Black Rob Lucci is one of the strongest Leaders in the One Piece card game, consistently performing across multiple metas and remaining a top choice among competitive players. However, Black decks received a huge blow with the ban of Gecko Moria and Ice Age, and players were left uncertain about the future of Rob Lucci.
Despite the bans of key cards in this deck, the Black color still has plenty of cards that can keep Rob Lucci playable, and today we’ll explore these cards and make the control Leader work in OP10 meta! This control deck excels at keeping the opponent’s board in check, preventing them from winning the field presence and slowing down their offensive pressure.
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 of 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 Spandine.
As for the cost reduction, it helps 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. Rob Lucci can be played through Spandine, offering an additional method to have in on the field to KO 2 of the opponent’s Characters.
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, Jack, or Kaido.
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
The 4-cost Kuzan is your best play on turn 2 if you’re going second, drawing you a card and can later reduce the cost of an opponent’s Character by 4. When Kuzan attacks, he’ll reduce the cost of a Character, which makes it easier for you to follow up the attack with a removal play to control the field. In most cases, your opponent will shift their focus toward Kuzan, trying to remove him as quickly as possible.
Laboon‘s Activate:Main effect reduces the cost of one of the opponent’s characters by 4, allowing you to KO it with one of your removal cards. You can use Laboon‘s cost reduction effect on the turn it’s played, but you are resting Laboon to activate the effect, which means your opponent can attack into it on the upcoming turn.
Tsuru is a 1-cost character 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.
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.
Hina is a cost reduction Character who can act as an attacker, 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.
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.
Spandine Rebecca Combo
Before making a play, take a good look at what’s in your Trash. The goal is to get Rob Lucci out.
Rebecca is a 4-cost Blocker that lets you add 1 black Character with a cost of 3 to 7 from the trash to your hand. Then, Rebecca lets you play a black Character with a cost of 3 or less from your hand. So you aren’t tied to the card you just added to your hand, but you can choose any card from your hand that costs 3 or less.
The best Character to cheat out through Rebecca is Spandine. To activate Spandine‘s effect, you have to place 3 cards from your trash with “CP” in their name at the bottom of your deck, and then you can play Rob Lucci from your trash. He will be played rested, but your main objective is to use him for the KO effect. So you’ll first play your cost reduction cards and then for the Rebecca Spandine combo play.
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 on 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. Or attach 3 Don to Spandam for two attacks.
- Turn 3 (5 Don): Kuzan or Laboon. Or Brook to remove their Character development.
- 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): Rebecca + Rob Lucci combo or 9-cost Kaido or Jack + cost-reduction.
- Turn 6 (10 Don): Rebecca + Rob Lucci combo or 9-cost Kaido
Going Second
- Turn 1 (2 Don): Spandam.
- Turn 2 (4 Don): Kuzan or Laboon.
- Turn 3 (6 Don): Rob Lucci or Brook + cost reduction.
- Turn 4 (8 Don): Jack + cost-reduction or Rebecca + Rob Lucci combo.
- Turn 5 (10 Don): 9-cost Kaido, Jack + cost reduction, or Rebecca + Rob Lucci.
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.
- 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.
