The Ultimate Wizard returns with tech options.
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Welcome back to another tech-option focused profile, this time centered on the Dark Magician archetype and constantly expanding suite of support cards. Over time, Yugi’s legendary ace monster has recieved a ton of support, from Fusions to Xyzs, Rituals to endless Spell and Trap Support, even to support linking Dark Magician to Chaos and more closely to Dark Magician Girl. This has resulted in a giant pool of tech options and support cards – perfect for a deck to pick from to optimize. While my most optimized build of Dark Magician came in the form of The Eternal Dark Magician in CDSS7, this profile showcases two other builds I designed to show the new BACH support cards and Mega Tin support cards in action, leaving it up to you to decide how you want to play the theme.
In terms of win condition, the Dark Magician strategy is ultimately a control deck, limiting your opponent’s options and removing threats from the opponent’s board. But the true benefit of so many waves of support? Endless consistency options. Whether it is Magician’s Rod searching any of your themed Spells/Traps, Dark Magical Circle ‘drawing’ them faster, Magicians’ Souls getting DM to the GY and actually drawing more cards, Illusion of Chaos (YGOrg Translation) searching themed monsters, and Magician’s Salvation searching your key trap card – I think its quite clear this deck has options. And in that lies the true power – you can morph this theme to fit your playstyle, with the disruption options you need for the opponent. So stop wasting your time reading this – check out the effects of the cards themselves, then get out there and figure out your perfect way to unlock the Ultimate Wizard.
Provided Decklist #1:
Monsters: 14
||| Dark Magician
| Palladium Oracle Mahad
| Palladium Oracle Mana
|| Magician’s Rod
||| Magicians’ Souls
| Magician of Chaos
||| Illusion of ChaosSpells: 25
|| The Eye of Timaeus
| Dark Magic Attack
||| Foolish Burial Goods
| Upstart Goblin
| Monster Reborn
||| Preparation of Rites
| Chaos Form
| Advanced Ritual Art
||| Soul Servant
||| Piercing the Darkness
||| Dark Magical Circle
||| Magician’s SalvationTraps: 2
| Destined Rivals
| Eternal SoulExtra:
| Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon
| Dark Magician the Dragon Knight
| Dark Master of Chaos
|| The Dark Magicians
| Underworld Goddess of the Closed World
| Accesscode Talker
|| Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians
| Knightmare Phoenix
| Akashic Magician
| Barricadeborg Blocker
| Cross-Sheep
| Linkuriboh
| Relinquished Anima
Provided Decklist #2:
Monsters: 18
||| Dark Magician
||| Timaeus the Dragon of Destiny
| Palladium Oracle Mahad
| Dark Magician Girl
| Palladium Oracle Mana
|| Magician’s Rod
| Magician’s Robe
||| Magicians’ Souls
||| Illusion of ChaosSpells: 20
| Magicalized Fusion
||| Foolish Burial Goods
| Bond Between Teacher and Student
| Upstart Goblin
| Terraforming
| Monster Reborn
| Preparation of Rites
||| Soul Servant
| Secrets of Dark Magic
| Dark Burning Magic
||| Dark Magical Circle
||| Magician’s SalvationTraps: 3
| Destined Rivals
| Eternal Soul
| Magicians’ CombinationExtra:
| Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon
| Dark Magician the Dragon Knight
| Dark Master of Chaos
||| The Dark Magicians
| Number 11: Big Eye
| Ebon Illusion Magician
| Borrelsword Dragon
| Accesscode Talker
| Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians
| Knightmare Phoenix
| Akashic Magician
| Barricadeborg Blocker
| Relinquished Anima
Check Out Pods H and I in CDSS7 for a Third DM Build in Action!
Note: This is continuing the style of Creative Deck Profile articles, designed to showcase a build through replays and an attached summary. If you wish to see a CDP for an archetype, theme, or strategy you love, feel free to private message me on the YGOrg Discord server, the comments section of any of my YouTube videos, or just post a comment in response to this article on our Facebook page with your ideas to keep under consideration! On most YGO-related communities my username is Quincymccoy, so feel free to reach out. Current pending requested profiles include: Starry Knight, PUNK, TeleDAD. Some of my prior requests was covered by participants in CDSS6 and even more were re-covered in CDSS7, so I highly suggest checking those out and subscribing to my channel for all of my latest profiles on YouTube!
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