How to play Spandam OP18-079

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 3 styles; each was played 480 times against the 12 most-played decks and the best one (control) is shown. Over 1,200 games it won 46.9%. Expect it to change as more cards are revealed.

Go second. Wins 55% going second vs 39% going first.

Hands with 0 early Characters (cost 1–4) won most often (53.5%). The cards that matter most in an opening hand are Khalifa (+12.6 points), Momonga (+7.0 points), Fukurou (+5.4 points), Jabra (+4.9 points), Onigumo (+4.9 points): hands with them win that much more often than hands without. Hands with Doberman, Spandam, Ten Finger Pistol win less often (−6.9, −5.8, −5.4 points).

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

• Turn 1: Funkfreed OP18-108 (48% of games) or Spandam (33% of games)
• Turn 2: Nero (26% of games) or Spandam (23% of games)
• Turn 3: Fukurou (33% of games) or Khalifa (27% of games)
• Turn 4: Rob Lucci (31% of games) or Kaku (31% of games)
• Turn 5: Rob Lucci (40% of games) or Funkfreed OP18-108 (21% of games)
• Turn 6: Rob Lucci (23% of games) or Buster Call (16% of games)