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"Psychic" monsters are the first new Type of monster to be released in a while, and had their debut in "The Duelist Genesis". The Psychic types seen so far often resemble robots or cyborgs, and often feature elements of cyberspace, circuit board patterns, green coloring ,and yellow electricity in their art. It is worth noting that many Psychic-Type monsters resemble what in the past were Machines, Fiends, or Spellcasters (such as Mutant Mindmaster, Mind on Air and especially Jinzo, whose OCG name actually has "Psycho" in it). The majority of their effects and support Spell Cards require you to pay Life Points, while the Synchro Monsters and Trap Cards focus heavily upon restoring Life Points. The tendency of a Psychic-user's Life Points to change rapidly during a duel allow a cunning player to make the most of cards such as "Megamorph" and optional cards that require Life Point payment, like "Solemn Judgement". Psychics also support a heavy Synchro element with cards like Emergency Teleport, "Magical Android", "Thought Ruler Archfiend" and "Overdrive Teleporter."
No FIRE attribute Psychic-Type monsters have been released. In addition, there are also no Normal, Ritual or Fusion Psychic-Type monsters.
Prominent Psychic monsters include "Mind Master", "Psychic Snail", "Psychic Commander", "Krebons", "Thought Ruler Archfiend", "Storm Caller", "Magical Android", "Psychic Lifetrancer", and the TCG-exclusive, "Overdrive Teleporter".
In Crimson Crisis , Psychics got one of the only Level 9 Synchro Monsters- "Hyper Psychic Blaster". In addition to this, one of the three released Level 11 monsters is a Psychic-Type, "Hyper Psychic Blaster/Assault Mode"
In Ancient Prophecy, Psychics get a new TCG Exclusive: "Psychic Emperor".
In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Sayer uses Psychic-Type monsters.
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Playing Style
Psychics are the newest type. They focus mainly on manipulation of Life Points. They have a lot of great effects, including Stall (Mind Protector, Grapple Blocker), increasing their own ATK (Power Injector) and creature swapping (Psychic Jumper), but all of it at the cost of valuable life points. A good advantage that Psychics have is that they are mostly level 4 and have mostly around 1500 ATK, which is somewhat high for the level. Also, some Psychic effects revolve around Removed from play. Psychics can come in a variety of forms; Synchro, Lockdown, Brute Force, Removed from play and even Swarm, etc. Because some of the Psychic support cards make you take Damage, (Brain Exploitation Research Lab, Telekinetic Power Well, Psychokinesis, etc.) Prime Material Dragon and Rainbow Life are two 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. Prime Material Dragon's anti-destruction effect will prove very useful too.
Psychic Synchro
This format is somewhat easily obtained because Psychics have some natural Tuners as well as some support for them. There are also 4 Synchro Psychic. Albeit having some emphasis on Synchros and Tuners, it is somewhat hard to Synchro Summon. Fortunately, Psi-Station can somewhat patch this problem because it can alter the level of the Normal Summoned Psychics. Cards that are very good for this format are Krebons, Mind Master, Psychic Commander and Psychic Jumper for more Tuners, Psychic Tuning and Telekinetic Power Well to revive as Tuners/Tuners and Psychic Overload to put back the dead Synchros to be re-used later.
There is a card in the booster pack Ancient Prophecy, Armored Axon Kicker, which can help enormously the Synchro style of Psychics. It can easily revive two of the Tuners (Mind Master and Psychic Jumper) because they have low ATK. The other two (Krebons and Psychic Commander) can also be revived if Armored Axon Kicker gets an ATK boost. Their are some cards which can boost it like Power Injector to bring him to 2800 attack or Psychic Sword or just any attack booster. With Ancient Prophecy, Psychic monsters gain a incredible boost with the card Brain Research Lab, that card is a must in a Psychic Synchro Deck.
Recommended Cards
Monster Cards
Prime Material Dragon Counter Brain Research Lab's negative effect
Overdrive Teleporter (Special Summon two Psychic Commanders, then Synchro Summon Hyper Psychic Blaster)
Synchro Monsters
Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
Spell Cards
Trap Cards
Mind Over Matter/Solemn Judgment/Dark Bribe
Rainbow Life Counter Brain Research Lab's negative effect
Removed From Play
There are various Psychics wich effects resolve around the Removed from play. This format is less viable in competetive but can be more fun to play with. (I.E. Psychic Lifetrancer, Genetic Woman, Emergency Teleport, Psychic Trigger, Reinforced Human Psychic Borg, Psychic Path) Other basic cards to put in this might be Return from the Different Dimension and Burial from a Different Dimension and even Soul Release. There can be some Synchro element in this format. All cards Removed from play can easily come back with the former or put back in the grave with the latter to then re-use them to reactivate the effect of the specific Psychics.
Beat Down
A double-edged because has the chance to completely overpower your opponents but it can be sometimes difficult to get to that or even get to something able to keep up with the game. Still, the Beat-Down Psychic Deck consists mainly of cards with high ATK, high level and effects which destroys the opponents cards. Monsters to include in this are those like Master Gig, Destructotron, Storm Caller and Psychic Snail. Other support like Teleport can help the summoning of the higher level monsters and cards like Power Injector can boost your own ATK even more.
Using Master Gig to destroy most of your opponents monsters, you then use Destructotron's effect to destroy the Spell or Trap cards your opponent controls. There is also an advantage with lowering your own Life Point with Master Gig/Destructotron's effect; equiping the card Psychic Sword on a Psychic while your Life Points are lower than your opponents will boost that monsters ATK for alot. Even the card Psychokinesis can help destroy monster while also lowering your Life Points. To restore all your Life Points after you have used the two cards effects, use the card Psychic Rejuvenation but use it only during your End Phase to not hinder the effect of Psychic Sword during the Battle Phase
Use of "Armored Axon Kicker" in this is somewhat not recommended because his third effect will have minimal use because most monster that will be in the grave will be cards that have high attack. Thus, you will be taking half of the destroyed monsters attack as effect dammage for nothing.
Psychic Swarm OTK
This OTK revolves around 5 key cards, Mind Master, Doctor Cranium,Psychic Snail, Brain Research Lab, and Telekinetic Power Well. The setup can be started many different ways but it will always involve these five cards.
Here is an example turn, activate Brain Research Lab, summon Mind Master and any other psychic type monster in your hand. Activate Mind Master's effect and tribute the other monster for Doctor Cranium. Do this until you mill 3 Doctor Craniums to the graveyard and with the last one bring out Destructotron and use his effect to destroy any face downs your opponent may have. Synchro for Magical Androidand then activate Telekinetic Power Well to summon your 3 Doctor Craniums and Mind Master. Use Mind Master and tribute the Doctor Craniums for at least one Psychic Snail and 2 other level 4 psychics. sychro for Hyper Psychic Blaster and then activate Psychic Snail's effect to allow Hyper Psychic Blaster and Magical Android to atk twice thus OTK.
Now there are multiple setups, such as summoning Destructotron or using Psychokinesis to clear the field and then continuing your move. and there are multiple ways of summoning Mind Master with cards such as Emergency Teleport and One for One which can setup even further swarming. also the reason why you need Brain Research Lab is because the extra normal summon can be crucial, and the fact that you don't have to pay life points can ensure that you don't end up not having enough to finish your play.
There is also another way to have a FTK, using Brain Research Lab. First, you activate Brain Research Lab, then you normal summon any psychic-type monster. After that, normal summon a Mind Master with Brain Research Labs effect. (You can also use Emergency Teleport, One for One or anything else to Special Summon it. You can also use Doctor Craniumto search for Mind Master.) Then activate Mind Masters effect and tribute the other monster. Instead of paying 800 LP, put one counter on Brain Research Lab. Another Psychic monster s now on the field. Do the same thing again, and keep doing it until there are at least eight counters on Brain Research Lab. Then, activate MST, Heavy Storm or anything else, that would destroy Brain Research Lab. You should now take 8000 damage, but then you activate Spell of Pain and your opponent take all the damage.
This FTK is also hard to use since Mind Master, Emergency Teleport and One for One are all Limited.
- Also See: Lists of Psychic Monsters, Psychic Support Cards, and Anti-Psychic Support Cards.
