How to word card text

[dustdevil9]

So I wanted to make a card but I don't know how to word the card text and I was wondering if anyone could help me. I hope I'm posting this in the right place.

 

This is what I want to say

 

"Inzektor Sword - Zektrival

Equip Spell

Equip only to an Inzektor monster. When this card is activated; you can add 1 Inzektor monster from your graveyard to your hand. The equipped monster gains 400 Atk and Def. You can send this face up card to the graveyard; to fusion summon 1 fusion monster using "Inzektor" monsters on your field and/or in your hand as fusion material. You can only use this effect once per turn."

 

But that isn't how it should be worded and would love some help on how to word this better; not just for this card, but for other cards in the future as well.

Please and thank you

[Trebuchet MS]

We do have a thread for this.

[Dova]

Equip only to an "Inzektor" monster. When this card is activated: You can add 1 Inzektor monster from your Graveyard to your hand. The equipped monster gains 400 ATK and DEF. You can send this face up card to the graveyard: Fusion Summon 1 "Inzektor" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or your side of the field as Fusion Materials. You can only use this effect of "Inzektor Sword - Zektrival" once per turn.

 

That's how I think it should be worded. Feel free to correct me, oh OCG masters.

 

You can just post the cards in CC for people to fix the OCG :)

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Inzektor Sword - Zektrival
Equip Spell
Equip only to an "Inzektor" monster. You can only use the (3) effect of "Inzektor Sword - Zektrival" once per turn.

(1) The equipped monster gains 400 ATK and DEF.

(2) When this card is activated: You can add 1 "Inzektor" monster from your graveyard to your hand.

(3) You can send this card to the Graveyard; Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using "Inzektor" monsters you control and/or in your hand as Fusion Materials.

 

Keep in mind that I am using hybrid PSCT, which uses the TCG's version of card grammar with the Japanese numbering, as to make it easier to write. It is otherwise equivalent to the standard form the TCG uses (basically move the limiter to the end of the effect and remove the numbers).

 

@Dova: Your fix should be fine (as far as common standards go).

[dustdevil9]

We do have a thread for this.

Saw the thread after I posted this, I felt stupid.

[dustdevil9]

Thank you this actually helps out a lot; I wanted to make a card for Inzektors and the other cards were easy to word but this one was tricky. :)

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

To be fair, only the Fusion Summon effect needed major fixes in terms of structure. Everything else was more/less fine.

 

Anyway, some general stuff:

 

If you want an effect to be hard OPT (meaning you only want a certain card to activate an effect once per turn, even with copies), then you add "You can only use this effect of "[name]" once per turn."

 

For the hybrid style, use "You can only use the (x) effect of "[name]" once per turn." Replace (x) with the effect number; you can use this for multiple effects if you intend for them to be OPT locked.

 

"You can only use the (2) and (3) effects of "Inzektor Sword" each once per turn."

(Assuming that you'd want to put an OPT on both of the effects after the stat boost. It saves you from having to type "You can only use this effect of "[x]" once per turn" every time you want an effect to be locked.)

 

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There is a guide to writing OCG in the Advanced section, or you can just ask me or Gadjiltron/Trebuchet MS for help regarding OCG fixes.