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Dark Magician, known as Black Magician (ブラック・マジシャン, Burakku Majishan) in the Japanese versions, is a character and duel monster in the Yu-Gi-Oh! games and anime franchise along with being one of its most iconic monsters. He is the quintessential component of the Dark Magician Archetype deck, for which the archetype is named after and centers around.

Unlike his student/lover Dark Magician Girl, Dark Magician's appearance has changed numerous times over the years as the anime and game has evolved. Dark Magician is usually depicted as a lean young man with long blonde hair and an angular face with a calm expression. He wears a dark colored robe over a bodysuit with light armor around his arms and legs, shoulder pads, a pointy hat, and a cowl. In his hand he holds a long scepter with a sharp end and a crystal ball on the end of it. Dark Magician's outfit has a motif of layering and spiraling which is present in almost every single article of clothing and item he carries.

Dark Magician has gone through numerous pallet swaps. His original design was peach skin, purple hair, and purple clothing, with a green scepter. Since then his skin has been green, brown, blue, white. His hair has been blonde or white. His clothing has been blue, black or red. His scepter has been green or colored to match his clothes.

Dark Magician is a Level 7, Dark-Attribute, Spellcaster/Normal Monster. By default it has 2500 Attack Points and 2100 Defense Points. It requires two monster card to be tributed to her before it can be normal summoned. It facilitates the summoning and use of numerous other Dark Spellcaster Cards such as Dark Sage, Dark Magician Girl, The Magician of Black Chaos, Dark Paladin, and Dark Magician Knight.

According to the protagonist of the original Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yugi Muto, Dark Magician is his most favorite, most powerful, and most rare card in his entire deck and his most frequently played card throughout the series.