Talk:Heavenly Crystal Dragon, Aldo Athora/@comment-33734015-20171122154615/@comment-28173866-20171122183757

Aside from the big amount of counter cards, none of this tactics is really efficient.

Gauge removal never works, since decks with a high gauge consumption normally have enough charge cards to counter that and the others don't care.

Return effects for high def size 3 monsters are rare and most of them are located in Magic World, which isn't competitive right now. Furthermore, due to it's soulguard, you will need at least two copies.

Effect-Nullification is possibly the best option, but again, removing such a high end monster is expensive for most worlds and you have to add the massive costs/difficult conditions most nullification combos have.