{"_id":"671bbeda083e5ca9bac663fc","author":{"_id":"64301df31e48bd3d31372841","roles":[],"username":"Coolsy101"},"created":"2024-10-25T15:51:50.146Z","skill":{"_id":"6686545f21978d3e60523708","name":"Bane of Darkness","archive":false},"main":[{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3a9a0e24f2d54a51500","name":"Apprentice Illusion Magician"},"amount":2},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a5186d","name":"Buster Blader"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a51c2f","name":"Dark Magician"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"635f811b498ea62a6b2197fa","name":"Dark Magician"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a51c30","name":"Dark Magician"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aca0e24f2d54a53842","name":"Summoner's Art"},"amount":2},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a51c2c","name":"Dark Magical Circle"},"amount":3},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3a9a0e24f2d54a517b6","name":"Book of Eclipse"},"amount":3},{"card":{"_id":"6126b426f9d784006595dd66","name":"Piercing the Darkness"},"amount":2},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a51c26","name":"Dark Magic Attack"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a52265","name":"Fusion Recovery"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a5200c","name":"Eternal Soul"},"amount":2}],"extra":[{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aca0e24f2d54a539d1","name":"The Dark Magicians"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a51bf3","name":"Dark Cavalry"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a51870","name":"Buster Blader, the Dragon Destroyer Swordsman"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a51c49","name":"Dark Paladin"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aba0e24f2d54a52e82","name":"Number 11: Big Eye"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aba0e24f2d54a52e3a","name":"Ningirsu the World Chalice Warrior"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aca0e24f2d54a53538","name":"Security Dragon"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aba0e24f2d54a526cd","name":"Imduk the World Chalice Dragon"},"amount":2}],"side":[],"sideSkills":[],"url":"/king-of-games/october-2024/dark-magician/coolsy101/kdyki/","deckType":{"name":"Dark Magician","tier":null},"rankedType":{"name":"King of Games","shortName":"KoG","icon":"/img/tournaments/logos/kog.webp","statsWeight":10},"engines":[],"gemsPrice":36000,"dollarsPrice":4,"linkedArticle":null,"notes":"Finally managed to land King of Games this season. Going to be honest, Dark Magician is much, much harder to get KoG with thanks to a fair amount of meta defining decks and cards. You can absolutely get to KoG with this deck if you push as much as possible, but you will have a very rough time. Some notes:\n\n- Yes, for the first time in a while, I took out Dark Magician Girl. It was a hard decision, but I had to swap her out for Dark Magic Attack. Too many decks with tons of backrow, so sometimes you need to blow them all up.\n- Speaking of Dark Magic Attack, Eternal Soul's effect to add it from Deck to hand surprisingly came up a number of times. It was used either to replenish my hand for discard fodder or just to grab the out and annihilate the opponent's backrow.\n- Came across some Cyber Dragon decks. They can be tough to out if you don't have anything to bait Cyber Dragon Infinity's effect with.\n- True Draco loves to play during your turn and people are turning it into a floodgate deck. It is not fun to play against and can quickly become a tough match if you do not have all the right cards. Field Spell is top priority removal.\n- Ghostrick love being face-down and we love face-down cards even more! We don't love their Field Spell however, so get rid of it as soon as you see it.\n- Can't comment on Darklords as I did not come across it yet.\n- Can't comment on Predaplants as I did not come across it yet.\n- Can't really comment on Odd-Eyes Wing Dragon as I only played 1 match against the deck, but Dark Paladin carried hard that match and won on the spot.","replays":"Road to King of Games Replays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5xleT8wzOY","hasNotes":true,"hasReplays":true,"rush":false,"__v":0,"parsedNotes":"

Finally managed to land King of Games this season. Going to be honest, Dark Magician is much, much harder to get KoG with thanks to a fair amount of meta defining decks and cards. You can absolutely get to KoG with this deck if you push as much as possible, but you will have a very rough time. Some notes:

Yes, for the first time in a while, I took out Dark Magician Girl. It was a hard decision, but I had to swap her out for Dark Magic Attack. Too many decks with tons of backrow, so sometimes you need to blow them all up.
Speaking of Dark Magic Attack, Eternal Soul's effect to add it from Deck to hand surprisingly came up a number of times. It was used either to replenish my hand for discard fodder or just to grab the out and annihilate the opponent's backrow.
Came across some Cyber Dragon decks. They can be tough to out if you don't have anything to bait Cyber Dragon Infinity's effect with.
True Draco loves to play during your turn and people are turning it into a floodgate deck. It is not fun to play against and can quickly become a tough match if you do not have all the right cards. Field Spell is top priority removal.
Ghostrick love being face-down and we love face-down cards even more! We don't love their Field Spell however, so get rid of it as soon as you see it.
Can't comment on Darklords as I did not come across it yet.
Can't comment on Predaplants as I did not come across it yet.
Can't really comment on Odd-Eyes Wing Dragon as I only played 1 match against the deck, but Dark Paladin carried hard that match and won on the spot.

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Road to King of Games Replays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5xleT8wzOY

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