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What if I have a Skilled Dark Magician with two spell counters and my opponent uses a spell card (which would give me a third) and attacks, lets says with a monster that has less than 2500 attack.

Can I use his effect to summon Dark Magician and block his attack?

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No you can't, because Skilled Dark Magician's effect is Spell Speed 1. In other words it is not a quick effect. This we can see from it's text:

Each time a Spell Card is activated, place 1 Spell Counter on this card when that Spell resolves (max. 3). You can Tribute this card with 3 Spell Counters on it; Special Summon 1 "Dark Magician" from your hand, Deck, or GY.

We can see that it does not include "during either player's turn," or "(Quick Effect):", in it, which are the ways to know if some effect can be activated as a Quick Effect (Spell Speed 2+). For example, check the text of Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon to see an example of such wording.

This means that you can only activate it's effect during your turn (and only during your Main Phases), thus you can't do it during your opponent's Battle Phase.


If I may suggest, a card that could be really useful for you is Magical Dimension, which happens to be quick-play so you could indeed use it to "block" the attack by forcing a replay when the attack target leaves the field (and even destroy a card while at it):

If you control a Spellcaster-Type monster: Target 1 monster you control; Tribute that target, then Special Summon 1 Spellcaster-Type monster from your hand, then you can destroy 1 monster on the field.

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    would also be worth mentioning how quick effects are noted on the card text, the old style was saying "During either player's turn" and the newer style is (Quick Effect) Commented May 1, 2018 at 12:56
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    @WhatsThePoint updated my answer as per your suggestion :)
    – DarkCygnus
    Commented May 2, 2018 at 23:38

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