Hi. This is my first tiem posting in about a year. I've been out of the game for a bit thanks to college and work, but I still have my 4 decks and I still like to play from time to time 9even keep them ban legal)

anyways, a friend wanted to get into the game and asked for my advice. I gave him what i could and the main thing I told him to do was to come up with a theme. Now, I've made Machine, Burn, Fairies, Fiends, Magical Scientist, Warriors, Water, Zombie, Insect, Toons and Dragons decs all at one point or another (I started with MRD). Fate sends me a curveball however, when he comes back asking me to help make him a Dark Magician Deck.

Now, I honestly wasn't that into the whole DM thing (when MFC came around, I went XYZ rather than SDM). I've studied the cards tonight, and I think I've been able to peice together a decent deck for my friend to shoot for.

I need honest opinions on this one. Since I've never really played Spellcasters, I'm kind of flying blind here :)

Dark Magician for a friend

EDIT: with recommendations, here's what the deck looks like so far. Keep the advice coming however

Monsters: 18
x1 Dark Magician of Chaos
x3 Dark Magician
x3 Skilled Dark Magician
x3 Apprentice Magician
x2 Old Vindictive Magician
x2 Double Coston
x1 Tsukyomi
x1 Breaker the Magic Warrior
x1 Injection Fairy Lily
x1 Magician of Faith


Spells: 12
x1 Dark Hole
x1 Heavy Storm
x1 Mystical Space Typhoon
x1 Snatch steal
x1 Enemy Controller
x1 Premature Burial
x1 Swords of Revealing Light
x1 Nobleman of Crossout
x2 Book of Moon
x2 Smashing Grounds

Traps: 11
x2 Waboku
x2 Sakaretsu Armor
x1 Call of the Haunted
x1 Magic Cylinder
x1 Torrential Tribute
x2 Magic Drain
x1 Magic Jammer
x1 Magician's Circle

Just so you know, the 4 decks I currently have are:

Fiends (with a sidedeck that converts them into Zombies)
Dragon
Water
Warrior (recovering from Chaos Deprivation)

Monsters (20)

3 Dark Magician

2 Double Coston
Reflect Bounder
Magician of Faith
3 Apprentice Magician
3 Skilled Dark Magician
2 Old Vindictive Magician
Breaker the Magical Warrior
x1 Injection Fairy Lily (Spellcaster; fits the theme)
x1 Tsukyomi (sp?)

Magic Cards (15)
x1 Snatch Steal
Scapegoat
Tribute Doll (Dimension Magic when released)
Mage Power
Brain Control
Book of Moon
Creature Swap
Premature Burial
Nobleman of Crossout
Diffusion Wave-Motion
Mystical Space Typhoon
Swords of Revealing Light

Trap Cards (6)
Waboku
Magic Cylinder
Torrential Tribute
Call of the Haunted
x2 Sakaretsu Armor/Bottomless Trap Hole (your call)

This is a sample Dark Magician deck. Similiar to the one I used.

Most of a DM deck can be done based on personal preference. Limit yourself to about 6-8 Traps.

The only cards to use spell counters should be Skilled DM. So lose the Mandragonas and Marionette.

Try and work in the card My Body As A Shield. Its very important to keep your Skilled DM alive so you can get that free Dark Magician.

Thats all I can think of right now, hope it helps.

I thank you

The Double Costons I will put in, lose the marionette and mandragolas, and I'll add a third Dark Magician.


The only thing I don't really agreee with are teh traps

I've always run trap-heavy, and my ratio's got the job done in the past

also, when does Dimension Magic come out?
I've been hearing everyone talk about it

try these...


dark magic attack
thousand knives
dedication through light and darkness
soul ressurection
card destruction
soul release
dimension fusion

if you have any questions feel free to pm me.....

Bump:

I jsut need some more opinions before i give hte decklist to the guy (also, I'm tempted to do it myself as well)

If you want an awsome Dark magician deck, your gunna have to do some major trading and buying. imo he is one of the hardest decks to run right now.

Thousand Knives
Dark magic attack
Dark magic curtain (not released)
Dimension magic (not released)
Dark magician girl (shes good, just have to use her right)
Sages stone
Magicians circle
Dark Sage (hes not good yet, but when combined with a few cards he awsome)
There is a trap thats good but I cant remember its name.

these are cards that will help in the future.

-magic jammer
-2 wabaku's

+3 toon table of contents (these will allow you to get three easy spell counters for your skilled dark magician)

What does Toon Table of Contents do and where can i find it?

toon table of contents is a common out of DB2 and a super rare out of TP6. this card allows yo to search your deck for any card with the word toon its name. so basically it searches for itself. you can play three in one turn and counter up your skilled dark magician. it is also good for thinning out your deck.

At this point i agree that Magicial Plant Mandragola might not be too good since SDM is the only one that can use spellcounters in a DM deck (other than breaker) but if u want to use Magical Beast Ceberus in the structure or other counter cards its useful IMO. Plus its a lv 2 spellcaster and searchable by apprentice. You could also try Pitch-black power stone for 3 free counters and I beleve MPM would replenish a counter to that as well (please correct me if im wrong). Miracle Restoring i would say is a dark paladin staple but it might be worth trying out or side decking.

Just for reference:

Magical Beast Ceberus
Light/Spellcaster/4/1400/1400
Put a Spell Counter on this card for every Spell card being activated by either player. For each Spell Counter on this card, increase this card's attack strength by 500 points. When this card battles, remove all Spell Counters on this card at the end of the battle phase.