Gravekeepers
This article provides a comprehensive guide to the Gravekeepers deck in Yu-Gi-Oh! Goat Format, detailing its core cards, strategy, strengths against popular archetypes, and a sample decklist.
What is Gravekeepers?
Gravekeepers is a Yu-Gi-Oh! Goat Format deck distinguished by its 3 Necrovalley and a variety of Gravekeeper monsters. These monsters include 3 Gravekeeper's Spy, 1-3 Gravekeeper's Guard, 1-3 Gravekeeper's Spearsoldier, and 1-3 Gravekeeper's Assailant. As support, they play 2-3 Terraforming to search out Necrovalley and a larger than average trap lineup with 3 Solemn Judgments. The deck usually plays Tsukuyomi for synergy with Gravekeeper's Spy and Gravekeeper's Guard or Skill Drain to shutdown all monster effects. Gravekeepers is mostly an aggressive deck that deals damage through the effects of Gravekeeper's Spearsoldier and Gravekeeper's Assailant.
How Does Gravekeepers Work?
Gravekeepers play a similar strategy to Anti-Meta Warriors, only that they use Necrovalley to lock down the opponent instead of cards like Blade Knight and King Tiger Wanghu. Both Gravekeeper's Spearsoldier and Gravekeeper's Assailant can punch through Scapegoat tokens to deal damage to the opponent. Gravekeeper's Spy can also lead to significant damage by searching another Gravekeeper monster, which combined with Necrovalley will be a total of 3700 attack points. Both Gravekeeper's Spy and Gravekeeper's Guard can be combined with Tsukuyomi to keep up the pressure.
Gravekeepers Example Decklist
https://www.duelingbook.com/deck?id=2992881
Why Gravekeepers are Viable
Chaos decks are significantly more popular than they used to be, which Gravekeepers love to play against because Necrovalley shuts down their key boss monsters. In addition, Gravekeepers do well against some of the graveyard-reliant combo decks in the format, like Reasoning Gate Combo and Empty Jar. While playing against Goat Control can be tricky, the fact that Gravekeepers can deal with Scapegoat very easily keeps them competitive in the matchup. Overall, Gravekeepers have some consistency issues to potentially deal with but can stay competitive against most of the popular decks in the format.
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Another aggressive anti-meta strategy is Anti-Meta Warriors. If Gravekeepers aren't working out for you, consider trying them instead. Do you have any questions about Gravekeepers or want to share your own Gravekeepers decklist? We’d love to hear from you in the comments. Want expert help to construct your own Gravekeepers deck? Then join our Discord server.
ACP
ACP is a co-founder of GoatFormat.com, along with Skully. He has been an active contributor to the revival of Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Goat Format from 2012 onward. In 2017, he created the Angel Chaos deck, a notable contender in the Goat Format metagame. He has a long history of being a TCG content creator, first for The Game Academy (now defunct) and later for GatheringMagic.com. He has placed in the top32 of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series three times. A mathematician by profession, he is known for his logical and analytical approach to gaming.
