ATK.


 * This card can be Synchro Summoned with the following cards in hand on the first turn: "One for One", "Cyber Dragon/"Oracle of the Sun", "Symphonic Warrior Bassist", "Junk Synchron" and a Level 1 Tuner.
 * 1. Special Summon "Oracle of the Sun".
 * 2. Use "One for One", discarding a level 1 tuner for "Symphonic Warrior Bassist".
 * 3. Normal Summon "Junk Synchron" and revive a Level 1 Tuner.
 * 4. Tune "Junk Synchron" with "Oracle of the Sun" for "Red Dragon Archfiend".
 * 5. Use "Symphonic Warrior Bassist" s effect. You should have 2 cards left so it is now a Level 3 Monster.
 * 6. Tune "Symphonic Warrior Bassist" and a Level 1 Tuner with "Red Dragon Archfiend" for "Red Nova Dragon" with 5000 ATK.


 * Tribute Summon "Puppet Master" and use it's effect to summon "Dark Tinker" and "Sinister Sprocket", then tune "Puppet Master" and "Dark Tinker" to summon "Red Dragon Archfiend", then Special Summon "Create Resonator" or "Synchro Magnet" and use those three to summon this card in a single turn.


 * Use cards like "Eccentric Boy" or "Tech Genus Cyber Magician" to ease the summoning of this monster since you only need 1 tuner on the field (Tuners are frail)


 * Activate "Double Summon". Normal Summon "Summoner Monk". Then, activate the effect of "Summoner Monk". Discard a spell card to Special Summon any level 4 tuner monster. Then, Normal Summon "Deep Sea Diva" and use her effect to special summon another "Deep Sea Diva" from your deck. Tune "Summoner Monk" and your level 4 tuner for "Red Dragon Archfiend". Then tune "Red Dragon Archfiend" and your two "Deep Sea Divas" for "Red Nova Dragon".


 * Earlier on, during the Duel, send "Barrier Resonator" or "Effect Veiler" to the Graveyard by its own effect. Then, use whatever method to Synchro Summon "Red Dragon Archfiend". When possible, summon Junk Synchron and use its effect to Special Summon "Barrier Resonator" or "Effect Veiler", then Synchro Summon "Red Nova Dragon".


 * Summon "Dragunity Phalanx". Send him to the grave to special summon "Dragunity Arma Mystletainn" and use his effect to equip Phalanx from the grave. Then special summon Phalanx with his own effect and activate "Inferno Reckless Summon" to get 3 of them on the field. Tune one with Mystletainn for "Red Dragon Archfiend", and the other 2 for "Red Nova Dragon".
 * If you already have a "Dragunity Phalanx" in the grave, you can normal summon "Dragunity Aklys" to use his effect to summon Mystletainn instead. That way, you get to destroy a card when Aklys goes to the grave due to Mystletainn tuning with the first Phalanx, and there will be a 4th tuner in the grave giving Red Nova 5500 ATK.
 * You can use Dragunity Knight - Barcha to spam Phalanx's to the field using Barcha's effect to set up for Red Nova. First, Synchro summon Barcha (this is easy to do if you can special summon Alector, Sovereign of Birds using its effect and then normal summon a level 2 dragon tuner like Phalanx) and use its effect to equip all 3 Phalanxes in the graveyard (use Dragons Ravine or Future Fusion for Five Headed Dragon to mill the Phalanxs). Next, special summon the three Phalanxs using their effects. Then tribute either Barcha or another Dragunity monster to special summon Mystletainn with its effect. Finally, tune Mystletainn with one Phalanx for Red Dragon Archfiend then use the remaining two Phalanxs for Red Nova.


 * In "Resonator" deck, after Synchro Summoning of this card, use "Monster Reborn" or "Call of the Haunted" to bring back "Red Dragon Archfiend", and then activate "Red Carpet", bringing back your "Resonators" from the Graveyard to summon another "Red Nova Dragon".


 * This card is summoned very easily in "Resonator" deck. Set "Dark Resonator" or "Mystic Tomato" (to search for "Dark Resonator") with "Red Carpet" and stall for one turn. Next turn summon a Level 4 non-Tuner monster, Synchro Summon "Ancient Fairy Dragon" and use it's effect to summon "Barrier Resonator" from your hand. Synchro Summon "Red Dragon Archfiend" (you can activate "Scarlet Security" at this time)" and activate "Red Carpet", which summons "Resonators" you used this turn back from your Graveyard to Synchro Summon "Red Nova Dragon". If you activated "Resonant Destruction", you'll also destroy 3 cards your opponent controls.


 * Once you have summoned "Red Dragon Archfiend", Special Summon "Creation Resonator" from your hand and then use "Call of the Haunted" to bring back a Level 1 Tuner from the Graveyard like "Barrier Resonator".


 * In an Atlantean Deck, you may activate "Atlantean Roar" during your opponent's End Phase to special summon 2 Level 3 non-tuner and 1 Level 2 tuner Sea-Serpent monsters. During your next turn, Normal Summon "Deep Sea Diva" and special summon another one from your deck or another Level 2 Tuner Sea-Serpent. Tune the 2 Level 3 non-tuner Sea-Serpent monsters and the Level 2 Tuner into "Red Dragon Archfiend", finally tune Red Dragon Archfiend and the other 2 Level 2 Tuners into this card.

Traditional Format

 * This card can perform an OTK in a Psychic Deck by using "Mind Master" and "Brain Research Lab" or "Telekinetic Charging Cell". Mill at least 7 Tuners and then tune "Red Dragon Archfiend" with "Mind Master" and "Psychic Commander" to Synchro Summon "Red Nova Dragon". If your opponent has no monsters and "Destructotron" is used during the milling process, you can attack directly with 8000 ATK. (9 tuners in the graveyard.)

Tips for Synchro Summoning

 * After Synchro Summon of this card clear your opponent's field with "Raigeki" and "Harpie's Feather Duster", and then use "Premature Burial" to bring back Red Dragon Archfiend for an OTK.


 * If you have a "Red Dragon Archfiend" in the field, Special Summon a "Creation Resonator" from your hand and "Glow-Up Bulb" from your Graveyard to the field, giving you 2 Tuners to tune into "Red Nova Dragon".


 * In a "Lightsworn" Deck, you can summon "Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner", discarding "Glow-Up Bulb" to Special Summon "Wulf, Lightsworn Beast", then Special Summon Glow-Up Bulb to synchro for "Red Dragon Archfiend". Then, revive "Plaguespreader Zombie" and "Spore" (by removing Glow-Up Bulb) to give you the Synchro Material Monsters needed to Synchro Summon "Red Nova Dragon". If you revive "Plaguespreader" first by topping a "Wulf" or "Dandylion" then you can gain extra field presence when you mill for "Glow-Up Bulb" as well.


 * In a teched Fabled/Dark World deck, summon "Fabled Raven" and discard a "Goldd" or "Sillva, Warlord of Dark World". Synchro Summon Red Dragon Archfiend. Then use "Fabled Kushano's" effect (if it's in the graveyard) and discard "Fabled Krus" to bring back "Fabled Raven". Use "Fabled Raven's" effect and discard "Glow-up Bulb" to make it a level 3 and send the top card to the graveyard to bring back "Glow-up Bulb" and tune it with "Fabled Raven" and "Red Dragon Archfiend" to make "Red Nova Dragon" with an attack of 4500 or 5000 if you sent a tuner with Glow-up Bulb.