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"Gravity Bind":

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• This card can be searched by "Pharaonic Advent", "The Despair Uranus", and other generic searchers.

• "Gravity Bind" can be used with cards that clear the field, like "Guardian Sphinx", so then low Level monsters can attack, like the Level 2 "Medusa Worm" or the Level 2 "Ebon Magician Curran", your opponent can effectively be disabled. Or "Gravity Bind" could be used with cards that don't need to attack in order to damage your opponent's Life Points. The classic example is "Stealth Bird", but "Exxod, Master of The Guard", combined with "Medusa Worm" and/or "Guardian Sphinx" also works. "Chaos Necromancer" is a great card to use if a lot of cards are placed in your Graveyard.

• An Xyz Monster's Rank is not its Level. Xyz Monsters do not have Levels. Therefore, Xyz Monsters can attack past "Gravity Bind." They are also unaffected by "Level Limit - Area B", giving them an advantage over the popular Synchro Monsters when playing against a stalling Deck.

• Because "Gravity Bind" can't stop them, use "Mask of the Accursed" or "Nightmare Wheel" to target individual Xyz Monsters and keep them from attacking.

• This card is also useful for stalling your opponent while trying to draw your 5 pieces of "Forbidden One"/"Exodia".

• Combo this card with "Alector, Sovereign of Birds" and Level 4 or higher monsters will be able to attack while your opponent can't.

• This card can also be used with "Lava Golem".

• "Inaba White Rabbit" can attack while "Gravity Bind" is active, and avoid being destroyed should "Gravity Bind" be destroyed.

• If "Gravity Bind" is active while "A Legendary Ocean" is the current field card, all Level 4 WATER monsters can attack. Use this strategy with high ATK, Level 4 WATER monsters like "Gagagigo", "Granadora" and "7 Colored Fish", as well as "Amphibious Bugroth MK-3" who can attack the opponent directly.

• Combine with "Spell Striker" to attack your opponent directly continuously.

• This card can be used in conjunction with "Cyber Tutu", "Drill Barnacle" or "Raging Flame Sprite" to attack the opponent directly in a continuous manner if the opponent uses strong monsters. Using a card like "Mist Body" or "Safe Zone" can help keep them on the field long enough for them to deal serious damage. "United We Stand" and "Mage Power" can power them up further.

• Your "Elemental HERO Wildheart" and "Tenkabito Shien" are unaffected by "Gravity Bind" and can still attack.

• Using the effect of "Cosmic Fortress Gol'gar", this can be returned to your hand for an A-Counter, then Set it. It can be activated on your opponent's turn to prevent them from attacking. On your turn, return it to your hand again and repeat.

• Although your monsters that are Level 4 and higher can't attack, nothing stops you from Summoning them. Play a monster with a high ATK like "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" to ensure that your opponent won't be able to destroy it. This is useful for stalling.

• Equipping a higher Level monster with one or more "Demotion" cards is a good offensive strategy.
  • This works even better if your monster's Level can get down to 3, so that it can use "Sword of the Soul-Eater".

• Use with "Anteatereatingant" or "Swarm of Locusts" to destroy one Spell or Trap Card your opponent controls per turn.

• Use in a Burn Deck to stall and deal damage with your burn cards.

• The "Meklord Emperors" can benefit gratefully, being Level 1 Monsters.

• Great in an "Iron Chain" Deck as it prevents your opponent from destroying your monsters (most of the time) allowing yourself to use "Poison Chain" to its full potential.

• If a good amount of monsters have built up on your field, and "Gravity Bind" is on the field, Summon "Jinzo" to negate "Gravity Bind," then attack with everything to win the duel.

• "Copycat" can be very useful if your opponent has a monster with high ATK on the field.

• Summon a monster with high ATK, and use "Feedback Warrior" to make it Level 3, allowing yourself to attack with it.

• If there is a lot of cards in your hand, use "Tragoedia" and select a Level 3 or lower monster in the Graveyard. Its effect can also be used to discard monsters from your hand that cannot be Summoned while "Gravity Bind" is on the field, and take control of your opponent's monsters, assuming they are the appropriate Levels.

• Use this with "Tyrant's Temper", so that only your opponent's monsters will be affected.

• A lock can be created with this card using "Mist Valley Thunder Lord" or "Darkness Neosphere".

• When high ATK monsters are on the field e.g. ATK of 2500 above, stall until "Black Illusion Ritual" and a Level 1 or above monster is drawn to Ritual Summon "Relinquished", which is a Level 1 card and use its effect on a high ATK monster.

• This card can help protect "Raging Flame Sprite" while it gains ATK through its effect.

• Use this card in a "Wight" Deck since "King of the Skull Servants" is only a Level 1 monster and can gain a large amount of ATK through its effect.

Countering

• This card has become less effective with the advent of Xyz Monsters. They have Ranks and not Levels, so "Gravity Bind" and "Level Limit - Area B" will not stop them.