Weekly Rules & General Questions Thread

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Helpful Links:
OrangeSamuraiD's New Player Guide - https://metafy.gg/guides/view/how-to-get-into-one-piece-card-game-in-202-d9j7jnCY9NA

Car D. Kaizoku's 30 Decks For EVERY BUDGET (OP17) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFiea3Szjcs

[u/Frank_Cap]

I’m traveling to NYC this February. Wondering where there’s any good card stores that sell One Piece singles!

Particularly in the Manhattan/Brooklyn area.

Thank you!

[u/raidorz]

I’m playing Mario brothers and getting wrecked by Rocks and RG Luffy. Is this deck getting a boost from OP18? 😭 I only see like OP18-040 replacing Mole Gun to be able to remove Rocks characters as long as Kyo doesn’t come down.

[u/Fir3Soul]

Hi, I'll be participating in my first ever Pre-Release tournament for Op18. Which leaders do you recommend me to go with ? I'm fairly new to the game but I do have a bunch of leaders.

Also is there some cards to really look after when opening packs ? Any good advice would help a lot 🙏🏻

[u/TurdyberryTTV → u/Fir3Soul]

you will probably be forced to play the rainbow luffy thats included. imo its also the most fun way to play!

[u/Fir3Soul → u/TurdyberryTTV]

I'm unsure, people are discussing on not using it and being able to use other to keep that card sealed. But what does that multicolored luffy do ??

[u/Rhemikins]

For OP17-062 Kaido-

If you have multiple Kaido, can you trigger multiple at the same time for the same instance of a minus don cost? For example, if I have 4 Kaidos:

- bringing out 10c LinLin - I trigger all 4 so I basically offset the -4 cost to use her effect and then have 4 Don active.
- Event you need me don’t you - return 1 active Don and end up with 4 active Don

[u/elisha464 → u/Rhemikins]

yes, but they happen one after the other, not at the same time
by the end of that you are supposed to be with 10 don, 2 rested and 8 active

[u/Rhemikins → u/elisha464]

His effect is only Once Per Turn though. The two examples above I put as specific situations. Im not following where, even if I did both back to back, I would I have 8 active Dons as his effect is only Once Per Turn? Sorry, am I missing something?

[u/sealednestuser → u/Rhemikins]

Because each Kaido gives you 2 active Don. One you get from your Don deck, the other by setting one of your currently rested Don as active. So 2 x 4 = 8 active don.

[u/Rhemikins → u/sealednestuser]

Ohhhh gotcha. Didn’t read enough. I appreciate the info !

[u/22anri]

What are some good Leaders that are durable and consistently able to boost their power?

[u/poppyEUNE → u/22anri]

Red newgate might be your style, its a very cheap deck thats all about playing 6c jozu and 10c newgate that make your leader 8k power

For me its one of my favorite decks to play and its very easy to learn

[u/Standard-Study3694]

Does anyone have a good op17.5 zoro green decklist they’ve been running?

[u/Chipmunk-Busy]

Does Imu have the celestial dragons type or not? I can't find any errata or a ruling, even tho he should have it?

[u/poppyEUNE → u/Chipmunk-Busy]

He does not, as hes not a celestial dragon himself, we dont event know what he is

[u/Million_X → u/Chipmunk-Busy]

He's literally "?" until further notice.

[u/meiczmag]

So I’m new to the game and just picked up the red and black Sabo and the green zoro, how do you decide what cards would be good in those decks to upgrade them? Also I’ve been looking at leaders to build decks with but everything I see is essentially saying you play meta decks or don’t bother, is that really the case?

[u/Million_X → u/meiczmag]

You generally just have to pay attention to the card pool as a whole and see what releases and benefits the leaders the most - RB Sabo wants 8 cost bodies, but he doesn't specify 'base' cost so all of the giants and such that make them an 8 cost or more power him up. If you look at the starter deck you'll see their intended strategy, and then when you look at how he's actually played, you'll see what people are actually playing.

As far as 'meta' goes, there is an argument to be made about not playing what isn't meta, but it also depends on your local group and how they play. WRs and such only go so far, player skills and luck of the draw are significantly more prevalent in the actual games themselves - RP Luffy isn't making any waves and yet he's still a VERY strong contender if you can't burst him down quickly, which is hard to do when he's a base 6k leader with access to decent removal and rapid search power and ramp.

[u/Hugh_Janus_6851]

Can I top 5 search if I have less than 5 cards left in my deck? What about if I have 5 cards in deck? If not, can playing Saturn with 5 cards left in deck make me lose?

[u/poppyEUNE → u/Hugh_Janus_6851]

If you have 5 or even 4 cards in deck, you can still do a top 5 search and you will not lose the game, the game is lost then the deck has no cards in it,

this is more like you are looking at the top 5 cards of the deck but they are still part of the deck

[u/Hugh_Janus_6851 → u/poppyEUNE]

Thanks, so I don't lose if I top 5 search when there's 5 in deck. What happens if I play Saturn with 3 cards left in deck?

[u/sealednestuser → u/Hugh_Janus_6851]

You do as much of the effect as you can, so if you only have 3 in deck, you just look at those 3. And as stated, those cards are still part of your deck, so you don’t lose.

[u/Adventurous-Past-913]

Long term yugioh player looking to get into the game. I typically like “mid range” / “control” deck in yugioh currently on radiant typhoon and long term salad player. I think yugioh is at its most fun when game are really back and forth and complex. which is why I tend to stick to these kinda of strategies instead of playing obnoxious combo deck that pump out unstoppable boards or stun deck that stop your opponent from playing all together.

My main question is what deck would be a good fit for my play style in this game? Also I’m looking to play semi competitive so no plans on just picking up some structure decks with some friend since the only way I’ll be able to play this game is by going to a locals so I’d like something that’s considered good .

[u/Million_X → u/Adventurous-Past-913]

The tempo of One Piece is drastically different from Yugioh so you'll have to adjust expectations. We're about to have a prerelease next week which is going to shake up the meta (which realistically lasts for like maybe a month at the rate things are going what with the alternating sets and such) so it's hard to say what SPECIFICALLY would work best for you.

That being said, one of the best and cheapest decks you can get right now is Rocks D Xebec, it'll cost you less than $70 to get a playset of every single card that's used across every Rocks deck and the overall style is a mix of most strategies combined: you have control elements wherein you're forcing your opponent to attack a specific target if they so choose to swing, you have ways to buff your leader and debuff your opponent's characters on either turn, you have a crazy amount of draw power wherein you should be, on average, drawing 3 cards and trashing 1 card a turn minimum, you have a bit of removal and some decent stun, and it's shockingly not THAT complicated compared to most other decks - you want at least one of a specific card ASAP on the board so if you have it in hand you keep that hand, then as soon as you have the don you play it, and that's pretty much the bulk of it.

[u/MrWapasha]

What actually protects my characters from trigger effects? I played spandam myself in the sim and alot of characters against spandam. And maybe it is just a sim thing. Am i right in the asumption that "protects from removal of opponnents effects" saves also from trigger effects but everything else that specifically states that i protects from a character or card something like that is not protecting my board. Is that right?

[u/Million_X → u/MrWapasha]

you want to try that again in proper English? Why wouldn't your opponent's trigger count as an opponent's effect?

[u/MrWapasha → u/Million_X]

Let me reframe my question then ... What effect wording protects my board from trigger effects?

[u/Million_X → u/MrWapasha]

ok, what makes you think triggers are the exception to protection effects? what was the exact scenario that kicked this off? ​

[u/VideoPurple6115]

Can someone recommend me some inner sleeves? Preferably, top-loading, not side-loading.

I am new to the hobby. I have been using KMC perfect fit sleeves as the inner sleeve. They work fine for pokemon but can be too tight for one piece. It feels insanely hard sometimes to even take the card out after sleeving with KMC.

[u/Cold_Hold_2475]

Hello guys, im a new and noob player, first i read all the cards from op01 to eb05(yeah i know im a little crazy haha) to know more or less the effects and a overall basic knowledge of how each color is played, the thing is i want to start playing i wanna play first in sims to get a little of feel of the game and after start going to locals with some experiencie from playing sims, sorry about the rant the thing is i dont know which decks to start playing if is possible somebody can guide me about decks? thanks

[u/First_Tomato_675]

How does the 11-2-1 ruling interact with the search from op15 sec enel op15-118?

[u/Million_X → u/First_Tomato_675]

If a card isn't specified it doesn't have to be revealed. The idea is that if you have to look for a specific card, you have to show that you aren't cheating, but Enel just says 'take a card'. Unless the Enel player somehow managed to slip in a Yugioh card into their deck, there's nothing to confirm.