Heya everyone! It’s time for week 2 of OPBounty’s ranked ladder meta report! The EB02 meta report is changing up as players continue to experiment with the top Leaders in preparation for their tournaments.
Green Purple Luffy is by far the most-played deck in the format, so if you’re planning to join a tournament, you should consider bringing a deck capable of taking on GP Luffy. Red Shanks has had a good showing as well, proving to be a “safe choice” to bring to a tournament setting.
We’ll take a look at the data from this past week and see how the meta evolved compared to last week’s meta report.
The Top Dogs
Green Purple Monkey D.Luffy
Games Played: 38298 Win Rate: 52.4%
Favored: Black Teach, Purple Luffy, Black Blue Usopp, Blue Doflamingo, Yellow Enel.
Close Matchup: Yellow Vegapunk, Red Shanks, Green Purple Lim.
Unfavored: Black Rob Lucci, Green Bonney, Red Green Smoker, Red Yellow Belo Betty.
Green Purple Luffy is still standing strong as the strongest deck in EB02 format, maintaining its spot as the most-played deck.
The Green Purple Luffy relies on sheer aggression, using its deramp effect to gain 2 Active Don and +1,000 Power. You can go for heavier attacks or develop more on the field. This effect synergizes with Sanji & Pudding, triggering its ramp effect to gain an Active Don. So, instead of gaining 2 Active Don, you’re not gaining 3 and ramping for one to not fall behind in Don later in the game.
The longer Sanji & Pudding sticks on the field, the more aggression you’re capable of putting on the opponent, especially if you manage to play multiple Sanji & Pudding. 6-cost Luffy is the win condition, going for a Rush attack and can re-stand himself by returning 2 Active Don and taking a Life Card. It’s a heavy price to pay, but the additional attack can get you closer to winning the game.
Since this deck is mostly a glass cannon, it needs tools to prolong games, giving it an extra turn or two to set up the winning play. This is where Events like Gum Gum Jet Gatling and Gum-Gum Giant will come into play, offering a huge Power boost to keep your Leader or a key Character in play. The most frustrating card to play against is none other than Electrical Luna, preventing all of the opponent’s Characters with a cost of 7 or less from becoming Active on the upcoming turn. Electrical Luna allows you to ignore board control and focus solely on aggroing down the opponent’s Leader.
Other Cards to Include
- Tony Tony Chopper is a low-cost Blocker to protect you from one of the opponent’s attacks. He’ll also ramp 1 Don so you don’t fall behind in the game when you activate your Leader effect.
- Zoro-Juuro isn’t too popular, but I’ve seen a couple of lists include him for the early Ramp effect.
- Franky is a ramp card that continues to ramp when he attacks, forcing the opposing player to remove him.
- Luffy-Tarou allows you to cheat out 1 Purple {Straw Hat Crew} type Character with a cost of 5 or less, enabling the aggressive strategy by going wider on the field. Players are still devided on wether or not to run Luffy-Tarou, but among those who include him in the list, it’s usually 1 or 2 copies.
Red Shanks
Games Played: 28188 Win Rate: 53.6%
Favored: Yellow Vegapunk, Blue Doflamingo, Black Rob Lucci, Green Bonney, Purple Luffy, Green Purple Lim, Red Green Smoker, Blue Black Usopp.
Close Matchup: Green Purple Luffy, Yellow Enel, and Red Yellow Belo Betty.
Unfavored: Black Teach, Red Zoro, and RP Luffy.
Red Shanks is still tailing Green Purple Luffy, trying to dethrone it and take back its first spot. The Red Leader has an overall great matchup table, capable of taking on most decks in the meta.
Red Shanks can reduce the Power of one of the opponent’s attackers, making it easier to defend your Leader or rested Characters and prolonging the game. The list is heavy on removal cards, using Ben.Beckman, Silvers Rayleigh, and Divine Departure to remove Characters and weaken the opponent’s board.
OP09 10-cost Shanks is the late-game carry, going for an aggressive Rush attack while reducing the Power of all the opponent’s Characters, making it even harder for them to get their attacks through.
Speaking of Rush attacks, we also have access to Luffy and Dragon to back up an aggressive strategy with their Rush attacks and extra Don attachment.
Other Cards to Include
- Marco is an answer for the low-cost blockers, removing them from play and allowing you to push for stronger attacks. You could combo him with a Power reduction card to remove higher Power Characters.
- Yassop’s +1,000 Power for the turn adds more offensive Power and makes it difficult for the opponent to get a hit through on the upcoming turn. He can then reduce the Power of an opponent’s Character when he attacks, enabling you to remove a 7,000 Power Character with Ben.Beckman or Silvers Rayleigh.
- Newgate’s KO effect can be activated once per turn, so you can continue using his control effect throughout the game and force your opponent to remove him.
- Gum-Gum Fire-Fist Pistol Red Hawk is a Counter Event to protect you from an attack, but combined with your Leader effect, you can also KO up to 5,000 Power Characters.
- 10-cost Shanks is a strong removal play to KO a 10,000 Power or less Character. He remains in play as a heavy hitter, difficult for most decks to remove.
Black Rob Lucci
Games Played: 17826 Win Rate: 50.7%
Favored: Green Purple Luffy, Green Bonney, Blue Doflamingo, Red Green Smoker, Red Zoro.
Close Matchup: Purple Luffy.
Unfavored: Black Teach, Red Shanks, Yellow Vegapunk, and Blue Black Usopp, Green Purple Lim.
Black Rob Lucci is picking up momentum, overtaking Black Teach to become the third most-played deck. The fact that Lucci can beat GP Luffy has pushed more players to pick up the control Leader again. Looking at the decklists from this past week, and they all look unique with major differences when it comes to cards like 2-cost One-Legged Toy Soldier, 5-cost Tashigi, 8-cost Sabo, 9-cost Kaido, and 10-cost Kuzan.
This deck thrives on KOing opponents’ Characters and weakening their upcoming attack turns. Brook, Lucci, and Jack can KO Characters, and with the help of cost-reduction cards like Laboon, Hina, and Tempest Kick, you can target higher-cost threats and bleed opponents out of their win conditions.
This list is running 10-cost Kuzan for the ongoing -5-cost reduction, which will make life easier when controlling the field if Kuzan sticks in play. We’re also running the 2-cost One Legged Toy Soldier as a +2,000 Counter, but also a -3 cost-reduction effect which can play around the Black Teach matchup.
Other Cards to Include
- Tashigi is a tech card against Black Teach to bypass his Leader effect. You’re aiming to remove their Jesus Burgess with Tashigi’s trash effect.
- 8-cost Sabo is seeing play again in a couple of lists, trying to control decks that go wide on the field.
- Kaido trashes a 7-cost or less Character and forces the opposing player to trash a card from their hand.
Black Marshall D.Teach
Games Played: 17129 Win Rate: 50.9%
Favored: Red Shanks, Black Rob Lucci, Yellow Enel, Green Bonney, Black Blue Usopp.
Close Matchup: Purple Luffy.
Unfavored: Green Purple Luffy, Yellow Vegapunk, Blue Doflamingo, Red Green Smoker, Red Roronoa Zoro, Green Purple Lim, and Red Yellow Belo Betty.
Black Teach is holding strong and remains one of the strongest choices in EB02 meta. Matchup knowledge is crucial when playing this deck, shutting your opponent’s On Play effects at the right time to disrupt their strategy and prevent them from removing your win conditions.
You have a couple of removal plays like Doc Q, Finger Pistol, Black Hole, and Liberation to keep the board under control. However, when it comes to winning, you’re relying on Jesus Burgess and 10-cost Teach to set up the win condition on the field. Jesus Burgess will gain Power the more cards are in your trash, eventually becoming a heavy hitter, too difficult for most decks to remove.
As for 10-cost Teach, he’s preventing one of the opponent’s Characters from attacking on the upcoming turn and standing firm as a 12,000 Power blocker to halt an attack.
Other Cards to Include
- I Bid 500 Million is mostly in this list for the Trigger effect, letting you KO or return a 6-cost or less Character to the opponent’s hand. If you happen to draw it, you can trash it using Fullalead to draw a better card or to activate your Leader effect.
- Laboon reduces the cost of one of the opponent’s Characters by 4, allowing you to remove a high-cost Character through your effects.
- Catarina Devon can gain one of three keywords, depending on the state of the game and what you need from her the most. Blocker, Banish, and Double Attack are all strong keywords.
Lurking Behind
Yellow Enel
Games Played: 11805 Win Rate: 54.7%
Favored: Black Rob Lucci, Yellow Vegapunk, Green Purple Lim, Red Green Smoker, Black Purple Usopp, Red Yellow Belo Betty, Blue Doffy.
Close Matchup: Red Shanks.
Unfavored: Green Purple Luffy, Black Teach, Green Bonney, Purple Luffy,
We talked about Yellow Enel last week, having the highest win rate among the top decks, but it was the 10th most played deck. Since then, Enel saw a huge rise in playrate on the SIM, overaking Vegapunk, Bonney, and PLuffy to become the 5th most-played deck while maintaining its high win rate.
The deck lost Kingdom Come, a powerful removal play to deal with high-cost win conditions. However, with the addition of 10-cost Enel in EB02, players have been picking up Yellow Enel on the SIM, and so far it’s performing well. Although Yellow Enel has a high win rate and beats most decks in the meta, it’s struggling against the top 3 most-played decks.
This deck heavily relies on your Leader effect, giving you a Life Card once per turn when your opponent drops you to 0 Life cards. This makes it a challenge for the opposing player to set up the winning turn, and forces them to have multiple attackers lined up to threaten a winning attack. On top of that, 9-cost Yamato,10-cost Ace and 10-cost Enel are there to give you Life Cards, making sure your Leader is safe from opponents’ attacks and are capable of going for a Rush attack.
Ideally, you’ll target rested Characters to make it even harder for the opponent to close out the game. However, if you’re ahead in the game, you can shift your focus to their Leader and start setting up for your winning turn.
Other Cards to Include
- Kikunojo is an early attacker that can put pressure and challenging for the opponent to remove. They usually aren’t happy to give you an additional Life card and will have to remove her through other means.
- Rocket Luffy can be used as a control option, helping you KO a Character and slowing down the opponent’s pace.
- 5-cost Ace is a Rush attacker, putting an immediate attacker on the field, and with his 7,000 Power, he’s not too easy to remove through attacks.
- Nico Robin trashes one of the opponent’s Life cards, cutting down on their resources and making it easier to win the game on upcoming turns.
Yellow Vegapunk
Games Played: 10425 Win Rate: 48.5%
Favored: Black Teach, Black Rob Lucci, Blue Doflamingo, Purple Luffy, Green Purple Lim, Blue Purple Reiju.
Close Matchup: Green Purple Luffy, Red Green Smoker, Blue Black Usopp, Red Yellow Belo Betty.
Unfavored: Red Shanks, Green Bonney, and Yellow Enel.
Yellow Vegapunk had an amazing first week in EB02, but as players adapt to his unique playstyle, his win rate has dropped a bit this week. This deck uses Leader effect to put Egghead cards in your Life Area or cheat Characters on the field. The Yellow Vegapunk deck transitioned from a slow-paced, controllish playstyle to an aggressive one, trying to overwhelm opponents with attackers and closing out games as early as possible.
Since most of your Eggheads can be played on the field through their Trigger effect, it can deter opponents from attacking your Leader. This list has one of the highest win rates on the ranked ladder, using Eustass”Captain”Kid to trash an opponent’s Life card, helping you drop them down to 0 Life Cards and plan your winning turn.
Other Cards to Include
- 5-cost Ace has been a popular choice in this deck. He’s a 7,000 Power attacker, who gains Rush if your Leader is 2 Life cards or less. Since Vegapunk can’t attack, Ace’s Rush attack can be extremely useful.
- S-Snake can prevent a 5-cost or less other than Luffy from attacking you on the upcoming turn. This could protect your Leader or make it challenging for the opponent to control the board.
- 8-cost Katakuri is a versatile Character, capable of removing one of the opponent’s 8-cost or less Characters from the field or giving you an additional Life card, by placing an Egghead in your Lfie Area.
Green Jewelry Bonney
Games Played: 9158 Win Rate: 53.1%
Favored: Green Purple Luffy, Yellow Enel, Yellow Vegapunk, Yellow Enel, Red Yellow Belo Betty, Purple Luffy.
Close Matchup: Purple Luffy, Blue Doflamingo, Black Blue Usopp.
Unfavored: Red Shanks, Black Teach, Black Rob Lucci, Red Green Smoker, Green Purple Lim.
The Green Bonney deck is standing strong in the meta, capable of taking on multiple top meta decks like the popular Green Purple Luffy. This is a stall deck that uses Leader effect to rest one of the opponent’s attackers, slowing down their aggression and buying you more time until your win conditions start dropping.
8-cost Kid enables the fortress strategy, further pushing for a stall game plan and creating a wall that can be tough for most decks to break through. 10-cost Doflamgino is right there to help out Kid in keeping that wall up, keeping 3 of the opponent’s Characters rested and slowing their upcoming turn immensely.
A couple of decks have high-power win conditions like 10-cost Shanks and 9-cost Luffy, who can attack immediately with their Rush keyword. 9-cost Shanks is a great answer for those Characters, KOing them on the spot and helping shift the game in your favor.
Other Cards to Include
- Bartolomoeo is a low-cost blocker to use alongside your Fortress strategy. He can be used to filter your hand for better cards.
- I’ve seen a couple of decks using Donquixote Rosinante in their lists, offering a way to go wider on the field, and can make it a challenge for the opposing player to control your board. If you’re adding Rosinante, you’ll likely want to add the 5-cost Bonney as well to better its consistency.
- 9-cost Roronoa Zoro is a late-game win condition that can solo win you the game if your opponent doesn’t remove him.
Red Green Smoker
Games Played: 8247 Win Rate: 49.5%
Favored: Green Purple Luffy, Black Teach, Green Bonney, Purple Luffy
Close Matchup: Yellow Vegapunk, Blue Black Usopp.
Unfavored: Red Shanks, Black Rob Lucci, Red Yellow Belo Betty, Green Purple Lim, Yellow Enel, Blue Doffy.
Red Green Smoker is gaining momentum with more players picking it up again and seeing a rise in its overall win rate. Although it has a couple of tough matchups, its ability to crush the GP Luffy matchup makes it a solid consideration.
Leader Smoker + 5-cost Smoker will give you 3 Active Don every turn, setting you up to make stronger plays, which can end up overwhelming the opposing player. You’re able to focus down the opponent’s Leader and have an 8-cost Kid protecting you from getting aggroed down, buying you enough time to win the game.
Hody Jones is there to rest the opponent’s Characters or Don before going for a Rush attack, giving the deck an extremely aggressive turn to raise the temperature on the opposing player.
Other Cards to Include
- 5-cost Luffy and 5-cost Carrot showed up in multiple lists. Luffy enables an aggressive strategy with his Rush attack +1 Don attachment. As for Carrot, she can keep one of the opponent’s Characters rested, allowing you to ignore that Character and focus on the opponent’s Leader.
- 10-cost Shanks is a late-game Rush attacker that lowers the Power of all of the opponent’s Characters, making it harder for them to get attacks through. He’s not a popular inclusion, but some lists will add a copy or two.
Red Yellow Belo Betty
Games Played: 7110 Win Rate: 52%
Favored: Green Purple Luffy, Black Teach, Red Green Smoker, Purple Luffy, Blue Black Usopp.
Close Matchup: Red Shanks, Yellow Vegapunk.
Unfavored: Black Rob Lucci, Yellow Enel, Green Bonney, Green Purple Lim.
We’re seeing more players pick up the Red Yellow Belo Betty, overtaking the likes of Blue Black Usopp and Blue Doflamingo.
This is an aggressive deck that wants to develop multiple bodies on the field and boost their Power using Leader effect. Emporio Ivankov enables the go wide strategy, with Karasu reducing the Power of the opponent’s Leader and forcing them to use more Counter cards to protect their Life cards.
Purple Monkey D.Luffy
Games Played: 6498 Win Rate: 48.5%
Favored: Yellow Enel, Black Blue Usopp,
Close Matchup: Black Teach, Black Rob Lucci.
Unfavored: Green Purple Luffy, Red Shanks, Yellow Vegapunk, Green Bonney, Green Purple Lim, Red Green Smoker, Red Yellow Belo Betty, Blue Doflamingo.
Purple Monkey D.Luffy is a ramp deck using Leader effect to take a Life card and gain 1 Active Don. This allows you to play higher-cost Characters a turn earlier, enabling a stronger field presence. 7-cost Luffy-Tarou lets you cheat out the likes of Zoro-Juurou or San-Gorou, creating a wider field presence and forcing the opposing player to take a defensive approach to the game.
You usually want to play 9-cost Luffy as early as possible, gaining a card draw and putting the 10,000 Power to use with his Rush attack. As for 9-cost Charlotte Linlin, she gets to remove a 6-cost or less Character from play, disrupting the opponent’s strategy while giving you a Life card to force them to commit more attacks to win the game.
Other Cards to Include
- Gamma Knife reduces the Power of an opponent’s Character by -5,000, making it easier to remove through your attackers.
- One list is running Slow-slow Beam Sword as a Counter Event to protect you from attackers.
- 4-cost Law is a blocker to protect you from an attack, but you’re mainly including him in this list to trash 2 cards from the opponent’s hand and cut down on their resources.
Green Purple Lim
Games Played: 6462 Win Rate: 51.3%
Favored: Black Teach, Black Rob Lucci, Green Bonney, Purple Luffy, Red Green Smoker, Blue Black Usopp, Red Yellow Belo Betty.
Close Matchup: Green Purple Luffy, Blue Doflamingo.
Unfavored: Red Shanks, Yellow Enel, Yellow Vegapunk
Green Purple Lim forces you to play your Characters rested, and although this can seem like a disadvantage, for the {ODESSY} Characters, it’s part of the strategy. Using Lim’s effect, you can cheat out an {ODESSY} Character with a cost of 5 or less and ramp 1 Don, allowing you to go wide on the field and line up multiple attacks.
Most lists have cut out high-cost carries and adopted the aggressive version, focusing on developing two Characters in one turn and going for multiple attacks to pressure the opposing player.
Newgate, Sakazuki, and Top Knot can weaken the opponent’s field presence, making it even harder for them to control your aggression and stabilize the game.
Other Cards to Include
- 9-cost Roronoa Zoro is a late-game win condition that can solo win you the game if your opponent doesn’t remove him.
- 9-cost Adio’ gives ‘s On Play effect sets 3 Don as Active, allowing you to activate your Leader effect to cheat out a Character. Once during your opponent’s turn, you can gain a +2,000 Power boost on your Leader or one of your Characters to protect them from an attack.
- 9-cost Shanks is a control option to deal with a high-cost win condition that you can’t remove through attacks.
Fighting Through
Black Blue Usopp
Games Played: 6222 Win Rate: 48.2%
Blue Black Usopp synergizes with {Dresrossa} type Characters, giving them +1 cost, and if one of them gets KO’d during the opponent’s turn, you can draw a card.
Roronoa Zoro and Kyros are there for the board control, which you can cheat out both through Rebecca’s effect. You also have Cavendish or Franky as options to cheat through Rebecca and go wide on the field. Corrida Coliseum enables your {Dresrossa} type Characters to attack rested Characters on the turn they’re played, further increasing your control power.
The win condition usually revolved around 7-cost Luffy + Gum-Gum King Kong Gun, going for two high-power attacks to potentially win the game.
Other Cards to Include
- Gum Gum Red Roc and Gravity Blade Raging Tiger are control Events to remove the opponent’s win conditions. They’re great additions if you’re trying to beat Teach.
Red Roronoa Zoro
Games Played: 5467 Win Rate: 52.1%
The Zoo Roronoa Zoro deck tanked in popularity! At early OP10 meta, it was one of the most-played decks, but with Black Rob Lucci regaining his popularity and keeping Zoro in his place, players slowly dropped the deck. Despite that, Red Zoro is still maintaining a high win rate.
This is an aggressive deck trying to go wide on the field with the help of Just Shut up and Come with Us and OP08 Tony Tony Chopper, allowing you to go for multiple attacks to drop your opponent low on Life cards. 3-cost Zoro and 5-cost Luffy keep the aggression coming with their Rush attack.
Other Cards to Include
- Kid & Killer is a heavy hitter late in the game, going for a 7,000 Power Rush attack.
- Monkey D.Dragon is a high-power Rush attacker that boosts the Power of another attacker by attaching 2 rested Don to it.
- Gold D.Roger is a game-winning play if your opponent has 0 Life cards and a Blocker in play. Gold D.Roger prevents them from activating their blocker as he goes for a 13,000 Power Rush attack.
Blue Purple Reiju
Games Played: 5467 Win Rate: 49.6%
Blue Purple Reiju uses Porche to set up an aggressive early start, developing either 2-cost Reiju or 4-cost Ichiji and cheating out their higher-cost versions. You don’t easily run out of resources in this deck thanks to your Leader effect and 4-cost Reiju, keeping the engine running with their draw effects.
Ichiji is the main aggressor, the 7,000 Power Rush attacker + the cost reduction effect can be tough for opponents to deal with, especially early into the game.
Other Cards to Include
- Niji is a control card letting you choose between KOing a 2-cost or less Character or returning a 4-cost or less Character to the owner’s hand.
- Judge is a late-game play to go wide on the field. If you do want to run Judge in your list, you’ll want to go for 1 or 2 copies only.
- Gum Gum Red Roc is an answer for high-cost win conditions.
Red Purple Luffy
Games Played: 4901 Winrate: 48.9%
This is a ramp deck that aims to play higher-cost Characters a turn earlier and start going for heavy attacks. It has multiple Rush attackers like 6-cost Luffy, 7-cost Sanji, and 9-cost Luffy to pressure the opposing player. Your Leader being at 6,000 Power makes it harder for them to get their attacks through, and will force more Counter cards when your Leader attacks.
Other Cards to Include
Blue Red Marco
Games Played: 4645 Win Rate: 48.2%
Red Blue Marco Zoo version plays more aggressively, using Emporio Ivankov, OP08 Chopper, Just Shut Up and Come with Us, and 9-cost Sanji to go wide on the field and pressure the opposing player.
This deck can control the field with the help of Marco’s Power reduction effect, making it easier to attack rested Characters or use your removal cards like Newgate, Benn.Beckman, Silvers Rayleigh, or Gum Gum Mole Pistol.
Other Cards to Include
- 5-cost Marco and 1-cost Seaquake synergize with your Leader’s Power reduction effect to remove higher Power Characters.
Blue Doflamingo
Games Played: 4573 Win Rate: 48.9%
Blue Doflamingo continues to drop in popularity on the SIM. Remember, this deck was rivaling Green Purple Luffy for first place back in the East’s EB02.
Dolfamingo can cheat out 4-cost or less {The Seven Warlords of the Sea} type Characters, and with 2-cost Teach, you can choose which Character to cheat out and have additional Don to work with. This will enable you to go wider on the field and adopt a more aggressive strategy.
However, with the ban of Jinbe, most lists are going for more control cards like Gum Gum Red Roc, Gravity Blade Raging Tiger, and 7-cost Doflamingo to remove Characters from the field and keep the opposing player behind in the game. 4-cost Law and 6-cost Jinbe work similarly, too, making sure your opponent struggles to match your board.
Other Cards to Include
- Perfume Femur is a finisher set up giving your Leader or one of your {The Seven Warlords of the Sea} type Characters +2,000 Power and the ability to ignore blockers. It’s great to strike down the opponent’s Leader when they’re down to 0 Life cards.
Yellow Eustass”Captain”Kid
Games Played: 4039 Win Rate: 52.6%
The Yellow Leader Eustass”Captain”Kid has a powerful defensive effect that activates at the end of your turn. You can switch one of your {Supernova} type Characters to Active and give them the Blocker keyword. This gives you a blocker on the field to protect your Leader or a rested Character, but it also can prevent opponents from attacking a Character you just attacked with.
We have {Supernova} Characters like 4-cost Basil Hawkins, 6-cost Cavendish, 7-cost Trafalgar Law, and 8-cost Eustass”Captain”Kid that can be used with your Leader effect. If the opposing player KO’s 4-cost Basil Hawkins, they’re forced to trash a Life card, cutting down on their resources and making it easier for you to win the game. 8-cost Eustass”Captain”Kid can also trash the opponent’s top Life card when played on the field, but you’ll have to rest him to activate the effect. However, with our Leader effect, we can turn him back to Active and give him the Blocker keyword to use the 9,000 Power to block one of the opponent’s attacks.
This list has 10-cost Portagas.D.Ace to give you a Life card and ensure you don’t lose the game too easily. The Rush attack can be used to target a rested Character and weaken opponent’s upcoming turn, or go for their Leader and put them low enough to potentially win the game on the upcoming turn.
Black Monkey D.Luffy
Games Played: 4037 Win Rate: 47.7%
Black Monkey D.Luffy is seeing more play on the ranked ladder, but has a low overall win rate. This is an ST14 control Leader, using cards like Brook, Sanji, and Jack to maintain control of the board.
The list has Hina, Kuzan, and Nico Robin for their cost-reduction, helping you put Characters in range for your removal plays. 7-cost Sengoku gives this deck a boost in performance, allowing you to look into your trash for a 4-cost {Navy} Character to cheat out.
Other Cards to Include
- Finger Pistol is a strong removal Event to KO a 5-cost or less Character.
- Tempest Kick is mostly for the cost-reduction effect to put Characters in range for your removal.
Closing Words
Looks like we still have multiple decks fighting through EB02 meta, trying to rival the top performers and make a name for themselves in tournaments! Yellow Enel and Red Yellow Belo Betty were the two decks that saw an increase in play rate, and we can’t forget about Rob Lucci overtaking Teach this week!
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