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[u][b]1. ‘Remove from play’ is now ‘Banish’[/b][/u]

The phrase ‘remove from play’ is being replaced with the single word ‘banish’:
Old:
Remove from play 1 face-up monster.
New:
Banish 1 face-up monster.

Cards that were ‘removed from play cards’ will now be called ‘banished cards’:
Old:
Both players Special Summon as many of their removed from play monsters as possible.
New:
Both players Special Summon as many of their banished monsters as possible.

The old ‘remove from play’ phrase could get clunky sometimes. In normal English you would say ‘remove 1 monster from play’. But that becomes a problem when it was something like ‘remove 1 face-up Warrior-Type EARTH monster with 1500 or more ATK that attacked last turn from play’. By the time you get to the words ‘from play’ at the end, you’ve forgotten where you started.

Because of this, a few years ago we shifted to ‘remove from play’ as a sort of super-keyword, that you would never break up. But it sometimes ran into other clunkiness problems.

‘Banish’ as a single word is simple, short, and clean. And will make a lot of card texts easier on the brain.

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[i][b]2. ‘Is removed from the field’ is now ‘Leaves the field’[/b][/i]

Another problem with ‘remove from play’ is that people kept getting it mixed up with ‘remove from the field’, which is something totally different. So now these terms will be ‘banished’ and ‘leaves the field’, instead.

‘Banished’ (which used to be ‘removed from play’) means that the card goes off the board into that special place not depicted on the Game Mat.

‘Leaves the field’ (which used to be ‘is removed from the field’) means that something was on the field, then went to the Graveyard, or to the hand, or was banished. (Note that effects that activate when a card leaves the field do NOT activate if it goes from the field to the Deck, since it gets lost in the shuffle.)

Old:
When this card is removed from the field, Special Summon 1 “Reborn Tengu” from your Deck.
New:
When this card leaves the field, Special Summon 1 “Reborn Tengu” from your Deck.

The only place you’ll see ‘remove’ from now on is when removing counters. Like ‘Remove 1 Spell Counter.’

As you can see, the word ‘remove’ was pulling triple duty, to mean 3 different things. This has now been fixed.

Take a look at what this does to cards like Plaguespreader Zombie:
Old:
If you do, remove this card from play when it is removed from the field.
New:
If you do, banish this card when it leaves the field.

The new text is a lot less confusing.

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[u][b]3. Piercing Battle Damage[/b][/u]

During battle between this attacking card and a Defense Position monster whose DEF is lower than the ATK of this card, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent.

You’re probably familiar with this phrase. You won’t be seeing it any more.

This effect has been around for years, but we’re simplifying the wording to just say the monster can do ‘piercing Battle Damage’.
Old:
During battle between this attacking card and a Defense Position monster whose DEF is lower than the ATK of this card, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent.
New:
If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing Battle Damage to your opponent.

Note that the piercing effect only applies to Battle Damage. Which means that you still need to get to damage calculation so that Battle Damage actually happens. In other words, just because the wording is changing doesn’t mean this is some magical new thing that happens when the attack is declared.

This change will also be on cards that give piercing Battle Damage to another card. Something like Dragon’s Rage would look like this:
Old:
During battle between an attacking Dragon-Type monster you control and a Defense Position monster whose DEF is lower than the ATK of the attacking monster, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent.
New:
Dragon-Type monsters you control inflict piercing Battle Damage when they attack a Defense Position monster.

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[b][u]4. ‘Selected as an attack target’ is now ‘targeted for an attack’[/u][/b]

This change is pretty minor, but it makes things easier to understand, especially for new players. Let’s take Marauding Captain as an example:
Old:
Your opponent cannot select another face-up Warrior-Type monster as an attack target.
New:
Your opponent cannot target face-up Warrior-Type monsters for attacks, except this one.

The new phrasing is more direct and to-the point.

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[b][u]5. Hero monsters are now (mostly!) HERO monsters[/u][/b]

We have 3 kinds of ‘Hero’ monsters from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX right now: Elemental Heroes, Destiny Heroes, and Evil Heroes. Coming soon we’ll be adding Masked Heroes and Vision Heroes to that list.

Right now, on cards like Elemental Hero Stratos, we write out ‘Elemental Hero, Destiny Hero, or Evil Hero card’ for effects that work on all 3 kinds. Instead of adding ‘or Masked Hero, or Vision Hero’ in the future, we’re going to pull a comic book-style retcon, and just change the names of all the GX Hero-class monsters from Hero to HERO (all-caps).

This applies to monster card names:
Elemental HERO Tempest
Destiny HERO Dasher
Evil HERO Dark Gaia

As well as effects. Elemental HERO Stratos for example would say:
Add 1 “HERO” monster from your Deck to your hand.

Spell/Trap Cards are mostly unaffected, since they have lower-case names already and are not Hero-class monsters.

There are 3 exceptions to this rule. For monsters, Hero Kid is going to stay Hero Kid since it’s not old enough to be a full-fledged HERO. On the other hand, Hero’s Bond will become HERO’S Bond. But HERO Flash!! will become Hero Flash!!.

We plan to reprint most of these cards soon with the corrected names and texts. So everyone who wants to use the revised names can play with those updated cards, to avoid confusion.

But for now, until Masked HERO and Vision HERO cards start showing up, none of this will affect your gameplay at all.



Source: http://www.konami.com/yugioh/articles/?p=2906

PikaPerson01 Edit: The above link doesn't actually mention any of that. The correct source is:
http://www.konami.com/yugioh/articles/?p=2915
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We've always needed the Pierce thing... I've heard the phrase where I play MANY times and we all know what it means. Now it's official! I say Konami should have a kind of giveaway where people trade in all of their old Hero cards and receive the updated versions for free... No offense to Konami, but what's the harm in losing a little money, especially is they make you pay $5.50 CDN for 9 cards...

And about the Banish term... That makes RFG decks, or should I say, Banish decks, more powerful (see 1st post example). Now they can get specific monsters... Ouch.

Finally, we have the "leaves the field"... I don't like that. "Removed from the field" may sound a little more textbook-ish, but that what keeps the professionalism in the cards. Besides, that makes MANY cards needing of replacement...
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Blech. I really don't like this idea. Renaming the Heroes as "HERO" is just stupid. And frankly, if they want to change "HERO Flash!", its components are all Capitals, so they should at least leave it as "H-E-R-O Flash!". "Banish" makes a bit of sense, but seems too strong. The term's not broken, and it doesn't really matter if the effects are a bit long - we've never had cards involving those effects which have a large amount of text. The longest we've had are cards like Relinquished, Thousand Eyes Restrict, etc - and none of them involve removing cards from play.

Going back to the heroes, this is also due to their naming policy in the TCG, whereas the japanese text in the OCG makes the cards easier to recognise, in the same way that makes Summoned Skull and archfiend. They should just let it be "Hero" anyway - yes, there are non-"true" hero cards, but frankly it seems better than reprinting each card. It's not broken - don't fix it.

As for piercing, I for one am fine with the long effect. It makes it clear on the card what "piercing" is, so even a newbie without a manual can use such effects. And what will happen with cards like "Hyper Psychic Blaster"? Will they call it a "Reverse Pierce"? This is so ridiculous, it makes me teary.

All in all, this seems to be Konami's attempt to revamp the series - further proved by ZeXal's end credits questions, which are clearly aimed at beginners. The card game is fine as it is, we don't need this. It's like a bicycle with a television mounted on the handlebars - looks cool but utterly pointless. Fine, I can live with OCG changes, but I cannot accept the idea of reprinting cards to fit the changes in the way the heroes are going to be. I'm also pretty unlikely to follow these new OCG rules if I ever showcase my cards - though I don't do that very often.

Okay, that's my say over. Please don't start hating me - I'm simply giving my opinion on this matter.
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The OCG changed?[img]http://public.yugiohcardmaker.net/public/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif[/img]

The new OCG is more effective, and I like it. But leaves the field...Meh. Removed from the field is better.

Thanks for letting us know the OCG changed, Bless!
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Right, I have no idea if I'll actually get a response form Konami that's worth it, but still I've sent an email regarding this issue. I also pointed out as I'd just realised that things like "Banished" will actually mean counterfiet cards will appear more genuine, since they tend to make up "stuff" (for lack of an appropriate word) like that on them, since the people making them tend to be about as dumb as some newbie card makers - at least as far as the grammar is concerned.
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Now, does this mean Marauding Captains Loophole will be gone b/c of this new wordings from Konami?

B/c it is now this....

Your opponent cannot target face-up Warrior-Type monsters for attacks, except this one.

If it does make loop hole go bye bye, I despise Konami...
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[quote name='Master White' timestamp='1306352437' post='5231273']
Now, does this mean Marauding Captains Loophole will be gone b/c of this new wordings from Konami?

B/c it is now this....

Your opponent cannot target face-up Warrior-Type monsters for attacks, except this one.

If it does make loop hole go bye bye, I despise Konami...
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It still means that 2 Marauding Captains = No attacks. All it does is make it easier to understand.
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