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Heya everyone! The OP10 Royal Bloodline expansion is coming to the West on the 21st of March, bringing 6 new Leaders and many cards to help shake up the meta. OP10-001-smoker, OP10-042-usopp, OP10-099-eustasscaptainkid, OP10-022-trafalgar-law, OP10-003-sugar, and OP10-002-caesar-clown are all unique Leaders that bring something different to the table. A couple of those Leaders had a great OP10 performance in the East meta, and became a reliable choice among players for tournament play.
Red Green Smoker
Red Green OP10-001-smoker is one of the strongest Leaders in OP10 expansion, synergizing with {Navy} or {Punk Hazard} type Characters. During your opponent's turn OP10-001-smoker will give {Navy} or {Punk Hazard} type Characters +1,000 Power, making it harder for your opponent to KO your Characters.
If you have a 7,000 Power Character in play, OP10-001-smoker will set up 2 of your Don as Active, enabling you to make more aggressive plays or develop two Characters in one turn. Combined that with OP10-030-smoker, now you're setting up 3 Don cards as Active in one turn, which will make things difficult for the opponent to keep up with.
OP08-023-carrot and OP07-026-jewelry-bonney are there to slow your opponent's pace, preventing them from attacking with a Character. You can now ignore one of their Characters and focus your attacks on their Leader, trying to aggro them down until you can set up the winning turn. With OP06-035-hody-jones help, we can rest two of the opponent's Characters, which can shut down Blockers, and go for a Rush attack.
OP01-051-eustasscaptainkid-701 enables the fortress strategy, using OP05-030-donquixote-rosinante and OP10-032-tashigi to protect him from removal effects. This forces your opponent to attack into the 8,000 Power Character if they want to break through your defenses.
Blue Black Usopp
The Blue Black OP10-042-usopp works with {Dressrosa} type Characters, giving them +1 cost for any of your 2-cost or more {Dressrosa} type Characters. The +1 cost to your Character can prevent your opponent from removing them through certain effects, or at least force them to play more of their resources to remove your Characters. If that {Dressrosa} Character is removed, OP10-042-usopp effect triggers, drawing you a card if you have 5 cards or less in your hand.
OP04-096-corrida-coliseum is a critical card in this deck, allowing your {Dressrosa} type Characters to attack on the turn they're played. They can only attack Characters, so even though you can't target the opponent's Leader, you still have a way to target rested Characters and threaten to KO them.
OP10-095-roronoa-zoro can rest OP04-096-corrida-coliseum to activate his effect, KOing a Character with a cost of 4 or less. With OP05-081-one-legged-toy-soldier's cost reduction you can KO higher cost Characters. OP10-046-kyros is another control card, returning a 5-cost Character to the opponent's hand, weakening their presence on the field.
OP10-045-cavendish generates value whenever he attacks, compelling the opponent to remove him as soon as possible to shut down the card draws.
OP10-058-rebecca is your strongest play, cheating out 2 {Dressrosa} type Characters with a cost of 7 or less and 4 or less. You're going wide on the field, setting up a huge aggressive upcoming turn.
Yellow Eustass"Captain"Kid
At the end of your turn, OP10-099-eustasscaptainkid can set up one of your {Supernovas} type Characters with a cost 3 to 8 as Active and gives it the Blocker keyword. OP10-105-cavendish, OP10-119-trafalgar-law, and OP10-112-eustasscaptainkid can benefit from OP10-099-eustasscaptainkid's effect, which enables you to attack aggressibely with them and still have them as a blocker to protect you from an attack. These {Supernovas} type Characters have high stats, so they're not easy for attackers to go through, saving you from playing too many Counter resources.
This Yellow deck has multiple cards that trash your opponent's Life cards. OP10-109-basil-hawkins, OP09-107-nico-robin, and OP10-112-eustasscaptainkid will trash an opponent's Life card, cutting down on their resources and getting them closer to losing the game.
Since you need to turnt he top Life card face-up to activate your Leader effect, OP10-119-trafalgar-law and OP07-119-portgasdace give us a Life card to turn face-up, ensuring we continue to activate our Leader effect while making it harder for your opponent to win the game.
Green Yellow Trafalgar Law
OP10-022-trafalgar-law is another Leader that synergizes with {Supernovas} type Characters. The total cost of your Characters has to be 5 or more to activate OP10-022-trafalgar-law's effect, allowing you to return a Character to your hand and reveal the top Life card. If that Life card is a 5-cost or less {Supernovas} type Character, you may play it.
So you're only using 1 Don to potentially play a 5-cost Character, creating an aggressive turn where you develop multiple Characters. To ensure that the top Life card is a {Supernovas} Character worth cheating on the field, we'll rely on Characters like OP10-107-jewelry-bonney and OP10-119-trafalgar-law who let you add a {Supernovas} type Character to the top of your Life cards.
So we're trying to cheat out Characters like OP07-026-jewelry-bonney, OP01-047-trafalgar-law-753, and EB01-012-cavendish, all with strong effects that will find use in different stages of the game.
Red Blue Caesar Clown
OP10-002-caesar-clown returns a Character with a cost of 2 or more to your hand to KO an opponent's Character with 4,000 Power or less. So we have a built-in effect to control the field, and we're using Power reduction cards like OP10-016-monet and OP10-009-smiley to get the most out of our Leader's effect.
OP10-006-caesar-clown and OP10-009-smiley can create a strong turn where you develop two characters, and can use OP10-009-smiley's Power reduction to help control the field.
Red Purple Sugar
OP10-003-sugar ramps 1 Active Don during your opponent's turn if you play an Event. OP10-078-i-do-not-forgive-those-who-laugh-at-my-family is a great Event for the early game ramp trigger during your opponent's turn. At the end of your turn, if you have a {Donquixote Pirates} type Character with 6000 power or more, OP10-003-sugar lets you set up to 1 of your DON!! cards as active. This makes it easier for us to play our Events during defensive turns without sacrificing our mid-game development. We have OP10-067-senor-pink and OP10-072-donquixote-rosinante that activate our Leader effect to set one of our Don as Active.
The list is heavy on Counter events to protect your Leader and Characters from your opponent's attackers, keeping them in play for as long as possible and getting the most out of their attacks and effects.
OP10-067-senor-pink and OP10-072-donquixote-rosinante add more cards to your hand and give you Active Dons, creating stronger turns when they're played. The Active Don we gain can be used for stronger attacks or banked for the defensive turn to play our Events.
OP10-071-donquixote-doflamingo lets you cheat out OP10-067-senor-pink or OP10-072-donquixote-rosinante, going wide on the field with two threats. During your opponent's turn, OP10-071-donquixote-doflamingo gives you an Active Don, making it easier to play our Events and protect our Leader/Characters.
OP09-004-shanks goes for a Rush attack, capable of knocking out a rested Character or taking an opponent's Life card. As long as he's in play, your opponent's Characters will lose 1,000 Power, demanding less Counter resources from you to protect your Leader from their attacks.
Closing Words
Each of the OP10 Leaders has a unique playstyle that brings something new to the game. OP10-001-smoker, OP10-042-usopp, OP10-099-eustasscaptainkid, and OP10-022-trafalgar-law had a good showing in the East's meta, so we'll see how they hold up in OP10's West meta.
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