This is what I plan my spellcaster deck to look like once I get all the cards.

Stall Burn Deck built around spellcasters.

Monsters 14
1 Dark Eradicator Warlock
2 Dark Magician
3 Skilled Dark Magician
1 Magician of Faith
2 Apprentice Magician
2 Magical Marionette
1 Chaos Command Magician
1 Dark Magician of Chaos
1 Breaker the Magical Warrior

Spell 23
2 Magical Dimension
3 Wave-Motion Cannon
3 Stumbling
3 Soul Exchange
2 Giant Trunade
1 Pot of Avarice
1 Swords of Revealing Light
1 Nightmare's Steelcage
2 Swords of Concealing Light
1 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Heavy Storm
1 Dark Magic Attack
2 Dedication Through Light and Dark

Traps 3
3 Royal Decree

I decided to go ahead and make it advanced format friendly, since it was only a one or two card difference anyway. Anyone have any suggestions?

hmmm... too many spells if u ask me and the deck is a bit too big... try limiting urself to a few high levels and add a bit more support.

and add some traps... u will get trounced without having a few suprises for your opposition

Akoni is right, you only need about 3-5 tributes in your deck. Besides all of that though, you need to add in some traps, and yeah, Witch of the Black Forest and Tsukuyomi are banned.

hmm... forget the advanced format for now then, I first need to get the hang of spellcaster decks, any other suggestions, what are some good cards? I couldn't find any thread for spellcaster strategies and stuff, so sorry if this is the wrong place.

Edit: Book of Moon is on a long list of stuff I wish I had, because I know that would be nice in this deck

i don't have much time but i'll comment on ur deck...and sorry i can't write that neatly cause im in a rush...

first of all...remove eradicator warlock..that's the first thing u need to do...then...remove the marionettes...it's dumb with it's 2k atk...remove either one or two dark magicians...too much may freeze your hand...throw in a dark magician of black chaos...remove the library and the guard....add in d.d. and two exiled forces...remove the cerberus and throw in a kycoo...put one more apprentice and add in two old vindictive magicians if you can...leave the chaos sorceror...replace the witch of the black forest for sangan...that should be it for monsters...add in a jinzo...

your magic...put one smashing ground...throwing in two is actually better...remove the cold wave (dunno why it's there) and remove the dark magic attack...throw in one dark curtain...remove the martyrs...replace one brain control for a confiscation...mystik wok should be removed...don't add another vort/stumbling...

WHERE ARE YOUR TRAPS?!?!?!

magic cylinder...mirror force...torrental tribute...magic jammer...call of the haunted...

this is totally not how i would usually type to comment on people's deck..but im in a hurry..if i have the time i'll drop by to write a deck list of my mage deck...a very successful one...

if you have difficulty finding the cards...take your time...it took me months to get my mage together...

good luck...and sorry if i confuse you by the text in my post...hahaha

Dark Magic Curtain isn't real yet.

I would take out your Dark Eradicator Warlock actually. Then try to narrow down your tribute monsters some. The only banned cards you have are Chaos Sorcerer, Tsukoyumi, and Witch of the Black Forest, you could just replace them with something like Gemini Elf or Blast Magician or any other decent Magician card. You won't really need seven tribute monsters, and since you don't have a Magician's Circle, I would take out one Magical Marrionette and one Dark Magician, if you really like Dark Magician you can take out two Marrionettes.

With Dark Eradicator Warlock out for now you don't have to have nearly so many Normal spell cards and can now just pick the best of them and put in some trap cards as well. I would take out Mystic Wok, Cold Wave, the Gift of the Martyr cards, and the Stumbling/Lightning Vortex. You can then make use of such traps as Magic Cylinder, Call of the Haunted, Divine Wrath, Torrential Tribute, and Spell Shield Type Eight.

Don't get discouraged, Magician decks usually take a long time to come together. Mine took about eight months before I finally had everything I needed. Just keep at it.

I love Dark Eradicator Warlock. He's really cool looking and his effect seems like it may offset the difficulty associated with Tributing a specific monster for him.

So believe me when I tell you he has to go. I've tried numerous builds, and he is just not a reliable monster. Dark Magician can be a dead card at times anyway, but a Special Summon only (Nomi) monster that has to Tribute a Level 7 monster? You'll draw him at way too many inopportune times to make his inclusion worthwhile, trust me. 1000 burn per Spell is nice, but you need to let him go.

A good trap lineup for Spellcasters could be:

2 Magician's Circle
1 Mirror Force
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Magic Cylinder
1 Ring of Destruction
1 Sakuretsu Armor

Also, get Gift of the Martyr out of there! Such a bad card...

One last thing: if you want to play this in any Advanced Tournament, you're gonna need to lose Tsukuyomi, Chaos Sorcerer, and Witch of the Black Forest.

Good luck with the deck.

if I take out tribute monsters AND mystic wok and gift of the martyr, then I have no use for my brain controls and stuff, since that was the whole reason they where in there....

Mystic Wok I was already considering getting rid of, and cold wave was just being tested, but combos like brain control + magical dimension and brain control + gift of the martyr were pretty much the core of the deck.

- witch
- chaos sorcerer
- cerberus
- warlock
- mysterious guard
- royal magical library
- tsukuyomi
+ 1 skilled dark magician
+ 1 apprentice magician
+ 3 gravekeeper's spy
+ 2 mystic tomato
- 1 magical marionnette
+ 1 Spirit reaper

- 1 Lightning Vortex
+ Pot of Avarice

- 1 Riryoku
+ Creature Swap

- 1 Cold Wave
+ Nobleman of Crossout

- 1 Soul Exchange
+ Enemy Controller

- 1 Mystic Wok
+ Enemy Controller

- 2 Gift of the Martyr
+ 2 sakuretsu armor

- 1 Premature Burial
+ 1 mirror force

- 1 Monster Reincarnation
+ 1 torrential tribute

- 1 Swords of Revealing Light
+ 1 scapegoat

- 1 Stumbling/Lightning Vortex (can't decide)
+ Sakuretsu armor

brain control is basically used to finish a game off...like taking a jinzo from an opponent and killing him off with his card...you don't really need martyr...i'd use riryoku if i needed to...sorry if i talk about alot of cards which are restricted like dark curtain cause im in asia...haha...

mage decks tend to change with time...so keep up with the pace or just drop the whole idea and play machine or something...just like....ME ^^...haha

I made a whole bunch of changes to this deck, so tell me what you think.
Also its now Advance Format friendly for sure (as much as it hurt seeing the 20 something dark holes and pot of greeds etc... go to waste in my boxes)

Is my deck that good that no one can think of anything to say?

j/k

If your deck is traditional format then add in a butterfly dagger and a gearfried the iron knight. Then, when you have magical marionette out you can summon gearfried and equip him with butterfly dagger. Then magical marionette would get a counter and butterfly dagger would be destroyed by gearfried. The, butterfly dagger's effect would bring it back to your hand. That means that magical marionette would practically infinite attack power.