• This card can be searched by "Pyramid Turtle".

• "Vampire Lord" is a very useful card, because it can be Special Summoned back to the field when it was destroyed by one of your opponent's card effects, such as "Smashing Ground", "Exiled Force" or "Mirror Force". Be wary, though, as it can be destroyed by monsters with higher ATK, and returned to your hand or the deck with cards such as "Compulsory Evacuation Device" and "Phoenix Wing Wind Blast".

• When using "Vampire Lord's" effect, the safest bet is to get your opponent to discard Traps since they are the hardest to recover from the Graveyard. Monsters are almost never a good idea as many decks are designed to make use of cards in the Graveyard; however, you can combo "Book of Life" afterward to banish the monster your opponent sent and put them at a disadvantage.

• Be aware if you're playing against another Zombie Deck when you call Monster, especially if the opponent has a "Despair from the Dark".

• If you're playing against a Lightsworn Deck don't call Monster because your opponent will select "Wulf, Lightsworn Beast", who has 100 ATK more than "Vampire Lord" and will be Special Summoned. Also, don't call Spell if your opponent controls Lightsworn monsters because he/she can select "Lightsworn Sabre", equipping it on one of those monsters.

• If your opponent has a monster with higher ATK (such as "Cyber Dragon"), set "Rush Recklessly" or "Shrink" and activate them during the Damage Step to destroy that Monster and to force the opponent to discard from their deck.

• Combine it with "Overpowering Eye" so your opponent still sends a "Monster Card" Spell Card, or "Trap Card" to the Graveyard.

• Using "Mist Body" with "Vampire Lord" would only force your opponent to destroy "Vampire Lord" with card effects.

• Equip "Vampire Lord" with "Metalsilver Armor" to ensure that it will be the monster destroyed by any of your opponent's monster-destroying effects.

• If you keep selecting monsters, your opponent will run out, and it will be harder to defend against you. You could also select Spells or Traps over and over to deplete 1 category of card, which can be interesting.

• "Vampire Lord" works well in an Inca deck, mainly because he's Level 5 and can be easily used as Synchro Material, plus he Special Summons himself from the Graveyard, which is the main focus of the Incas.

• Equip this card with "Shooting Star Bow - Ceal" to decrease its attack to 1000 but able to attack directly,then equip this card with "Heart of Clear Water" to prevent it from being destroyed.

• If you use a combination of "Ojama Trio" and "Battle Mania", you can do 6000 points of damage and get rid of 3 cards.

• If this card is in a Zombie only deck then the use of "Solidarity" can make it into a 2800 ATK monster that makes it very difficult to destroy by battle in the early game.

Traditional FormatEdit

• This card can be searched by "Witch of the Black Forest".

• The Special Summon effect of this card can be used to gain extra advantage, for example if combined with "Card of Safe Return".