- This card can be searched via "Sangan" and "Mystic Tomato". However, using the effect of "Mystic Tomato" will result in "Great Maju Garzett" having 0 ATK because no monster was tributed to activate its effect.
- Using "Cyber Dragon" as a tribute for "Great Maju Garzett" is an effective combo. First Special Summon "Cyber Dragon" (2100 ATK) and then Tribute Summon "Great Maju Garzett" to give it 4200 ATK.
- If you can special summon "Obelisk the Tormentor", its effect allows you to destroy all of your opponent's monsters, at the cost of 2 of your monsters and preventing "Obelisk" from attacking and since he was Special Summoned, he is destroyed in the End Phase. This makes "Obelisk" a perfect monster to Tribute Summon "Great Maju Garzett", replacing an otherwise worthless monster with an automatic win (8,000 standard life points and no monsters protecting them), barring any Spells or Traps.
- Remember to have couple copies of "Mystic Wok" handy. If "Great Maju Garzett" would be destroyed, you can gain a high amount of Life Points while effectively wasting your opponent's effect.
- This card can be used as potential backup in a Skill Drain Deck. If you have not drawn "Skill Drain", or if it has been destroyed, you can easily Tribute a "Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast" for a 5,600 ATK monster or "Beast King Barbaros" for a 6,000 ATK monster. In addition, you can also Banish "Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast" and "Beast King Barbaros" from your Hand, Field, or Graveyard to Special Summon "Beast Machine King Barbaros Ür" then Tribute it for a whopping 7,600 ATK beatstick without the burden of "Beast Machine King Barbaros Ür".
- Equip this monster with "Big Bang Shot" to get past Defense Position monsters.
- "Shield & Sword" can work very well with monsters with high DEF, such as "Exxod, Master of The Guard" or "Neo Aqua Madoor".
- After using the effect of "Summoner of Illusions" to Special Summon "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" or any Fusion Monster with 4000 or more ATK, tribute it for a "Great Maju Garzett" with at least 8000 ATK. This can result in an OTK, given your opponent has an empty field.
- This card is a great way to "reuse" monsters which suffers from a handicap after attacking, such as "Goblin Attack Force", "Giant Orc" and "Chainsaw Insect". All of these can be normaly summoned and have an ATK of 2200-2400, giving "Great Maju Garzett" 4400-4800 ATK easily.
- If this card gets summoned early by sacrificing a monster with at least decent ATK, your opponent will likely be setting monsters face-down. If this happens, you can combo "Light of Intervention" (to keep him from setting monsters) and "Final Attack Orders" so he/she will be wide open for massive damage.
- Alternately, you can equip "Big Bang Shot" to "Great Maju Garzett" to increase its ATK and to inflict Piercing Damage. Watch out for Spell/Trap removal, though.
- "Great Maju Garzett" can also go well in a Dark World Deck, since several Dark World monsters can Special Summon themselves easily. For example, special summoning "Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World" gives you a "Great Maju Garzett" with 3200 ATK (possibly 3500 if "The Gates of Dark World" are active).
- You can tribute "Five-Headed Dragon" or "Dragon Master Knight" to make "Great Maju Garzett" a 10,000 ATK monster. Use cards like "Lightning Vortex" and "Heavy Storm" to clear the field and allow "Great Maju Garzett" to attack directly, generally ending the duel.
- Sadly, you cannot use "Megamorph" to increase its ATK, because it relies on the original ATK of the equipped monster, which is treated as 0. Similarly, trying to boost a monster's ATK with card effects generally doesn't affect the power of "Great Maju Garzett", as it uses the original ATK of its Tribute fodder to calculate its own ATK.
- If both "D.D. Survivor" and "Macro Cosmos" are out, you can Tribute Survivor for this card, effectively gaining a 3600 ATK monster without losing any card advantage. Highly effective in a Removal Deck.
- Cards that can be used or can get strong monsters for the summoning of "Great Maju Garzett" include:
- "Chainsaw Insect"
- "Instant Fusion"
- "Cyber Dragon"
- "Raviel, Lord of Phantasms"
- "Summoner of Illusions"
- "Beast King Barbaros
- "Silent Doom"
- "Magical Dimension"
- "Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast"
- "The Tricky"
- "Soul Exchange"
- "Autonomous Action Unit"
- "Double Summon"
- "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness" (Special Summoned by its own effect)
- "Gilasaurus"
- "Ultimate Offering"
- "Lava Golem" or "Grinder Golem" (with something that switches control back to you)
- "Five-Headed Dragon"
- "Dragon Master Knight"
- "Vice Dragon"
- "The Fiend Megacyber"(Special Summoned by its own effect.)
- "Rocket Arrow Express"
Traditional Format
- This card can be searched via "Witch of the Black Forest" and "Last Will".
- Cards that can be used or can get strong monsters for the summoning of "Great Maju Garzett" (in addition to all the ones above) include:
- "Brain Control"
- "Metamorphosis"
- "Magical Scientist"
- "Cyber-Stein"
- "Change of Heart"
- "Temple of the Kings"
- You can Special summon "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" with the effect of "Temple of the Kings" and Tribute it to Summon "Great Maju Garzett".
- A fairly easy way to score an OTK in a duel is to get your opponent to destroy "Mystic Tomato" in battle to Special Summon "Cyber-Stein". On your turn, pay 5000 Life Points to Special Summon "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon". Next, tribute "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" to Special Summon a "Great Maju Garzett" with 9000 ATK. Try to prevent your opponent from countering and also try to end the duel on the same turn with "Great Maju Garzett". If your opponent tries to making it leave the field, use "Mystic Wok" for an easy 9000 Life Points, up to 4000 more than the cost of beginning the combo.