Dark Magician, the Pharaoh's Servant card art

Konami passcode 88570003 · YGOPRODeck · Card Database #22690

Dark Magician, the Pharaoh's Servant

Dark Magician

Oracle text

This card's name becomes "Dark Magician" while on the field or in the GY. You can only use 1 of the following effects of "Dark Magician, the Pharaoh's Servant" per turn, and only once that turn. If this card is in your hand: You can reveal 1 Spell in your hand; Special Summon this card, then you can Set 1 Spell/Trap that mentions "Dark Magician" from your Deck. (Quick Effect): You can discard 1 Spell; destroy all Spells/Traps your opponent controls.

PSCT / effect types

Per-phrase breakdown

  • This card's name becomes "Dark Magician" while on the field or in the GY. (Unclassified)
  • You can only use 1 of the following effects of "Dark Magician, the Pharaoh's Servant" per turn, and only once that turn. (Condition)
  • If this card is in your hand: You can reveal 1 Spell in your hand; Special Summon this card, then you can Set 1 Spell/Trap that mentions "Dark Magician" from your Deck. (Ignition)
  • (Quick Effect): You can discard 1 Spell; destroy all Spells/Traps your opponent controls. (Quick)

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Judge summary

Judge-facing facts

  • Normal Summon / Set from hand uses 2 tributes (Level 7).
  • The effect that treats this card's name as "Dark Magician" is an Unclassified Effect.
  • The name-change effect does not apply while this card is face-down in the Monster Zone or while it is in the Spell & Trap Zone.
  • The effect to Special Summon this card and Set a Spell/Trap is an Ignition Effect activated in the hand.
  • The Special Summon and the Setting of the Spell/Trap Card do not happen simultaneously.
  • You cannot activate the effect in the hand that requires revealing a Spell Card if your hand is already being revealed by another card effect.
  • The effect to destroy all Spells/Traps your opponent controls is a Quick Effect activated in the Monster Zone.

Card-specific notes from database

  • (Konami neuron) When applying the effect to Set a Spell/Trap, you cannot Set cards like "The Eye of Timaeus" or "Dark Burning Magic", because their text mentions a "Dark Magician" monster rather than the specific card name "Dark Magician".
  • (Konami neuron) If this card is Special Summoned by "Dark Magic Curtain", you cannot apply its additional effect to add a card to your hand, because this card's original name is not "Dark Magician".
  • (Konami neuron) If a card effect negates activated effects based on original name, declaring "Dark Magician" will not negate this card's effects, because its original name is "Dark Magician, the Pharaoh's Servant".
  • (Konami neuron) While face-up in the Monster Zone, this card can be targeted by "The Eye of Timaeus" or Tributed to activate "Dedication through Light and Darkness", as its name is treated as "Dark Magician".

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