Problem-Solving Card Text

Problem-Solving Card Text was an update to card lore text, starting with the release of Generation Force, with the intent to simplify card effects to the point that most situations could be resolved simply by applying logic. It was announced by Kevin Tewart through a series of blog posts to Konami's Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's TCG Strategy Site.

Currently announced changes include:

• "Remove from play" → "Banish"
• "Is removed from the field" → "Leaves the field"
• "During battle between this attacking card and a Defense Position monster whose DEF is lower than the ATK of this card, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent." → "If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing Battle Damage to your opponent."
• "Selected as an attack target" → "Targeted for an attack"
• "Hero" → "HERO"
• Conditions are now denoted with a colon (:).
• Activation text is now denoted with a semicolon (;).
• Special Summoning origin is now denoted with parentheses (()).
• "[This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set.] This card can only be Special Summoned by..." → "Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must first be Special Summoned..."
• "[This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set.] This card cannot be Special Summoned except by..." → "Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must be Special Summoned..."

External links

• Problem-Solving Card Text, Part 1: Reading the Cards of Tomorrow
• Problem-Solving Card Text, Part 2: New Words & Phrases
• Problem-Solving Card Text, Part 3: Conditions, Activations, and Effects
• Problem-Solving Card Text, Part 4: The Clues on Your Cards
• Problem-Solving Card Text, Part 5: Special Summons