The pre-Goat-Format format returns
The newest Tryout Duel event, Time Travel 2004, will run until March 4th (time zones applying). By winning 3 Duels, you can obtain 1 pack of the most recent reprint pack, The Forbidden Liberated.
The special rules for this event limit the card pool to November 25th, 2004, which is the release date for the OCG version of Flaming Eternity. This is chronologically slightly earlier than the popular “Goat Format” (April 2005). The player going first will also draw a card. The Extra Deck is still limited to 15 cards, and the Main Deck is limited to a maximum of 60 cards.
The following Forbidden/Limited List for the event is the OCG Forbidden/Limited List from that era (September 2004):
Forbidden:
[Every card newer than Flaming Eternity, Nov 2004]
Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End
Sangan
Witch of the Black Forest
Yata-Garasu
Dark Hole
Delinquent Duo
Graceful Charity
Harpie’s Feather Duster
Monster Reborn
Raigeki
United We Stand
Imperial Order
Mirror Force
Limited:
Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning
Breaker the Magical Warrior
Cyber Jar
Dark Magician of Chaos
Exiled Force
Exodia the Forbidden One
Injection Fairy Lily
Jinzo
Left Arm of the Forbidden One
Left Leg of the Forbidden One
Morphing Jar
Protector of the Sanctuary
Reflect Bounder
Right Arm of the Forbidden One
Right Leg of the Forbidden One
Sinister Serpent
Tribe-Infecting Virus
Twin-Headed Behemoth
Vampire Lord
Card Destruction
Change of Heart
Heavy Storm
Mage Power
Mirage of Nightmare
Mystical Space Typhoon
Painful Choice
Pot of Greed
Premature Burial
Snatch Steal
Swords of Revealing Light
Upstart Goblin
Call of the Haunted
Ceasefire
Crush Card Virus
Exchange of the Spirit
Magic Cylinder
Reckless Greed
Ring of Destruction
Sixth Sense
Torrential Tribute
Semi-Limited
Makyura the Destructor
Manticore of Darkness
Marauding Captain
Morphing Jar #2
Creature Swap
Nobleman of Crossout
Reinforcement of the Army
Notably:
Fiber Jar
Magical Scientist
Butterfly Dagger – Elma
Confiscation
The Forceful Sentry
Last Turn
should be legal to play, but these cards are not obtainable in Master Duel at the moment. Also, the powerful cards that have received erratum over the years obviously play with their most updated text.
The following loaners will be available for the event:
☆1 Onslaught of the Gears
“Difficulty level ☆1
A Machine Deck that utilizes “Gadget” monsters. Since cards in your hand don’t get depleted easily, it’s easier to activate cards like “Raigeki Break.” Use cards such as Traps Cards to deal with powerful monsters.”
☆1 Different Dimension Swordplay
“Difficulty Level ☆1
This Deck relies on Warrior monsters that specialize in banishing. Central to its strategy is “D.D. Warrior”. If it battles a monster, both are banished after damage calculation, so keeping it Set gives you an effective way of getting rid of threats.”
☆2 Power of Fusion
“Difficulty level ☆2
A Deck based around powerful Fusion Monsters. “King of the Swamp” can serve as a substitute for 1 Fusion Material Monster and also has an effect to add “Polymerization” to your hand. Determine the best use for each card and control the battlefield!”
☆2 Gravekeeper’s Lineage
“Difficulty level ☆2
This “Gravekeeper’s” Deck draws strength from the unity of their clan. They gain an ATK boost from the Deck’s central card, “Necrovalley”, a Field Spell Card which also thwarts a variety of Graveyard-based effects. As a result, your opponent may struggle to build up their field. Take advantage and strike relentlessly.”
☆3 Black Flame Dragon
“Difficulty level ☆3
A Deck that uses “Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8” as its ace card. “Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8” has an effect to negate the activation of a Spell Card, and destroy it. Combine it with “Royal Decree” which negates the effect of a Trap Card to create a powerful lineup. Hinder your opponent’s moves and secure a steady victory!”
☆3 Transcendent Spirits
“Difficulty level ☆3
This Deck utilizes Spirit monsters, such as the powerful “Tsukuyomi”. These cards have a big downside in that they return to the hand in the End Phase after being Normal Summoned or flipped face-up, but this can be offset by cleverly combining them with cards like “Creature Swap”.”
10 Comments
Sucks that there’s no way to use the pre errata version of cards like Chaos Emperor Dragon or Crush Card Virus. Put at least Pot of Greed is free to use.
But what does Pot of Greed even do?
This is why there needs to be an alchemy format.
Not saying it would be fun or practical but the intention was to discard Sinister Serpent every OTHER turn.
odd that none of the loaners have reborn
Pretty sure the fact that it’s Forbidden this format MIGHT have something to do with that.
you can’t trick me, reborn didn’t get banned until at least a year later, this is a psyop
Omg this was a nice trip to the past, I wish they had more retro formats from this far back or even earlier
I wish more people had the patience to play older formats like this rather than just surrender if they don’t go first, on top of letting us run the silly cards like Fiber Jar if they do another event like this again. Half the fun is breaking it with cards like that imo.
We go back to 2004, a time without handtraps, when denials were only to deny attacks and there were only fusions in the extra deck