Artmage Deck Breakdown

LIGHT 5

You can Set this card from your hand to your Spell & Trap Zone as a Spell. During your opponent's turn, if this Set card in the Spell & Trap Zone is destroyed and sent to your GY: Special Summon it. During your opponent's turn (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card from your hand or face-up field; neither player can banish cards for the rest of this turn.

LIGHT 7

Your opponent cannot target Level 6 or lower "Artmage" monsters you control with card effects. You can only use each of the following effects of "Artmage Finmel" once per turn. If you control an "Artmage" card: You can Special Summon this card from your hand, then you can draw 1 card. During the Main Phase, if you have 3 or more different Monster Types on your field (Quick Effect): You can negate the effects of all face-up monsters your opponent currently controls, also until the end of this turn, their ATK's become halved.

LIGHT 5

The first time this card would be destroyed by battle each turn, it is not destroyed. You can only use each of the following effects of "Artmage Graflare" once per turn. If you control an "Artmage" card: You can Special Summon this card from your hand, then you can Set 1 "Artmage" Spell from your Deck. You can target 1 Spell/Trap your opponent controls; destroy it. This is a Quick Effect if you have 3 or more different Monster Types on your field.

LIGHT 3

You take no damage from battles involving this card. You can only use each of the following effects of "Artmage Litera" once per turn. If you control an "Artmage" card: You can Special Summon this card from your hand, then you can add 1 "Artmage" card from your GY to your hand. During your opponent's Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can Special Summon 1 "Artmage" monster from your hand or GY, except "Artmage Litera", then return this card from the field to the hand.

EARTH 1

You cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck, except Fusion Monsters. You can only use each of the following effects of "Artmage Power Patron" once per turn. During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can Fusion Summon 1 "Artmage" Fusion Monster or 1 "Nerva the Power Patron of Creation" from your Extra Deck, using this card you control and monsters from your hand or field. If this card is sent from the hand or field to the GY: You can add 1 "Artmage" Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand, with a different name from the cards in your GY.

WIND 1

If a card(s) is added from the Main Deck to your opponent's hand, except during the Draw Phase (Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand to the GY; for the rest of this turn, cards cannot be added from either player's Main Deck to the hand.

LIGHT 1

When this card is discarded to the Graveyard, Special Summon it.

LIGHT 6

You can discard this card; add 1 "Fiendsmith" Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand. You can target 1 "Fiendsmith" Equip Card you control and 1 monster on the field; send them to the GY. If this card is in your GY: You can shuffle 1 other LIGHT Fiend monster from your GY into the Deck/Extra Deck; Special Summon this card. You can only use each effect of "Fiendsmith Engraver" once per turn.

LIGHT 4

(This card is always treated as a "Fiendsmith" card.) If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 "Fiendsmith" card from your Deck to the GY, except "Lacrima the Crimson Tears". During your opponent's turn, if this card is in your GY (Quick Effect): You can target 1 "Fiendsmith" Link Monster in your GY; shuffle this card into the Deck, and if you do, Special Summon that monster. You can only use each effect of "Lacrima the Crimson Tears" once per turn.

DARK 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add to your hand, or Special Summon, 1 "Power Patron" monster from your Deck. If this card is in your GY: You can shuffle 1 monster from your hand or face-up field into the Deck, and if you do, Special Summon this card, but banish it when it leaves the field. You can only use each effect of "Medius the Pure" once 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 8

"Medius the Pure" + 1 "Artmage" monster You can target 1 monster on the field; change its battle position. When your opponent activates a card or effect on the field, if you have 3 or more different Monster Types on your field (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card. If this Fusion Summoned card is destroyed: You can Special Summon 1 "Medius the Pure" from your hand, Deck, or banishment. You can only use each effect of "Artmage Diactorus" once per turn.

LIGHT 9

"Fiendsmith Engraver" + 2 LIGHT Fiend monsters (Quick Effect): You can negate the effects of a number of face-up cards on the field, up to the total Link Rating of Link Monsters equipped to this card, until the end of this turn. If this card is sent to the GY: You can shuffle 1 other LIGHT Fiend monster from your GY into the Deck/Extra Deck, then target 1 card on the field; send it to the GY. You can only use each effect of "Fiendsmith's Desirae" once per turn.

DARK 6

2 monsters with the same Type and Attribute, but different names Any battle damage your opponent takes from battles involving this card is doubled. If this card is sent to the GY: You can draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Garura, Wings of Resonant Life" once per turn.

WATER 4

2 monsters with the same Attribute but different Types Your opponent cannot target this card, or monsters on the field with the same Attribute as this card, with card effects. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can declare 1 Attribute; this card becomes that Attribute until the end of this turn.

DARK 6

1 monster equipped with a Monster Card + 1 Fiend Monster Card Must be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by sending the above cards from your hand and/or field to the GY. You can only control 1 "Necroquip Princess". If a monster(s) is sent from the hand to the GY to activate a card or effect: You can activate 1 of these effects; ● Equip 1 of those monsters to this card as an Equip Spell that gives it 500 ATK. ● Draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Necroquip Princess" once per turn.

EARTH 10

3 "Artmage" monsters Must first be either Fusion Summoned, or Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) in Defense Position by Tributing 3 monsters with different Types. You can only Special Summon "Nerva the Power Patron of Creation(s)" once per turn. While a card is in the Field Zone, this card cannot be destroyed by card effects. Once per turn, when you activate an "Artmage" monster's effect (Quick Effect): You can make the activated effect become "Destroy all cards your opponent controls".

LIGHT

2+ monsters, including a LIGHT Fiend monster Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 LIGHT non-Link Fiend monster in your GY; Special Summon it, and if you do, equip this card you control to that monster as an Equip Spell with the following effects. ● The equipped monster gains ATK equal to the total Link Rating of Link Monsters equipped to it x 600. ● If the equipped monster attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.

LIGHT

1 LIGHT Fiend monster You can only Special Summon "Fiendsmith's Requiem(s)" once per turn. During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Fiendsmith" monster from your hand or Deck. You can target 1 LIGHT non-Link Fiend monster you control; equip this card from your field or GY to that monster you control as an Equip Spell that gives it 600 ATK. You can only use this effect of "Fiendsmith's Requiem" once per turn.

LIGHT

2 monsters, including a LIGHT Fiend monster During your Main Phase: You can Fusion Summon 1 Fiend Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, by shuffling its materials from your GY into the Deck. You can target 1 LIGHT non-Link Fiend monster you control; equip this card from your field or GY to that monster you control as an Equip Spell with the following effect. ● Your opponent cannot target the equipped monster with card effects. You can only use each effect of "Fiendsmith's Sequence" once per turn.

LIGHT

2 Effect Monsters You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls this card points to; this turn, if you Link Summon a Link-5 monster using this card you control, you can also use that monster your opponent controls as material. You can only use this effect of "Moon of the Closed Heaven" 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.

FIRE 3

When a card or effect is activated that includes any of these effects (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; negate that effect. ● Add a card from the Deck to the hand. ● Special Summon from the Deck. ● Send a card from the Deck to the GY. You can only use this effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" once per turn.

WATER

2 Level 6 Fiend monsters When a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated that includes an effect that Special Summons a monster (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card, then you can make 1 other "D/D" monster you control and this card gain 1800 ATK until the end of this turn. If this card is sent from the field to the GY: You can add 1 "Dark Contract" card from your Deck to your hand.

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 Field

During your Main Phase, you can Normal Summon 1 "Medius the Pure", in addition to your Normal Summon/Set (you can only gain this effect once per turn). You can discard 1 Spell/Trap, and declare 1 "Artmage" Monster Card name that is not among the monsters you control and has not been declared for "Artmage Academic Arcane Arts Acropolis" this turn; add that monster from your Deck to your hand, also you cannot Special Summon for the rest of this turn, except "Artmage" monsters, "Medius the Pure", or from the Extra Deck.

Spell Quick

During the Main Phase: Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field, including an "Artmage" monster, and if a card is in the Field Zone, that monster gains 500 ATK. During your Main Phase: You can banish this card from your GY, then target 3 "Artmage" cards with different names in your GY; shuffle them into the Deck. You can only use each effect of "Artmage Masterwork -Succession-" once per turn.

Spell Continuous

When this card is activated: You can add 1 "Medius the Pure" from your Deck to your hand. You can target 1 face-up monster you control; if that face-up monster would be used as Fusion Material this turn, it can be treated as an "Artmage" monster. You can only use this effect of "Artmage Vandalism -Assault-" once per turn. If "Artmage Academic Arcane Arts Acropolis" you control would be destroyed by card effect, you can send this card you control to the GY instead. You can only activate 1 "Artmage Vandalism -Assault-" per turn.

Spell Normal

Place 1 "Artmage Academic Arcane Arts Acropolis" from your Deck or GY, face-up in your Field Zone, or if you control "Artmage Academic Arcane Arts Acropolis", add 1 "Artmage" card from your Deck to your hand instead, except "Artmage Varnish -Alteration-". When your "Artmage" monster is targeted for an attack: You can banish this card from your GY; negate that attack, then you can Special Summon 1 "Medius the Pure" from your hand. You can only use each effect of "Artmage Varnish -Alteration-" once per turn.

Spell Normal

Add 1 LIGHT Fiend monster from your Deck to your hand, then discard 1 card. You can banish this card from your GY; Fusion Summon 1 "Fiendsmith" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field. You can only use each effect of "Fiendsmith's Tract" once per turn.

Spell Normal

Destroy all Spell and Trap Cards your opponent controls.

Spell Normal

Destroy all monsters your opponent controls.

Spell Quick

Discard 1 card; Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from either field as Fusion Material. Neither player can activate cards or effects in response to this card's activation.

Spell Normal

If your opponent has activated a monster effect during this turn: Set 1 Normal Spell/Trap directly from your Deck, except "Triple Tactics Thrust", or if your opponent controls a monster, you can add it to your hand instead. That Set card cannot be activated this turn. You can only activate 1 "Triple Tactics Thrust" per turn.

Trap Normal

Special Summon 1 "Artmage" monster or 1 "Medius the Pure" from your Deck, also for the rest of this turn, the activation of your cards and effects that include an effect that Fusion Summons a Fusion Monster cannot be negated, also your opponent cannot activate cards or effects when a monster is Fusion Summoned this way. You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 "Artmage" monster you control; return that monster to the hand/Extra Deck, and if you do, destroy 1 card your opponent controls. You can only use 1 "Artmage Pact -Awakening-" effect per turn, and only once that turn.

Trap Normal

Declare 1 monster card type (Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Pendulum); for the rest of this turn, neither player can Special Summon monsters of the declared type, also negate the effects of all monsters of that type while they are on the field. You can only activate 1 "Dimensional Barrier" per turn.

Trap Normal

Target 1 Level 7 or higher LIGHT Fiend monster you control; send all cards on the field to the GY that are not that monster. If your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), while this card is in your GY: You can banish this card; send 1 "Fiendsmith" monster from your Deck or Extra Deck to the GY. You can only use each effect of "Fiendsmith in Paradise" once per turn.

Trap Normal

Target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; negate its effects (until the end of this turn), then, if this card was Set before activation and is on the field at resolution, for the rest of this turn all other Spell/Trap effects in this column are negated. If you control no cards, you can activate this card from your hand.

Trap Normal

Declare 1 Monster Card name; this turn, neither player can Special Summon monsters with that original name, except from the GY. You can banish this card from the GY, then declare 1 Monster Card name; this turn, neither player can activate the effects of monsters on the field with that original name. You can only use 1 "The Black Goat Laughs" effect per turn, and only once that turn.