Card Tips:Ties of the Brethren
- This card can be searched by "Triple Tactics Thrust", "Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic", and other generic searchers.
- "Spell Economics" can be used to circumvent this card's cost.
- This card can be used in the following Decks:
- "Bujin" Decks, targeting a "Bujin" Beast-Warrior monster. This can result in a field with "Bujin Yamato", "Bujin Mikazuchi", and "Bujin Arasuda", whose End Phase effects can form a combo with each other (unless "Bujin Hiruko" or "Bujin Hirume" was targeted).
- "Blackwing" Decks, in order to fulfill the activation conditions of "Black Sonic" and "Delta Crow - Anti Reverse".
- "Burning Abyss" Decks, in order to meet the activation cost for "Fire Lake of the Burning Abyss", as well as setting up for a potential activation of "The Traveler and the Burning Abyss".
- Counter Fairy Decks, in order to have quick access to "Bountiful Artemis", "Guiding Ariadne", "Meltiel, Sage of the Sky", "Minerva, Scholar of the Sky", "Power Angel Valkyria", and/or "The Agent of Wisdom - Mercury".
- "Frog" Decks, to help fulfill the activation condition of "Des Croaking".
- "Gadget" Decks, in order to trigger their monster effects, as well as boosting the ATK of "Stronghold the Moving Fortress".
- "Gogogo" Decks, in order to Special Summon "Gogogo Aristera & Dexia", whose effect can protect other "Gogogo" monsters.
- "Magical Musket" Decks, combined with "Toon Table of Contents" to trigger their effects.
- "Melodious" Decks, since most of the appropriate monsters' effects activate/apply if Special Summoned.
- "Majespecter" Decks, in order to trigger their monster effects.
- "Ojama" Decks, in order to fulfill the activation condition of "Ojama Delta Hurricane!!".
- "Magnet Warrior" and "A-to-Z" Decks, in order to accelerate the Special Summons of "Berserkion the Electromagna Warrior" and "ABC-Dragon Buster" (respectively).
- "Noble Knight" Decks, in order to have "Noble Knights of the Round Table" accumulate more effects.
- Even though it is not possible to Special Summon other monsters for the rest of the turn after this card is activated, the effect of a "Merlin" in the Graveyard can be used to Synchro or Xyz Summon during the opponent's turn.
- Rock Stun Decks, in order to Special Summon monsters such as "Barrier Statue of the Drought", "Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo" (assuming it isn't the target), "Koa'ki Meiru Boulder", "Koa'ki Meiru Guardian", "Koa'ki Meiru Overload", "Koa'ki Meiru Sandman", and "Koa'ki Meiru Wall".
- Although "Amano-Iwato" can't be Special Summoned, it is a valid target for this card. It will also return to the hand during the End Phase, and therefore be used to meet the maintenance cost of "Koa'ki Meiru" Rock monsters.
- "tellarknight" Decks, in order to trigger their monster effects.
- "Magician" Pendulum Monster Decks, in order to accelerate the Summon of "Supreme King Z-ARC" by Summoning "Black Fang Magician", "Double Iris Magician", "Purple Poison Magician", and/or "White Wing Magician" (during a subsequent turn, with the aid of cards like "Astrograph Sorcerer", "Chronograph Sorcerer", "Dragon's Mirror", or "Miracle Synchro Fusion").
- By targeting "Denko Sekka", this card can be used to Special Summon "Thunder King Rai-Oh", "Lightning Rod Lord", and/or "Zap Mustung", whose combined effects form somewhat of a lockdown on the opponent's actions.
- This card can be used to prepare for the Tribute/Special Summons of monsters that require 3 monsters, such as the Egyptian Gods, the Wicked Gods, "Beast King Barbaros", etc.
- "Wonder Xyz" can be used to Xyz Summon during the opponent's next turn, getting around this card's Special Summon restriction.
- This card can be used in a Deck centered around Level 2 or lower Normal Monsters, as it can help fulfill the activation condition of "The Law of the Normal".
