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Card Artworks:Dark Magician

"Dark Magician":

"Dark Magician" has had many different artworks in all media it has been released in.

Manga artworkEdit

The ninth OCG artwork (released in Japan in a campaign held from October 16, 2021 to November 15, 2021; and in Battle of Chaos on February 10, 2022 in the TCG) comes from the artwork used in the manga. Long before that, the artwork was also used for the "Dark Magician" of Toei's anime and Bandai's card game.

This artwork's colorizations used several several disparate palettes, with the Toei/Bandai version having one more of its own.

Duel Monsters video game artworkEdit

Duel 62 poseEdit

The first OCG/TCG artwork comes from the position "Dark Magician" appeared in when Yugi used it to attack "Koumori Dragon against Pegasus in their first Duel in the manga. It is the only artwork to use the NAS anime palette: purple armor with lavender trim, blue robe, green staff, pink skin, and blue hair.

This artwork was redone for the card's Rush Duel release. For its release in the Gold Rush Pack, its Rush Duel artwork was edited to show the monster attacking.

Labyrinth Battle Game artworkEdit

  • Labyrinth Battle Game

Duel 75 attacking poseEdit

Duel 75 evading poseEdit

  • Manga scene

  • 2nd Sealdass

Duel 94 poseEdit

The second OCG/TCG artwork comes from the position "Dark Magician" appeared in when Yugi Summoned him in the Labyrinth Duel in the manga. This artwork debutted the palette used for most other OCG/TCG ones: blue armor and robe with red trim, green skin, and blond hair.

Arkana artworkEdit

See also: Card Artworks:Dark Magician (Arkana)

This version, used by Pandora/Arkana, features an exclusive palette: red armor with yellow trim, purple robe, dark skin, and silver hair. In the manga, the physical card itself was no different from Yugi's copy.

The artwork is taken from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 162 (Duelist Duel 103): "Magic vs. Magic" and derived from two separate panels showing Pandora's (Arkana's) "Dark Magician". The head and shoulders are taken from one panel. The stomach, arms, and rod are taken from the panel above, but flipped horizontally to fit with the other shot.

  • Manga scene

  • 2nd NAS anime / 3rd OCG / 5th TCG

  • 2nd Japanese DDM

Duel 161 poseEdit

The fourth OCG/TCG artwork comes from the position "Dark Magician" appeared in when Yugi first Summoned him against Pandora in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 161 (Duelist Duel 102): "The Fatal Duel!". It tweaks the pallete introduced in the Duel 94 artwork by applying the "red-trimmed blue" pattern to the staff as well, instead of it keeping it fully green like in the original OCG/TCG artwork. This is popularly referred to as the "tablet artwork" in reference to the one in the background.

For a collaboration with the Japanese branch of the CoCo's restaurant chain, a variant of this artwork was made where the background is replaced with images of food and Cs from the CoCo's logo, designed to resemble a wall of hieroglyphs.

For a collaboration with the Japanese branch of 7-Eleven, the chibi rendition of this artwork from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Arena was used. Notably, this variant uses the anime palette and the background of the manga artwork.

For its Rush Duel release in the High-Grade Collection, this artwork's background was replaced, and "Dark Magical Circle" was added. The artwork was also reframed so that as an Over Rush Rare, "Dark Magician" itself appears to pop out of the usual artwork border.

As one of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters: The Legend of Duelist Quarter Century attendance cards, another variant was made with the background replaced by an image of half of the Tokyo Dome, where the The Legend of Duelist Quarter Century tournament took place. The other half of the stadium is featured on an artwork of "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" given away the same way, with the two images lining up when placed next to each other.

10th anniversary artworkEdit

A more realistic artwork drawn by series creator Kazuki Takahashi was made to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the OCG. The full artwork was later included in Duel Art. This portrayal debuted a third palette: black armor and robe with white trim, blue skin, and white hair.

  • Duel Art

  • 5th OCG / 4th TCG

Duel 341 poseEdit

The sixth OCG artwork comes from the position "Dark Magician" appeared in when Atem Summoned him in the Rite of the Duel in the manga.

  • Manga scene

  • 6th OCG / 7th TCG

Dark Side of Dimensions artworkEdit

This artwork reuses the 10th anniversary palette.

  • 7th OCG / 6th TCG

20th anniversary artworkEdit

  • 8th OCG/TCG

Power Pros Collaboration artworkEdit

  • 10th OCG

25th anniversary artworkEdit

This artwork was released in Quarter Century Chronicle side:Pride on March 23, 2024 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game. It features a partial "Dark Magical Circle" and lines up with a "Dark Magician Girl" artwork released in the same set.

  • 14th OCG

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