Card Tips:Backup Warrior
- This card can be searched by "Battleguard Echoes", "Idaten the Conqueror Star", "Puppet Pawn", "Infernoble Knight Captain Roland", "Iron Knight", "Frontline Observer", "Imperial Princess Quinquery", "Witch of the Black Forest", and other generic searchers.
- This card can be used to summon monsters that require 3 tributes, like the Egyptian Gods and Wicked Gods.
- Although you can't Synchro Summon the turn you summon "Backup Warrior", you can still Xyz Summon a monster with this card, like "Number 61: Volcasaurus" or "Tiras, Keeper of Genesis".
- Make sure you have at least 1 Spell Card in your hand. Normal Summon "Summoner Monk". Then use Monk's effect to Special Summon "Gagaga Magician" in Defense position. You can then Special Summon "Backup Warrior". Use "Gagaga Magician's" effect to make it Level 5 and XYZ summon into any good Rank 5 XYZ monster ("Number 61: Volcasaurus", "Adreus, Keeper of Armageddon" or "Tiras, Keeper of Genesis").
- You can easily summon this card in an "Artifact" deck.
- To fulfill this card's summoning requirements,
- Use "Foolish Burial" to send "Dandylion" to the Graveyard and Special Summon 2 "Fluff Tokens" in defense position.
- Special Summon "Cyber Dragon"/"Level Warrior"/"Unknown Synchron"/"Vice Dragon"/"Oracle of the Sun"/"T.G. Striker" while you control no monsters in defense mode, and then Set another monster.
- Use "Earthquake", "No Entry!!" and "Spider Web" to change the battle positions of all monsters.
- Take control of an opponent's monster with "Mind Control", "Number 34: Terror-Byte" or "Mark of the Rose". Then, if necessary, set a monster.
- Fusion Summon any monster with at least two monsters, and then activate "De-Fusion" to resurrect the Fusion Material Monsters. Another idea is to Fusion Summon "Twin Photon Lizard" or "Multiple Piece Golem".
- After "Dark End Dragon's" or "Light End Dragon's" effect has exhausted its ATK, activate "De-Synchro" to special summon the Synchro Material Monsters. assuming you have more than two, you can easily Summon this card and then perform a Synchro Summon on the next turn.
