Dark Illusion | Deck and Rulings

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update 16/09/2016

Dark Illusion
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Dark Illusion

Type	Trap Card
Property	Counter
Card Effect Type	Activation requirement / Card effect
Passcode	05562461

Supports

DARK

text

Negate the activation of a Spell Card, Trap Card, or Effect Monster's effect that targets a face-up DARK monster, and destroy that card.

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A-

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Monster/Spell/Trap categories

Negates the activation of Spell Cards / Negates the activation of Trap Cards / Negates the activation of Effect Monster's effect / Destroys Spell Cards / Destroys Trap Cards / Destroys Monster Cards

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Anonymous

Why the hell does this card not work againts karma cut?

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

The game is funnier when you can actually read. I remember a friend saying that this card had a bug. I soon realised he never read the word "DARK" on the text.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Well, 99% people complaning for such issues usually just forgot that they had set the X trap card in the same turn.

Zoe

Just lost 2 games because this card didn't work.
Face up dark Monster.
Didn't work against targets from "dimensional prison" and "metaphys dimension"

See all 7 comments..

<< Anonymous(Zoe)

Kalhey Reply

I'm having the same problem. I had like 5 duels where this card didnt activate. what's happening? is the card broken? lol

<< Anonymous(Kalhey)

Anonymous Reply

It only works against cards that target

<< Anonymous(Zoe)

Anonymous Reply

Because dimensional prison, circle etc. Doesnt target and this card cleaely says "target"

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Circle and dimensional prison target. Get your facts right. The problem is that dm decks usually use an effect during circles activation e.x. rod effect in grave, illusion magician in hand etc and they make you miss timing, so you can activate dark illusion in response.

Anonymous

Used this card with my Destiny Heros, My D-Hero Dangerous attacked and was removed from play with dimensional prison, and Dark Illusion never activated.

I really like this card but it doesn't always activate in this game like it should
D,=

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

That really sounds like a bug. But without a replay it's hard to tell.

Anonymous

This card seems broken, but in Yu-Gi-Oh how text is written is key. I beleive to activate this card it must be in response to a card that specifically states "target 1 Dark monster". Not just "target 1 monster" with it having a Dark attribute. Also, keep in kind that face down monsters do not have a type, attributes, or effects.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

No, that's wrong.

Anonymous

Dark Magical Circle targeted my DARK face up monster, dark illusion didn’t trigger and my dark monster was banished....

<< Anonymous

Anel Reply

Exactly, #DuelReplay #DuelLinks
https://duellinks.konami.net/att/03dce95d09a4b9ff20eb21c40199c701c772b88d67
I need answers

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

It doesn't work against DMC because you can only negate an activation of a card but not the activation of a card's effect.

Drax1s

I was using a face up Red Eyes Slash Dragon with PotG and back upped by Dark Illusion and my opponent used a "send to hand" removal that targeted and it worked. WTH? This game is useless. Why did that work

<< Anonymous(Drax1s)

Anonymous Reply

What card your opponent used?

Some cards seemingly target but actually not, for example, Spellbook of Fate.

Anonymous

"Negates the activation of Trap Cards /Destroys Trap Cards / Destroys Monster cards" , but when a trap card card activate that banished face down my dark monster card, it do not activate like it should. Idk why. Wth

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

"....that targets a FACE-UP Dark monster....."

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

There is a big problem on this webpage.
In the game it says "that target a DARK monster on the field", whereas on this webpage it states "that targets a face-up DARK monster".

Fix this GameA.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Then that's an issue with the game, not Gamea, because in real life the card does say "face-up".

Although, it's not like the "face-up" part needs to be said, because a face-down monster has no identity. You can't call it as a DARK monster, meaning face-down monster is ineligible by default.

Winged

Does this work with blackwings ?

Anonymous

does this works on dark magician?

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

poor DM

Anonymous

So idk why I had a dark monster on the field and the other guy had a sub terror monster that banishes cards and I had dark illusion now for what ever reason this card didn’t work and it then my card got banished when it shouldn’t of. So this has happened several times idk why. Is it just during battle phase or what?

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Did they activate the last effect of Subterror Final Battle that turn?

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Yeah Same thing is hear it's useless actually.
It is not working in reality.
Broken card.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Tip: Subterror Nemesis Warrior's effect doesn't target a DARK monster.

(And before you argue that isn't what you're trying to negate, if you were to try activating Dark Illusion, that is exactly what you'd be attempting to do.)

Anonymous

This is insanely good for a N rarity card

Mars

Welp, another Shi En support

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