Darkness Approaches

The Greek name given is not official.

Darkness Approaches

Card type	Monster
Attribute	SPELL"SPELL" is not in the list (DARK, DIVINE, EARTH, FIRE, LIGHT, WATER, WIND, ?, ???, THUNDER, ...) of allowed values for the "Attribute" property.
Status	Unlimited (OCG) Unlimited (TCG)
Discard 2 cards from your hand. Select 1 face-up monster and flip it face-down, but do not change its battle position.

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English sets

Worldwide

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Release	Number	Set	Rarity
	[[Spell Ruler (SRL-EN040 - SSP)|Spell Ruler]]

North America

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Release	Number	Set	Rarity
	[[Magic Ruler (MRL-040 - SSP)|Magic Ruler]]

Europe

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Release	Number	Set	Rarity
	[[Magic Ruler (MRL-E040 - C)|Magic Ruler]]

Sets in other languages

French

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Release	Number	Set	French name	Rarity
	[[Spell Ruler (MDM-F040 - C)|Spell Ruler]]

German

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Release	Number	Set	German name	Rarity
	[[Spell Ruler (SRL-G040 - C)|Spell Ruler]]

Italian

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Release	Number	Set	Italian name	Rarity
	[[Spell Ruler (SDM-I040 - C)|Spell Ruler]]

Spanish

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Release	Number	Set	Spanish name	Rarity
	[[Spell Ruler (SDH-S040 - C)|Spell Ruler]]

Japanese

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Release	Number	Set	Japanese name	Rarity
	[[Duelist Legacy Volume.1 (DL1-029 - C)|Duelist Legacy Volume.1]]
	[[Magic Ruler (MR-40)|Magic Ruler]]

Korean

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Release	Number	Set	Korean name	Rarity
	[[Spell Ruler (SRL-K040 - C)|Spell Ruler]]

In other media

Page	Medium	Debut date
Darkness Approaches (DM4)	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist	2000-12-07
Darkness Approaches (DM5)	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 5: Expert 1	2001-07-05
Darkness Approaches (DOR)	Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses	2001-09-06
Darkness Approaches (DM6)	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 6: Expert 2	2001-12-20
Darkness Approaches (TSC)	Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards	2002-07-04
Darkness Approaches (EDS)	Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul	2002-10-15
Darkness Approaches (ROD)	Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction	2003-03-20
Darkness Approaches (SDD)	Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel	2003-04-15
Darkness Approaches (World Championship 2004)	Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004	2004-02-05
Darkness Approaches (World Championship 2005)	Yu-Gi-Oh! 7 Trials to Glory: World Championship Tournament 2005	2004-12-30
Darkness Approaches (Duel Links)	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links	2018-05-22
Darkness Approaches (Rush Duel)	Rush Duel	2020-04-11
Darkness Approaches (anime Rush Duel)	Anime	2020-10-31
Darkness Approaches (Master Duel)	Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel	2022-01-19
Darkness Approaches (Cross Duel)	Yu-Gi-Oh! Cross Duel	2022-10-04

Video games

Video game	Date	#	Name	Cost	Status
Nightmare Troubadour	2005-07-21	–		–	Present
Online	2005-11-04	–	–	–	Present

Lores and sets

Video game	Lore	Sets
Nightmare Troubadour		Inherited Will
Online		Pack 15