Card Tips:Message in a Bottle


 * Note that cards such as "Kuriphoton", "Prime Material Dragon", "Rainbow Life", "Black-Winged Dragon", "One Day of Peace" and "Des Wombat" will NOT prevent the damage from this card's effect, as you lose the Life Points instead of taking damage.
 * Also note that, to avoid the loss of Life Points, you don't need to use exactly the monsters summoned with this card as Xyz Materials (there's a difference between the Anime and the OCG lores). As long as you Xyz Summon any Xyz Monster with any Xyz Materials during the turn you activated this card, you won't lose Life Points.


 * Use "Galaxy Queen's Light" on "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon", making other monsters you control Level 8, and then Xyz Summon "Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon".
 * "Star Light, Star Bright" can also be effective, as the monsters you summon with this card will all have 0 ATK. This will enable you to Summon monsters such as "Number 83: Galaxy Queen", "Number 16: Shock Master", or "Number 91: Thunder Spark Dragon".
 * This card is strong in a Photon Deck. If you did not Normal Summon, you can target "Photon Lizard", "Galaxy Wizard" and "Orbital 7" to get the correct Xyz Material, like "Galaxy Wizard" and "Photon Satellite", because they tribute themselves for the cost of their effects.
 * Note: With the current wording/translation, Orbital 7, Galaxy Wizard, and Photon Lizard would not get their effects, since Message in a Bottle negates their effects. "Sangan" and other monsters that activate in the graveyard would still work.


 * You can also Tribute Summon with the monsters Summoned by this card, as they are not considered Special Summons. (The Egyptian Gods and Wicked Gods are highly recommended.)


 * This card may be used in "Steelswarm" Decks, as they have different Levels, and may be Tributed for other Steelswarm monsters. As some of them, like "Steelswarm Girastag", are able to give you some Life Points, it'll make up a part of the 4000 points you would lose if you don't manage to Xyz Summon this turn.


 * It is also important to note that there are cards that allow additional Normal Summons, such as "Ultimate Offering", enabling you to Xyz Summon even if this card's effect doesn't allow you directly to do so.


 * Combine this with "Ceasefire" to inflict more damage to your opponent.


 * This card actually combines very well with the "Gagaga" series. For instance use this card to summon "Gagaga Magician", "Gagaga Girl" and a level 8 monster. Normal Summon "Gagaga Caesar" and use its effect to banish a level 8 monster to change its own level and the Levels of "Gagaga Magician" and "Gagaga Girl" to 8. Now you have 4 level 8 monsters to work with. This works as long as you have at least 2 monsters in the Graveyard with the same level: One to summon with this card, and one to use for "Gagaga Caesar".


 * Use this to easily fulfill the requirements for "Huge Revolution".


 * Choose monsters that have effects that activate after they are Tributed, sent to the grave, or otherwise removed from the field. Those effects will not be negated by this card although you will still be unable to Special Summon more monsters with Levels.


 * Use high leveled monsters that can be Normal Summoned without tributes such as "Parsec, the Interstellar Dragon" or "Galaxy Knight" for an easy rank 8 Xyz summon with this card.