Card Tips:Thought Ruler Archfiend
- There are several simple ways to Synchro Summon this card:
- Use cards that Special Summon themselves (i.e. "The Tricky", "Cyber Dragon", "Vice Dragon", "Scrap Breaker"; note that only "The Tricky" can be Special Summoned during your first turn, while all the other cards require your opponent to control monsters) and Normal Summon an appropriate Tuner monster alongside it.
- Use "Instant Fusion" to Special Summon a Level 5 or lower Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, then Summon a Tuner monster whose Level combined with the Level of the Special Summoned monster is 8.
- In a "Dark World"/"Fabled" Deck, you can Normal Summon "Fabled Raven" and use its effect to discard "Sillva, Warlord of Dark World" or "Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World". "Sillva"/"Goldd" will be Special Summoned from the Graveyard, while "Raven" will gain 1 Level.
- Use "Emergency Teleport" or "Teleport" to Special Summon "Krebons" and Normal Summon "Armored Axon Kicker" without Tribute.
- In a "X-Saber" Deck, this card is very easy to Synchro Summon using "XX-Saber Faultroll" and "X-Saber Pashuul"
- Also, in a "X-Saber" Deck, this card will let you recover Life Points lost by committing "suicide" to "XX-Saber Emmersblade" (which is often necessary for the Deck).
- Cards like "Psi-Station" can compensate for Synchro Materials having unequal Levels.
- Use multiple copies of this card and "Fire Princess" to inflict up to 3000 effect damage per turn.
- Cards like "Guardian Angel Joan" and "Psychic Snail", if used in conjunction with this card, will allow for faster increases in your Life Points.
- Equipping "Telekinetic Charging Cell" can circumvent the cost of this monster's effect.
- "DNA Surgery" can give you get some protection for your own monsters (if Psychic is declared), while also possibly disrupting your opponent's strategy.
- Special Summon "Lava Golem" in Defense Position, which can allow you to remove 2 of your opponent's monsters while gaining 3000 Life Points if you destroy "Lava Golem" with this card.
- If your opponent takes control of this card, "Dimensional Fissure" can stop your opponent from using its Life-gaining effect.
- This card can be very useful in a "Reptilianne"-focused Deck, as any monster whose ATK is reduced to 0 would result in a possibly high Life-Point gain (since the effect of this card resolves in the Graveyard).
- "Shrink" can also be effective if facing a monster whose ATK is stronger than this card.
- "Stardust Dragon", if used alongside this card, can provide extra protection.
- Some very commonly used cards you can stop with this card's effect include "Compulsory Evacuation Device", "Book of Moon", "Dimensional Prison", "Forbidden Lance", "Forbidden Chalice", "Shrink" and "Fiendish Chain".
Traditional Format[edit]
- Include this card in a Fish Synchro Deck that includes cards like "Fishborg Blaster" and "Superancient Deepsea King Coelacanth" or "Royal Swamp Eel" and "7 Colored Fish"/"Metabo-Shark"/"Golden Flying Fish"/"Abyssal Kingshark".
