Goblin Deck

A Goblin Deck revolves around using the Goblin series of cards to inflict massive damage and destroy monsters. With the addition of Goblin Recon Squad and Goblin Decoy Squad, as well as Robbin' Goblin, they can also do well as hand control.

Overview
Goblin cards all have ridiculously high ATK for a monster with it's level or effect (such as Goblin Black Ops and Goblin Attack Force respectively). However, they have no DEF and switch to defense mode immediately after attacking, which is obviously to balance out their power. Goblin Elite Attack Force somewhat addresses this issue by having some DEF, albeit it's still not high enough to be survivable with many commonly used cards.

Final Attack Orders is likely the best to use to keep your goblins in attack mode, as well as to deal heavy damage to your opponent. Other cards, such as Zero Gravity, can also help temporarily until you do get Final Attack Orders. Ojama Trio can be used to deal additional damage. Skill Drain can be useful for Goblin Attack Force and Goblin Elite Attack Force, but will make the remaining Goblin cards useless.

Alternatively, you can equip Big Bang Shot to your opponent's monsters. Due to the wording of the card, if they destroy your Goblins, they loose the lifepoints, not you (since most goblin cards have no DEF whatsoever, this will effectively be a direct attack on their own lifepoints). To further this, you can give your opponent a Berserk Gorilla equipped with a Big Bang Shot, effectively allowing you to deal 2400 dmg each turn (ground collapse might be good here, to prevent your opponent from summoning additional monsters so as to let gorilla attack directly). This can be combined with Goblin Black Ops, as after 3 attacks, your opponent will loose.

Giant Orc and Indomitable Fighter Lei Lei can also be used in this deck, as they are essentially Goblin Attack Force under a different name (and, in the case of Giant Orc, less ATK).

While this deck does pose some interesting combos, it's main purpose is a swift beatdown deck. This deck can contain up to 12 monsters with 4 stars and 2200+ ATK, making it very easy to overwhelm your opponent with a barrage of attacks. Goblin Attack Force, having a massive 2300 ATK for a 4 star monster, can take down all early defenses with little trouble. Goblin Black Ops can devastate your opponent's life points early in the game. As well, if you combine these cards with Robbin Goblin, you can devastate their hands as well. Note that all Goblin cards turn to Defense mode only at the end of the battle phase, thus, if you have a clean shot at your opponent's life points, use cards that allow your goblins to attack twice, to get additional benefits before your goblins get destroyed.

Recommended cards:

Monster Cards:


 * Goblin Attack Force
 * Goblin Elite Attack Force
 * Goblin Black Ops
 * Goblin Recon Squad
 * Goblin Decoy Squad
 * Giant Orc
 * Indomitable Fighter Lei Lei
 * Berserk Gorilla

Spell Cards:


 * Double Attack
 * Double Summon
 * Giant Trunade (to remove your opponent's cards without destroying your own spells and traps protecting your goblins)
 * Twin Swords of Flashing Light - Tryce
 * Guard Penalty
 * Big Bang Shot
 * Creature Swap

Traps:


 * Labyrinth of Nightmare (Card)
 * Zero Gravity
 * Final Attack Orders
 * Robbin' Goblin
 * Robbin' Zombie
 * Ojama Trio