yugioh advanced dark deck Complete Custom for Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon Lord of Dark World first debuted in the game Deck] Theorycrafting Dark magician :

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Even when youre just playing your usual spells, his ability gives you a free 1/1 vampire to flood the board

So you might consider using it even if you dont care for its ability to reduce damage

The latter options are particularly useful as combo pieces with cards like Blade of the Bloodchief and Rosie Cotton of South Lane

Roaring Moon ex has emerged as the most popular of these two, but Iron Valiant ex and Future cards are also well supported in the Paradox Rift set

The obvious way is to put it on the board in response to an attack, so it can pop at least one opposing monster with its effect in Main Phase 2