• Who to use. Should I add people and let them ask for their names to be removed, or should I only use people who expressly say they want to be included?
  
• Should there be "Admin", "Mod", and "Member" types? Or should they just be organised into the normal types (Warrior, Beast, Mechanical, etc)?
  
• Should I try and keep the art consistent or shouldn't that matter? As a sub-question, should I make all the art myself or let others make art if they like?
  
• Everything else! This is based on the community so I want the community to get involved. Suggestions on card effects, strengths, designs, anything!
  

• Due to my lack of knowledge on the current Yu-Gi-Oh! shows and card game, the mechanics of the cards will be restricted to those of the original Duel Monsters series. This means no Synchro cards, Xyz cards, or any other new things that were introduced from GX onwards.
  
• The deck will not be overpowered. There will be some uniquely strong or useful cards, but I want this to actually be usable in games with official cards, so that it has a use beyond simply being cool to look at.
  
• Most cards will be aimed to form a Main Deck. They might be a couple of Fusion Monsters, and some card effects may require Token Monsters, but most cards should just be your standard Monster, Spell, or Trap cards.
  
• As I said, I want this to be usable in an actual game, so some cards will have to be relatively weak as a source of tributes. Please don't be offended if people suggest your ref as such a card! They are needed and are just as important as all other cards, so don't feel undermined or devalued, all of you are awesome. I will probably ask for most members' consent before such decisions are finalised, anyway.
  

(12-14-2013, 11:40 PM)puggsoy Wrote: For the win condition, I'm just thinking of the typical Life Points system: you have a set amount of Life Points (8000 and 4000 are the original ones used iirc, although the players can agree on whatever they want), and you can deduct them by monster battle, card effects, and so forth. First who reaches 0 loses.

I read up on Xyz Monsters and I suppose they can be included. I do agree that they might be sort of essential in modern matches. Are they typically mechanical?

I'm not sure whether archetypes are really necessary, I mean it seems more like an optional preference than something each deck should contain. Maybe we can have a "Mod" archetypes for the moderators, and one or two cards affecting them, but I don't think it's really a large issue.

I suppose I'll lay off the boss monsters, yeah. I still do want some cool effect for Dazz though, maybe forcing all the opponent's monsters in defence position for 3 or 4 turns.

• By destroying an opponent's monster in attack position. The difference between the two ATK values is subtracted from the opponent's Life Points.
  
• If you attack an opponent's monster in that is in face-down defence position and it has a higher DEF than your monster's ATK, your monster remains on the field, but the difference is subtracted from your Life Points.
  
• If your opponent has no monsters on the field then your monsters can attack their Life Points directly, which simply subtracts the monster's ATK value from it.
  
• Various Spell Cards, Trap Cards, and Effect Monsters have effects that can reduce Life Points.
  

(12-15-2013, 05:26 AM)Vipershark Wrote: can i be exodia

(12-15-2013, 05:29 PM)puggsoy Wrote: In the original Duel Monsters, you could deplete the opponent's Life Points in a number of ways:

• By destroying an opponent's monster in attack position. The difference between the two ATK values is subtracted from the opponent's Life Points.
  
• If you attack an opponent's monster in that is in face-down defence position and it has a higher DEF than your monster's ATK, your monster remains on the field, but the difference is subtracted from your Life Points.
  
• If your opponent has no monsters on the field then your monsters can attack their Life Points directly, which simply subtracts the monster's ATK value from it.
  
• Various Spell Cards, Trap Cards, and Effect Monsters have effects that can reduce Life Points.
  

Has this changed? If so then I might have to learn the game all over again, I really assumed that it would have remained the same, with only minor changes such as extra card types.

Could you explain why archetypes are essential? Is it something to do with Xyz Monsters? I think having "Resource" on every monsters seems a bit repetitive. And what do you mean by "searching out"?

(12-15-2013, 10:48 PM)psychospacecow Wrote: Archetypes are needed to fit each monster under a common label, and it used so certain decks cannot exploit the effects of other archetypes. Imagine how broken all the burn decks or deck outs would be if they had the power of defense decks.

(12-14-2013, 11:40 PM)puggsoy Wrote: I suppose I'll lay off the boss monsters, yeah. I still do want some cool effect for Dazz though, maybe forcing all the opponent's monsters in defence position for 3 or 4 turns.

Spoiler

that's dazz's wife

arguably more powerful

she physically removed dazz's trademark bucket hat from his head