The OP10 meta continues to evolve in the West, with Green Purple Lim rising in popularity and making deep runs in tournaments. At PEC Occitania’s Paris Regionals—featuring a massive 1024-player turnout—we saw an exciting display of skill and variety, with all top 4 players piloting different Leaders. It’s clear that the recent bans have had a positive effect, leading to a more diverse and entertaining meta.
1st Place Blue Doflamingo
Blue Doflamingo takes first place in the Paris Regionals! Despite the Jinbe ban, the Blue {The Seven Warlords of the Sea} deck is still a top performer, and it’ll take more than Jinbe to keep Doffy down.
Interestingly, this list is running 7-cost Doflamingo, capable of returning an opponent’s 7-cost or less Character to their hand. With 4-cost Law, 6-cost Jozu, Gum-Gum Red Roc, and Gravity Blade Raging Tiger, it can be tough for the opposing player to keep their Characters on the field, struggling to match your Character development, and eventually running out of steam.
Blue Doffy can lineup multiple attacks per turn, especially with the help of 2-cost Teach to enable your Leader’s effect. You can pressure the opponent’s Leader and bleed them out of Counter resources.
2nd Marshall D. Teach
Teach is one of the strongest decks in the current meta, but he’s not an easy Leader to master. Teach has a tough time against Doffy, and it ended up losing the finals to the Blue deck.
This Leader can’t play On Play effects, but you can also shut down your opponent from activating their On Play effects, disrupting their strategy. It can be frustrating going against Teach, especially when you’re playing your On Play Characters without an effect, just to have a body on the field.
The Black Teach deck has removal cards like Finger Pistol, Black Hole, and Doc Q to keep control of the field. Laboon and Van Augur are there for the cost-reduction, putting higher-cost Characters in range for your removal play.
Jesus Burgess can become a win condition in the late game, gaining Power the more cards you have in trash. He’s a tough Character for most decks to remove, and they often will be forced to ignore him and try to rush down the Teach player.
However, with 10-cost Teach, it’ll be a challenge to rush your opponent down while trying to go through a defensive wall protecting Leader Teach.
3rd Blue Nami
Blue Nami plays differently than other decks, relying on milling itself until it drops to 0 cards in the deck. Usually, if you fall to 0 cards in your deck, you lose the game, but with Blue Nami, she changes the rules, winning you the game instead when you fall to 0 cards.
Blue Nami is full of Counter cards, aiming to shut down attacks and protect its Life cards for as long as possible. The longer the game stretches out, the higher the odds are for the Nami player to win. So, again slow matchups, Nami is usually dominating, having all the time in the world to get down to 0. However, aggressive decks are tough for Blue Nami, as she can be overwhelmed by multiple attackers and rushers. Red Roronoa Zoro and Red Green Smoker are two decks that Nami doesn’t want to go up against.
Blue Nami is an off-meta deck that used to be more popular in past metas, but has been losing her popularity since she struggles against multiple top meta contenders.
4th Green Purple Lim
Green Purple Lim is quickly becoming one of the hottest decks in the meta, making waves at recent regional tournaments and even taking first place, drawing more attention to just how powerful the deck can be.
Players have been cutting out late-game Characters like Adio and Shanks from GP Lim, focusing more on an aggressive approach to go wide on the field and overwhelm opponents with multiple attacks.
Leader Lim forces you to play Characters rested, which players into your strategy to activate your {ODESSY} Character’s effect. Sabo and Enel offer more resources, Edward Newgate and Sakazuki for board control, and Doflamingo to protect you with his blocker keyword.
Since you’re able to cheat out a Character through Leader effect and ramp, you can develop two Characters in one the mid-game, lining up multiple attacks and forcing the opposing player to take a defensive approach.
Top 8 Blue Doflamingo
Top 8 Blue Doflamingo
Top 8 Red Shanks
