Card Tips:Manticore of Darkness

"Manticore of Darkness":

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• This card can be searched via "Witch of the Black Forest".

• Because "Manticore" is hard to search due to its high [[ATK\\ and having no dedicated search card, a good way to get it out is with "Foolish Burial". You can either resurrect it with its own effect (if you have an applicable monster), or simply use "Monster Reborn". You can simply use Generation Shift to get the other one out from your deck. This has become somewhat easier due to "Manticore" now being Unlimited, thus allowing you to draw it faster. In Exodia decks, consider using several Deck-thinners and recruiters (both for defense and tribute fodder for this card), as well as cards such as "Magical Mallet" and "Card Trader" to send back unwanted recruiters.
  • Recruiters such as "Hyena", "Nimble Momonga", "Giant Rat", and "Bubonic Vermin" can all be included in the same deck to thin it out, as well as be excellent candidates for "Manticore".

• "Manticore of Darkness" x2 (one in the Graveyard and one in your hand)
• "Card of Safe Return" (now banned as of September 2009)
  • "Manticore of Darkness'" effect allows you to Tribute a monster from the hand or field in order to Special Summon "Manticore of Darkness" from the Graveyard while "Card of Safe Return" allows a duelist to draw a card each time a monster is Special Summoned from the Graveyard. Repeat the process as much as you want to draw as many cards as you want.
  • Keep in mind this can transform Muka Muka (or a similar card) into an OTK card.
  • Generation Shift can be used to search for the second Manticore of Darkness. To be used during the opponent's turn, of course.
  • Solemn Wishes can be used with this combo to gain lots of life points.
  • Once you have one Manticore in your hand, simply use Foolish Burial to get the second one out of your deck and into the graveyard.
  • An Exodia Deck can benefit from the drawing power of the Manticore of Darkness loop as well.
• You can Synchro Summon with this card and revive it by tributing a Beast, this allows you to bring a powerful monster and keep the Manticore of Darkness on the field.
  • (Synchro Cat sample) You can use Rescue Cat to peform this combo, use Rescue Cat effect to bring The Fabled Cerburrel and any other beast monster, use The Fabled Cerburrel and Manticore of Darkness to bring a powerfull Level 8 Synchro Monster and tribute the remaining monster to summon Manticore of Darkness again.
  • Rescue Cat is banned as of September 2010 list in Advanced format.
• An immensely powerful strategy is to use Foolish Burial to send this card to the graveyard, then use another manticore to fulfill it's price and keep sending each other over and over again while Skull Invitation or Fatal Abacus and Prime Material Dragon is on the field. Using this would basically rise your Life Points to infinity.

• If your opponent activates Maxx "C" against you, you can use the loop created by 2 copies of Manticore of Darkness against them; since it is not an optional draw, you can force them to draw their entire Deck, then, once you activate Manticore's effect again, they won't be able to draw for Maxx "C"'s effect and automatically lose by Deck Out.
  • If they are using Exodia the Forbidden One, however, this plan will backfire on you quite badly.

• This card is very useful in a Xyz Deck, because that detaching a Xyz Material send a card to the Graveyard.
  • Use this card with this monsters: "Constellar Ptolemys Messier 7", "Inzektor Exa-Beetle", "Number 25: Force Focus", "Number 6: OOPArts Atlanthal", "Photon Strike Bounzer" or "Sword Breaker". All powerful monsters with great effects.