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YGO Card Image Hosting

Serving HAT Format Cards

Configure ygo-card-image-hosting to archive and serve card images for HAT Format.

What is HAT Format?

Section titled “What is HAT Format?”

HAT Format is a Yu-Gi-Oh! format from the summer of 2014. The format commonly played online specifically emulates the 2014 North American World Championship Qualifier (NAWCQ), using the April 2014 Banlist, a card pool up to and including the Realm of Light Structure Deck, and North American Master Rule 2 rulings.

Configuring for HAT Format

Section titled “Configuring for HAT Format”

Update your .env file with these values:

# YGOPRODECK
START_DATE=2002-03-01
END_DATE=2014-05-30
DATE_REGION=tcg

Running with HAT Format

Section titled “Running with HAT Format”

Ensure initial Terraform setup is done (only once).

Run the script from the project root:

Terminal window
docker compose up --build

Access images via your CloudFront URL with the correct path based on CARD_SIZE.