Card Tips:Dark Renewal

"Dark Renewal":

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• This card can be searched by "Trap Trick", "Trap Tracks", "Lady Labrynth of the Silver Castle", "Lilith, Lady of Lament", "Triple Tactics Thrust", "Angel of Blue Tears", "Farewelcome Labrynth", "Labrynth Set-Up", and other generic searchers.

• If the Spellcaster you send to the Graveyard for the first part of this card's effect is DARK Attribute, you can simply revive it again with the second part of this card's effect, essentially removing one of your opponent's monsters for free.

• Since this card sends the monsters as part of the effect, it can be used with "Shaddoll" monsters to activate their effects.

• If you have a "Breaker the Magical Warrior" on your field with no Spell Counter on it and no way to replenish it, by using "Breaker" for this card's requirement, you can easily swap out a weakened, possibly easy prey monster, for a more powerful Spellcaster.

• A good time to activate this card is when your opponent Tribute Summons a monster while you control a Spellcaster. You can send both your monster and that Tribute Summoned monster to the Graveyard though this card's effect and replace it with a powerful Spellcaster like "Dark Magician", "Cosmo Queen", and in Traditional Format, "Dark Magician of Chaos", leaving your opponent short one powerhouse and possibly wide open to an attack.
  • In relation to the above tip, this card is useful against "Monarch" monsters. Since almost all of them require to be Tribute Summoned in order to activate their effects, this card can be used to remove the "Monarch" monster from the field, preventing its ability from activating, while giving you a powerful monster in response.

• This card works well as a searcher in "Magician" decks, as by it's very nature it has an abundance of DARK Spellcaster monsters, and can even search for non-Pendulum Magicians of the archetype such as "Tuning Magician".
  • In relation to the above tip, the "Magician" Pendulum Monsters also make great candidates as the required Spellcaster needed to activate this card. Since Pendulum Monsters don't go to Graveyard when the leave the field, instead returning to the Extra Deck, you essentially get a free monster removal and free powerhouse Spellcaster with no real loss to you, as you can Pendulum Summon them again later.

• You can create an interesting combo using this card, "Dark Magician Girl", "Sage's Stone" and "Dark Magician". First, you must have "Sage's Stone in your hand, this card on the field, and a Spellcaster in play. When your opponent summons a monster (preferably and Extra Deck one), activate "Dark Renewal" to send it and your Spellcaster to the Graveyard and summon "Dark Magician Girl". On your next turn, if "Dark Magician Girl" is still on the field, then you can use "Sage's Stone" to summon a "Dark Magician" from the deck, giving you two powerful monsters. Follow that up with cards like "Thousand Knives", "Dark Magic Attack" or, for the biggest impact, "Dark Burning Magic". Even without the other cards, this will ensure that you have two powerful monsters on your field while taking down one of your opponent's monsters in the process.
  • In general "Dark Magician" decks can heavily benefit from this card, easily enabling them to search/retrieve "Dark Magician", "Dark Magician Girl", or any other DARK Spellcaster for whatever situation it is needed for with no hassle while removing a possible threat at the same time.

• "Legion the Fiend Jester" makes an excellent candidate as this card's cost. Not only will you summon a powerful Spellcaster and remove an opposing monster, but you can then search/retrieve another Spellcaster, in this case a Normal Monster, from your deck/Graveyard, granting no real loss in Card advantage.

• Use this against "Stardust Dragon" since it doesn't destroy a monster, only sends it to the Graveyard, thereby bypassing "Stardust Dragon's" ability and removing it with no effort.

Traditional Format

• Use "Witch of the Black Forest" as the required Spellcaster for this card's effect, not only allowing you to Special Summon a Spellcaster, but also search your deck for another monster.

List

• DARK Spellcaster monsters that can be Special Summoned:

Name	Japanese name	Primary type	Secondary type	Level/ Rank	Scale	ATK	DEF	Link
Acrobatic Magician	曲（きょく）芸（げい）の魔（ま）術（じゅつ）師（し）	Effect Monster Pendulum Monster		5	2	800	2300
Akakieisu	レッド・エース	Normal Monster		3		1000	800
Akashic Magician	アカシック・マジシャン	Effect Monster Link Monster				1700		2
Alchemic Magician	アルケミック・マジシャン	Effect Monster Xyz Monster		4		1500	1500
Aleister the Invoker	召（しょう）喚（かん）師（し）アレイスター	Effect Monster		4		1000	1800
Aleister the Invoker of Madness	暴（ぼう）走（そう）召（しょう）喚（かん）師（し）アレイスター	Effect Monster Link Monster				1800		2
Allure Queen LV3	魅惑の女王（アリュール・クィーン） ＬＶ（レベル）３	Effect Monster		3		500	500
Allure Queen LV5	魅惑の女王（アリュール・クィーン） ＬＶ（レベル）５	Effect Monster		5		1000	1000
Allure Queen LV7	魅惑の女王（アリュール・クィーン） ＬＶ（レベル）７	Effect Monster		7		1500	1500
Altergeist Adminia	オルターガイスト・アドミニア	Effect Monster Link Monster				3000		4
Altergeist Dragvirion	オルターガイスト・ドラッグウィリオン	Effect Monster Synchro Monster		6		2200	1200
Altergeist Fifinellag	オルターガイスト・フィフィネラグ	Effect Monster	Tuner monster	2		0	1000
Altergeist Kidolga	オルターガイスト・キードゥルガー	Effect Monster Link Monster				1000		2
Altergeist Memorygant	オルターガイスト・メモリーガント	Effect Monster Link Monster				2800		4
Altergeist Multifaker	オルターガイスト・マルチフェイカー	Effect Monster		3		1200	800
Altergeist Pookuery	オルターガイスト・プークエリ	Effect Monster		1		300	100
Altergeist Primebanshee	オルターガイスト・プライムバンシー	Effect Monster Link Monster				2100		3
Alviss of the Nordic Alfar	極（きょく）星（せい）霊（れい）アルヴィース	Effect Monster		4		1500	1000
Ancient Sorcerer	古（こ）代（だい）魔（ま）導（どう）士（し）	Normal Monster		4		1000	1300
Apprentice Illusion Magician	幻（げん）想（そう）の見（み）習（なら）い魔（ま）導（どう）師（し）	Effect Monster		6		2000	1700
Apprentice Magician	見（み）習（なら）い魔（ま）術（じゅつ）師（し）	Effect Monster		2		400	800
Apprentice Piper	見（み）習（なら）い魔（ま）笛（てき）使（つか）い	Effect Monster	Flip monster	2		100	1500
Astrograph Sorcerer	アストログラフ・マジシャン	Effect Monster Pendulum Monster		7	1	2500	2000
The Bewitching Phantom Thief	魅（み）惑（わく）の怪（かい）盗（とう）	Normal Monster		2		700	700
Beyond the Pendulum	軌跡の魔術師（ビヨンド・ザ・ペンデュラム）	Effect Monster Link Monster				1200		2
Black Fang Magician	黒（こく）牙（が）の魔（ま）術（じゅつ）師（し）	Effect Monster Pendulum Monster		4	8	1700	800
Boo Koo	ブークー	Normal Monster		2		650	500
Breaker the Dark Magical Warrior	黒（くろ）魔（ま）導（どう）戦（せん）士（し） ブレイカー	Effect Monster		6		1600	1000
Breaker the Magical Warrior	魔（ま）導（どう）戦（せん）士（し） ブレイカー	Effect Monster		4		1600	1000
Burgundy the Magic Elf	魔法妖精（マジック・エルフ） バーガンディ	Effect Monster		4		1600	1400
Chaos Sorcerer	カオス・ソーサラー	Effect Monster		6		2300	2000
Chaos Witch	カオス・ウィッチ－混（こん）沌（とん）の魔（ま）女（じょ）－	Effect Monster		4		1500	1500
Chow Sai the Ghost Stopper	霊（れい）塞（さい）術（じゅつ）師（し） チョウサイ	Effect Monster		4		1900	800
Chronicle Magician	クロニクル・マジシャン	Effect Monster		7		2500	2500
Chronicle Sorceress	クロニクル・ソーサレス	Effect Monster		4		1250	1250
Chronograph Sorcerer	クロノグラフ・マジシャン	Effect Monster Pendulum Monster		6	8	2000	1700
Cosmo Brain	コスモブレイン	Effect Monster		7		1500	2450
Cosmo Queen	コスモクイーン	Normal Monster		8		2900	2450
Cosmo Queen, the Queen of Prayers	祈（いの）りの女（じょう）王（おう）－コスモクイーン	Effect Monster		8		2900	2450
Crowley, the First Propheseer	魔（ま）導（どう）原（げん）典（てん） クロウリー	Effect Monster Link Monster				1000		2
Crowley, the Magistus of Grimoires	法典の大賢者（マギストス・グリモワ）クロウリー	Effect Monster		4		1800	1000
Crystal Master	宝（ほう）玉（ぎょく）の先（せん）導（どう）者（しゃ）	Effect Monster Pendulum Monster		3	5	1300	1000
Curtain of the Dark Ones	黒（くろ）魔（ま）族（ぞく）のカーテン	Normal Monster		2		600	500
Damage Mage	ダメージ・メイジ	Effect Monster		3		600	1200
Dark Cavalry	超（ちょう）魔（ま）導（どう）騎（き）士（し）－ブラック・キャバルリー	Effect Monster Fusion Monster		8		2800	2300
Dark Doriado	ダーク・ドリアード	Effect Monster Pendulum Monster		4	5	1800	1400
Dark Elf	ダーク・エルフ	Effect Monster		4		2000	800
Dark Magician	ブラック・マジシャン	Normal Monster		7		2500	2100
Dark Magician	ブラック・マジシャン	Normal Monster		7		2500	2100
Dark Magician Girl	ブラック・マジシャン・ガール	Effect Monster		6		2000	1700

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