With the OP08 set, I feel like Shanks is more playable compare to before thanks to the ramp cards who can definitely help combined with Shanks effect. Of course the downside is Shanks only powers up FILM Characters, and with the lack of good purple FILM Characters, we might struggle a bit in making full use of the attacking strength, but I will give this build a go.
OP08 Shanks |
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Leader Characters x42 Events x6 |
How it Works?
For this build, it is very simple, as I am mainly aim for ramp and power. The more we can ramp, the sooner we can play our big drop Characters. I didn't fill this deck with FILM Characters as there aren't enough decent purple FILM Characters we could use for this build. Instead, I've focus more on the non FILM cards as Shanks's effect can be a last resort whilst we focus more on your other Characters.
OP02 Uta and ST10 Kid are your main power cards so we could power up Shanks increasing the defence. Uta is also a FILM Character which means we could use Shanks's effect to power up Uta and swing for decent numbers. You do have your other FILM Characters who could also swing for decent numbers, but we would be losing quite a lot of DONs on that turn, which is also why I am running OP08 Maria who can let us spam rested DONs, and we could use those rested DONs to feed Shanks's effect.
Ramp
The more we ramp, the sooner we can play our Big Drops, but also being able to use Shanks's effect and power up your FILM cards. EB01 Bon Clay have 2 effects, the first effect works on play, add 1 DON as active, very simple. The second effect works when attacking, select 1 of your opponent's Characters. This Character base power becomes the same as the selected Character. So the higher the power, the better for Bon Clay to become a deadly beat stick.
Both OP05 Kid and OP08 Pudding works best when you return DONs back to the deck. Kid and Pudding has similar effects, except Kid is also a Blocker we could use to stop your opponent's attacks. Both effect triggers when a DON on your field is returned to DON deck. So if you can get both of these cards in play, when you return 1 DON, you could get 2 back, giving you similar to ramp cards where we can get plus DONs.
OP08 Maria is one of the best card for this build because Shanks need to return 3 DONs for the effect to work, and Maria can play 5 rested DONs we could feed to Shanks. Maria's effect is an activate main effect and the effect only works if you have no other Maria Characters in play. You can add up to 5 DONs as rest. Then, at the end of your turn, return DONs to the DON deck until you have the same number of DON as your opponents. We do have to return DONs back at the end of turn, but it won't matter for this build too much.
P-031 Uta is a promo considering the name, and I tend to don't run promos in build as they are expensive, and use other cards that could work better. Unfortunately, for purple FILM, that is not the case as we lack of good FILM cards we could run. Uta's effect works on play, add 1 DON as rest. This effect is the exact same as ST05 Ain except Ain only cost 4 to play whilst Uta cost 5.
I am mainly running Jet Gatling for the trigger effect if you are lucky enough, but the counter effect isn't bad at all considering that we have plenty of non counter cards in this build. The counter effect is you may trash 1 card from your hand, 1 of your Leader or Characters gain 3k power during this battle just like any other colours. The Trigger effect is simply add 1 DON as active.
Power
As you know, this build doesn't really have anything that can overpowered your opponents with main boss Characters, or removing your opponent's Characters. Instead, I am just running these power up cards so we force your opponents to use more counters from their hand. OP02 Uta works on play, by returning 2 DONs, your Leader and all of your Characters gains 1k power until the start of your next turn. This could make Shanks a 6k base Leader, plus if we combined this with Shanks's effect, we could give 3k power to your FILM Characters which is quite a nice number to have.
ST10 Kid on the other hand only powers up your Leader. The effect works on play or when attacking, by returning 1 DON, up to 1 of your Leader gains 1k power until start of your next turn. If you play Kid first, then Uta, your Leader could gain 2k power in total, and I know 2k power might not be a lot, but it definitely can make a difference when it comes to counter numbers.
Removals
Removals will be important as we want to reduce your opponent's field so they have to play Characters from their hand and use up the DONs. Z Navy works on play, by returning 1 DON, you can negate the effect of 1 of your opponent's Characters this turn, then if that Character has 5k power or less, KO it. This will bypass some Characters that prevent them from KOing, or removing that continuous power bonus, so they will got back to 5k or lower. Another good thing about Z Navy is that he is a FILM Character, so we can make him into a 9k beat stick with Shanks's effect.
Ragnarok is very useful to have in this build, because we don't target power like Z Navy, instead we target the cost of your opponent's Characters. The effect is by returning 1 DON, KO 1 of your opponent's 8 cost or less Characters. 8 cost or less gives you quite a lot of choices to choose from unless your opponent's main Characters are 9 cost or more. The trigger effect is add 1 DON as active which is just exact same as Jet Gatling, but I would use Jet Gatling ramp over Ragnarok as we want the KO effect.
FILM Supports
There's not much for FILM supports as I am just running these cards. OP06 Tesoro can recycle FILM cards from your trash. The effect works on play, by returning 1 DON, if your Leader is FILM type, add up to two 4 cost or less FILM type Characters from your trash to your hand. Unfortunately, I am not running a lot of cost or less FILM Characters in this build, so your choices will be very limited, which is also why I am only running low number of OP06 Tesoro in the build.
ST05 Uta is a Blocker that works on block. The effect is by returning 1 DON, rest 1 of your opponent's 5 cost or less Characters. Uta will basically stops 2 of your opponent's attacks with one block, but that is only if those Characters are 5 cost or lower. However, she can also rest your opponent's Blockers, assuming your opponents have those cards in play, ready to attack those Blockers on your turn.
ST05 Tesoro is our main draw power. This deck does returns a lot of DONs back to deck if you keep spamming some of those cards, but I am also running OP08 Maria who can give us rested DONs which would work amazing with ST05 Tesoro effect as well as combining with Shanks when you use Maria's effect. The effect works when attacking, by returning 2 DONs, draw 2 cards. I think it is worth it as we can increase our hand size.
Festa is the FILM searcher. The effect works on play, look at the top 5 cards of your deck, reveal 1 FILM card other than Festa and add it to your hand. Then, place the rest at the bottom of your deck in any order. There are a few FILM Characters we do want to see in our hand, but it will also depends on the situation on your field.
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