Neo Goat Format: Second Online Tournament Report

Swiss Tournament Report

Player Name Reference (Online Names Used in the Report):
Yahikor → Enrique Saldaña
martinz → Martín Juárez
lechugaEX → Diego Gonzalez
Alexislool2104 → Ángel Alexis
Kztoor → Ricardo Mendoza
YgoEstrategia → Víctor Ahumada
shadowefra → Jesús Efraín
Charly Goat → Mr. X (Mr. X was later revealed to be Carlos Dávila, a player from the first online tournament — something nobody knew during the event.)

The Second NeoGoat Online Tournament was played in a Swiss format on DuelingNexus and represented a clear evolution from the first online event. Players arrived with more refined decks, better matchup knowledge, and a strong understanding of NeoGoat rulings and interactions.

The availability of full duel replays made this tournament especially valuable for learning and discussion within the NeoGoat community.

Replays

🔹 Round 1

The first round immediately showcased the diversity of the format, with Exodia, Rituals, Skill Drain, and Fusion Dragons all appearing at once.

Table 1

Yahikor vs martinz — Winner: Yahikor

https://duelingnexus.com/replay/91fa95eb-6931-4bae-9d9b-b8fa467137ec
Yahikor was initially locked out by Exodia stall, with Tsukuyomi and Night Assailant looping removal under multiple stall spells, leading to a surrender.
https://duelingnexus.com/replay/059dd37b-e437-4c1e-8012-dd3a2687742e
Yahikor opened aggressively with Amulet Dragon, repeatedly summoning large Fusion monsters. Martinz lacked defensive answers and lost quickly.
https://duelingnexus.com/replay/58b7d971-42c7-4e7f-b940-82da458e5db9
Yahikor summoned Chaos Sorcerer on turn 1 using Thunder Dragon and Prisma, banishing Emissary of the Afterlife. With Royal Decree active, martinz attempted to chain Emergency Provisions to send traps to the Graveyard, but by ruling they were still negated. A Dark Paladin sealed the match.

Table 2

lechugaEX vs Alexislool2104 — Winner: Alexislool2104
⚠️ This match was played with an incorrect setup (6-card opening hand and draw on turn 1).

https://duelingnexus.com/replay/a6d57e06-2c65-4f6b-8468-23c5ba22f3f0
Alexislool2104 won by stealing Jinzo with Snatch Steal.
https://duelingnexus.com/replay/8c055f13-e0fc-4927-bba4-ec139489c1d4
A long grind game where Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys kept returning for over 15 turns and Alexislool2104 finally lost leaving LechugaEX at 50 Life Points.
https://duelingnexus.com/replay/b9e8003c-e172-4c28-8d81-83cdc4d64c79
Mirror Force saved Alexislool2104 from Asura Priest, preventing Goblin Attck Force and Giant Orcs from being destroyed.

Table 3

YgoEstrategia vs Kztoor — Winner: YgoEstrategia

https://duelingnexus.com/replay/7817b694-dfcd-4121-9f68-b08c47463b8b
YgoEstrategia tributed King Dragun and Red-Eyes for Lava Golem, then absorbed it with Relinquished. Metal Reflect Slime protected Relinquished from removal of Smashing Ground.
https://duelingnexus.com/replay/4d3ac58a-1119-4a34-ab72-07d71b84eb4e
Massive advantage was generated through the Good Goblin Housekeeping + Emergency Provisions combo, leading to a decisive win.

Table 4

Charly Goat vs shadowefra

https://duelingnexus.com/replay/5b008d7b-4925-4616-9581-500ca86d450c
Charly Goat lost multiple cards to Heavy Storm, briefly recovered with Morphing Jar, but eventually ran out of resources.
https://duelingnexus.com/replay/31d127f6-ac84-4984-b357-07bbabca202c
Jinzo and Heavy Storm from shadowefra shut down Zombie Burn completely.

🔹 Round 2

Table 1

Yahikor vs Alexislool2104 — Winner: Alexislool2104
Yahikor bricked with high-level monsters and failed to find Royal Decree, allowing Alexislool2104’s trap-heavy setup to control the match.

Table 2

YgoEstrategia vs shadowefra

https://duelingnexus.com/replay/5f8ca6ea-f6f1-46fa-b099-3fad99846d2d
A key ruling interaction occurred when Ring of Destruction was chained to Relinquished’s effect, causing the targeted monster to go to the Graveyard before it could be equipped.
https://duelingnexus.com/replay/cbe61814-8672-4771-a8d0-a3577b1c75e8
Metal Reflect Slime stalled long enough for YgoEstrategia to close the game with Magic Cylinder.

Table 3

martinz vs lechugaEX — Winner: martinz

martinz successfully completed Exodia after multiple stall turns, using Legacy of Yata-Garasu when LechugaEX summoned a Tsukuyomi to accelerate his draws.

Table 4

Kztoor vs Charly Goat — Winner: Kztoor

A mix of Wave-Motion Cannon pressure, extreme stall , second duel reached 51 turns, and finally Giant Trunade decided the matchup.

🔹 Round 3

Table 1

Alexislool2104 vs YgoEstrategia — Winner: Alexislool2104
Skill Drain completely shut down Relinquished and Ritual searchers in both duels, Alexislool2104 Fake Traps did wonders protecting the Skill Drains

Table 2

Yahikor vs Kztoor — Winner: Yahikor
A massive Dark Paladin reached 7400 ATK against Kztoor dragon deck and attacked directly to close the match.

Table 3

shadowefra vs martinz — Winner: shadowefra

https://duelingnexus.com/replay/6540cf58-8d77-4994-84d3-decf37a45071

https://duelingnexus.com/replay/83578bed-5d58-49f0-b3d8-39cbb64c6860

Table 4

lechugaEX vs Charly Goat — Pending

The second NeoGoat online tournament perfectly highlighted what makes the format special:

deep rulings, long grind games, explosive turns, and radically different win conditions coexisting in the same event.

From Exodia and Relinquished, to Skill Drain beatdown and Fusion Dragons, NeoGoat continues to reward creativity and mastery.

Soon we will publish all the decklists from this tournament.

Neo Goat Format

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Second Online Tournament Report – DuelingNexus

Replays

🔹 Round 1

Table 1

Table 2

Table 3

Table 4

🔹 Round 2

Table 1

Table 2

Table 3

Table 4

🔹 Round 3

Table 1

Table 2

Table 3

Table 4

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