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Aggro Bomb


Contents
1. ​Overview
‎‎‎‎‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎a. Deck List​
2. Variants
‎‎‎‎‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎a. Panda Burn
3. Additional Card Options
4. Articles and Reports

‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎a. Modern Articles
‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎b. Modern Reports
‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎c. Historic Articles
‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎​d. Historic Reports
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Overview


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Aggro Bomb (not to be confused with Panda Burn) is a deck centered around trading card advantage for damage. The “bomb” in Aggro Bomb's name refers to this trade. This is either through burn cards, like Magic Cylinder and Ring of Destruction, or through powerful equip spells like United We Stand and Mage Power.

​Aggro Bomb seeks to win key interactions in the short term in order to allow an ever increasing board of aggressive monsters to overwhelm the opponent before they can recover in the late game. The deck often plays Gyaku-Gire Panda and Mataza the Zapper to deal large swaths of damage and punish the use of Scapegoat. Also popular are Gravekeeper’s Spy and Guard to imbalance the amount of monsters on the field (either by adding your board or removing from the opponents), Tsukuyomi to interfere with opponents monsters or gain extra value off the Gravekeepers, Mirage Dragon and/or Pitch Black Warwolf, and Injection Fairy Lily. The most common spells and traps in Aggro Bomb are My Body as a Shield and Compulsory Evacuation Device. Body assures board presence is maintained past destruction effects, while Compulsory keeps monsters off the opponent’s board long enough for them to be run over. 

Aggro Bomb’s introduction into Goat Format was highly influential for future deckbuilding, laying the groundwork for other hyper aggressive and burn-based strategies to thrive. However, Aggro Bomb itself is almost non-existent in today’s competitive meta. This is likely due to the fragile nature of the strategy. The deck’s total forgoing of card advantage and long term strategy of any kind means that even the slightest of successful disruptive action from the opponent—an untimely Sakuretsu Armor or Book of Moon, a large monster when the hand has no removal, etc—can completely disrupt the game plan and stifle any and all future ability to close out the game.

Deck List

Shane's original third place list from FLC4, the deck is both disruptive and aggressive. A full six bounce effects in Gravekeeper's Guard and Compulsory Evacuation Device keep the enemy's field open for attacks. Compulsory also deals with Thousand-eyes Restrict, just like Book of Moon. Book pairs well with both Gravekeeper's monsters, too. The singleton Windstorm of Etaqua can be used defensively or offensively. It is most powerful when looking at a field full of goat tokens. 
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Monsters


3x Gravekeeper's Guard
3x Gravekeeper's Spy
3x Gyaku-Gire Panda
1x Injection Fairy Lily
3x Mataza the Zapper
3x Mirage Dragon
1x Sangan
1x Tribe-Infecting Virus
2x Tsukuyomi

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Spells


3x Book of Moon
1x Graceful Charity
1x Heavy Storm
1x Mage Power
3x My Body as a Shield
2x Nobleman of Crossout
1x Pot of Greed
1x Premature Burial
1x United We Stand
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Traps


3x Compulsory Evacuation Device
1x Magic Cylinder
1x Ring of Destruction
1x Windstorm of Etaqua

Variants


Panda Burn

Panda Burn is a variant of Aggro Bomb that tries to kill its opponent as fast as possible using a combination of aggressive creatures and direct damage effects. The following is Ch0pp33r's top eight Goat Format World Championship Qualifier list. 

​Unlike other burn decks, whose strategies more often fall into the lockdown archetype of gameplay, Panda Burn is faster and more flexible at the cost of some control and inevitability. Depending on the matchup and the hand, the Panga Burn player may either focus more on an aggressive plan with Gyaku-Gire Panda, Giant Rat, and Injection Fairy Lily, or on stalling and dealing burn damage with Des Koala, Just Desserts, Secret Barrel, Wave-Motion Cannon, and floodgates of their deck, switching between the two over the course of the game. Both halves of the deck are bridged by Ojama Trio, which both boosts the attack of the Panda and increases the amount of damage dealt by Just Desserts and Secret Barrel.

The deck struggles against decks that care even less about the fair game than they do, such as Empty Jar and Reasoning Gate Turbo. They also are hard countered by Des Wombat and Royal Decree. Panda Burn has an easier time getting rid of Wombat than other burn decks, but Decree can be especially troublesome. The deck also plays a large number of cards which have zero effect on the board state. If the Panda player is forced into a simplified game state before they get to deal enough damage, their card quality is greatly diminished. 
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Monsters


1x Breaker the Magical Warrior
1x Cyber Jar
3x Des Koala
1x Exiled Force
3x Giant Rat
3x Gyaku-Gire Panda
1x Injection Fairy Lily
1x Morphing Jar
1x Sangan
1x Tribe-Infecting Virus

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Spells


2x Book of Moon
1x Graceful Charity
1x Heavy Storm
2x Level Limit - Area B
2x Nobleman of Crossout
1x Pot of Greed
1x Premature Burial
1x Snatch Steal
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Traps


1x Call of the Haunted
1x Ceasefire
3x Just Desserts
1x Magic Cylinder
3x Ojama Trio
1x Ring of Destruction
3x Secret Barrel

Additional Card Options


Asura Priest is playable within the deck's strategy, and can be paired with Big Bang Shot for serious damage. Recruiter-heavy lists play play Creature Swap with the spirit as well. Mobius the Frost Monarch sometimes makes an appearance in such lists, as the recruiters make it easier to tribute summon him. 
  • Asura Priest
  • Nimble Momonga
  • Mobius the Frost Monarch
  • Big Bang Shot
  • Creature Swap
  • Ceasefire
  • Desert Sunlight

Articles and Reports


Modern Articles

  • FLC 4 Deck Profile

Modern Reports

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Historic Articles

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Historic Reports

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