Goat Format
April 2005
Named after Scapegoat: slow, tactical games where every card counts, with Black Luster Soldier and Thousand-Eyes Restrict at the top.
The format that is wrong but still loved, especially by me.
Retro Yu-Gi-Oh! in your browser
Goat, Edison and Perfect Circle: the cards as they were printed and the rulings of those years. Duel the bot right now, then build your own deck.
No account, nothing to download. Goat and Perfect Circle today, Edison soon.
April 2005
Named after Scapegoat: slow, tactical games where every card counts, with Black Luster Soldier and Thousand-Eyes Restrict at the top.
The format that is wrong but still loved, especially by me.
March 2010
The heart of the 5D’s era: Synchro and Tuner monsters join the game. Blackwing, HERO, Plants and Frogs, and one of the most open metagames retro Yu-Gi-Oh! has.
September 2007
Monarchs, Destiny HEROes, Gladiator Beasts and Gadgets, just before the Synchros. The most balanced format I've tried, and my favourite.
Against the bot right away, with its three levels. Against other players with an account.
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Tournament results with metagame breakdown: open the list you're interested in directly on the deckbuilder, nothing else needed.
The period-accurate rulings archive, card by card. No scrolling a forum thread at the table to settle an argument.
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Forbidden, limited and semi-limited for every format, each card one tap from its rulings.
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