Psychic

"Psychic" monsters are the first new Type of monster to be released in a while, and had their debut in "The Duelist Genesis". The Psychic types seen so far often resemble cyborgs or strange mutants, and often feature elements of cyberspace, circuit board patterns, green coloring ,and yellow electricity in their art. It is worth noting that many Psychic-Type monsters resemble what in the past were Machines,  Fiends, or  Spellcasters (such as Mutant Mindmaster, Mind on Air and especially Jinzo, whose OCG name actually has "Psycho" in it). The majority of their effects and support Spell Cards require you to pay Life Points, while the Synchro Monsters and Trap Cards focus heavily upon restoring Life Points. The tendency of a Psychic-user's Life Points to change rapidly during a duel allow a cunning player to make the most of cards such as "Megamorph" and optional cards that require Life Point payment, like "Solemn Judgement". Psychics also support a heavy Synchro element with cards like Emergency Teleport, "Magical Android", "Thought Ruler Archfiend" and "Overdrive Teleporter."

No FIRE attribute Psychic-Type monsters have been released. In addition, there are also no Normal, Ritual or Fusion Psychic-Type monsters.

Prominent Psychic monsters include "Mind Master", "Psychic Snail", "Psychic Commander", "Krebons", "Thought Ruler Archfiend", "Storm Caller", "Magical Android", "Psychic Lifetrancer", and the TCG-exclusive, "Overdrive Teleporter".

In Crimson Crisis, Psychics got one of the only Level 9 Synchro Monsters- "Hyper Psychic Blaster". In addition to this, one of the three released Level 11 monsters is a Psychic-Type, "Hyper Psychic Blaster/Assault Mode"

In Ancient Prophecy, Psychics get a new TCG Exclusive: "Psychic Emperor".

In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Sayer uses Psychic-Type monsters.

Playing Style
Psychics are the newest type. They focus mainly on manipulation of Life Points. They have a lot of great effects, including Stall (Mind Protector, Grapple Blocker), increasing their own ATK (Power Injector) and creature swapping (Psychic Jumper), but all of it at the cost of valuable life points. A good advantage that Psychics have is that they are mostly level 4 and have mostly around 1500 ATK, which is somewhat high for the level. Also, some Psychic effects revolve around Removed from play. Psychics can come in a variety of forms; Synchro, Lockdown, Brute Force, Removed from play and even Swarm, etc. Because some of the Psychic support cards make you take Damage, (Brain Research Lab, Telekinetic Power Well, Psychokinesis, etc.) Prime Material Dragon and Rainbow Life are two highly recommended cards. It can turn Psychokinesis into a +1, get you at least 3000 Life Points from Brain Research Lab, and other random effects that would do damage. Prime Material Dragon's anti-destruction effect will prove very useful too.

Psychic Synchro
This format is somewhat easily obtained because Psychics have some natural Tuners as well as some support for them. There are also 4 Synchro Psychic. Albeit having some emphasis on Synchros and Tuners, it is somewhat hard to Synchro Summon. Fortunately, Psi-Station can somewhat patch this problem because it can alter the level of the Normal Summoned Psychics. Cards that are very good for this format are Krebons, Mind Master, Psychic Commander and Psychic Jumper for more Tuners, Psychic Tuning and Telekinetic Power Well to revive as Tuners/Tuners and Psychic Overload to put back the dead Synchros to be re-used later.

There is a card in the booster pack Ancient Prophecy, Armored Axon Kicker, which can help enormously the Synchro style of Psychics. It can easily revive two of the Tuners (Mind Master and Psychic Jumper) because they have low ATK. The other two (Krebons and Psychic Commander) can also be revived if Armored Axon Kicker gets an ATK boost. Their are some cards which can boost it like Power Injector to bring him to 2800 attack or Psychic Sword or just any attack booster. With Ancient Prophecy, Psychic monsters gain a incredible boost with the card Brain Research Lab, that card is a must in a Psychic Synchro Deck.

Monster Cards
Psychic Commander x3

Prime Material Dragon Counter Brain Research Lab's negative effect

Doctor Cranium

Psychic Snail x3

Mind Protector

Sangan

Neo-Spacian Grand Mole

Krebons x2 or x3

Overdrive Teleporter (Special Summon two Psychic Commanders, then Synchro Summon Hyper Psychic Blaster)

Psychic Emperor

Gorz the Emissary of Darkness

Destructotron

Reinforced Human Psychic Borg

Master Gig

Mind Master

Pandaborg

Synchro Monsters
Stardust Dragon x1

Red Dragon Archfiend x1

Thought Ruler Archfiend x3

Psychic Lifetrancer  x2

Hyper Psychic Blaster x2

Black Rose Dragon x1

Magical Android x3

Goyo Guardian x1

Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier x2

Spell Cards
Ancient Leaf

Brain Research Lab

Swords of Revealing Light

Emergency Teleport

Trap Cards
Mind Over Matter/Solemn Judgment/Dark Bribe

Rainbow Life Counter Brain Research Lab's negative effect [2]

Psychic Overload

Psychic Rejuvenation

Battle Teleportation

Removed From Play
There are various Psychics wich effects resolve around the Removed from play. This format is less viable in competetive but can be more fun to play with. (I.E. Psychic Lifetrancer, Genetic Woman, Emergency Teleport, Psychic Trigger, Reinforced Human Psychic Borg, Psychic Path) Other basic cards to put in this might be Return from the Different Dimension and Burial from a Different Dimension and even Soul Release. There can be some Synchro element in this format. All cards Removed from play can easily come back with the former or put back in the grave with the latter to then re-use them to reactivate the effect of the specific Psychics.

Beat Down
A double-edged because has the chance to completely overpower your opponents but it can be sometimes difficult to get to that or even get to something able to keep up with the game. Still, the Beat-Down Psychic Deck consists mainly of cards with high ATK, high level and effects which destroys the opponents cards. Monsters to include in this are those like Master Gig, Destructotron, Storm Caller and Psychic Snail. Other support like Teleport can help the summoning of the higher level monsters and cards like Power Injector can boost your own ATK even more.

Using Master Gig to destroy most of your opponents monsters, you then use Destructotron's effect to destroy the Spell or Trap cards your opponent controls. There is also an advantage with lowering your own Life Point with Master Gig/Destructotron's effect; equiping the card Psychic Sword on a Psychic while your Life Points are lower than your opponents will boost that monsters ATK for alot. Even the card Psychokinesis can help destroy monster while also lowering your Life Points. To restore all your Life Points after you have used the two cards effects, use the card Psychic Rejuvenation but use it only during your End Phase to not hinder the effect of Psychic Sword during the Battle Phase

Use of "Armored Axon Kicker" in this is somewhat not recommended because his third effect will have minimal use because most monster that will be in the grave will be cards that have high attack. Thus, you will be taking half of the destroyed monsters attack as effect dammage for nothing.


 * Also See: Lists of Psychic Monsters, Psychic Support Cards, and Anti-Psychic Support Cards.