u/mrd256

I've made the following changes to simplify the game of Yu-Gi-Oh, but not overly simplify it like with Rush Duels. This format aims to reduce toxicity with turbo spam decks and help make the game more casual-friendly.

1. The field has been reduced to 3 Main Monster & 3 Spell/Trap Zones. This is similar to Speed Duels, just without the absurd skill cards. This automatically reduces the power ceiling of decks heavily (no more 6 negate end boards).
2. Pendulum Scales now have their own zones again, like in Master Rule 3. I feel this is acceptable due to the reduced field size. Also, Pendulums no longer require Links to be Pendulum Summoned from the Extra Deck.
3. The Extra Monster Zone is now ONLY accessible to Link Monsters. They follow all the other normal rulings. This means Fusions, Synchros, Xyz, and face-up Extra Deck Pendulums may not be summoned to the Extra Monster Zone.
4. Card effects are simplified to be more readable. Materials & conditions are now shown in Bold, while each effect is separated by a line break, rather than one long paragraph.
5. Contact Fusion is now a proper term. It refers to the act of summoning a Fusion Monster without a Fusion Effect. This is also to help reduce card text.

I was also considering adding Maximum Monsters to this new format, but I'm not sure yet.

I was going for an uncanny valley kind of design.

I don't have any lore for it yet; I just wanted to know what people thought of the creep factor. I just wanted to know what people thought of the creep factor.