EB02 Red/Green (Chopper) Deck Profile

Personally, Chopper is one of the builds where we can make use of some of the cards from EB02 set. The deck definitely feels a lot better to use than before, which means I have to take out some cards to fit the new cards in the build. You can still spam the field with ease, whilst also powering up your Characters thanks to Chopper's effect.

ONE PIECE CARD GAME New Starter Decks [ST-24] and [ST-28] Cards Revealed

 

The final starter decks ST24 and ST28 have been revealed for next week release. Both decks will have old SN and Wano cards who will be out of rotation next year, so this will be interesting what new cards can replaced those cards as these Leaders are Block 2 Leaders, so they will stay in the format a bit longer than some of the cards.

EB02 Yellow (Vegapunk) Deck Profile

Vegapunk got 1 new support from EB02 set, but did it made a different? A little I guess. Vegapunk build still have plenty of spaces for improvement, and we barely have mono yellow Leader in this game, so it would be interesting to see if we get more support in future. What I do like about this build is that we always will be on a edge, starting with 2 Life, but in return we could gain Life or play cards for free.

EB02 Red/Green (Oden) Deck Profile

What I like about EB01 Oden is that our non counters Wano Characters will gain 1k counter, so meaning we won't need to worry too much about counters. I think the one difficulty was cramping every cards I want to this build, you don't want too much non Wano Characters or Oden's Leader effect won't work. It's all about finding the right balanced for this build. 

EB02 Green/Blue (Rosinante) Deck Profile

The new Corazon support gave me an idea which is taken from Marco build and implemented to this deck. We do require 6 or less cards in hand if we want an extra Blocker to stop your opponent's attacks. I have abandon DQ Pirates engine as there aren't enough room if I want to fit this idea into the build, so instead of being a defensive deck, we can be a bit aggressive whilst spamming cards to the field.

EB02 Black (Lucci (OP07)) Deck Profile

As you know Lucci also got hit with Moria and Ice Age being banned making you need to find other alternatives for this build. Honestly, the new EB02 support is disappointing for this build, you will be better of not running the card at all. I am only posting this as an excuse to get an updated version of OP07 Lucci Leader deck.

EB02 Yellow (Enel) Deck Profile

To be honest, I have no idea why I've made an OP10 version of Enel where I can make EB02 version of the deck who would be a lot better. Maybe because, I thought I had a lot of time when I posted the build. Anyway, as you know since Kingdom Come got banned, it really hurt Enel a lot since it was one of the main card where we can get low health straight away triggering the rest of the build.

ONE PIECE CARD GAME New Starter Decks [ST-23] and [ST-25] Cards Revealed

 

More of the starter decks revealed, and this time is Shanks and Buggy duo. We currently know Shanks is one of the meta decks, but what my major focus is definitely on Buggy deck. Will the new Cross Guild cards improve the build? Shanks got decent support thanks to the old red cards, but of course, more new cards would also benefit Shanks.

[One Piece Card Information Bureau] OP12 Unboxing Video

 

Its that time again where the release date is close for OP12 set. Honestly, I wish we can catch up to JP as soon as possible, so we can get the official translation and I can just comment on the new cards. Anyway, I won't be going through every cards they have pulled in this set, otherwise, it will take a long time. I do like OP12 as they have supports for old Leaders until the rotation kicks in, so I can play with those Leaders a bit longer.

EB02 Red/Yellow (Betty) Deck Profile

Personally, the one card from EB02 solve some problems for Betty deck which is reaching 7k power. Now, we have a card that can easily trigger the rest of the build. I will be mostly copying and pasting the information from my previous post from OP09 set. There won't be much of a difference except playing with the numbers to fit the 1 card in the build.

EB02 Purple (Iceburg) Deck Profile

The one surprising is that we've got 1 random Water 7 support from EB02 set which means I can revisit Iceburg build. Personally, the new card is a disappointment considering the requirements to use the effect. Unfortunately, most of the Water 7 support in this deck only supports Straw Hats, and I know Straw Hats is the main of the series, but I personally think they should also focus on this build. Not like it matters for next year though.

EB02 Green/Purple (Luffy) Deck Profile

The only new Leader from EB02 set, but there was a lot of controversy since people are chasing this Leader by looking at the JP Meta. To be honest, I am not surprised since Purple Straw Hats have some very strong cards, and mixing with the new green Straw Hat from this set, the deck can be good. Although, when I was putting the deck together, I saw the pricing, and this is as expensive as a YGO deck if you want to build this.

EB02 Blue (Hancock) Deck Profile

There's a new 7 Warlord from EB02 set that can go well with Hancock build, but I guess, we can also make it work in Doffy build if we put our mind onto it. The build is mostly similar to OP09 version with just changing the numbers around so we can fit the new card in the build.

ONE PIECE CARD GAME New Starter Decks [ST-26] and [ST-27] Cards Revealed

 

Personally, I am glad that this is translated considering we are moving to globalise OPCG. In this video, they are talking about the 2 Starter decks ST26 and ST27. Bandai took the form of ST16 to ST20 where these are all reprinted starter decks but with a bit of new cards. I personally like this idea of thinking, because it would means new players doesn't have to find old cards for the deck, especially when Bandai only print a limit number of OP sets, so once the cards are gone, they are gone for good.

[One Piece Card Information Bureau] OP12 Bond of Master and Disciple Events Revealed

 

Last time we saw SR and SEC reveals for OP12 set, today, we've only got Events revealed, so this would be a short review. Do keep in mind, this is not every Events revealed from this set, only 1 from each colour, except yellow. The other Events have been already revealed if you have kept up with JP Twitter revealed.

The Future of EB Sets in OPCG

So I want to talk about the recent EB set, and man, the pricing on some of the cards cost more than the previous EB set. Not to mention, I heard EB02 set got some bad reviews like short print or some, I don't know since I only buy singles. However, I feel like One Piece is heading to this expensive decks condition. There are some decks already cost more than some meta Digimon decks, and Digimon expensiveness mostly comes from the promos, otherwise Digimon would be decently affordable without the promos.

EB02 Black (Smoker) Deck Profile

To be honest, the support for Smoker is optional in EB02, however, since Ice Age is banned, I need to rebuild this deck. Not to mention, Moria being also banned took some major blow to this build. I know, this build won't be as effective as the previous build with until we get some better Navy support, maybe in OP11 set. But here, I will see what I can do with this build.

GCG Link Station Ep 2

 

A lot of interesting information for today episode. I guess I missed Ep 1, but I will make up for this for Ep 2. As you know GCG is global which means, some information here are already translated, which is great as I only need to screenshot the key information out of the video. It is over an hour long video, and some people like me just don't want to watch the entire video.

OP10 Blue/Purple (Crocodile) Deck Profile

Time to go with the classic Crocodile Leader, although, the room is very tight because of OP09 support, but I did tried my best to cramp OP10 support in the build, so we could use Events during your opponent's turn. Well, there's only 1 card in OP10 set that really stands out and could work for this build. So it is optional if you want to keep this build as OP09, or you will need to make some sacrifice if you want to go for OP10 set for this build.

OP10 Green/Black (Perona) Deck Profile

Personally, I wanted to post an OP09 version of Perona, but there were some cards in OP10 set that can work with this build, plus the April ban list would mean I had to change some cards around. I think the April ban list did made it easier for me to build this deck, but of course finding the replacement were difficult to do. 

OP10 Red (Zoro) Deck Profile

I don't think there would be too much update for Zoro since we are only replacing two cards, or maybe one from OP10 set. The Chopper engine is still good enough, but definitely need some new cards to give the deck a bit more against the newer decks. Although EB02 could help this build with the new Chopper that will be suited for this deck.

[One Piece Card Information Bureau] OP12 Bond of Master and Disciple AA Leaders, SR and SEC Revealed

Lots of cards revealed in this video, and some interesting one as well, especially some of the SRs have become more specific instead of slapping them in older builds. Of course, some have already been leaked or revealed, so they won't be something totally new, and some are only revealed in this video. There are a lot of cards I need to get through.