Yu-Gi-Oh! My Dark Magician & Apprentice Illusion Deck Profile! June 2017! (List in Description)

[@TeamAPS]

*With no monsters left on the field, I'll Summon Dark Magician and declare a direct attack!* *Let's get this video to 1,000 Likes for those sweet Apprentice Illusion Magicians!* *Theme Duels against Blue-Eyes, Buster Blader and more coming soon!*

[@Jsaldivardesigns]

please do a red-eyes deck profile or a mention in the video

[@tommytibble6067]

Team APS Why no Thousand Knives?

[@teamstardust5637]

Team APS that was an awesome deck profile hope to see it in action

[@epicgamerrpg9192]

Tommy Tibble because circle can do the job better.

[@saladmus920]

Team APS I WAS GOING TO LEAVE THAT COMMENT. HOW DARE.

[@andreagrande6262]

Once again, thank you for including the card list in the description. It's very convenient for those who may want to build this deck later, but not necessarily want to watch the video over and over again.

[@Shambles27]

I feel like everybody would be happy to see dark magician and blue eyes be top tier meta decks in this day and age. we can only dream

[@berlinglasgow4942]

I heard dark magician won regionals

[@TeamAPS]

Thanks for all the Likes guys! We're working on getting theme decks and duels going soon!

[@_Glinko]

Team APS is this deck good at all for local competitive games? This deck looks very cool

[@jadenasher6290]

That intro was a clever use of that. I'll give it to you.

[@Rene-ij1ut]

More like DANK MAGICIAN, right? I'll banish myself, excuse me

[@bananas5833]

Redneck Cast Hahahaha I actually thought this was funny... what's wrong with me?

[@EpicGamers007]

You go to the shadow realm

[@Goblin_Hands]

Just like DMoC banishes himself to the shadow realm! No...? Ok, fine...I'll just take him out of the deck. RIP

[@TeamAPS]

lol

[@drewschmitt7809]

DANK MAGIC ATTACK... With no monsters or backrow left on the field, I'll Summon Dank Magician and declare a direct attack! i'll also banish myself on that note, excuse me.

[@srirachasoda8961]

I literally leave your videos playing in the background even when Im not at home lmao.

[@heyhighfive]

Dope profile and dope dark magic attack ;) can't wait to see a theme duel with this!

[@nerfirelia8235]

Big Ass Comment Inc: I think he probably could've explained the combo he talked about in the beginning a little better so for anyone who doesn't understand it this is the breakdown. 1) You have circle on the field and magician's rod in the graveyard 2) Activate Magician Navigation to summon Dark Magician and Magician of Dark Illusion 3) Activate Magician's Rod's effect and circle's effect 4) Tribute Dark Magician to get Rod back to your hand 5) Banish a card with circle and since you activated a spell during your opponent's turn you can then activate Magician of Dark Illusion's effect to special summon the Dark Magician you just sent to the graveyard. I've played this deck for an eternity now so here are my thoughts: -Starlight Road, Secret Village of the Spellcasters, and Magician's Right Hand are all great for dealing with twin twisters or other cards that can pop Eternal Soul -If Eternal Soul is sent back to the deck (from Castel's effect for example) or it leaves the field facedown (even if it was faceup while it was on the field) your monsters won't get popped -You can use Starlight Road's effect on Eternal Soul's destruction effect (only if it is going to destroy two or more monsters), but you can't summon Stardust Dragon if you do it this way -A really easy way to go into level 8 Synchro Monsters is to have one copy of tuning magician in your deck and summon it with Magician Navigation (Beelze is really good to have in your extra deck btw) -Lose 1 Turn and Lost Wind are some dank ass cards to add to the deck if you want (I run two of each) -Dimensional Fissure and Macro Cosmos are also good cards to run in the side deck -Radian is the best Kaiju for the side deck because he is an allure target and can also be used for rank 7 plays -Red Eyes Flare Metal Dragon is actually op af and you should go into a lot -Ebon High Magician is good to go into if you have skill drain on the field because his effect triggers from the graveyard and is good for getting over a lot of cards -The deck has a ton of extra deck space leftover so you can play Ghost Reaper in the deck and fill up the rest of the extra deck with targets for her NOW FOR THE TRUE OTK COMBO: 1) Summon Dark Magician and Magician of Dark Illusion some way or another 2) Overlay into Ebon Illusion Magician 3) Detach Dark Magician to special summon a Dark Magician from your deck or hand 4) Bring back the Dark Magician you detached with Eternal Soul 5) You should have your opponents board wiped with all of the banishing you do so you can attack directly for 7500 6) Overlay the 2 Dark Magicians into Red Eyes Flare Metal Dragon 7) Your opponent is screwed because if they activate an effect then they lose the game Okay I'm done sorry for the rant Xd

[@jbat5824]

I love this deck. This is my main deck I use and it's great. Great profile man!

[@Number81SuperD]

Nice deck Paul. Personally i focus more on lockdown with Secret Village and Sorcerer of Dark Magic which is an insane combo to pull off. I even use a copy of Exodius as a free lvl 10 to tribute while recycling my monsters. It feels amazing to pull off. Also may i suggest some copies of Gagaga Magician for those easy Rank 7 plays? Ebon Illusion is an absolute beast.

[@OilFreeFeathers]

Using Navigation or Dark Renewal to Summon Kycoo The Ghost Destroyer against banish heavy decks like zombie Synchro completely shuts them down. He's very underrated as a tech card in DM decks. Delg The Dark Monarch is also relevant sometimes, though he serves a similar role to Night's End. You lose the tuner plays but get a bigger beat stick and he's another target for Apprentice's ATK boost.

[@kevint9079]

Theoderic Pace Actually I think Delge is kinda decent since he is lv6 so he can be used with Apprentice to go for rank 6 play. He is also a target for allure of darkness so yeah he is pretty good

[@OilFreeFeathers]

I find that these low monster count/triple Allure decks have major consistency issues. It's a very overrated card (which is why it came back to 3), especially in DM decks where you really don't want to lose any of your core monsters. But it's irrelevant now because the Spellbook of Knowledge draw engine completely replaces Allure in this deck.

[@JocofAllTrades]

Darn, I was hoping to learn what Pot of greed does :\

[@TeamAPS]

I'd tell you if I knew myself...

[@bananakidboyoh]

Team APS I think it makes you still take the damage.....

[@mastermoustachio282]

But it can be stopped if you draw a monsta cardo.

Gwopboyzprodigy Pot of greed let you draw two cards from your deck.

[@toddranney3919]

the illusion high can let you use solem strike and warning and quaking mirror force along with dark renewal from your hand now that i'm reading its effect

[@ManosUngidas1]

This was a great Dark Magician deck profile. I almost have mine done. I just need a few more cards left to complete. Also seeing this deck in action would be dope

[@kizami3]

Very, very nice and expensive build. I've something similar I'm working on, however I've gotta suggest Eye of Timeus, you can then toss the fusion monsters into the extra deck as a just in case measure(Dark Paladin, Amulet Dragon, and Dark Flare Knight[who by extension will allow Mirage Knight]).

[@AuraStorm]

kizami3 The problem with Eye is it's unsearchable

[@megatonhammer9478]

For me, I did my layout a bit differently. its a 50 card build but its competitive. For monsters i run 3x Dark Magician, and Magician's Rod. 2x Apprentice illusion magician, Magician of Black illusion, Summoner monk, and Chocolate Magician Girl. And 1x Effect vieler, Night's end sorceror, Gofu the vague shadow, DMOC, and Palladium oracle. For spells (this is the weird bit) 3x Magicians Circle and Eternal Soul. 2x Dark magical Circle, Illusion magic, Demise of the Land, Eye of Timaeus, Dark magic attack, 1000 knives, dark inheritance, Dark magic Viel, and storming mirror force. 1x Secret village, Magical citadel, Sorcerous Spell wall, Dark Magic Expanded, Miracle Synchro fusion, and Drowning Mirror force. My extra is per normal but the main guys who really make up my win condition in the extra deck has to be Tempest Magician, Enlightenment paladin, And/or Flare metal dragon. No one ever sees effect damage in magicians usually its that caveat that i exploit.

[@dahakaguardianofthetimelin4780]

Yugi: "With no monsters left on the Field, I Call Forth, My Fateful Servant! Feast your eyes on my Dark Magician! I declare a direct attack with Dark Magician - DARK MAGIC ATTACK!" Noob: "Uhhh... I don't think so, I surrender the game before your Dark Magic Attack can make it to me!" Yugi: "Oh no!" Noob: "Oh yes!" Yuya: *BUT YOU STILL TAKE THE DAMAGE!!!*

[@matthewstephens6502]

EASTERN EUROPEAN ORPHAN LMFAO Oh no Oh *yes*

[@TheCanadianBaddassJB]

Are you guys ever going to do an exodia deck with the new support?

[@longbipeicao7148]

I am running prophecy draw engine and hand traps in my dark magician deck.(Ocg) There is a new prophecy draw card releasing COTD pack, the draw combo trades 1 card for 2 and leave you 2 magic cards in graveyard waiting to feed your dark magic inheritance. It could release any type of spell caster monster, rods included. The draw engine generally goes very well with dark magician deck. Hand traps are good at interrupt your opponents in general. Hand traps+the dark magic circle and navigation/soul combo=screw your opponents board during their own turn.

[@pyrowarrior99]

I find Oracle mahad is a really fun card to use in this deck

[@kevint9079]

Sufyan Qassem Too gimmicky, require him to be in the deck and you have to draw him order to special suumo him therefore he is completeply useless if you have him in your opening hand, plus he is a light so you can't summon him with navigation. Yeah so would not recommend using him unless you really want to, he is just like Garnet with the Brilliant Fusion engine.

[@WingyMedia]

Is there a good fusion alternative to this deck? With Timaeus, Amulet Dragon etc..? I like this build but I love the fusions too

[@TeamAPS]

Yeah, I've teched a copy of Timaeus in this deck before and works pretty smoothly.

[@miguelmejia7364]

Would it be good to run Mahad in this deck aswell? After you activate circle, excavate and see it, you could put it on top and draw it next turn (or draw it with allure) and if it gets popped it can summon Dark Magician, and hence triggering Circle, so the opp must get around it ( it can ss Dark Magician even if it gets killed by Eternal Soul) Besides he looks cool so :v (too bad it isn't treated as Dark Magician while on the field)

[@jbat5824]

I liked running him but the problem with him was if you got him in your opening hand then he's basically a dead card. It can hurt you if that happens. I've had it happen to me a few times.

[@Despy_TMD]

yes as long you run with Chocolate magician girl

[@inkheadmarley4239]

Thats a very expensive deck my boiii

[@nerfirelia8235]

Navigation and Circle are probably going to get reprinted in the fall so it won't be too expensive then. The deck still functions pretty well even without the money cards in the profile so they aren't needed too much.

[@alv1561]

riko mejia definitely should wait for Apprentice Illusion Magician to lower in price

[@AuraStorm]

Nerf Irelia You can't play this deck without Circle and Navigate, don't kid yourself

[@nerfirelia8235]

I wasn't talking about those 2 cards because they are getting reprinted. I was talking about the other money cards in the deck.

[@inkheadmarley4239]

AttackOnHunger Ω yea like 2 to 4 years for their price to be reasonable 💀

[@adamfrostbite1900]

have you thought of running a palladium oracle mahad, it's a pretty good way to get dark magician on the field if it gets destroyed, just curious.

[@Goblin_Hands]

I like the Arcana art 2nd best. My choices would be Anniversary Dark Magician, then Arcana, and then to complete the portrait art style, LOB Dark Magician, which is kinda like the opposite to the Arcana version. The field looks pretty sick with all 3 on the field.

[@Goblin_Hands]

Both the Anniversary version and the LOB version are featured in the other artworks doing poses with their staffs, but sadly there is not as much love for Yugi's Purple version or Arcana's. LOB version is on 3/7 artworks and almost every Dark Magician card out there. Hopefully the next one will be Arcana's doing something.

[@TeamAPS]

Personally, I like the one that came in 2016 Structure Deck Yugi. Just wish it was in a higher rarity.

[@Goblin_Hands]

Hmmm....so where did you get that Blue-Eyes White Dragon hat anyways?

[@deucerz]

Gosh that ad is so annoying to come by. 😂 Keep up the good work though Paul! 💪

[@KiraKibosh]

I know this deck is a couple months old, but would the Virus cards be any good? Dark Magician alone is a target for all the important ones and it'd be another layer of disruption.

[@animaltamer10]

I run two copies of dark magician of chaos in my deck along with dedication through light and darkness because dark magician of chaos can recycle spell cards so you can pull allot of good cards you already used

[@SetoOpium]

Theme duels are back! Yessss

[@glennpert]

you sounded like you didn't care for soul charge to much. Why not just play Dark magic veil?

[@314walker]

you thought about trying wonder wand then summon magician back with soul? I also play with full force virus

[@atticus6572]

Two things: 1) That Arcana artwork for Dark Magician is just the BEST. 2) I'm surprised so few people incorporate Silent Magician into Dark Magicians.

[@yasinrhodes118]

Could you build a hero deck or even a deck like the ones on the show kinda like a dmoc/bls deck

[@JudoYoNeck]

why don't you run secret village of spellcasters?

[@lacm81]

would you be willing to do a new deck for links? I have a really cool build that I think can put it work and has proven itself. I haven't taken it to a regionals yet since I barely got my playset of apprentice

[@alv1561]

@7:05 I think Magician's Rod loses its timing if you chain Illusion Magic to it after the Effect Veiler and doesn't get to search. Can anyone confirm what Paul says?

[@kevint9079]

AttackOnHunger Ω I remember that Rod's eff is an "If" clause so the eff will apply no matter what you chain or do to him

[@walkingcorpse1224]

Love the deck build, looks freaking amazing! How does this deck do against Blue Eyes both at full potential? N I am super excited to see the theme duels come back. What I would like to see, n this is just a suggestion when you have your theme duels just so the decks are all even, create ur own banlist for that duel match. That'd be fun, creative and no one would be able to complain as to what's annoying and what's fair. 😂

[@Gegnar94]

If you could would Magicians Robe work to since it's effect helps the dark magician.

[@nerfirelia8235]

I really like the card so I run it at one. A good allure target and if you get a crappy hand, but have that card you can get a Dark Magician out ezpz with it so you aren't screwed.

[@merrick166]

Paul, if you summon magician of black illusion with magician navigation, and if you try to trigger it with rod from the grave, at the same time I think it won't work, am I correct? for example on ygo pro, when I summon dark magician plus magician of dark illusion and i activate rod from the grave, sacrifice dark magician and add rod to my hand, magician of dark illusion doesn't activate.

[@ansonithegreat770]

plz do a choas max profile if u can on ygo pro or irl i wanna run choas max but don't know what to get that would cooperate i dont wanna over spend

[@jacobybland2308]

Could Dreamland be incorporated into a Magican Girl deck?.

[@eriktorres6994]

Having good draw power and 3 Kiwi magician girls can be good protection against eternal soul leaving the field and any target effects on your spell casters. I draw into her often she can protect against board wipes.

[@Spliffurt]

I respect your choice of Dark Magician.

[@asacweskerstudios]

Any card that activates in the graveyard that fits in a dark magician deck? ABC has electromagnetic turtle. Blue Eyes has Return of the Dragon Lords. Dark Magician has caca.

[@andross2]

I like this build. In my build I also run two dark kaiju (allure target) and dark magic veil instead of soul charge.

[@seijiyaa5331]

no eye of timeus and dark magician the dragon knight? it can protect eternal soul

[@BabyMatrix69]

are we going see a update red-eyes deck

[@taylorwalker7080]

what about using legendary magician of dark?

[@MarquisCrawl]

dark renewal doesn't work on pendulums though as they go back to the extra deck and not graveyard

[@LoneWOLF-fp7el]

2x quaking mirror? don't u want to optimize ur fully potential field presence with DM using 3x dark renewal. since it's not targeting mons on the field, the trap can certainly take out possible mons that's a threat when it summon. replacing ur mons for DM to trigger off the DMC to banish another card on future outcome threat. about the POD at 2x...how about wonder wand? sending DM to the gy to draw 2x beside u could/can revive DM back with eternal soul or dark renewal.

[@anthonydaquet7934]

I run 3 allure of darkness, 2 sacred sword of seven stars and 3 escape from the dark dimensions which makes you care less about banishing dark magicians and gives you another way to summon dark magician to trigger dark magicial circle. I also cut eternal soul to 2 because there is just too many cards that can out it

[@robertdunkleyii4861]

When are you guys going to play the pepe deck

[@felixarreola8486]

How did I not know about this channel I subs and liked

[@Cassiorro]

Do the themed duels again, loved those ones!

[@kpexpedition]

Where's the buster blader deck profile???

[@AlfieRmF]

Like ur build I am building mine too thanks for tips

[@fyredust960]

Geeeeezus that price tag tho xD feckin ballin'

[@plankerton90]

I pressed like as soon as the intro finished

[@TeamAPS]

GGs

[@neilwarren6298]

love Dark Magician!

[@paulomachado7328]

Maybe when you're talking about a card you should have it appear on the side so we can read it?

[@alex.jkd.]

But he basically explains what they all do as he informs you that theyre on the deck list

[@alexarellano4813]

Yes!!! More theme duels!

[@lordalteris3636]

yeah! yugioh is the best card game out there! #summerofyugioh

[@KoyomeeAraragee]

What's the easiest way to get all these cards?

[@dominickfinch5693]

I run one thousand knives just to get past some monsters that are bigger than dark magician. I know that raigeki will obliterate all the monsters but since thousand knives is searchable by eternal soul I figure it's worth it to run one.

[@aaronphu6897]

Next deck profile magnet warriors????

[@heroesofthescape]

I personally don't like ruining Night's End Sorcerer because it easily misses timing. I tend to use Navigation as a chain so I have little use. I run Kycoo to lock out my opponents graveyard.

[@ChickenMarm4393]

I find the virus cards, mainly eradicator, to be very good choices

[@GamerNick]

Have a kinda scrub question if someone could answer for me I would appreciate it. So with apprentice illusion magician the second effect, how exactly does this work. So let's say I have a dark magician and my opponent has a blue eyes, he attacks and I activate it would his blue eyes be destroyed? Or would my dark magician be destroyed and then he would just lose the LP difference? Thanks for any help in advanced, trying to get back in to it after many years.

[@bryanescalante2871]

2 years late you might found the answer already...... The 2k boost is for one turn only and the blue eyes would get destroyed.... You dont lose LP

[@GamerNick]

@@bryanescalante2871 Thank you for the answer! Never found out and always wondered still lol.

[@bryanescalante2871]

@@GamerNick glad to help... And it happens its once of those things where if you dont ask when its trending ... Good luck...

[@fortant691]

Apprentice Illusion Magicans master is actually Palladium Oracle Mahad not Ebon Illusion Magician in terms of lore but, that's neither here nor there.

[@chuckdastump]

you should tech in Starlight Road, never fails me

[@TeamAPS]

+Jake Cuervo Ahhh yeah, for protecting from Eternal Soul?

[@leovrivera]

Team APS yeah and to bait too

[@LB-ze1zj]

Any ideas for a replacement for apprentice illusion magician

[@fortant691]

Palladium Oracle Mahad is an ok subsititute if you need something to just fill in. It summons itself and floats into dark magician.

[@TheMrKelloggs]

honest

[@TheMrKelloggs]

ik i was fooling

[@AuraStorm]

lisa brown There isn't

[@devon6257]

Interesting deck man

[@nova7747]

Where'd you get the Arkana art? I can't find it anywhere.

[@lavaemerald1429]

NoVa ive got it

[@CorndogCrusader94]

eBay my dude for like 5$ if you get the Japanese version

[@kobiehenley8088]

you should do a electromagnetic deck

[@domtucker4053]

is dark magik veil available in tcg.

[@epicgamerrpg9192]

Dom Tucker yes

[@ThePhilPhil20]

With no monsters left on the field, I'll Summon Dark Magician, and declare a direct attack!

[@Akunza]

Should updated this deck Paul! Spell Books OP!

[@rubenhernandez8391]

LOVED it

[@CaptainMarve1ous]

Combo video please!

[@michaelschneider1952]

You sell your Apprentice illusion magician,😶?

[@trevorbennet4551]

Maybe a theme duel against e heros would be cool.

[@joshmarkvart1475]

Bro the beginning of the video had me rollin everyone hates that stupid duel links commercial that supposedly featured "famous duelists"

[@darapi8827]

do you wanna try out how my deck profile?

[@noahferny2644]

No Choco magician girl???

[@hellboy3653]

SofaKing choco not good for dark magician deck

[@JohnnyCProduction]

How pricey is this deck?

[@leovrivera]

John Cockrill a lot

[@andrewjohnson8919]

Why not magical dimensions

[@Akunza]

I would run Starlight road to protect Eternal Soul plus you get a free 2500 beater. But that's my opinion

[@DavidIn]

Akunza yep that's what I run my DM deck

[@ΓρηγόρηςΝικολόπουλος-η2π]

Team APS, I really want to build a DM deck but I can't afford magician's navigation and dark magical circle :( could you please give me an idea on how to build an alternative one, it doesn't;t have to be super competitive

[@R4NG3LW0ND3RZ]

Circle and Navigations are the best cards! And even then, This deck is BARELY even viable. So I would say this deck NEEDS those cards.

[@Frazamatron]

I run a super budget one, maybe see how the Magician Girls work for you. Want my decklist?

[@ΓρηγόρηςΝικολόπουλος-η2π]

Frazamatron, yes please

[@AuraStorm]

There's no way to play this deck without it's 2 best cards

[@Frazamatron]

bare in mind I got these from either Legendary decks, packs or very lucky trades, I have no locals but I have 6 different friends who play against with this. 3x Dark Magician 2x Palladium Oracle Mahad 1x Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning 1x Dark Magician Girl 1x Kiwi Magician Girl 1x Chocolate Magician Girl (if I had another, I'd run it) 1x Apple Magician Girl 1x Lemon Magician Girl 1x Berry Magician Girl 1x Gagaga Magician 1x Fairy Tail - Sleeper (only card I got online because she was like £1.50 and she's for dead draw Mahad) 1x Engraver of the Mark 1x Royal Magical Library 1x Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit 1x Magician's Robe 1x Battle Fader 1x Old Vindictive Magician (Because nobody expects Man-Eater Bug XD) 1x Thousand Knives 2x Dark Magic Attack 1x The Eye of Timaeus 1x Dark Burning Magic (Because who doesn't like Field Nukes) 1x Magician's Right Hand (Can often end up as disruptive as Secret Village without the horrific drawback) 1x Magician's Left Hand (not really neccesary any good right now but I'm only usually playing against Blue-Eyes and Lightsworns who both really like Mirror Force) 2x Swords of Revealing Light (considering the lack of the really good DM support, stalling is often neccesary :x) 1x Magical Dimension 1x Twin Twisters 1x Ancient Rules 1x Gold Sarcophagus (I use it to search out Eternal Soul and I know that gives your opponent time to prepare but it also gives you time as well to set up some hands and possibly Dark Magic Attack) 1x Eternal Soul (I wish I had 3 XD) 2x Dark Renewal (Inherintly better Magical Dimension, doesn't activate destruction effects either) 1x Mirror Force 1x Nightmare Wheel 1x Black Illusion 1x Magician's Circle (I used to run 2 but nowadays it's only to get DMG and field wipe) 1x Dimension Guardian 1x Trishula (I know there's only one tuner but this deck could potentially summon it XD) 1x Red Dragon Archfiend 1x Hot Red Dragon Archfiend 1x Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon 1x Buster Dragon 1x Number 11: Big Eye 1x Red-Eyes Metal Dragon 2x Dark Paladin Maybe invest in either more Eternal Souls or ways to retrieve it, sorry if this deck isn't very helpful.. ^^'

[@tylerrex268]

I love you guys but this deck profile was off. been playing DM since support came out and can say some of these cards shouldn't be included

[@TeamAPS]

What's your build like?

[@cameronsmith4415]

is that apprentice magician even out?

[@jacobwilliams1272]

Ya, people have been getting them in the mail for about a month now. Most people that subscribe have theirs

[@jonathanvaughn4325]

I am a big fan of spellcasters.

[@AuraStorm]

I'm surprised not to see Beelze in this list

[@teamberzerker854]

running different arts for DM is the way to go lol

[@ESPmrBrough]

i like dark magicians, but i wish they were a little better at rank 7 spam

[@Chaosking5445]

I really like apprentice illusion magician because it can combo it with Gagaga Magician to get Norito and then get to ebon illusion magician even quicker

[@JayMelody120]

play against cyber dragon!!!!!!!

[@crystalqueen9711]

1: Why only single DMA 2: Why no Chocolate Magician Girl 3: Why no Secret Village of the Spellcasters 4: Why no Twin Twisters

[@nerfirelia8235]

1) Having more than one DMA makes the deck kinda cloggy. It's not bad to run 2, but running one leaves more room in the deck 2) You can play her if you want to go into a lot of rank 4 plays, but that's kinda a different version of the deck 3) It's a pretty good card, but it's up to personal preference for whether or not you want to play it 4) Circle's and Ebon Illusion Magician's banish effect and DMA are good enough for spell/trap clearning tbh

[@Goblin_Hands]

What hasn't been said already? Choco worked a while back with Summoner Monk: Discard something useless like Duality, search Choco, use her effect to dump Dark Magician in your cloggy hand to draw 1, then Daigusto Emeral it back. Having E Hero Prisma made this possible without opening with Dark Magician...but discarding spells other than something like Duality isn't really good (he doesn't use Duality), discarding spellcasters other than Dark Magician isn't good (DM isn't even bad to have in the hand), and you don't really want to waste a potential Rod summon making it, Summoner Monk, and especially Prisma less than ideal nowadays, plus they have costs. Choco is far better in Shaddolls. Twin Twisters isn't so good this format (True Dracos), and there aren't too many good discards in this deck. Both Banishing and Dark Magic Attack are searchable and much better. I'm surprised he only uses 1 DMA since the extra copy lets you abuse Eternal Soul just that much further and ensure that you always have an out to their backrow should they bait or destroy the first copy. It is kinda cloggy though if you open even 1 copy of DMA, but I think the risk might be worth it if you have any sort of difficulty getting a Dark Magician or two in your hand to start spamming it (You probably shouldn't with Apprentice now though, so maybe that's why.) Secret Village doesn't help Dark Magicians progress, is worthless by itself (easy to break like equip spells; bad top deck card), may actually backfire, and it's best used only when you open with it and go first. It seems pretty good this format though, so maybe it's worth it.

[@Goblin_Hands]

Honestly, I'd use the Gods and True Name just because they are hella fun and work so well. Searchable Sphere Mode? It's also pretty easy to get big hands for Slifer thanks to Circle, Rod, Soul, and Illusion Magic, and with True Name+Circle the Gods become free unless you draw Slifer/Obelisk...Thankfully, the deck runs Draccosack so you can easily tribute summon one if necessary for style points.

[@domtucker4053]

Zero Ace I agree village should be in every DM build I run three

[@sebastianblair2214]

Chocolate magician is not needed with Aim

[@anthonypham-thanh7706]

Red eyes next

[@matthewstephens6502]

had to do that intro im sure