Card Tips:Gold Sarcophagus

"Gold Sarcophagus":

You can also use "Different Dimension Capsule", as it is almost identical to this card except it hides the card. Be aware that if you use "Different Dimension Capsule", and it leaves the field before your 2nd Standby Phase, the face down card will not be added to your hand.

In a deck that revolves around activating a card effects from the banished zone (such as "Shiranui" and "Thunder Dragon" deck), this card can be used to set up plays without actually retrieving the targeted card.

If your "Trance Archfiend" or "Dimensional Alchemist" is destroyed before the effect resolves, you can get a monster banished by "Gold Sarcophagus" faster.

You can banish a "Cyber Ouroboros", and send 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard to draw a card.

You can banish "Necroface" to activate its second effect. However, this can sometime backfire since some cards you want are banished.

Banish "Judgment Dragon" with this card to prevent it from getting milled by the effect of a "Lightsworn" monster.

Banish any monster (preferably a high Level one), then activate "D.D.R. - Different Dimension Reincarnation" or the effect of "D.D.M. - Different Dimension Master" to Special Summon it to the field. If it's a DARK Attribute monster, you can use "Escape from the Dark Dimension" instead; likewise, if it is a Fairy-Type monster, you can use "Miraculous Descent". Alternately you can use this with a few other banished monsters to help increase the effectiveness of "Return from the Different Dimension".
- An alternative, albeit impractical, usage that is similar in function would be to combine this with "Burial from a Different Dimension" for an improvised "Foolish Burial" in order to use "Call of the Haunted" for example. Since this also targets more than monsters, you can set up a trap for "Mask of Darkness" to retrieve faster. In a similar fashion as what is stated above; considering you banished monsters with "Flamvell Counter" this combo will make "Rekindling" more effective.
- If there aren't any monsters in your Graveyard, you can use "Dimension Distortion" almost like "Monster Reborn".

Banish "Elemental HERO Stratos" and then inflict battle damage with "Elemental HERO Voltic" to Special Summon "Stratos", activate its effect, and then battle with it (Traditional format only).

This card is great for quickly adding to your hand cards that are Limited in the game.

You can return LIGHT Attribute monsters to your hand quicker via "Light of Redemption".

In a Magical Explosion FTK Deck, use this card to banish "Magical Explosion" so you can mill through your Deck without having to worry about milling "Magical Explosion". Plus, you can add it to your hand after two turns, and "Gold Sarcophagus" can count towards another Spell for the burn you get from "Magical Explosion".

When you play an "/Assault Mode" Deck, this card could be another way to add "Assault Mode Activate" to your hand.

Use this card while you have a Tuner on the field and "D.D. Unicorn Knight" in your hand, you can momentarily banish a suitable card monster from your Deck and then bring it to the field with the effect of "Unicorn Knight".

Use this card in an "The Agent" Deck. Target either your "Master Hyperion" or another powerful LIGHT Fairy monster. Then, you can use "Miraculous Descent" or the effect of "The Agent of Miracles - Jupiter" (while "The Sanctuary in the Sky" is on the field) to immediately Special Summon that monster. If you use "Jupiter" to do this, this also has the added benefit of putting more LIGHT Fairy monsters in your Graveyard to fuel the effect of "Hyperion", which you can then Special Summon later.
Use this card in a "Kozmo" deck with "Kozmotown" already on the field. You can banish a "Kozmo" monster of your choice, then activate "Kozmotown" to retrieve that monster. This way, you won't have to wait two turns to get the card you want.

Use this card to banish a "Dark Desertapir" which allows you to special summon a level 4 or lower beast type monster from your graveyard. After "Gold Sarcophagus" adds "Dark Desertapir" to your hand use the card "Unicorn Beacon" to banish it a second time and summon another level 4 or lower beast type monster.

Traditional Format[edit]

You can banish any "Dragon Ruler" to search your Deck for a Dragon of the same Attribute. Then, two turns later, you get the "Dragon Ruler" you banished for free.
You can easily summon "Thunder Dragon Colossus" with just this card in your hand:
1. Use this card to banish "Thunder Dragondark".
2. Use "Thunder Dragondark" to add "Thunder Dragonhawk" to your hand.
3. Discard "Thunder Dragonhawk" to Special Summon "Thunder Dragondark".
4. Tribute "Thunder Dragondark" to Special Summon "Thunder Dragon Colossus".