Card Tips:Evil Thorn

"Evil Thorn":

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• This card can be searched by "Lonefire Blossom", "Aromaseraphy Jasmine", "Mardel, Generaider Boss of Light", "Super Solar Nutrient", "Necro Synchron", "Sylvan Cherubsprout", "Sauge de Fleur", "Frozen Rose", "Predaplant Spider Orchid", "Botanical Girl", "Violet Witch", "Chirubimé, Princess of Autumn Leaves", "Rose Paladin", "Kittytail, Mystical Beast of the Forest", "Mystic Potato", "Mystic Tomato", "Chaos Zone", "One for One", "Where Arf Thou?", "Jack-In-The-Hand", "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", "Mimiclay", "Packet Link", "Serpentine Princess", "Battle Royal Mode - Joining", "Vampire Dragon", "Rescue Ferret", "Umbramirage the Elemental Lord", "Sangan", "Witch of the Black Forest", another copy of "Evil Thorn", and other generic searchers.

• Special Summon one "Evil Thorn" from your hand using "Seed of Deception". Then use the effect of "Evil Thorn" to Tribute it and Special Summon two more. Then you can Tribute the two new "Evil Thorns" to Tribute Summon a high-Level Monster.
  • You can do the same with "One for One".
  • This is useful for meeting the requirements for summoning "Dark Armed Dragon"

• Use "Pot of Benevolence" to recycle 2 "Evil Thorns" when they are in the Graveyard, and combo the Gemini Summoned effect of "Gigaplant" to re-Summon the third and re-use its effect.

• This card its a good target for "Super Solar Nutrient": first summon your "Evil Thorn" and use its effect to Summon the other copies, then use "Super Solar Nutrient" to Special Summon "Lonefire Blossom", then just Tribute the "Evil Thorn" left with the effect of "Lonefire Blossom" in order to Summon a powerful monster.

• This card makes it easy to use "Mark of the Rose" since there are normally 3 copies of each of these cards inside a deck if you play both cards.

• Tribute "Evil Thorn" to inflict damage to your opponent, then overlay the two "Evil Thorns" Summoned into a Rank 1 Xyz.

• This monster's effect single-handedly fulfills the entire summoning requirement of "The Atmosphere", making its summoning easily done on almost any turn of the game.

• This card also sets up your graveyard perfectly for "Dark Armed Dragon". Tribute your first "Evil Thorn" to Special Summon the other two from the Deck. From there, you can XYZ Summon a resilient monster like "Slacker Magician" (or use them for any of the above mentioned tips), and when it's destroyed, you'll be ready to Summon "Dark Armed Dragon".
  • Since most Plant-based decks tend not to run DARK Plant-types like "Mystic Potato", "Mystic Tomato", using just 3 "Evil Thorns" will make Summoning "Dark Armed Dragon" extremely consistent, especially considering they will never fall prey to cards like "Bottomless Trap Hole" or "Dimensional Prison". Just make sure to manage your DARK Extra Deck monsters properly if using this strategy.

• This card can be very useful as a quick way to get the 2 DARK monsters on the field required as Fusion Materials by "Starving Venom Fusion Dragon".
• This card is also a very quick way to get to Aromaseraphy Jasmine.

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• This card can be searched by "Last Will".