Green has finally got another Leader with a control effect, so when OP07 Bonney rotates out, we can use Shanks instead. Personally, I think Bonney is better as Bonney can rest additional cards whereas Shanks can only target rested Characters, so you need to rely on the deck for rest effects if you want to stop your opponent's attacks.
OP17 Shanks |
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Leader Character (42) Event (8) |
How it Works?
We have a lot of rest effects as we want to trigger our Leader's effect easily, stopping your opponents from attacking as well as being able to swing at your opponent's other rested Characters. We do have a few Slash Characters in this build, so Perona can be useful, but I doubt you want to run maximum copies in case you miss with the search effect.
Rest
Its been a very long time since Green last main strategy focused on resting your opponent's Characters. Now, we have plenty of rest effects for Shanks build. OP17 Roux not only has a rest effect, but can also be a searcher which will be really useful. The first effect works on play, look at top 3 cards of your deck, reveal 1 type including RH Pirates and add it to your hand. Then, place the rest at the bottom of your deck in any order. The second effect works during your opponent's attack, you may trash this Character to rest your opponent's Leader or 1 of their Characters.
OP17 Hongo is a Blocker, but the rest effect will be difficult to use and mainly for the untap ability. The effect works on play, untap 1 DON, then, rest up to 2 of your opponent's 2 cost or less Characters. Targeting 2 cost or less is difficult unless your opponent plays a low cost builds.
OP17 Yasopp is a card that can work very well with OP13 Law thanks to the second effect. The first effect works on play, draw 1 card and rest 1 of your opponent's 8 cost or less Characters. The second effect works at the end of your turn, untap 1 type including RH Pirates Character. So, you will be able to protect at least 1 of your Characters from getting attacked into.
OP17 Beckman has Rush Character which works the best with rest effects as this will make Rush Character ability active. The effect works on play, if your Leader is RH Pirates type, draw 1 card and rest 2 of your opponent's Characters. We can rest any Characters we want with this effect and on top of 9k beat stick, we can pretty swing into a lot of Characters.
OP17 Shanks has the Rush ability which is definitely more useeful than Rush Character as this is a 12k beat stick we can use to swing with. The effect works on play, untap 2 of your DONs. Then, rest all of your opponent's Characters. Personally, this effect is very strong for 10 as we still have 2 DONs to play with and it will up to you to power up your Characters or use your Leader's effect.
Removals
We do have 2 cards who can KO your opponent's Characters, so you don't have to rely on the Leader's effect to stop your opponent's Characters. ST16 Shanks is the best card when your deck have rest effects as the on play effect KO 1 of your opponent's rested Characters. We do want to target the highest beat stick available and use our Leader's effect on the other cards.
Allow Me to Save Face is like Gravity Blade which is very useful for green decks. The main effect is you may rest 6 DONs to rest 1 of your opponent's Characters. Then, KO up to 2 of your opponent's 6 cost or less rested Characters. You only need to have 1 rested Character on your opponent's field to use this effect as you can rest your opponent's 2nd Character to KO both Characters. The counter effect is 1 of your Shanks gains 4k power for the battle.
Prevention
As for the prevention stuff, no I'll Go All Out or Electrical Luna in the build. You can run those cards but the spaces will be very tight and sacrifices will need to be made. Oli is a card that can protect your RH Pirates Characters. The effect is if your Characters including RH Pirates type would be removed by your opponent's effects, you may rest 1 of your cards instead. If you have untap DONs, this will be useful, but you can also rest your Characters like Roux who would get removed when your opponent's attacks.
ST32 Oden is a very strong card, being a Slash Character and the effect works really well with our rest effects. The effect works on play, draw 1 card and 1 of your opponent's 6 cost base or less Characters cannot be rested until the end of your opponent's turn. The draw power will also go very well with your Leader's effect as we could discard cards or rest DONs depending on the situation.
Law & Bepo is mainly just a support for the deck, and you don't have to run this card as we will be playing 10 drop Shanks more. But I guess it's always good to have something as a very niche card. The effect works on play, rest 1 of your opponent's Characters and that Character cannot become active during your opponent's next Refresh Phase. Then, if your opponent has 2 or more rested Characters, your Leader gains 2k power until the end of your opponent's turn. If you want to use the full effect you will need to wait until your opponent has 2 or more rested Characters to work which is not difficult to do unless you are constantly attacking rested Characters.
Searchers
Roux isn't the only searcher available as we've got 3 searchers when you only have 1 DON left. OP17 Limejuice works exactly the same as Roux which is on play, look at top 3 cards of your deck, reveal 1 type including RH Pirates and add it to your hand. Then, place the rest at the bottom of your deck in any order.
OP12 Perona can only search for Slash Characters which is why you don't have to run 4 unless you are also running plenty of green Events. The effect works, on play, if your Leader have the Slash attribute, look at top 5 cards of your deck, reveal up to 1 Slash attribute Character or 1 green Event and add it to your hand. Then, place the rest at the bottom of your deck in any order.
Afraid of the New Era is an Event with a main effect and a counter effect. The main effect is look at top 5 cards of your deck, reveal 1 type including RH Pirates and add it to your hand. Then, place the rest at the bottom of your deck in any order. The counter effect is rest 1 of your cards, your Leader or 1 of your Characters gains 3k power for the turn. I don't think the counter effect will be good as you will mainly need to save up 1 extra DON instead of Characters.
Slash Supports
For the Slash supports, we've got these cards who can be searched out with Perona's effect. ST32 Kin'emon works on play, you may rest your Slash attribute Leader or 1 of your DONs to draw 2 cards and trash 1 card from your hand. This can provide more draw power if you haven't got enough draw.
OP13 Law can be replaced with ST32 Mihawk, but Law can play any 5 cost or less Characters whilst Mihawk can only play Slash Characters or Perona which is a bit risk for this build. Law has 2 effects, the first effect is if you have 1 or less Life cards, this Character gains Blocker. The second effect works on play, you may return 1 of your Characters to the owner's hand to play one 5 cost or less Characters from your hand rested. The only downside will be playing Characters at rest, but certain Characters won't matter if they are rested or not as they will can use their effects.
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