Card Tips:Destiny HERO - Defender

"Destiny HERO - Defender":

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• This card can be searched via "Sangan," "Last Will," "Mystic Tomato," "Reinforcement of the Army," "Elemental Hero Stratos," "Freed the Matchless General," Field-Commander Rahz", "Destiny Signal", and "Dark General Freed".

• If "Destiny Hero - Defender" is face-up on your side of the field during your opponent's Standby Phase, he/she draws 1 card. While this may look bad, you can chain "Appropriate" to this card, so every time he/she draw a card through "Destiny Hero - Defender"'s effect, you draw 2 new cards. This combo is extremely good for Exodia decks because you draw 2 cards each turn.

• Use a "Helpoemer" to keep a balance on your opponent's Hand.

• This card also works great with "Protector of the Sanctuary". Thanks to "Protector of the Sanctuary"'s ability, your opponent cannot draw the extra cards because of "Destiny Hero - Defender"'s effect.

• Although extra cards can help your opponent, if you have 2 or more of these face-up on the field in Defense Position, your opponent can mill through his/her Deck rather quickly. This strategy is useful against a Lightsworn deck.
  • This is especially true if your opponent's deck has a card count of the minimum 40 cards.

• Special Summon this card (through "Destiny Hero - Fear Monger" or any other revival cards) and then play "Inferno Reckless Summon", bringing three copies of this card onto the field. This will make your opponent draw a total of 4 cards each turn. This will allow you to mill through your opponent's deck in under 9 turns. You can further this process along with "Needle Worm" and "The Gift of Greed". To ensure your opponent can't use many cards against you, activate "Enervating Mist" and "Spatial Collapse", so that most of his surplus cards are sent to the Graveyard.

• Summon three of these and activate "Greed". Your opponent loses 1500 Life Points per turn and his/her deck gets milled. Then tribute them for "Destiny Hero - Dogma" and cut his/her life points in half. Alternatively, Summon Dogma before summoning three Defenders, to drain your opponent of lifepoints in only 3 turns (or less, if Dogma can attack directly).

• Playing this card in combination with "Skill Drain" will prevent your opponent from drawing extra cards. You could also keep him against Lightsworn deck.

• "Robbin' Goblin" works well with this card. If you also use "Staunch Defender", "Battle Mania", etc. you can take advantage of your defender's effect, making your opponent discard cards quickly and deal damage.

• A possible OTK with this card would be a Defense position Defender, "All-Out Attacks", and "Ojama Trio".

• This card works well with "Weapon Change", "Shield and Sword" and "Inverse Universe".

• A rather complicated combo involves a Gemini summoned "Shadow Delver", "Weapon Change"/"Shield & Sword", and this card. Switch Defender to Attack position. Use "Weapon Change"/"Shield & Sword" to make its ATK 2700, then use "Shadow Delver"'s effect to let this card attack directly.

• "Silent Magician LV4" works very well with him.

• This card is a very powerful beatstick in an OjaBeatdown, becoming a 2700 ATK beatstick under the effect of Ojama Country. Also, being in ATK position, the opponent doesn't get a free draw.

• Although its DEF is already extremely high, you can use "Unity" to boost its DEF way up to over 5000. This combo is best used when it is being attacked for the first time, and can inflict incredible damage to your opponent.

• This card can be used for all 3 viruses easily, with less than a 1000 original ATK you can already tribute him for Crush Card Virus (Traditional Format only) and "Weapon Change" makes him usable with both "Eradicator Epidemic Virus" and "Deck Devastation Virus", making it a useful control card.

• This card can be Special Summoned by Debris Dragon to easily summon a Rank 4 Exceed Monster.