Card Tips:Summoner Monk


 * This card can be searched via "Sangan", "Magician's Circle", "Mystic Tomato", "Soul Rope" or another "Summoner Monk".


 * You can Normal Summon this card and equip it with either "Heart of Clear Water" or "Mist Body" in the same turn. Since it will be in Defense position, you will be safe from battle damage (except from Piercing effects) and this card cannot be destroyed by battle.


 * This card works well in an "Oja Snipe" deck. Discard "Ojamagic" to Special Summon "Snipe Hunter", and discard the subsequent "Ojamas" to attempt to clear your opponent's field.


 * In a Spellcaster themed Deck, discard "Magical Blast" for this card's cost. You can easily recycle it during your next turn. You can then use Magical Blast when you've filled all your monster slots using Summoner Monk to inflict 1000 damage.


 * The above strategy can also work in a Gladiator Beast deck, as you can add cards to your hand using Gladiator Beast's effects, and use card trader to draw a card during your standby phase. Alternatively, you can discard Indomitable Gladiator Beast.


 * Discard a card to Special Summon "Sacred Crane" and draw a card with its effect.


 * This card is also invaluable in a "Macro Cosmos" deck. It can Special Summon "D.D. Survivors", raises consistency by using extra copies of "Dimensional Fissures", allows for extra draw power with "Allure of Darkness", allows for quick synchros with "Rose, Warrior of Revenge", and makes "Grand Convergence" a more viable option.
 * This strategy is an easy way to summon "Dark End Dragon" or other level 8 synchros.


 * This card can potentially work well in a "VWXYZ" deck - it is able to summon any of the five "VWXYZ" monsters, so getting the last one you're missing is relatively easy thanks to this card.


 * Search out "Rose, Warrior of Revenge", "The Fabled Rubyruda", "Mist Valley Soldier", "Flamvell Magician", "Scrap Beast", "Bri Synchron", "Top Runner", "Guldfaxe of the Nordic Beasts" or "Hyper Synchron" to instantly Special Summon a Level 8 Synchro Monster.
 * On that same note, search out "Road Synchron" to be able to Special Summon a Level 6 Synchro monster, if the situation calls for it.


 * This card will work exceptionally well in a "Hero" deck, being able to Summon "Elemental Hero Wildheart" since he's unaffected by Trap cards, "Elemental Hero Stratos", to recruit more "Heroes" or destroy Spell or Trap cards and/or "Elemental Hero Heat" to give him a quick boost. "Elemental Hero Woodsman" can repeatedly retrieve "Polymerization" to satisfy this card's discard cost.


 * Summon "Exiled Force" to destroy a monster.


 * This card can summon "Cannon Soldier" to start one of the possible OTK's that heavily involves "Cannon Soldier".


 * In a Zombie deck, Special Summon "Zombie Master" or "Paladin of the Cursed Dragon", then use their effect to Special Summon another monster you can attack with.


 * This card fit in a "Volcanic" deck for a free Special Summon. Discard one "Blaze Accelerator".  Summon "Volcanic Rocket" and recover your discarded "Blaze Accelerator".


 * In a Gemini deck search out "Gemini Scorpion", which will then Special Summon a level 4 or lower Gemini monster from your hand.


 * This card works very well in a "Crystal Beast Synchro" deck. Since a "Crystal Beast" deck uses many Spell cards, it's easy to find cards to discard. Also, aside from special summoning level 4 Tuner Monsters, it can bring out "Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus", allowing you to fill up your Spell & Trap Card Zone faster.


 * You can use the effect of this card for a quick Xyz Summon.
 * Combine this card with Xyz Monster and "Thunder King Rai-Oh". Using two copies of this card to Xyz Summon "Steelswarm Roach"


 * This card may also be used along with "Inferno Reckless Summon" with a monster that has 1500 ATK or less to Special Summon 2 additional monsters that can attack this turn. This is useful for archetypes such as "Watt".

Traditional Format

 * This card can be searched via "Last Will".


 * This card is invaluable in conjunction with "Rescue Cat". For an easy Synchro Summon, Special Summon "X-Saber Airbellum" and another Beast-type monster after searching "Rescue Cat".