Dark Sage DOD-002

Dark Sage
Effect Monster (Spellcaster / DARK / 9 Stars / ATK 2800 / DEF 3200)

This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card can only be Special Summoned from your hand or your Deck by Tributing 1 "Dark Magician" on your side of the field when you succeed in the effect of "Time Wizard". At that time, select 1 Spell Card from your Deck, add it to your hand, and then shuffle your Deck.

Here's a powerhouse that your "Dark Magician" can become. All you need to do is get "Time Wizard" on the field with him, call the coin flip right, and presto... not only do you now have a much stronger creature, you clear out your opponent's monsters as well. Seems like a lot of work, but "Dark Sage" is the only card effect in the game that will let you pick any spell card from your deck and add it to your hand (which for me would be "Metamorphosis" and sac the Sage for "Master of Oz" since you'll have a free shot at your opponent's life points). Plus if you've seen the Yugi vs. Joey duel back in Duelist Kingdom... it was kinda cool how Yugi got him out to the field... the artwork even looks like it came straight from the anime.

Give it a try... lord knows noone will expect that in your deck and imagine the surprise they'll have when you pull it off. :)
 
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Everytime I've duelled with Dark Sage and Time Wizard in my deck I've lost, I've never liked this card...in my eyes its collectors material...or trade bait if anyones desperate enough to want it
 
99 times out of 100, you will get your rear-end handed to you (i.e. lose) before you can get Dark Sage out.

Here's why: This deck will have so many dead draws and bad hands there's no way you can keep your LP long enough to set up this combo. Today's meta is very aggressive.
 
Yeah, put quite in perspective, I've gotten Blue Eyes Shining Dragon out more times then i've ever gotten Dark Sage out
 
It's certainly a satisfying card to get out, but absolutely useless unless you're making a chance deck for fun. His effect is cool but really now...All that, for a monster that doesnt even have a continuous effect?

I suppose if someone wanted to make a Yugi-theme deck and rely on the heart of the cards...Good luck at the regionals Yugi!

Props for the artwork tho, its awesome.

3/10
 
dark sage always has been a really cool looking card, its artwork is quite nice... but you all are very right, the effect is very meh, just because getting it out is quite a task. and the way its worded, you cannot reborn it can you? however, the getting a spell from your deck to your hand is nice. and if your deck was based around getting him out, you might as well use second coin toss and sages stone etc.... but i still dont see Dark Sage getting play....
 
"Dark Sage" is not a Nomi monster... he can be reborn. And the effect is great... just the process of getting him to the field isn't.
 
densetsu_x said:
"Dark Sage" is not a Nomi monster... he can be reborn. And the effect is great... just the process of getting him to the field isn't.
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No kidding. The hard part lies in pulling off the coin toss. I mean its not that difficult getting a dark magician on the field nowadays with the many methods that exist.

1. Skilled dark magician effect.
2. Dark Magician Girl and the Jewel (I forget its name),
3. Painful choice and Premature Burial/Call of the Haunted/Monster Reborn

Time wizard is that terrible either. It just means you'll have to run a few copies of it so once you do get the Dark Magician on the field can use the effect.

Get it right and you special summon a pretty powerful monster and get the effect of getting any Spell card you want from your deck. Its only an intial effect but rightly so or this card would have been too powerful.

Get it wrong and you use at least 1500 Life points. Have any other monster besides Time wizard and Dark Magician and you lose more. And odds are you just used your summon to get Time wizard on the field.

Artwork is excellent and the stats are great. The only problem is its summoning requirement. Quite risky. You lose 1500 at least if you get it wrong. I don't know. I rather use the slot for Sorcerer of Dark Magic.
 
Re: Dark Sage D0D-002/DB1-EN096

I have to agree with densetsu_x on this card. Right now in YGO in the US he is definitely a LOT more useful than BESD since BESD can't legally be used in the US due to our lack of a legal copy of BEUD.
With the right support I think this card can definitely work in a deck because there are definitely plenty of cards out there that will offer the right support when put together. Time Wizard can be brought out with relative ease provided you have at least 2 and then some searchers that allow you to bring him out such as Apprentice Magician and Shining Angel. Cyber Jar/Fiber Jar are also other alternatives to try and speed up the process.
As to Dark Magician there are plenty of opportunities to bring him out. Skilled Dark Magician definitely speeds up bringing him out. Double Coston also helps by allowing you to summon him with only one tribute. If you have a couple Gearfried's you can use him with Butterfly Dagger to rack up the spell counters for Skilled Dark. At the same time you get a 1800 monster out of Gearfried so you don't lose out. Plus if you put Gearfried and DM in the deck with Dark Sage you can always throw in Dark Paladin for more backup.
So there definitely are plenty of ways to get the required cards out, it is just a matter of having the luck of calling the coin toss right. On top of that you do get the spell card from your deck which at times can turn things around and possibly make or break the duel. You can always bring out cards such as SORL, DWM, and quite a few other cards. So really with the right support Dark Sage can be an excellent card and I know I plan on using it.
 
Archfiendgeneral said:
Artwork is excellent and the stats are great. The only problem is its summoning requirement. Quite risky. You lose 1500 at least if you get it wrong. I don't know. I rather use the slot for Sorcerer of Dark Magic.
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That's what I do, even though a Sage would be nice for my collection.

P.S. The card combo with Dark M. Girl is the Sage Stone.
 
I love Time Wizard ! Some people say that you cannot win the regionals if you're relying on luck but hey, first I don't play for winning, I play for fun, second winning is about good decisions, right, but it's also a matter of luck. You can't win if you keep drawing useless cards (in regard of the situation).
Time Wizard can be a good card. You can build a deck around with some Second Coin Toss (changing a 50% to 75%), Shining Angel, Fairy Box... Then a Dark Sage (bad top deck ok, but just one in the deck) can really hit hard (like said before with Metamorphosis).
Soon, I will try a Coin Toss deck, if I have a copy of Dark Sage, I will put it in.
 
P.S. The card combo with Dark M. Girl is the Sage Stone.
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already said that lol

But i got a Q>..about the combo...do ya think its wrong that I was claiming that combo because I had come up with it before I even saw the movie? lol *i know its an obvious combo but I was happy ok?*
 
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