Card Tips:Wind-Up Rat
- This card can be searched by "Wind-Up Magician", "Wind-Up Factory", "Wind-Up Zenmaintenance", "Wind-Up Honeybee", "Rescue Cat", "Super-Nimble Mega Hamster", "Key Mouse", "Melffy Catty", "Armored White Bear", "Kittytail, Mystical Beast of the Forest", "Desmanian Devil", "Ninjitsu Art of Transformation", "Aussa the Earth Charmer, Immovable", "Giant Rat", "BOXer", "Frontline Observer", "Sphere of Chaos", "Serpentine Princess", "Battle Royal Mode - Joining", "Vampire Dragon", "Rescue Ferret", "Umbramirage the Elemental Lord", "Sangan", "Witch of the Black Forest", and other generic searchers.
- Use this card to revive "Wind-Up Warrior", then use its effect to pump "Rat" to Level 4, and Xyz Summon.
- Use this card to revive "Wind-Up Hunter", then you can use this card for Tribute to active its effect.
- You can produce an OTK by using this card, at least one other copy of this card in your graveyard, "Final Attack Orders" and "Cannon Soldier". Just have "Cannon Soldier" and "Final Attack Orders" face up on the field and use the effect of "Wind-Up Rat" to bring back another "Wind-Up Rat". The revived one will be switched to attack position, so you can use its effect immediately. Use the effect of "Cannon Soldier" to tribute the used Rat for damage, then bring it back with the other "Rat". Continue to follow this loop until your opponent has no more life points.
Traditional Format[edit]
- This card can be searched by "Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity" and "Last Will".
- Use "Rescue Cat" to Special Summon 2 "Wind-Up Rats" from your Deck, use their effect to revive 2 "Wind-Up" monsters, then Xyz Summon twice.* Summoning this card while you have at least 1 Level 3 "Wind-Up" monster in your Graveyard can lead to a deluge of Special Summons with the use of "Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity".* Summon this card and use its effect to summon Wind-Up Hunter from your Graveyard.
- Then Xyz Summon "Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity" using "Wind-Up Hunter" and "Wind-Up Rat".
- Then use "Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity's" effect again to detach "Wind-Up Hunter" to summon "Wind-Up Rat" in Attack Position.
- Then use "Wind-Up Rat's" effect to Special Summon "Wind-Up Hunter". Use "Wind-Up Hunter's" effect to tribute "Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity" send 1 card from your opponent's hand to the Graveyard.