Card Tips:Blackwing - Zephyros the Elite


 * This card can be searched via "Raptor Wing Strike", "Swallow's Nest", "Black Whirlwind", "Soul Rope", "Summoner Monk", "Resonator Engine", and "Witch of the Black Forest".


 * This card will send the owner's "Royal Oppression" back to the hand before it can be used to negate the Special Summon because sending a card back is a cost.


 * Negating or removing the monster with "D.D. Crow" or "Royal Oppression" will prevent its burn effect since it happens in resolution and not the cost. However, "Zephyrus" will not be able to activate its effect anymore if it is negated.


 * Summon "Blackwing - Bora the Spear" or "Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind", and return it to your hand to Special Summon "Blackwing - Zephyrus the Elite". Then Special Summon either monster back to the field. If done with "Gale", you'll be able to use its effect twice and Synchro Summon a Level 7 monster like "Blackwing Armor Master".


 * Bounce a "Blackwing - Blizzard the Far North" to reuse its effect or the monster it recovers.
 * Bounce "Blackwing - Kalut the Moon Shadow" for its effect.


 * Discard with the effect of "Dark Grepher" and another "Blackwing" monster (to be used with "Blackwing - Vayu the Emblem of Honor").


 * Use this card with "Icarus Attack" as a safety precaution before attempting to swarm the field by other means.


 * You can use it in non-Blackwing Decks for Tribute, Synchro, Ritual, or Exceed Material.


 * In Monarchs, retrieve a Monarch that is on the field to reuse its effect.
 * You can even Tribute a "Treeborn Frog" instead of the "Zephyrus".


 * In Absolute Zero Decks, return "Elemental Hero Stratos" to use its effect again, or "Elemental Hero Absolute Zero" to destroy all monsters your opponent controls.


 * In Infernity Decks, retrieve a card like "Infernity Necromancer" to reuse its effect.


 * In Dragunity Decks, pay for the effect of "Dragon Ravine" by discarding "Blackwing - Zephyrus the Elite", and return "Dragon Ravine" in your hand to activate the effect of "Zephyrus". Re-activate "Dragon Ravine" to use it again. Also, "Zephyrus" is a Winged-Beast-Type Monster and can be used as Synchro Material Monster for "Dragunity" Synchro Monsters.
 * You could also return "Dragunity Legionnaire" after he's used his effect to destroy more cards with Dragunity Aklys, or Summon "Dragunity Phalanx" to Synchro Summon "Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier".


 * In Mist Valley Decks, "Divine Wind of Mist Valley", since you can return a WIND monster back to your hand, Special Summon this card, and use the Field Spell's effect to Special Summon a WIND monster from the Deck, potentially providing you 2 or 3 monsters in a single turn.
 * Special Summon "Genex Blastfan" with "Divine Wind". Use "Blastfan" to search for "Genex Ally Birdman". Return "Divine Wind" to your hand for this monster. Activate "Divine Wind" again, then bounce "Blastfan" for "Birdman". You can easily Synchro Summon monsters of any Level in this way.


 * You can use his effect to re-equip an Equip Card to a different monster. In a Deck that uses "Supervise", use "Blackwing - Zephyrus the Elite" in the Graveyard to retrieve an equipped "Supervise" and Special Summon "Zephyrus". Then, use "Supervise" for another Gemini monster.


 * You can "Mind Control" one of your opponent's powerful monsters and return it to the hand to Special Summon this card.


 * Use this card to retrieve useful cards that can be reused like "Dragon Ravine", "Swords of Revealing Light", "Call of the Haunted", "Black Whirlwind", "Royal Oppression", "Morphing Jar", "Supervise" and "Pitch-Black Power Stone.


 * You can fill your field in 1 turn by having this card and "Blackwing - Bora the Spear" in your Graveyard while "Blackwing - Blizzard the Far North", "Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind", and "Blackwing - Gust the Backblast" are in your hand. First, make sure you control no cards on your field so you can Special Summon "Gust" using its effect. Then, Normal Summon "Blizzard" and use its effect to Special Summon "Bora" from your Graveyard. Return "Bora" to your hand to Special Summon this card and take 400 damage. After that, Special Summon "Bora" again, then "Gale" from your hand.
 * For a OTK, use "Blackwing - Sirocco the Dawn", "Blackwing - Zephyrus the Elite" and 3 "Blackwing - Bora the Spear". (Note: use 1 "Gale" if you cannot assemble 3 "Bora" in time.)