We've got the strongest pirate crew in the series Rocks Pirates, and I am looking forward to the God Valley movie in 2027. We do have 1 drawback with the deck and that will be counters, but with the amount of draw power, I didn't feel that drawback really matters as we have cards that can make up for the non counters.
OP17 Xebec |
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Leader Character (42) Event (8) |
How it Works?
You will have access to a lot of Rocks Pirates cards, but I've kept it simple as I mainly wanted to focus on the draw due to lack of counters to get the cards a lot easier. Once you've got enough DONs, you could play Big Mom or Whitebeard to the field as those cards can power up your Leader in return for trashing cards instead. Although, due to lack of counters, you mainly want to target your opponent's Characters as much as possible, so you won't need to take as much hit for your Leader.
Draw
The main draw power for the deck and not only the Leader's effect who could pull off the draw. OP17 Streusen works on play, look at top 2 cards of your deck and place them on top or bottom of your deck in any order. Then, draw 1 card. The checking top cards will be useful as we don't want to draw high cost Characters during the early turn.
Kyo can also acts as a protection for your cards on top of the draw power. The protection effect is if 1 of your Characters would be removed from your field by your opponent's effects, you may trash 2 cards from your hand instead. This is not once per turn, so if you have a massive hand size, you could end up protecting a lot of your Characters. The main effect works on play, draw 1 card.
OP17 Big Mom is still Big Mom where your opponent gets to select the effects instead of you, but also comes with an additional effect. The first effect works on play, your opponent chooses one, either draw 2 cards or they trash 2 cards from their hand. Both effects are very good on your side. The second effects works during your opponent's attacks, once per turn, you may trash 1 card from your hand, your Leader or 1 of your Characters gains 1k power for the battle. 1k power may not makes a huge difference, but if you can combine it with other effects, then, we will have a good defence.
1 of those cards is OP17 Whitebeard. Whitebeard also has 2 effects, the first effect works on play, draw 1 card. The second effect is when your Leader including Rocks Pirates type attacks or attacked, you may trash 1 card from your hand, your Leader gains 3k power for the battle. Personally, you want to use this effect when your opponent's attacks so we could save a bit of hand size, but not like it matters too much if we have 0 counters in hand.
Xebec can acts as an extra 2k counter if you don't have any Characters with a counter, so make sure, you don't discard this card in your hand if you see Xebec. The main effect works on play, draw 1 card and play up to two 9 cost or less Rocks Pirates Characters with different names from your hand. This effect can let you fill up the field with beat sticks if you haven't got any.
Power Reduction
Both of these cards can reduce your opponent's power, so we can attack into your opponent's rested Characters. OP17 Kaido is a Blocker with an on play effect which is reveal 3 cards including Rocks Pirates type from your hand, 1 of your opponent's Characters loses 3k power for the turn. This effect is only effective if you have 3 cards in your hand when you play Kaido, but shouldn't be difficult to activate since I am running purely on Rocks Pirates type.
OP17 Shiki has Rush Character which is definitely useful as we want to attack your opponent's rested Characters. The effect works when attacking or during your opponent's attacks, you may trash 1 card including Rocks Pirates type from your hand, 1 of your opponent's Characters loses 3k power for the turn. This is definitely good for both attacking and defending side as we lack counters.
Prevention
2 of the cards will be able to stop your opponent's attacks which will be really useful. OP17 Stussy is not bad for a 3 drop as we have 2 effects. The first effect works on play, 1 of your opponent's 6 cost base or less Characters cannot attack until the end of your opponent's turn. The second effect is an activate main, you may rest 3 DONs and this Character, 1 of your opponent's Characters cannot attack until the end of your opponent's turn. I do like the second effect and if you got enough DONs, you could stop 2 of your opponent's Characters for the turn.
OP17 Captain John is basically a cheaper version of OP01 Kid, and having this in build, you won't need to worry about your Leader. The main effect is if your Leader includes Rocks Pirates type and this Character is rested, your opponent cannot attack any other cards except Captain John. Just like OP01 Kid, we will have the second effect who can trigger the first effect. The second effect is an activate main, you may rest this Character to draw 1 card and trash 1 card from your hand.
No Authority Last Forever is a card specifically designed for Xebec, so playing 10 drop Xebec will be important if you care about the main effect. The main effect is you may rest 1 DON, 1 of your Xebec cards gains Unblockable for the turn. With our 10 drop Xebec, you could force a lot of counters from your opponent's hand, or they will need to take the hit. The counter effect is your Leader including Rocks Pirates or 1 of your Characters including Rocks Pirates gains 2k power for the battle.
Rocks Pirates Supports
For the rest of the Rocks Pirates supports, we've got these cards. OP08 Buckin is mainly for the counter as this is a former Rocks Pirates card, so you can use this card with your other effects. Gloriosa is a Blocker with an on play effect, place one 5 cost or less Character to the bottom of the owner's deck. Of course, we want to target your opponent's Characters, so we could reduce the number of attacks.
Rocks Pirates is another card that can also bounce your opponent's Characters. The main effect is you may rest 5 DONs, return one 6 cost or less Character to the owner's hand. The counter effect is exactly the same as No Authority Last Forever which is your Leader including Rocks Pirates or 1 of your Characters including Rocks Pirates gains 2k power for the battle.
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