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Wow, this is awesome. I never thought a guide could be so much detail like this.

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thank you very much, it took me a good while to write it all down and I am happy with the end result! I hope it's gonna be helpful for alot of people that want to get into playing Dark Magician

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Was hoping to build a magician deck after a few higher tier decks. This couldn't have come at a better time. Awesome guide and a reminder why I love the magician aesthetic

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you can use anaconda to deployment to draw 2 with servant and make combinations alive(actually without dragoon it is the best way to "engage" with servant, so, combinations isnt a brick with souls+anything)\nalso, you can substitute keeper for dragonmaid engine, since is just the same thing but 10 times better((chamber search a poly(just for dragons, but you will summon dragon knight anyway), doenst need to discard, you can discard the fusion to draw in souls and recycle by its own eff, you can use dragon maid trap to get extender/removal bosses and floodgates and doenst lock you in fusion)

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while yes you can use anaconda for deployment, In terms of the times you get to use anaconda in this isn't that often in most cases while thinking on top of my head, but it definitely does make it more consistent.\nI haven't thought about using dragonmaids instead of keeper, that's a really good idea. Thanks alot for that input!

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Best guide for best deck!

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****...thank you so much..i really love my dark magician deck so i have been wondering what should i improve in my current deck..your guide really help me...So thank you so much

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This article wil boost Dark Magician deck very very good..\nDark Magician Dogmatika is good, but High Cost to craft Extra Deck..\nNote:\nplay this deck for fun & casual.. But this deck will never be meta, because not profitable anymore for developer..

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Should include Cross-Sheep along with Invoked. With it Aleister + Magicians Souls become a 2 cards 8800 damage combo

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I love dm deck and this is the only deck I play. But unfortunately without dragoon, dm deck is gonna be mediocre. How much the new dm support will help improve the deck remain unknown (and where is Palladium Oracle Mana? This card is much better compared to mahad). Generally speaking, consistency issues and lack of negates generally killed this deck in modern yugioh. Almost 1/4 of the main decks are handtraps to help negates opponents' play, but that brings inconsistency too.

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I never comment but man…this is thee greatest guide. Definition of it. Very thorough and broken up so well! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 A scholar and a saint

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Thank you very much for your comment, it really means alot to me as the writer. I've tried to break down as much as possible and will keep updating this with addition of new cards and other discoveries amongst the community. The guide has been updated today and it will keep on going with these on the next card expansion, if there is any noteworthy for Dark Magician!

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I can always help with the guide if you’d like. Been playing DM for so long I remember playing when eye of tamaeus first came out and I was using EH Prisma in order to change his name to DM in order to use tamaeus just to go into stupid stuff like amulet dragon lol. Idk if anyone is allowed to put edits in the guide or if just posting in the comments is good enough.

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Best guide 👏🏻👏🏻

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dark magician is my favorite archetype, and is my childhood, you give me the hope of doing it viable in ranked, thank you so much for the hard work!

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Love the update

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what a guide man what a guide wow ty so much for this <3\nas a DM fan am so happy to read this\nam not the well skilled player but just got back to the game i had an old DM deck and it wasnt that great but i was enjoying it when i was play for sure its not meta but you can compete with it \nnow am updating it to ur deck am missing some cards but well manage to craft them even if i had to spend money cuz not that many ur mats i have XD \nbut i have a question since u putted different decks which 1 do u recommend the most to make

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Personally I'd recommend one of the pure lists or VFD. Right now vs the Meta Branded is not the best to close out the games effectively. With the upcoming banlist me and the other Deck Helper are thinking of putting DPE back on the list, it's really good vs the Meta right now, probably also the reason why Fusion Destiny is coming to 2

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logged in solely to say this is an incredible guide. thank you for this

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Thank you for the compliment, I'll keep improving the Guide here and there whenever I can.

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How do you get 3 copies of "Preparation of Rites" for the F2P day 1 deck? Do you have to craft them?

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You have to craft it yes, it's such an essential card and usually SR materials aren't that hard to come by. Especially if you pull from the packs you should get a few SR cards you could dismantle to make this list, as it also needs the two URs crafted. I can edit this in so it's not leading to more confusion.

If you cannot afford 3 right away, going to two is also an option, going for 3 Prep 2 IoC is better but oyu can switch it around if you're really lacking hard and want to play. The upside to 3 preparations is just that Magicians' Souls can send the "dead" copies for an additional draw, being better than having an IoC "stuck" to hand for a later period of time as its effect is HOPT (Hard one-per-turn).

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Any chance you still have the windwitch engine combo into quintet magician, was building the deck way back and then left the game for a while, came back to it again recently and would like to finish it off

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I was wondering if the new Diabellestar would work with Dark magician, and how it’d look like. I’ve been playing for 2months now, and running with Dark magician, so because I had some extra space in my deck I added an Underworld Goddess, was only able to play it 2-3 times in a duel but it did help out a lot. Not sure how to tweak my deck now, it has some flaws and blindspots. Would appreciate any advice or help.

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The Branded Engine doesn't seem useful here anymore as you can't rely on multiple copies of Branded Fusion and it's hard to recycle it. Is there any way to still incorporate it or is it dead?

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