Card Tips:Pyramid Turtle

"Pyramid Turtle":

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• This card can be searched by "Eldlixir of Black Awakening", "Eldlixir of Scarlet Sanguine", "Samurai Skull", "Aussa the Earth Charmer, Immovable", "Giant Rat", "BOXer", "Frontline Observer", "Summoner Monk", "Primathmech Alembertian", "Battle Royal Mode - Joining", "Vampire Dragon", "Resonator Engine", "Soul Rope", "Rescue Ferret", "Umbramirage the Elemental Lord", "Sangan", "Witch of the Black Forest", another copy of "Pyramid Turtle", and other generic searchers.

• Often, it is a good idea to suicide your "Pyramid Turtle" so that you can search for a monster with higher ATK and attack again.

• "Pyramid Turtle" is one of the few searchers that will allow you to Special Summon its new recruit in Defense Position. Use this to your advantage. This card is also one of the few searchers not banned that allows you to search based on the DEF of a monster. Since most beatdown monsters have extremely low DEF, this can bring out some heavy hitters such as "Skull Flame", "Koa'ki Meiru Ghoulungulate" or "Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon".

• Use "Creature Swap" with this card to get a stronger monster from your opponent, then destroy "Pyramid Turtle" in battle, Special Summon a monster with its effect and attack again.

• To reuse the effects of this card, combo it with "Return of the Doomed", during a turn in which this card is suicided to re-obtain this card

• Use this card's effect to bring out "Patrician of Darkness" to set up a defensive wall with other "Turtles", searchers and walls such as "Mystic Tomato" and "Spirit Reaper" while having a mild beatstick to set up your side of the field.

• When this card is destroyed by battle in Defense Position you can activate "Broken Blocker", which allows you to summon up to 2 more "Pyramid Turtles" from your Deck as well as getting the Special Summon effect.

• Suiciding this card early in the game can put an "Endless Decay" with 4000 ATK on the field.

• Use this card while one or more Soul-Absorbing Bone Towers are on the field to quickly mill through the opponent's deck.

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• This card can be searched by "Last Will".

List

• Main Deck Zombie-Type monsters with 2000 or less DEF that can be Special Summoned:

Name	Japanese name	Primary type	Secondary type	Attribute	Level	Scale	ATK	DEF
The 13th Grave	１３人（にん）目（め）の埋（まい）葬（そう）者（しゃ）	Normal Monster		DARK	3		1200	900
Armored Zombie	鎧（よろい）武（む）者（しゃ）ゾンビ	Normal Monster		DARK	3		1500	0
Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring	灰（は）流（る）うらら	Effect Monster	Tuner monster	FIRE	3		0	1800
Astra Ghouls	アストラグールズ	Effect Monster		EARTH	5		0	2000
Bacon Saver	タスケルトン	Effect Monster		DARK	2		700	600
Bayonater, the Baneful Barrel	魔（ま）筒（づつ）覗（し）ベイオネーター	Effect Monster		DARK	1		500	0
Beast of the Pharaoh	ファラオの化（け）身（しん）	Effect Monster		EARTH	3		400	600
Blood Sucker	ブラッド・サッカー	Effect Monster		DARK	4		1300	1500
Blue-Blooded Oni	蒼（そう）血（けつ）鬼（き）	Effect Monster		DARK	4		1000	1700
Blue-Eyed Silver Zombie	青眼の銀ゾンビ（ブルーアイド・シルバーゾンビ）	Normal Monster		DARK	3		900	700
Bone Crusher	ボーンクラッシャー	Effect Monster		EARTH	4		1600	200
Bone Mouse	骨（ホネ）ネズミ	Normal Monster		DARK	1		400	300
Burning Skull Head	バーニング・スカルヘッド	Effect Monster		FIRE	3		1000	800
Changshi the Spiridao	霊（れい）道（どう）士（し）チャンシー	Effect Monster		DARK	6		2000	0
Chewbone	チュウボーン	Effect Monster	Flip monster	EARTH	3		300	300
Chopman the Desperate Outlaw	凶（きょう）悪（あく）犯（はん）－チョップマン	Effect Monster		DARK	3		1100	500
Clown Zombie	マーダーサーカス・ゾンビ	Normal Monster		DARK	2		1350	0
Corroding Shark	デッド・シャーク	Normal Monster		DARK	3		1100	700
Crow Tengu	破（は）魔（ま）のカラス天（てん）狗（ぐ）	Effect Monster		EARTH	4		1400	1200
Dakki, the Graceful Mayakashi	麗（うるわし）の魔妖（まやかし）－妲（だっ）姫（き）	Effect Monster	Tuner monster	FIRE	2		1000	0
Dark Assailant	闇（やみ）の暗（あん）殺（さつ）者（しゃ）	Normal Monster		DARK	4		1200	1200
Decayed Commander	朽（く）ち果（は）てた武（ぶ）将（しょう）	Effect Monster		EARTH	4		1000	1500
Des Lacooda	デス・ラクーダ	Effect Monster		EARTH	3		500	600
Devouring Sarcoughagus	死（し）製（せい）棺（かん）サルコファガス	Effect Monster		DARK	4		0	0
Dokuroizo the Grim Reaper	死（しに）神（がみ）のドクロイゾ	Normal Monster		DARK	3		900	1200
Dokurorider	スカルライダー	Ritual Monster		DARK	6		1900	1850
Doombearer Psychopompos	死（し）眼（がん）の伝（でん）霊（れい）－プシュコポンポス	Effect Monster	Tuner monster	EARTH	2		0	0
Doomking Balerdroch	死（し）霊（りょう）王（おう） ドーハスーラ	Effect Monster		DARK	8		2800	2000
Double Coston	ダブルコストン	Effect Monster		DARK	4		1700	1650
Dragon Zombie	ドラゴン・ゾンビ	Normal Monster		DARK	3		1600	0
Endless Decay	茫（ぼう）漠（ばく）の死（し）者（しゃ）	Effect Monster		DARK	5		?	0
Erebus the Underworld Monarch	冥（めい）帝（てい）エレボス	Effect Monster		DARK	8		2800	1000
Fear from the Dark	闇（やみ）よりの恐（きょう）怖（ふ）	Effect Monster		DARK	4		1700	1500
Fiend's Hand	死（し）者（しゃ）の腕（うで）	Normal Monster		DARK	2		600	600
Fire Reaper	ファイヤー・デビル	Normal Monster		DARK	2		700	500
Gernia	ゲルニア	Effect Monster		DARK	4		1300	1200
Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion	屋（や）敷（しき）わらし	Effect Monster	Tuner monster	EARTH	3		0	1800
Ghost Charon, the Underworld Boatman	劫（ごう）火（か）の舟（ふな）守（もり） ゴースト・カロン	Effect Monster	Tuner monster	DARK	2		500	0
Ghost Lancer, the Underworld Spearman	劫（ごう）火（か）の槍（そう）術（じゅつ）士（し） ゴースト・ランサー	Effect Monster		DARK	5		2000	0
Ghost Mourner & Moonlit Chill	朔（さ）夜（よ）しぐれ	Effect Monster	Tuner monster	WIND	3		0	1800
Ghost Reaper & Winter Cherries	浮（ふ）幽（ゆ）さくら	Effect Monster	Tuner monster	DARK	3		0	1800
Ghost Sister & Spooky Dogwood	儚（は）無（な）みずき	Effect Monster	Tuner monster	WATER	3		0	1800
Ghost Sleeper, the Underworld Princess	劫（ごう）火（か）の眠（ねむ）り姫（ひめ） ゴースト・スリーパー	Effect Monster		DARK	3		1300	0
Ghost Wyvern, the Underworld Dragon	劫（ごう）火（か）の翼（よく）竜（りゅう） ゴースト・ワイバーン	Effect Monster		DARK	4		1700	0
Ghostrick Ghoul	ゴーストリック・グール	Effect Monster		DARK	3		1100	1200
Ghostrick Jiangshi	ゴーストリック・キョンシー	Effect Monster		DARK	3		400	1800
Ghostrick Mummy	ゴーストリック・マミー	Effect Monster		DARK	3		1500	0
Ghostrick Skeleton	ゴーストリック・スケルトン	Effect Monster		DARK	3		1200	1100
Ghostrick Stein	ゴーストリック・シュタイン	Effect Monster		DARK	3		1600	0
Ghostrick Warwolf	ゴーストリック・ワーウルフ	Effect Monster		DARK	3		1400	1500

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