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Maybe I'm not looking in the right place, but I don't think I see a link for card setup, such as where monster cards and traps/spells are located. Is there no page on that? Lying 06:29, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

• Look under the "Playing Field Zones" section. --Bluedog (Talk) 06:31, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Card typesEdit

Feel free to fill in any gaps in the table. 「ディノ奴千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 01:27, March 9, 2011 (UTC)

	Normal	Continuous	Field	Equip	Quick-Play	Ritual	Counter
Spell	Normal Spell Card	Continuous Spell Card	Field Spell Card	Equip Spell Card	Quick-Play Spell Card	Ritual Spell Card	—
Trap	Normal Trap Card	Continuous Trap Card	Field Trap Card	Equip Trap Card	—	—	Counter Trap Card
Trap-Spell	Normal Trap-Spell Card	Continuous Trap-Spell Card	—	—	—	—	—
Virus	Normal Virus Card	—	Field Virus Card	—	—	—	—
Speed Spell	Normal Speed Spell Card	—	—	—	Quick-Play Speed Spell Card	Ritual Speed Spell Card	—

ReorganizationEdit

Flip should not listed underneath Normal (which is underneath "Summoning mechanics", which is underneath "Intermediate"). It deserves a category of its own, since it doesn't count as a Normal Summon or Set. I don't want to mess around with the template personally. --UltimateKuriboh (talk • contribs) 08:16, January 13, 2013 (UTC)

Basic, intermediate, advanced and expertEdit

The categorisation into "basic", "intermediate", "advanced" and "expert" seems arbitrary and even nonsensical in places.

• Synchro Monster, Synchro Summon, Tuner monster and Synchro Material Monster are four things you'd probably learn at the same time, but here Synchro Monster is basic, Synchro Summon is intermediate, Tuner monster is advanced and Synchro Material Monster is expert.
• The breakdown of the Battle Phase is in basic, while ATK, DEF and the battle positions are intermediate, even though you need to know the latter before you can learn about battles.
• Very basic things like Type, Attribute and victory condition, i.e. how a game ends, are classed as expert.

There's a lot of other stuff which seems out of place. Should we just drop the column that divides them into "basic", "intermediate", "advanced" and "expert" or does someone want to chance a better arangement? -- Deltaneos (talk) 18:17, February 10, 2013 (UTC)

I've also always been bugged by this. I have a feeling the categorization originally came from some official source or another, though if so, I rather doubt it actually divided the game mechanics so thoroughly. Personally, I'd rather see the categorization gone and the template reorganized some; I think trying to maintain the distinction while making it less arbitrary as to what goes where is too much effort for too little gain. 「ディノ奴千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 20:36, February 10, 2013 (UTC)

Most likely the rulebook that came with the original Starter Decks. I do recall them having sections called all four of those things. Whether or not newer rulebooks that include Synchros and Xyzs organize it the same way I do not know. Cheesedude (talk • contribs) 22:22, February 10, 2013 (UTC)

So I've been thinking about this for a few days, and I think I've got a possible top-level organization for a rewrite: card layout, card types, field layout/areas/etc., turn layout, battle/effect stuff, other stuff. Thoughts/suggestions/rebuttals? 「ディノ奴千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 02:39, February 18, 2013 (UTC)

The template needs some sort of fixing, for sure. Whatever you have planned, I'm sure it's better than what we have now. So go for it. --Golden Key (talk • contribs) 13:18, March 13, 2013 (UTC)