Effect
2 Level 7 monsters You can also Xyz Summon this card by using a Rank 6 Spellcaster Xyz Monster you control as material. (Transfer its materials to this card.) Once per turn: You can detach 1 material from this card; Special Summon 1 Spellcaster Normal Monster from your hand or Deck. When a Spellcaster Normal Monster declares an attack: You can target 1 card your opponent controls; banish it. You can only use this effect of "Ebon Illusion Magician" once per turn.
"You can also Xyz Summon this card by using a Rank 6 Spellcaster-Type Xyz Monster you control as material" is not treated as the effect of an Effect Monster.
The method of placing this card on top of a Rank 6 Spellcaster-Type Xyz Monster is also treated as an Xyz Summon performed by the correct procedure.
The monster effect "①: Once per turn, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; Special Summon 1 Spellcaster-Type Normal Monster from your hand or Deck" is an Ignition Effect. (This effect does not target. Detaching 1 Xyz Material from this card is a cost to activate this effect.)
The monster effect "②: When a Spellcaster Normal Monster declares an attack: You can target 1 card your opponent controls; banish that card" is a Trigger Effect. (This effect targets 1 card your opponent controls.)
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