The Magician's Study

[exodia424]

id put this in the japanese forum but i didnt include tons of japanese cards and id get more help with the deck here so yeah if it has a * next to it it isnt out yet and the effect is at the bottom, i dont really want DDVD either...

some maybe changes
-2 windstorm (to the side deck instead of dragged downs)
-1 diffusion wave motion (to the side instead of DMA probably)
+1 swords of revealing light
+1 magic cylinder (since i have all these magicians )

Monsters: 17
[3] Skilled Dark Magician
[2] Apprentice Magician
[2] Dark Magician
[2] Magician of Faith
[2] Old Vindictive Magician
[1] Kycoo The Ghost Destroyer
[1] Tsukuyomi
[1] Dark Magician of Chaos
[1] Breaker The Magical Warrior
[1] Sangan
[1] Sinister Serpent

Magic: 18
[2] Dimension Magic*
[2] Scapegoat
[2] Book of Moon (I don’t have ECs so yeah)
[2] Metamorphosis
[1] Diffusion Wave Motion
[1] Snatch Steal
[1] Mystical Space Typhoon
[1] Pot of Greed
[1] Heavy Storm
[1] Nobleman of Crossout
[1] Delinquent Duo
[1] Graceful Charity
[1] Premature Burial
[1] Dark Magic Attack

Traps: 6
[2] Windstorm of Etaqua
[1] Mirror Force
[1] Call of The Haunted
[1] Torrential Tribute
[1] Ring of Destruction

Total: 41+sidedeck

Side Deck: 15
[1] Dark Magician
[3] Silent Magician Lv4*
[2] Silent Magician Lv8*
[2] Level Up!
[2] Dragged Down Into The Grave
[2] Magicians Circle*
[1] Apprentice Magician
[1] Injection Fairy Lily
[1] Dark Magic Attack

Dimension Magic
Quickplay Spell
You can activate this card if you have a face-up Spellcaster-Type Monster on your Field. Tribute 1 Monster on your side of the Field, and Special Summon 1 Spellcaster-Type Monster from your hand. You may destroy 1 Monster on the Field afterward.

Silent Magician LV4
Attrib: Light
Group: Spellcaster/Effect
Level: 4
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1000
When your opponent draws a card, put a Spell Counter on this card. Increase the ATK of this card for each Spell Counter on this card x500 points. Tribute this card once it has 5 spell counters to Special Summon a [Silent Magician LV8] from your hand or Deck.

Silent Magician LV8
Attrib: Light
Group: Spellcaster/Effect
Level: 8
ATK: 3500
DEF: 1000
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of [Silent Magician LV4]. This card is not affected by effects of your opponent's Spell Cards

Magician's Circle
Trap - Normal
This card can only be activated when a Spellcaster sub-type monster attacks. Each player selects a Spellcaster sub-type monster with attack strength 2000 or less from his/her deck and Special Summon it in face-up attack position on their respective fields.

[JohnD]

Lighten the Load seems like it could help quite a lot. I just don't know what would be appropriate to remove for it.

Deck looks nice.

[exodia424]

ah yes i was considering using that, thanks for the help, i may lose 2 thousand knives for them or 2 soul ressurection, but i dunno they both seem to work well, haha

[KitsuDeXstrosity]

That's one good Magician deck you have there exodia424. Just like JohnD said, Lighten the Load should resolve the burden of DMs and SoDMs stuck in your hand.

As for Tribute Doll, I would leave it out. Try using Enemy Controller (so it takes care of your opponent's field and you have tribute bait)

-~-Evolved Spirit KitsuDeXstrosity

[exodia424]

hmm any suggestions as to what to take out, im trying to make it not cookie cutter so i dont think ill put in controller, maybe though

[exodia424]

any suggstions at all?

[ni_klaus]

I think Peten The Dark Clown is a good option....very usefull for your Dark Magician Girl.....and it can give you time while you take out your strategy...and i see you don't have any speed card(excluding Reload)...like Morphing Jar....Card destruction....Cyber Jar.....and another good strategy is Painful Choice with reborn cards(Premature Burial and Call of The Haunted).....especially with Dark Magician, Dark Magician of Chaos...for example you could send 1 Dark Magician, 1 Dark Magician of Chaos and 1 Dark Magician Girl.....with this in you graveyard you will have more strategies when a card comes out....

I hope my suggestions be usefull for you!!

Soon i will post my Dark Magician Deck.....the difference is that i use Japanese Cards....You must be notice that SPELLCASTERS real power is in some Japanese Card (Just imagine all power your deck take if you could use DIMENSION MAGIC)..

Bye :)

[exodia424]

hmm i had petens for a while but realized that costons worked a lot better most of the time, , i despise both painful choice and cyber jar so i refuse to use them, im trying not be be like everyone else and run call and premature, card destruction i may consider but morphing jar is a bit out of my reach, thanks for the help

also yeah i cant wait for dimension magic and magicians valkyria

[DarkMagicianKnight]

Originally Posted by exodia424

Well heres my Dark Magician Deck again......its gotten much better but still needs some tweaks, i keep drawing a lot of tributes, which is to be expected since i have like 8 but i dunno it usually works out with sages stone and dedication but sometimes i get jammed with 3 DMs in my hand, that doesnt mean ill take one out but i need an easier way to summon them, should i put in tribute doll (adding to my situational spells) or maybe try a hero emerges again

Monsters (20)
x3 Dark Magician
x2 Dark Magician Girl
x3 Skilled Dark Magician
x2 Double Coston
x3 Apprentice Magician
x2 Magician Of Faith
x2 Sorceror of Dark Magic
x1 Magical Scientist
x1 Breaker The Magical Warrior
x1 Dark Magician Of Chaos
(x2 Magicians Valkyrie, japanese, i jsut play it in fun games not counted as part of deck,)

Magic (12, situational much?)
x1 Pot Of Greed
x1 Change of Heart
x2 Dark Magic Attack
x1 Diffusion Wave Motion
x2 Thousand Knives
x2 Sages Stone
x1 Dedication Through Light and Darkness
x2 Reload

Traps (8)
x2 Soul Ressurection
x2 Magic Jammer
x2 Sakuretsu Armor
x2 Divine Wrath

Fusion Deck
x3 Sanwitch

Take out:
1 Sorcerer of Dark Magic
1 Divine Wrath
Add:
3 Peten The Dark Clown
1 Magician of Faith
1 Spirit Reaper
1 Tribe Infecting Virus
2 A Hero Emerges

A nice little 46 card deck. If you are going to use 2 DMG's, you need a monster to guarantee the sacrafice {Peten}.

Add MOF because, you'll need Reload, DM attack,Diffusion Wave Motion, and so on.

Add Spirit Reaper because...HE STAYS! The only thing that can whipe him away are spells or traps (e.g-Skill Drain,Change of Heart). I put Change of Heart in there because, if Reaper is targeted, he is automatically destroyed so there is no taking control of it aswell as destroying it. NOTE- Watch out for Final Attack Orders, that could cost you the game unless you offer it fast.

Tribe is for destroying what 5 monsters they have on the field. This card works best against themed decks. (e.g-Light,Dark,Earth)

A Hero Emerges is for getting out your DM's and your DMOC. I'd suggest using it on DMOC. I'd pick DMOC because, it can give you back DIMENSION MAGIC, and then you can bring out DM aswell.

I'd ditch one Sorcerer of Dark Magic because, it can be troublesome sometimes. Even though it is my favorite card, I'd still recomend you keep it to a minimum of 1.(e.g-Having no monsters o the field and having 2 Sorcerer's in hand along with no spell or traps.)

I'd just like to say....ONLY USE ONE DIVINE WRATH!...really, it's not a good card for your style of dueling. I've seen how you act to other duelists online. I don't know you but, you seem pretty cool. Let me just say this, that card is just like foose-ball....IT"S THA DEVIL!

Hope my ideas help!....and my lecture aswell :rolleyes:

[phat_albert87]

Originally Posted by exodia424

Monsters (20)
x3 Dark Magician
x2 Dark Magician Girl
x3 Skilled Dark Magician
x2 Double Coston
x3 Apprentice Magician
x2 Magician Of Faith
x2 Sorceror of Dark Magic
x1 Magical Scientist
x1 Breaker The Magical Warrior
x1 Dark Magician Of Chaos
(x2 Magicians Valkyrie, japanese, i jsut play it in fun games not counted as part of deck,)

Magic (12, situational much?)
x1 Pot Of Greed
x1 Change of Heart
x2 Dark Magic Attack
x1 Diffusion Wave Motion
x2 Thousand Knives
x2 Sages Stone
x1 Dedication Through Light and Darkness
x2 Reload

Traps (8)
x2 Soul Ressurection
x2 Magic Jammer
x2 Sakuretsu Armor
x2 Divine Wrath

Fusion Deck
x3 Sanwitch

This is one of the more solid DM decks I've seen so far. However, you are missing some key staple cards like Snatch Steal, MST, Premature Burial, Call of the Haunted, and Heavy Storm. Ring of Destruction, Magical Cylinder (although Sakuretsu Armor is just as good), and Torrential Tribute are all good to add as well. Plus, I'd take out a Reload (good card for refreshing your hand if you have too many situational magics) for either a Painful Choice or a Call of the Haunted (this will help dump your DM's in the graveyard so you can use your Soul Ressurections). Plus, if you're going to use 2 Magic Jammers/Divine Wraths (I'd only have 1 of each), I'd throw in a Sinister Serpent to negate the discard costs.

The only other suggestion concerns Diffusion-Wave Motion. DWM is a good-themed DM card, but a) it should be comboed with something like Big Bang Shot, and b) its only really effective if your opponent swarms the field with something like Scapegoats or Warriors. That's why I think it should be sidedecked instead.

In all though, you have a very good deck overall. I'd give it an 8.5/10. Now if you can return the favor and r/f my DM deck (in my sig) I'd be happy. :)

[exodia424]

well as i agree that tribe, reaper, and peten are very good cards, but im trying to extract the most pure essence of the dark magician, i dont believe in being like everyone else just to win, if i lose oh well but surprisingly it doesnt happen too often, ive always had a sense that if i am true to my deck it will pull through for me in the end, and it usually does, as for divine wrath, it is a VERY good card, id say 1 isnt enough and 3 is too many, so 2 seemed logical, i MIGHT try a hero emerges again but it doesnt always work so its iffy

edit: o yeah, about divine wraths and jammers, with soul ressurection i can just get DM back when i discard, since i almost always have one in hand, either that or it at least powers up a dark magician girl for a while, or if i have a thousand knives i cant play then i wont worry about the discard since it was dead weight, as for diffusion wave motion i think i will take it out for card destruction even though im not a fan of the card.....

[The End of Anubis]

Very nice, it differs from mine in quite a few ways. You have gone hardcore DM, while I have strayed a little away and mixed DM with the basic "cookie-cutter" cards.

I do have a question, though. Do diffusion wave motion cannon and lighten the load help? I thought about using them myself, but decided against it. Both seem pretty situational. Are they worth it?

Good deck. 8.5/10. It's probably better than mine as you've most likely been using it longer than I've used mine and you are experienced with it.

[exodia424]

yes it seems to work well for me, a heart of the cards like thing if you will, call me crazy but i think it works, i believe in the deck and it works, diffusion i have grown to dislike so im playtesting without it for a while, it came in handy about 1 in 5 times i had it in my hand, lighten the load is also something im playtesting, im not a major fan of it but i think i have more tributes then you do i have 6 monsters i can use with it so it would probably work better for me than you, but i do suggest you try it out if you ever seem to have a bunch in your hand, in games you play you notice the hand is cluttered with them then try out lighten the load, if not they are probably of better use in your hand