Card Tips:Trial and Tribulation

"Trial and Tribulation":

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• This card can be searched by "Triple Tactics Thrust", "Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic", and other generic searchers.

• This card will still work properly if it is played at the end of Main Phase 2, after you have finished tributing. If you play this card first, and are then unable to tribute the monsters (for whatever reason), this card will be wasted.
• Because Ritual spell cards "tribute" monsters from the field or hand, this card may be effective in any ritual deck as you can easily tribute multiple monsters from your hand.
  • By Tributing 2 monsters in one turn, you can recover "Gishki Shadow" and "Gishki Vision" to your hand to Ritual Summon another "Evigishki" monster.
  • You can tribute up to 3 monsters to summon "Herald of Perfection" with "Dawn of the Herald" to trigger whichever effect you wish to activate:
    • Tribute 1 level six monster to draw a card (eg another Herald)
    • Tribute 2 monsters ("Tour Guide from the Underworld" and "Djinn Releaser of Rituals", or "Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands" and "Mystical Shine Ball") to add 2 cards to your hand. You can, of course, add fairies to your hand for the cost of Herald's effect.
    • Tribute 3 monsters (3x Mystical Shine Ball) to destroy 3 cards on the field.
      • Also, you will be able to use the effect of "Dawn of the Herald" to add one of the tribute monsters back to your hand as well.

• This card can also be used in "Steelswarm" and "Monarch" Decks, which rely on Tribute Summoning.

• Tribute Summon "Moisture Creature" using three monsters, destroying all of your opponent's Spell and Trap Cards, then use this card to take out up to three of your opponent's face-up monsters, leaving your opponent's field clear.

• This card is effective in "Hieratic" decks, as it is incredibly easy to fulfil its requirements.
  • Using this card with "Hieratic Sun Dragon Overlord of Heliopolis" will let you destroy 6 cards for half the cost.

• Use the effects of "Geargiarsenal" and "Geargiano" to get to at least 2 Tributes towards this card.

• Use this card in a deck centered around the Wind-Up Loop. Use "Wind-Up Hunter" to accumulate Tributes, then either use the 2nd effect to return "Wind-Up Rat" and "Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity" to your hand, or use the 3rd effect to wipe the field.