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 partially true. If you have great fundamentals as a player and deck builder, you can play and build your way out of any situation and win much more often than the prospect of luck would let on. After reading this section, you will be able to: Know how to identify strong cards in each set and build your deck accordingly Know how / when to defend in Sealed Battles Glossary: Vanilla: A card with no effect, 1000 counter, and the maximum possible power for its cost Curve: Curve refers holistically to the maximum Don that you have for the turn. By playing ‘on curve,’ you are using all of the Don allotted to you efficiently by playing a character that uses all of the Don!! you currently have. If you are playing ‘on curve,’ you are playing a 3 cost on 3 Don, a 5 cost on 5 Don, etc. Board Control: The character area is what is generally considered the ‘Board.’ Having Board Control means that you are in an advantageous situation regarding the Board, whether it is having a powerful character that can flip the game, or having more characters on the board. Having Board Control generally means that you have an easier time maneuvering through the game. Brick / Bricking: Bricking refers to a state where your hand is in a bad situation. It may feel like you are holding ‘Bricks’ with how difficult it is to maneuver throughout the game due to your hand situation. First, why am I making this article? People focus a lot on the competitive side of this game, but there are many ways to enjoy it. There are pre-release events, sealed battles, and the main format, but most creators neglect to cover these other formats even though some people enjoy them. In Japan, we do not have pre-release events, so I cannot cover this subject. However, we have Sealed Battles and it’s one of my favorite formats as I simply enjoy putting together decks. On top of this, the matches feel like we are back in OP01 where cards were simpler and slower. If you haven’t played in these events, whether it’s due to disinterest, lack of confidence, or time, but find any of these aspects interesting, I recommend giving these events a try after reading this as I have compiled all of the knowledge and trial and error I went through when playing this format to make the best guide I can.

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.’ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- After reading this section, you will be able to: Know when to go for Lethal Spread your Don!! effectively to maximize the opportunity for Lethal Outline 1.1When to go for Lethal 1.1.1 Do I need to go for Lethal? 1.1.2 Is it viable to go for Lethal? 1.1.3 Will I get a better chance later? 1.2 Spreading Don!! 1.2.1 Equal Power 1.2.2 Power Staircase 1.2.3 The 1 Life Exception 1.2.3.1 The Math 1.2.4 ‘Threatening’ Lethal for Board Control 1.3 Extra Remarks or Exceptions 1.3.1 Hand Read Introduction How the game is finished is just as important as how the game is played out in the mid-game. There have been countless times where the opponent had the perfect amount of Counter to survive your last attack, throwing a game that had the potential to be yours. Compared to attack sequencing and Don!! allocation for board control, Lethal calculations are a whole subset of knowledge that is necessary to ensure that the chances of victory are maximized. ‘Lethal’ is the term used for the killing blow on the opponent’s life to end the game. This means that the opponent is pushed to a point where they have not enough life, and Counter in hand to defend the flurry of attacks that have been established. If the spread of Don!! is miscalculated and inefficient, it allows the opponent to get away with countering less to maintain a relatively healthy amount of resources to push back in the following turns. Knowing why Don!! would be allocated in different ways when going for Lethal, and moreover, identifying opportunities to choose not to push for Lethal is key to improving this skill.

(Zoro knows how to take damage effectively) At the GenCon TCG Tournaments in Indiana, I learned some new card games for the first time in a while. One of the games in particular, Dragon Ball Super Fusion World(a new version of the DBS card game), was a little confusing for me to wrap my head around at first. Me and Jackson Hoang were playing against each other (https://twitter.com/ClydeTCG/status/1687882080372264960?s=20) and we had no idea what was going on! Everything was Rush Zoro(all the units had rush lmao), we started with like 8 life, we were able to awaken(go super-saiyan) at like 5 life, and we had no idea what to do with all this information. I decided that I was going to take the One Piece approach of taking life/defending and managed to barely squeak out the game against Jackson, even though I had the worst deck. I thought about that game and how I played One Piece after, and realized that how you take life is directly linked to winning or losing the game! Obviously everyone loses once they are attacked at 0 life, but an attack you decided to take damage from(or defend) at the start of the game, or at 4 life, or at 3 life, etc. may be one of the primary causes of you winning or losing that game.

The Ultimate One Piece Card Game Guide Section by Kai (@ikailakai on all platforms). Outline 1.1 Practice, an Introduction 1.1.1 Aimless Games 1.1.2 Focused Practice 1.2 Practice: 1 Player 1.2.1 Seeing Both Sides of the Matchup 1.2.2 Customizing Your Practice 1.2.3 OPTCGSim 1.3 Practice: 2 Player 1.3.1 Open Hand Play 1.3.2 Key Tips for Effective Two-Player Practice 1.3.3 Utilizing Tournaments 1.4 Practice: 3 Player 1.4.1 Why Three-Player Practice Works 1.4.2 How to use Three-Player Practice 1.4.3 More Than Three Players 1.5 About Coaching 1.6 Closing

National winners guide to BY Luffy! Explaining why I picked this deck for nationals, it's position in the meta, the various card choices available, and the PLuffy & Doflamingo matchups! (the other matchups will come out in the next update)

Blackbeard is One Piece's first floodgate deck! It is quite difficult to play, so this guide we'll be going over the full deck.

We're looking at out first exclusive article on Metafy for 1st Div Commanders and up! Today we are going to be looking at a new style of BY deckbuilding, that has piqued my interest.

CrossAi's updated Lucci deck explanation! There's been a huge shift in the meta since the start of the set, and I think there's more of a basis for what an ideal Lucci list should look like.

(Dynamic Guide: changes may be made, based on suggestions) (Advanced Guide: More complex concepts, while avoiding too much abstraction) GP Luffy has gotten ridiculous buffs thanks to the release of OP11, and new cards from the starter deck, so I will be disussing the new version.

(Dynamic Guide: changes may be made, based on suggestions) GP Luffy has gotten ridiculous buffs thanks to the release of OP11, and new cards from the starter deck, so I will be disussing the new version.

NEW GP Luffy concept! My first draft was unfortunately bad, but this one is really good imo.

Guide to Rebecca. The most underrated leader of all time.