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Okay, I will try again.

 

"When this card is destroyed by battle: Add 1 "Evil Dino Rawr Rawr" to from your Deck to your hand." (I know I am silly, just coming up with s***).

This is a condition correct? I don't quite think I understand why it can't be chained to.

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Okay, I will try again.

 

"When this card is destroyed by battle: Add 1 "Evil Dino Rawr Rawr" to from your Deck to your hand." (I know I am silly, just coming up with s***).

This is a condition correct? I don't quite think I understand why it can't be chained to.

No it's not a condition.

If you have a colon or semi-colon in the card effect, it is not a condition. What you have above is a Trigger Effect.

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here are some examples of conditions if these help you any:

 

"This card cannot be Special Summoned."

 

"This card cannot be used as a Synchro Material Monster."

 

"This card cannot attack directly the turn you activate this effect."

 

notice how none of them have colons, semi-colons, or commas. that is your best indication as to whether a particular part of a cards effect is an effect or condition.

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Assuming all this has to do with Problem Solving Text:

If it has a colon or semi-colon, it starts a chain.

If it has neither, it does not start a chain.

Always? I mean is there no exceptions what so ever? If so, it's easier than I thought.

 

here are some examples of conditions if these help you any:

 

"This card cannot be Special Summoned."

 

"This card cannot be used as a Synchro Material Monster."

 

"This card cannot attack directly the turn you activate this effect."

 

notice how none of them have colons, semi-colons, or commas. that is your best indication as to whether a particular part of a cards effect is an effect or condition.

though Birdman's is a condition because???
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Conditions are much harder to distinguish than Continuous Effects, but one thing is definite: Conditions NEVER start a chain. They are rules printed on the card designating certain restrictions that must be followed with that card specifically. It's not an effect, so cards like Skill Drain will not negate them.

 

The example before was Quickdraw Synchron. Quickdraw Synchron states that it cannot be used as Synchro Material, except for monsters that require a "Synchron" Tuner. It also states it substitutes itself as any "Synchron" Tuner. Those lines are a Condition, not an effect. Even if Quickdraw is negated, it still takes the place of any Synchron Tuner, and cannot Synchro Summon any non- "Synchron"-requiring monster.

 

Black Luster Soldier- Envoy is another example. The effect to banish a monster states "This card cannot attack the turn you use this effect". If you use BLS' banish effect, it cannot attack. That's a Condition. Negating BLS will not allow it to attack that turn.

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Always? I mean is there no exceptions what so ever? If so, it's easier than I thought.

With new text, yes always.

The issue comes when you go back to those insanely old cards that never had a reprint...

Basically anything that was printed after the Generation Force booster pack.

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Edit: Birdman is a Condition because it says that if it used its effect, as a consequence, it is banished when it leaves the Field. If you Normal Summon Birdman, or Special Summon it with different effects, it won't be banished when it leaves the Field. Negating Birdman with Skill Drain will not prevent it from being banished.

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With new text, yes always.

The issue comes when you go back to those insanely old cards that never had a reprint...

Basically anything that was printed after the Generation Force booster pack.

any way I can tell, except by Colon/Semicolon? Or is that the whole reason why it was made simpler?

 

EDIT: consequence? I am not actually american or english so I don't know all words, what does this mean?

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though Birdman's is a condition because???

"If this card is Special Summoned with this effect, remove it from play when it is removed from the field."

Point out the colon and semi colon here.

any way I can tell, except by Colon/Semicolon? Or is that the whole reason why it was made simpler?

That's the reason it was made simpler. Takes a bit more practice otherwise.

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"If this card is Special Summoned with this effect, remove it from play when it is removed from the field."

Point out the colon and semi colon here.

 

That's the reason it was made simpler. Takes a bit more practice otherwise.

though as said with my card it triggers when it leaves the field doens't it? And someone said that trigger effects do make chains. IGNORE ME!

 

Edit: Birdman is a Condition because it says that if it used its effect, as a consequence, it is banished when it leaves the Field. If you Normal Summon Birdman, or Special Summon it with different effects, it won't be banished when it leaves the Field. Negating Birdman with Skill Drain will not prevent it from being banished.

So, let me see. I'm going to try to make a card here again. See if I get this.

 

"When this card is Summoned: Special Summon 1 "Control.me" card from your hand. When a monster Summoned by this effect leaves the field, return it to your hand."

 

It doens't Trigger because it's a a part of that effect?

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though as said with my card it triggers when it leaves the field doens't it?

Because it has a colon/semi-colon.

 

"When this card is Summoned, Special Summon 1 "Control.me" card from your hand. When a monster Summoned by this effect leaves the field, return it to your hand."

That would be (OCG-wise yet very awkwardly) a continuous effect. or a condition Don't think anything like that's been done before.

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any way I can tell, except by Colon/Semicolon? Or is that the whole reason why it was made simpler?

 

EDIT: consequence? I am not actually american or english so I don't know all words, what does this mean?

 

a consequence is a result of another action. for example, if you forget to fill up your car with gas and you run out before you get home, thats a consequence of not filling it up. in the same way, birdman being banished is a consequence of it being summoned by its own effect. if summoned in any other way it wont be banished.

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