Dark Magician

NOTE: There are three different types of artwork for this card.

The alternate-art "red" Dark Magician used by Arkana in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga may be seen here. Despite having the same name, it is not the same card as the "blue" Dark Magician always used by Yugi Mutou, as it has a different eight-digit passcode.

The Dark Magician is one of the most famous and popular cards in Yu-Gi-Oh!. He may seem to be a worthless two-tribute beatdown type monster, but that has been compensated with many support cards for the Dark Magician such as Dark Magician Girl, Dark Magician of Chaos, Dark Paladin and many more.

Anime
This card is Yugi's signature monster in all story arcs. It was first seen used in Yugi's first duel against Kaiba (to destroy Judge Man), but was taken out by Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

In the first match of the Duelist Kingdom Finals (inside Pegasus' Castle), Yugi summoned the Dark Magician, but Mai destroyed it using a combination of Shadow of Eyes and Mirror Wall