One Piece TCG - OP4 Issho Deck Profile - RESTAND SHENANIGANS!!! 

That means so much! Really appreciate it! Feel free to ask me if you have any questions

Thank you! Just got second a tournament yesterday with the deck yesterday, beating a Law, Vivi, and G/P Doffy. Lost to a B/P Kaido in the last round though - Blue's always a tough matchup.

Yup, I forgot to mention that in the video, but I do that all the time. Most often though, I'll attack with a Koby I played the previous turn for 5k, then play Law to get another KO with him after he swings! Max that value

Mine too! His abilities are very understated, kinda feels like puzzle-solving when you play this leader. Ton of fun

Agreed! Love seeing what other people are running, particularly for leaders like this that have no established build

Thanks so much! And thanks for telling us what you want to see! We're always taking recommendations, will post some of these soon. Expect a G/P Doffy Deck Profile soon!

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks so much! Hope you enjoy your games

Been way too long my man! Definitely hit me up when you're going, I need a rematch 👍

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Ayyyy! I love that I'm finding Bionicle fans in the comments! i want to get more and more Kanohi sleeves lol

Nice! Yeah, I have good matches when playing against Arlong. And against Queen, it just depends on how good the Queen player is. The best Queen players don't swing at your life to starve your hand, and it can be tough, but usually still can do well. Big Mom is tough! Glad you're winning against it, cuz that's definitely a scary matchup a lot of times!

I tried Rosinante in my very first build of the deck! And you're right - Rosinante to play Law to play something else feels absolutely AMAZING. Having said that, there really were too many times when I felt he would lose me the game if I played him. As you said, it feels too situational in my opinion. But if you really like it, go with it! I'd recommend at least 10 5-cost green units in that case so that Rosinante has more things to play off his effect - maybe consider Carrot, who is 5c green 2k counter, but on board she restands a Don at the end of the turn, meaning you get to use Issho leader ability for free!

I tried it in my very first build! When it pops off it's amazing, and the fact that Brannew searches it is great. However, it just felt too situational. More often than not, I felt like dropping it would lose me the game during certain board states. However, Rosinante into Law into Koby/Brannew/2c Rosinante feels amazing, so if you like that play, I can definitely see it as a 2-of!

Thanks! I actually got the sleeves custom-made. You can provide an image on Dragon Shield's website, and they'll print it on sleeves

Hey! Thanks so much for the interest! I absolutely love Garp, but honestly just haven't played it much in OP04, so my list hasn't been updated. In OP03 it was doing great for me though, even won me a box at a big tournament! If you're interested, here's the list: www.reddit.com/r/OnePieceTCG/comments/16gdu64/heres_my_garp_list_thats_topped_a_few_events/

Now that some time has passed, have you made any changes to the Issho deck that you have found to increase the success of this deck?@@WillofDDT

@@wansboro0 Honestly, not really - I ended up deciding on three 5c Garp and two 7c Kid, though there some matchups where you really do need to see that Kid. But I felt the Garp was easier to play in most matchups overall. Other than that, I really do feel the deck is about as good as it can be at this time, though I'll look into making some updates for OP5. Again though, Blue is very tough matchup in my experience, and going into a Black/Blue Sakazuki meta, I can imagine Issho might struggle a bit. We'll see

@@WillofDDT Thanks for the reply! I just ran this build at a local yesterday and went 3-1. Will definitely be looking forward to any updates you may make to the deck.

@@wansboro0 AYY! That makes me so happy to hear, really glad you saw success with this list! Kudos chief, and I'll definitely post updates as I refine the deck for new metas!

Thank you! We custom made it 🙏

No worries, 8c Issho is certainly nice for longer grindier games. You could drop 1 Kuzan and Kid to make room for Issho. I personally don't run it because I like the immediacy of 7c Kid giving you a blocker, whereas 8c Issho doesn't necessarily give you any defensive value on-play. Against Yellow, you're using 4c X-Drake to just swing big at their life with multiple units, dropping them to low life, making 10c Mom a bad move for them. As you build your board you're also trying to remove their's via Law + Koby, Garp, and 5c X-Drake. The Kid is probably not the right move in that matchup unless you spot an opportunity to play him after they've already used an 8c Katakuri

Found it on Amazon, comes in a pack of 20 or 25 I think Type in *"UTCTBC Trading Card Sleeves Top Loaders 20 pcs Hard Acrylic Card Protector Clear Card Brick + 5 Display Stand Fit for Standard Sports Cards,Baseball Card Holder Cases Collectibles"* on Amazon, you'll find the exact ones I'm using

great thank you!@@WillofDDT

Np! They're really nice and do the job. They can come apart sometimes if you drop the card too quickly onto the table, but it's easy enough to close the case back up. I still prefer this style of holder WAY more than the magnetic closure ones - those ones are just too bulky imo

No, I just meant you can use her again non your next turn without fear of her of being attacked on the opponent's turn. You're correct - the restand only occurs at the end of the turn.

Yup! Definitely a dead card in certain matchups, especially against Blue, but you can always just discard it for Koby or Garp effect in those matches. Playing it is expensive, but once it hits the board it's a monster!

Thanks! OP5 is unfortunately a very tough time to play any green leader as Sakazuki usually crushes them, and there's a little too much of him going around right now. However, if I were to ignore that fact and try to build an updated version of Issho anyway, I'd definitely try a list that takes advantage of some of the same cards that Sakazuki is using, such as Ice Age, Great Eruption, Rebecca, Hina, and Lucci. Lucci in particular is great with Issho leader, because your leader minuses ALL units by 1, which better helps set up Lucci's double KO, vs Sakazuki leader, who can only minus one unit. And of course, another benefit Issho leader has is the fact that he can restand his 4c Kuzan after attacking with it, whereas Sakazuki leader is very likely to lose the Kuzan after swinging once with it.

@@WillofDDT Rad, thanks for the ideas. Would like to build this deck for fun outside of meta purposes so this is great info

​@@karapatotes Thanks for the discussion! And keep an eye out - we probably won't make an Issho profile for OP5, but in future formats I'll be sure to revisit him!

Bought em off Amazon! "UTCTBC Trading Card Sleeves Top Loaders 20 pcs Hard Acrylic Card Protector Clear Card Brick"

The image on the sleeves is a Bionicle character, lol! We used the Custom Sleeve Crafter on Dragon Shield's website to get these sleeves custom-printed.

I haven't actually, we were pretty focused on just practicing our decks for nationals. Now that that's over, I'll maybe revisit Issho! Thanks for watching and stay tuned!

@@WillofDDT Awesome, looking forward to it! Also looking forward to an updated Z deck if you ever get around to him again.

Haha, Bionicle for life man! I used Dragon Shield's custom shield crafter to get them made. I think I want Tahu or Karzahni sleeves next!

@@WillofDDT do some good guy sleeves and say "hail Denmark" and see if anyone will get the reference

@@KesslerVTuber LOL not 6934 Good Guy 💀🤣

@@WillofDDT you must spread the word of good guy to all

OP04 - Kingdoms of Intrigue!

It's frankly just too expensive. It prevents you from using leader ability that turn and using, and prevents you from putting one Don on X-Drake and getting in multiple huge swings, which is generally what you want to be doing late game. It is definitely nice for longer, grindier matchups though, so if you want to try running 2x 10c Kuzan, i could see it working!

@@WillofDDT correct me if im wrong but hes not searchable right since hes"former" navy ?

@@xShredMasterx5000 Yup, that's exactly right. He is not searchable. Some searchers can grab any target that **includes** the specified type. So for example, OP04 Ms. Valentine can grab "Baroque Works" cards as well as "Former Baroque Works" cards. But Brannew unfortunately does not search for cards that **include** the word "Navy," he searches specifically for "Navy."

Haha, thanks! Possibly cuz I always put my cards in inner sleeves ("Dragon Shield - Perfect Fit Sealables"), and then put them in regular sleeves

Popping a 3k or 2 drop is just so easy with the better decks. Its as good as dead when it hits the board in most matchups where you are actually getting things into garp range

@@brockfg so you’re making them waste resources to deal with a 3k 2 drop? Better hope what they spent was equal in cost, or you win tempo. Secondly… he’s a lot harder to deal with when he can’t be KO’d in combat, due to Issho’s effects. So you’re forcing them to use resources to get rid of him

@matthewdavis6741 i mean i dont hate it as a 2k option in the issho deck. I have run garp at 4 in my issho deck for many games. The reality is that any red deck is killing it simply. It is an absolute tempo advantage for them. On top of that, what you are asking for is a 3 don investment just to pop a zero cost and restand garp. You put a 4th don under leader and now you can pop a one cost. Pay some more don for cost reduction? Now you spent a whole turn on having garp kill a 5 drop and restand it, your board consisting of small bodies. Getting a 4 drop kuzan and 2 drop garp to stick in a timely manner is easier said than done. It is very slow. Garp is just so situationally effective u end up not swinging it half the time you play it bc you are already falling behind

@@brockfg I will say I was confused about Issho. I thought it said restand ALL characters 5 and under. That’s what made Garp a must play. I misread the card. He’s less valuable now

2c Garp is the absolute MVP of my Garp leader deck! Absolute monster of a card with that leader's ability But as someone who loves that card, it's not the right fit for this deck imo. Protecting it with a restand is fine, but getting any use out of it to begin with is hard. It's not easy to reduce units all the way down to 0. That takes a lot of resources if your leader isn't RedBlack Garp. Those resources are better spent developing a board of strong attackers in Issho leader, in my opinion But hey, if you find 2c Garp is useful for your Issho deck, rock it!

There's honestly just no room. Spiderweb is the better event for this deck's playstyle. I would love to run Shockwave, because it is searchable, but ultimately it's a much easier event for the opponent to play around, and Spiderweb just generates so much value when used with the strong blockers that this deck plays. That said, if you've tested Shockwave and like it, don't let my opinion stop you!

Yeah I explain why in the vid when talking about 5c Garp. Garp effectively does the same thing as Sakazuki with this leader, and synergizes better with the leader's restand ability

I've definitely considered it, and honestly still think about cutting 1 Kid and 1 Kuzan to throw 2 8c Issho's in there. I can see it working. But ultimately I feel the deck is more geared towards attacking in the late game rather than using KO effects, so the extra cost minusing from 8c Issho feels maybe a bit excessive? Definitely would be useful for more grindy games though. I would not oppose running it in the deck if you like it after playtesting!

@@WillofDDT I don't currently play Kuzan in my build and I think the cost reduction of Issho is just extra and not the primary reason to play him. He is a 9k beatstick that can knock 2 cards out of opp's hand the amount of times I've knocked a 10c Big Mom or Doflamingo out of hand has been too valuable.

@@CrownofRa Sure, the card rip effect is fantastic, can't deny. I love Issho in my Garp deck. Might try putting it back in the Issho deck, but so far I like how the deck has been performing

A little too expensive. Playing him means you can't put 1 Don on X-Drake and do a bunch of huge swings on your turn. It also means you can't use leader ability. 10c Kuzan is good for longer grindier games though. So try it out, see if you like it! I wouldn't play more than 2 though.

@@WillofDDTthanks man. I’m currently building this deck and using this as a guide

@@SanjiVinsmoke_Otaku Thank you, means a lot! Always experiment, make changes that you think might fit your playstyle

Well, not to be obnoxious, but 16 supernova is less than 31 navy for starters lol. And shoehorning Bonney in means cutting something valuable. There's really just no room in my opinion. I'm also very against running double searchers in decks where one of your searches only looks at Top 3. Top 3 searches are so easy to miss already - trying to balance your searchable targets with two different types is just not worth it. Even in this deck, where 8 cards are both Supernova AND Navy, it just makes you more likely to whiff searches in my experience

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I started watching One Piece after playing the card game, I haven't met all the characters yet lol

Green in general does not have any such answers, and if you want to use Black's hax to reduce and KO big units, you might as well play Garp leader, cuz he does that much better 7-cost Kid helps take out the scary units by battle, and using Tsuru in combination with 5c Garp or 5c X-Drake allows you take out any of the opponent's scary 7-costs through effects. And generally, the opponent playing big boys is very punishable due to how wide this deck goes and how well it keeps characters safe from attack. (Especially if you have 4c X-Drake on board)

@@WillofDDT put the navy field spell Kuzan , leader and the spell is -6 for 1 Don investment. I also play 1 cost spell rest 4 cost or less and 2 cost kill 4 cost rested or play the 5 cost that kills rested

@@valhreugaming The Doflamingo event that rests a card and then kills a rested 6 cost is something I've considered. I might try it out at 2 copies because in this deck you can easily kill 7 costs with it. But even still, very very expensive event.

Thanks for watching! My reasoning for excluding 2c Garp is that there's just no way you're reliably lowering anything worthwhile all the way down to zero cost. 2c Garp is fantastic with Garp leader, and I loved playing him in that deck. But it's really not that usable with any other black leader, including Issho