Card Tips:Shadow Delver

• This card can be searched by "Single Purchase", "Temple of the Kings", "Transmodify", "Dragunity Corsesca", "Painful Escape", "Ties of the Brethren", "Sangan", "Rescue Ferret", "Soul Rope", "Resonator Engine", "Vampire Dragon", "Summoner Monk", Gemini Soldier", "Woodland Archer", "Chemicritter Carbo Crab", "Dark General Freed", "Creeping Darkness", "Mystic Tomato", "Chaos Zone" and "Lucent, Netherlord of Dark World".

• This card is ideal to use with "Spirit Reaper" to cause your opponent to discard one card.

• This card is ideal to Special Summon using "Silent Doom", "Swing of Memories", "Soul Resurrection" or "Birthright".

• Use "Shadow Delver" to choose a "Don Zaloog" you control to have it attack directly and activate it's effect.

• Using this card's effect on a highly boosted "Prometheus, King of the Shadows", "Dark Crusader" or "King of the Skull Servants" can end up in a OTK.

• If there are no level 4 or lower Monster for you to use this card's effect on, don't worry. It can always use its own effect to attack your opponent directly. Equip a few ATK-boosting cards to pile on the pain.

• This card could combo perfectly with "Demotion" or "Level Retuner". Use "Demotion" on a "Jinzo" or "Caius the Shadow Monarch" to deal massive damage.

• This card combos well with "Mystic Plasma Zone", as it will gain a 500 ATK boost, as well as give whatever it's using it's effect on the same boost. Beware though, since DARK monsters are prevalent this combo might turn on you.

• This card can allow cards such as "Mataza the Zapper" or monsters equipped with "Twin Swords of Flashing Light - Tryce" to maximize their effects.

• If you have a level 6 dark monster in your hand and use "Cost Down" to summon it, it will still be level 4 for the rest of the turn.

• Use a "DNA Transplant" to widen your options if needed.

• Use with "Gift of the Martyr" and you can sacrifice a powerful monster that doesn't fit the bill to power up one that does. This makes an excellent sudden finisher with strong enough monsters

• In Gemini decks, this card works great with "Dark Valkyria".

• This card, if used properly, would work very well in a "Blackwing" Deck.
  • By combining this card with a Level 4 or lower "Blackwing" monster and "Blackwing - Sirocco the Dawn", you can deal heaps of damage, especially if you have many "Blackwing" monsters on the field at the time.

• This card is also potent in a "Dark Blade" deck, which tend to focus on pumping up the aforementioned monster's attack and crushing your foe quickly.
  • This card also allows you to attack directly with "Dark Blade" without the need to Tribute "Kiryu", keeping the ATK/DEF boost.

• Use "Scroll of Bewitchment" to turn a single monster to the proper attribute.

• This card works well with high ATK DARK monsters that are level four, like "Axe Dragonute", "Infernal Dragon", "Terrorking Archfiend" or "Giant Orc".

• Use "Synchro Gift" on a powerful Synchro Monster like "Red Nova Dragon" to grant a Level 4 DARK Monster a huge ATK boost, then use it to direct attack.

• This card works well with "Relinquished".

• Combo this card with "Harmonic Waves" to make any non-Xyz DARK monster Level 4 for a turn.

Traditional Format

• This card can be searched by "Last Will" and "Witch of the Black Forest".