Psychics

I've been looking into Psychics recently. Why?

Psychic Trigger. It's a Trap that basically removes two Psychics from your Graveyard to give you two draws. That's a +1.

Not to mention the other Psychic draw card, Psychic Overload, which, while less attractive than Psychic Trigger, is also a +1.

Psychics also have an amazing Special Summoning cards like Emergency Teleport and Telekinetic Power Well.

So, why aren't Psychics being played?

They have very few decent Monsters. Aside from Krebons and Psychic Commander (which are Tuners you can Special Summon with Emergency Teleport), and maybe Mind Master (which is part of an OTK), what good Psychics can you think of? Thought Ruler Archfiend, maybe Magical Android? That's just five, and two of them are generic Synchro Monsters.

Another reason why no one plays them is because their effects cost too many Life Points. Destructotron can clear your opponent's back row by itself; sounds good, right? That's until you see that it costs 1000 LP per card, not to mention that it kills itself if you don't have another Psychic out.

But, we've been given some hope with Absolute Powerforce. The new Psychic Monster they released (which was also the ONLY Psychic Monster in the set) gives a great boost to Psychics.

Pandaborg is essentially a recruiter, but its effect costs you 800 LP and you can only get Level 4 Psychics with it. That's certainly not bad, it's just not as good as it could have been.

For instance, you could let your Pandaborg die, Special Summon Destructotron, making your opponent weary of setting Spells/Traps, then tribute it or use it for a Synchro Summon after it's cleared away your opponent's threats. After that, you'd have two Psychics in the Graveyard for your Psychic Trigger.

I'm planning to trying a Psychic engine in the near future. I'll post my findings when I make them...