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(OP08.5) NEW Doflamingo Comprehensive Guide

(OP08.5) NEW Doflamingo Comprehensive Guide

Let’s get straight into it boys, this is going

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The Ultimate One Piece Card Game Guide: Practice (ikailakai)

The Ultimate One Piece Card Game Guide: Practice (ikailakai)

The Ultimate One Piece Card Game Guide Section by Kai (@ikailakai on all platforms).

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Outline

  • 1.1 Practice, an Introduction

    • 1.1.1 Aimless Games

    • 1.1.2 Focused...

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A Closer Look at Reiju in OP08 (@ikailakai)

A Closer Look at Reiju in OP08 (@ikailakai)

Reiju is a deck that feels like she should be good, but couldn’t quite become meta. When the bans were announced, some thought that this deck would be tier 0. I believe that this is largely due to the fact that Reiju as a deck has always been that 1 step away from being meta in Japan in OP08, gated mostly by RP Law. Once RP Law disappeared it ...

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The Timeless Guide to Pre-Release / Sealed Battles (@ikailakai)

The Timeless Guide to Pre-Release / Sealed Battles (@ikailakai)

The Timeless Guide to Pre-Release / Sealed Battles

Hey guys! Kai (@ikailakai) here with an in-depth guide on how to win Sealed Battles more often. Sealed Battles have a general perception that they come down to luck. If your packs are good, you win, if your packs are bad, you lose. However, I believe that this is only pa...

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(September 2nd Update) Deckbuilding CP & Navy Lucci Post-Banlist | OP07.75 Nats Preparation

(September 2nd Update) Deckbuilding CP & Navy Lucci Post-Banlist | OP07.75 Nats Preparation

Intro (@Cross_Aii)
Nationals is just 2 weeks away, so it’s just about time to really start locking in deck choices, and making final adjustments to our decks.

After the Enies Lobby ban, I honestly thought Lucci was going to fall off. Not even because Enies Lobby is gone, but I thought Reiju was projected to replace RP...

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The Ultimate One Piece Card Game Guide Lethal

The Ultimate One Piece Card Game Guide Lethal

The following article is a section from The Ultimate One Piece Card Game Guide, brought to you by Kai and Cross on the Caliber Team.

Lethal

This is a subsection in the category ‘Attacking.’

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After readi...

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NEW Decklists to try after OP07 Banlist - Lucci, Reiju, etc.

NEW Decklists to try after OP07 Banlist - Lucci, Reiju, etc.

Intro (@Cross_Aii)

Earlier this week RP Law leader & Lucci’s Ennies Lobby had OFFICIALLY been banned. Only two cards were hit, yet these changes seem to have a HUGE impact on the meta.

My quick summary of the change in the meta is that the fall-off of RP Law, has led to the rise of Reiju. And the assumed fall...

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PASADENALUCCI - Cross' TOP8 Deck Explanation

PASADENALUCCI - Cross' TOP8 Deck Explanation

Intro (@Cross_Aii)

Last weekend, I got another top 8!! 

RP Law was traumatizing me, so I decided to let Perona go after GenCon, and switched to Lucci.
I always secretly thought Lucci was the strongest deck, and it absolutely overperformed for me last weekend. I beat most of my mirror matches, all of my Mori...

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OP07 Moria Theory - The Possibility of Removal Moria

OP07 Moria Theory - The Possibility of Removal Moria

Intro (@Cross_Aii)

Similar to the last set, the Morias of this set seem to be split on whether to run removal cards like Ice Age or not.

LuffyTV recently got 2nd place with this Moria list: https://x.com/TheLuffyTV/status/18195380...

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OP07 Lucci Tournament Deck Explanation - August 4th Gencon Online

OP07 Lucci Tournament Deck Explanation - August 4th Gencon Online

Intro

After having two of my losses be RP Law on back-to-back days, I decided to switch to Lucci, from Perona, for the Gencon tournament on Sunday. I learned some concepts that will help further my Perona run, by having played it in the Thursday & Saturday tournaments, but I deeply regret not having played Lucci the ...

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NEW OP07 Perona - The Cross Gencon Deck Explanation

NEW OP07 Perona - The Cross Gencon Deck Explanation

Intro

We finally made some progress with Perona. I know Kai has been preaching for Perona for a minute now, and I DO believe the deck is strong. But I don’t believe the current Perona lists are capable of beating GOOD Lucci & Perona players.

And I know there’s gonna be some of y’all ...

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(07/25 Update) OP07 Black Lucci - A (VERY) Unique Perspective to Deckbuilding

(07/25 Update) OP07 Black Lucci - A (VERY) Unique Perspective to Deckbuilding

Intro

Hey guys, how yall doing, today we are looking at my take on Lucci deckbuilding.

I know I have publicly, primarily been coping with Rebecca, but I’ve done a lot of research into other decks, including Lucci.

I have seen 50 different people say 50 different things about Lucci, and it’s been hard to g...

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OP07 The WANO Perona Guide (by the Perona Father: @ikailakai)

OP07 The WANO Perona Guide (by the Perona Father: @ikailakai)

OP07 The Wano Perona Guide

Hi there, Kai (@ikailakai) here with an in-depth guide on my OP07 leader of choice, Perona. Perona is a leader that has always been part of my identity in recent sets. I pride myself in helping develop the standard version of Perona in OP06 in the ‘Spam 10 cost Doflamingo and pray’ list. View Post

Comprehesnive Intro to OP07: THE OP07 Primer (by @ikailakai)

Comprehesnive Intro to OP07: THE OP07 Primer (by @ikailakai)

OP07 Primer (by @ikailakai:

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Red/Purple Law OP06.75 Conclusion | Thoughts + Decklist(s)

Red/Purple Law OP06.75 Conclusion | Thoughts + Decklist(s)

Intro

CrossAi (@Cross_Aii) here, and today we are going to be taking a last look at Red/Purple Law in OP06. OP07 content is right around the corner, so before we transition, I’d like to finish up my thoughts on the OP06 post-ban format. The first deck we’ll talk about here is Red/Purple Law.

Position i...

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Mono-Blue Ivankov - Is this deck actually bad? (Mesquite Deck Introduction)

Mono-Blue Ivankov - Is this deck actually bad? (Mesquite Deck Introduction)

Intro

Hey guys, Cross (@Cross_Aii) here, and today we are going to be looking at Ivankov! I did a video showcasing Ivankov on my YouTube not too long ago. Hopefully y’all enjoyed that list, but the deck gets much better than what I have shown.

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Gurple Doflamingo - The Better Perona Deck that was never tested (Mesquite Deck Introduction)

Gurple Doflamingo - The Better Perona Deck that was never tested (Mesquite Deck Introduction)

Intro

Hey guys, Cross (@Cross_Aii) here, and today we are going to be looking at Gurple Doflamingo! This is a deck I assumed was not good, but actually seems to be one of the strongest choices going into Mesquite when you consider all the variants for it.

I doubt this deck will have any real play at Mesquite, but I...

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Red/Purple Law - The META-DEFINING Deck of Mesquite (Mesquite Deck Introduction)

Red/Purple Law - The META-DEFINING Deck of Mesquite (Mesquite Deck Introduction)

Intro

Hey guys, Cross (@Cross_Aii) here, and today we are going to be looking at Red/Purple Law! 

This is certainly going to be THE deck at Mesquite. If your deck loses to R/P Law, you have very low chances of winning the tournament, and for all we know R/P Law might just win the whole thing…

These ser...

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Round 8 - Sakazuki vs RP Law: Mansherry kinda lit against aggro

Round 8 - Sakazuki vs RP Law: Mansherry kinda lit against aggro

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A Weird Sakazuki Mirror Match - PLAYTCG Round 7

A Weird Sakazuki Mirror Match - PLAYTCG Round 7

What set did Gravity Blade come out in?

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Round 6: Sakazuki vs Whitebeard - Complete Control

Round 6: Sakazuki vs Whitebeard - Complete Control

I don't stream my tournaments, so I guess the new standard will be uploading gameplay mid tournament LMAO.

Against Whitebeard you want to focus more on defense than offense. Thanks to Moria & 3 Cost Brooks, it's very easy to COMPLETELY control the opponent's board.

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Tournament Game of Sakazuki vs. Enel (Impossible for Enel to win)

Tournament Game of Sakazuki vs. Enel (Impossible for Enel to win)

I'm currently in the tournament, and I played an extremely good game of Sakazuki vs Enel, so I wanted to show it to y'all.
If you starve Enel, they almost have no way to beat us.


Reasons to starve:

Rush Ace (Getting aggro'd by trigger characters and a lucky rush ace is one way to lose)
Yamato Value (Lea...

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Explaining My Love for 3Cost Brook in Black Moria/Sakazuki

Explaining My Love for 3Cost Brook in Black Moria/Sakazuki

Intro (@Cross_Aii) 

Hope everyone is good. Today we are going to be talking about THREE COST BROOK. A lot of people have mixed opinions on this card, or don’t really understand it. So I thought it would be good to make it’s own article. Let’s look at it.

Why 3 Cost Brook?

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Top 16 Peoria, A BRAN NEW Sakazuki Deck (No Brannew, 1 Hound???))

Top 16 Peoria, A BRAN NEW Sakazuki Deck (No Brannew, 1 Hound???))

Intro (@Cross_Aii)

Hope everyone is doing great, I finish Top 64 cut not too long ago, I got slowplayed to a loss in Top 16, but we still achieved Top 16 with the craziest Sakazuki list! I believe between NA, Japan, and Europe there are literally NO OTHER Sakazuki lists like this that have topped before, so it’s pretty i...

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EB01 RP Law Guide - OP06's Strongest Aggro ft. Kai

EB01 RP Law Guide - OP06's Strongest Aggro ft. Kai

Hi, Kai (@ikailakai) here with a new guide that maybe people weren’t expecting. Originally I wanted to do an Uta guide, as when I made the first part of the Uta guide, I mentioned wanting to make an updated version for EB01. However, it turns out that Uta essentially plays the same in EB01, so an update was not needed. I still believe that for...

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EB01 Sakazuki Update - The Best Deck in One Piece (Rough Draft)

EB01 Sakazuki Update - The Best Deck in One Piece (Rough Draft)

Intro (@Cross_Aii)

How are y’all doing, today we are going to be looking at Sakazuki post-EB01. Based on the current tops it seems like the deck has remained mostly the same. And I actually didn’t change my decklist at all. But after doing some more testing this week, there is a new card I’m considering, I believe I ...

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Why would someone EVER play Moria instead of Sakazuki? (Moria Theory + Decklist)

Why would someone EVER play Moria instead of Sakazuki? (Moria Theory + Decklist)

Hey guys, CrossAi (@Cross_Aii) here, and today we are doing a special kind of article. Typically, I only do deck-guides & decklists, but for those who like to do even more extra thinking, I wanted to present some theory today.

After testing Sakazuki the most that I ever have since OP05, and building a new tier list, this question cross...

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(Perona?!) Tokyo 3v3 Championship Preparation and Tournament Report

(Perona?!) Tokyo 3v3 Championship Preparation and Tournament Report

Hi Again!

Kai (@ikailakai) here with a tournament report. I like to do these articles to talk about why I chose a deck, my meta read, why I teched certain cards, and then how my matches went.

The goal of these kinds of articles is to give some insight into how I prepare for a tournament, and how I play certain awkward positions and d...

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EB01 Moria Theory - 3 Cost Brook Time! (Updated: May 10th) | Rough

EB01 Moria Theory - 3 Cost Brook Time!  (Updated: May 10th) | Rough

Introduction

Another Moria update!! Hope you are all doing great, CrossAi (@Cross_Aii) here, and today we are going to be looking at an update to Moria! Unfortunately for all the hardcore Moria copers, there won’t be a surplus of Moria content this format. There’s too many decks I am interesting in writing about, but...

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(OP06) THE IN-DEPTH OP06 SAKAZUKI GUIDE (Rough Draft)

(OP06) THE IN-DEPTH OP06 SAKAZUKI GUIDE (Rough Draft)

Intro

IT’S FIN

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