Gouki: deck recipe [Aug 12]

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.

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.

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.

General Rank 4 Xyz Monster for players to use so far. Its effect essentially lets you deal 2500 (its own ATK) damage if this attacks the monster you targeted. The advantage is that your opponent's monster's ATK is also lowered, allowing you to attack over it with your other weaker monsters.

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

Works well against opponents that only have 1 monster on the field. Even better if it's an XYZ monster since it will remove all their materials, or if it's a monster that says that it can't be special summoned in the card text.

Summon Emeral by using two Level 4 monsters as material. Emeral will then be used as a mini self-sufficient draw engine. Emeral can help you recover the monsters in the graveyard so you don't run out of sources.

Giga-Brilliant can be summoned for its field-wide ATK boost.

Summon Corebage by overlaying it on Giga-Brilliant. It's removal effect is specialized for removing troublesome enemy walls, especially ones immune to destruction.

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.

If you are missing some other good extra deck cards, you can choose to bring this with the Parshath trap cards. Stopping an opponent's play and special summoning a monster can be a game winning decision.

Set Rebirth of Parshath and keep a Counter Trap onhand, for a Counter Trap that can negate practically anything.

You even get a free beater by Special Summoning Avenging Knight Parshath from the Extra Deck. Avenging Knight Parshath's battle position change effect can help you get rid of monsters by exposing their weaker stat. And the piercing effect is good for pushing damage.

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.

This is a great revival card for any deck with monsters of a single type. You essentially get to revive a monster for free as long as it is not a duplicate of the one you targeted. This card has no restriction on the level of monster you revive so you can use it to put Riscorpio on the field. And putting any Gouki on the field sets you up to use Twistcobra's effect. It even replenishes itself when destroyed.

Light-Imprisoning Mirror is used as an anti-meta tech against prevalent LIGHT decks that heavily rely on monster effects, such as Galaxy Deck.

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.

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.

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.

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