How to Read Problem Solving Card Text (PSCT) | Yu-Gi-Oh! 101

[@whambamduel]

Shit, I've been playing for 13 years and I still need this guide.

[@AndTheyCalledMeMad]

'Teaching my Girlfriend how to play Yu-Gi-Oh' .... Are you trying to go back to the single life Dave?

[@mr.moonthegoon4178]

He is wearing an ahego shirt

[@YourGuyAlex]

The : and ; thing just completely opened my eyes to yugioh and made it so understandable

[@me2people]

You're going to stand here and name drop your girlfriend while wearing an ahegao shirt? Okay . . .

[@KRHeroark]

It’s alpha af

[@Dead0Bone0Brook]

I bet she was the one who got him the shirt. ^^

[@StephenSchleis]

@@Dead0Bone0Brook yeah rape culture corrupts women as well. It’s a very sad reality

[@DeuceClubs]

​@@StephenSchleis epic downer

[@CJ_Was_Here]

I'm sure there is alot of valuable knowledge being shared, but my god am I distracted by that t-shirt.

[@kenichi-bk6bz]

My thoughts exactly

[@OsirusHandle]

Kinda degenerate

[@whirlwind872]

I didn't notice until you pointed it out and now I can't unsee it.

[@emectric1455]

Dave is a cultured man

[@wilkobadberg5272]

06:47 The Card "Dark Simorgh" is one of the best examples if you want to explain Inherent/Non-Inherent Special Summons. Compare it with "Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning" (BLS). If you want to special summon BLS from your Hand you have to banish one Light and one Dark Monster. And if you want to Special Summon Dark Simorgh you have to banish one Wind and one Dark Monster. That looks completely the same just with different Attributes. But thanks to the Problem Solving Card Text you notice, that Dark Simorgh starts a Chain. And BLS does not.

[@TooMuchDad]

I feel like it might be better to write out “Problem Solving Card Text” in the title instead of “PSCT” so that people who are looking for it can find it

[@Aranethon]

good call. Fixed

[@IvanVladVodka]

As someone who makes custom cards for fun, this was actually really helpful

[@Rabidragon9241]

It really helps make them look more legit

[@ciseuviado7998]

yay

[@sebarsht12]

That was actually extremely helpful, Dave. Thank you.

[@MontyEggman]

I am actually happy that you included the part about Special Summoning, as that can be confusing to some players. Speaking of Special Summoning, about that Link Monster video...

[@Burgerboy]

Very cultured shirt Davin.

[@tywolfthesuperbeast]

Welcome to DuelAcademy1212! This is the best 101 yet!

[@azonipse1234]

1:53 What is PSCT? HE called me a D*** when I skipped over the intro.

[@davinator1212]

buwahahaha

[@lincdc12]

I've been playing yugioh for a long time and this clears up so much

[@liue..]

love your vids! trying to learn everything more in depth before entering my first locals, im so used to YGo Pro and Duel Links doing everything for me i fear ill just look stupid.

[@itsahairflip3]

Thank you for making these 101 videos on yugioh! Like your gf amanda, I have absolutely nooo clue about any of this! My bf just started teaching me! And your videos are very helpful!

[@davinator1212]

I hope so. If I cleared anything up for you then we will call that an absolute win.

[@itsahairflip3]

@@davinator1212 reading the cards has been the hardest thing for me to understand so far! So this was definitely helpful!

[@KennethIHansen]

The thing that always gets me is the "(even if not)" effect. It just messes with my head, but this was good to get refreshed after a 10-year break from the game

[@josephsmith1494]

another great video, certainly helped me out (and ive been playing the game for ages) and I never know that the layout and punctuation had that function :) so thats my something new for the day

[@ryanreed3299]

12/10 Video. This is the most useful video on how to play yugioh I've seen in a long time.

[@LATownsRS]

That’s kind of the fun part of yugioh where you can play for a long time and theres still room to learn. Rome wasn’t built in a day and you can’t learn yugioh overnight

[@blueiblis250]

And here we have the wild davinator1212 making another video to help his girlfriend Amandanator understand the dark spells and rituals of Yu-Gi-Oh!

[@SHOGUNTE]

I actually am teaching my wife slowly. Started with normal monsters with spells and traps. Then moved to effect monsters. Next is rituals, then pendulums, before going one by one through the generations of extra deck monsters. We'll get there!

[@LiquidDemocracyNH]

I just realized that Yu-Gi-Oh is why I knew how semi-colons worked in English class when literally no one else had any clue

[@ManuelRiccobono]

After looking at some more videos and done some researces i think we have to update the terms inherent and non inherent summon: - "inherent" (or "direct summon", as i would call it) means that the effect is not an activated effect, so it does not have ":", which means that cards and effects can only be activated AFTER the summon is done. - "non inherent" (or "special summon effect") means that the text has ":" that indicates that it has a trigger condition you have to declare to start or continue a chain. The card will be summoned when it will reach the correct chain link

[@phillipwhite7850]

Inherent and non inherent and when summoning is an effect ir not does get really confusing. Tricky for new players but even older ones. Thanks for this

[@insanemakaioshin]

Ways to make it interesting your significant other: Strip Yu-Gi-Oh!

[@ctallant525]

Super helpful videos, I'm relearning ( although I never really "knew" how to play to begin with) the game and bringing my 8 yr old along for the ride. You forgot to mention the part about where to get the old people cards with the big print so my bi-focal behind can read the dang things.

[@presidentofthegalaxy784]

What is my man wearing

[@LionHeartSamy]

Reminds me of the time I used to play Thunder King Rai-Oh, and had to read up on inherent vs non-inherent summoning so I can figure out why I can negate some summons but not others lol

[@mrkisukes]

Dave here is gonna be like Kaiba and create a school for teaching kids how to duel.

[@stormsreaIyholy]

I would sign up

[@HeyImDiO]

These 101 vids are super helpful, Dave!

[@victortalons6873]

Honestly this could be circumnavigated if they just added brackets for activations, costs, and effects [a] [c] [e]. Also one of the stupidest reasons dark world barely saw competitive play even though they were discarded by an effect cost, it doesn't count as an effect but the card says discarded by an effect so it has to be an effect effect. Especially with graveyard replications because if diamond dude turbo had to copy the entire effect, that deck would've been garbage but because a judge set the precedent that effects are different from activation cost and effect, all of a sudden, worthless cards like magical stone excavation and lightning storm saw competitive play. But Kazuki Takahashi wanted the game to be too inclusive while contradictionally making it only appeal to a hardcore base, Meanwhile, that has to be the asshole when playing with casual players while they try to maintain interest, but sound like they are bending the rules in their favor (call of the haunted gets "negated" by d.d. crow or MST, magic jammer misses timing even though it's spell speed 3 but because optional effects and turn player priority are lower priority, it doesn't work that way)

[@suleymanbalyer1997]

maaan im so loving this series. its been too long since i actually played this game. i try to make decks i like in games like tag force series but i dont know about the real meta. could you please make some strategy videos about the current or previous metas? id love to see how the current games are actually played. keep up the great work, love you dave!

[@Vlidery13]

Funny story.... I just bought 2 of those shirts for my bf and friend 😂😂😂

[@donovanmoss6932]

I’m am currently trying to teach my dad how to play this and he has never played even a txt before so I would just like to say OH MY GOD THANK YOU

[@yu-gi-noober6385]

I’ve been trying to learn this game for the last year plus. I was today years old when I learned any of this....

[@RinaShinomiyaVal]

TBH Konami doea a piss poor job even mentioning PSCT to new players. Dont blame ya.

[@chancelong4548]

What about the trap card Present card? Can it be activated if your opponent doesn't have cards in hand?

[@D-Havoc]

Snoww's effect wording still is off-putting outside of PSCT because the first two lines practically repeat themselves AND other Dark World monsters don't share that card's specific wording.

[@Wyvernstone]

I can hardly wait until we cover If/When shenanigans.

[@thevikingbear2343]

"Draw 2 cards." Short and straightforward. Compared to the other cards you showed. That is why older players hate the new gameplay.

[@FlowUrbanFlow]

Yu-Gi-Oh is like Pokemon, Smash Bros, and Tony Hawk. It gradually evolved over time to become this really complex thing without players noticing.

[@davinator1212]

Tony Hawk evolved into Getting confused for Not Tony Hawk

[@Aranethon]

@@davinator1212 Anthony Hawk? Are you related to Tony Hawk?

[@jesuschavez3370]

Do you know for Genta Gateman of Dark World can he be special summoned on my 2nd Turn if he was already banished and I have a Dark World card on the field.

[@thevikingbear2343]

If a card is destroyed by a battle, then and only then can you summon it? Then how did it get destroyed in the first place?

[@insanemakaioshin]

Idea for a card- When your opponent has 5+ cards on the field: Clear their entire board; the opponent draws until they've 6 cards in hand

[@eleonarcrimson858]

so do u judgement a summon effect or summon by effect?

[@drewba7741]

Can someone explain to me why Charge of the Light Brigade activates Lightsworn effects, but Lightning Vortex doesn't activate Dark World effects? Most Lightsworn effects specify "Sent by an effect", whereas Charge of the Light Brigade is worded like a cost.

[@davinator1212]

Wulf doesn't say "by effect", he just says if he's sent. I'm not sure what the confusion is.

[@drewba7741]

@@davinator1212 Oh, for some reason I thought Wulf specified "By a card effect." Thanks!

[@stephaenhood1633]

These are the lessons i need. Thanks 😊

[@Dead0Bone0Brook]

Like always this isna helpful guide thank you. ^^ I always learn something new with these 101's. ^^ While I sadly switched from playing from yugioh semi competitively to MTG semi competitively, it's videos like there's that still have me keep my yugioh cards and play with a few friends. ^^ P.s. love your shirt. I had to watch you video twice because I was distracted the first time. ^^

[@EatCheese11]

If a card says “can” does that mean you have to do it?

[@davinator1212]

No, "can" normally indicates an option.

[@Trekkie46]

Ok, how exactly the colon works was kinda news to me. Also, I'm thinking you could have saved this video for after chain links are described since understanding timing could also be considered PSCT.

[@MARKNIGHTMAR3]

What would you recommend as a starting deck since my girl friend wants me to teach her

[@davinator1212]

To be completely honest with you buy two starter decks not structure decks starter decks and teach her to play with that.

[@MARKNIGHTMAR3]

She wants to play melfy eventually and I have it ready I just didn’t think it was a good jumping in point since it has so much going on. But I’ll do that first to teach her the beginnings so thank you very much

[@davinator1212]

I taught my girlfriend how to play with Melffys and I can promise you it is not a good teaching deck. The fact you are running a card that Synchro summons on your opponent's turn via card Effect should be enough to deter you from ever trying to teach this person how to use that deck to start LOL. The deck literally breaks rules.

[@CrazyGreekGR]

The T-Shirt he wears shows that he is a man of culture

[@Siegfirebrand]

This is really helpful

[@andrestorres4062]

This was helpful, thank you

[@YourAverageAmerican175]

Great video thank you for the info

[@JABRIEL251]

I swear learning this game should be something you can put on a resume...

[@davinator1212]

Lol

[@Flavio_0]

I don't really understand why people find this so difficult, I suppose it's another thing when you play with someone in real life

[@youtube-kit9450]

It's infuriating how people don't get the special summon thing - If I got a penny for every time someone called a judge when I said they couldn't solemn strike my fusion summons, I'd be able to afford a meta deck.

[@jakejordan9087]

it's quiet basic but it's very helpful

[@casmiry]

Oh god..the shirt.

[@AA20087]

very nice video I am a new subscriber to your channel

[@Magenta_mansion]

does someone saw his t-shirt ?

[@Dylan-jp9mr]

I never rly had a problem understanding cards (most of the time) , it was could I remember them. Lol

[@jeffreymarianoalvarez2286]

Nice video 😊

[@lordzorm-el9iz]

love your shirt

[@melffyrabby1009]

MELFFY BEST DECK

[@OnlyLiarGameFan]

"teaching my girlfriend how to play Yu-Gi-Oh!..." Dawg, with an ahego shirt? 💀

[@chrisray9653]

GROUP THEORY; NO, CATEGORY THEORY

[@paob7580]

Yes

[@danielwan2410]

thanks!

[@Hanmacx]

It still makes me angry that older cards like Union monsters aren't updated with updated effect because they don't have a new print Also when TCG and OCG have different effects In mtg when they update a mechanic, it effects all cards, not just new ones

[@shawnli4746]

technically no one could have watched Yu-Gi-Oh in English 20 years ago. Dub only began in September 2001.

[@RETR0MAN]

Raigeki is my baby!

[@FrederikAugustRiberholdt]

Nice shirt

[@NicolasCaja]

ahhhhhh, so i have to read the cards...!

[@BezzyBee03]

Cosmic Blazar Dragon

[@duderude2825]

I like your shirt👁️👅👁️

[@rudyramadhana4127]

yay I love PSCT

[@zamorvex]

now u only have to talk about systematic acknowledgement effects where stuff just works this way despite all logic contradicting that even though non of it is written on the card because ditto. yugioh is the only game where reading the card doesnt actually explain the card in regards to how it systematically functions we have to worry about all these hidden effects that exist just because, because konami refuse to stop printing busted stuff and refuse to address interaction issues.

[@Cortz2023]

we’re just not gonna talk about bros shirt

[@cyberfalcon2872]

What happened to this series?

[@davinator1212]

Uh, i think i made all the vids I needed, I have quite the back catolog

[@cyberfalcon2872]

@@davinator1212 I'm trying to convince my friends to play yu-gi-oh and so far your 101 series is the best one I could find in the whole internet because you assume the viewer have zero prior knowledge of the game. Your previous videos are very good information wise but they seem overwhelming to someone who doesn't know what tribute summoning is. I would like more of these videos (even remastering previous videos) for new players presenting the rules for new players In some of these videos you rush through the basics and said you would go in depth at a later video so I presumed there would be more. Making more shorter videos you could link each advanced concept while going through the basics. Like "you can only have one normal summon per turn but have no limit of special summons, to go in depth on normal summon click on the link up there (and link a video about normal summon). I know these are very basic and one should already know these if they want to play. The thing is, what about the people that DON'T want to play because even the basics seams complicated. Sorry for the big message and my poor english, thanks for the work you have already made, have a great day 👍

[@davinator1212]

I can certainly have the goblins help look into this for yah. Some of those old ones are pretty old.

[@OroborOSX11]

Makes sense now why so many cards have so many horrible comma splices. Bothered the hell out of me, but if periods and semicolons have special purpose, they have no choice… Ugh.

[@amandadelgrosso278]

Huh ... Very educational. Mayhaps that would have been helpful to, you know, tell me any of that eeeearlier

[@amandadelgrosso278]

By the way - nice shirt

[@Thelaretus]

So.... does anyone like Magic: The Gathering?

[@DungeonBricks]

For whatrver reason 101 alwaysmakesmee thnk of a treesome

[@XFL6XYT]

That shirt😭

[@fetosinpadres7239]

the shirt💀

[@oKuma5335]

aaah, classic ahegao shirt

[@fatman9982]

Not so subtle plug

[@ComeDyDnd]

What's with the shirt

[@atoxee6867]

God, this shirt is so cringy.

[@davinator1212]

Buwaha right?

[@greenapple9477]

Sorry, but had to dislike. That shirt is really gross.

[@reritheguy6756]

nice shirt