Card Tips:Darklord Zerato
- This card be searched by "Banishment of the Darklords", "Condemned Darklord", "Darklord of Pleasure", "Darklord Morningstar", "Celestial Knightlord Parshath", "Ahrima, the Wicked Warden", "Magical Contract Door", "Chaos Zone", "Link Party", and other generic searchers.
- This card can be Tribute Summoned with one Tribute using "Double Coston", "Serenade the Melodious Diva" and "The First Monarch".
- Special Summon this card from your hand with "Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen".
- Prevent this card from being destroyed by its own effect with cards like "Book of Moon", "Dimensionhole" or "Skill Drain".
- This card can be Special Summoned by the effects of "Il Blud" or "Mezuki" while "Zombie World" is on the field.
- This card can be used as the discard for "Trade-In".
- Banish this card with "Allure of Darkness" or "Strike Ninja", then Special Summon it with "Escape from the Dark Dimension" or "Miraculous Descent".
- When there are enough DARK monsters in your Graveyard, Special Summon "Destiny HERO - Malicious", "Evil HERO Infernal Prodigy", "Plaguespreader Zombie", or "Vice Dragon" with their own effects, then immediately use them to Tribute Summon this monster.
- Activate this card's effect, then Tribute it for the effect of "Athena" and Special Summon this card again to prevent it from being destroyed by its own effect.
- Special Summon "Darklord Superbia" instead and use its effect to Special Summon this card for more damage.
- When your opponent uses this card's effect, chain "Enemy Controller" to take control of it, then it will resolve and destroy their monsters instead.
- Banish this card for "Phantom of Chaos" to use its effects and clear your opponents field. Then, this card can then be brought back with "D.D.R. - Different Dimension Reincarnation" or "Escape from the Dark Dimension" and for a direct attack.
- Use this card along with "The Dark Creator" to constantly reuse its effect, using the discarded cards for the effect of "Dark Creator".
- After using this card's effect and attacking, use "Eradicator Epidemic Virus" to hinder your opponent's Spell or Trap Cards.
- Tribute Summon this card normally using "Hardened Armed Dragon" to prevent this card from destroying itself.
- Special Summon this monster with "Celestial Transformation" to quickly use its effect. "Inferno Reckless Summon" can also be used since its ATK will be halved to Summon more copies of itself for a potential OTK, since the three "Zerato" together will deal 7000 damage and there still a Normal Summon.
Traditional Format[edit]
- Use "Painful Choice" to quickly load the Graveyard with 4 different DARK monsters to make it easier to Tribute Summon this card.
