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Undo revision 3905989 by XBrain130: While this is sometimes the reason for using an archetype condition rather than a rename, I don't think we can say this is true for "Archfiend Soldier" or "Beast of Talwar"
'''Card text''' (カードテキスト ''Kādo Tekisuto''), also known as the '''card description''',<ref>[http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/rulebook/YGO_RuleBook_EN-v8.pdf Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game - OFFICIAL RULEBOOK Version 8.0]</ref> is an area on cards containing [[Card effect|effect]] text that details how a card affects gameplay, or, on [[Normal Monster|Normal]] [[Monster Card]]s, flavor text describing the monster. Card text is located in the Card Description box,<ref>[http://yugioh-eg.ueuo.com/rulebook_v05.pdf Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game - OFFICIAL RULEBOOK Version 5.0]</ref> which also contains the card's [[Type]], [[ATK]], and [[DEF]] (on Monster Cards), and is located beneath the card's artwork.
The flavor text on [[Normal Monster]]s almost always only contains lore about the monster (leading to its popular name "lore" or "lore text"); in languages using the Latin alphabet, this text is italicized to indicate that it has no effect on gameplay. In the ''TCG'' only, Normal Monsters may rarely contain an [[archetype condition]], which is not italic (as it has an effect on gameplay) and is listed at the bottom of the Card Description box; this only occurs when a card's ''TCG'' name fails to include it in an archetype which its Japanese name does, but is too iconic and well-known to be renamed.
On all other cards, the card text contains the [[card effect]](s) as well as any [[cost]]s, [[condition]]s, and [[Material]]s. If a card lists Materials, these will be listed first on their own line.