Card Artworks:Dark Magician

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

Manga artwork

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 artwork

In Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, this card was drawn with a different artwork. It was colorized in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark duel Stories.

Duel 62 pose

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 artwork

Duel 75 attacking pose

Duel 75 evading pose

Duel 94 pose

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 artwork

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 162162 (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.

Duel 161 pose

The fourth OCG/TCG artwork comes from the position "Dark Magician" appeared in when Yugi first Summoned him against Pandora in the manga. 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 artwork was later used again in the OCG, but with a different background.

10th anniversary artwork

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 341 pose

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.

Dark Side of Dimensions artwork

This artwork reuses the 10th anniversary palette.

20th anniversary artwork

Power Pros Collaboration artwork