{"_id":"66e83597e35de9f79582ca29","author":{"_id":"64301df31e48bd3d31372841","roles":[],"username":"Coolsy101"},"created":"2024-09-16T13:40:50.116Z","skill":{"_id":"6686545f21978d3e60523708","name":"Bane of Darkness","archive":false},"main":[{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a51c39","name":"Dark Magician Girl"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3a9a0e24f2d54a51500","name":"Apprentice Illusion Magician"},"amount":2},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a5186d","name":"Buster Blader"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a51c2f","name":"Dark Magician"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"635f811b498ea62a6b2197fa","name":"Dark Magician"},"amount":2},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aca0e24f2d54a53842","name":"Summoner's Art"},"amount":2},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a51c2c","name":"Dark Magical Circle"},"amount":3},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3a9a0e24f2d54a517b6","name":"Book of Eclipse"},"amount":3},{"card":{"_id":"6126b426f9d784006595dd66","name":"Piercing the Darkness"},"amount":2},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a52265","name":"Fusion Recovery"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a5200c","name":"Eternal Soul"},"amount":2}],"extra":[{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aca0e24f2d54a539d1","name":"The Dark Magicians"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a51bf3","name":"Dark Cavalry"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a51870","name":"Buster Blader, the Dragon Destroyer Swordsman"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aaa0e24f2d54a51c49","name":"Dark Paladin"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aba0e24f2d54a52e82","name":"Number 11: Big Eye"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aba0e24f2d54a52e3a","name":"Ningirsu the World Chalice Warrior"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aca0e24f2d54a53538","name":"Security Dragon"},"amount":1},{"card":{"_id":"60c2b3aba0e24f2d54a526cd","name":"Imduk the World Chalice Dragon"},"amount":2}],"side":[],"sideSkills":[],"url":"/kc-cup-dlv.-max/september-2024/dark-magician/coolsy101/JKcgR/","deckType":{"name":"Dark Magician","tier":null},"rankedType":{"name":"KC Cup DLv. Max","shortName":"KCC DLv. Max","icon":"/img/tournaments/logos/KC Cup.png","statsWeight":null},"engines":[],"gemsPrice":36000,"dollarsPrice":4,"linkedArticle":null,"notes":"Dark Magician comes charging out and into full force! This KC Cup was a very tough one and gave me the opportunity to show what Book of Eclipse + attacking every monster with piercing damage can do! Here's some notes about my climb:\n\n- Book of Eclipse is one of the best non-targeting spells I've ever used and works well with this Skill. Ramming into every single face-down is highly addictive, though it will backfire if you can't out your opponent's monsters.\n- Lyrilusc was tough to beat, but they are beatable. I lost many matches, but managed to win some. Book of Eclipse is the best way to temporarily switch off any targeting/switch protection they have, but it will not stop them from being treated as Xyz Summoned when being flipped back up during the End Phase. Big Eye stealing a face-down Assembled Nightingale or Recital Starling (if they don't have Nightingale) is hilarious to pull off and pretty much necessary\n- Absolutely hated VSing Time Thief. Can't recall a single match where I won, since they can setup their counter trap, steal the top card from your deck, setup a non-targeting face-up return effect AND have other backrow + interruptions to deal with as well. Double Book of Eclipse or BoE + Circle + Double DM seems to be the only way to out the deck in Bane of Darkness without losing too many of your resources.\n- I didn't face Windwitch or Gaia much, so I can't really form a proper opinion about them. From the matches I did have against them, they don't seem to be too difficult to handle.\n- 9 Extra Deck is insanely good! I completely changed my Link Monster package just so I could deal with the targeting protection that decks were constantly spitting out. It is very monster heavy however and you can end up going without a single monster left on the field by the time you use Ningirsu's effect.","replays":"My Road to KC Cup DLv. Max Sep 2024 Replays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fSLNAUT6fo","hasNotes":true,"hasReplays":true,"rush":false,"__v":0,"parsedNotes":"

Dark Magician comes charging out and into full force! This KC Cup was a very tough one and gave me the opportunity to show what Book of Eclipse + attacking every monster with piercing damage can do! Here's some notes about my climb:

Book of Eclipse is one of the best non-targeting spells I've ever used and works well with this Skill. Ramming into every single face-down is highly addictive, though it will backfire if you can't out your opponent's monsters.
Lyrilusc was tough to beat, but they are beatable. I lost many matches, but managed to win some. Book of Eclipse is the best way to temporarily switch off any targeting/switch protection they have, but it will not stop them from being treated as Xyz Summoned when being flipped back up during the End Phase. Big Eye stealing a face-down Assembled Nightingale or Recital Starling (if they don't have Nightingale) is hilarious to pull off and pretty much necessary
Absolutely hated VSing Time Thief. Can't recall a single match where I won, since they can setup their counter trap, steal the top card from your deck, setup a non-targeting face-up return effect AND have other backrow + interruptions to deal with as well. Double Book of Eclipse or BoE + Circle + Double DM seems to be the only way to out the deck in Bane of Darkness without losing too many of your resources.
I didn't face Windwitch or Gaia much, so I can't really form a proper opinion about them. From the matches I did have against them, they don't seem to be too difficult to handle.
9 Extra Deck is insanely good! I completely changed my Link Monster package just so I could deal with the targeting protection that decks were constantly spitting out. It is very monster heavy however and you can end up going without a single monster left on the field by the time you use Ningirsu's effect.

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My Road to KC Cup DLv. Max Sep 2024 Replays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fSLNAUT6fo

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