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Library FTK

1/31/2019

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royal magical library goat format

What is Library FTK?

Library FTK is a Yu-Gi-Oh! Goat Format deck that draws its entire deck in a single turn using one of its 3 copies of Royal Magical Library. It does this by repeatedly activating continuous spells with (3 copies of) Giant Trunade. These continuous spells include but are not limited to 3 Convulsion of Nature and 3 Archfiend’s Oath, which combine to pay lifepoints and draw free cards. Giant Trunade is the deck's key combo piece, which it activates over and over again with Spell Reproduction and A Feather of the Phoenix. The deck is also often known as "Tundo FTK", named after the deck's creator, Vincent Tundo.

How Does Library FTK Work?

The deck usually wins during any turn that a Royal Magical Library hits the field and does not have its effect interrupted by a card like Book of Moon, Ring of Destruction, etc. Giant Trunade is Library FTK’s other key combo piece, which can both clear the backrow before Royal Magical Library is summoned, or return continuous spells to add spell counters to Royal Magical Library. Spell Reproduction is played in order to repeatedly activate copies of Giant Trunade. By using Giant Trunade to return Convulsion of Nature and Archfiend’s Oath, drawing through the entire deck in a single turn is quite easy.

The best win condition to use is Reversal Quiz + Black Pendant, due to the fact that these two combo pieces are spells that can be discarded to Spell Reproduction or add spell counters to Royal Magical Library. However, other win conditions like 3 Blasting the Ruins, Non-Aggression Area + Last Turn, or Exodia are also possible.
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Library FTK Example Decklist

https://www.duelingbook.com/deck?id=3074954
Library FTK Goat Format deck

Why Library FTK is Viable

Because of its high FTK rate (about 50%), the deck is less susceptible to sidedeck cards than similar combo decks in the format like Empty Jar. Because it kills so quickly, it performs very well in combo vs combo matchups, which are more common than they used to be. Like other FTK decks in Yu-Gi-Oh!’s history, Library FTK has few obvious weaknesses short of “losing to itself.” Library FTK is sparsely played not to due to a lack of viability but moreso due to the community’s negative stigma of FTK decks.
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ACP

ACP is a co-founder of GoatFormat.com, along with Skully. He has been an active contributor to the revival of Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Goat Format from 2012 onward. In 2017, he created the Angel Chaos deck, a notable contender in the Goat Format metagame. He has a long history of being a TCG content creator, first for The Game Academy (now defunct) and later for GatheringMagic.com. He has placed in the top32 of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series three times. A mathematician by profession, he is known for his logical and analytical approach to gaming.

7 Comments
Hollow point
1/31/2019 11:51:38 pm

Deck list loses to itself if after it combos library! if the last card in the deck is quiz.

How did you figure 50% and "high ftk rate"?

Good post. A bit short but maybe longer follow ups in the future once all common decks are covered or if a specialist cares to share.

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GoatFormat.com - ACP
2/1/2019 11:11:27 am

If the last card in the deck is Quiz, you just draw into it, Feather any card to the top, and then Quiz for game.

50% FTK is pretty high in the context of the goat format. The deck doesn't HAVE to FTK. A lot of your wins will be on t2 or t3.

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Fmj
2/2/2019 10:22:37 am

Feather totally skipped my mind and is way better than what I thought of, which was to add a second quiz.

On my second point I didn't really mind ftk so much as I did the value (about 50%). How did you arrive to that number?

You've done reviews (books, duels, fruit), maybe you could do some on yugiold's math articles?

James Murphy
2/9/2021 09:03:27 am

How do you send Black Pendant to the graveyard from the field? I understand that you get to 500 lp and switch it with your opponents but I don't see how to consistently finish it off.

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Andrew Scott
3/12/2021 02:51:27 pm

When you activate Reversal Quiz, it sends all cards on your field to the GY. If you have a black pendant on field when you activate Reversal Quiz, the reversal happens, then Black Pendant inflicts the damage. So just finish the game by activating quiz with 500 or fewer LP, and call the correct card type (which you know because of convulsion of nature.)

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ASGFGA
3/28/2021 09:51:13 am

How does Pendant not miss timing? It says when it is sent to the GY, inflict 500 damage. Shouldn't it inflict damage as soon as it is sent to GY and then reversal quiz swaps LP?

JC2718
3/31/2021 10:44:23 am

In response to @ASGFGA:

Reversal quiz sends all cards to the graveyard as part of it's resolution, not as a cost, so once reversal quiz resolves, black pendant's effect starts a new chain.

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