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Yu-Gi-Oh! Retro Format Malaysia
Founded in June 2024, our community was created to reintroduce retro Yu-Gi-Oh! formats to players who wish to relive the glory days of the game or explore them for the first time. Whether driven by nostalgia or curiosity, we believe these retro formats offer a unique blend of strategy, creativity, and fun that modern format can’t always replicate.
CHAMPIONS
Our main retro format using the OCG March 2011 banlist. This format was popularized in Japan for its balanced gameplay, with emphasis on traps and careful sequencing. One of the biggest compliment is its deck diversity. Popular choices include Debris Dandy, Rabbit Laggia, Agents, Six Samurai, HERO and many more. Each deck has its own strengths, from synchro swarming to control-heavy trap builds making the metagame varied and exciting.
Stay updated with the winning decklists from Japan’s most popular OCG1103 tournaments, featuring championship-level builds and the strongest strategies shaping the Japanese metagame.
Learn how to play with easy-to-follow deck guides! Discover classic strategies, combos, and tips to master the OCG1103 format.
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HIGHLIGHTS
Thunder/Effect
Level 3 Light Monster
ATK/700 DEF/100
This card can attack twice during each Battle Phase. If this card battles, negate the effects of the monster it battled, after damage calculation (including in the Graveyard).
Commonly Used In
Rabbit Laggia, Six Samurai, Watt-Lock Variants, Anti-Meta/Rogue Strategies
Card Analysis
In a format where "boss monsters" rely on powerful continuous or triggered effects to maintain board control, Wattsquirrel acts as a surgical strike against your opponent's utility.
The Power of Negation: Unlike cards that destroy, Wattsquirrel negates the effects of any monster it battles. This is particularly devastating against "floaters" (monsters that activate when destroyed) or monsters with protection effects that usually make them impossible to shift.
Double Jeopardy: Because Wattsquirrel can attack twice during each Battle Phase, it can silence two different threats in a single turn. It effectively turns your opponent's field into a collection of "vanilla" beatsticks, stripping away their tactical advantages.
Wattsquirrel is uniquely effective against the heart of the current meta: Debris Dandy. Because its negation triggers at the end of the Damage Step, it effectively shuts down the following graveyard-reliant threats:
Searchers & Spawners: It negates Sangan and Dandylion, preventing your opponent from searching their deck or spawning Fluff Tokens.
Mill Engines: It stops Card Trooper from activating its "draw 1" effect when destroyed.
Self-Revivers: It negates Glow-Up Bulb and Spore, making them unable to use their effects to revive themselves from the Graveyard later in the duel.
Pro Tip/Ruling
The negation effect of Wattsquirrel is a Trigger Effect that activates at the end of the Damage Step.
Once Wattsquirrel successfully battles a monster, that monster’s effects are negated as long as it remains face-up on the field or in the graveyard. Even if Wattsquirrel is destroyed during that battle, the negation still resolves.
While Wattsquirrel has low ATK, its second attack allows it to "poke" for chip damage or clear a second set of effects after the first. If paired with Wattcube, it becomes a legitimate threat that can dismantle an established board.
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