This is a snapshot of the One Piece Card Game meta at the start of November 2026 (updated on 8 November): Standard format, with OP-17 The World's Strongest Warriors as the latest main set and the first full month after the Mihawk ban. Below is a tier list of the 10 Leaders putting up the best results, how each deck plays, its key cards and which matchups it wins and loses.
A word of warning: the meta shifts with every set. The data in this guide comes from tournaments played between 10 October and 7 November 2026. With EB-05 just out and OP-18 around the corner, check back in a few weeks or read our OP-18 meta forecast.
What has changed in the meta
- Mihawk is banned. Bandai banned the OP14-020 Dracule Mihawk Leader, parallel versions included, from 12 October 2026. It was the most played deck, so the whole meta has reshuffled: without it, Luffy OP13-001 and Rocks share the top spots, and Leaders such as purple Enel, Rosinante and Boa Hancock are showing up again. Full details in One Piece TCG banned cards.
- OP-17 rules the format. Rocks, Shanks, Kaido and black Luffy are all OP-17 Leaders, and cards from the set also show up in decks built around other Leaders.
- New cards are coming. Extra Booster EB-05 came out in English on 30 October 2026 and OP-18 The Dominance of God releases on 20 November. A new set is legal at store tournaments from release day, and at Store Championships, regionals and bigger events seven days later. We cover it in EB-05 and OP-18: release dates, cards and Leaders and in how the meta will change with OP-18.
The current Standard format allows blocks 2 to 5 (OP-05 onwards, with a few exceptions) until 31 March 2027. We explain it in the One Piece TCG Standard format.
One Piece Card Game tier list (November 2026)
The data comes from 255 top-cut decklists from tournaments collected by opdecks.xyz between 10 October and 7 November 2026, all of them after the Mihawk ban. Presence is the percentage of those lists playing each Leader. The tiers are our reading of that data, not an official ranking. The most played non-Leader card is Shanks OP17-022, in 27% of lists.
| Tier | Leader | Code | Colours | Why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monkey.D.Luffy | OP13-001 | Red/Green | The most played (16.5% of lists) and the one winning the most tournaments (29). |
| 1 | Rocks.D.Xebec | OP17-039 | Blue | Second in presence (14.9%) and in tournaments won (27). |
| 1 | Luffy & Ace | ST30-001 | Red/Green | Only 4.3% of lists, but 11 tournaments won: the best conversion rate in the top 10. |
| 2 | Enel | OP05-098 | Yellow | Third in presence (8.2%) and in tournaments won (19). |
| 2 | Buggy | OP09-042 | Blue | 5.9% of lists and 10 tournaments won. It has risen with Alvida EB05-021. |
| 2 | Shanks | OP17-020 | Green | 3.9% of lists and 9 tournaments won. |
| 3 | Enel | OP15-058 | Purple | Fifth in presence (4.3%), but only 6 tournaments won. |
| 3 | Donquixote Rosinante | OP12-061 | Purple/Yellow | 3.5% of lists and 7 tournaments won. |
| 3 | Nico Robin | EB05-010 | Green/Yellow | 3.5% of lists and 7 tournaments won. It is the only new Leader in EB-05. |
| 3 | Boa Hancock | OP14-041 | Blue/Yellow | 3.1% of lists and 7 tournaments won. |
Tier 1: the decks to beat
Monkey.D.Luffy · OP13-001 (red/green)
How it plays: with at least 1 DON!! attached to your Leader and 5 or fewer active DON!!, when your opponent attacks you can rest any number of your DON!!; each one gives +2000 power for that battle to your Leader or one of your Straw Hat Crew Characters. The deck revolves around holding back or re-activating DON!! so you can attack hard and still defend.
Key cards: Nami OP14-031 (in 94% of lists), Roronoa Zoro EB04-007, Sanji OP13-027, Brook OP15-032 and Monkey.D.Luffy OP13-118.
Who it suits: experienced players. Managing DON!! between turns punishes mistakes hard.
Full guide with decklist: Luffy OP13-001 deck guide.
Rocks.D.Xebec · OP17-039 (blue)
How it plays: a big-hand deck. When the Leader attacks, you trash a card from your hand and reveal the top card of your deck; if it has the Rocks Pirates type, you draw 2. The decklist recommended by Bandai runs no Counter cards at all: it defends with Character effects paid for by trashing cards from your hand.
Key cards: Rocks.D.Xebec OP17-118, Shiki OP17-048, Edward.Newgate OP17-040, Charlotte Linlin OP17-049, Miss Buckingham Stussy OP17-054 and the Rocks Pirates Event OP17-056. Almost the entire deck comes from OP-17.
Who it suits: players who want one of the two strongest decks and do not mind playing a lot of mirror matches. Everyone turns up prepared to beat it.
Full guide with decklist: Rocks OP17-039 deck guide.
Luffy & Ace · ST30-001 (red/green)
How it plays: a 6000-power Leader with 4 Life. During your opponent's turn, your Portgas.D.Ace and Monkey.D.Luffy Characters get +3000 power, so your board defends itself and your opponent struggles to push damage through.
Key cards: Monkey.D.Luffy ST30-012 (in every list), Monkey.D.Luffy ST21-014, Monkey.D.Luffy OP12-015, Jewelry Bonney EB04-002 and the Event OP13-040 I Know You're Strong... So I'll Go All Out from the Very Start!!!
Who it suits: the best choice if you are fairly new to competitive play. The Leader comes in the ST-30 starter deck (Starter Deck EX Luffy & Ace), so it is a cheap way in.
Full guide with decklist: Luffy & Ace ST30-001 deck guide.
Tier 2: very playable
Enel · OP05-098 (yellow)
How it plays: once per turn, when you drop to 0 Life, you add a card to your Life and trash one from your hand. A long-game deck that wins by attrition. Current lists run a lot of Big Mom Pirates cards from OP-17.
Key cards: Borsalino EB04-058, Marshall.D.Teach OP16-119, Zeus OP11-106, the Event You're the One Who Should Disappear. OP06-115 and Charlotte Linlin OP17-112.
Who it suits: players who like control and dragging games out.
Buggy · OP09-042 (blue)
How it plays: in your Main Phase, the Leader rests 5 DON!! and trashes a card to play a Cross Guild Character from your hand, whatever its cost. That lets it drop its expensive cards early and fill the board with cost 5 or higher Characters. It is the deck that has risen most with EB-05.
Key cards: Alvida EB05-021, Crocodile & Mihawk ST25-003, Buggy OP09-051, Mr.3 OP09-056 and the Cross Guild Event OP09-057.
Who it suits: players who like setting up a big board and counting resources. In ranked it is one of the worst matchups for Kaido and yellow Enel.
Full guide with decklist: Buggy OP09-042 deck guide.
Shanks · OP17-020 (green)
How it plays: the Leader can stop your opponent's rested Characters from becoming active in their next Refresh Phase, at the cost of trashing a card or resting a DON!!. It is pure tempo: you leave your opponent without Blockers or attackers and exploit the gap.
Key cards: Shanks OP17-022, Yasopp OP17-031, Benn.Beckman OP17-027, Kouzuki Oden ST32-002 and Perona OP12-034.
Who it suits: players who like dictating the pace. Be careful: it really struggles against Luffy & Ace.
Tier 3: good in the right hands
- Enel · OP15-058 (purple). Plays with a DON!! deck of only 6 cards and a Leader that generates DON!! every turn from the second onwards. It revolves around the Events El Thor OP15-075, Lightning Dragon OP15-077 and Mamaragan OP15-078, with Ohm OP15-061 and Enel OP15-118. Full guide: purple Enel OP15-058 deck guide.
- Donquixote Rosinante · OP12-061 (purple/yellow). Shares a lot with yellow Enel and the Navy: Borsalino EB04-058, Sakazuki OP16-065, Marineford OP16-078 and Rosinante & Law EB04-038. Full guide: Rosinante OP12-061 deck guide.
- Nico Robin · EB05-010 (green/yellow). The only new Leader in EB-05. When one of your Wisdom Characters without Blocker is K.O.'d, you add a card to your Life, and it can set a Wisdom Character with 6000 power or less as active so it attacks again. Still with few lists. Full guide: Nico Robin EB05-010 deck guide.
- Boa Hancock · OP14-041 (blue/yellow). A Kuja deck that plays on your opponent's turn: it draws every time you play a Character during their turn, plays Characters for free with Trigger from your Life, and takes a Life card from your opponent when one of your Kuja with 5000 power or more is K.O.'d. Full guide: Boa Hancock OP14-041 deck guide.
Outside the top 10, but worth keeping in mind
These three Leaders were in the previous tier list and this month they are not among the ten with the most presence. They are still playable decks and they appear in the matchup table below.
Sabo · OP13-004 (red/black)
How it plays: 5 Life. With 1 DON!! attached and a cost 8 or higher Character on the board, your Leader and Characters get +1000, during your opponent's turn too. In exchange, it loses 1000 power while you have 4 or more Life. Current lists use OP-17 giants and Straw Hats to reach that cost.
Key cards: Pirates Docking Six OP15-088, Brook ST01-011, Roronoa Zoro OP17-095, Nico Robin OP17-087 and Loki OP17-119.
Who it suits: players who like setting up the board for a few turns and then turning up the pressure.
Full guide with decklist: Sabo OP13-004 deck guide.
Monkey.D.Luffy · OP17-079 (black)
How it plays: your cost 12 or higher Characters have Blocker. No Character has a printed cost of 12: the Elbaf giants raise their own cost on the board, and Usopp, Sanji and Zoro get stronger when you control one with cost 12 or more.
Key cards: Loki OP17-119, Rodo OP17-094, Gerd OP17-081, Jaguar.D.Saul OP17-089 and Monkey.D.Luffy OP17-093.
Who it suits: players who want something solid and easy to understand, especially if Rocks is everywhere at your local store.
Full guide with decklist: black Luffy OP17-079 deck guide.
Kaido · OP17-058 (purple)
How it plays: once per turn, when it attacks or is attacked, pay DON!! -1 to give an opponent's Character -2000. Removal and defence with Kaido OP17-062, King EB04-031, Queen EB04-032 and Ulti & Page One OP17-060.
Full guide with decklist: Kaido OP17-058 deck guide.
Which deck beats which
Win rates from ranked games on an online simulator, updated on 30 October 2026. They are best-of-one and move every week, so treat them as a guide.
| Deck | Beats | Loses to |
|---|---|---|
| Rocks OP17-039 | Shanks (61%), Sabo (57%), Luffy & Ace (56%) | Black Luffy OP17-079 (37%) |
| Luffy OP13-001 | Luffy & Ace (74%), black Luffy (70%), purple Enel (67%) | Yellow Enel (42%), Rocks (46%) |
| Luffy & Ace ST30-001 | Shanks (75%), Kaido (71%), black Luffy (65%) | Luffy OP13-001 (26%), Sabo (40%) |
| Enel OP05-098 | Purple Enel (79%), black Luffy (66%) | Kaido (37%) |
| Sabo OP13-004 | Black Luffy (65%), Luffy & Ace (60%) | Luffy OP13-001 (37%), purple Enel (38%) |
| Shanks OP17-020 | Black Luffy (61%) | Luffy & Ace (25%), Rocks (39%) |
| Luffy OP17-079 | Rocks (64%) | Luffy OP13-001 (30%), yellow Enel (34%) |
| Kaido OP17-058 | Yellow Enel (63%) | Luffy & Ace (29%) |
No deck beats everything. If your local store is full of Rocks, black Luffy is a good pick. If there is a lot of Luffy & Ace, Luffy OP13-001 is the answer. And before you choose, check your budget: Luffy & Ace is cheap to get into because the Leader comes in the ST-30 starter deck, but the full competitive lists vary a lot in cost. Rocks is currently one of the more affordable: almost the whole deck is low- or mid-rarity OP-17 cards, and the regular version of its Secret Rare OP17-118 is cheap. The full Luffy & Ace list was around $230 and Luffy OP13-001 between $275 and $360 (approximate US market prices, early November 2026).
If you would rather build your own version than copy a decklist, we explain how in how to build a One Piece TCG deck.
What changes with OP-18 (20 November)
OP-18 The Dominance of God releases in English on 20 November 2026 and is legal at Store Championships and regionals from 27 November. Bandai has already announced its six Leaders: Karoo, Franky, Monkey.D.Luffy, Ms. All Sunday, Saint Gunko and Spandam. Until the first tournaments are played, this tier list is the reference. You will find each new Leader, with its game plan and what it can beat, in the 6 OP-18 Leaders.
If you are going to a European regional, keep the date in mind: OP-18 will not be legal in Porto, Bordeaux and Bristol, but it will be in Elche (28 and 29 November). The calendar and which deck to bring are in the One Piece TCG regionals in Europe.
Test every deck in ARENA before you buy
Before you spend money on a competitive deck, play it. In our ARENA One Piece TCG simulator you can load any of these Leaders with a meta decklist in one tap, or build your own version with whichever Leader you like. It is free, runs in the browser on mobile and desktop, and you sign in with your email and a one-time code, no password needed.
- Against the AI, with four difficulty levels, to learn the deck without pressure.
- Private 1v1 rooms with a code, to test a specific matchup with a friend, for example Rocks against black Luffy.
- Ranked with 8 ranks, from Stowaway to Pirate King. The Season 1 prize is an OP-17 Booster Box.
- Online Swiss tournaments with top cut, to see how your deck holds up over several rounds in a row.
A good rule of thumb: play at least ten games with a deck before buying its expensive cards. If you are still convinced, play it online in ARENA against whatever you see most at your local store, and then buy. And before OP-18, practise the current meta decks in ARENA and prepare the matchups that will still be around with OP-18.
Getting the cards
Buy the cards you are missing as singles: it is far cheaper than opening packs hunting for one specific card. Start from a starter deck when the Leader comes in one, as with Luffy & Ace, and fill the gaps with singles from there.
Official tournaments in Europe are played with English cards, and French cards are also accepted. Japanese cards are not allowed, so check that every card in a Japanese list is already out in English before you buy.
Deck guide for every Leader
- Rocks OP17-039
- Luffy OP13-001
- Luffy & Ace ST30-001
- Enel OP05-098
- Sabo OP13-004
- Shanks OP17-020
- Black Luffy OP17-079
- Kaido OP17-058
- Buggy OP09-042
- Nico Robin EB05-010
- Purple Enel OP15-058
- Rosinante OP12-061
- Boa Hancock OP14-041
Frequently asked questions
What is the best One Piece TCG deck right now?
Based on data from 10 October to 7 November 2026, Luffy OP13-001 is the most played (16.5% of top-cut lists) and the one winning the most tournaments, with Rocks.D.Xebec OP17-039 close behind (14.9%). Luffy & Ace ST30-001 sees less play, but wins a lot for how rarely it shows up.
Which competitive deck is the cheapest?
To get started, Luffy & Ace, because the Leader comes in the ST-30 starter deck. But the full competitive list is not that cheap: around $230 (approximate US market price, early November 2026). Among full lists, Rocks is currently one of the more affordable. Fill in whatever you are missing with singles.
How often does the meta change?
With every new set and every change to the banned list. EB-05 has been legal at all tournaments since 6 November, and the next one to shake it up will be OP-18, legal at Store Championships and regionals from 27 November.
Is Japanese data useful for playing in Europe?
It is useful as a guide. Before you copy a Japanese list, check that every card in the list is available and legal in English, which is what official tournaments in Europe use.
Can I try these decks online for free?
Yes. In ARENA you can load a meta decklist in one tap and play it against the AI, against a friend in a private room or in ranked, free and in the browser.
Keep reading
- The meta coming with OP-18 and EB-05: forecast and new Leaders.
- The 6 OP-18 Leaders: which decks could come out of them.
- One Piece TCG regionals in Europe: the calendar and which deck to bring.
- How to build a One Piece TCG deck: rules, curve and Counters.
- One Piece TCG banned cards: the current banlist.
- How to play One Piece Card Game: the rules from scratch.
- Best One Piece TCG simulators: how to play online.
One Piece card images: © Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, Toei Animation. One Piece Card Game is a Bandai product; ONLYCHASES is not affiliated with Bandai.
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