Card Tips:Beast King Barbaros

• This card can be Tribute Summoned with one Tribute (or two for its second effect) using "The Trojan Horse".
  • Use "Soul Rope" or "Spiritual Earth Art - Kurogane" to Special Summon "The Trojan Horse".

• While "Skill Drain" is on the field, when this card is Normal Summoned without Tribute, it will keep its 3000 ATK.
  • This is a great monster in a Skill Drain Deck since it's never a Dead Draw. Even without "Skill Drain", this card is effective, since Summoning him without Tribute gets him with decent ATK, and its effect to wipe out all opposing cards is extremely handy.
  • Wait until your opponent attacks this card then activate "Forbidden Chalice" to give it 3400 ATK and reset it's effect.
  • Equipping this card with "Axe of Fools" turns him into a no tribute beater with 4000 ATK.

• This card is an excellent counter to Destiny HERO - Plasma, provided you remove its Equip Card first.

• Use this card with "Trade-In" as a Draw Engine and then Special Summon it later with "Call of the Haunted."

• If you have "Ultimate Offering" face-up on the field along with "Beast King Barbaros" and any of the "Gadgets" in your hand, you can perform an OTK: summon a Gadget, search another one and summon it, and do so until all 5 slots are filled, then tribute 3 of them for "Beast King Barbaros", clearing the field, and summon 2 more Gadgets, which easily results in an OTK (3000+1400+1300+1200+1200=8100).

• This card can be useful in a Ritual deck as it has the same ATK as many level 4 normal monsters, but has twice the Level.

• This monster should be an ideal Tribute for "Advance Draw".

• Because of the high level of this monster and the easy summoning condition (Normal summoning it without a tribute for 1900 ATK), it can easily destroy Satellite Cannon.

• Easily combo this monster with "Pole Position". Since he's most likely to be the strongest monster when Summoned without Tribute, it'll turn him into a 1900 ATK, anti-Spell beatstick
  • An alternate strategy is using "Burden of the Mighty", also neutralizing the opponent's strength.

• This card can be easily Summoned with 3 Tributes by Special Summoning "Hero Kid", allowing you to use his effect to Special Summon two more. You can then Tribute the 3 "Hero Kids" to summon "Beast King Barbaros".
  • "Treeborn Frog", "Samsara Lotus", "Destiny Hero - Malicious", "Nimble Momonga" and "Hydrogeddon" are also good cards to get the three tributes for this card.
  • Use "Gilasaurus" to have 1 monster on your field; your opponent also will Special Summon another one, but if you use "Barbaros" tributing 3 monsters, the Special Summoned monster of your opponent will be destroyed.
  • You can use "Foolish Burial" with "Dandylion" (just remember you can't tribute the tokens the turn you activate "Dandylion's" effect) or "Hero Kid" and revive them with "Limit Reverse" for more special summons or if you are using "Hero Kid", "Graceful Revival". You can even use "Pot of Avarice" beforehand to recycle two of your "Hero Kids" for special summoning if all 3 are in your graveyard or you can choose all 3 "Hero Kid" if you plan on special summoning them from your deck.
  • "Inferno Reckless Summon" also works wonders here. Whatever monster your opponent summons will be irrelevant, as they will be destroyed when "Beast King Barbaros" enters the field.

• Use "T.G. Striker" and "T.G. Warwolf" to gather 3 tributes for this card easily.

• Use a card like "Limit Reverse" to Special Summon a Level 2 or higher Tuner monster from your Graveyard, then Special Summon "Doppelwarrior" with its effect. Synchro Summon a Level 4 or higher Synchro Monster and get 2 Doppel Tokens, then tribute both and the Synchro Monster to Summon Barbaros.

• If you intend to destroy all your opponent's cards with Barbaros' effect, make sure you are protected against Starlight Road, as losing three tribute monsters and Barbaros while allowing your opponent to summon Stardust Dragon will very probably leave you in a hopeless situation.

• This card works well in an Ojama deck. Use "Human-Wave Tactics" to summon at least 3 Ojamas from your deck then tribute them and summon this card destroying all cards your opponent controls. Use "Backup Soldier" to regain the Ojamas that were tributed.

• This card can be a good side deck option for Crystal Beasts. If your opponent has prevented you from wiping their field with Crystal Abundance, you can use Crystal Beacon when you have two monsters in your Spell and Trap card zone to Special Summon Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle, which then Special Summons the two others that were being treated as Continuous Spell Cards, giving you the three tributes needed to summon for Barbaros' field clearing effect. He can also serve as a free summon beatstick at 1900 points; an attack strength more powerful than any of the Crystal Beasts.

• Play this card after "Future Vision" is active on the field, this way when it comes back to your side, it will have all of It's original ATK.

• This card can be very useful to Xyz Summon a rank 8 Xyz Monster, as it doesn't need tributes to be summoned.

• This card plays well with Magical Hats and 2 Gear Town spells, if your opponent does not select your Beast King Barbaros when attacking, it will stay on the field but will get its full 3000 ATK when you flip it face up, along with 2 Ancien Gear Gadjiltron Dragon.

Traditional Format

• This card can create an OTK in conjunction with the three "Gadget" monsters and "Ultimate Offering". Fill the field with "Gadgets", then Tribute them for "Beast King Barbaros", use "Metamorphosis" for "Cyber Twin Dragon", and use "Limiter Removal".