Recommended cards Shooting Quasar Dragon Cosmic Blazar Dragon Leo, the Keeper of the Sacred Tree Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend Baxia, Brightness of the Yang Zing Yazi, Evil of the Yang Zing Denglong, First of the Yang Zing Chaofeng, Phantom of the Yang Zing Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier Herald of the Arc Light Stardust Charge Warrior Formula Synchron Generic Level 5 Synchros ("Armades", "Librarian", etc.) True King Dinosaurs[edit] This build's main goal is to exploit the synergy of "Lithosagym" with EARTH Dinosaur monsters that grant benefits when destroyed, specifically "Petiteranodon" and "Babycerasaurus", crippling the opponent's Extra Deck while Special Summoning Dinosaurs from the Deck in the process and setting up Xyz and Synchro Summons

Its a complicated mechanic for sure, and one of the most individually complex mechanics overall, but not the worst mechanic if you ask me, and at the same time it's easy to grasp since it heavily draws from LotR lore
Thunder Dragon cannot effectively break a full Gouki board going second
The lifegain side of the deck gives you plenty of options that are easy to trigger