Card Appearances:Dark Magician

Pre-Duelist Kingdom Arc

 * This card is Yugi Muto's signature monster in all story arcs and his personal favorite as well as his rarest card. It was first used in the DEATH-T Duel of the manga and first series anime (the first major 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 destroyed by the third "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" that Kaiba Summons.


 * 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. However, it was named "Dark Wizard" (ダーク・ウィザード Dāku Wizādo) and it had 2000 ATK and 1800 DEF.


 * In episode 1 of the second series anime, Yami Yugi uses this card in his duel against Seto Kaiba. After Yugi summons this card, he uses this card to attack and destroy Kaiba's "Judge Man". Kaiba then attacks and destroys this card with the third "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" that he summons.


 * In episode 2, Yugi uses this card during his Duel against Maximillion Pegasus. He Summons it without looking at it first in an effort to counter the Millennium Eye. Pegasus activates "Sun Shower" in response, but since this card wasn't a Zombie-type monster, nothing happens. This card then attacks and destroys "Koumori Dragon" (who Pegasus had taken control of via "Dragon Piper's" effect). Pegasus then attacks this card with "Illusionist Faceless Mage" (who was equipped with "Eye of Illusion"). Due to the effect of "Eye of Illusion", "Illusionist Faceless Mage" is not destroyed and Pegasus takes no damage. On Yugi's turn, "Eye of Illusion" switched control of this card to Pegasus. Yugi's "Celtic Guardian" then attacks "Illusionist Faceless Mage", but "Eye of Illusion"'s other effect redirected the attack to this card. This card then destroys "Celtic Guardian". This card remained on the field until the Duel was over.

Duelist Kingdom Arc

 * In episode 4, Yugi uses this card during his Duel against Weevil Underwood. He Sets it in Defense Position. Weevil then attacks this card with his "Basic Insect" (which had been strengthened by the Field Power Bonus, "Laser Cannon Armor" and "Level 2 Power Boost"), but Yugi activates "Mirror Force", destroying all of Weevil's monsters and dealing him damage equal to the differences between the attacking monster's ATK and Weevil's other Attack Position monsters' ATK. In the next episode, Yugi returns this card and "Torike" to his Deck via "Monster Recovery".


 * In episode 9, Yugi uses this card in his Duel against Ghost Kaiba. After summoning this card, Yugi uses this card to attack and destroy "Hitotsu-Me Giant". After Ghost Kaiba summons "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", Yugi switches this card into Defense Position and summons "Curse of Dragon" in Defense Position, but Ghost Kaiba activates "Defense Paralysis" to switch both this card and "Curse of Dragon" to Attack Position. "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" then attacks and destroys "Curse of Dragon". Yugi then activates "Magical Hats" to hide this card within one of four hats. "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" then attacks a hat. In the next episode, the hat is revealed to be empty. On Ghost Kaiba's next turn, he uses "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" to attack another hat, but that one is revealed to contain "Spellbinding Circle" which decreases the ATK of "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" by 700. Yugi then releases this card from the hat it was hiding in. This card then attacks and destroys "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". Ghost Kaiba then summons a second "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" and uses it to attack and destroy this card.
 * In the first above-mentioned episode, Kaiba decides to find out which Dueling platform Yugi is on via computer. He decides to use this card as a cross reference as Yugi would most likely use this card if he is in a Duel. After crashing a satellite, he starts searching around the Dueling arenas for "Dark Magician", but finds none. The last active one is arena 146. Kaiba tries to enter, but finds himself unable to. Kaiba deduces it's a virus that will prevent him from searching. He then uses virtual TNT to blow up the door, however he finds a virtual castle which is the last defense that Kaiba has to go past. Kaiba confidently says "Alcatraz"("Pegasus" in the dub). The password is correct and Kaiba enters. the next episode, Kaiba goes inside and he finds out that an imposter of himself is dueling Yugi. The computer then explains how Yugi defeated the first "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" and this card is shown during the explanation.


 * In episode 12, Yugi and his friends were showing to each other what their favorite card was. Yugi showed this card and states it's his favorite. Yami Bakura would later seal Yugi's soul within this card.


 * In episode 13, Yami Yugi uses this card in his Duel against Yami Bakura. It appears as Yugi himself dressed as the "Dark Magician" and he is able to communicate with his other half through it. He then attacks and destroys Bakura's "Morphing Jar", but that activates the latter's effect, forcing both players to discard their entire hand and draw five new cards. Next turn, Joey, who was "Flame Swordsman", accidentally provokes Yugi. This is enough for Yugi to attack and destroys Yami Bakura's set monster, but it is then revealed to be "Electric Lizard", whose effect prevents Yugi from attacking next turn. Yami Bakura attempted to take control of Yugi with "Change of Heart", so he could win the duel, but as Bakura's soul was trapped within the card, he chose to take control "Lady of Faith" instead, saving Yami from losing the duel. Bakura tells Yugi to attack, but Yugi doesn't want to hurt his friend, but Yami Yugi uses his magic to make Bakura and Yami Bakura swap places to remove this problem. Yugi then attacks and destroys Yami Bakura, winning Yami Yugi the Duel and sparing Bakura from being sent to the Graveyard.
 * This card also appeared in Yami Bakura's thoughts when he explained that he was going to use "Change of Heart" to take control of this card and use it to attack and destroy one of Yami Yugi's monsters and win the Duel.


 * In episode 20, Yugi uses this card during his Labyrinth Duel with Joey Wheeler against the Paradox Brothers. After Yugi summons this card, he moves this monster 5 spaces, so that way it is in front of "Celtic Guardian", "Axe Raider", and "Flame Swordsman". Para then activates "Magical Labyrinth" to cut off Yugi and Joey's monsters from each other. Yugi later activates "Mystic Box" to destroy Dox's "Jirai Gumo" and get this card to where "Jirai Gumo" previously was. Yugi then uses this monster to attack and destroy Dox's "Labyrinth Tank". Yugi then activates "Magical Hats" to hide this card and Joey's "Flame Swordsman" from "Dungeon Worm". In the next episode, the hats protect this card from "Suijin's" attack when the said attack floods the entire maze. Later on, Yugi releases this card from the hat it was hiding in and moves it forward towards the end of the maze where "Gate Guardian" was. He then activates "Monster Reborn" to Summon Dox's "Suijin" under his control. When "Sanga of the Thunder" attacks this card, Yugi uses the effect of "Suijin" to negate the attack. Later "Kazejin" attacks "Suijin", but Yugi uses its effect to negate the attack. "Sanga of the Thunder" then attacks and destroys "Suijin" since the latter's effect can only be used once per turn. Yugi then activates "Monster Replace" to swap the positions of this card and "Black Skull Dragon". "Black Skull Dragon" then attacks and destroys "Gate Guardian", winning Yugi and Joey the Duel.


 * In episode 22, Yugi plays this card during his Duel against Kaiba. When Kaiba uses "Swordstalker" to attack "Curse of Dragon", Yugi activates "Monster Replace" to return "Curse of Dragon" to his hand and Special Summon this card in its place. A replay occurs and Kaiba chooses not to attack. This card then destroys Kaiba's "Swordstalker". On Yugi's next turn, this card attacks Kaiba's "La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp", but Kaiba activates "Ancient Lamp" to redirect the attack to "Curse of Dragon", destroying it. In the next episode, Yugi uses "Mystic Box" to destroy "Ancient Lamp". This card then attacks and destroys "La Jinn". On Yugi's next turn, he recalls this card back to his hand and summons "Gaia the Fierce Knight". "Gaia" then attacks and destroys "Saggi the Dark Clown", but this allows Kaiba to activate "Crush Card Virus" which destroys "Gaia" and this card, and renders every monster that has at least 1500 ATK in Yugi's Deck useless.
 * In the former above-mentioned episode, this card appears in a flashback Téa Gardner has when she remembers when Yugi rescued her. Yami Yugi challenged a thug who had knocked out Téa to a challenge, utilizing his Deck. He claimed that the person who drew the strongest monster wins. The thug drew "Curse of Dragon" and confidently claimed that this monster's ATK is really. Yami draws from the Deck and gets this card, so Yami wins. The thug, angrily charges forward, but Yami gives the thug a Mind Crush, knocking the thug out. This card also appeared in a flashback Téa has when she remembers Yami Yugi's Duel with Yami Bakura and notes to herself that there maybe two Yugis.
 * In the former above-mentioned episode, this card appears in a flashback Téa has when she remembers Yami Yugi's Duel with Yami Bakura and notes to herself that there may be two Yugis.


 * In episode 29, Yugi uses this card during his Duel against Mai Valentine. He Summons it in Defense Position and sets "Mirror Force". Mai then activates "Shadow of Eyes" to switch this card into Attack Position and force it to attack "Harpie Lady". The effect of "Mirror Wall" then negates the attack and halves this card's ATK. Mai then activates "Harpie's Feather Duster" to destroy Yugi's set "Mirror Force". Mai's "Harpie's Pet Dragon" (whose ATK was 2300 due to it being powered up by its own effect) then attacks and destroys this card.


 * In episode 33, this card appears when Yami Yugi explains to Joey that Duel Monsters is about the balance between Monsters and Spell and Trap Cards.


 * In episode 34, Yugi uses this card during his Duel against Joey Wheeler. After this card is summoned, Yugi activates "Magical Hats" to hide this card within one of four hats. "Black Skull Dragon" attacks a hat, but it turns out to be empty. Joey summons "Garoozis" in an attempt to get Yugi to this card out, but Yugi doesn't fall for it. "Black Skull Dragon" attacks another Hat, but that turns out to be empty too. On Joey's next turn, "Black Skull Dragon" destroys a hat, but it's revealed to contain "Spellbinding Circle" which paralyzes "Black Skull Dragon" and decreases its ATK by 700. Yugi then releases this card from the hat it was under and equips this card with "Book of Secret Arts", which increases this card's ATK and DEF by 300. This card then attacks and destroys "Black Skull Dragon". Later this card attacks "Baby Dragon", but Joey activates "Kunai with Chain" to stop the attack and immobilize this card. Later Joey activates "Time Wizard's" effect. Joey succeeds in the gamble, so the effect of "Time Wizard" transforms "Baby Dragon" into "Thousand Dragon", but this also transforms this card into "Dark Sage".


 * In episode 35, this card can be seen when Yugi looks through his Deck before his duel with Pegasus begins.
 * This card also appears in Yugi's thoughts when he notes it will take all the wisdom his grandfather taught him and all the power in his cards to defeat Pegasus.


 * In episode 36, Yugi draws this card during his Duel against Pegasus. In the next episode, Yugi Summons this card, protecting it once more with "Magical Hats". Pegasus destroyed two hats before using "Magical Neutralizing Force" to get rid of the other hats, exposing this card. Pegasus then sent his "Toon Summoned Skull" to destroy this card, but Yugi used both "Living Arrow" and "Mirror Force" to get rid of "Toon World" and send the attack right back at Pegasus's unToonified monsters, destroying them. In the next episode, Yugi uses this to attack Pegasus' "Relinquished", but the "Curse of Dragon" that was equipped to "Relinquished" is destroyed instead. Pegasus then used the effect of "Relinquished" to equip this card onto it. In the next episode, Yami Yugi activates "Mystic Box" to make this card and "Jigen Bakudan" switch places. This frees this monster from "Relinquished" and has "Jigen Bakudan" equipped onto "Relinquished" instead. On Yami's next turn, he uses "Brain Control" to take control of Pegasus's "Relinquished" equipped with "Jigen Bakudan". Yugi then activates "Dark Magic Ritual", Tributing both "Jigen Bakudan" and this card to Ritual Summon "Magician of Black Chaos".


 * In episode 40, this card guards the mind of Yami Yugi from Shadi. When it tries to attack Yugi and Shadi due to them intruding, Shadi tries to summon the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" and use it to destroy this monster, however Regular Yugi convinces Shadi to stand down. Thanks to Yugi's convincing, this card stopped his attack and withdrew back his staff. Shadi was surprised that this card was able to obey Yugi and this made him realize that he must be the one.

Post-Duelist Kingdom

 * In episode 42, Yugi plays this card against Rebecca Hawkins, Setting it in Defense Position. Rebecca forces it into Attack Position with "Stop Defense" and then destroys it with "Shadow Ghoul". Yugi later revives it with "Monster Reborn" and destroys Rebecca's "Cannon Soldier" on the third to last turn of the duel. Yugi could have won the duel if he had used "Soul Release" on Rebecca's Graveyard as that would have decreased the ATK of "Shadow Ghoul" by 500 and allow this card to destroy it, however Yugi surrendered the duel because he wanted to show Rebecca there is more to a duel than winning.


 * In episode 43, Yugi Summons this card in virtual game. Using Joey's "Shield & Sword", it was able to destroy "Armored Zombie", "Clown Zombie", and "Dragon Zombie". Two episodes later, Yugi Summons this card again to fight off an array of flying foes that were guarding the "Castle of Dark Illusions".


 * In episode 46, this card is shown on some TV monitors that were showing the Duels that occurred in Duelist Kingdom.


 * In episode 49, Yugi uses the Dungeon Dice Monsters version of this card against Duke Devlin". It destroys Duke's "Orgoth the Relentless". Duke then attempts to destroy this monster using "Monster Cannon" and "Dark Assailant", but Yugi uses its "Magical Hats" ability to save it. Its other ability - "Mystic Box" is then used to destroy "Yaranzo" and move "Dark Magican" in front of Duke's last Heart Point. It then attacks to win Yugi the match.

Battle City/Virtual World Arcs

 * In episode 51, Yugi plays this card against Bandit Keith. He attempts to protect it with "Magical Hats", but Keith activates "Magic Jammer", discarding a card to negate it. Keith then plays "Curse of Fiend", switching "Dark Magician" and his own "Zera the Mant" to Attack Position (it was switched to Defense Position on Keith's last turn). Keith then attacks this card with "Zera the Mant", but Yugi activates "Mirror Force". Keith responds with "Solemn Judgment", paying half his Life Points to negate the effect of "Mirror Force" and destroy it. "Dark Magician" is then destroyed by the attack.


 * In episode 53, Yugi plays this card against Johnny Steps. He uses this card to destroy "Heavy Metal King". Johnny wondered why the effect of "Metalmorph" didn't activate. Yami Yugi explains that was because he attacked not Johnny therefore the effect of "Metalmorph" didn't increase the ATK of "Heavy Metal King" when it battled "Dark Magician". Upon finding out who Yugi is, Johnny surrenders as he realized that he couldn't beat Yugi if he defeated Pegasus.
 * This card also appears on a poster that Yugi and Téa read when they find a game store that was selling Duel Monster cards.


 * In episode 54, this card is shown at the bottom of Yami Yugi's Deck when he takes it out and tells Téa that he and Yugi created the Deck they use together.


 * In episode 55, this card is shown on the computer screen as Yugi's rarest card when he registers to compete in Battle City. It is shown again on Seeker's computer in the next episode.


 * In episode 60, Yugi plays this card against Arkana. He summons this card by Tributing "Alpha The Magnet Warrior" and "Legion the Fiend Jester"(who Yugi took control of via "Brain Control"). This card then attacked Arkana directly. In the next episode, Arkana Summons his own "Dark Magician" by using "Dark Renewal" to Tribute "Mystic Tomato" and Yugi's "Beta The Magnet Warrior". Arkana then attempts to destroy Yugi's "Dark Magician" with "Mystical Guillotine", but Yugi activates "Magical Hats" to create 4 hats and hide this card in one of them. "Mystical Guillotine" then destroys a hat, but it's empty. Arkana then activates "Thousand Knives" to destroy this card, but Yugi counters with "Cursebreaker" which negates and destroys "Thousand Knives" and "Magical Hats". Arkana's "Dark Magician" then attacks this card, causing both monsters to be destroyed in a Double KO. Arkana and Yugi then both play "Monster Reborn" to Special Summon their "Dark Magicians" once more. Arkana later plays "Beckon to the Dark" to destroy this card, but Yugi activates "Mystical Refpanel" to negate "Beckon to the Dark" and use the effect of "Beckon to the Dark" to destroy Arkana's "Dark Magician", however Arkana activates "Nightmare Chains", which negates "Mystical Refpanel" and renders Yugi's "Dark Magician" unable to attack or defend. Arkana then attacks Yugi directly with his own "Dark Magician". When Arkana plays "Ectoplasmer" to Tribute his "Dark Magician", Yugi's "Dark Magician" is automatically Tributed as well, and the damage is negated. In the next episode, Arkana activates "Dark Magic Curtain", paying half his Life Points to Summon a second "Dark Magician" from his Deck. However, Yugi then uses the effect of "Dark Magic Curtain" to Summon "Dark Magician Girl", whose ATK increases by 300 for each of the "Dark Magician" in the Graveyard - including Arkana's. "Dark Magician Girl" then destroys "Dark Magician" when Arkana attacked the former with the latter and Yugi wins the duel by attacking Arkana directly with his "Dark Magician Girl".
 * In the third above-mentioned episode, this card is shown when Arkana protests that Yugi only has one copy of this card in his Graveyard.


 * In episode 65, this card can be seen in Yami Yugi's hand during his Duel against Strings.
 * It should be noted that this is an error as Yami Yugi is not seen with this card in his hand in the next two episodes.


 * In episode 74, this card appears all three times when small clips are shown going through a black background before we see a flashback of a Battle City Duel(s).


 * In episode 85, this card can be seen when Yugi is rebuilding his Deck.


 * In episode 99, this card appears when Yami Yugi was building his Virtual World Deck before his Duel with Gansley. This card was one of the few known cards that Yami Yugi selects to be placed into his Deck. After selecting the cards that will be in his Deck, Yami Yugi had to choose who his Deck Master will be. Yami Yugi was about to choose this card as his Deck Master" since it never let him down, but "Kuriboh" selects itself instead.


 * In episode 103, Téa Gardner plays "Sage's Stone" against Crump, letting her summon this card from Yugi's Deck, as he was nearby. Téa then had this card destroy "Defender Iceberg", allowing "Dark Magician Girl" to attack Crump directly and win Téa the duel.
 * This card also appears in a flashback Téa has when she remembers Yugi talking about "Maha Vailo" looking similar to him and having a great power inside its effect. Téa asked if this card was similar to Yugi. Yugi noted it wasn't despite it being his favorite card, but it was more fitting for his other self, Yami Yugi.


 * In episode 106, this card can be seen when Duke Devlin, Tristan Taylor, and Serenity Wheeler were building their Decks for their Duel against Nezbitt.


 * In episode 108, this card can be seen when Seto Kaiba was building his Deck for his Duel against Leichter.


 * In episode 111, Yugi successfully chooses this card as his Deck Master against The Big Five while teaming with Joey Wheeler. It remains off the Field during the next episode, but Yugi moves it to the Field in the following episode. He then uses "Polymerization" to fuse it with Joey's Deck Master, "Flame Swordsman" so that he could Fusion Summon "Dark Flare Knight". "Dark Magician" and "Flame Swordsman" are returned to the Field when "Mirage Knight" is destroyed. Yugi then hides this monster with "Magical Hats" and uses his Deck Master's Special Ability to duplicate "Magical Hats"' effect so that way it would hide Joey's "Flame Swordsman". "Lector's "Berserk Dragon" then attacked all the "Hats" on Yugi's side of the field due to its effect. Yugi's Deck Master would have been destroyed, but Joey had his Deck Master take the attack that would have destroyed this card. Joey then played "Silver Dollar" to negate the attack on his Deck Master. Joey then tributed this card with "Knight's Title" to Special Summon "Dark Magician Knight".
 * In the first above-mentioned episode, this card is shown while Yugi and Joey were choosing cards for their Duel against the Big Five. This is the only known card Yugi selects.
 * In the third above-mentioned episode, this card appears in a flashback Yami Yugi has when he remembers Joey using the Deck Master ability of "Flame Swordsman" to transfer 1000 of its ATK to this card which is why Joey was able to use "Silver Dollar" on "Flame Swordsman" when it intercepted the attack "Berserk Dragon" made on "Dark Magician".


 * In episode 117, Yugi plays this card against Noah Kaiba. He Tributes "Sangan" and "Gamma The Magnet Warrior" to Summon it. It is able to attack directly, but Noah destroys it with "Yamata Dragon" when his turn comes. In the next episode, it powers up "Dark Magician Girl" with her own effect. Yugi later Summons this card again using "Dark Renewal", Tributing his own "Big Shield Gardna" and Noah's "Inaba White Rabbit". This in turn reduced "Dark Magician Girl"'s ATK back to 2000 since "Dark Magician" was no longer in Yugi's Graveyard. Yugi then attacks Noah directly with all three of his Magicians, but Noah activates "Chaos Barrier Field" to take control of "Dark Magician Girl" and force "Magician of Black Chaos" to attack "Dark Magician Girl" instead, destroying it. Due to another effect of "Chaos Barrier Field", Yugi takes all Battle Damage Noah would have taken from the attack. "Chaos Barrier Field" then ends the Battle Phase. Later Yugi destroys Noah's set "Otohime" with his "Magician of Black Chaos", but this activates the former monster's effect. Noah then used the effect to switch this card to Defense Position, preventing Yugi from using it to attack Noah directly. Noah later uses "Change of Heart" to take control of this card. He then Tributes it and his own "Spirit Token" to Summon "Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi".


 * In episode 120, Yugi Summons this card to attack the monsters blocking the group's way to the Virtual World's exit. It and "Rocket Warrior" then tag team together to destroy "Cosmo Queen". Yugi summons this card again in the next episode and both it and "Flame Swordsman" tag team together to destroy the remaining army. This card is shown destroying "Lizard Soldier" and later "Command Knight".


 * In episode 131, this card is seen in a series of flashbacks Kaiba has when he notes to himself that he always feels excited when he Duels against Yugi.


 * In episode 132, Yugi plays this card against Kaiba. He Summons it with "Monster Reborn" as he had discarded it in the previous episode via the effect of "Life Shaver". It later attacks Kaiba's "Lord of Dragons", but Kaiba plays "Magical Trick Mirror" to use the effect of Yugi's "Monster Reborn", Summoning "Obelisk the Tormentor" from his Graveyard and using it to block the attack, causing it to backfire. In the next episode, Kaiba Summons two more "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" with "The Flute of Summoning Dragon". He then has one of the "Blue-Eyes" attack "Dark Magician", but Yugi plays "Magician's Selection", negating the attack and destroying "Lord of Dragons". In the next episode Yugi uses "Double Spell" to activate the Spells that Kaiba activated this turn. He first uses "Monster Reborn" to bring back his "Buster Blader". Then he uses "Polymerization" to fuse this monster and "Buster Blader" together to Fusion Summon "Dark Paladin".


 * In episode 135, this card is seen in a flashback Yugi has when he remembers that he couldn't have defeated Kaiba without Joey's help. This card is also shown in another flashback Yugi has when he explains to Kaiba that he and Joey defeated Kaiba with "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" which he allowed Yugi to keep in his Deck for the time being.


 * In episode 141, Yugi plays this card against Yami Marik. He uses "Magical Dimension" to Tribute "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts" and "Obelisk" to Summon this card. Yugi then plays "Ragnarok", which berids of Yami Marik's "The Winged Dragon of Ra" in the next episode. It also contributed to his victory as by getting rid of "The Winged Dragon of Ra", he was able to help the real Marik regain control of his body and allow him to surrender the Duel and let Yami Yugi fulfill his destiny.


 * In episode 144, this card appears in a flashback Téa has when she remembers Noah turning Joey to stone and herself claiming to Noah that he is a pitiful child with Noah claiming the goddess of victory comes to the chosen ones and he himself has chosen Yugi to help him, but Yugi refuses.

Doma/KC Grand Prix Arcs

 * In episode 146, Yugi plays this card against Gurimo. It was discarded to the Graveyard because of "Graceful Charity"'s effect. Later he Tributes his "Watapon" and Gurimo's "Warrior Dai Grepher" with "Dark Renewal" so that he could summon this card from the Graveyard. He attempts to attack directly with it, but Gurimo activates his face-down "Shield Wall", Special Summoning four "Shield Tokens", one of which "Dark Magician" destroys. It is then destroyed by Gurimo's "Warrior Dai Grepher", which he had added back to his hand via "The Warrior Returning Alive". With "The Seal of Orichalcos", "The A. Forces" and the three "Bronze Knight Tokens" that Gurimo had on the Field, "Dai Grepher's" attack points were greater than "Dark Magician's" before the former monster attacked.


 * In episode 148, this card appears in Yugi's thoughts when Yami Yugi notes that although Pegasus no longer has the Millennium Eye, he was the chosen one and he was the creator of Duel Monsters.


 * In episode 158, Yami Yugi plays this card against Rafael. He Tributes "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts" and "Berfomet" to Summon it. Its attack points were then bolstered by "The Seal of Orichalcos" ("Dark Magician" was shown trying to resist "The Seal"'s power before he got fully corrupted). It then attacks Rafael's "Backup Gardna", but Rafael plays "Aid to the Doomed", discarding two cards to negate the attack. He later Tributes it for "Catapult Turtle"'s effect, inflicting half of this card's total ATK to Rafael as damage. It is later removed from play by Rafael's "Guardian Eatos" as part of his winning move. This card can be seen in Yami Yugi's hand during the previous episode.


 * This card can be seen during episode 159 when Weevil Underwood and Rex Raptor are taken to vault within Doma's headquarters that contains copies of every card in existence at the time save the Legendary Dragons and the Egyptian Gods.


 * In episode 160, this card is seen in a flashback Yami Yugi has when he saw that his own monsters were angry at him for his selfish actions and when he lost his Duel with Rafael.


 * In episode 161, this card is shown in a series of flashbacks that Joey has when he recalls all of the hardship that he endured in the past and explains to Rex that anybody who loses so many times should keep trying and never give up.


 * In episode 163, Ironheart picks this card up from the ground after Yami Yugi drops it while being flung from the train after dueling Weevil.


 * In episode 175, Yami Yugi plays this card against Rafael. He Summons it via "Dark Magic Curtain" at the cost of paying half his Life Points. It attacks "Guardian Elma", but Rafael activates "Guardian Formation", negating the attack and moving "Elma" to his Spell & Trap Card Zone via "The Seal of Orichalcos". "Guardian Formation" also lets him take "Celestial Sword - Eatos" from his Deck and immediately activate it, equipping it to "Backup Gardna". Rafael then summons "Guardian Eatos", who like this card before it, was shown resisting the power of the "Orichalcos" before it got corrupted. Rafael then tries to finish Yami Yugi off by attacking "Dark Magician" with "Eatos" who was powered up by its own effect, but Yami Yugi activates the effect of the "Electromagnetic Turtle"(who was sent to his Graveyard via the effect of "Kuribandit") to end the Battle Phase. Yami Yugi switches "Dark Magician" to Defense Position on his next turn. Rafael then attacks this card with "Eatos", but Yugi activates "Magical Hats" to create four Hats and shuffle them up with his two monsters. The attack of "Eatos" then attacks a Hat Token and it is then revealed that the hat contained "Big Shield Gardna", so it is destroyed. Rafael then used "Elma" to destroy a token so that way he had a 50-50 shot. Rafael then attacked a token with "Grarl", but the attack hit an empty token, so this card was saved for the moment. On the following turn, Yami Yugi fuses "Dark Magician" with "The Eye of Timaeus" to Fusion Summon "Amulet Dragon". In the next episode, Yugi Summons "Dark Magician" from the Graveyard via "Underworld Circle". When Rafael attacks this monster with "Guardian Dreadscythe", Yugi plays "Zero Gravity" to shift the monsters on the field to Defense Position. Rafael counters with "Spirit Hunting", switching "Dreadscythe" back to Attack Position and destroying both this card and "Jack's Knight" since they were both in Defense Position.


 * In episode 182, Yami Yugi Summons this card to aide in the battle against The Great Leviathan. Yami, Joey, and Kaiba, after bringing out three monsters each, then summoned their Legendary Dragons. Yami then used "Legend of Heart" to transform the Dragons into the three Legendary Knights. All the monsters summoned by Yami, Joey, and Kaiba then attack The Great Leviathan, but it doesn't work. When the Great Leviathan counterattacks, Yami quickly has Timaeus absorb the power of "Big Shield Gardna" to protect everyone from the attack. While this saves the chosen Duelists and the Legendary Knights, it doesn't save the other monsters summoned by the Chosen Duelists as they were destroyed by the attack.


 * In episode 184, this card appears in a flashback Yami Yugi has when he remembers playing "The Seal of Orichalcos" against Yugi's better judgment.


 * In episode 193, Yugi plays this card against Vivian Wong. It is destroyed by Vivian's "Dragon Lady" equipped with "Lightning Saber". Yugi later puts this card back into his Deck via "Monster Rebirth". He then Special Summons this card via the effect of "Skilled Dark Magician" since the latter had three Spell Counters. He then fuses this card with "Buster Blader" via "Polymerization", Fusion Summoning "Dark Paladin".


 * In episode 196, this card is shown within Leon's backstory flashback when he explains how he became fascinated into Duel Monsters after discovering the game. This card is later shown again when Leon is shown watching Yugi's Duels on television.


 * In episode 198, Yugi plays this card against Leon von Schroeder. It was sent to the Graveyard via the Maintenance Cost of "Golden Castle of Stromberg". Later Yugi revives it with "Monster Reborn". He then uses "Diffusion Wave-Motion", letting "Dark Magician" attack all of Leon's monsters. After this card destroyed Leon's Defense Position monsters (which were summoned to the field through the effect of "Necromancy"), "Hexe Trude"'s ATK decreased to 600 because of "Necromancy"'s last effect, allowing this card to destroy "Hexe Trude" and win Yugi the duel.

Millennium World/Ceremonial Battle Arcs

 * In episode 200, this card appears within Yami Yugi's mind when Yami Bakura claims to him that his mind is an unsolvable maze and that he pursues games like riddles.


 * During this arc, it is revealed that the Dark Magician is the reincarnation of Mahad, a servant of Pharaoh Atem, fused together with the Illusion Magician. He was the owner of the Millennium Ring before he was killed by Thief King Bakura.


 * In episode 219, Yugi Summoned this card to fight Zorc and his evil zombies. This card was then joined by Mana's ka: "Dark Magician Girl". The two of them then proceeded in destroying the zombies and blasting their attacks at Zorc. Despite all the attacks that Yugi and his friends and allies threw at Zorc, he remained unharmed by the attacks. Zorc then destroys Tristan's "Super Roboyarou", Joey's "Red-Eyes B. Dragon", and Téa's "Fire Sorcerer", causing them to take damage equal to the original ATK of their respective destroyed monsters. Zorc then destroys this monster and "Dark Magician Girl", causing Yugi to take damage equal to the original ATK of this card as well as causing Mana to suffer damage herself since her ka was destroyed.


 * In episode 223, Yami Yugi plays this card against Yugi. He Summons it with "Dark Magic Curtain", paying half his Life Points. He then equips it with "Book of Secret Arts", increasing its ATK by 300. Yami Yugi then has this card destroy Yugi's "Summoned Skull". In the next episode, this card's presence allows Yami Yugi to activate "Thousand Knives" which he then uses to destroy Yugi's set "Marshmallon". This card then destroys Yugi's "Curse of Dragon". On his next turn, Yami equips this card with "Dark Spear", allowing this card to inflict Piercing Damage. He then has this card attack "Blockman", but Yugi plays "Soul Shield", ending the Battle Phase by paying half his Life Points. Yugi Summons "Gandora the Dragon of Destruction" and then activates its effect, destroying all other monsters and removing them from play by paying half of his Life Points. Yami saves this card from destruction with "Dark Illusion". He later attacks Yugi directly with it, but Yugi activates "Magician's Circle" to allow both players to Special Summon Spellcaster-type monster. Yugi chooses to Special Summon "Silent Magician LV0", while Yami chooses to Special Summon "Dark Magician Girl". A replay then occurs and Yami Yugi has this card attack "Silent Magician LV0", however Yugi plays "Spell Textbook" to discard his entire hand and draw one card. The card is then revealed to be "Card of Sanctity" and because it is a Spell Card, the effect of "Spell Textbook" immediately activates its effect, making both players draw until they have six cards. Since Yami drew five new cards, "Silent Magician LV0" gained 2500 more ATK, making it stronger than "Dark Magician", but Yami then uses "Magicians Unite" to make the ATK of this card 3000 for this attack. This lets him survive the attack, however, both his Magicians are destroyed as a result.

Capsule Monsters

 * In Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters, there is a Duel Armor that uses Dark Magician.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

 * In episode 5, this card appears at the bottom of an underground lake as Syrus Truesdale tells his scary story.


 * In episode 18, Dimitri plays this card against Jaden Yuki after stealing Yugi's Deck, which had been on tour at Duel Academy. Dimitri discards this card to activate "Monster Reincarnation". He later Summons it via "Dark Renewal" by Tributing his "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts" and Jaden's "Dark Catapulter". Dimitri then plays "Thousand Knives" to destroy "Elemental Hero Thunder Giant". He then has this card attack Jaden directly. Next turn Dimitri has this card destroys "Wroughtweiler. The turn after that, Dimitri has this card attack "Elemental HERO Burstinatrix", but Jaden activates "A Hero Emerges". Dimitri chooses one card in Jaden's hand which is then revealed to be "Elemental HERO Bladedge". Because of that Jaden summons "Bladedge" in Attack Position. This causes a replay to occur and Dimitri opts not to attack. Dimitri then Tributes this card with "Dedication through Light and Darkness" to Special Summon "Dark Magician of Chaos". In the same episode, this card is shown when Dimitri is looking through Yugi's Deck after he stole it. In the next episode, this card's presence in the Graveyard powers up Dimitri's "Dark Magician Girl".


 * In episode 168, this card can be seen in a display case among other cards as part of a replica of Yugi's Deck.


 * In episode 179, Yugi himself plays this card against Jaden. He Summons it via "Magical Dimension" by Tributing "Mystical Elf", which also destroys Jaden's "Elemental Hero Flame Wingman". He then attacks directly with this card, but Jaden plays "Negate Attack", ending the Battle Phase. During his next turn, Yugi plays "Thousand Knives", destorying "Elemental Hero Bubbleman". He then attempts another direct attack with this card, but Jaden activates "A Hero Emerges" and Yugi chooses one card in his hand which is then revealed to be "Elemental HERO Neos". Because of that Yugi Special Summons "Elemental Hero Neos". A replay then occurs and Yugi chooses not to attack In the same episode, this card can be seen in a display case among other cards as part of a replica of Yugi's Deck. In the next episode, Jaden equips "Neos" with "Neos Force" and then has "Neos" attack "Dark Magician", but Yugi activates "Mirror Force", destroying "Neos" and "Card Trooper". Jaden then plays "Death and Rebirth", which would revive "Neos" and destroy "Dark Magician", but Yugi plays "Shift" to switch the target of "Death and Rebirth" to "Obnoxious Celtic Guard", destroying it instead. "Neos" is then forced to attack this card as per the effect of "Death and Rebirth", so both monsters are destroyed in a Double KO. Its presence in the Graveyard later powers up Yugi's "Dark Magician Girl".

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL

 * This monster's statue appeared in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 015.

Miscellaneous

 * Although this card itself does not make a formal appearance in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, it is implied that the leader of Magician's Four owns it due to his signature card being Dark Eradicator Warlock.


 * In Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light, Yugi plays this card against Kaiba. He Summons it via "Sage's Stone". He then Tributes this card and "Dark Magician Girl" to Special Summon "Sorcerer of Dark Magic".


 * In Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D Bonds Beyond Time, Yami Yugi uses this card in his Duel with Jaden Yuki and Yusei Fudo against Paradox. He adds this card from his Deck to his hand via the effect of Yusei's "Reincarnation of Hope". Yami Yugi then activates "Ancient Rules" to Special Summon this card from his hand. Next Yami Yugi activates "Bond Between Teacher and Student" to Special Summon "Dark Magician Girl". Due to the effect of "Malefic Paradox Dragon", both this card and "Dark Magician Girl" lose ATK equal to the ATK of "Stardust Dragon". Yami Yugi then activates "Magic Gate of Miracles" to take control of one monster Paradox controls. Thinking Yami Yugi is aiming for "Malefic Paradox Dragon", Paradox activates "Malefic Force", equipping it onto "Malefic Paradox Dragon" and granting it immunity to Spell Cards controlled by Paradox's opponents. However Yami Yugi uses "Magic Gate of Miracles" to take control of "Stardust Dragon". Since "Stardust Dragon" is no longer controlled by Paradox, the ATK of this card, "Neos Knight", and "Dark Magician Girl" revert to normal. Yami Yugi then plays "Dark Magic Twin Burst" to increase this card's ATK by the ATK of "Dark Magician Girl" until the End Phase. This card then attacks and destroys "Malefic Paradox Dragon". Paradox then plays "Malefic Paradigm Shift", paying half his Life Points to Summon "Malefic Truth Dragon". On the End Phase, the effect of "Dark Magic Twin Burst" wears off, returning this card's ATK back to normal. "Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon" then attacks and destroys this card. This activates the effect of "Malefic Truth Dragon", but Yusei Tributes "Stardust Dragon" to negate the effect of "Malefic Truth Dragon" and destroy it. Paradox then uses "Malefic Truth Dragon's" effect to banish "Malefic Rainbow Dragon" and prevent "Malefic Truth Dragon" from being destroyed. After "Stardust Dragon" revives itself on the End Phase via its own effect. Yusei activates "Stardust Mirage" to revive all monsters destroyed this turn. This card remained on the field until the Duel was over.


 * 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).


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


 * The attack name attack of this monster is called "Dark Magic Attack" ("Black Magic" 「」 in the original version).

Video games

 * Yugi uses this in Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour.


 * Yami Yugi uses this in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul, Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004, Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour and Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2008


 * Mindy, Dark Magician Girl and Wade use this in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force.


 * Kuroe uses this in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2009: Stardust Accelerator.


 * Figaro uses this in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus.

Notes and References
