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* [[Metalfoes]]
* [[PSY-Frame]]
* [[Jack Mekk-Knight]]
=== Multi-type ===
Older Psychic Decks focus on a combination of the manipulation of [[Life Points]] and swarming. When played properly, they can be one of the most versatile and unpredictable types in the game, considering their ability to summon powerful monsters in short amounts of time. While most of the Life Point payment costs (or damage in some card's case) are somewhat hefty, they often wield powerful effects that is usually worth the payoff. For example, "[[Overdrive Teleporter]]" can Summon 2 monsters from the Deck at once, "[[Destructotron]]" can obliterate all backrow cards, "[[Telekinetic Power Well]]" can Summon multiple monsters at once from the Graveyard, and "[[Mind Master]]" (now Forbidden) enabled OTK moves and loops.
Because some of the Psychic support cards make you take [[Damage]], ("[[Brain Research Lab]]", "[[Telekinetic Power Well]]", "[[Psychokinesis]]", etc.) "[[Prime Material Dragon]]", "[[Life Absorbing Machine]]", and "[[Rainbow Life]]" are three highly recommended cards. It can turn "[[Psychokinesis]]" into a +1, get you at least 3000 [[Life Points]] from "[[Brain Research Lab]]", and other random effects that would do damage. The anti-destruction effect of "Prime Material Dragon's" anti-destruction effect will prove very useful, too.
===Synchrocentric Psychic===
===Psychic Synchro Fusion===
Now possible due to the release of ''[[Duelist Revolution|''Duelist Revolution]]'']], a Psychic deck that focuses on [[Fusion Summon|Fusion Summoning]] ing is built to bring out the Psychic-Type [[Fusion Monster]], "[[Ultimate Axon Kicker]]". However, in order to do this, Psychic-Type [[Synchro Monsters]] are needed because "[[Ultimate Axon Kicker]]" requires at least one of the [[Fusion Material Monsters]] s to be a Psychic-Type [[Synchro Monster]].
Also new from [[Duelist Revolution|''Duelist Revolution'']] is a new [[Spell Card]] for [[Fusion Summon|Fusion Summoning]] with: "[[Miracle Synchro Fusion]]", which allows the user to [[Fusion Summon]] using [[Fusion Material Monsters]] Materials from their side of the Field or their [[Graveyard]] as long as the [[Fusion Monster]] they're summoning lists a [[Synchro Monster]] as one of the [[Fusion Material Monsters]]Materials. This makes it easy for the deck to [[Fusion Summon]] "[[Ultimate Axon Kicker]]" at almost any time, especially late in a game when the deck has [[Synchro Summon|Synchro Summoned]] ed multiple times already and one or more of the Psychic-Type [[Synchro Monsters]] are sitting in the [[Graveyard]] just waiting to be fused with. It also allows other Fusion Monsters with the similar requirement to be utilized in this deck as well.
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===Grandsoil Psychics===
After the release of ''[[Return of the Duelist|]]''Return of the Duelist'']], Psychic Decks can now add a new powerful boss monster to their already potent arsenal, "[[Grandsoil the Elemental Lord]]". Due to most of the Psychic-Type monsters from ''[[Extreme Victory|]]''Extreme Victory'']] being EARTH-Attribute and the fact that these cards can control the number of monsters in the Graveyard by banishing them, getting exactly 5 monsters to summon "Grandsoil" becomes very feasible. Grandsoil's 2800 ATK straight from the the hand and his effect that basically acts as a "[[Monster Reborn]]" can quickly give you enough field presence to back your opponent into a corner or even [[OTK]] them.
To facilitate the summoning of "[[Grandsoil the Elemental Lord]]", it is recommended to use multiple EARTH monsters in the Deck, such as "[[Giant Rat]]", to supplement the Psychic-Type Monsters you will already be using. "[[Gigantes]]" can be especially useful as a 1900 ATK beatstick that can be instantly Special Summoned. Not only that, but he can set up the Graveyard to summon "Grandsoil" and even destroy all of your opponent's Spell and Trap Cards if he is destroyed by battle. He works great in baiting out pesky traps like "[[Bottomless Trap Hole]]" or dealing with cards like "[[Skill Drain]]" or "[[Necrovalley]]".
This type of Deck will typically have a high number of Monster Cards and a very low (if non-existent) number of Trap Cards. Use of "Hand Traps" such as "[[Maxx "C"]]" (which is also Earth-attribute to help summon "Grandsoil'.) and "[[Tragoedia]]" or "[[Swift Scarecrow]]" will help disrupt your opponent and protect you from [[OTK]] moves.
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* [[Vanity's Emptiness]]: Blocks Special Summons, also disrupts key cards like "[[Emergency Teleport]]" and "[[Overdrive Teleporter]]"
* [[Chaos Hunter]]: Can be Special Summoned, and prevents your opponent's banishing.
* [[DNA Surgery]]: Most Psychic-Type monsters need to be Psychic-Type monsters for their effects to work. (i.e. "[[Thought Ruler Archfiend]]" protection effect, "[[Magical Android]]" LP restoration effect, "[[Destructotron]]" self-destructs without any other monster within the type).
==Examples==
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