INTRODUCTION TO GOAT FORMAT!

[@yuginono]

Let's see if we can get a thousand dickslaps on that like button! Oh and here's some extra reading material and deck lists for you guys! forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/topic/315239-the-official-april-2005-goat-format-thread/ articles.alterealitygames.com/why-you-should-play-goat-format/ formatlibrary.weebly.com/deck-gallery

[@ajemison3]

you had me until exarion universe but this is still a great video to hopefully get more players into the format.

[@ajemison3]

i have no ill will toward exarion kid, but exarion came out after crv so playing with it would be incorrect.

[@somepony13]

It's explained in the article why Exarion is generally allowed in Goat Format. I see little-to-no reason to disallow it. (Sure, this is coming from a guy who has never played Goat Format, but I can see the reasoning on both sides.)

[@ajemison3]

Some Pony there are a bunch of articles why its allowed or not. i keep 2 spare in my box when i go play because there are people who like the card in the format despite that format never existing competitively in the tcg. i prefer to play the real tcg goat format but i dont exactly mind playing with exarion but id prefer to play real formats that took place since the format is supposed to be historically accurate and legacy focused.

[@somepony13]

I guess that makes sense.

[@Cimoooooooo]

This is such an amazing resource for people wanting to get into Goat Format. Awesome job!

[@yuginono]

Oh thanks man! I really want legacy format support from Konami...lol

[@Cimoooooooo]

I'm honestly surprised they haven't adopted Goat tournaments at premier events.

[@romkin1197]

I'd personally like Konami to support Traditional Format first :x

[@dantetraveleroftheburninga5376]

TBH if I was ARG or CCG or something I'd run goat format tournaments. I mean, konami won't, but still.

[@RunescapeViewer]

@@romkin1197 What's the point of that? Traditional Format is even more busted than the main game and that's definitely saying a lot. What's the difference really between being hard FTK'd or soft FTK'd anyway? We don't need two broken formats.

[@HybridAngelZero]

Goat Format is like the Super Smash Bros Melee of Yu-Gi-Oh. The format is firmly as far as it will go, but has such a rich, versatile metagame that new strategies can still evolve more than a decade later

[@yuginono]

Well put!

[@TheEngineer28]

Micaiah the Otaku Gamer [HybridAngelZero] Oh my god, that's perfect!

[@roejogan5212]

Kuriz Guy Teledad because there was only one good strategy

[@VanillaMidgetSSBM]

@@roejogan5212 Frog FTK Because it won Worlds and was a super consistent Tier 0 FTK

[@xela6349]

honestly, recently participated in a somewhat recent online tournament in a discord server and found that the deck that was used by the winner of the YCS 2005 still tops everything in GOAT, it's built pretty differently to what was shown in this video. Though it does have some weaknesses that can be exploited if you brick hard.

[@Avarn388]

I'd like to sincerely thank you for posting this. Seeing this back so many memories. Goat Format was the format I got really hardcore/serious into YuGiOh. As you stated, I love it due to how skill intensive it is. Honestly, I highly recommend every player try it out. Because, to me it is a format that should never be forgotten. And to me, was YuGiOh's golden age.

[@AngeloBassVComposer]

This video makes me ecstatic. With the GOAT community constantly on the rise, Yu-Gi-Oh can once again be played how it was meant to be played. Fun Fact: I learned about Yu-Gi-Oh because of a desk. You see, my mother bought a desk at a used furniture store and the seller forgot to empty it. Incredibly, there were 100 or so first-edition Yu-Gi-Oh cards inside. They even had "magic card" printed on the spells. It took me years and years to learn how to play the game since then, because I was 6 years old and I didn't know how to learn effectively. But I'll leave you with this: If another 6-year-old got that desk today, and it was filled with links, pendulums, and hand-traps, they can forget about playing Yu-Gi-Oh. Beyond powercreep, the barrier to entry has become too high.

[@apostleianlovelette]

I happened to be in high school when Goat Format took effect. Unlike today's toxic meta, Goat Format actually requires genuine skill, strategy, and timing, and I loved every bit of it. Rather than establishing an overwhelming board presence right at the start, playing methodically was the standard lest someone throw down a board wipe and overthrow control of the game state. Overcommitting in Goat Format almost always means death. Good to see you found an affinity for an old favorite format.

[@TheSandwhichman108]

I made a neat variant of zombies in goat I call zombie flip control. The idea is to get out Practitioner of darkness to either force my opponents to attack into my flip monsters like night assailant or morphing jar for example or force them to think twice about attacking when I have a set monsters out since it could be a pyramid turtle which could lead to a Ryu getting out.

[@totof2327]

Each time I heard Breaker's name I also heard: "Duro ! Monsta Cardo !"

[@halo25assassin45]

Same

[@DrWurstpeter]

You got me VERY interested in the GOAT format, even though it is not as commonly spread in Germany (at least I believe so). It's the perfect opportunity to dig out vintage cards and have exciting battles, just like in the good ol' days. Gonna sausage-slap that like button!

[@nikhilschmelzle5654]

habe damals auf turnieren mit 2 Zombiestarterdecks einer zauberserie und nen RoD mal Platz 19 von 330 gemacht. Das Format war das beste überhaupt. Klar gab es die reichen Kinder mit ihren BLS, aber man konnte sie besiegen. :D

[@swordofstrife1174]

honestly, this is basically yugioh's super smash bros melee. A rich developed meta game that while almost pushed as far as it will go, people are still finding new tech or strategies. Truly still an amazing game/format.

[@abrown903]

My whole playgroup plays melee and goats , ace comment

[@littledyu-gi-oh3580]

At this point I have watched these videos at least 20 times. Job well done my dude!

[@UMCmetal]

great video thanks!

[@johnnyTimothyRokket]

When y’all said goat format I’m thinking y’all saying GOAT like the best period

[@derekwalter4238]

Swave Gretzky a lot of people think that

[@xaviertama6425]

To be fair, most of us would agree it's both

[@steeltuff1]

not "the greatest of all time" but as in "scapegoat" but GOAT format is the GOAT format imo.

[@CrypticClown-v4w]

It is both

[@heartlesslucas7781]

It's 2022 and Goat Format is thriving and growing rapidly still. Long live Goat Format!

[@davizbuxaderas9396]

After that cubic shit, Im not surprised

[@stockstew420]

Whatever floats your goat.

[@yuginono]

I see what you did there...

[@alfonso365]

Man, I used to be such an 'expert' player... Now I don't even understand this. Never mind trying to understand the new rules.

[@TrueZEAL89]

I am here after seeing how bat shit crazy today's game is.

[@TeamChaosYugi]

These videos are so great. Honestly, the idea of it is just genius, I love it! Good stuff

[@spectre9065]

The reason why Zoo wasn't touched upon in the past was because Exarion was released weeks before the format came to a close. Without Exarion, the deck is weaker. The big monsters had low defense making them prone to Tsukuyomi. A great substitute in non-exarion goat format events is King Tiger Wanghu. Decent attack, keeps opponent from walling up with Scapegoat, and kills Tsukuyomi on its summon. Skilled Dark Magician is a popular alternative to Berserk Gorilla too.

[@SyaoLin213]

Small correction on priority, you declare priority to activate your monster effect before your opponent activates a card like Bottomless. The only exception is if your opponent doesn't give you an opportunity to call priority.

[@truefalcon6884]

Question, do you get priority V Judgement?

[@SyaoLin213]

No because the monster isn't on the field yet

[@truefalcon6884]

thought so, just checking thanks

[@yuginono]

Good point.

[@substitoad7069]

Since everyone despises link summoning we need to all switch to goat format. I will be playing bazoo return

[@InsekiJisatsu]

Twin Long Rods From what I can tell, most people are excited about link cards coming. I know I am.

[@substitoad7069]

NathanielTheLibtard&ShitTierWeeb most? Few in actuality. Also links ruin most decks and open the door for main deck graveyard and banish spam

[@InsekiJisatsu]

Twin Long Rods you clearly don't talk to other players outside your little circle very much because there is a lot of support. Your myth that links cripples decks is wrong too. You really need to browse KZbin more because there are plenty of people discovering new combos that work with current cards. If anything, links make old decks better. Use your head dude. You're just like the people that said Yugioh was ruined when xyz and synchros came out. Fucking pleb.

[@joshuaxiong8377]

Honestly, Links will be screwing me over for 90% of my decks until I get support in ,lets assume the worst because Konami, the next year or two. So I'm not too stoked about Links. Non-extra deck Harpies and Old School Six Samurai will be a hell of a downgrade to what they used to be. I'm just a casual and this hurts a lot. For the moment though, I am playing goat, trying to make Lightsworns work, and I will troll with some form of HATs and/or Yosenju. The set 4 stone age has returned and I will survive.

[@twitertaker]

My favorite deck is Shaddolls, so Link Summoning will probably hurt my deck hard, but even I like the idea of slowing the game done a bit and bringing some new strategy based on the placement of the cards to the game. We will see what the future looks like, but i wouldn't be too negative about it.

[@pikachuwu69TTV]

It's so cool how much a static format has changed in the last few years

[@asgfasgssga]

Holy shit I forgot how much I hated priority

[@Goblin_Hands]

Rescue Rabbit was still abusing it iirc. That thing was basically unstoppable.

[@fakuuux]

I started playing goat format with a friend on ygo pro, cause i saw your decks in your collection video. I was searching for some skill format without syncro, xyz, pendulum and all the archetypes that are used nowadays. So thanks for uploading this video, is very useful and i hope goat format grows in popularity

[@MrRetrososa]

this is THE ANSWER TO THE YUGIOH REVOLUTION !!!🤘👉👌 fight Komoney Goat format style

[@defectivesickle5643]

With our 20 staple cards!

[@fatrat92]

@@defectivesickle5643 Still better then have someone OTK you on turn 2 cuz they were able to summon out 10 different monsters.

[@defectivesickle5643]

@@fatrat92 I don't get how so many people go 'Oh yeah modern yugioh = Turn 2 OTK' So many decks just don't do that ever.

[@fatrat92]

@@defectivesickle5643 Have you not played against pendulums?

[@defectivesickle5643]

@@fatrat92 Pendulums are like, the worst summoning strategy play nowadays lol

[@apersonontheinternet8354]

As someone trying to get into yugioh with literally no past knowledge or experience, I’m definitely going to try this version over the modern version. It’s still intimidating as hell, but at least it isn’t the demonic behemoth that is modern yugioh. May take a few thousand hrs to learn but I’ll get there eventually.

[@flochforster88]

"For our Limited monsters, we have the Goat Control monster line up"

[@Kishimyu]

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO!! I will get into this format asap.

[@mohametgiapra9932]

I would like Teledad introduction

[@josuecosta1399]

Why do these formats seem so much more fun?

[@digichu007]

josué costa Cause the game had a grind mid game phase where both players hoped for a top deck turnaround. Battle traps were a thing. Deck diversity was at a high without too much focus on archetypes. Staples were very easy to get as commons.

[@DragonmasterSK]

This has become my LGS tournament format for a while now, due to its popularity. And I definitely see the appeal as I myself have created a deck for it and will dive in deeper to try upgrading other favourite decks. Being Dragons and Flip monsters

[@photonlight8645]

I played when I was little but I barely knew about the banlist. Learning about this really got me thinking how pot of greed, heavy storm, delinquent duo, brain control, card destruction and graceful charity were alive. Also how mst, call of the haunted and mirror were at 1 and look at them now being at 3. The game has really changed and i really enjoyed this video. Thanks yugi no no.

[@claraladuelliste5769]

Vampire Lord Master Race!

[@setokaiba2208]

This is great, I played goat before, but I understand the format and how things worked back then, at least better than I did before

[@elgioggia8365]

Thanks Dude! this video inspire me to build my old beatdown deck with soo much love and RAGE for people

[@Alexsmith-ok6pw]

this was awesome man. love to see more of this

[@Freyii]

Insane how much this format has changed in 7 years.

[@bradman268]

I finished my goat deck the other day. It's so fun to play 😊

[@AlessioZocker]

nice vid man ! Hope u will make more Introductions to certain formats in yugioh history ;)

[@Miss-Alexis]

Not mentioned: An assortment of cruddy fusion monsters because if you're playing Metamorphosis you might as well prepare for the off chance that you'll need to use it on something that's not level 1. (Also, I'm trying to design a Blue-Eyes deck for this format because Kaibaman is legal for the format and searchable by ROTA. Wish me luck!)

[@jackslayer9719]

I wouldn't want to go back to this format but with the new rules it now sounds better

[@heavyrain5949]

3:19 that's a not a really correct way to describe how priority works. It's not summon bls, your opponent uses bottomless, you use bls effect. You summon BLS and opt to use it's effect as cl1, your opponent then has the option to respond with bottomless. Or, you summon bls, pass priority and your opponent can them use their bottomless. You passed priority so you can't use bls here.

[@robo-raven2157]

Did anyone know about Electric Snake? If Duo discards it, you draw 2 free cards. It's a light so it works with Chaos, and it's Spell Ruler so it's definately goat!

[@indigo5577]

Some of the winning decks like SJ Indianapolis 2005 side decked Electric Snake going second. Plus it's a Light monster, but a bit of a gimmick/dead card if you don't draw it turn one when going second. Today people just roll with Night Assailant or just accept the turn one Duo cheese

[@HalfBloodBrony]

due to how scapegoat is worded it might be pretty strong in the upcoming link formats

[@LukesYuGiOhChannel]

I did a little bit of Newgioh with some friends of mine playing these old decks. It was a lot of fun.

[@aquartertwo]

Was Horus Lockdown any good in this format? I was in elementary when this format was a thing, and never got into the competitive scene, but thought about it as a concept.

[@solaris_cc4353]

Sorry for the necroposting but yeah it's good! I'd say mid tier deck

[@felipesidonio]

I myself use an Aggro Deck Featuring the Pyramid of Light Cards;It's Really Fun.

[@Christian-rn1ur]

It's probably cheaper to buy a ds and Yugioh GX Spirit Caller than it is buying the cards. For anyone interested in the goat format, I'd suggest this since it's basically goat format: the game.

[@totalwartimelapses6359]

Exactly and in those games (I'd suggest Tag Force 1 too) you have a multitude of opponents (i.e decks) to play against, so it's not all people playing decks that are at least 60% similar in build

[@OniJesse]

I won 2 regionals off the back of Token Thanksgiving during goat format.

[@jacobpieffle3030]

Yo fam keep up the goat stuff

[@autumnVoid1138]

Goat format sounds really cool and fun

[@migz101199]

Recently discovered goat format and I feel bad I didnt knew it till now I would love to recreate my favorite A Legendary Ocean Umi deck when I was a child

[@DarkLordofTheRizz]

love it

[@leondiehl6367]

these older formats sound like so much fun that i´m crying when i see zodiacs and pendulums...

[@hayacopter9309]

Yugi Jesus, have you considered the Ultimate Matchup for the centuries? A Goat Format duel or match with decks based off of Yugi and Kaiba? The Like Button would be dickslapped so much it would be unable to be dickslapped any more

[@gabrielperez8093]

goat Format is all about how much of a plus u have over ur oppnent That mostly is the game winning Faktor

[@Toriko667]

This was a trip down memory lane for me :)

[@deliciousfirstsip]

good guide also take note D.D. Survivor was a good card against bottomlesss

[@yuginono]

Also very good in the zoo mirror because of the main decked warrior ladies and assailants.

[@westley8370]

GOATS! GOATS! GOATS! GOATS! GOATS!

[@Psa22-6]

tbh i thought it would be called goat format because itd be the Greatest Of All Time format

[@Zetsuuga]

Wow I did not realize there were any more than 3 good decks, I'd really like to play this!

[@lorddelta1805]

I actually had to pause the video and google why Vampire Lord was semi-limited, oh my how times have changed.

[@RedDeathakaFS]

MORE !!! MORE !!! MORE !!!

[@somenamethatisopen]

amazing.

[@kouthao1575]

the format where you had to use your own resource and creativity of the wording of the cards to out best your opponents. Now its all about the deck that konami wants to win that are all autopilot. cough cough zoodiacs preban list.

[@LATownsRS]

You’re still using resources in yugioh. Goat format is just broken cards off the banlist paired with the fact that your decks are most likely near identical. Its one thing if you’re playing the same archetype like how todays games are, but all the key cards are probably in 99% of decks in that format.

[@williamlanagan3528]

@@LATownsRS yeah but too be fair thats exactly how pokemon has been, and probably magic too, and both of those games have lasted as long or longer than yugioh has. Modern yugioh is great with it's diversity, but it is such an easier buy in for new people if they can reuse a lot of their cards

[@jamiewynndel1870]

Is there anyway to play Goat Format online? Like a subreddit or Facebook community for it that uses duelbook or something? Thank you so much for this video

[@indigo5577]

Duelingbook/ygopro Percy have Goat available. Format Library has a discord chat about goat format, and they host/stream goat format duelingbook tournaments every month or so

[@Lugmillord]

7:35 Clearly, Flame Ghost is the key card of the deck. So powerful.

[@VortexBlessing]

Also giant trunade was at 3 which many people forget lol and mind crush and trap dust shoot were also at 3, but people usually deviate away from main decking those cards as it's kind of frowned upon

[@yuginono]

Hahaha ben kei otk mained trunades and that deck is fun as hell

[@te-jay6058]

Goat Format was nice :)

[@TheSLATEcleaner]

Wait, isn't Card of Safe Return unlimited and Manticore of Darkness at two? Why isn't Manticore OTK among the big decks?

[@ERenato]

a blast from the past :D

[@mikeanzo1954]

How about a goat format tech video if you ever do another video like this , maybe more duo proofing tech choices. One that I find gets people really salty is Electric Snake. If discard by your opponent's card you draw 2. Please do more goat videos. I love this format so much.

[@kevinrivera9917]

Melee Yugioh. That's dope.

[@OneEyedKing]

Why aren't any of the monster cards to summon the fusion cards listed here or in the main deck? Or are they just in the side deck or extra up to 60 but OP hasn't included them?

[@cydra-evolution5623]

Greatest Of All Time

[@joshuaxiong8377]

Nice

[@bavarianhero]

I’m trying to build a Mataza the Zapper deck. I have an idea on how to build it but I don’t have metamorphosis.

[@bobvagene7158]

Hey yuginono, just wanted to say your the reason I bought two goat decks last night! Your channel is awesome! Would you be up to doing a video on the other decks of the format like the chaos variants and zoo? EDIT: You got me. You are awesome. Thank you.

[@bobvagene7158]

Whoops sorry lol

[@inaciovairoubar4745]

I know this may sound very hard working, but you could do a series of videos (like this one) applied to all formats that the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG version went through. I believe people would certainly like it (especially I)!

[@ShadowJFX]

Found a game online called DMO short for Duel Monsters online, its old and mostly dead now, but it stops at magician's force, the closest yugi nostalgia simulator i've seen, just no population anymore :(

[@surtrgaming1730]

Dear Yu-Gi-Oh Jesus, thanks you for sending that Zoo player to make me realise that Goat Control was the main deck of a legacy format and not an actual deck in this Zoo/True Draco format (although I love the "Goat Control" deck I made not knowing what it was). Thanks to you I managed to finally have back and forth games that often (if not always) lasted over 20 turns. P.S. Do you know of a way to duel someone online with Exarion? Because all my friends stopped caring about the game and duelingbook doesn't seem to like Exarion xD.

[@otisbannister5829]

so helpful thx

[@rotomRASENGAN]

I like the idea of Goat Format but at the same time I wish it allowed cards from the OCG released before TLM that were brought to the TCG way after April ‘05. Cards like Berfomet, Kunai With Chain, Gilford the Lightning, Temple of the Kings, Magical Stone Excavation, and of course, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, which was released in the fall of 2005 in the TCG.

[@apostleianlovelette]

Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon was actually released in very early 2006, but your point still stands. I have a Meteor Black Dragon that I wish was legal in Goat because it would have been a great beat stick to put in with any deck using Lv. 8 monsters and Metamorphosis.

[@thenightstalker6165]

I love 2014 formats we had d rulers satellarknights artifacts Nekroz Shaddolls burning abyss hat etc alot of good decks honestly and it was better than same 2 top tier deck formats

[@sharksguai5265]

Favorite tech card for GOAT format is electric snake. When discarded by opp eff, draw 2 cards.

[@jacobguy3343]

perfect timing I just got the rest of my goat control deck yesterday

[@jacobguy3343]

woah!! my name is in the beginning I'm so hyped lmao

[@Kuronosa]

I love Empty Jar.

[@ScoobyShooby]

EXARION?!?! WHAT A HECKIN FRICKIN DINGUS !!!!

[@drew-gi-oh8770]

I figured they called it goat because it's the greatest of all time

[@totalwartimelapses6359]

Exactly that's what I always thought too

[@f1r3hunt3rz5]

Links are basically Goat Format 2.0 cuz of how tokens work

[@oxidized419]

ruling question: what happens when I active book of eclipse while my already active swords of concealing light is on the field?

[@FlintG]

I used to play goat format at my old locals a few years back so fun. Can you please upload that theme you have for devpro? It looks awesome!

[@kentaylor5728]

pretty soon there will be a format that doesn't use link monsters lol

[@Boredbutnotreally]

I would rock the shit outta delinquent duo.

[@sinbadrafique]

amazing video would be cool if you did this with other popular old school formats as well perhaps do some duel videos using the decks for real

[@hayacopter9309]

So if Goat Format is from April-October of 2005 Why does a Goat Format Card Pool I'm looking up not have Total Defense Shogun? It was in Dark Beginning 2, which was released July 27 of 2005. Can anyone tell me that? It was also in the 2004 Collector Tins

[@indigo5577]

It's legal

[@itsmesteve1081]

ima be honest I thought The Dark Side of Dimensions was more of a KZbin abidgred series. The tone and dialogue really caught me off guard. and plus apparently Seto Kaiba is obssessed with an ancient pharoah who he really wants to see again. aw how sweet. Plus, Kaiba be running Kaiba Corp while Yugi and friends are still in high school. did he graduate before them or did he drop out?

[@Mutsukichan]

i remember this. i main boarded 3 cursed seals cuz of that xD. dont know anyone who had morphing jars back then other than #2.

[@turtlepenguin1755]

Didn’t realize how much 1st ed thousand eyes restrict was worth...

[@kennethwilliams6916]

Anyone but me and my circle of friends just not care about ban/ limited list and just battle?

[@vongolawingjace2364]

Man this seems awesome, but i cant find any goat format tourneys in my area! 😭

[@yuginono]

There's none in my area either. I just play with friends.

[@vongolawingjace2364]

Ya but my friends despises anything slower than pendulums, so I dont really play yugioh anymore, and i was hoping to play this

[@ConterfietCup]

So these are the famous Goat Format decks? I didn't follow Yugioh as much as I do now and always wondered how the standard build was made and played. Just curious, but I wonder what I more "modern" version of a Goat Control deck or something similar from this format would look like if the player had access to more modern cards? Not saying it would have a chance it would stand up to the decks we have now or not, but definitely be interesting to see if someone took up the challenge and build a modern variation of this deck just for fun without having to worry much about the ban lists or card sets available.