Over the Nexus Deck Profile: Dark Magician
Out of the holy trinity of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Dark Magician is the one that struggles the most in the Over the Nexus format. Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Red-Eyes Black Dragon are better, primarily because they are Dragons; Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon and Dragon Ravine are among the best type-specific support cards available, and Spellcasters simply do not have that kind of power. Where Dark Magician has a leg up on the other two, though, is SPECIFIC support. Dark Magician has several cards that work for only itself, some good, some bad. The good ones are what this deck is focused on. Dark Magic Attack destroys all of our opponent's spells and traps and Thousand Knives destroys one monster our opponent controls, both of which require Dark Magician to be on the field, while Dark Magic Curtain summons Dark Magician straight from the deck, at the cost of half of our life points and locking us out of summoning for the rest of the turn. In order to make Dark Magic Attack and Thousand Knives online as often as possible, we're turning to not Spellcasters, but Warriors; specifically, Dark Grepher and Elemental Hero Prisma (plus Stratos to search it). Dark Grepher simultaneously makes a Dark Magician in the hand more useful, and makes getting it into the graveyard easier, which is important since one of our primary means of summoning Dark Magician is to revive it. Prisma, meanwhile, is very interesting; not only does it allow us to put Dark Magician in the graveyard like Grepher, its name becomes Dark Magician in the process, meaning we can also use our DM-specific spells! It's also relevant that Prisma is a LIGHT monster, which is important for the deck's other main deck Spellcaster, Chaos Sorcerer. The Synchro lineup is also same as usual, but with two interesting additions: Arcanite Magician, and X-Saber Wayne. Arcanite Magician is a powerful Synchro that requires a non-tuner Spellcaster to be summoned, and can remove Spell Counters from itself to destroy cards on the field, while when X-Saber Wayne is Synchro Summoned, you can special summon one level 4 or lower Warrior from your hand, which is good for this deck as it can help establish board presence faster or get a Prisma going. This deck may not be the strongest, but if you believe in the Heart of the Cards, you may just find the perfect card to guide you to victory. It's time to duel! MONSTERS (19): Dark Magician x3 Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind x1 Chaos Sorcerer x2 Dark Armed Dragon x1 Dark Grepher x3 Elemental Hero Prisma x3 Elemental Hero Stratos x1 Glow-Up Bulb x1 Plaguespreader Zombie x1 Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter x3 SPELLS (13): Allure of Darkness x1 Charge of the Light Brigade x1 Dark Hole x1 Dark Magic Attack x3 Dark Magic Curtain x2 Giant Trunade x1 Monster Reborn x1 Reinforcement of the Army x1 Thousand Knives x2 TRAPS (8): Birthright x2 Bottomless Trap Hole x2 Call of the Haunted x1 Mirror Force x1 Solemn Judgment x1 Torrential Tribute x1 EXTRA DECK: Dark Paladin x1 Ally of Justice Catastor x1 Arcanite Magician x1 Black Rose Dragon x1 Blackwing Armor Master x1 Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier x1 Colossal Fighter x1 Dark End Dragon x1 Goyo Guardian x1 Red Dragon Archfiend x1 Scrap Dragon x1 Stardust Dragon x1 Thought Ruler Archfiend x1 Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier x1 X-Saber Wayne x1
