Talk:Odd Ritual, Skull Festival/@comment-27697921-20150901100733

There are several ways to use this amazing card. I'll piggy-back on some comments and add another. Basically, you can think of this as a sort of "Currency Exchange". It's part of the strategy we all use anyway, but this gets a little bit more creative. I'll do a Blog on a lot of Katana tricks later, but for now here goes a few for this, and I've been in constant communication with Bushiroad to make sure all these plays are legit rulings and will post those email respones too:

 As previously mentioned by InvictusKris, because Azure does not say damage is needed to take you to 0, you can take it there by any means. I recommend paying life in the Attack Phase like with Sakurafubuki as they take a huge hit and the resolution is in your favor, but y ou can certainly cast Azure when you are at 1 life and then use this card to call a Monster kicking in Azure's effect. Might as well be Thunderclap for fun! There are many more combos for Azure, and of course, the 6000 4 Crit Sword will be one to watch out for.

 Another fantastic use for Odd Ritual is the “Currency Exchange” I mentioned. Sometimes I run both Underworld and Ritual. Demond Kid already made Underworld much better solving some gauge issues, but when you set a few Odd Rituals and have Demon Kid to call, you can swap out life for gauge anytime. This works great for Rush Decks and GAUGE needs for Lethal Formation. In the blog, I'll mention how to keep your life up as well, it'd be too long to mention here.

 Cheers;)