- This card can be searched by "Temple of the Kings", "Dogu", "Single Purchase", "Transmodify", "Painful Escape", "Sangan", "Chaos-End Master", "Mystic Tomato", "Chaos Zone", "Magical Contract Door", "Eclipse Wyvern", "Masked Dragon", "Dragonic Guard", "Dragonic Tactics", "Ninjitsu Art of Super-Transformation", "Draconnection", "Hieratic Dragon King of Atum" and "Krystal Dragon".
- The effect of "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon" can easily Special Summon this card from the hand. The monster can also potentially serve as a basis for this card's ATK.
- This card can be Special Summoned from the Hand by using the effects of "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon", "Galaxy Stealth Dragon", "Number 46: Dragluon", "Assault Wyvern", "King Dragun", and "Apprentice Piper".
- This card's effect can be mitigated by its owner protecting their other monsters with card effects, such as "Safe Zone"
- In a Hopeless Dragon Deck, or any Deck that relies on high-Level Tribute Summons, "Hardened Armed Dragon" can be Tributed for its owner's Tribute Summons of other monsters beforehand.
- In the former case, "Dragon Shield" can be used.
- Alternatively, "Hardened Armed Dragon" can be used for this card's own Tribute Summon to complement this card's presumably high ATK.
- "Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon" can be Special Summon to use its effect as a preemptive measure.
- In a Hopeless Dragon Deck, or any Deck that relies on high-Level Tribute Summons, "Hardened Armed Dragon" can be Tributed for its owner's Tribute Summons of other monsters beforehand.
- This card's effect can be less of a loss for its controller's monsters if they have monsters that have effects that "replace" themselves when destroyed, such as "Lightpulsar Dragon".