Dark Scorpion " Dark Scorpion " , known as " Black Scorpion " ( " Kurosasori " ) in Japan , is an archetype of DARK Warrior monsters who have Trigger Effect s that activate when they inflict battle damage to their opponent , giving the controller a choice of two effects . The majority of these card effects disrupt the opponent ' s field , hand or Deck , with the exception of " Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn " who instead searches out other " Dark Scorpion " cards . All members of this archetype are Level 3 / 4 monsters , except for the Level 5 " Dark Scorpion - Gorg the Strong " . The " Dark Scorpions " have been featured on numerous Spell and Trap Card s . " Don Zaloog " and " Dark Scorpion Burglars " were introduced in " Pharaonic Guardian " , " Cliff " in " Magician ' s Force " , and the rest in " Dark Crisis " . Design . The Dark Scorpion ' s outfits consists of a grey , sleeveless , skin - tight top , featuring studs on the stomach , pants sectioned into grey and red layers , and grey wristbands with red tips . All members have a tattoo on their right arm of a scorpion . Each member carries a distinct weapon , and sometimes feature additional holsters on their costume for them . All members appeared in " Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX " and wore civil disguises . Cliff appeared as a security guard , Gorg as a janitor , Meanae as a school nurse , Chick as a Slifer Red student , and Don Zaloog as a police detective in a Sherlock Holmes guise . Playing style . " Dark Scorpions " are fairly weak physically , but benefit greatly from Spell and Trap Card s that boost their power or weaken the opponent ' s monsters ; " Mirror Wall " , " Fairy Box " and " Shrink " can drastically cut an opponent ' s attack ing monster ' s ATK , causing the attacked Dark Scorpion to inflict battle damage and trigger its effect . " Burden of the Mighty " and " The A . Forces " work well ; combining " The A . Forces " with " Mustering of the Dark Scorpions " can both swarm the field and give you many strong monsters all at once . " Don Zaloog " is the only Dark Scorpion that cannot be searched out or retrieved with the effect of " Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn " , so including some copies of " The Warrior Returning Alive " and a copy of " Reinforcement of the Army " will be handy in a Dark Scorpion deck . Also , it is a good idea to have 3 copies of each of the Dark Scorpions except " Dark Scorpion - Gorg the Strong " and " Dark Scorpion - Chick the Yellow " . " Dark Armed Dragon " is very handy for clearing the field to let the Dark Scorpions attack . Their DARK Attribute also makes them eligible for " Dark General Freed " , protecting them from Spells and searches some of them out . " The Dark Creator " and " Dark Horus " can also be used to bring them back from the Graveyard . Should you successfully activate " Dark Scorpion Combination " you may wish to give some thought as to which Dark Scorpion ' s abilities you use in what order . You may use the effect of " Chick " to check the top of the opponent ' s Deck , then use another Dark Scorpion ' s effect to send the top card of their Deck to the Graveyard , or use the effect of " Gorg " to send a monster to the top of their Deck and then discard it the same way . After pulling off a " Combination " , use " Meanae " to retrieve the " Dark Scorpion Combination " card to play again next turn . A commonly used Trap Card with Dark Scorpions is " Robbin ' Goblin " , and sometimes " Robbin ' Zombie " . Since the archetype focuses on inflict ing Battle Damage to trigger effects ( even if the damage is not great due to the Dark Scorpions being rather weak ) those two cards will quickly deplete the opponent ' s hand and Deck , especially if you activate " Dark Scorpion Combination " and hit the opponent five times in a turn . Another card that can combo easily with Dark Scorpions is " Armor Breaker " , allowing you to destroy an opponent ' s card whenever you successfully inflict battle damage ( on top of protecting the equipped Scorpion from destruction once ) . Since " Chick " and " Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn " have 1000 ATK , they can be used with " Crush Card Virus " . Weaknesses and Counter - Strategies . Dark Scorpions have no tricks at all to survive on their own on the field , and are heavily dependent on Spell and Trap support to be effective ; your opponent will be targeting your backrow Spells and Traps if they see you are running Dark Scorpions . Recent Deck archetypes also punish the use of the most common Dark Scorpion effects : " Dark World " cards benefit from hand destruction tactics , and " Lightsworn " and Dark counterpart Decks thrive on having their cards sent from the Deck to the Graveyard . Keep both of these in mind when using Dark Scorpions . Also , " Gravekeeper ' s " Decks will lockdown your Graveyard and negate you from bringing back cards when trying to use the effects of " The Dark Creator " , " Dark Armed Dragon " or " Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn " . However , these can be avoided if you use cards that banish cards instead of them going to the Graveyard , such as " Dimensional Fissure " , " Macro Cosmos " , " Banisher of the Light " and " Banisher of the Radiance " .