Burn

Author's Note: The format of this deck guide is a bit different from the others due to how under-explored burn is at this time. This deck guide may be updated later.

What is Burn?

In Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Goat Format, Burn is simply any deck that wins via effect damage rather than attacking. It does this by using cards like Des Koala, Stealth Bird, Tremendous Fire, Secret Barrel, Ojama Trio, Just Desserts, Nightmare Wheel, Ring of Destruction, Magic Cylinder, and Ceasefire. The specific burn cards that are used depend on that deck's specific strategy.

Burn Strategy

At a high level, all Burn decks have the same strategy: to stop their opponent in their tracks and kill them with a flurry of burn (effect damage) cards. However, Burn as a whole has a variety of different sub-strategies that take the deck in different directions. Drain Lockdown Burn shuts the opponent out with Skill Drain and Wall of Revealing Light protected by Solemn Judgment and Fake Trap. It eventually kills the opponent with some combination of Nightmare Wheel, Secret Barrel, and Just Desserts. Thousand-Eyes Burn is a Burn deck that hedges its bets by being very similar to Goat Control. It uses the classic Scapegoat+Metamorphosis combo to lock up the field and then can kill the opponent with Wave-Motion Cannon and Des Koala. Speed Burn plays cards like Tremendous Fire, Meteor of Destruction, and Dark Room of Nightmare along with some of the other standard Burn choices in order to kill the opponent very quickly, sometimes as early as turn 3.

Burn Core Interactions

Although not included in all burn decks, one of the most common interactions in a Burn deck is synergy involving Ojama Trio with Secret Barrel or Just Desserts. Ojama Trio makes each Secret Barrel do an extra 600 damage and each Just Desserts do an extra 1500 damage. Burn's fastest kills usually involve Ojama Trio with multiple Just Desserts. Another common interaction is many spell/trap cards backed up by Solemn Judgment or Fake Trap. This provides you with the stabilization needed to survive Heavy Storm. Stall cards are also typically paired with Burn. Using Level Limit Area - B or Gravity Bind, you can prevent the opponent from really doing anything. Then you can just sit there, let them draw and summon more cards, making your Just Desserts, Secret Barrels, and Des Koalas deal more damage.