Card Tips:Call of the Haunted


 * "Call of the Haunted" can be very useful in combination with "Jinzo". For example, if your opponent activates "Heavy Storm", you can chain "Call of the Haunted" to Special Summon "Jinzo" before "Heavy Storm" resolves. Since "Jinzo" negates the effects of all face-up Trap Cards on the field, when "Call of the Haunted" is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by "Heavy Storm", "Jinzo" is not destroyed, because "Call of the Haunted's" effect is negated by "Jinzo".
 * Chain "Call of the Haunted" to an opponent's Trap, and target "Jinzo". "Jinzo" will be Special Summoned and negate the opponent's Trap.
 * Activating "Giant Trunade" after you use "Call of the Haunted" on "Jinzo" allows you to recycle "Call of the Haunted".
 * This will also work with monsters that cannot be targeted by Trap Cards, such as "Cyber Phoenix", as well as monsters that are immune to Trap Card effects, like "Elemental Hero Wildheart".


 * Like "Jinzo", "Tyrant Dragon" will negate the effect of "Call of the Haunted". He will then destroy it, but he will not be destroyed since he negated its effect beforehand.


 * If your opponent activates "Heavy Storm", you can Chain "Call of the Haunted" to Special Summon "Sangan". As "Call of the Haunted" is destroyed, it takes "Sangan" with it, activating its effect. The same also applies to "Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys". If "Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys" is destroyed by "Call of the Haunted", its Trigger effect will activate during your next Standby Phase.


 * If a monster revived by "Call of the Haunted" is tributed, "Call of the Haunted" will remain on the field without effect. This makes "Giant Trunade" a huge asset, but the face-up leftover "Call of the Haunted" can interfere with "Treeborn Frog's" effect, since "Treeborn Frog" needs to have no Spell or Trap Cards on your side of the field for its effect to activate.


 * Activate "Card Destruction" or "Disturbance Strategy", then Chain "Call of the Haunted" to revive "Protector of the Sanctuary". Your opponent will lose their hand without replacing it.


 * Another well known combination is with "Dark Scorpion - Chick the Yellow" and "Makyura the Destructor", which can lead to an easy One Turn Kill (this is why "Makyura the Destructor" is now forbidden). "Makyura the Destructor" is sent to the Graveyard in any way, and "Dark Scorpion - Chick the Yellow" is revived from the Graveyard by "Call of the Haunted". When he inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points, you can activate his first effect, returning "Call of the Haunted" to your hand. Repeat the process until the opponent runs out of Life Points.


 * Combo this card with "Ally of Justice Cyclone Creator" so that you can re-use this card if you revived "Sangan" or any other monster card that activates when it is sent to the graveyard.


 * You can use this card to revive "Kuraz the Light Monarch" so you could use its effect to destroy itself and this card in order to draw 2 cards.