- This card can be searched by "Dogu", "Single Purchase", "Soul Rope", "Resonator Engine", "Vampire Dragon", "Summoner Monk", "Dragunity Corsesca", "Dark General Freed", "Creeping Darkness", "Chaos Zone" and "Lucent, Netherlord of Dark World".
- You can use "Card Guard" to protect monsters that can't be destroyed in battle, such as "Blackwing Armor Master".
- You can place the Guard Counter on another "Card Guard" to have its ATK become 2200. Or swap Guard Counters between 2 Card Guards to have their ATK maintained at 1900 but with the added protective effect of the counter.
- This card is useful in conjunction with "Burden of the Mighty". You can play "Burden of the Mighty", put "Card Guard's", "Guard Counter" on "Burden of the Mighty" to prevent it from being destroyed once. "Card Guard" will drop to 1600 attack, but even level 4 1900 attack monsters wouldn't be able to destroy "Card Guard" at that point.
- You can Special Summon this card from your Graveyard with the effect of "The Dark Creator", and place all Guard Counters on "The Dark Creator" to create a hard to destroy monster.
- Return a "spent", "Card Guard" to your hand with "Compulsory Evacuation Device" or "Mist Valley Falcon" to use its protection again later.
- This card is powerful alongside "Doom Shaman"; its Guard Counters make "Doom Shaman" more stable, and it can be revived for layered protection.
- You can use it to protect "Toon World" or any field spell to protect your Earthbound Immortals and your Malefic monsters.
- This card can help you protect your "Armed Dragon LV3" for the summon of "Armed Dragon LV5" .
- Protect "Spell Chronicle" with the counter to ensure its longevity and increase the odds that it survives for long enough to let you you end up with your chosen cards.
- Use this card's effect on "Call of the Haunted", "Fiendish Chain", "Safe Zone" or any other Continuous Trap Card that Destroys itself when its target monster is removed/destroyed. Once that happens, the card will simply lose its guard counter instead of going to the Graveyard, leaving it behind as ammunition for cards such as "Scrap Dragon", "Trident Dragon", "Storm" and "Scrubbed Raid".
- You can also bounce the card with "Gravelstorm" to reuse it or trade it for Life Points with "Emergency Provisions".
- Use the effect to protect "Wave-Motion Cannon", allowing it to last longer to build up it's burn power.
- You can use the Guard Counter to protect already hard to destroy cards such as "Marshmallon". It can't be destroyed by battle, and the Guard Counter will protect it from one effect that would destroy it.
- Keep in mind that this will not stop cards that 'send' or 'return', such as "Neo-Spacian Grand Mole" or cards that banish, like "Karma Cut".
- Use this card to protect "Number 88: Gimmick Puppet of Leo" long enough to win the Duel.
Traditional Format
- This card can be searched by "Witch of the Black Forest".