OP08 Blue/Purple (Reiju) Deck Profile

Like most Leaders, Reiju doesn't have a huge upgrade from OP08 set as we basically using 1 card from OP08 set. For people who wants to continue playing Reiju build, it won't be an expensive upgrade if you've already got the cards for this build. However, if you are new player, then most of the cards you need are from OP06 and above, we rarely need any cards below those set which is the great thing about this build.

OP08 Black/Yellow (Kyros) Deck Profile

In OP10, we would get more Dressrosa support, but do those supports work for Kyros build? We will have to find out when the set get release in English. Kyros is a build similar to Smoker where we need to reduce your opponent's Characters cost to 0 in order for the Leader to gain benefits. But unlike Smoker, we get to use the yellow card pool for our own benefits, so this gives us several options for this build.

OP08 Purple (Shanks) Deck Profile

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 Red/Purple (Uta) Deck Profile

We have 2 Uta Leaders, both have very different style, Green Uta is more about searching and getting the right cards, whilst RP Uta is more about reducing power and ramp. I've only added 1 new card for this build in the OP08 set as you really don't want to change the deck too much, otherwise we might struggle with getting the FILM cards.

OP08 Green/Blue (Zoro & Sanji) Deck Profile

Currently, the first and only dual Leader we've got in the game. For this build, it is very straightforward, as I've decided to focus on going aggressive with this build. I know we've got green and blue for the ultimate control deck, but for Sanji & Zoro, this might be a bit difficult to do, especially when we also need to remember about the Leader effect. There is a card in OP08 set who would work perfectly with Zoro & Sanji's effect as that card is not once per turn.

OP08 Blue/Purple (Kaido) Deck Profile

Compare to the starter deck Kaido build, we won't get a lot of upgrades using the new cards as we could easily ramp with this build using the old cards with Kaido's Leader effect. This also means we could play our high cost Characters easily if we get the ramp going, but it is like a double edge sword, if we don't get the ramp going, then we will struggle getting this deck working.

OP08 Yellow (Enel) Deck Profile

I think I forgot to post Enel deck with the OP08 support. What I like about Enel is that even for an OP05 Leader, we can constantly get new support to improve this deck. So for anyone who doesn't like spending money on new decks when a brand new set comes out, then Enel might be for you. Unfortunately, we did get hit with a ban with one of the Events cards, however, we can changed the deck style to suit the new format.

OP08 Red/Purple (Kid) Deck Profile

Since RP Law Leader is banned, I guess we only got Luffy and Kid left, Luffy is still playable whereas for Kid, we don't have much support for this guy. Personally, I don't think it will be much of a deck as you would be better off playing Green Kid instead, but I'll give this build a try, since attempting to try all build is what this blog is about. 

OP08 Purple/Yellow (Crocodile) Deck Profile

This is just a deck idea I came up with utilising the Life gain effects for both colours. I still kept most of the engine the same, but added 1 card from OP08 set to this build, since I doubt we would get more Baroque Works support later on the game. I don't think this build will work in a competitive format, but casual, it is a pretty fun deck to use.

OP08 Purple/Black (Zephyr) Deck Profile

I think the OP08 stuff works very well with this build, but I just wish we are not limited to 50 cards, as there are some much cards I want to cramp into this build, but lack of room. I will need to make some sacrifices for this build in order to make room for the key cards in this build.

OP08 Yellow (Vegapunk) Deck Profile

With the help of new Egghead stuff in OP08 set, it made Vegapunk build a lot better to use. However, the one major downside to this build is that we start with 2 Life. Its better if your opponents don't play aggro decks, but if they do, that 2 Life can be gone very quick, making the game end. But against mid range to long turn decks, Vegapunk will become effect. Then again, it will depends on what card you have draw as not drawing the right cards to set up the Life cards could really hurt.

OP08 Red (Zoro) Deck Profile

Looks like the new support made Zoro even more aggressive, especially with the help of spamming Characters to the field for free. We don't need to focus on the old build where we mainly focus on low level and Rush. Now we can focus more on Chopper and spamming Animals to the field, creating a board ready to attack your opponent's cards.

OP08 Purple (Kaido) Deck Profile

The new cards in OP08 set suits purple Kaido really well, especially when we can constantly spam this Leader's effect without worrying about losing 7 DONs in a turn. I personally think Kaido is one of the old Starter deck Leader where we can actually make changes using some cards from the new sets. Purple do have a lot of powerful cards, it is all about putting them together in a deck.

OP08 Green (Bonney) Deck Profile

Just like the Queen build, Bonney won't have much of a changed compare to OP07 build as I've only added 1 new card and called a deck from OP08 set. The style of this build is still the same, but also mixing 2 different type of Pirates in this build to bring out the full control. The deck will work if you managed to search the right cards which isn't hard to do, stopping your opponents from doing what they want normal as they will need to think of ways to get around the effect.

OP08 Blue/Yellow (Queen) Deck Profile

Not much of an update for this build, but I guess I could fit in one new card and call it a new deck. This build is very defensive but we also got control at the same time. The more we can stall, the longer that Queen will become effective. Of course, we would lose against aggro decks since they can spam Characters before we could play our defensive cards.

OP08 Black (Luffy (ST14)) Deck Profile

As there are 2 Black Luffy Leaders from the card pool, I decided to write the card number down so people won't get confused. Funny enough both Black Luffy Leaders are from a Starter deck, it will just depends on which one you've bought. Although, this Luffy Leader do perform better because of the continuous 6k Leader if we can reach a certain requirements along with being a mono colour, so we can start with 5 Life cards.

OP08 Purple/Black (King) Deck Profile

Looks like we've got King with the mask off. Out of all the Leaders in OP08 set, King is the one that is the odd one out in terms of strength wise. So I've been finding cards that can suit King's effect so we don't lose out on the DONs. Luckily, Purple have plenty of ramp cards we could use in this build, but mostly I'll be utilising the returning DONs for this build.

OP08 Yellow (Kalgara) Deck Profile

I like this kind of deck, this deck is all about all or nothing. However, I think the lack of Shandorian Warriors is the deck drawback. But then again, could Bandai be worried about being OP right off the bat? Who knows. This kind of build suits my style more but unfortunately, I don't have some of these cards in real life, so building the deck will be a pain even though it doesn't have a lot of high rarity cards, just consist of commons and rares.

OP08 Purple/Yellow (Pudding) Deck Profile

A ramp deck with Life gain abilities is a deck that I would take. Unfortunately, some of the cards in this build won't be cheap, so if you want to build this in real life, then good luck on your wallet. I am mainly running high cost Characters as we've got plenty of ramp to play those Characters with ease. We also already have some cards that could make use of Pudding Leader's effect, mainly EB01 set.

OP08 Green (Carrot) Deck Profile

This deck basically has a style I really like combine with the current cards. You won't be needing a lot of the new cards to build Carrot as she works better with the older cards. Don't forget, you only need a Mink on the field in order to trigger Carrot's effect, and that is not hard to do by playing a low cost Character that won't attack, and won't be your opponent focus. In this build, I tried to mix the deck up a little so it won't be pure Minks build, I wish, but I don't think pure Minks would be ideal for this build.