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#36: Scapegoat
First TCG release: Starter Deck Joey (2003-03-30)



Responsible for teaching me what the word scapegoat meant. Its a card thats actually gone down in my favorites list as time passes and I get used to the more faster-paced gameplay because its one of the premiere slow things down cards. Has a whole damn format named after it but this was all unknown to me and a relatively recent discovery to be honest. I just liked it because of the cute sheep and protecting my precious life points (several repeating factors here).

And of course ANIME PRESENCE courtesy of our friend Joey Wheeler. Although he went further and used them to tribute for his Panther Warrior. And yeah I was a Kaiba/Joey kid. Those were the starter decks I got and I loved a lot of their signature cards. Although its hilarious looking back on Joeys deck now and the complete luck-based strategy he employed.

I also have a little personal history with this card in that it was the only card I ever put up as an ante in a bet duel. I pretty much hated taking risks back then (hence the LP gain obsession) so the thought of a duel where I could lose one of my cards was not attractive at all even if there were cool BATTLE CITY vibes. The kid looked through my deck and Im pretty sure he just really wanted to gamble (and was sure he would win) because he asked if I would put up the Scapegoat (SDJ lmaooo) after I said no to the first couple of suggestions. And Scapegoat hit that sweet spot of well I like it enough but it wouldnt kill me if I lost it also it was a literal starter deck card so it was easy enough to replace. Anyway I dont remember exactly how the duel went except that I WON BITCHHHH (best of 1 ggnore). And the card I won will obviously be showing up later on the list. So yeah thanks for the memories goats.

Question: Which of the four early starter decks did you get? Did you choose one between the pairs or were you one of those kids who just got all of them like when you got both Red AND Blue version and Gold AND Silver.