Card Appearances:Dark Magician

Yu-Gi-Oh!

 * This card is Yugi's signature monster in all story arcs. It was first used in the DEATH-T Duel of the manga and first series anime (the first duel of the second series anime is based on the DEATH-T Duel.). Yugi destroyed Kaiba's Judge Man with this monster, but it was later defeated by the 3rd Blue-Eyes White Dragon of Kaiba.


 * In Kaiba's first appearance in the first series anime, he is shown stealing this card from a student at another school before transferring to Domino High.


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


 * In the original manga, the first series anime and through Yu-Gi-Oh! R, Dark Magician is clearly shown to be a Level 6 monster. Nonetheless, its summoning required two Tributes on those series. Perhaps Kazuki Takahashi wanted to keep in conformity with the OCG on this respect, but no explanation was given for this within those series (and there are no other examples of such behavior).


 * The Dark Magician is the reincarnation of Mahad, a servant of Atem (Yami Yugi). He was the owner of the Millennium Ring before he was killed by Zorc (Bakura).


 * He is voiced by Kazunari Kojima in the Japanese version.


 * The attack of this monster is called "Dark Magic Attack" ("Black Magic" 「 黒・魔・導(ブラック・マジック) 」 in the original version).

Capsule Monsters

 * In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters saga, There is a Duel Armor that uses this card. It gives the user the ability to use Spell Cards or Trap Cards to attack or defend the user.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

 * Dimitri summons this card with Dark Renewal during his duel with Jaden Yuki.