Card Tips:Gigarays Gandora the Dragon of Destruction
- This card can be searched by "Chaos Space", "Starliege Seyfert", "Bystial Magnamhut", "Magical Contract Door", "Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms", "Dragon's Glory of Light and Dark", "Draconnection", "Krystal Dragon", "Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon", "Dharc the Dark Charmer, Gloomy", "Chaos Zone", "Piri Reis Map", "Umbramirage the Elemental Lord", "Sangan", "Witch of the Black Forest", and other generic searchers.
- Use in a "Helios" Deck which focuses on banishing many cards.
- If your Graveyard is sealed off with a card like "Masked HERO Dark Law" or "Macro Cosmos", you can place 3 of your "Gandora" monsters in the Graveyard with "Burial from a Different Dimension", and then activate this card's effect, clearing the field and your Graveyard, freeing this card to attack directly for an OTK.
- In the event that this card's ATK becomes 0 (such as if its effect is negated or if another effect returns all banished cards), it can be protected with "Zerozerock".
- Since "Mask Change II" works on monsters with Levels, you can use "Masked HERO Dark Law" to banish several of your opponent's cards.
- Fill your Graveyard with "Gandora monsters using "Dragon Shrine", "Foolish Burial", "Trade-In", or "Twin Twisters".
- "Pot of Desires" can quickly banish a number of a player's cards, with a single activated copy (by either player) increasing this monster's ATK by 3000.
- "Number 89: Diablosis the Mind Hacker" and "Trickstar Reincarnation" can also boost this card significantly.
- Set at least two copies of "Xyz Dimension Splash" before applying this card's third effect, in order to set up a Rank 8 Xyz Summon.
- You can send two "Gandora" monsters to the Graveyard for this card's Summoning condition in order to to set up for either of its banishing effects.
- Use "Future Fusion" targeting "Five-Headed Dragon" to dump 5 Dragon-Type monsters including at least 3 "Gandora" monsters.
Traditional Format[edit]
- This card works well in a Dragon Ruler Deck, since the "Adult Rulers" can Special Summon themselves by banishing two of your monsters.
- "Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon" can send 3 "Gandora" cards directly to the GY easily.