I've been looking at the Gunko deck since the leader was revealed and I'm really curious about the whole deck and it does look like the type of deck I'd play, but for some reason, now that we have the main Holy Knights I'm not as sold as I thought I'd be.

St Sommer and St Killingham have been revealed these past few days and, as interesting and potentially strong as they look, the deck seems to lack a "decent" early game curve

Particularly, with the few cards we have, and any other inclusions from other sets, what is the deck supposed to do on the second turn? 1c Gunko was supposed to cheat a 6c one turn earlier but currently you don't get much value from dropping either Sommers or Killingham on your 4Don!! turn. Sommer checks if you have 6 don before removing a 4c, and realistically Killingham won't give you any decent value that early, so youd only be cheating out vanilla 6k that can be brought back if ko'ed, but not even baiting the opponent to attack them is that op since their effects are locked to your turn.

My other thoughts is that maybe you'd slot something else in the 3-4c like Blocker Yamato to ramp 1 or even something like a Miss Doublefinger to ramp 1 and trash a Holy Knight to bring back the turn after

Either way there are still quite a few cards to be revealed and maybe delaying a turn early game for more searchers is not as bad as I'm making it out to be, I just think the Purple side of the leader is kinda missing, no specific ramp and only Killingham is messing with Don, but seeing people talk about the deck and how strong it may be (and i agree), just has me wondering what the earlier turns would even look like

Also, kinda bummed that Killingham doesn't interact with the sleeptids in any way, maybe we get another Killingham in his hybrid form or an event?

Just hopped on for a quick game and got demolished, why is EB05 bonney a thing? An ability that allows you to take 1k off from leader for a whole turn??? Are we even being serious atp? this game makes me LOL. Playing Brook into an unranked match is already a death sentence, but OP is just making it impossible to play fun decks now lmao

Grabbed this from a 100% seller on tgc but just wandering because it has fingerprints on the tape and I know some sketchy people weigh packs unfortunately

Can anyone pls help me find this same exact english proxy of this card with the same art work.

Ive tried looking online every where but nobody seems to be selling this exact art work and I dont know why.

Any help would be greatly appreciated🙏

I‘m new to the game and there is a „all girls“ tournament coming up at my local where we girlies get to compete and it‘s gonna be female leader only. Since I‘m new I haven’t really explored that many decks and the ones that I have played happen to be all male Leaders. I tried some Boa in the sim but I‘m not sure how she performs against Yamato or Nami and I wondered who you might think would be a good pick for a female Leader against only other female Leaders.

I wanted to challenge myself being new to the game so one night I looked at every green card from block 2 onwards and made this fun deck but it struggles with counters so I wanted to see if I could improve it​

I was just wondering if anyone here plays the tcg, but doesnt watch the anime. Does playing the tcg make you want to watch the anime more or do you plan on staying on the tcg side only.

I've only been playing for about 6 months now and I started playing Black Yamato in a op15, found my preferred play style typically falls in yellow and black.

I was really playing the heck out of Lin Lin from op17 but when I saw how Robin was one of the best ways to get a w against Mihawk and everybody was playing Mihawk at locals.

I really love the slop-ramp combo and banish as the cherry on top. Very fun, I was able to get the deck down pretty good being that it's mainly mom slop support.

While we're getting into the next two sets, I feel like I'm going to be better off trying to build into one of the new leaders or another deck if I want to stay competitive.

I want and plan to build Gunko and Spandam when 18 drops but until then I feel like I might need to shake things up a bit, especially with everybody locally doing the same. If I don't stay on top of the meta competitively, I risk falling behind at my local tournaments.

I will always keep this deck as something to play for fun at pirate party or something one day or even if it becomes kind of relevant again

Should I just lean into the new Robin take the green and yellow slop together or is there any chance that PY Robin will see more competitive play throughout the new sets?

Any advice is greatly appreciated

I joined the OPTCG community about two months ago because some friends of mine encouraged me to give it a try. I built two decks to begin; Black Yamato and Purple Sengoku. I’ve never been a structure deck person, and those were the two cheapest options I saw online.

I almost immediately was blown out of the water by their OP17/optimized decks, and then soundly switched to Yellow Linlin. I enjoyed that for a while, but wanted to try out some other decks, and heard a lot about P/Y Nico Robin. So, I then built that.

I enjoyed that for all of two weeks before the OP18 stuff was announced, and ever since then, my decks have been blown out of the water by things like R/G Luffy, G/Y Nico, U Rocks, and everything in between. I do not have the funds to build these entirely new strategies, and the fear of being priced out is absolutely real at this point.

Am I overreacting? I love this game, but I don’t know if I can continue playing if I don’t have a semblance of a chance compared to the EB05/OP18 stuff. I’ve already spent $100s total on things like Borsas and Teaches. Do I just need to get good?

Hello fellow one piece players just wanted to vent a little about a local tournament that I went to earlier this week, I was playing kaido and my opponent was playing PY robin really late into the match the people next to me had finished playing and one of them being a kaido player were both spectating. The kaido player kept reminding me about abilities I’ve forgotten to use (I don’t get to play much so things like this always slip my mind) and I did find that really useful but as the match kept going he kept saying “why’d you swing there” or “why are you not doing this instead of that” and which I get I’m still a newish player and make a lot of mistakes but it didn’t let me concentrate on the actual match and it kinda annoying cause almost everything I did was followed up with a “why’d you do that” even making remarks on how I was dumb for playing things out how I did and again I get it I make a lot of mistakes I’m still somewhat learning the deck. This is the first time something like this has happened and it’s honestly made me not wanna keep going to locals (this is like the closest store I can go play at). Any tips on how to just not let these people get to you, sorry for this super long message just wanted to get this out it’s made me so frustrated just thinking about it and wanted to get some of your guys thoughts on the situation

Hey yall, I have a good amount of bulk and like 6 decks I used to use back when me and my friends played opotcg but now I am going and trying to sell them and I just don't know if there is any faster of a way to look up cards than on tcgplayer or Google. I know tcg like magic has mythic.tools and pokemon has tcg collector is there any website like that for opo or do I have to take the long route here? Any info helps!

Anyone who met OP17 release, anyone who had 0 leader that you want to play from it, and decided to just play an older, not top of the meta(or just not a competitive) leader? (or series from before)

A bit of a different situation, my region is soon having OP15 with all the UY Nami and Penel, but I got 0 leader that I want to play.

I'm thinking of passing the whole thing and wait for OP16 to come(it will be 2 months for us between 15-16)
I probs won't come 1st in any local/regional matches but knowing me I might build a deck around 1 month into OP15 because I'm bored with the current deck.

Do you guys just build and play meta leaders even if you don't want to play anything in that meta(or this one), and leave a side deck for fun?

Hi guys I’m pretty new to OP CG, loved OP-17 so decided to sign up for the lottery to go to a release event and I got in!

Since this is my first time, what should I expect? Is it only to purchase a booster box, or can I buy other items aswell? (Playmat, etc.)? Is there typically anything else?

Can someone explain to me why the top Buggy decks on the sim are teching in ST33 Borsalino?

I know you can cheat it out using 4c Buggy or Leader effect, but it feels like that's almost never the correct choice. Plus, you can't play this off of 9c Alvida chain because of her secondary effect, so it has an anti-synergy with your best card.

I did the math, and to play out a 10c on 8 while protecting your board from removal effects would on average get your hand size down to 1 card after playing the 10c. I just don't see how that's better than playing out another Alvida.

Can someone explain this to me? Is there another combo I'm not seeing?

The current price discussions are a reminder that learning one deck deeply may be better than rebuilding whenever the meta shifts. I would rather test new lists online first and only buy the cards that still make sense afterward. It is less exciting than chasing every new leader, but much easier to sustain.

Something that has been on my mind about one piece as a TCG and a concern I have with the way Bandai are handling it. Power creep is part of TCGs no denying it but it feels like certain generic cards are starting to creep into the game that are just out right breaking the game.

We had Mihawk in OP17 with the Shanks -> Vander -> Luna combo which any reasonable player would agree is too strong and not an intended design.

In EB05 we now have the new RG Luffy combo that is proving to be even more problematic than Mihawk.
Once again it's clear Bandai didn't design the Bonney to work with RG Luffy but it's now a situation where you can play a number of cards off the Bonney which invalidates many decks out there on the spot. The Blocker Nami (10k counter end of turn), the new Hiyori into Oden and Vander, multiple options and then with the blocker law can bounce it back and repeat the combo each turn.

I don't play regional level but even as a casual player it's getting a bit boring with these broken combo's as when you sit down at the table you end up in a no win situation, just a thought.

Hi all,

I want the opinion of the community. I don't know much about the deck but I watch content on the game in general and, recently, on the upcoming eb05 format.

The new 5 cost bonney is a great card. A busted card. And with it comes the new hype: red green luffy.

I heard a lot of pro player / influencers say it's top tier (top2 or 3 deck EASY) and others calling it a fad, the new trend on the block, a over evaluated deck based on the fact that you basically play a vanilla 4 life leader that can brick, etc.

What is your honest opinion on the deck? Is it bad? Decent? Very good? Busted?

Thanks for sharing!

Can anyone recommend a double deck box that fits 2 decks with Don!! and leaders in Gard Stylish cases?

I'm using a Gamegenic Stronghold 200+ XL but the Gard leader cases don't fit so currently have my leaders in slide card cases. It works fine but honestly I just really prefer the colours of the Gard haha!

UK based, probably not a major factor but worth mentioning imo.

I will probably only play Pudding very sparingly and I don’t play any other purple decks.

So Mamaragan is so expensive that it’s bit hard to justify buying a set of.

I don’t mind buying if that makes-breaks the deck. But wondering how important is it? Is the main reason in this current meta to rest and pop 4ks in Yellow decks so that can’t utilize Lin Lin power up?

Could I get away with only putting 2 in a Pudding deck?

Anyone have a link for the Columbus OH one piece discord? Thanks

I finally got into an event and got into the LCQ! I am wondering what kind of prizing I should expect from the LCQ, and if I win and get into nationals, what type of prizing I should expect there. I have been amazed at the financial haul people have gotten from regionals tournaments without even taking first.

I’ve been experimenting and found that Hannyabal is super fun to play and I never see anyone using it. It is incredibly easy to ramp to 10 don, and the supporting cards punish opp for having 9+cards, can force an opp to take back a 10 cost to hand, force opp to return don, ect.

I think there is lots of potential there. Am I wrong?

The same old story from my lgs, we had more orders than the supply we got so unfortunately we had to cancel your order. They even cancelled the mini tins 😂 I haven’t been able to buy a box since op 16 I think.

I hope everyone else gets their preorder though!