Card Tips:Dark Armed Dragon

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• This card can be searched by "Dogu", "Single Purchase", "Painful Escape", "Chaos Zone", "Draconnection", "Dwarf Star Dragon Planeter", "Magical Contract Door" and "Return of the Monarchs"

• "Dark Armed Dragon" can be very useful in a "Disaster Dragon" Deck, since "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon" and "Genesis Dragon" can manipulate the Graveyard by Special Summoning monsters or trading them around, which makes setting up the Special Summoning requirement of "Dark Armed Dragon" simple.

• Discard a Level 5 or higher DARK monster to Special Summon "Dark Grepher", then activate its effect, discarding a DARK monster to send another from your Deck to your Graveyard, thus setting the 3-monster requirement to Summon this card.

• Use the effect of "Evil Thorn" to Special Summon 2 more copies of itself. When both of those monsters have been sent to the Graveyard as well, there will be the 3 required DARK monsters to Summon this card.

• Attack more powerful monsters with your "Giant Germ" or "Mystic Tomato" to get copies of themselves to fulfill the number of DARK monsters required.

• Use cards that banish DARK monsters from your Graveyard if there is too many, such as "Prometheus, King of the Shadows", "Maniacal Servant", "Bazoo the Soul-Eater", "Daigusto Emeral", "The Beginning of the End", "Soul Release", "Crevice Into the Different Dimension", or "Jar of Avarice".

• Use "A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon" to return this card to your hand and destroy all Spell and Trap Cards, then Special Summon this card again and use its effects to destroy the opponent's monsters.

• Use the effect of "Advanced Dark" to send "Crystal Beast" monsters to your Graveyard, which will become DARK to fuel this card's Summon condition and effect.

• If there is a "Mystic Tomato" or "Giant Germ" on the field, attack your opponent's monster with them to achieve the requirement for Summoning of "Dark Armed Dragon" easily at the cost of some Life Points and your Battle Phase.

• Use "Burial from a Different Dimension" to reload your Graveyard with DARK monsters to destroy more of your opponent's cards.

• Use "Dark Crusader" to send DARK monsters fro your hand to the Graveyard to use for the effect of this card.

• Special Summon a powerful monster banished by this card's effect with "Escape from the Dark Dimension".

• Discard 3 DARK monsters to Special Summon "Montage Dragon" and Summon this card. If high-Level cards are discard such that "Montage Dragon" has at least 5200 ATK, this can create an OTK after this card clears your opponent's field.

• Use this card very well with both effects of "Lavalval Chain".

Stopping Dark Armed Dragon

• "Imperial Iron Wall" and "Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer" can prevent this card from banishing monsters for its effect.
  • "Kycoo" might need some support to prevent it from being destroyed by battle, though.

• "The End of Anubis" and "Necrovalley" prevent Graveyard manipulation, especially "Necrovalley", which prevents this card from using its effect as well.

• "Dimensional Fissure" and "Macro Cosmos" prevents monsters from entering the Graveyard, preventing both this card's Summoning (if the opponent doesn't have 3 DARK monsters) or further destruction if this card is already in play.

• "Crevice Into the Different Dimension", "D.D. Crow", and "Soul Release" banish cards from the Graveyard, preventing both summoning and this card's destruction effect.

• "Truckroid" and "Sword Hunter" can equip the monsters they destroy to themselves, preventing both Summoning and destruction.

• "Archlord Kristya", "Consecrated Light" and "Koa'ki Meiru Drago" will prevent this card from being Summoned.

• Activating "Book of Moon" when this card is Summoned to prevent it from using its effect for a turn, and its low DEF makes it easier to destroy by battle next turn.

• "Solemn Judgment", "Black Horn of Heaven" and other Counter cards can be used to negate the Summon. "Divine Wrath" can negate its effect and destroy it.

• "Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror" will negate this card's effect.

• "Vampire Hunter" can destroy this card when it battles.

Traditional Format

• This card can be searched by "Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms" and "Witch of the Black Forest".

• Banish DARK monsters from your Graveyard with the effect of "Dark Armed Dragon", then Special Summon them with "Return from the Different Dimension".

• This card works well in a "Chaos" Deck dedicated to "Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End" and "Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning", since both will manipulate the amount of DARK monsters in your Graveyard while swarming the field with strong monsters.

• Combine this card with "Dimension Fusion".

• This card works well with "Cold Wave". It can destroy your opponent's Spell and Trap Cards without risking their activation.

• In a "Disaster Dragon" Deck, playing "Future Fusion" while "Dark Armed Dragon" is in your hand can easily set up a possible OTK. "Future Fusion" can send five Dragon-Type monsters to the Graveyard. Two of them would be "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragons", another two would be "Red-Eyes Wyverns", and the final one would be another DARK Dragon-Type monsters such as "Dark Horus". After activation and all five Dragon-Type monsters are in your Graveyard, Special Summon "Dark Armed Dragon", then set some cards face-down for protection, and then end your turn and banish two "Red-Eyes Wyverns", which will Special Summon both "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragons". On your next turn, Special Summon even more Dragon-Type monsters.

• If your Graveyard has too many DARK monsters use the following:
  • "Pot of Avarice", use it, if there is at least 8 monsters.

• "Tour Guide From the Underworld" can Summon "Sangan" and when either player activates "Torrential Tribute" or "Dark Hole". The effect of "Sangan" add "D.D. Crow" from your Deck to your hand. Use the effect of "D.D. Crow", then banish any non-DARK monster or Spell and Traps in your Graveyard or any card in your opponent's Graveyard to Special Summon "Dark Armed Dragon".