GO! GO! GO! Gogogo!

YuGiOh Zexal is about to end with Yuma and Astral's fight just like Yugi and Yami Yugi's final duel in the original series to give way to Arc-V in April, so make sure not to miss the final duel of the season. But before the season end I would like to share one of my decks that is based on one of Yuma's archetypes, the Gogogos.

Decklist after the jump

MONSTERS 18

x3 Gogogo Giant

x3 Gogogo Ghost

x2 Gogogo Golem

x1 Mezuki
x2 Kamenleon

x2 Dust Knight

x3 Goblindbergh

x2 Effect Veiler

SPELLS 16

x1 Book of Life
x3 Onomatopea
x1 Heavy Storm
x1 Reinforcement of the Army
x1 Dark Hole
x1 Foolish Burial
x1 Monster Reborn
x3 Pot of Duality

x2 Mystical Space Typhoon

x2 Forbidden Lance

TRAP 6

x2 Holy Barrier - Mirror Force

x2 Compulsory Evacuation Device

x1 Solemn Judgment

x1 Solemn Warning

EXTRA 15

x1 Jeweled Demon Dragon - Red Daemon

x1 Scrap Dragon

x1 Gigantech Fighter

x1 Flaring Jewel Dragon - Stardust

x1 NO. 55 Gogogo Goliath

x1 Kingremlin

x2 NO. 16 - Ruler of Color - Shock Ruler

x1 NO. 101 S. H. Ark Knight

x1 H.C. Excalibur

x1 Verzbuth, the Exciton-Glimmer Knight

x1 Symphony Devil Maestroke

x1 Lavalval Chain

x1 Abyss Dweller

x1 Gagaga Gunman

Despite Yuma using Gagaga as the core of his deck, I prefer the Gogogo series since I don't like Gagaga Magician personally. Also, another reason is because I love Kamenleon so much and back during its release in JOTL, all I could think about is a Kamenleon deck and I find Gogogo to fit the bill. And another thing that I like this deck is because it has easy access to rank 4 xyz, which I consider the best rank of the game right now.

When I was putting this deck together back then, I was not sure of its full potential. My only focus then was to capitalize on Kamenleon to make instant synchro 8 to dominate the field, but as I test the deck further, I realized that the deck is one mean rank 4 xyz making machine that can easily summon rank 4's with 3 materials, namely Shock Ruler.

Now, to the strategy.

First, before you can make any imba play, you must set your graveyard by putting Gogogo Golem in there. Without him there, or any Gogogo, you will have a serious disadvantage since Gogogos in the grave is the main prerequisite of any xyz play you're gonna do. You can send it to the grave from the deck by using Foolish Burial or Lavalval Chain, or you can use Onomatopea to discard it from your hand.

Now that we've set our grave, next comes the rank 4 plays. The main card that will allow us for an instant xyz is Gogogo Ghost, it has an effect that can special summon Gogogo Golem from the grave when it is special summoned, thus, making Gogogo Golem in the grave a very crucial part of the strategy. With Gogogo Ghost and Golem now in your field, you just have to decide which monster you're gonna xyz summon.

But wait there's more, Gogogos also have the ability to bring out rank 4 monsters with 3 materials with ease, this can be done via Goblindbergh. First you normal summon Goblindbergh, then you activate its effect to special summon Gogogo Ghost. After changing Goblindbergh's position, use Gogogo Ghost's effect to special summon Gogogo Golem from the grave. Now, you have 3 defense positioned monster that you can use to special summon NO. 16 Ruler of Colors - Shock Ruler, which is the main goal of this deck. Another way to summon Shock Ruler is via Gogogo Giant. It's basically a one-card Shock Ruler, when you normal Gogogo Giant, special summon Gogogo Ghost then use its effect to special Gogogo Golem. Now you have 3 defense positioned Gogogo monsters to use for Shock Ruler.

Another way to go with this deck is to capitalize the game by using Kamenleon. Kamenleon has a lot of target in this deck, namely, Gogogo Ghost, Gogogo Giant and Goblindbergh. With Kamenleon, you can choose whether to xyz summon or synchro summon a level 8 monster, giving the deck more options.

CARD CHOICES DISCUSSION

2 Gogogo Golem?

*You want Gogogo Golem in the graveyard, you wouldn't want to draw him, rather, you want to dump him from the deck. Logically, you'll only use 1 Gogogo Golem since you can just cycle it with Gogogo Ghost. I've put 2 just in case something happens to my first copy.

Dust Knight?

*Dust Knight is used to dump Gogogo Golem with its flip effect. It's like another dumping card since Foolish Burial is limited.

1 Book of Life?
*There's a lot of reviving card in this deck and they are focused on reviving Gogogo Ghost, like Mezuki, Gogogo Giant and Monster Reborn. The one Book of Life is just a preference of mine, you can up it to 2 if you want.

Forbidden Lance?
*Use it to protect the likes of Goblindbergh and Gogogo Giant from BTH or CED. Even though you'll still get to special Gogogo Ghost, it will prevent you from bringing out Shock Ruler.