Aggro Bomb
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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
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.
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.
Monsters3x 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 Vertical Divider
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Spells3x 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 Vertical Divider
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Traps3x 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.
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.
Monsters1x 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 Vertical Divider
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Spells2x 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 Vertical Divider
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Traps1x 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
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