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cyberdude

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ok im getting sick and tired of people writing effect inproperly so im going to every ay write a specloical effect properly in hope tht this helps

 

 

union

 

 

Once per turn, during your Main Phase, if you control this card on the field, you can equip it to your "name of monster here" as an Equip Card, OR unequip the Union equipment and Special Summon this card in face-up Attack Position. effect that the monster gets here (1 monster can only be equipped with 1 Union Monster at a time. If the equipped monster is destroyed as a result of battle, destroy this card instead.)

ritual

 

 

This monster can only be Ritual Summoned with the Ritual Spell Card, "name of ritual card here." You must also Tribute monsters whose total Levels equal :level of monster here: or more from the field or your hand.

more on the way and can this be stickyed

graveyard effects

 

 

 

After this card on the field is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, effect here

fusion

 

fusion material monsters here

This monster cannot be Special Summoned except by Fusion Summon. any other effect here

 

summing from grave

 

any cost effects go up here

Select 1 monster from your Graveyard. Special Summon the selected monster on your side of the field.

any other effect go here

newer effects

drawing

 

any before effects here draw "as many cards here" cards. after effects here

 

 

Trap, Continuous

Effect: This card can only be activated during a Main Phase. After activating, it becomes a Monster Card (Type/Element/Star Level/ATK/DEF), and Special Summons in the Monster Card Zone. (Also treated as a Trap Card)

 

tributing as a effect

 

Tribute {as many monsters} monster on your side of the field to activate this card.

 

defense piercing or a trample effect

"When this card attacks with an ATK higher then the DEF of your opponent's Defense Position monster, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points"

 

 

Once per turn, discard {as many cards to ativate the effect] random card's in your hand[rest goes here

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I'd like to add a correction to how most people say "summoned." You cannot simply say "summon/summoned" in an effect. What are you talking about? Normal Summon, Tribute Summon, Fusion Summon, Ritual Summon, Special Summon, or Flip Summon?

 

Special Summon ONLY in a certain way:

 

This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card can only be Special Summoned by removing two FIRE monsters in your graveyard from play.

 

Discarding as a cost:

 

Once per turn, discard 1 random card in your hand to destroy one face-up monster on the field. This monster cannot attack this turn if you use this effect.

 

It doesn't all depend on wording. It also depends on how you place your sentences:

 

This card gains 300 ATK for each "Dark Blade Token" on the field. (Don't say "For each "Dark Blade Token, this card gains 300 ATK.")

 

Also, never use "a" before a name of a card:

 

This card can only be equipped to "Dark Blade". (not 'a' Dark Blade")

 

Tributing as cost:

 

Tribute 1 monster on your side of the field to activate this card.

 

(I see too many "Tribute a monster." That could mean anything, including your opponent's monster. In addition, never say "destroy a monster" when applying it as a cost. You can't "destroy as monster" as a cost.)

 

This information is directly from official Yu-Gi-Oh trading cards.

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Here's something else that I keep seeing.

 

"All Dragon-tpye monsters get 500 ATK."

 

You cannot use "get."

 

Try something like:

 

Increase the ATK of all Dragon-type monsters by 500 points.

 

Almost everyone says "get," and it's annoying me to death!

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"When this card attacks with an ATK higher then the DEF of your opponent's Defense Position monster' date=' inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points" [/quote']

 

Can also be written like this:

 

"This card inflicts Piercing Damage."

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Hi cyberdude, great post!

 

Can you (or anybody) help me word this better?

 

"Toss a coin 3 times. if 2 out of 3 results are heads, this card is unaffected by your opponents attacks, spells, traps and effects. Battle calculations apply as normal"

 

I'm happy with the first part...but from "this card is unaffected blah blah" I'm not so happy. Can I substitute attacks for anything else.

 

"battle calculations apply as normal"

 

yay or nay on this wording?

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