Card Tips:Alchemy Cycle
- This card can be searched by "Trap Trick", "Trap Tracks", "Lady Labrynth of the Silver Castle", "Lilith, Lady of Lament", "Triple Tactics Thrust", "Angel of Blue Tears", "Farewelcome Labrynth", "Labrynth Set-Up", and other generic searchers.
- Change the control of a monster affected by this effect with the control of an opponent's monster va the effect of cards like Creature Swap and destroy it by Battle to Draw 1 card and inflict some damage to your opponent
- This card is great in conjunction with "Spirit Barrier".
- When the monster affected by this effect is attacked, you could use "Rainbow Life" to acquire a great LP boost together with the bonus of drawing 1 card.
- You can summon "Morphtronic Celfon", activate "Machine Duplication", then this card and "Rainbow Life". As a result, you will draw 3 cards and gain a huge amount of Life Points
- This card is also good when used with Cyberdark decks, since the Cyberdark monsters normally have to be attacked twice to be destroyed due to their ability to equip destroyed dragons. This gives you time to switch them into Defense Position so you don't lose any Life Points and use this card to restock your hand for when it's all over.
- By using it on a Machine-Type monster, you can activate "Machine Duplication" and get 2 copies of the monster out for free. By using "DNA Surgery", declaring Machine-Type, you can use this on any monster.
- Use this card with cards like "Amazoness Swords Woman" or "Chthonian Soldier", so that your opponent takes all the battle damage (which would be equal to the attacking monster's ATK).
- Use this card with "Daigusto Sphreez" while you control several "Gusto" searchers so that by attacking your opponent's monsters, you opponent receives all battle damage, you can summon more Gusto monsters from your Deck, and you can draw 1 card for every monster destroyed that you had on the field during its activation.
- You can chain this card to "Bottomless Trap Hole" or similar cards to prevent your monster's destruction.
- This works quite well with any face-up monsters in defense position.
- This is a great counter if an opponent plays "Magic Cylinder", as the attack will still be negated by your opponent so your monster is safe, but you will not lose any Life Points.
- You can use this card with "Sinister Seeds" to get more tokens.
- You can combine this card with "Defense Draw" and draw 2 cards.
- Combo this card with "Vengeful Shinobi".
- You can combine this card with "Turbo Synchron" to summon a Monster with more ATK points (either by switching the target of "Turbo Synchron" to defense position or by taking the damage, summoning your monster, and then letting "Turbo Synchron" be destroyed by Suicide).
- Works in combination with "Damage Condenser" to get a stronger monster out.
- Use this card to meet the Special Summon requirement of "Reptilianne Vaskii".
- "Mad Archfiend" is switched into Defense Position when attacked, allowing you to draw a free card without taking battle damage.
- Use this card with "Broken Blocker" assuming your monster had at least 100 def. you can special summon two more copies.
- Use along with "Cyber Larva". You get no damage not only for the Larva, but for your other monsters that got 0 attack that turn.
- This card works well in a "Crystal Beast" deck, as their low ATK means that they would be destroyed by battle with some frequency.
- You can combine this card with "Chronomaly Crystal Chrononaut" so infilct a high amount of effect damage to your opponent.
- After using this card, use "Star Light, Star Bright" or "Tannhauser Gate" to make the Levels of all your monsters the same, providing for an easy Xyz Summon.
- Combo this card with Number 105: Battlin' Boxer Star Cestus to maximize the damage to your opponent with its effect.
- Use this card in a Madolche deck while you have Madolche Chateau while you have a full field (possibly after a Madolchepalooza) and suicide all of your Madolche monsters, you will lose no advantage due to the effect of Chateau, because all of your monsters go back to your hand and you draw that many.
- Use this card in a Naturia Reversal Deck, so that your opponents take the damage and you draw
- Summon Naturia Cliff with Naturia Mosquito on the field and suicide Cliff. Your opponent will take the damage. Repeat this until you have your last Cliff, but on its summon, activate Inferno Reckless Summon to get all 3 Cliffs. Now activate Alchemy Cycle and make their ATK 0, and suicide them. With their effects, grab a Cherries and 2 Beans. Suicide them for game.
