The OP11 Leader Blue Yellow Nami mixes the draw value and control into one deck, keeping the opposing player from taking over the field while continuously working the draw engines to keep having resources to play.
When we mention Nami in the One Piece card game, we automatically think of the Blue Nami, which adopts a completely different playstyle than the traditional deck. A playstyle that the majority of the community isn’t fond of too much, so she usually gets a bad reputation. The new Blue Yellow version plays differently and has a fun control strategy that aims to make it to the late game, where it relies on big bodies to start winning.
Leader
Blue Yellow Nami is a 4-Life Leader with two effects. The first is a draw engine that activates once per turn, during your turn, whenever a card is removed from either your or your opponent’s Life. If you have 7 or fewer cards in hand, you draw 1 card.
This means we want to keep our hand at 7 cards or less to maximize the effect. Since it only triggers on our turn, we’ll usually activate it when we attack the opponent’s Leader and take a Life card. But if we can’t damage the opponent for the extra draw, we can self-damage with cards like Zeus to get the draw anyway.
Nami’s second effect requires attaching a Don!! to her and only activates on the opponent’s turn (once per turn). When they attack, you can trash a card from your hand to give Leader Nami +2,000 Power, making it harder for their attacks to land on a 7,000 Power Leader. This lets us play more cards with no Counter effects, since we can later trash them for the +2,000 Power to protect our Leader.
Characters without Counter effects tend to be stronger, either in raw Power or effects. Normally, the lack of Counter is a drawback, but Blue Yellow Nami removes that downside—letting us run powerful Characters that can still be used for the +2,000 Power gain on Leader Nami.
Blue Yellow Nami Decklist
How to Play
Early Plays
3-cost Vivi is mainly for the extra card draw, drawing two cards if you have 5 cards or less in your hand. With 2,000 Power only, she won’t be attacking much of anything, and we’ll mainly keep her Active for Jozu to return to our hand.
Kikunojo can be a strong early attacker, having 6,000 Power as a 4-cost Character. Your opponent will often avoid KOing her and will resort to other means to remove her from play if available for them. On KO, Kikunojo will give you a Life card if your opponent is at 3 or less Life cards, adding more protection to your Leader and a card resource.
If your opponent is at 3 Life cards, you can activate her trigger effect to play her on the field without using Don. This trigger effect can be comboed with 8-cost Charlotte Katakuri, giving your opponent an extra hit to win the game while not sacrificing on your field presence.
Pudding can lower the number of cards in the opponent’s hand, cutting down on their resources. You’ll often play her if your opponent is holding on at least 6 cards in their hand, but if they have more than 6 cards, then Pudding is a premium play.
2-cost Control Cards
Nojiko and Zeus are low-cost Characters that can be used to remove a 5-cost Character from the field.
Nojiko returns a 5-cost or less Character to the opponent’s hand, so they get to keep the card, but at least it won’t be used as an attacker during their upcoming turn. Additionally, since Nojiko is returning a Character instead of KOing, it can remove the likes of 4-cost Borsalino and 5-cost Sabo with KO immunity.
As for Zeus, it adds a card from the top or bottom of your Life card to your hand to KO a 5-cost Character. So you are sacrificing a Life card to activate this effect, but KOing a Character and triggering Leader Nami‘s draw effect is usually worth it.
Blockers
5-cost Nami and 5-cost Charlotte Katakuri are 6,000 Power blockers, making them great for protecting your Leader from incoming attacks. Nami’s effect lets you draw 3 cards and place 2 from your hand on either the top or bottom of your deck. This means you gain a card while also controlling your upcoming draws—either setting up future turns or tucking cards you don’t need to the bottom.
Charlotte Katakuri, on the other hand, reveals the top card of your Life Area and gives a rested Don!! to either Leader Nami or one of your Characters. This adds more Power to your attacks, and if the Don!! is attached to your Leader, it sets up Nami’s effect to gain +2,000 Power on your opponent’s turn—helping you fend off an attack.
Control Cards
Jozu has to return one of your Characters to return an opponent’s 6-cost or less Character, so we’ll need to have a low-cost Character in play (Vivi, Nojiko, or Zeus), we’re fine with bouncing back to our hand. Although your opponent gets to keep the card in their hand, they have to use Don to play it back on the field, which will slow them down and help put them behind in the game. The Character we bounced back to our hand can be used as a Counter or replayed for its effect.
8-cost Charlotte Katakuri‘s On Play effect lets you add 1 Character with a cost of 8 or less to the top or bottom of the owner’s Life area face-up. This can remove one of the opponent’s Characters from play, and although you’re giving them a Life card, it does weaken the field presence. However, 8-cost Katakuri can also place one of your own Characters in your Life area. This gives you an extra Life card to protect your Leader, making sure your opponent can’t win the game too easily.
8-cost Monkey D. Luffy is a Rush Character, getting to attack the turn he’s played. When he attacks, you can trash a card from your hand to return a 4-cost Character to your opponent’s hand. While this isn’t always the best trade-off—you’re losing a card while your opponent keeps theirs—it still reduces their board presence. But if you’re bouncing a blocker, Luffy’s effect becomes incredibly valuable, clearing the way for more aggressive attacks.
Luffy also attaches a rested Don!! to your Leader or one of your Characters. This means if you play him on Don 8, you’ll still be able to activate Leader Nami’s effect on your opponent’s turn, thanks to that rested Don!!.
Life Card Trash
To activate 6-cost Charlotte Linlin‘s effect, you have to trash a card from your hands, giving your opponent two options to choose from. They have to decide to either trash 2 cards from their hand or 1 Life card. Both options will cut down on their resources and put you in a favorable spot, while also developing a 7,000 Power Character that can put offensive pressure on the opposing player.
On Play, you can rest 8-cost Eustass “Captain” Kid to trash the opponent’s top Life card, putting them in a riskier spot to lose to your attacks and bleeding them from resources. We’re also trigger Leader Nami’s effect, so if we have 7 cards or less in our hand, we’ll draw a card.
At the end of your turn, if your opponent has 2 Life cards or less, you can draw a card and then trash another from your hand with Eustass “Captain” Kid‘s effect, filtering your hand for better cards.
Control Events
We’ll save Gum-Gum Red Roc for high-cost Characters that none of our other cards can remove. This can remove an important Character for your opponent, buying enough time to plan your winning turn. Since it’s place the Character at the bottom of the opponent’s deck, we don’t have to worry about a KO immunity.
Counter Events
Slave Arrow lets you return one of your 2-cost or more Characters to your hand to give your Leader or one of your Characters +4,000 Power, perfect for shutting down a high power attack on your Leader. Since we’ll often play low-cost Characters like Nojiko and Zeus for their effect, we can return them to our hand to use them as Counter cards.
Mulligan
- 5-cost Nami or 5-cost Charlotte Katakuri are a great pick up for the mid-game, especially when going first.
- Jozu and Monkey D.Luffy are control cards we often want to have in hand.
Turn-Based Gameplay
Going First
- Turn 1 (1 Don):
- Turn 2 (3 Don): Vivi.
- Turn 3 (5 Don): 5-cost Charlotte Katakuri or 5-cost Nami. You can also play Nojiko or Zeus to remove an opponent’s 4-cost Character.
- Turn 4 (7 Don): Jozu and return an opponent’s 6-cost or less Character to their hand or Charlotte Linlin to cut down on the opponent’s resources.
- Turn 5 (9 Don): Monkey D.Luffy, 8-cost Charlotte Katakuri, or Eustass”Captain”Kid.
- Turn 6 (10 Don): Monkey D.Luffy, 8-cost Charlotte Katakuri, or Eustass”Captain”Kid.
Going Second
- Turn 1 (2 Don):
- Turn 2 (4 Don): Kikunojo or Charlotte Pudding.
- Turn 3 (6 Don): Jozu and return an opponent’s 6-cost or less Character to their hand or Charlotte Linlin to cut down on the opponent’s resources.
- Turn 4 (8 Don): Monkey D.Luffy, 8-cost Charlotte Katakuri, or Eustass”Captain”Kid.
- Turn 5 (10 Don): Monkey D.Luffy, 8-cost Charlotte Katakuri, or Eustass”Captain”Kid.
Other Cards to Include
- If the opponent has 3 or more Life cards, 6-cost Nico Robin can trash the top card from their Life Area, reducing their resources and making it easier to win later. She remains on the field with her 6,000 Power, capable of attacking rested Characters or the opponent’s Leader.
- 7-cost Charlotte Linlin forces the opposing player to make a tough call, either trash their top Life card or give you a Life card. Either way, you’re the winner with both options, and putting you ahead in resources while developing an 8,000 Power Character on the field.
