Card Tips:The Tyrant Neptune


 * This card can be searched by "Sangan" and "Oshaleon".


 * Since this card is a WATER monster, it is ideal to use with "Salvage".


 * No matter what monsters are Tributed for this monster, it will always benefit from being equipped with "Unstable Evolution". If your opponent's Life Points are higher, its original ATK becomes 2400, then it gains the ATK and DEF of the Tributed monsters. If your opponent's Life Points are lower, its original ATK is 1000, and it still gains the ATK and DEF of the Tributed monsters. Either way, it gains a substantial amount of ATK just by being equipped.


 * You can use "Ritual Foregone" to bring out a big Ritual Monster, like "Shinato, King of a Higher Plane", "Dark Master - Zorc", "Relinquished", or "Demise, King of Armageddon" and tribute it for this card to gain one of their effects in the same turn without the need to Ritual Summon.


 * Use any card that allows you to take temporary control of an enemy monster and then tribute it to gain its effect.


 * Use "Descending Lost Star" or "Synchro Control" and then tribute the monster to gain the effect of a powerful Synchro Monster.


 * "Instant Fusion" can Special Summon Fusion Monsters with high ATK or powerful effects that can be tributed for this card.
 * Other effects can be obtained from "Reaper on the Nightmare", "Elemental Hero Steam Healer", "Elemental Hero Mariner" and "Ojama Knight" in an absolute pinch.
 * Tributing "Reaper on the Nightmare" and "Hardened Armed Dragon" will result in a 2300 ATK monster that cannot be destroyed and can attack directly.
 * For extra ATK, summon "Man-Eating Black Shark" or "Deepsea Shark".


 * You can use the effect of "Summoner of Illusions" to Special Summon a strong Fusion Monster such as "Naturia Exterio", "Cyber Twin Dragon" or "Cyber End Dragon" and tribute it for this card. That way it gains a strong effect and a high ATK.


 * Any card that allows you an extra Normal Summon this turn can be useful in the summon of this card, including "Double Summon" and "Ultimate Offering".


 * Use this card's effect with monsters that require multiple copies of themselves to activate, including "Chain Thrasher", "Grass Phantom" and "Malice Ascendant".

Good monsters to tribute

 * Any Special Summon Monster with a useful effect or ATK/DEF can be easily used as it can be special summoned then tributed for this card in the same turn. Examples include Cyber Dragon for a 2100 ATK boost, but the best option is probably "Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning", as you can summon it and banish a card before tributing for Neptune, which then can become a very powerful double attacker.


 * This card can gain useful effects from cards such as "Prime Material Dragon", "Dark Armed Dragon", "Clear Vice Dragon", "White Night Dragon", "Jinzo", "Ultimate Tyranno", "Relinquished", "The Calculator" (can stand alone with its high Level) and "Five-Headed Dragon" (It cannot be destroyed by all monsters except those of the LIGHT attribute, also has its high ATK).


 * A good idea for this card is to tribute a strong Level 4 monster with a negative effect, like "Goblin Attack Force" or "Chainsaw Insect", and choosing the other monster as the effect, giving you a large ATK boost without the side effects.
 * "Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast" and "Beast King Barbaros" can take this strategy even further. They can be summoned as Level 4 monsters (with 1400 ATK and 1900 ATK, respectively), but be tributed for 2800 and 3000 ATK repectively. Rocket Arrow Express can also prvoide an immense ATK, but you will need to Tribute it right away, so it's best to combine it with a monster that can Special Summon itself.
 * An alternative strategy is to use Geartown as support for Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon and Malefic Cyber End Dragon.
 * This can be especially powerful when combined with weak cards with powerful effects, including "Masked Chopper", "Cat's Ear Tribe" or any of the "Dark Scorpions".


 * This is a prime candidate for "Hardened Armed Dragon's" protective effect. Along with gaining a high original ATK, it will also gain immunity from destruction effects.
 * For the best effect, you can discard one of the "Earthbound Immortals" to Special Summon "Hardened Armed Dragon", bring it back with "Revival of the Immortals", and then Tribute them both for this card. On top of having at least 4000 ATK and all of the Tributed "Earthbound Immortal's" effects (most notably the Direct Attack effect), it will be effectively invincible, since card effects won't be able to destroy it and your opponent won't be able to attack it. Only effects that remove a card from the field or flip it face-down will be effective against it. To prevent this, you can use "Earthbound Wave" because this card's name will be treated as that of the "Earthbound Immortal" monster.
 * In fact, Tributing "Hardened Armed Dragon" with any powerful monster with a self-destruction effect would be a great benefit. Another good candidate to go with "Hardened Armed Dragon" is "Koa'ki Meiru Maximus"; 4500 ATK in total, able to destroy 1 card per turn, and some added compatibility with "Koa'ki Meiru" support due to having "Maximus's" name, all without paying its cost.
 * To get maximum ATK power try "Greed Quasar" and "Hardened Armed Dragon".
 * For a decent stall card, Tribute "Hardened Armed Dragon" and "Marshmallon" in order to make "The Tyrant Neptune" unable to be destroyed by battle or card effects.


 * By tributing "Twin-Sword Marauder", you get a monster who can attack twice per Battle Phase if it attacked a Defense Position monster and that can inflict Piercing Damage.


 * Tribute "Fenrir" to allow this card to destroy even high ATK monsters and force your opponent to skip a Draw Phase in the process.


 * Tribute "Light and Darkness Dragon" and one more monster with respectable ATK and DEF to use the "Light and Darkness Dragon's" effect more.
 * For Example, Tribute "Light and Darkness Dragon" and "Jinzo" for it to gain 5200 ATK and 3900 DEF, allowing it to use "Light and Darkness Dragon"'s effect up to 7 times.


 * You can Tribute a "Fortune Lady Dark" for this card then copy her effect. That way you will have a 4000 ATK monster that gets stronger each turn.


 * Tribute "Strong Wind Dragon" for this card. It would have an ATK of 2400 + ATK of other monster if any + 1200 or half the ATK of other monster if it's a Dragon. Plus it would have a piercing effect and won't be destroyed in battle by a monster with equal ATK.
 * Tribute "Five-Headed Dragon" as the other monster for an insane 9900 ATK beatstick [2400 + 5000 + (5000/2)] that pierces. Attack a Defense Position monster and activate "Micro Ray" for an OTK.


 * By adding the effects of "Victory Viper XX03" to a monster with high ATK, you can create a powerful "Option Token".


 * Tribute "Shooting Quasar Dragon" for this card to gain a 4000 ATK monster that can negate effects once per turn.


 * Tribute "Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes" to gain its ability to boost its ATK and win the duel, along with blanket effect immunity.
 * Keep in mind that you cannot revive this card as you could "Vennominaga" due to the effect wearing off in the Graveyard.


 * Tribute "Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord" after it has had a significant ATK boost to have a high immediate ATK, along with an auto-win condition.
 * Make sure you have an "Imperial Iron Wall" in play, otherwise you won't be able to select it for this card's effect, as "Exodius" would have banished itself.


 * Special Summon "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon" and use its effect to Special Summon another Dragon-Type monster. Then Tribute both of them to summon this card and copy the effect of "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon" to Special Summon another Dragon-Type monster.


 * Tribute a direct-attacking monster and a high ATK monster and choose the direct-attacker's effect. For example, Tribute "Rocket Arrow Express" alongside "Spell Striker" for a 5600 ATK direct attacker. Then equip it with "Twin Swords of Flashing Light - Tryce", for a 5100 ATK double direct attacker, enabling you to go for an OTK.


 * This card can be used in a Toon Deck, attacking directly with a high ATK.


 * Tribute "Hardened Armed Dragon" and "Aurora Paragon" to have a 3000 ATK version of "Archlord Kristya" in a non-Fairy deck and even harder to remove.


 * Tribute "Airknight Parshath" or "Mefist the Infernal General" with another strong monster to inflict Piercing damage and allow you to draw or force your opponent discard respectively every time you inflict battle damage.


 * This card can mesh with Archetypes that have name-specific support and lack strong Monsters, such as Venom or Ninja.


 * Tribute any "Ancient Gear" monster so you can gain their Spell and Trap prevention when attacking. Even better, if you tributed an "Ancient Gear Golem", this card will have 3000 more Attack and a piercing effect in addition to the Spell and Trap prevention.

Traditional Format

 * This card can be searched via "Witch of the Black Forest".


 * This card can gain useful effects from cards such as "Thousand-Eyes Restrict", and "Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End".