Card Tips:Substitoad

"Substitoad":

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• This card can be searched by "Deep Sea Prima Donna", "One for One", "Mother Grizzly", "Ice Mirror", "Mermail Abyssalacia", "Flying Red Carp", "Underworld Egg Clutch", "Shark Cruiser", "Jack-In-The-Hand", "Where Arf Thou?", "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", "Packet Link", "Little Opposition", "Mimiclay", "Serpentine Princess", "Battle Royal Mode - Joining", "Vampire Dragon", "Rescue Ferret", "Umbramirage the Elemental Lord", "Sangan", and other generic searchers.

• "Swap Frog" can be used to quickly put this card into the Graveyard, where it can be Special Summoned from with a card such as "Marincess Coral Anemone".

• By Special Summoning two copies of "Centerfrog", its effect can be used to take control of all monsters in the opponent's Main Monster Zones.

• Use this effect to Summon "Treeborn Frog"; then, activate the effect again, so you will have "Treeborn Frog" in your Graveyard to Special Summon it to summon more Frog monsters.

• This card can very easily Summon multiple copies of "Des Frog" in order to activate "Des Croaking".

• By Summoning two copies of "Dupe Frog", the opponent will not be able to declare attacks.

• In Frog Monarchs variants, Normal Summon this card, tribute for its own effect, and then Special Summon a "Swap Frog" to dump a "Treeborn Frog" to the Graveyard.

• Special Summon this with "Kinka-byo" then activate "Substitoad's" effect by Tributing itself. Because "Kinka-byo" returns to the hand during your End Phase, you can potentially do this once every turn.

• If you have "Pot of Avarice" you can get an easy 2 card draw by repeatedly Tributing the same monster until you have at least 5 monsters in the Graveyard, then use "Pot of Avarice" to return them to the deck and draw 2 cards.

• Use this card with "Scapegoat" to summon up to 5 Frog monsters from your deck ("Substitoad" can be Tributed for its own effect).

• Use "Soul Exchange" to tribute your opponent's monster instead of your own then you get to run through the engine as soon as your first turn without having to tribute "Substitoad" for his own cost or do any extra special summoning.

Traditional Format

• Special Summon "Grinder Golem" in defense. If you have any "Flip Flop Frog" on the field, activate its effect to flip face-down, then Flip Summon it to return "Grinder Golem" back to your hand. Repeat as needed. (Since summoning the two tokens is not optional, this will probably only be used once per turn unless you use "Mass Driver" or "Cannon Soldier".)

• If "Substitoad" is on the field and "Fishborg Blaster" is in your graveyard, you can discard cards from your hand to Special Summon "Fishborg Blaster", and immediately substitute him for a frog monster from your deck. This sends him back into the graveyard, allowing you to repeat the process. You can use this to facilitate the use of "Des Croaking", or perform a "Wetlands" OTK by swarming the field.
  • An easier way would be to send "Ronintoadin" to the Graveyard (e.g. with "Swap Frog" - also searchable with "Substitoad"), then banish any Frog to summon "Ronintoadin". You can then tribute "Ronintoadin" to summon any Frog you don't need, then tribute that to summon what you do, e.g. "Unifrog". banish the Frog you didn't need to summon "Ronintoadin" and repeat to flood your field with "Cyber Summon Blaster".