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Simplified Effect Text
Starting in Power of the Duelist, Upper Deck Entertainment began simplifying many of the previously standardized effect descriptions.
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- Inflict X points of damage to your opponent's Life Points ➨ Inflict X damage to your opponent
- Increase your Life Points by X points ➨ Gain X Life Points
- Decrease your Life Points by X points ➨ You lose X Life Points
- Decrease the ATK/DEF of this card by X points ➨ This card loses X ATK/DEF
- Attack your opponent's Life Points directly ➨ Attack your opponent directly
- A card with "X" in its card name ➨ A/An "X" card
- You can only activate this card when/while ➨ Activate only when/while
- On your side of the field ➨ you control
- Offer 1 monster on your side of the field as a Tribute ➨ Tribute 1 monster on your side of the field ➨ Tribute 1 monster
- Special Summon "X" to your side of the field ➨ Special Summon "X"
- When/If this card is Normal/Flip/Special Summoned successfully ➨ When/If this card is Normal/Flip/Special Summoned
- The/Your Deck is then shuffled / Then shuffle the/your Deck ➨ (removed)
