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.

Unfortunately for me, I am moving away from physical One Piece, and just focus on simulator only, I won't be getting these starter decks, even if the new cards looks attractive. As I just don't have time editing physical decks, I buy the cards, but leave them in a pile. So this is why I've decided to stop going physical.

Cards

I like this a lot. We can play this for 6 being a 10k beat stick if your opponent has 8k base power on the field. Not to mention, the on play effect is exactly like OP02 Whitebeard, except for RH Pirates and Uta builds. I am surprised they've decided to gave Uta decks a bit of love considering there hasn't been a lot of FILM supports lately. So this is pretty random seeing that this card also works with Uta, but I'll take it. Too bad not a FILM Character.

We've got Uta FILM, although I am disappointed on the 4k base power. Then again, you don't need 10k base power on the field to make Uta a 2 cost. If you have like an 8k beat stick, just give that card 2 DONs, and you could play Uta for 2. This is actually very handy, but just a Blocker, so I won't know if it's worth the effect, maybe in FILM builds, but I don't think Shanks need more Blockers for the deck.

To be honest, some of these I am disappointed, like Beckman here can only KO base power Characters for a deck that focused on power reducing. Not only that you also need to discard a card for the cost which is why I am very disappointed in this card. Luffy on the other hand can constantly reduce your opponent's Character power by 1k as long as he stays on the field. Not to mention being a FILM card we can use this in FILM build rather than Shanks. Although there won't be any harm running this card in both decks. Lastly Yasopp is just ST01 Nami, except this time it is for RH Pirates, but not like Yasopp is RH Pirates restricted. For me, this make sense considering Nami is going to be out of rotation, so they might start making new cards with old effects for the new Block cards.

We've got dual Character this time in a starter deck, Crocs & Mihawk. Although the effect only works with Cross Guild cards and not BW, but that make sense since they have included Mihawk in this card. Not to mention Buggy Leader can literally play this card for 5 instead of paying the full 8. I like the on play effect, giving Cross Guild more draws and meaning I won't need to run 10 drop Kaido in the build. Not only that, we can also play Cross Guild Characters from our hand, but only 4 cost or less, where we want 5 costs or more on the field. The second effect is like a protection effect, but only once per turn, still good enough since we want to trigger 10 drop Buggy in the build still, who requires a full field for the full effect.

Looks like we've got an target for Crocs & Mihawk effect, we could play this Buggy then use Buggy's effect to replace the card with a big cost. Although the only 6 drop Cross Guild I can think of is Mihawk who is a Blocker. Crocs cost 7 to play I think. Not to mention, we don't have to wait for Buggy's Leader effect since that card cost 5 DONs to use the effect, whilst we could use Buggy's effect when we only have 4 DONs, giving us early setups on the field.

More 4 drop targets we can choose from, although for Buggy deck, you really want to focus on 5 cost or more, so I doubt I would use all of these cards for the build. Cabaji can become a 6k Blocker if we have 2 or more 5 cost on the field. Mohji on the other hand has an on KO effect which can give you more draw if you have low hand size. There are a lot of draw power in the build, so getting 3 or less cards might be a bit difficult. Maybe in the future where the old cards are taken out of the build. Lastly Alvida is more draw power, and would most likely to be in the build because she can gain +1 cost which is useful for 10 drop Buggy, whilst the other 2 will need some requirements for Blocker ability. Not to mention, this could be a second target for Crocs & Mihawk's effect.