Card Tips:Gaia Plate the Earth Giant
- This card can be searched by "Shell Knight", "Gallant Granite", "Return of the Monarchs", "Ehther the Heavenly Monarch", "Doki Doki", "Aussa the Earth Charmer, Immovable", "BOXer", "Frontline Observer", "Witch of the Black Forest", "Link Party", and other generic searchers.
- In a "Magnet Warrior" Deck or any Rock-type Deck using "Doki Doki", use this card alongside "Block Dragon" so "Doki Doki" has Level 8 targets in the Deck to discard "Block Dragon" for.
- This card can be Tribute Summoned with one Tribute using "The Trojan Horse" and "The First Monarch".
- You can use "Rock Bombardment", "Foolish Burial", "Dust Knight" or "Catapult Zone" to put Rock-Type monsters in your Graveyard.
- "Release from Stone" will Special Summon a Rock-Type monster that was banished by "Gaia Plate the Earth Giant's" effect.
- "Lost Guardian" gains DEF for each banished Rock-Type monster you have.
- This card and a Rock engine can replace "Doom Dozer" for a "Demise OTK" Deck.
- It is an alternate Fusion Material for "Evil HERO Dark Gaia".
- Use "Megamorph" while you control this monster to deal strict damage while battling a strong monster.
- Due to its effect, your opponent will need a monster with over 5600 ATK (without killing their own monster) to beat "Gaia Plate" in battle while it is in attack position, or over 2000 ATK while it is in defense position.
- This card is perfect to get rid of a "Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode" in battle since its second effect it's a continuous one that can't be negated by that monster's effect.
- You can use cards like "Solomon's Lawbook" to guarantee an extra turn with "Gaia Plate".
- If you suspect your opponent has "Honest", "Gem-Merchant", "Blackwing - Kalut the Moon Shadow" or "Bujingi Crane", attack with this card. Due to its effect, the boosts from those monsters will be halved, and you will likely win the battle anyway.
- You can use "Burial from a Different Dimension" or "Miracle Dig" to return up to 3 Rock-Type monsters to your graveyard to keep "Gaia Plate the Earth Giant" on the field (Since it will banish a Rock-Type monster each turn)
Traditional Format[edit]
- Due to its effects, this monster has several support cards like "Soul Absorption", "Return from the Different Dimension and "Dimension Fusion".
- For an OTK style, after Special Summoning "Gaia Plate the Earth Giant", use "Return from the Different Dimension" to bring back the Rock-Type monsters you banished.
