Card Tips:Black Rose Dragon


 * A simple way to Synchro Summon this monster would be to summon Marauding Captain and then Special Summon Rose, Warrior of Revenge.
 * Or, summon Twilight Rose Knight and use its effect to summon Lord Poison.


 * Once this card is in play, you can activate "Stumbling" to force every monster your opponent summons into Defense Position, to then be shifted back to Attack Position and destroyed by this card.


 * Use Light of Intervention so your opponent cannot set any monsters face down and to prevent him/her from activating flip effects.


 * Similar to the above, you can use Earthquake before a synchro summon to make sure you can use this card's effect.


 * You can use "Black Garden" after summoning this card--it won't be destroyed by Black Garden's effect to destroy Plant-type monsters, and any new monsters your opponent summons will be weakened, making up for this card's somewhat low ATK (for a high-level monster). You'll also be able to use the Rose Tokens as tribute fodder for the various Plant support cards.


 * Before you Synchro Summon this monster, activate "Plant Food Chain" and equip to one of your plant monsters so when you synchro summon Black Rose Dragon you can clear the field and have a direct attack.


 * When you successfully Synchro Summon Black Rose Dragon and choose to activate its field clearing effect, chain "Interdimensional Matter Transporter" to it so you can have Black Rose Dragon come back at the end of the turn.


 * Use "Urgent Tuning" to Synchro Summon this card on your opponent's turn, activating its effect when it gets successfully summoned to keep the field clear for your turn (unless they put into play spells/traps and monsters during their Main Phase 2).


 * Combine the two previous strategies to leave your opponent high and dry at the end of their turn with only the cards they'd be able to put into play during their Main Phase 2 and you with your big strong Black Rose Dragon.


 * An easy way to Synchro Summon Black Rose Dragon in a plant deck is to use Gigaplant's effect to Special Summon a Lonefire Blossom and use Lonefire Blossom's effect to Special Summon a Copy Plant.


 * This card can be used to destroy Earthbound gods.


 * Synchro Summoning and using the effect of Black Rose Dragon while Geartown or Dark Coffin is on the field gives you major field and/or hand advantage.


 * This card works well with Gorz the Emissary of Darkness. After it desttoys all cards on the field, if your opponent takes the opportunity to attack you, Gorz will activate the moment you take damage.


 * Horseytail and Seed of Flame are useful for getting Defense Position monsters on your opponent's side of the field.


 * Revival Gift is helpful in a Black Rose Deck since the Gift Fiend Tokens will be destroyed by either of Black Rose Dragon's effects anyway.


 * If you have a face-down Wall of Ivy you can flip summon it and synchro summon Black Rose Dragon and activate its effect on the token Wall of Ivy created to deal 2700 damage when you destroy the Ivy Token.


 * Set a face-down Mystic Tomato, then when your opponent destroys it by battle Special Summon Dark Resonator. During your next turn use Dark Resonator with a level 4 in your hand, so you can either blow the field up or remove Mystic Tomato from play for the effect.


 * In a Dragon Deck, this card can be used to make a clear path to fusion summon Five-Headed Dragon or just to swarm the field with dragon monsters.


 * If you want a weak tribute for its effect and some side damage to your opponent, use the effect of "Give and Take" to give your opponent a "Samsara Lotus" and either attack it instantly or wait a few turns for your opponent to take 1000 damage each standby phase. Either way "Samsara Lotus" will get sent to the Graveyard and after that you can tribute it to activate Black Rose Dragon's effect.


 * another easy way to summon this card would be to tune debris dragon with scape goat and tune three of the scape goat to create black rose dragon