Gouki: deck recipe [Jan 2021]

Most of the Gouki monsters are used as beaters. Normal Summon Suprex to swarm the field. Riscorpio can be Normal Summoned without tribute if you control a Gouki monster, but it is quicker to Special Summon him with Suprex.

Twistcobra is a good monster to Special Summon with Suprex to prepare its effect. Twistcobra can tribute Suprex to boost his own ATK above most monsters. As a quick effect this can be done during your opponent's turn to disrupt an opponent's attack, and can also be done to make use of a Gouki targeted by your opponent's effect. Twistcobra's effect can be used to trigger Goukis' search effect, so it can be worth keeping him on the field.

This Gouki deck has a very straightforward beatdown play style. To compliment this play style we also use control cards that hinder your opponent from using their effects.
This deck doesn't interact with the graveyard in any way, so Necrovalley will only serve to prevent your opponent from interacting with their graveyard.
Fiendish Chain shuts down monster effects which helps deal with your opponent's combo starter and boss monster. It also prevents your opponent's monster from attacking if you want to use Fiendish Chain as a battle trap.
This Gouki deck is also very susceptible to Fiendish Chain, but that can be dealt with by Cosmic Cyclone and Ballista Squad.

Book of Moon is an extremely versatile card that fits the control aspect of this deck. Flipping a monster face-down exposes weak DEF stats and is a good way of turning off continuous effects. Additionally, combos that involve Synchros and Xyz require the monster to be face up so this is a good way to disrupt them. Against Noble Knights, you can use this to get rid of their equips.

Tribute your Gouki to take control of an opponent's monster. You can then use the tributed Gouki's search effect to get Bearhug or Riscorpio, and Tributed Summon them using the monster you took so that it does not go back to your opponent.

Ballista Squad removes an opponent's card from the field while also activating your Gouki search effect. Use a Gouki about to be removed by your opponent's effect as tribute to waste their removal. Ballista Squad is also one of the ways this Gouki deck can deal with your opponent's backrow.

Fiendish Chain is a great counter against monster effect reliant Decks. You can use this to negate the effects of monsters that Special Summon other monsters preventing your opponent from going into their Synchro and Xyz plays.

Light-Imprisoning Mirror is used as an anti-meta tech against prevalent LIGHT decks that heavily rely on monster effects, such as Blue-Eyes and Cyber Dragon. It also slows down the popular Lightsworn mill engine.

Gouki decks do have the swarming ability, but their varying levels prevents them from becoming a truly efficient Xyz spam deck. Regardless, it is worth running Xyz in your otherwise empty Extra Deck in case you do get an opportunity to make them.

Make Volcasaurus using two Riscorpio as material. The removal effect is already good on its own, usually letting you get rid of stronger enemy monsters. The burn damage on top of that makes it even better due to possibly dealing lethal damage. The drawback of using its effect is not really a problem if your opponent controls multiple monsters, because you can still attack those.

After spending all of Volcasaurus' materials, you can upgrade it into Gaia Dragon for a slightly stronger beater with a piercing effect.

Currently Utopia is one of the strongest generic Rank-4's in terms of ATK. The built-in battle protection effect that can be used to protect any of your monsters in case you need to stall.

If you need a beater while you're low on LP, Summon Utopia to upgrade into Utopia Ray.

Since you can only use Utopia Ray's effect when down to your last 1000 LP, he is best used to clutch the game. The ATK manipulation can help you get rid of a powerful enemy monster and deal massive damage. Keep in mind this effect can be activated multiple times per turn as long as you have the materials.

Summon Nightmare Shark to hit your opponent directly for 2000 ATK. Best used when dealing the finishing blow.

Gets rid of weak ATK enemy monsters particularly Ritual Beast Ulti-Pettlephin while also dealing a significant amount of burn damage.

Summon only to push damage. Usually you will give Samurai the double attack and hit directly twice to deal massive damage.

Gouki Iron Claw is different from other Gouki because you do not want him on the field, instead you want to keep him in your hand where he can make use of his effect. The ATK boost is good for attacking over slightly stronger monsters, but the effect immunity is much more useful because it allows you to ignore battle traps such as Sea Stealth Attack.

Psychic Wheeleder is a great Tuner to use in a synchro variant of Gouki decks. You can Special Summon Wheeleder from your hand by just controlling Twistcobra and make level-6 Synchros. Normal Summon Suprex and use his effect to Special Summon Twistcobra, then Special Summon Wheeleder with its own effect and now you have access to level-6 and level-7 Synchro plays. Occasionally you can pair Wheeleder with Riscorpio to access the wide pool of level-8 Synchros, but generally your Extra Deck should contain more level-6 and 7 Synchros.

As a bonus, using Wheeleder and a Gouki monster as synchro material lets you activate the Gouki search effect and Wheeleder's removal effect. Overall netting you great card advantage.

When you do summon a level-8 monster, Scrap Dragon is a good choice. If you use one of your Gouki monsters for its removal effect, you essentially get to destroy an opponent's card while also getting a search effect.

Because of your Gouki monsters' and Psychic Wheeleder's attribute, you get access to the Naturia Synchros for negation effects. Since you do not interact with your graveyard, Naturia Barkion is a good way to negate your opponent's Trap cards. Additionally, being a level-6 Synchro monster it can easily be made with Twistcobra and a Special Summoned Wheeleder. However, because of his effect cost he will not be useful while Necrovalley is on the field.

Brionac is a generic level-6 monster you can go into for a removal effect. Using Brionac's removal can become costly when trying to get rid of multiple cards so only use it on your opponent's boss monsters and Extra Deck monsters, and sometimes on some of their backrow.

Any deck that can easily make level-7 Synchros should toolbox Black Rose Dragon. The ideal time to summon Black Rose Dragon when your opponent has a much greater field presence over you. If you want a level-7 beater, Samurai Destroyer is arguably the best. It prevents your opponent from activating effects when it battles, shutting down battle traps. Additionally, Samurai Destroyer offers some utility by turning off the battled monster's floating effects.

A boss monster that cannot be targeted cannot be removed by Brionac. In this case you can summon Psyhemuth to do the removing, but this will also weaken your field presence.

Cowboy is a staple in any Rank-4 toolbox. He can occasionally steal wins with his burn damage. And the attack position effect can also be useful for attacking over your opponent.

The strongest possible beater you can make in this deck, easily reaching 4000+ ATK by equipping Riscorpio. However, you'll be investing 2 monster on the field plus a monster onhand just to make a huge beater; overall quite costly.

Summon Zenmaioh with two Riscorpio as material. Destroying set cards is inline with the Deck's control playstyle and will usually be used to get rid of enemy backrow.

Leviathan will usually be at 2500 ATK the turn you summon it, then 3000 on your next turn. Essentially its just a big beater like most of the monsters in this deck.

Zenmaines is an annoying wall to get over since your opponent also risks triggering its removal effect. Also, being protected from destruction effects is very helpful. So you're field is relatively secure unless your opponent has non-destruction removal.

All Gouki monsters are Warriors so you can use any of them as tribute to summon Silent Swordsman. This gives you a monster capable of disrupting your opponent's key Spell cards, while also activating the tributed Gouki's search effect. However Silent Swordsman does start with a pretty low base stat so you might need to add Silent Sword Slash.

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