National Winner Guide to BY Luffy COMPLETE 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)
Published February 08, 2025
14 chapters 1hr 46m of Content
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Chapter overview
Chapter 1
Intro (@Cross_Aii)
38mins
Chapter 2
1. What is BY & Why Play it? 8mins
Chapter 3
2. What is difficult about BY? 2mins
Chapter 4
3. BY Decklists 7mins
Chapter 5
4. Other BY Card Options 5mins
Chapter 6
5. BY Card Choice + Ratio Explanation 4mins
Chapter 7
6. General Tips for Playing BY 12mins
Chapter 8
Doflamingo Matchup 6mins
Chapter 9
PLuffy Matchup 3mins
Chapter 10
Shanks Matchup 5mins
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The new starter decks came out, and we have an entire brand new set to explore, this means we are officially in a new format! Things have been a bit stale with OP08 basically being OP07+, and even OP08.5 felt like the same triangle, from before RP Law was banned.
It may sound a bit ironic for me to be talking about freshness, as this is a Lucci guide. BUT HEAR ME OUT, due to there being a significant change in meta(shoutout starter decks & OP09), the Lucci deck is seeing some interesting changes.
Rather than all Lucci decks almost being the same, there is now at least one new version of the deck to start looking at:
Uta Build
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I think it’s always exciting to rebuild black decks when there’s a meta change. We may all end up back on the same Lucci deck, but the process of getting to the best Lucci build will be fun.
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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 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.
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