Card Tips:Waboku

"Waboku":

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• This card can be used to prevent your monsters from being destroyed when they have the same ATK as the monsters they battle with, making it playable during your turn.

• This card is useful in Gladiator Beast decks, as it allows the controller to Special Summon a "Gladiator Beast" monster at the end of the Battle Phase.

• You can activate Waboku and follow up with Trap Stun to make your monsters nigh-invincible. Magic Deflector buffs this combo even further.

• This card is a wonderful tech combined with "The Six Samurai - Zanji" due to the fact you can attack your opponents stronger monster and destroy them without destroying Zanji itself. This is especially useful if you have just activated "Backs to the Wall" and only one large monster stands in your way.

• You can use "Mask of Darkness" or "Trap Reclamation" to get it back.

• If your opponent controls "Chainsaw Insect", you can activate Waboku, attack it with weak monsters, and draw a card for each monster that battles with Chainsaw Insect.
  • Use "Scapegoat" to draw more cards with this tactic.

• This card sometimes works better than "Negate Attack", since it can be used any time and you could chain it with cards such as "Mystical Space Typhoon" and cards like "Mirage Dragon" wont be able to render it useless.
  • Another reason why this card may be better than "Negate Attack" is because this is a good card to go with effects that activate when a monster battles and flip effect monsters, so you could save them from destruction and still use thier effects.

Traditional Format

• Use this card when your opponent activates "Last Turn" and select a weaker monster to have the duel result in a draw. You may also select a monster with an equal ATK to win the duel if you do not have a stronger monster.