Dark Magician Deck Breakdown

DARK 6

You can target 1 LIGHT or DARK monster in either GY; banish it, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand. This is a Quick Effect if your opponent controls a monster. If your opponent Special Summons a Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and/or Link Monster(s) (except during the Damage Step): You can Tribute 1 other LIGHT or DARK monster, then target 1 of those Special Summoned monsters; banish it. You can only use each effect of "Bystial Baldrake" once per turn.

DARK 6

You can target 1 LIGHT or DARK monster in either GY; banish it, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand. This is a Quick Effect if your opponent controls a monster. If this card is sent from the field to the GY: You can target 1 Special Summoned monster your opponent controls; send it to the GY. You can only use each effect of "Bystial Druiswurm" once per turn.

DARK 6

You can target 1 LIGHT or DARK monster in either GY; banish it, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand. This is a Quick Effect if your opponent controls a monster. If this card is Special Summoned: You can activate this effect; during the End Phase of this turn, add 1 Dragon monster from your Deck or GY to your hand, except "Bystial Magnamhut". You can only use each effect of "Bystial Magnamhut" once per turn.

DARK 6

Gains 300 ATK for every "Dark Magician" or "Magician of Black Chaos" in the GY.

DARK 3

When this card is Normal Summoned: You can add 1 Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand, that specifically lists the card "Dark Magician" in its text. During your opponent's turn, if you activate a Spell/Trap Card or effect while this card is in your GY (except during the Damage Step): You can Tribute 1 Spellcaster monster; add this card to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Magician's Rod" once per turn.

DARK 1

You can send up to 2 Spells/Traps from your hand and/or field to the GY; draw that many cards. If this card is in your hand: You can send 1 Level 6 or higher Spellcaster monster from your Deck to the GY, then activate 1 of these effects; ● Special Summon this card. ● Send this card to the GY, then, you can Special Summon 1 "Dark Magician" or 1 "Dark Magician Girl" from your GY. You can only use each effect of "Magicians' Souls" once per turn.

EARTH 2

During either player's turn: You can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard; this turn, each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), immediately draw 1 card. You can only use 1 "Maxx "C"" per turn.

WIND 4

If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; apply these effects this turn. ● Each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the Deck and/or Extra Deck, immediately draw 1 card. ● Once, during this End Phase, if the number of cards in your hand is more than the number of cards your opponent controls +6, you must randomly shuffle cards from your hand into the Deck so the number in your hand equals the number your opponent controls +6. You can only activate 1 other "Mulcharmy" monster effect, the turn you activate this effect.

LIGHT 11

During the Main Phase, if your opponent Normal or Special Summoned 5 or more monsters this turn (Quick Effect): You can Tribute as many face-up monsters on the field as possible, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand, then Special Summon 1 "Primal Being Token" (Rock/LIGHT/Level 11/ATK ?/DEF ?) to your opponent's field. (This Token's ATK/DEF become the combined original ATK/DEF of the Tributed monsters.) You can only use this effect of "Nibiru, the Primal Being" once per turn.

LIGHT 8

Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand or GY) by Tributing 1 Level 6 or higher DARK Dragon monster. You can only Special Summon "The Bystial Lubellion" once per turn this way. You can send this card from your hand to the GY; add 1 "Bystial" monster from your Deck to your hand, except "The Bystial Lubellion". During your Main Phase: You can place 1 "Branded" Continuous Spell/Trap from your Deck face-up on your field. You can only use each effect of "The Bystial Lubellion" once per turn.

DARK 2

2 Normal Monsters

DARK 8

"Dark Magician" + 1 Dragon monster This card's name becomes "Dark Magician" while on the field or in the GY. Your opponent cannot target Spells/Traps you control with card effects, also they cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects.

DARK 4

2 "Runick" monsters Cannot be destroyed by card effects. If this card is Special Summoned from the Extra Deck: You can target 1 non-Quick-Play "Runick" Spell in your GY; add it to your hand. When this card is destroyed by battle: You can target 1 card on the field; destroy it.

LIGHT 2

2 "Runick" monsters If this card is Special Summoned from the Extra Deck: You can discard 1 card; add 1 "Runick" Field Spell from your Deck to your hand. If another card(s) you control would be destroyed by card effect, you can banish this card you control instead. If this card on the field is destroyed by battle or card effect: Return this card to the Extra Deck.

DARK 4

1 Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster + 1 Spellcaster monster Must first be either Fusion Summoned, or Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by sending the correct Fusion Material Monster Cards you control to the GY. Once per turn, when a monster declares an attack: You can target it; negate the attack, and if you do, this card gains ATK equal to that monster's ATK (until the end of this turn), then you can return that monster to the hand.

DARK 6

Must be Special Summoned by "Mask Change". Any card sent to your opponent's GY is banished instead. Once per turn, if your opponent adds a card(s) from their Deck to their hand (except during the Draw Phase or the Damage Step): You can banish 1 random card from your opponent's hand.

LIGHT 3

2 "Runick" monsters If this card is Special Summoned from the Extra Deck: You can discard 1 card; add 1 "Runick" Continuous Spell from your Deck to your hand. When your opponent activates a card or effect that targets a "Runick" card(s) you control or a Set card(s) you control (Quick Effect): You can banish this card you control; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card. Once per turn, during the End Phase: Gain 1000 LP.

DARK 8

"Dark Magician" + "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" or 1 Dragon Effect Monster Cannot be destroyed by card effects. Neither player can target this card with card effects. During your Main Phase: You can destroy 1 monster your opponent controls, and if you do, inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's original ATK. You can use this effect a number of times per turn up to the number of Normal Monsters used as Fusion Material for this card. Once per turn, when a card or effect is activated (Quick Effect): You can discard 1 card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card, and if you do that, this card gains 1000 ATK.

LIGHT

2 Dragon monsters Once per opponent's turn, if this card is in the Extra Monster Zone (Quick Effect): You can Tribute 1 monster from your hand or field; return 1 face-up card on the field to the hand. If this card is Tributed: Special Summon 1 Dragon monster from your hand or Deck, but make its ATK/DEF 0. You can only use this effect of "Hieratic Seal of the Heavenly Spheres" once per turn.

DARK

2 Effect Monsters You can target 1 face-up monster on the field; it becomes DARK until the end of this turn. You can pay 2000 LP and send 1 "Fusion" or "Polymerization" Normal or Quick-Play Spell from your Deck to the GY; this effect becomes that Spell's effect when that card is activated, also, you cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn. You can only use each effect of "Predaplant Verte Anaconda" once per turn.

DARK

2 Effect Monsters If this card is Link Summoned using a Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster as material: You can target 1 card on the field or in either GY; banish it, also your monsters cannot attack directly this turn. When your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can target 2 face-up monsters on the field, including a monster you control; banish both until the End Phase. You can only use each effect of "S:P Little Knight" once per turn.

DARK 7

''The ultimate wizard in terms of attack and defense.''

DARK 7

''A ferocious dragon with a deadly attack.''

DARK 7

You can Ritual Summon this card with "Chaos Form". You can reveal this card in your hand; add 1 "Dark Magician", or 1 non-Ritual Monster that mentions it, from your Deck to your hand, then place 1 card from your hand on top of the Deck. When your opponent activates a monster effect (Quick Effect): You can return this card to the hand, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Dark Magician" from your GY, and if you do that, negate that activated effect. You can only use each effect of "Illusion of Chaos" once per turn.

WIND 10

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters Once per turn: You can target 1 card on the field; destroy it. Once while face-up on the field, when a card or effect is activated (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card. You can only use the previous effect of "Baronne de Fleur" once per turn. Once per turn, during the Standby Phase: You can target 1 Level 9 or lower monster in your GY; return this card to the Extra Deck, and if you do, Special Summon that monster.

DARK 10

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner Dragon monsters You can target 1 banished LIGHT or DARK monster; Special Summon it to your field. When your opponent activates a monster effect (Quick Effect): You can target 1 banished card; shuffle it into the Deck, then if you shuffled it into your Deck, destroy that monster, or if you shuffled it into your opponent's Deck, negate that activated effect. You can only use each effect of "Bystial Dis Pater" once per turn.

DARK

2 Level 12 monsters During the turn, or turn after, your opponent Special Summoned 2 or more monsters from the Extra Deck, you can also Xyz Summon this card by using 1 monster you control with the highest ATK (your choice, if tied). (Transfer its materials to this card.) If you do, you cannot Normal or Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn. While this Xyz Summoned monster is on the field, neither player can activate the effects of monsters with 3000 or more ATK. Once per turn: You can detach 1 material from this card; return 1 monster from the field to the hand.

Spell Continuous

If a LIGHT or DARK monster(s) is banished (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 of those monsters; place that monster on the bottom of the Deck, and if you do, draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Branded Regained" once per turn. Once per turn, if your opponent Normal or Special Summons a monster (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 "Bystial" monster in your GY; Special Summon it. You can only activate this effect of "Branded Regained" once per Chain.

Spell Quick

Target 1 monster in your opponent's GY; banish it, and if you do, until the end of the next turn, its effects are negated, as well as the activated effects and effects on the field of monsters with the same original name.

Spell Quick

Apply these effects in sequence, based on the number of "Dark Magician" and/or "Dark Magician Girl" on the field and in the GYs. ● 1+: 1 DARK Spellcaster monster on the field gains 1000 ATK until the end of this turn. ● 2+: This turn, your opponent cannot activate cards and effects in response to your Spell/Trap Card or effect activation, also Spells/Traps you control cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects. ● 3+: DARK Spellcaster monsters you currently control are unaffected by your opponent's card effects, until the end of this turn.

Spell Quick

Tribute 1 LIGHT or DARK monster; Special Summon 1 LIGHT or DARK monster from your hand or Extra Deck with the same original Type and Level, but a different original Attribute. During your Main Phase: You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 LIGHT and 1 DARK monster in your GY; shuffle both into the Deck, then draw 1 card. You can only use each effect of "Duality" once per turn.

Spell Quick

Discard 1 card, then target 1 face-up monster you control that has a Level; send it to the Graveyard, also, after that, if it left the field by this effect, Special Summon from your Extra Deck, 1 "Masked HERO" monster with the same Attribute, but a higher Level than, the Attribute/Level the monster had when it was on the field (its original Attribute/Level, if face-down. This Special Summon is treated as a Special Summon with "Mask Change"). You can only activate 1 "Mask Change II" per turn.

Spell Normal

Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster that lists a "Red-Eyes" monster as material from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand, Deck, or field as Fusion Materials, and if you do, its name becomes "Red-Eyes B. Dragon". You cannot Normal or Special Summon other monsters the turn you activate this card. You can only activate 1 "Red-Eyes Fusion" per turn.

Spell Quick

Activate 1 of these effects, but skip your next Battle Phase after activation; ● Target 1 Spell/Trap your opponent controls; destroy it, then banish the top 4 cards of your opponent's Deck. ● Special Summon 1 "Runick" monster from your Extra Deck to the Extra Monster Zone. You can only activate 1 "Runick Destruction" per turn.

Spell Quick

Activate 1 of these effects, but skip your next Battle Phase after activation; ● Target 1 Special Summoned monster your opponent controls; destroy it, then banish the top 2 cards of your opponent's Deck. ● Special Summon 1 "Runick" monster from your Extra Deck to the Extra Monster Zone. You can only activate 1 "Runick Flashing Fire" per turn.

Spell Field

You can activate "Runick" Quick-Play Spell Cards from your hand during your opponent's turn. Once per turn, if you activate a "Runick" Quick-Play Spell Card: You can target up to 3 "Runick" Quick-Play Spells in your GY; place them on the bottom of your Deck in any order, then draw the same number of cards.

Spell Quick

Activate 1 of these effects, but skip your next Battle Phase after activation; ● Target 1 Effect Monster your opponent controls; negate its effects (until the end of this turn), then banish the top 3 cards of your opponent's Deck. ● Special Summon 1 "Runick" monster from your Extra Deck to the Extra Monster Zone. You can only activate 1 "Runick Freezing Curses" per turn.

Spell Quick

Activate 1 of these effects, but skip your next Battle Phase after activation; ● Your opponent draws 1 card, then you banish the top 4 cards of their Deck. ● Special Summon 1 "Runick" monster from your Extra Deck to the Extra Monster Zone. You can only activate 1 "Runick Golden Droplet" per turn.

Spell Quick

Activate 1 of these effects, but skip your next Battle Phase after activation; ● Target 1 face-up monster on the field; the next time that monster would be destroyed by battle or card effect this turn, it is not destroyed, also it cannot attack this turn, then (after applying this effect) banish the top 3 cards of your opponent's Deck. ● Special Summon 1 "Runick" monster from your Extra Deck to the Extra Monster Zone. You can only activate 1 "Runick Slumber" per turn.

Spell Quick

Activate 1 of these effects, but skip your next Battle Phase after activation; ● Banish cards from the top of your opponent's Deck, up to the number of cards they control. ● Special Summon 1 "Runick" monster from your Extra Deck to the Extra Monster Zone. You can only activate 1 "Runick Smiting Storm" per turn.

Spell Quick

Activate 1 of these effects, but skip your next Battle Phase after activation; ● Add 1 "Runick" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Runick Tip", then banish the top card of your opponent's Deck. ● Special Summon 1 "Runick" monster from your Extra Deck to the Extra Monster Zone. You can only activate 1 "Runick Tip" per turn.

Spell Quick

Place 1 card on top of the Deck from your hand, Deck, or GY, that is "Dark Magician" or specifically lists "Dark Magician" or "Dark Magician Girl" in its text, except "Soul Servant". During your Main Phase: You can banish this card from your GY; draw cards equal to the number of "Palladium" monsters, "Dark Magician", and/or "Dark Magician Girl", with different names, on the field and in the GYs. You can only use this effect of "Soul Servant" once per turn.