Gouki

Gouki
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Japanese	剛（ごう）鬼（き） 剛鬼 (base) ごうき (ruby) Gōki (romanized) Strong Oni (translated)
Italian	Gouki
Korean	강귀 Gang-gwi (romanized)
Spanish	Gouki
Sets Code of the Duelist Circuit Break Flames of Destruction
Anime appearances
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
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"Gouki" is an archetype of EARTH Warrior monsters used by Go Onizuka in the Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS anime. They debuted in Code of the Duelist.

Design

Go Onizuka with "Gouki The Great Ogre" and "Suprex in the anime.

Appearance

"Gouki" have wrestling themes in design and name, shown in the fact that they wear tights and golden championship belts. While each of the Main Deck monsters are based on an animal, the Extra Deck monsters are based on Ogres which they draw heavy elements from. Their championship belts have the face of their themed animal, and their helmets fit the theme of their animal as well. They are also suited up in padded armor and wield weapons. They possess a predominantly single colored theme. So far, the Main Deck monsters each have a primary/secondary color while the Link Monsters are a neutral color. These monsters resemble, in terms of style, the "Elemental HEROes".

Etymology

"Gouki" (剛鬼) can be translated as "strong ogre". The Main Deck "Gouki" monsters are named after wrestling moves, such as Suplex, and then their appearance is based off an animal whose name is in the wrestling move name, being based off of their respective animal, or creates a pun based off that animal's name, that phonetically sounds in their romaji, such as "Gouki Suprex" being a pun on T-Rex (SupREX).

Members

Main Deck

Gouki	Origin
	Animal	Wrestling Move
Headbatt	Bat	Headbutt
Hugbear	Bear	Bear hug
Octostretch	Octopus	Octopus Stretch
Riscorpio	Scorpion	Scorpion Rising
Suprex	Tyrannosaurus	Suplex
Twistcobra	Cobra	Cobra Twist

Extra Deck

Gouki	Origin
Destroy Ogre	Dick "The Destroyer" Beyer
The Great Ogre	The Great Sasuke
The Master Ogre	N/A
Thunder Ogre	Jushin Thunder Liger

Playing style

The "Gouki" monsters seem to focus on a straightforward aggressive strategy, using effects to increase their ATKs or decrease the opponent's. The Main Deck monsters have 0 DEF, being immune to the effect of "Gouki The Great Ogre", who, in turn, has no DEF; that makes it so that they generally have an advantage over the opponent's monsters' ATKs, since those will be reduced while their own won't.

The Main Deck monsters all have the effect "If this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard: You can add 1 "Gouki" card from your Deck to your hand, except [itself]", replacing thenselves when used as Link and Synchro Materials, or used with cards like "Transmodify" and "Spiritual Earth Art - Kurogane".

Weakness

While the “Gouki” focuses on straightforward aggressive strategy, the Main Deck monsters have 0 DEF, excluding “Gouki” Link Monsters, which have no DEF at all to begin with. Using cards such as “No Entry!!”, “Earthquake”, and “Quaking Mirror Force on the Main Deck members be caused problems to the archetype, especially with “Quaking Mirror Force” since it would prevent them from being used as Link Materials for a Link Summon. This makes the Main Deck members easily destroyed if they ever forced to be switched to Defense Positions, especially if the monster has piercing effects.

“Blackwing - Jin the Rain Shadow is a problem for the Main Deck monsters due to its effect to destroy any monster whose DEF is lower than its ATK. Link Monsters have no problem with “Jin the Rain Shadow” due to not having any DEF at all.

All of the “Gouki” monster will have difficulty problems with “Superheavy Samurai” monsters, as some of monsters are capable of attacking while in Defense Position, in which case their DEF is applied for Damage Calculation.

Recommended cards

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Gouki Headbatt Gouki Riscorpio Gouki Suprex Gouki Twistcobra Crane Crane Goblin Attack Force Goblindbergh Heroic Challenger - Assault Halberd Marauding Captain Motivating Captain Spell Striker Tuner monsters Masked Chameleon Psychic Commander Psychic Jumper Re-Cover Pendulum Monsters Metalfoes Monsters Spell Cards Arrivalrivals Castle Link Gouki Re-Match Emergency Teleport Overdone Burial Reinforcement of the Army Ties of the Brethren Transmodify The Warrior Returning Alive Trap Cards Back to the Front Battleguard Howling Battleguard Rage Desperate Tag Final Attack Orders Spiritual Earth Art - Kurogane Extra Deck Synchro Monsters Colossal Fighter Naturia Barkion Naturia Beast Naturia Landoise Xyz Monsters Heroic Champions M-X-Saber Invoker Link Monsters Gouki Destroy Ogre Gouki The Great Ogre Gouki Thunder Ogre Decode Talker Firewall Dragon Missus Radiant

Official Decklist

"Gouki" deck

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Gouki Riscorpio x3 Gouki Suprex x3 Gouki Twistcobra x3 Gouki Headbatt x3 Pendulum Monsters Metalfoes Volflame x2 Metalfoes Goldriver x2 Metalfoes Silverd x2 Metalfoes Steelen x2 Spell Cards Gouki Re-Match x3 Burden of the Mighty x2 Monster Reborn Mind Control x2 Reinforcement of the Army Harpie's Feather Duster Dark Hole x2 Metalfoes Fusion x2 Trap Cards Reinforce Truth Metalfoes Combination Metalfoes Counter x2 Call of the Haunted x2 Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Metalfoes Crimsonite Metalfoes Orichalc Metalfoes Adamante x2 Link Monsters Gouki Destroy Ogre x2 Gouki The Great Ogre x2 Gouki Thunder Ogre x2 Firewall Dragon Akashic Magician Proxy Dragon Missus Radiant Link Spider