- This card can be searched by "Dark Sage", "Ancient Gear Drill", "Alchemic Magician", "Angmarl the Fiendish Monarch", "Left Arm Offering", "Magician's Rod" and "Dark Magic Inheritance".
- Use "Spell Economics" to avoid this card's Life Point cost.
- Combo with "Megamorph" and/or "Hope for Escape" to take advantage of this card's hefty Life Point cost.
- This card enables the following "Dark Magician" support cards that do not summon monsters or require them to be summoned: "Dark Magic Attack", "Dark Magic Expanded", "Dark Magic Twin Burst", "Magic Formula" and "Thousand Knives".