GOAT Control - 2005 Format!!

Okay. This is hilariously fun. I am obviously not a GOAT format player - to clarify - but going back to how older yugioh was played is quite refreshing to say the least. Most turns consists of set 3 pass - and non-archetypal flipping decks were actually a valid thing. It was also really fun seeing old cards back in play - and realising how broken they truly are as well as why they are never coming back. It is definitely engaging and allows you to see how yugioh was back in the day were your whole deck was one-of's. So with me and my fangirling out the way: here's a not-so-brief layout on everything you need to know about this deck - with a few extra steps in between.

So the way GOAT works is rather different to modern day yugioh. There are two different sides to the game-style: Pre-Exarion and Post-Exarion. This literally means if a deck was made before or after the release of Exarion Universe. The deck I've created is definitely one of - if not the most - popular Pre-Exarion lists there are. Goat Control is a fun way of abusing the old banlist to its fullest and manipulating Relinquished as well as Metamorphosis in order to keep card advantage above your opponent. This is shown in the rather strange extra deck - consisting of random level targets - used in order to get more powerful monsters on board. Jinzo was a card heavily played at the time, that's why I have Last Warrior to go along with Snatch Steal. Once he hits the board its basically GG.

A good two card combo for this deck is Magician of Faith and Delinquent Duo. If you open these two cards you can quickly hand loop your opponent for 4 without using any resources. Its pretty efficient and tends to win you games straight off. This isn't to mention that you can also open Tsukuyomi to once again hand loop your opponent for another two next turn again. This combo is pretty efficient and actually quite awesome if you pull it off. Other than that the main strategy is to obviously abuse Relinquished as much as possible and keep. On. Sucking....no ****. Manju of the Ten Thousand hands is a good way of enabling this - as its fearful 1400 attack plays well with his search effect. Black Luster Soldier is also a powerhouse to play through. If you manage to drop him and you're coincidentally playing the right match-up, its simply game over from there. This deck can truly break boards like its nothing.

For today - we're completely disregarding the natural way of things. Overall: GOAT Format is a good hard 9.7/10. I've seen some shade being thrown at the community - similar to Genwunners in Pokemon - but I think the playerbase is being slightly disregarded as of late. In my opinion, they aren't as irritating as people may think and are pretty generic. They're just like regular players - but towards a less fast-paced gamemode. The format and rules themselves are both unique and refreshing, allowing you to revisit your past and play yugioh how it once was - slow. It's a cool way of relaxing, and sitting back from your usual 5 minute spyral combos as a means of relaxing your mind and doing the thing you love (obviously being ̶s̶u̶c̶k̶i̶n̶g̶  playing yugioh). While probably not anytime soon, I'll definitely revisit this format on my page and try to do something different with it. For now though, this is what I got...