Card Tips:Divine Grace - Northwemko

"Divine Grace - Northwemko":

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• This card can be searched by "Pre-Preparation of Rites", "Impcantation Talismandra", "Senju of the Thousand Hands", "Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands", "Preparation of Rites", "Herald of the Arc Light", "Ritual Sanctuary", "Chaos Space", "Transonic Bird", "Stars Align across the Milky Way", "Choju of the Trillion Hands", "Drytron Alpha Thuban", "Prediction Princess Crystaldine", "Evening Twilight Knight", "Vendread Battlelord", "High Ritual Art", "Renewal of the World", "Spiritual Whisper", "Lyna the Light Charmer, Lustrous", "Lemon Magician Girl", "Rciela, Wicked of the White Woods", "Thelematech Clatis", "Spellbook Star Hall", "Justice of Prophecy", "Chaos Zone", "Dwarf Star Dragon Planeter", "Witch of the Black Forest", and other generic searchers.

• Use this card's effect on cards that are hard to destroy themselves, like "Marshmallon" and "Wind-Up Zenmaines" (note that you cannot use her effect on "Spirit Reaper", as doing so would destroy it.)

• Use this card's effect on "Burden of the Mighty", "Spellbook Star Hall" or "Secret Village of the Spellcasters" (but remember that you must control a Spellcaster-type monster beforehand to utilize Divine Grace - Northwemko in this way. Otherwise, the Field spell's effect will prevent you from Summoning it with Ritual of Grace).
  • Note that "Burden of the Mighty" would decrease the attack of powerful monsters like "Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning", therefore "Divine Grace - Northwemko" would be stronger and even harder to destroy.
  • "Spellbook Star Hall" on the other hand increases the attack of all Spellcaster-type monsters (including "Divine Grace - Northwemko") and allows you to special summon another Spellcaster-type monster from your deck when it is destroyed, giving you more options to support "Divine Grace - Northwemko".

• As an alternative to or extra support with "Burden of the Mighty", using "Forbidden Chalice" to support "Divine Grace - Northwemko" to boost it to 3100 ATK (at the cost of any active shields protecting "Divine Grace - Northwemko") is an excellent surprise move get a quick ATK boost to destroy troublesome monsters that this card wouldn't be able to beat normally in battle.
  • Additionally, "Forbidden Chalice" will save "Divine Grace - Northwemko" against any effect monster with a Bouncing or Banish effect that doesn't include a destruction component (like "Neo-Spacian Grand Mole", "Caius the Shadow Monarch", etc)
  • Alternatively, run "Shrink" or "Rush Recklessly" for a similar effect with less toolbox utility (since both cards are only useful for battle, whereas "Forbidden Chalice" can be used offensively/defensively to negate monster effects as well).

• Like "Forbidden Chalice", "Forbidden Lance" is also excellent additional support for "Divine Grace - Northwemko" because you can use it offensively to weaken an attacking monster by 800 ATK and allow "Divine Grace - Northwemko" to be strong enough to attack over it or you can use it defensively to stop a Spell/Trap card from affecting "Divine Grace - Northwemko" (such as "Mind Control", "Enemy Controller", "Book of Moon", "Compulsory Evacuation Device", etc) and save you from losing valuable field control.

• "Forbidden Dress" is also additional support for this card because you can use it offensively to weaken an attacking monster (but by just 600 ATK unlike "Forbidden Lance") or use it defensively to protect against three of the four weaknesses that can clear "Divine Grace - Northwemko" off the field: Bouncing, Banish and Tribute (through "Soul Exchange" and similar spell cards, but not "Lava Golem" or "Volcanic Queen").

• Target this card with "Safe Zone" to make it even harder to destroy, even if Safe Zone is destroyed, Northwemko will protect itself from that drawback.

• With the right additional support, "Scrubbed Raid" can aid "Divine Grace - Northwemko" very well against monster cards that bypass the shielding effect with bounce or removal effects (such as "Neo-Spacian Grand Mole").
  • Also as a Continuous Trap card, "Scrubbed Raid" is also an excellent target for "Divine Grace - Northwemko" to use for its shielding effect.

• Given that bounce and remove from play effects that don't have a destruction component to their card effect ("Compulsory Evacuation Device", "Neo-Spacian Grand Mole", "Mist Valley Soldier" and "Morphing Jar #2") are the easiest ways to bypass "Divine Grace - Northwemko's" shielding effect, while "Forbidden Chalice" also provides similar support to "Divine Wrath" to avoid these effects.

• Combo this card with other monsters or effects that wipe the field, such as "Judgment Dragon", "Demise, King of Armageddon", "Legendary Flame Lord", "Dark Dust Spirit", "Yubel - Terror Incarnate", etc., preferably by choosing it as one of the face-up cards for this card's effect. While other monsters get destroyed by their respective effects, this monster remains unscathed.

• Use this card's effect to target a face-up "Demise, King of Armageddon" to prevent Divine Grace - Northwemko from being destroyed when you activate it's effect.

• Use this card's effect on a "Magical Citadel of Endymion" with plenty of counters to get a near indestructible monster.

• If you select a face-up "Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins" while you have 1 or more "Crystal Beast" monsters in your spell and trap card zone, this card becomes indestructible by card effects as long as there is a Crystal Beast monster in your spell and trap card zone.

• Consider using the "Djinn of Rituals" cards to layer this monster with other effects.
  • Because this card has 7 stars, "Djinn Releaser of Rituals" is not only a practical approach, but also a devastating one. Combine this with "Magical Citadel of Endymion" to make this card virtually untouchable. Your opponent will have a tough time getting rid of either Citadel or Northwemko and will struggle to Summon any powerful monsters without Special Summoning. If "Demise, King of Armageddon" is on the field, its effect will not destroy "Citadel" or Northwemko, so even stall tactics will not work.
  • Using "Sonic Bird" or "Eccentric Boy" in addition to the "Djinn of Rituals" cards is excellent fuel for "Dark Simorgh", which in itself as a Level 7 monster is great to use as a single ritual card to Tribute for "Divine Grace - Northwemko" from the hand or field in a pinch while aiding your field protection.

• Using the effect of "Scrap Dragon" to target this card (with an already active target for its effect) equals one free destruction every turn.

• "Honest" is great support for keeping this card alive. Likewise it can be used against you, as destruction by battle is one of the four ways to defeat "Divine Grace - Northwemko".
  • Use "Debunk" to defend against this.

• "Effect Veiler" can easily drop Divine Grace - Northwemko's shields and allow you to counter attack with a destruction effect.
  • Use "Debunk" to defend against this too.

• The best cards to target with this card's effect are Spell cards, Trap cards and Monsters that can't be destroyed by battle (except for some cards, like Spirit Reaper). If they were targeted by the effect of this card, it's almost impossible to remove those cards from the field.