One Piece top decks – Best OPTCG meta decks to play (September 2024)

New contenders rush in to plug a Law-sized hole in the competitive landscape.

Sakazuki from One Piece smokes a huge cigar while smirking
Screenshot via Toei Animation

The competitive One Piece Card Game metagame evolves from set to set, with only the strongest lists on the Grand Line consistently dominating. These are all the best leaders and decks you’ll want to play to win.

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With the release of Two Legends and the huge Trafalgar Law ban heading into the new expansion, the One Piece metagame is set for another big reshuffle. While some top options are still expected to stay as viable as ever, fresher faces should also now step out from under Law’s oppressive removal-heavy thumb.

Among the top decks are CP0 agent Rob Lucci (fresh off his Enies Lobby ban), a combo-focused Monkey D. Luffy, and several Two Legends Leaders like Charlotte Pudding and Kalgara.

Here are all the best meta One Piece decks to play in OP-08.

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Top One Piece decks for current metagame

A One Piece Card Game tier list for the Two Legends OP-08 metagame as made by Dot Esports on Tiermaker.com
The top-ranked One Piece Card Game Leaders to play this set. Screenshot by Dot Esports
A One Piece Card Game tier list for the Two Legends OP-08 metagame as made by Dot Esports on Tiermaker.com
The top-ranked One Piece Card Game Leaders to play this set. Screenshot by Dot Esports
A One Piece Card Game tier list for the Two Legends OP-08 metagame as made by Dot Esports on Tiermaker.com
The top-ranked One Piece Card Game Leaders to play this set. Screenshot by Dot Esports

S-Tier (strongest in meta format)

Rob Lucci (Black)

An example decklist build for the Black Rob Lucci control deck being played in the OP08 metagame.
Lucci’s control build includes a lot of Navy and CP9/0 agent characters. Screenshot by Dot Esports
An example decklist build for the Black Rob Lucci control deck being played in the OP08 metagame.
Lucci’s control build includes a lot of Navy and CP9/0 agent characters. Screenshot by Dot Esports
An example decklist build for the Black Rob Lucci control deck being played in the OP08 metagame.
Lucci’s control build includes a lot of Navy and CP9/0 agent characters. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Rob Lucci’s Black CP0 Leader just lost access to Enies Lobby, but it’s barely slowed him down as he keeps slamming eight-cost Gecko Moria, huge Navy agent threats, and well-statted board-clearing Lucci character cards. This deck’s ability to control everything on the board and go wide at the same time is nearly unmatched across the TCG’s format in 2024.

Nami (Blue)

An example decklist build for the Blue Nami mill deck being played in the OP08 metagame.
Nami’s self-mill strategy revolves around playing a huge number of events. Screenshot by Dot Esports
An example decklist build for the Blue Nami mill deck being played in the OP08 metagame.
Nami’s self-mill strategy revolves around playing a huge number of events. Screenshot by Dot Esports
An example decklist build for the Blue Nami mill deck being played in the OP08 metagame.
Nami’s self-mill strategy revolves around playing a huge number of events. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Nami plays like no other deck in One Piece, with the central gameplan focused around deck yourself out of cards to activate the Straw Hat Leader’s alternate win condition. One of the advantages any Nami player takes into events is—outside brutally unlucky draws—her biggest challenges are on your side; if you can figure out the Blue event-heavy puzzle that is defending your life and milling valuable cards, you can beat nearly every other strategy in the metagame.

Monkey D. Luffy (Black/Yellow)

An example decklist build for the Black/Yellow Monkey D. Luffy combo deck being played in the OP08 metagame.
Luffy helms One Piece’s premier combo build. Screenshot by Dot Esports
An example decklist build for the Black/Yellow Monkey D. Luffy combo deck being played in the OP08 metagame.
Luffy helms One Piece’s premier combo build. Screenshot by Dot Esports
An example decklist build for the Black/Yellow Monkey D. Luffy combo deck being played in the OP08 metagame.
Luffy helms One Piece’s premier combo build. Screenshot by Dot Esports

One Piece‘s closest combo deck is led by the manga’s happy-go-lucky main character Luffy and backed up by cards focused around him and his two older brothers. Expect to see him bounce between zero and two life multiple times a game. Eight-cost Gecko Moria also appears in this Yellow/Black build.

Jewelry Bonney (Green)

An example decklist build for the Green Jewelry Bonney midrange deck being played in the OP08 metagame.
You’re going to want to drag things out with Bonney’s Leader ability. Screenshot by Dot Esports
An example decklist build for the Green Jewelry Bonney midrange deck being played in the OP08 metagame.
You’re going to want to drag things out with Bonney’s Leader ability. Screenshot by Dot Esports
An example decklist build for the Green Jewelry Bonney midrange deck being played in the OP08 metagame.
You’re going to want to drag things out with Bonney’s Leader ability. Screenshot by Dot Esports

The last of the genuine championship threats in One Piece‘s eighth set metagame, Jewelry Bonney flies the mid-range flag high among control and combo in the top ranks. Bonney’s Green deck is mainly themed around Supernovas and stalling to play huge lategame threats, including bonafide finisher Zoro (the Secret Rare from Wings of the Captain) as well as 10-cost Donquixote Doflamingo and Eustass “Captain” kid to wall off aggro decks.

A-Tier (consistent winners with top win-cons)

  • Charlotte Pudding (Purple/Yellow)
  • Vinsmoke Reiju (Blue/Purple)
  • Gecko Moria (Black)
  • Enel (Yellow)
  • Kalgara (Yellow)
  • Zoro (Red)

B-Tier (competitive options)

  • Perona (Green/Black)
  • Katakuri (Yellow)
  • Donquixote Doflamingo (Blue)
  • Boa Hancock (Blue)
  • Vegapunk (Yellow)
  • Carrot (Green)
  • Kaido (Purple)
  • Yamato (Green/Yellow)

C-Tier (good at locals)

  • Rebecca (Blue/Black)
  • Monkey D. Luffy (Red/Purple)
  • Edward Newgate (Red)
  • Marco (Red/Blue)
  • Monkey D. Luffy (Purple)
  • Sabo (Red/Yellow)
  • Trafalgar Law (Red/Green)
  • Tony Tony Chopper (Red/Green)
  • Uta (Green)
  • Crocodile (Purple/Yellow)
  • Donquxiote Doflamingo (Green/Purple)

Update Sept 5, 2024, 8:29pm CT: Adjusted all Leader rankings following the release of Two Legends in September. Adding all playable OP-08 Leaders to the tiers.

This One Piece Card Game tier list will be updated as the meta evolves.

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Isaac McIntyre
Isaac McIntyre is the Aussie Editor at Dot Esports. He previously worked in sports journalism at Fairfax Media in Mudgee and Newcastle for six years before falling in love with esports—an ever-evolving world he's been covering since 2018. Since joining Dot, he's twice been nominated for Best Gaming Journalist at the Australian IT Journalism Awards and continues to sink unholy hours into losing games as a barely-Platinum AD carry. When the League servers go down he'll sneak in a few quick hands of the One Piece card game. Got a tip for us? Email: isaac@dotesports.com.
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