As there are 2 Black Luffy Leaders from the card pool, I decided to write the card number down so people won't get confused. Funny enough both Black Luffy Leaders are from a Starter deck, it will just depends on which one you've bought. Although, this Luffy Leader do perform better because of the continuous 6k Leader if we can reach a certain requirements along with being a mono colour, so we can start with 5 Life cards.
OP08 Luffy |
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Characters x46 Events x4 |
How it Works?
The main part of this build is focusing on playing our high cost Character so we can trigger Luffy's effect. Once we've done that, the deck will be very straight forward where we focus on cost reducing and KOing your opponent's Characters. In fact, there's plenty of cost reducers in this deck, so you shouldn't have too much of a problem to try and reduce your opponent's Characters to certain number so we could KO that Character.
Cost Reducers
Just like the Navy build, I am running plenty of cost reducers. OP02 Kuzan have 2 effects, the first effect works on play, draw 1 card. The second effect is the main effect we are after. The effect works when attacking, reduce 1 of your opponent's Characters cost by 4 this turn.
OP02 Tsuru only has an simple effect, on play, reduce 1 of your opponent's Characters cost by 2 this turn. Just a nice cheap cost reducer for 1 DON if you need to reduce certain Characters to certain number.
OP03 Issho is very nice, not only he's an 8 cost card so we could trigger Luffy's effect, but we also got 2 effects. The first effect will require you to attach a DON to Issho for the effect to work. Reduce all of your opponent's Characters cost by 3. The second effect works on play, if your opponent have 6 cards in their hand, trash 2 cards from their hand. 6 cards is a lot easier to target than 7, but only during early to mid games, otherwise we will be relying on the first effect to make those Characters easy to KO.
For ST06 Tashigi, the effect works exactly the same as OP02 Tsuru but instead of being an on play effect, it is activate main effect which I prefer. The effect is you may rest this Character to reduce 1 of your opponent's Characters cost by 2 this turn. Tashigi is only a 4k beat stick, so her attacks won't be effective against the Leaders, unless you give her some DONs for the magic number. Also, just like Tsuru, she is also a 2k counter card giving us some Counter numbers when we need to use counters.
We can easily play ST06 Helmeppo for free with the help of some cards in this build. The effect works on play, reduce 1 of your opponent's Characters cost by 3 this turn. For 2 cost, this can be very awkward which is why I am only running 1 copy in the build as I would prefer to play Tsuru.
ST14 Robin has a nice effect, the effect works on play or when attacking. If you have an 8 cost or higher Character in play, reduce 1 of your opponent's Characters cost by 5 this turn. There's a few requirements to trigger this effect, and she pretty much works like Kuzan.
Ice Age is one of the best Event cards for Black builds until Bandai decide to ban or limit this card. The main effect is reduce 1 of your opponent's Characters cost by 5 this turn. 5 is a lot especially when we can play Ice Age for 1 DON and will be able to use other cost reducers if we need to reduce your opponent's Characters cost even more. The Trigger effect on the other hand is not so great as we can only KO 1 of your opponent's 3 cost or less Characters, so I would add Ice Age to hand mostly, unless the situation says otherwise.
Removals
Obviously, cost reducing won't work without our removals to reduce your opponent's board. EB01 Brook works on play or when attacking, reduce 1 of your opponent's Characters cost by 1 this turn. Then, KO 1 of your opponent's 0 cost Characters. So not only Brook can reduce your opponent's Characters, but we can also KO them if we can get them down to 0.
EB01 T-Bone works on play, KO 1 of your opponent's 2 cost or less Characters. 2 or less is not difficult to do with the amount of cost reducers we have in the build, plus T-Bone also have 2k counter to use on top of the effect which I find it handy. But I guess the downside is being a 5 drop 5k beat stick when you have better options to play.
OP08 Jack works especially well with Luffy's Leader as the first effect will be very helpful. The first effect is this Character gains 4 cost, making Jack a 11 cost Character. Now that Jack is an 8 cost or more Character, we can power up Luffy, but at the same time, your opponents won't be able to remove Jack easily with the increase cost. The second effect is an activate main effect, you may rest this Character to draw and trash 1 card from your hand. Then, KO up to 1 of your opponent's 3 cost or less Characters. This effect is a hand filter effect, but we can also KO your opponent's Characters.
Personally, I like this art, it really show Sanji's nightmare in that arc. Anyway ST14 Sanji has an on play effect, if you have a 6 cost or more Character in play, KO 1 of your opponent's 5 cost or less Character. Sanji's removal effect means we don't need a lot of cost reducers to work. But we do need to have at least a 6 cost or higher on the field, shouldn't be too difficult.
Protection
Now, we have 2 Characters with similar effect, and both of them are Blockers. OP02 Kizaru (Borsalino) effect works on your opponent's turn. This Character gains 1k power and cannot be KO'd by effects. We do have ways to bypass this effect like your opponent's Triggers can KO Kizaru as Trigger effects triggers during your turn as you are hitting your opponent's Life. Of course, we have returning for blue style and green who can rest Kizaru, but there's no need to talk about those as people would figured that out awhile ago.
OP04 Sabo on the other hand works on play, none of your Characters can be KO'd by effects until the start of your next turn. Then draw 2 cards and trash 2 cards from your hand. We don't really care much about hand filter effect unless your hand have a lot of non counter cards. We are mainly focusing on the main effect that protects our Characters from being KO'd by effects instead just Kizaru. So we could also swing at your opponent's Life without worry about Trigger effect KOing your Characters.
Playing Cards For Free
Now, we have 2 cards who can let us play Characters for free. OP05 Rebecca is a Blocker with an on play effect, add one 3-7 cost Black Character other than Rebecca from your trash to your hand. Then, play up to one 3 cost or less Black Character from your hand at rest. For 3 cost or less, we do have a few choice to choose from, depending on what you want in play.
OP06 Moria works on play, choose one 4 cost or less Character and one 2 cost or less Character from your trash. Play one as active and the other rested. For 2 cost or less, we don't have much choices which is why I've added Helmeppo to the deck to increase the variety, otherwise you would only have Brannew or Tsuru for 2 drop or less choices.
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