Black Rob Lucci is one of the strongest decks in the One Piece card game, consistently performing across multiple metas and remaining a top choice among competitive players. This control deck excels at keeping the opponent’s board in check, preventing them from establishing dominance with their Characters and slowing down their offensive pressure.
With his release in OP07, Rob Lucci reshaped the meta and maintained dominance for a time. However, as new cards emerged and the game evolved, more decks rose to challenge him, increasing competition and making the OP10 meta more contested for the control archetype.
Leader
Black Rob Lucci’s effect activates when he goes for the attack, trashing the top 2 cards from your deck and giving one of the opponent’s Characters a -1 cost reduction for the turn. Both those effects play into this deck’s strategy. You will rely on cards in the Trash to activate certain effects (Kaku) or play cards from the Trash through Characters like Rebecca or Gecko Moria.
As for the cost-reduction, it’ll help put your opponent’s Characters in range for your KO cards to activate, saving you from overplaying cost-reduction cards.
Black Rob Lucci Decklist
How to Play
Early Searcher
Spandam looks at the top 3 cards of your deck and lets you add 1 {CP} type Character to your hand then place the rest in your Trash. Adding two cards to your Trash will benefit you in the long run.
Control Cards
This list has multiple control cards to control the board, each finding use at different stages of the game. On their own, they don’t pose much of a threat, but when combined with your cost-reduction cards, you’ll remove higher-cost Characters from play. This makes it difficult for opponents to have Characters that stick on the field and present aggressive attacks.
Brook, when played or attacking, can reduce the cost of an opponent’s character by -1 and KO a 0-cost character. Your opponents will scramble to remove him immediately since Brook can reactivate both effects when he attacks.
4-cost Rob Lucci is your ultimate removal card, capable of KOing two targets one with a cost of 2 or less and the other with a cost of 1 or less, adding a powerful punch to your strategy. The reason why Rob Lucci is the best card in this deck is his synergy with Spandine or Gecko Moria, allowing you to play him from the Trash, keeping the treat of Rob Lucci alive throughout the game.
When activating Rob Lucci‘s effect, you have to place 3 cards from your trash at the bottom of the deck. Pick cards you don’t expect to need in your trash, such as Events, Gecko Moria, Jack, or Kaido.
5-cost Kaku can KO a single target with a cost of 3 or less. However, you have to place 2 {CP} cards from your trash at the bottom of the deck to activate Kaku‘s effect. So always make sure you have {CP} cards you don’t need in your trash.
High-cost Control Cards
Jack is a 7-cost Character that can KO a 3-cost or less Character every turn through his main effect. Additionally, Jack draws one card and trashes one card from hand, so it digs through your deck for the key cards.
Having to rest Jack to activate his effect, means you won’t be able to use him offensively if you activate it later in the game. It also allows the opponent to attack Jack when he rests himself on the turn he’s played, but an 8K Power Character isn’t easy to remove.
Another effect Jack has is that in play, he becomes an 11-cost Character, which will only matter depending on the matchup you’re up against. So against Black decks, they’ll struggle to lower Jack‘s Power and KO him.
As for 9-cost Kaido, he’s a late-game play, capable of trashing a 7-cost or less Character and one of the opponent’s cards. However, you have to trash one of your cards to activate his effect. Combined with the Leader effect, you can KO an 8-cost Character without relying on any cost-reduction cards.
Cost Reduction
Tsuru is a 1-cost Characters that reduces the cost of one of the opponent’s Characters by -2. She’s also a +2,000 Counter, so you can use her to protect yourself from an attack. Tsuru can be played again from the Trash using Gecko Moria, so if you need a cost-reducer, she comes to use when you go for the Gecko Moria combo.
Tempest Kick becomes your mid-game ace, drawing you a card while reducing an opponent’s character’s cost by -3. And hitting the condition for Tempest Kick isn’t hard with Leader Rob Lucci‘s ability to trash 2 cards on every attack. Technically, you need to be at 9 cards in Trash for the cost reduction effect to activate since playing Tempest Kick will put it in the Trash, making the total cards in there 10.
Ice Age makes specific turns way easier, especially when dealing with a high-cost Target. A -5 cost reduction Event for only 1 Don puts a lot of stress off your shoulders when putting a specific Character in range for your removal.
Situational Cost Reduction
Kalifa and Kaku are +2,000 Counter cards that can reduce a Character’s cost if needed. They’re more of a situation play as you’ll most likely use them for their cost-reduction and {CP} type.
Kalifa can filter your hand, add more cards in the trash, and reduce the cost of one of the opponent’s Characters by -2. As for Kaku, he has to place 2 cards with a type including {CP} from your trash at the bottom of the deck to give one of the opponent’s Characters -3 cost.
Gecko Moria Combo
Gecko Moria is a must-have in most black decks, offering incredible value. Before you play him, take a good look at what’s in your Trash. The goal is to get Rob Lucci out, and you have two ways to do it.
- First Approach: Gecko Moria can directly bring back Rob Lucci alongside Tsuru if you need to reduce costs.
- Second Approach: Gecko Moria can bring Rebecca and Helmeppo from Trash. Then Rebecca brings back Spandine (or you can play him from your hand for free), allowing you to play a rested Rob Lucci. Choosing the Rebecca route not only expands your board but also gives you a blocker to defend Leader during your opponent’s turn.
If you don’t need a cost-reduction play, you can play Spandam through Gecko Moria to draw a card
Defensive Events
Six King Pistol trashes 1 card from your hand to give +3,000 Power to your Leader or a Character. it’s a defensive event that can shut down one of the opponent’s attacks. You have multiple cards in the list with no Counter effect, so you can trash one of those.
Turn-Based Gameplay
Going First
- Turn 1 (1 Don): Spandam.
- Turn 2 (3 Don): Spandam Attack with Leader.
- Turn 3 (5 Don): Brook to remove their Character development or if there’s nothing to KO play Kalifa or Sabo to filter hand and trash cards.
- Turn 4 (7 Don): Rob Lucci + cost reduction to remove two Characters or Jack + Leader effect to KO a 4-cost Character.
- Turn 5 (9 Don): Gecko Moria + Rob Lucci combo or 9-cost Kaido or Jack + cost-reduction.
- Turn 6 (10 Don): Gecko Moria + Rob Lucci combo or 9-cost Kaido
Going Second
- Turn 1 (2 Don): Spandam.
- Turn 2 (4 Don): Brook +cost-reduction to remove a Character or Kalifa.
- Turn 3 (6 Don): Rob Lucci + cost reduction.
- Turn 4 (8 Don): Jack + cost-reduction or Gecko Moria + Rob Lucci combo if you can KO a target with Tsuru cost-reduction.
- Turn 5 (10 Don): Gecko Moria + Rob Lucci combo or 9-cost Kaido.
Other Cards to Include
- Soap Sheep synergizes with your 4-cost Rob Lucci, reducing the cost of 2 of the opponent’s Characters to put them in range for your KO removal.
- Finger Pistol KO’s a 5-cost or less Character, and combined with your Leader effect, you can easily KO a 6-cost Character. Its trigger effect lets you KO a 5-cost Character without using Don, weakening your opponent’s attack turn.
- Hina is a power cost reducer who can act as an attack, going for 5,000 Power attacks. The -4 cost reduction helps you KO high-cost Characters, and Hina can be played from trash through Rebecca.
