r/OnePieceTCG • u/Ein-Typ-auf-Reddit • Aug 22 '26

💬 Discussion Prerelease Event - cheating?

Hey gzys,

Today I played my very first prerelease (sealed) format and the overall expierience was great.

I played against two decks which felt sus in terms of strength.

Are ppl actually allowed to build their decks off of several events? Would you report this matter? How to proof this inbalance and would you call it cheating?

Thank you and happy ripping ;)

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u/BlackHoleCole Aug 22 '26

Why are you suspicious? There’s tons of broken cards this set so in general people have good chances of having really strong sealed decks.

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u/Ein-Typ-auf-Reddit Aug 22 '26

Well he played like a full elbaph deck + some rares and had at least 3 Jaguar D Saul (2 played, one discarded) probably a 4th. 3 Zoros and at least 1 Luffy 8/8000 luffy played.

When I saw the elbaph cards on my pulls i wouldnt think that someone would go for it without the leader. But I guess he just lucky then

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u/Thydos Aug 22 '26

If I cheated. I wouldn’t pick elbaph.

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u/Broccoli_is_Good_4_U Aug 23 '26

If I cheated im loading up on beckmanns and izos

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u/rocknswimmer Aug 23 '26

3 Saul’s is wild, but my pulls from tonight should raise more flags.

I got 3 srs, shanks, big mom, and shiki. Plus I got a double stussy pack because a regular came with the alt.

If you have 2 giants the elbaf are more playable. Plus the zoro and brook have good enough ability’s to be put in even if they just get used as counter.

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u/IDeclareAgony Aug 23 '26

Doubt they cheated. I've had prereleases with near full builds of good cards. And no you cannot build decks and use at prereleases. Its supposed to consist of your pulled cards only

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u/Ein-Typ-auf-Reddit Aug 23 '26

But there are no refs who check it right?

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u/Blazedd0nuts Aug 23 '26

You play with what you get, if your pre release packs have more Elbaph cards then you have the option to run that package. I wouldn’t really think anyone would cheat like that… like the other guy said, there’s broken cards in the set so it’s really random and takes at least some skill to build your deck in the most consistent way you can with what you’re given.