The Blue Black Rebecca had an amazing performance early into OP10 meta. This Leader combined the control power of Black and Blue colors into one deck, keeping opponents from taking over the board while continuously drawing cards to outvalue them in the late game.
The list I’ll share in this guide finished with a 7-0 score in a 3vs3 tournament, so it performed amazingly! However, some tweaks can be made as the meta develops, so I’ll add other cards to include at the end of the article.
Blue Black Rebecca Decklist
1xOP04-039
2xOP04-080
4xOP04-092
4xOP05-081
1xOP10-088
4xOP04-089
2xOP04-085
3xOP04-082
4xOP05-091
4xOP04-079
4xOP10-095
1xOP04-083
3xOP04-090
1xOP10-046
3xOP06-086
3xOP07-096
2xOP05-057
1xOP04-094
4xOP04-096How to Play
Leader
Blue Black Rebecca is a 5 health Leader who can’t attack, so you will find yourself in tough situations where the attack will matter a lot to control the state of the field. However, the list has cards that somewhat mitigate that, which we’ll talk more about later in the guide.
Rebecca has an Activate:Main effect which you can use once per turn for 1 Don. If you have 6 cards or less in your hand, you can look at the 2 cards from the top of your deck and add 1 {Dressrosa} type card to your hand. Then, trash the rest. So we’re drawing a card and adding another card to the trash, which that trashed card can benefit us later in the game. Since we need to have 6 cards or less to activate Rebecca‘s effect, it’s important to counter early in the game so we don’t end up stacked with cards in our hand.
Early Cards
Corrida Coliseum is the Stage we want early into the game. Once in play, whenever you play a {Dressrosa} type Character, you can attack with it immediately one of the opponent’s Characters. Your characters basically have the Rush keyword, but can’t attack the opponent’s Leader. This makes up for Leader Rebecca‘s inability to attack, giving you another alternative to attack the opponent’s rested Characters.
1-cost Rebecca lets you look at the top 3 cards from your deck and lets you choose 1 {Dressrosa} type card other than [Rebecca] to add to your hand. 1-cost Rebecca trashes the two other cards, which you could find value from later in the game.
As for 2-cost Nami, her Activate: Main effect lets you rest her and your Leader or a Stage to draw a card and trash two cards from the top of your deck. This will later force opponents to attack Nami and remove her from play because she’ll continuously draw you a card every turn. Since Leader Rebecca doesn’t attack, you don’t mind resting her with 2-cost Nami. The Corrida Coliseum Stage is also another target for 2-cost Nami to rest.
Control Characters
3-cost Kyros can KO 1 of your opponent’s Characters with a cost of 1 or less, so on his own, he’s not much of a control value. You’ll have to back him up with one of your cost-reduction cards to KO a higher-cost Character. However, 3-cost Kyros isn’t just for his KO effect but can be tough for opponents to remove. If 3-cost Kyros would be KO’d, you may rest your Leader Rebecca or Corrida Coliseum Stage, making sure he sticks on the field to threaten more attacks. Your opponents might be forced to ignore him or find other ways to remove him.
4-cost Roronoa Zoro is the strongest control card in this deck. You may rest 1 of your {Dressrosa} type Leader or Stage cards to KO 1 of the opponent’s Characters with a cost of 4 or less and trash 2 cards from the top of your deck. Roronoa Zoro is a strong card in this deck because it synergizes with 8-cost Gecko Moria, allowing you to play him from the trash when needed.
As for 7-cost Kyros, he can return 1 of the opponent’s Characters with a cost of 5 or less to the opponent’s hand. They’re not losing on card resources, but they will fall behind on the field with 7-cost Kyros removing one of their Characters and acting as a 9,000 Power attacker.
Control Events
2-cost Hound Blaze is a powerful low-cost Event, allowing you to gain +3,000 Power on your Leader or one of your Characters and then place 1 Character with a cost of 2 or less at the bottom of the owner’s deck.
Since Leader Rebecca can’t attack, we’ll always use the +3,000 Power gain on one of our Characters, to set up a strong attack. As for the 2-cost removal, it can come to use when dealing with a low-cost blocker, but combined with your cost-reduction cards, you can remove higher-cost Characters from play. The fact that you’re placing the Character at the bottom of the oppnent’s deck means it’s perfect for Characters with a KO immunity.
4-cost Trueno Bastardo can KO 1 of your opponent’s 4-cost Characters, but if you have 15 or more cards in your trash, Trueno Bastardo can now KO 6-cost or less Character instead. With the many cards in your list that trash cards, it’s not tough to get 15 cards in your trash.
Trueno Bastardo‘s Trigger effect lets you rest your Leader to KO 1 of your opponent’s Characters with a cost of 5 or less. This is a perfect Trigger effect for a Leader who can’t attack.
Cost Reduction
The Rebecca list has multiple cost-reduction cards that enable you to remove higher-cost Characters, weakening the opponent’s side.
Tempest Kick‘s cost reduction effect only works when you have 10 or more cards in your trash. So you’ll technically need 9 cards in your trash + Tempest Kick when played will go to your Trash, becoming 10 cards in your trash. For only 1 Don, Tempest Kick draws a card and then you can choose 1 of the opponent’s Characters to reduce its cost by -3, making it easier for you to remove from the field with your effects.
As for One-Legged Toy Soldier, he’s a +2,000 Counter Character, but can also be used for the -3 cost-reduction.
3-cost Suleiman and 4-cost Orlumbus are cost-reducers that can reactivate their effects. Suleiman gives a -2 cost to one of the opponent’s Characters through his On Play effect and can reactivate his effect when he attacks. So if you have Corrida Coliseum Stage in play, you can attack with him on the same turn for another -2 cost reduction.
As for 4-cost Orlumbus, his Activate: Main effect lets you give a -4 cost reduction to one of your opponent’s Characters. So you can play him in the early game and then activate his effect on the upcoming turn to KO a Character or combo him with Hound Blaze. However, Orlumbus has to KO one of your {Dressrosa} type Characters to activate his effect, so you’ll usually pick a low-cost Character like 1-cost Rebecca or you can target 3-cost Kyros who doesn’t get KO’d thanks to his effect.
Troublesome Characters
7-cost Monkey.D.Luffy is a real nuisance, especially if you have Corrida Coliseum in play. Luffy can attack Active Characters, threatening to KO them or force them to play Counter cards. 7-cost Luffy‘s Activate: Main effect allows you to return 7 cards from your trash to the bottom of your deck to set him as Active. This gives you another opportunity to attack, either to pressure their Leader and possibly win the game or KO the opponent’s Characters and weaken their field presence.
However, this effect has a drawback when activated, preventing 7-cost Luffy from becoming Active on the next Refresh Phase.
Blockers
This list has 3 Blockers, each with unique effects. 3-cost Bartolomeo is a +2000 Counter effect but can be used at times for his Blocker keyword.
As for 4-cost Rebecca, she’s a value Blocker, allowing you to add 1 Black Character with a cost of 3 to 7 other than [Rebecca] from your trash to your hand and then you can play 1 Black Character with a cost of 3 or less from your hand rested. So Characters like 3-cost Kyros and 3-cost Suleiman are options to play through Rebecca. The choice you make will depend on the situation of the game.
5-cost Sabo can filter your hand through the draw two and trash two effect. He also gives KO immunity to all your Characters in play, which can shut down some decks from controlling the field.
Moria Value
Gecko Moria is a value card, which lets you play two Characters: a 4-cost or less Character and a 2-cost or less Character. You can play Rebecca through Gecko Moria and get Kyros to KO one of the opponent’s Characters. With Gecko Moria‘s second Character, you have 1-cost Rebecca or 2-cost Nami to play for the draw effect. One-Legged Toy Soldier is also an option, but he doesn’t synergize with your On Play effect KO Characters if played through Gecko Moria. You can make him work with Hound Blaze.
Gecko Moria can also play 4-cost Roronoa Zoro instead of Rebecca for a stronger KO option that can target 4-cost or less Characters.
Turn-Based Gameplay
Going First
- Turn 1 (1 Don): Corrida Coliseum or 1-cost Rebecca.
- Turn 2 (3 Don): 3-cost Suleiman or 3-cost Kyros. 2-cost One-Legged Toy Soldier to activate his cost-reduction later in the game.
- Turn 3 (5 Don): 4-cost Roronoa Zoro to KO a Character or 4-cost Orlumbus for the cost-reduction on the upcoming turn. 5-cost Sabo is an option if you have nothing to play.
- Turn 4 (7 Don): 7-cost Kyros to remove a Character or 4-cost Roronoa Zoro. Cost reduction + 3-cost Kyros is another option. If you have Corrida Coliseum, then 7-cost Monkey.D.Luffy is also a great play to attack an Active Character. If possible, Activate Leader Rebecca effect.
- Turn 5 (9 Don): Gecko Moria or 7-cost Monkey.D.Luffy. Activate Leader Rebecca effect.
- Turn 6 (10 Don): Gecko Moria or 7-cost Monkey.D.Luffy. Activate Leader Rebecca effect.
Going Second
- Turn 1 (2 Don): Corrida Coliseum,1-cost Rebecca, 2-cost Nami.
- Turn 2 (4 Don): 4-cost Orlumbus, 3-cost Suleiman, or 3-cost Kyros.
- Turn 3 (6 Don): 4-cost Roronoa Zoro or 3-cost Kyros.
- Turn 4 (8 Don): Gecko Moria, 7-cost Kyros, or 7-cost Monkey.D.Luffy. Activate Leader Rebecca effect.
- Turn 5 (10 Don): Gecko Moria or 7-cost Monkey.D.Luffy. Activate Leader Rebecca effect.
Other Cards to Include
- 3-cost Brook is another KO Character who synergizes with Rebecca and Gecko Moria. He can KO a 0-cost Character, but since he has a -1 cost-reduction built into his effect, you’ll need that target to be a 1-cost for Brook to KO.
- Gum-Gum Red Roc places one of the opponent’s Characters at the bottom of their deck, great for removing a high-cost Character.
- Gravity Blade Raging Tiger removes two Characters with a cost of 6 or less and places them at the bottom of the opponent’s deck. It’s a good answer for opponents that can develop multiple Characters in one turn.
