Shining Sarcophagus Deck Breakdown

DARK 6

You can target 1 LIGHT or DARK monster in either GY; banish it, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand. This is a Quick Effect if your opponent controls a monster. If this card is sent from the field to the GY: You can target 1 Special Summoned monster your opponent controls; send it to the GY. You can only use each effect of "Bystial Druiswurm" once per turn.

DARK 6

You can target 1 LIGHT or DARK monster in either GY; banish it, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand. This is a Quick Effect if your opponent controls a monster. If this card is Special Summoned: You can activate this effect; during the End Phase of this turn, add 1 Dragon monster from your Deck or GY to your hand, except "Bystial Magnamhut". You can only use each effect of "Bystial Magnamhut" once per turn.

DARK 6

You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by discarding 1 card, and if you do, this card's name becomes "Dark Magician Girl". You can only Special Summon "Dark Magician Girl the Magician's Apprentice" once per turn this way. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Shining Sarcophagus" from your Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Dark Magician Girl the Magician's Apprentice" once per turn. Gains 300 ATK for each monster that mentions "Shining Sarcophagus" in the GYs.

DARK 7

This card's name becomes "Dark Magician" while on the field. You can only use each of the following effects of "Dark Magician the Magician of Black Magic" once per turn. If "Shining Sarcophagus" is on the field: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is destroyed by card effect and a Level 5 or higher monster is on the field: You can Special Summon this card, then you can Set 1 Spell/Trap from your Deck that mentions "Dark Magician".

DARK 7

You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by sending 1 card from your hand or field to the GY. You can only Special Summon "Diabellstar the Black Witch" once per turn this way. You can only use each of the following effects of "Diabellstar the Black Witch" once per turn. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can Set 1 "Sinful Spoils" Spell/Trap directly from your Deck. During your opponent's turn, if this card is sent from its owner's hand or field to the GY: You can send 1 card from your hand or field to the GY, and if you do, Special Summon this card.

DARK 8

Gains 300 ATK for each banished card. You can only use each of the following effects of "Gandora-G the Dragon of Destruction" once per turn. If you control "Shining Sarcophagus": You can Special Summon this card from your hand. You can pay half your LP; destroy as many other cards on the field as possible, and if you do, banish them, then Special Summon 1 Level 7 or lower monster that mentions "Shining Sarcophagus" from your Deck, and increase its Level by the number of cards destroyed by this effect.

DARK 3

When this card is Normal Summoned: You can add 1 Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand, that specifically lists the card "Dark Magician" in its text. During your opponent's turn, if you activate a Spell/Trap Card or effect while this card is in your GY (except during the Damage Step): You can Tribute 1 Spellcaster monster; add this card to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Magician's Rod" once per turn.

DARK 1

You can send up to 2 Spells/Traps from your hand and/or field to the GY; draw that many cards. If this card is in your hand: You can send 1 Level 6 or higher Spellcaster monster from your Deck to the GY, then activate 1 of these effects; ● Special Summon this card. ● Send this card to the GY, then, you can Special Summon 1 "Dark Magician" or 1 "Dark Magician Girl" from your GY. You can only use each effect of "Magicians' Souls" once per turn.

LIGHT 11

During the Main Phase, if your opponent Normal or Special Summoned 5 or more monsters this turn (Quick Effect): You can Tribute as many face-up monsters on the field as possible, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand, then Special Summon 1 "Primal Being Token" (Rock/LIGHT/Level 11/ATK ?/DEF ?) to your opponent's field. (This Token's ATK/DEF become the combined original ATK/DEF of the Tributed monsters.) You can only use this effect of "Nibiru, the Primal Being" once per turn.

DARK 6

1 Illusion monster + 1 LIGHT Spellcaster monster Any battle damage your "Azamina" monsters, except "Azamina Ilia Silvia", inflicts to your opponent is doubled. You can only use each of the following effects of "Azamina Ilia Silvia" once per turn. When your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; negate that effect. If this card is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can add 1 "Sinful Spoils" Trap from your Deck to your hand.

DARK 6

1 Illusion monster + 1 LIGHT Spellcaster monster Monsters your opponent controls lose 500 ATK/DEF for each "Azamina" monster you control. You can only use each of the following effects of "Azamina Mu Rcielago" once per turn. If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can add 1 "Azamina" or "Sinful Spoils" card from your Deck to your hand. If this card is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can add 1 "Sinful Spoils" Spell from your Deck to your hand.

DARK 8

"Dark Magician" + 1 LIGHT or DARK monster Must be either Fusion Summoned, or Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) during the turn a Spell Card or effect is activated, by banishing 1 Level 6 or higher DARK Spellcaster monster you control as material. You can only Special Summon "Dark Magician of Destruction" once per turn this way, no matter which method you use. This card's name becomes "Dark Magician" while on the field or in the GY. If this card is Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Dark Magician" or 1 card that mentions it from your Deck to your hand.

DARK 4

1 Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster + 1 Spellcaster monster Must first be either Fusion Summoned, or Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by sending the correct Fusion Material Monster Cards you control to the GY. Once per turn, when a monster declares an attack: You can target it; negate the attack, and if you do, this card gains ATK equal to that monster's ATK (until the end of this turn), then you can return that monster to the hand.

DARK 8

"Dark Magician" + 1 "Chaos" or "Black Luster Soldier" Ritual Monster If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can target 1 LIGHT or DARK monster in your GY; Special Summon it. You can Tribute 1 LIGHT and 1 DARK monster; banish all monsters your opponent controls. If this Fusion Summoned card is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can target 1 Spell in your GY; add it to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Master of Chaos" once per turn.

DARK 8

"Dark Magician" + "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" or 1 Dragon Effect Monster Cannot be destroyed by card effects. Neither player can target this card with card effects. During your Main Phase: You can destroy 1 monster your opponent controls, and if you do, inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's original ATK. You can use this effect a number of times per turn up to the number of Normal Monsters used as Fusion Material for this card. Once per turn, when a card or effect is activated (Quick Effect): You can discard 1 card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card, and if you do that, this card gains 1000 ATK.

LIGHT 10

"Dark Magician" or "Dark Magician Girl" + 1 Dragon or Spellcaster monster After this card is Special Summoned, it is unaffected by other cards' effects until the end of your next turn. You can only use each of the following effects of "Timaeus the United Magical Dragon" once per turn. If this card battles, during damage calculation: You can make this card gain 100 ATK for each Spell in the GYs and banishment. During your opponent's turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 Spell/Trap on the field; destroy it.

LIGHT

2 Spellcaster monsters If this card is Link Summoned: Place 1 Spell Counter on it. Gains 300 ATK for each Spell Counter on it. You can only activate each of the following effects of "Day-Breaker the Shining Magical Warrior" once per turn. ● If a Spellcaster monster(s) is Special Summoned to a zone(s) this card points to: Place 1 Spell Counter on this card. ● You can remove 2 Spell Counters from this card, then target 1 card on the field; destroy it.

DARK

2 non-Link Monsters During your opponent's Main Phase, you can (Quick Effect): Immediately after this effect resolves, Link Summon 1 Link Monster using materials you control, including this card. You can only use this effect of "I:P Masquerena" once per turn. A Link Monster that used this card as material cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects.

DARK

2 monsters, including a DARK Spellcaster monster If this card is Link Summoned: You can add 1 Level 5 or higher DARK Spellcaster monster from your GY to your hand, but you cannot activate cards, or the effects of cards, with its name for the rest of this turn. You can send 1 Spell/Trap from your hand or field to the GY; immediately after this effect resolves, Normal Summon 1 Spellcaster monster. You can only use each effect of "Miasma Necromancer" once per turn.

DARK

2 Effect Monsters If this card is Link Summoned using a Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster as material: You can target 1 card on the field or in either GY; banish it, also your monsters cannot attack directly this turn. When your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can target 2 face-up monsters on the field, including a monster you control; banish both until the End Phase. You can only use each effect of "S:P Little Knight" once per turn.

LIGHT

2+ monsters, including a Spellcaster monster If this card is Link Summoned: Place Spell Counters on this card, equal to the number of Spells on the field and in the GYs. While an "Endymion" card(s) is on the field, your opponent's monsters cannot target this card for attacks. Once per turn, during the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can remove 3 Spell Counters from your field; Special Summon 1 Spellcaster monster from your hand or GY in Defense Position, to your zone this card points to.

LIGHT

1 Level 4 or lower Dragon or Spellcaster monster You cannot Special Summon, except Dragon monsters. You can only use each of the following effects of "Spirit with Eyes of Blue" once per turn. If this card is Link Summoned: You can take 1 "Mausoleum of White" from your Deck and either add it to your hand or send it to the GY. You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Blue-Eyes" monster from your hand or GY, but if you Special Summoned an Effect Monster from your GY by this effect, it cannot attack and its effects are negated.

DARK 7

''The ultimate wizard in terms of attack and defense.''

DARK 7

You can Ritual Summon this card with "Chaos Form". You can reveal this card in your hand; add 1 "Dark Magician", or 1 non-Ritual Monster that mentions it, from your Deck to your hand, then place 1 card from your hand on top of the Deck. When your opponent activates a monster effect (Quick Effect): You can return this card to the hand, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Dark Magician" from your GY, and if you do that, negate that activated effect. You can only use each effect of "Illusion of Chaos" once per turn.

DARK 8

You can Ritual Summon this card with "Chaos Form". If this card is Special Summoned: You can Tribute 1 monster; your opponent cannot activate monster effects this turn. When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle: You can target 1 Spell in your GY; add it to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Magician of Black Chaos MAX" once per turn.

LIGHT 7

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters During your Main Phase: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your hand. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase the turn you activate this effect. During your Main Phase: You can destroy as many cards in the Field Zones as possible (min. 1), and if you do, gain 1000 LP, then you can add 1 Field Spell with a different name than the destroyed card(s), from your Deck to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Ancient Fairy Dragon" once per turn.

DARK 10

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner Dragon monsters You can target 1 banished LIGHT or DARK monster; Special Summon it to your field. When your opponent activates a monster effect (Quick Effect): You can target 1 banished card; shuffle it into the Deck, then if you shuffled it into your Deck, destroy that monster, or if you shuffled it into your opponent's Deck, negate that activated effect. You can only use each effect of "Bystial Dis Pater" once per turn.

FIRE 3

When a card or effect is activated that includes any of these effects (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; negate that effect. ● Add a card from the Deck to the hand. ● Special Summon from the Deck. ● Send a card from the Deck to the GY. You can only use this effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" once per turn.

LIGHT 1

During your opponent's Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand to the GY, then target 1 Effect Monster your opponent controls; negate the effects of that face-up monster your opponent controls, until the end of this turn.

EARTH 3

When a card or effect is activated that includes any of these effects (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; negate that activation. ● Add a card(s) from the GY to the hand, Deck, and/or Extra Deck. ● Special Summon a Monster Card(s) from the GY. ● Banish a card(s) from the GY. You can only use this effect of "Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion" once per turn.

Spell Quick

Target 1 monster in your opponent's GY; banish it, and if you do, until the end of the next turn, its effects are negated, as well as the activated effects and effects on the field of monsters with the same original name.

Spell Continuous

When this card is activated: Look at the top 3 cards of your Deck, then you can reveal 1 of them that is "Dark Magician" or a Spell/Trap that mentions "Dark Magician", and add it to your hand, also place the remaining cards on top of your Deck in any order. If "Dark Magician" is Normal or Special Summoned to your field (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 card your opponent controls; banish it. You can only use each effect of "Dark Magical Circle" once per turn.

Spell Continuous

You can Tribute 1 monster from your hand or field; add 1 "Azamina" card from your Deck to your hand. If a monster(s) is sent to your opponent's GY, and you control an "Azamina" monster (except during the Damage Step): You can make your opponent lose 1500 LP, and if you do, gain 1500 LP. During the End Phase, if this card is in the GY because it was sent there from the Spell & Trap Zone this turn while face-up: You can Set it. You can only use each effect of "Deception of the Sinful Spoils" once per turn.

Spell Quick

Send any number of other cards from your hand and/or field to the GY; choose that many Effect Monsters your opponent controls, and until the end of this turn, their ATK is halved, also their effects are negated. In response to this card's activation, your opponent cannot activate cards, or the effects of cards, with the same original type (Monster/Spell/Trap) as the cards sent to the GY to activate this card. You can only activate 1 "Forbidden Droplet" per turn.

Spell Quick

Add 1 monster that mentions "Shining Sarcophagus" from your Deck to your hand, then, if you activated this card during the Battle Phase while you controlled "Shining Sarcophagus" and a monster that mentions it, each player draws until they have 6 cards in their hand. You can only activate 1 "Future Silence" per turn.

Spell Field

During your Main Phase, you can Normal Summon 1 Level 1 LIGHT Tuner in addition to your Normal Summon/Set. (You can only gain this effect once per turn.) Once per turn: You can target 1 face-up monster you control; send 1 Normal Monster from your hand or Deck to the GY, and if you do, the targeted monster gains ATK/DEF equal to the Level of the monster sent to the GY x 100, until the end of this turn (even if this card leaves the field). You can banish this card from your GY; add 1 "Burst Stream of Destruction" from your Deck to your hand.

Spell Normal

Add 1 Level 7 or lower Ritual Monster from your Deck to your hand, then you can add 1 Ritual Spell from your GY to your hand.

Spell Field

If only you control a Spellcaster monster, your opponent cannot activate Spell Cards. If you control no Spellcaster monsters, you cannot activate Spell Cards.

Spell Quick

Activate 1 of the following effects; ● Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field, including "Dark Magician" or "Dark Magician Girl". ● Ritual Summon 1 Ritual Monster from your hand, by Tributing monsters from your hand or field, including "Dark Magician" or "Dark Magician Girl", whose total Levels equal or exceed the Level of the Ritual Monster.

Spell Continuous

Cannot be destroyed by monster effects. You can only use each of the following effects of "Shining Sarcophagus" once per turn. During your Main Phase: You can add 1 card that mentions "Shining Sarcophagus" from your Deck to your hand, except "Shining Sarcophagus". If your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the GY (except during the Damage Step): You can discard 1 Spell, then target 1 of those monsters; send it to the GY.

Spell Quick

Place 1 card on top of the Deck from your hand, Deck, or GY, that is "Dark Magician" or specifically lists "Dark Magician" or "Dark Magician Girl" in its text, except "Soul Servant". During your Main Phase: You can banish this card from your GY; draw cards equal to the number of "Palladium" monsters, "Dark Magician", and/or "Dark Magician Girl", with different names, on the field and in the GYs. You can only use this effect of "Soul Servant" once per turn.

Spell Normal

Add 1 Field Spell from your Deck to your hand.

Spell Quick

Target 1 "Dark Magician" or "Dark Magician Girl" in your field or GY; Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck that mentions that monster as material, by shuffling it into the Deck as material (this is treated as a Fusion Summon with "The Eye of Timaeus"), but banish it during the End Phase of the next turn. You can only activate 1 "The Gaze of Timaeus" per turn.

Spell Normal

Reveal 1 "Azamina" Fusion Monster in your Extra Deck, and for every 4 Levels it has (round down), send 1 "Sinful Spoils" card from your hand and/or field to the GY (if face-down, reveal it), then Special Summon that revealed monster. (This is treated as a Fusion Summon.) If this card is in the GY: You can target 1 "Azamina" monster you control or in your GY; shuffle it into the Deck, and if you do, add this card to your hand. You can only use this effect of "The Hallowed Azamina" once per turn.

Spell Quick

Add 1 "Diabellstar" monster from your Deck or GY to your hand. During your Main Phase: You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 of your "Sinful Spoils" Spells/Traps that is banished or in your GY, except "WANTED: Seeker of Sinful Spoils"; place it on the bottom of the Deck, then draw 1 card. You can only use each effect of "WANTED: Seeker of Sinful Spoils" once per turn.

Trap Normal

Target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; negate its effects (until the end of this turn), then, if this card was Set before activation and is on the field at resolution, for the rest of this turn all other Spell/Trap effects in this column are negated. If you control no cards, you can activate this card from your hand.