"Influence of Fate" (Dark Magician Support)
Influence of Fate (Continuous)/Effect:
When this card is activated: You can add 1 DARK Level 3 Spellcaster monster from your Deck to your hand. During your Draw Phase before your draw while "Dark Magician" is on your field or in your GY and your LP is lower than your opponent's: You can give up your normal draw, and if you do, look at the top 5 cards of your Deck, add 1 of them to your hand, then, shuffle the rest into the Deck. Each time a "Dark Magician" monster is Ritual or Fusion Summoned to your field: You can pay 500 LP; draw 2 cards, then discard 1. You can only control 1 "Influence of Fate".
Trivia:
1. A combo starter for Magician's Rod.
2. A Pot of Greed/Graceful Charity effect based on cards Yugi used.
3. Ritual and Fusion is a known Yugi theme.
4. Stacking mechanic is based on Yugi's anime probability luck to draw or search the right card to win a duel.
5. Ritual monster: Magician of Chaos, and Fusion monster(s): The Dark Magicians, DMtDK, & DMGtDK.
Additional card tips:
1. This card can be searched by Rod (and can search Rod) and other cards like DM Circle & Soul Servant.
2. Dark Magician the Dragon Knight can protect this card from destruction and being targeted by card effects also allowing you to draw 2 cards since it is a "Dark Magician" monster (that was Fusion Summoned).
3. You can activate another copy of this card when it leaves the field.
4. You can abuse the second effect by using the third effect since it makes you pay LP everytime a DM monster is Summoned. The lower your LP is, the more you can add any card from the top of your Deck as long as "Dark Magician" is on your field or in your GY (not your opponent's).