RESULTS AND MODIFICATIONContinued from Part 1: I entered the earlier of the two weekly Goat Format Friday tournament time slots to give it a test run against people who were motivated to point out weaknesses in the theory, and that they did. A brutal 0-3 run with a few games won was instructive. But there was time for the second tournament as well, which meant time to adapt and try again, see if the changes made improved the odds. A few things stood out. Back To Square One was unsatisfying to use on powerful monsters and is pretty inflexible in practice because of it. Nobleman of Crossout was sorely missed; Sets need to be answered efficiently. The 55 for the second tournament:
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Welcome to [No] Bad Cards, a new series that seeks to challenge, or confirm, the assumptions around cards seen as difficult to use profitably in Goat Format. Each article will consist of three sections: a background section explaining the reason the card was chosen, a section dedicated to the theory driving a proposed optimal utilization of the card and the deck formed from it, then, finally, a section detailing the results of testing in competitive environments and deckbuild changes that followed with explanations of those as well. Submissions welcome! Episode One: The Theban Menace  What is up, Goat World!
On March 15th, 2026, the Goat Format Grand Prix circuit returned to South America in spectacular fashion as we made our way back to beautiful Buenos Aires, Argentina for its second-ever GGP. After an unforgettable first visit, expectations were sky-high, and once again, the Argentine community delivered in a massive way. Welcome to our coverage of the first-ever GGP Costa Rica, held this past weekend on March 15th, 2026! 🇨🇷 And what a weekend it was! This marked one of three GGP events hosted across the LATAM region, continuing an incredible stretch for the Goat Format scene. As a brand-new destination for GoatFormat.com, GGP Costa Rica made a strong first impression and it absolutely delivered.
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History was made this weekend with the biggest GGP turnout Latin America has ever seen! To kick off the weekend, we touched down in north-central Mexico, in the state of Querétaro, where Retro Format Arena (retroformatarena.com) hosted GGP Querétaro. While this was the city’s second GGP event ever (first was last season hosted by Aztec Gaming), this was our first time working with Retro Format Arena alongside community leader CharlieMAD (Discord: charliemad_). Massive shoutout to them, their team, staff, judges, and, of course, the incredible number of players who showed up, dueled it out, and supported their community. The event was also sponsored by Avarcia.art 2026. With that said, let’s jump into the details of the event and then break down the Top 8 decklists for you all.  Goat Grand Prix Osnabrück proved to be a huge success for the GGP circuit with 229 players competing for a chance at the world championship. Check out the deck lists below to see who was able to rise to the top of the packed event!
 The Goat Grand Prix at Retro Reborn Toledo was the largest in-person GGP in North American history! Check out the top 8 deck lists below to see who was able to rise to the top of this historic event!
 Here are the deck lists from the Academy League Special Slifer Banlist Swap!
Academy League is a tournament style where players compete starting at Slifer rank to become Ra rank, and finally become Obelisk to earn a Worlds invite for first place! You can join the server HERE. Click on the image of the deck list to open the list on duelingbook, where you can download the deck to test for yourself!  Congratulations to jacksworn for winning PWCQ 84 with Chaos Turbo, wisely mitigating bricks against an aggressive field with a single Dustshoot in his list. Learn more about the top 8 below!
Here are the deck lists from the Academy League Obelisk tournament #65! Academy League is a tournament style where players compete starting at Slifer rank to become Ra rank, and finally become Obelisk to earn a Worlds invite for first place! You can join the server HERE. Click on the image of the deck list to open the list on duelingbook, where you can download the deck to test for yourself!
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