Watching Yu-Gi-Oh! short videos is making the veteran players lose...

DM World

Yugi and Atem now understood what the video blogger meant at the beginning. For them, these weren't problems. As a master of "top-decking" and miracle draws, Yugi and Atem could make an archetype like Dark Magician shine in their hands!

"Yugi, with your bond with Dark Magician," Téa said, always offering words of encouragement at key moments, "I don't think things like too many dead cards or bricking will ever happen to you! The most important thing is that you can create miracles in every duel! That's enough!"

Yugi and Atem, who had been worried about Dark Magician's strength, were now at ease. That's right. The most important part of playing the Dark Magician deck wasn't just its ever-changing combos? It was about making unpredictable plays on the dueling field to catch the opponent off guard. That was the meaning and core of playing Dark Magician!

"Thank you," Yugi said, recalling his journey to the KC Cup. "I've always believed that Dark Magician is the strongest archetype. Even when I had the God Cards, I never gave up on Dark Magician, did I?" Dark Magician had helped him countless times.

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Main World

Yusei Hoshi couldn't help but feel emotional as he watched. The people who still played Dark Magician in Master Duel these days were basically all "soul players," right? Decks like Blue-Eyes and Dark Magician were mostly used by old-school soul players. Their power level wasn't high, but they had enough soul! And soul was all that mattered! If I'm playing a soul deck, isn't it for the thrill of pulling off cool, niche combos?

"Hah, maybe I should build a Dark Magician deck to play around with sometime," Yusei stretched and refocused on the video. "See what Dark Magician's power level is really like in Master Duel today. Well, first, let's see how this build handles its Extra Deck. Next up is the Xyz Extra Deck explanation."

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30-Year-Old Dark Magician: "After talking about a few basic first-turn plays, next is the explanation of the Extra Deck. First, let's talk about the Xyz engine. In the Dark Magician archetype, setting aside the non-archetypal cards, let's first see what the in-archetype Xyz monsters are. First is Ebon Illusion Magician!"

[Card Name: Ebon Illusion Magician (Rank 7)]

[Attribute: DARK]

[Type: Spellcaster]

[ATK/DEF: 2500/2100]

A Rank 7 Xyz monster's information appeared! Since the initial decklist had already revealed that this card would be included, in the DM world, Yugi and Atem were already mentally prepared.

"Please ignore the summoning condition of overlaying Level 6 Spellcasters. In a Dark Magician deck, this card is summoned by overlaying two Level 7 monsters. Effect 1: detach a material to summon a Dark Magician. Combine this with Effect 2 to banish an opponent's monster when it attacks! It's that simple, a straightforward targeted banish for board clearing. In a duel, it can occasionally be surprisingly effective. Run 0-1 copies."

Occasionally, surprisingly effective? After hearing the blogger's explanation, the duelists across the six worlds were stunned! Wait. A powerful Xyz card like this was only considered "occasionally effective"? Although it required two Level 7 monsters to overlay, didn't its effect also let you summon one back? No matter how you looked at it, this Xyz monster seemed like a very worthwhile card to summon, right?

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But in the 5DS world, the sharp-eyed Yusei Fudo had already figured out why this card was only considered "occasionally effective." It was simple. It could only clear the board during the Battle Phase. This was similar to the function of a battle trap. Because of this, it was too easily disrupted by the opponent!

Including the ZEXAL world, Yuma and Astral also realized this card's limitations. It was probably not as good as Number 11: Big Eye. At least Big Eye could be activated during the Main Phase! And it could even steal the opponent's monster. In this regard, its value was much, much higher than the Dark Magician Xyz.

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30-Year-Old Dark Magician: "Then there's the other one, Ebon High Magician!!"

[Card Name: Ebon High Magician (Rank 7)]

[Attribute: DARK]

[Type: Spellcaster]

[ATK/DEF: 2300/2800]

"This card's role is also just to add a little flair. Effect 1 gives us the possibility of activating Quick-Play Spells and Trap cards from our hand during the opponent's turn! But based on the materials, you can only use it twice. Effect 2 is its final word: if it's destroyed by battle or card effect and sent to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon a DARK Spellcaster monster from your hand or deck! Then you can choose one card on the field and destroy it. How should I put this? It's decent. The key is probably to use Effect 1 to catch the opponent off guard. But, let me be honest, good Spells and Traps can already be activated from the hand. And if you don't need Spells and Traps, you can use hand trap monsters! So my evaluation of this card is that it's fine not to run it at all, or at most, one copy."

"..."

His words made the Dark Magician fans in the DM and GX worlds nearly cough up blood! Wait? This one isn't good either? Looked at this way, were none of the Dark Magician's Xyz options optimal?

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