Hello YGOrganization readers!

After my YCS Bochum tournament report, this is going to be my second article for you, and this time it is going to be a little bit more strategic. With the official release of Raging Tempest only a few days ago for the TCG, I thought it would be a great idea to share some of my thoughts on the upcoming format with you. I have been playing around with the new stuff quite a bit on the Complexity Card Gaming streams the last couple of weeks, so I do have an idea of what to expect for the upcoming YCS in Seattle and Prague.

Whats new?

So, this sums up the big three upcoming archetypes briefly, most of your probably knew what they did already since they have been so dominant in the OCG, but I thought for those that did not know yet I should summarize them a little. Now, since we have not talked about actual decks yet, lets get into that and see what is viable for next format.

Pure Zoodiac/Kaiju Zoodiac

It is also notable that the deck has a lot of room for techs since the Zoodiacs and Kaijus do not take up that much space, making the deck very adjustable to the other decks running around in the format. Overall definitely a top contender next format.

Zoodiac Invoked

Windwitch Artifact Invoked

These three are the main new decks that are going to hit the scene after the new sets, but there are also some old, familiar faces that will make use of the Zoodiac engine, so lets get into those.

Zoodiac Infernoid

PaleoZoodiacs are also something I have tried out and liked quite a bit. The Zoodiac archetype synergizes well with Traps in general since when your whole combo works with just 1 card you can afford or rather even like to draw a couple of traps with it. Also traps are very good at countering Zoodiacs since they are so focused on their Rat play. A simple Canadia or Dinomischus can end their entire turn. Also, this deck is not as vulnerable to Barrier or Maxx since it can set a bunch and slow the game down until you can go off when they don’t have Barrier or Maxx C anymore. As you can see, being able to play under Maxx “C” and Dimensional Barrier is an important aspect of a good deck next format in my opinion since those cards can be expected to be in pretty much every deck.

I know I only scratched the surface of all the different version of Zoodiac decks and what they can all do in detail since they are all so different from each other even though they all share the same engine. But this article should give you a good idea of what is to come and my first opinion on some of stuff. I myself am not quite sure whether I like the format or not, but it is promising at the very least. It is going to be interesting for sure and finding the best deck for YCS Prague seems like a hard puzzle to solve, which I always like to see in a new format.

And this sums up my article for this time, thanks everyone for reading and I hope you could take something away from it!

Best regards,

Joshua Schmidt, Complexity Card Gaming