Card Tips:Waking the Dragon
- This card can be searched by "Trap Trick", "Trap Tracks", "Lady Labrynth of the Silver Castle", "Lilith, Lady of Lament", "Triple Tactics Thrust", "Angel of Blue Tears", "Farewelcome Labrynth", "Labrynth Set-Up", and other generic searchers.
- If "Trap Trick" or "Trap Track" is Set on the player's field when the opponent activates a mass backrow removal effect (i.e. "Harpie's Feather Duster"), it can be used to immediately Set this card and thus reap the benefits of its effect with little time for the opponent to react.
- "Abyss Playhouse - Fantastic Theater" and "Artifact Durendal" can be used to force the opponent to destroy this card.
- The "PSY-Frame" Synchro Monsters are good options to Special Summon with this card's effect. Since monsters Special Summoned from the Extra Deck by this card cannot be Special Summoned from other places again, "PSY-Framelord Zeta" and "PSY-Framelord Omega" can use their effects to banish themselves and avoid destruction, thus not needing to be Summoned again, and if they are destroyed, they can return themselves to the Extra Deck with their own effects.
- In a "Salamangreat" Deck, this card can Summon a "Salamangreat" Link Monster with a high Link Rating that can be used with "Salamangreat Sanctuary" to Link Summon another copy with its additional effects.
- Some good options to pick up from this card's Special Summoning effect include:
- Cards with versatile negations, such as "Majestic Star Dragon", "Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon", "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss", "Naturia Exterio", "Baronne de Fleur", "Toadally Awesome", "Herald of the Arc Light" and "Herald of Perfection".
- Cards with integral protection, such as "Infinitrack Fortress Megaclops", "Raidraptor - Rising Rebellion Falcon", and "Blackwing Full Armor Master".
- Cards with lockdown effects, such as a Barrier Statue monster, "The Last Warrior from Another Planet", "Archlord Kristya", and "Jowgen the Spiritualist".
