Card Tips:Substitoad

"Substitoad":

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• This card can be searched by "Dogu", "Single Purchase", "Temple of the Kings", "Broken Blocker", "Sangan", "Last Will", "Serpentine Princess", "Vampire Dragon", "Mimiclay", "Where Arf Thou?", "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", "One for One", "Dragunity Corsesca", "Shark Cruiser", "Mother Grizzly", "Underworld Egg Clutch" and "Dupe Frog".

• Use this card with "Scapegoat" to summon up to 5 Frog monsters from your deck ("Substitoad" can be Tributed for its own effect).
• An alternative to the above strategy, is using "Grinder Golem" as a re-useable token generator. 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 you have 3 tokens left and "Slifer the Sky Dragon" in your hand, use them to Special Summon three copies of "Poison Draw Frog" to use. The trio serves as a double-edged sword, because they will not only be tribute fodder, but their effects will cause "Slifer" to have at least 3000 ATK and DEF when you summon him, due to their effects.
• The four Scapegoat Tokens can each be tributes to summon several copies of "Treeborn Frog" and "Poison Draw Frog", which can be used to Xyz Summon "Number 13: Embodiment of Crime" and "Number 31: Embodiment of Punishment". It would help if you had "An Unfortunate Report" Set, because you can force the opponent into attacking twice, which may result in an OTK if your opponent is using a Beatstick deck.

• Such a move can be pulled off in a Frog/Dragon deck. Use "Dragon's Mirror" to banish five Dragon-type Monsters from your Graveyard and summon "Five-Headed Dragon" before giving it to your opponent with "Mystic Box"(Assuming you don't control a monster other than "Substitoad", "Crime" and "Punishment"). Attack it with "Crime" and "Punishment" for a whopping 9000 Battle Damage.

• 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 "Des Frog".

• Create an OTK by constantly summoning Frogs from the deck, in combination with three "Witch Doctor of Sparta", "Pot of Avarice" and maybe "Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord".

• When using "Substitoad", as long as you have a "Dupe Frog" on the field, your opponents will not be able to destroy either of them by battle, thanks to "Dupe Frog's" effect. If you leave "Dupe Frog" in Defense Position (with a card like "Spirit Barrier" to prevent Piercing), then your opponents can't touch your Life Points through battle. Using this strategy, team it up with "Unifrogs" to constantly attack your opponent without worry of them being attacked themselves.

• This is very useful when used with "Shield and Sword".
• "Substitoad" can be of use if your deck has "Red-Eyes" (Or at least Dragon) elements.
  • If you activated "Fires of Doomsday" during your opponent's turn and control "Meteor Black Comet Dragon", tribute it with this card's effect to summon either "Dragon Core Hexer" or "Labradorite Dragon" from your Graveyard, as well as a Frog from your deck. If you chose to revive "Hexer", use it and the Doomsday Tokens to Synchro Summon "Beelzeus of the Diabolic Dragons". If your choice was "Labradorite", use it and the tokens to summon a Level 8 Synchro Monster, such as "Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons" or "Red Dragon Archfiend".
  • If you use the above combo to Summon "Red Dragon Archfiend" or ("Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend", if your opponent is constantly Special Summoning), Normal Summon "Rescue Rabbit" and use its effect to Special Summon two copies of "Galaxy Serpent" and Synchro Summon "Red Nova Dragon". "Red Nova Dragon" will have at least 5000 ATK, since you will have a minimum of 3 Tuners in your Graveyard. This tip will be especially helpful if your deck is also based on "Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon".
  • As an alternative to "Galaxy Serpent", you can use "Rescue Rabbit" to play "Flamvell Guard" and summon "Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend". In the EXTREMELY rare case that you also have "The Claw of Hermos" and a Dragon in your hand, activate TRDA's effect to Nuke the field and activate it to summon "Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword" and equip it to him, before attacking the opponent directly for a One Turn Kill.

• 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.

• Be careful when making some plays, as this card is not a Frog. This means some cards such as "Froggy Forcefield" will not work with "Substitoad". Also, if you have this card and another "Dupe Frog", there is still danger if your opponent has a Piercing effect like "Blackwing - Bora the Spear". Use this card to Special Summon two "Dupe Frogs" (tributing this card if necessary) for extra safety.

• Use this card with "One for One" to Special Summon "Substitoad". Normal summon another monster to the field and use "Substitoad's" effect to search out "Dupe Frog", then your opponent can't touch your Life Points.

• If you have another monster on your side of the field, you can also summon this card and tribute said other monster and this card to summon two "Dupe Frog", to make your opponent unable to attack at all.

• Use "Swap Frog" to quickly put this card into the Graveyard to be easily put into the hand using "Salvage" or revived using "Call of the Haunted" or "Graceful Revival".

• 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.

• 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".

• This is a strategy that is able to inflict continuous damage to your opponent. Use "Substitoad" to Tribute and Special Summon Frogs constantly as "DNA Surgery" and two "Cyber Summon Blaster" are active, thereby inflicting 600 damage each time you use "Subtstitoad's" effect. An alternate version may be used with "Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower" for an OTK or with "Dark Strike Fighter" for an FTK.

• 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.