Gilford the Lightning | Decks and Tips

This page notes details of Gilford the Lightning (LIGHT/Warrior/Effect Monster) : decks, tips, effect and rulings. Learn and enjoy playing Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links!

update 24/10/2016

Gilford the Lightning
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Gilford the Lightning

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Alternative Artwork

Attribute	LIGHT
Monster Type	Warrior
Card type	Effect
Card Effect Type	Summoning condition / Trigger Effect
Level	★8
Passcode	36354007
ATK	2800
DEF	1400

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You can Tribute 3 monsters to Tribute Summon (but not Set) this card. If Summoned this way: Destroy all monsters your opponent controls.

How to Get

Pack	--
Level-up reward	--
Victory against	Joey Wheeler (Alternative Art Ver.) [SR]
Card trader	--
Other	Ranked Rewards (Alternative Art Ver.) [SR] Special Pack Vol. 05 (Original Art Ver.) [SR]

Evaluation

Rating

C+

Pros

Strong ability that can destroy all opponent's monsters.
High attack.

Cons

Very low defense, making it weak to card rotating effects.
Effects only works when 3 monsters are tributed.

Tips

Useful cards

Kaiser Sea Horse	Regretful Rebirth
The Shallow Grave	--

Related cards

Gravekeeper's Oracle

Comments

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Anonymous

gilford is better than the lightign one I prefer gilford the legend

Anonymous

Konami, it´s been 5 years already. When are we getting the alternative art of Gilford?

Anonymous

How would this card be in a venus sky scourge enrise deck?

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

you better off focusing on this card instead of Enrise

Anonymous

Here's my attempt at a deck built around Gilford (only have one copy). Stray Lambs, Bubonic Vermin, Kaiser Sea Horse, and various defensive cards help me keep 3 tributes on the field. Once I do, Reinforcements helps me get Gilford reliably. Otherwise, it's a pretty standard beatdown deck. Any ideas for improvement? Specifically, ways to activate Gilford's effect even more easily?

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<< Anonymous(yigal)

Anonymous Reply

I remember way back in the day when Sargent Electro was a meta staple in nearly every deck. The game was so much simpler back then

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Yeah, I kinda miss the time when decks looks like the one OP posted, having wide variety of cards.

Now once you see one card from the opponent's deck, there's no surprise anymore, you basically know most of their deck since everyone plays the same cards for the same kind of deck.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

My main monster is Zoma the Spirit IRL. What kind of deck am I running? :D

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Kaiser Sea Horse is kinda pointless in there, right? I don't think you can tribute just Kaiser Sea Horse + 1 monster to fulfill Gilford's on-summon effect

Anonymous

Let's say, hypothetically, that I've used the first ever SR ticket on this instead on Enemy Controller like every other rational being.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Not a big deal. You will get many more SR tickets. Just make sure that you don't waste your dream tickets.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

I meant THE first one ever in the game, after the first KC Cup I think.

Anonymous

mmmm....

Anonymous

Cyber Style, anyone?

Anonymous

This card is actually a mini Obelisk that can attack on the same turn. After you blow up the field, if you can Special Summon another monster with at least 1200 ATK, then it's an OTK.

Just use AMA to protect it and your other monster from annoying backrows during battle phase.

Anonymous

Just kuriboh it up with flute of summoning, normal kuriboh, winged kuribog, and multiply. Special summon kuriboh and use multiply, summon Gilford for 3 kuriboh tokens and done

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

token kuribohs can't be used as tributes

Badger

With that 1400 DEF he gets econed and sphereebolad. Shame...

Me4onyX

lol i just got that after autodueling level20 joey. ty for new update!

Anonymous

Not the greatest card out there, but still looks fun. I just wish Joey would hurry up and drop him. I've grinded him dozens of times and still don't have one copy. Same thing for Weevil and Grasschopper.

<< Anonymous

Some guy Reply

grasschopper is pretty hard. I never got a single one of skull marked ladybug either.
(for anyone confused.. skull marked ladybug is NOT 4-star ladybug).

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