Notes & Combos

Pure (Enough™) Dark Magician is here and it's as fun as it is powerful to play. Dark Magical Curtain and Pharaoh's Servant have breathed new life into classic cards like Bond Between Teacher and Student, Dark Burning Magic, Dark Magical Circle, and Eternal Soul. The star of the show, however, is Talisman. If Called By the Grave was legal at 3, you'd play 3. Play Talisman! Zero once per turn clauses and the ability to loop any given copy multiple times makes it both an incredible combo insulator as well as a deceptively strong board breaker. When I open Talisman, I feel like I can't lose and often don't. Your standard 1-card lines should end on Magician's Salvation, Dark Burning Magic, and Dark Magical Circle, with Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl in the GY. With extenders, you can add I:P Masquerena and Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon to that, while consistently drawing an extra card off of your Soul Servant. Effects to remove cards from the field are extremely strong into the top performing decks right now, so this is a perfect time to play pure Dark Magician.