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Why Play Goat Format?

11/10/2018

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Goat Format is the most popular historical Yu-Gi-Oh! format, and it offers a very different experience from current format Yu-Gi-Oh! If you are dissatisfied with the current format and Konami’s management of the game, consider playing Goat Format. You have nothing to lose, and a new, exciting experience to gain.
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Unique Strategy in Goat Format

​While the current Yu-Gi-Oh! format emphasizes technical skill in which players execute complex combos to gain a winning position over their opponent in the first few turns of the game, Goat Format rewards strategic skill in which a winning position is gained over the course of a longer game through careful management of resources. Card advantage is fundamental, and its value relative to lifepoints must be carefully considered. Additionally, your ability to get reads on your opponent’s unknown cards will be tested far more often than in a current format game of Yu-Gi-Oh!

As players keep uncovering new strategies that were unknown in 2005, what’s one of the most surprising aspects of Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Goat Format is its diversity. Goat Control, a number of different styles of chaos, flip control, anti-meta decks featuring warriors and King Tiger Wanghu, Reasoning/Monster Gate combo, and various burn strategies are all considered viable. Rogue strategies like monarchs and zombies even do well on occasion. Who knows? You might even discover a new strategy yourself that changes the metagame. With so much deck variety and games that last dozens of turns, it is nearly impossible to ever play the same game twice.
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Static Rules, Growing Goat Format Community

​Goat Format strategies have evolved over the years, but the rules and card pool will never change. You don’t have to worry about buying new cards, learning new mechanics, or your favorite deck being banned. The static nature of the format along with the depth of strategic play creates an environment where you can still learn something new about the format even years later. The metagame evolves year after year, but the format itself stays the same.

As a grassroots community playing an old format, we’re in a unique position with regards to our distance from Konami. The modern-day Goat Format community exists solely as the result of cooperative efforts, of a community choosing its own destiny. Goat Format resources and events are produced along a principle of fraternity rather than profit. By being apart of this community, you have the potential to influence its direction in a way that you never could otherwise. So why not give it a shot?

If you're thinking about starting your journey into Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Goat Format, we recommend reading Getting Into Goat Format.
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