Card Tips:Chiron the Mage
- This card can be searched by "Fire Formation - Tenki", "Aussa the Earth Channeler", "Tri-Brigade Airborne Assault", "Tri-Brigade Shuraig the Ominous Omen", "Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Tiger King", "Kittytail, Mystical Beast of the Forest", "Fire Fortress atop Liang Peak", "Aussa the Earth Charmer, Immovable", "BOXer", "Frontline Observer", "Summoner Monk", "Primathmech Alembertian", "Battle Royal Mode - Joining", "Vampire Dragon", "Resonator Engine", "Soul Rope", "Rescue Ferret", "Witch of the Black Forest", and other generic searchers.
- This card can work well in a Diamond Dude Turbo deck, which often have an abundance of Normal Spell Cards that can't be used once in the hand.
- It can also work well in a Beast-Warrior themed deck or as a support card for Gladiator Beasts - discard a Gladiator Beast spell card and use "Gladiator Beast Equite" to recycle it.
- Oddly, due to the high usage of Spells, this card could be used in a Spellcaster themed deck, to effectively destroy your opponent's Spell and Trap cards. The most ideal card to discard would be "Magical Blast", giving you an opportunity to destroy a Spell or Trap card every turn.
- An alternative tactic is using "Sword of Deep-Seated", as it will continuously return itself to the top of the deck. The downside is that it will slow your drawing power a bit, so it's a good idea to have cards like "Skelengel" or "Dark Mimic LV1" to boost your drawing power.
- This card is best used with "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" or "Spirit Burner", since you can return them whenever you need as long as you can draw.
- Using "Trap Stun"/"Forced Ceasefire" you temporarily shut down/protect this monster from most Traps such as "Bottomless Trap Hole" before you destroy a single Spell/Trap via this monsters' effect.
- This card may be useful in a "Ojama" Deck, due to the possibility of discarding multiple copies of "Ojamagic", thus granting Fusion Material fodders for "Ojama King" and "Ojama Knight"
- Combo with "Forced Requisition" to take out a card from your opponent's hand and a spell or trap on their side of the field.
- This card can be used in an effective side deck suite with "Mobius the Frost Monarch" against an opponent who uses a lot of spells and traps on their field. Using 3 "Chiron the Mages" and 1 "Mobius the Frost Monarch" in this suite allows for good spell and trap removal without the loss of offensive force in your deck.
- This card can actually be a fairly good substitute for "Breaker the Magical Warrior". For starters, this card only at 100 ATK less than a powered-up "Breaker", but does not have the ATK reduction after using its effect. Secondly, unlike "Breaker the Magical Warrior", this card can use its effect repeatedly, albeit once per turn, and does not rely on Spell Counters to refuel it so it can reuse its effect, making it more flexible. Thirdly, this card functions if special summoned.
- This card works very well in a deck that relies heavily on searching out field spells with cards like "Terraforming", since once the appropriate field spell is in your hand, "Terraforming" essentially become a dead draw. This allows you to put the otherwise useless spell cards to use.
Traditional Format[edit]
- This card may be used in conjunction with "Cold Wave" for the following purpose: protect it from "Trap Hole" cards (or any S/T that may be used outside the Battle Phase to harm him) before using its effect to destroy face-down Spell/Trap Cards. This bypasses "Cold Wave" due to the latter not forbidding you from activating Monster Effects.
