How to play Monkey.D.Luffy OP18-022

OP-18 The Dominance of God (booster pack) comes out Nov 20, tournament legal from November 27, so there are no tournament lists yet. This list was made by our deck builder from the cards revealed so far, in 4 styles; each was played 480 times against the 12 most-played decks and the best one (aggro+stages, built around Water Seven/Straw Hat Crew) is shown. Over 1,200 games it won 30.4%. Expect it to change as more cards are revealed.

Go first. Wins 36% going first vs 25% going second.

Hands with 3 or more early Characters (cost 1–4) won most often (31.7%). The cards that matter most in an opening hand are Nami EB02-017 (+14.8 points), Monkey.D.Luffy ST30-012 (+7.4 points), Roronoa Zoro OP13-037 (+3.4 points): hands with them win that much more often than hands without. Hands with Gum-Gum Twin Jet Pistol, Roronoa Zoro ST32-005, Brook win less often (−6.7, −5.5, −4.0 points).

What the deck plays most often on each of its turns:

• Turn 1: Nami EB02-017 (39% of games) or Roronoa Zoro ST32-005 (24% of games)
• Turn 2: Roronoa Zoro ST32-005 (15% of games) or Gum-Gum Twin Jet Pistol (9% of games)
• Turn 3: Brook (30% of games) or Monkey.D.Luffy ST30-012 (24% of games)
• Turn 4: Monkey.D.Luffy ST30-012 (41% of games) or Roronoa Zoro PRB02-006 (15% of games)
• Turn 5: Brook (56% of games) or Gum-Gum Twin Jet Pistol (20% of games)
• Turn 6: Brook (32% of games) or Gum-Gum Twin Jet Pistol (19% of games)