Red/green Luffy OP13-001 deck: decklist and guide (November 2026)

Monkey.D.Luffy OP13-001 is the red/green Straw Hat deck and one of the three tier 1 decks in Standard since the Mihawk ban. It has the second most top finishes and the best record against Luffy & Ace. This guide covers the Leader's exact text, how to manage your DON!!, a full decklist that won a tournament on the first day of the ban, the key cards, mulligans and matchups.

Data from tournaments and online games in October and early November 2026. For the full meta picture, check our tier list of the best One Piece TCG decks.

What the Monkey.D.Luffy OP13-001 Leader does

It is a red and green Leader with 4 Life and 5000 power, with the Supernovas and Straw Hat Crew types. Its official English text reads:

"[DON!! x1] [On Your Opponent's Attack] If you have 5 or less active DON!! cards, you may rest any number of your DON!! cards. For every DON!! card rested this way, this Leader or up to 1 of your {Straw Hat Crew} type Characters gains +2000 power during this battle."

In plain terms: if your Leader has at least 1 DON!! attached and you have 5 or fewer active DON!!, when your opponent attacks you can rest as many active DON!! as you like. Each one gives +2000 power, for that battle, to your Leader or to one of your Straw Hat Crew Characters. Put another way: the DON!! you leave active at the end of your turn are free Counters.

How to play Luffy OP13-001: early, mid and late game

The whole deck revolves around one idea: attack with your DON!! on your turn and have them active again to defend on your opponent's turn. Sanji OP13-027, Usopp OP14-022 and Nami OP14-031 set DON!! back to active at the end of your turn, and Charlestone gets them back on defence. Thousand Sunny lets you give a rested DON!! to your Leader, whose name is Monkey.D.Luffy, to meet the [DON!! x1] condition without spending an active one.

Early game (turns 1 to 3)

• Search with Thousand Sunny or a cost 1 Nami. Thousand Sunny also lets you give a rested DON!! to the Leader to meet its [DON!! x1].
• Laboon is a good early play: it protects your Characters from your opponent's effects.
• Before passing, count your active DON!! and check the Leader has one attached: each active DON!! is a free +2000 counter.

Mid game (turns 4 to 7)

• Turns 3 and 4: Usopp or Nami OP14-031. Nami rests up to two opposing Characters and, with Electrical Luna, they stay rested.
• Turn 5: Sanji OP13-027, the heart of the engine. With Sanji, Usopp and Nami you re-activate DON!! at the end of your turn: you attack and defend with the same ones.
• Remember the Leader's limit: it only works with 5 or fewer active DON!!. Don't leave more active than you can use.

Late game: how to close it out

• Turns 6 and 7: close with Brook, Monkey.D.Luffy OP13-118 (Double Attack and re-activates up to 4 DON!!) or Roronoa Zoro EB04-007.
• With Luffy OP13-118 you can't play Characters with base cost 5 or more that turn: play the big ones first and Luffy last.
• Use Electrical Luna right before the finish: with no Characters standing up, your opponent has no Blockers and no counter-attack.

Mistakes that cost the most games

• Passing without a DON!! on the Leader: its defensive effect doesn't trigger.
• Spending all your DON!! on your turn with no engine to re-activate them: you reach the opponent's turn with no defence.
• Playing Luffy OP13-118 before your cost 5+ cards.

Before you pass the turn, count your active DON!! and check that the Leader has one attached.

Luffy OP13-001 decklist: 1st at ChinoizeCup #121 (12 October 2026)

With this list, snorlax1cynda won ChinoizeCup #121, an online Limitless Play tournament, going 6-0. It was played on 12 October 2026, the first day with Mihawk banned.

Total: 50 cards plus the Leader (39 Characters, 7 Events and 4 Stages).

Key cards and why they matter

• Nami OP14-031: the best card in the deck, in 94 % of lists. It is a Blocker, rests up to two opposing Characters with a cost of 8 or less on play and sets up to 5 DON!! back to active at the end of the turn.
• Sanji OP13-027 and Usopp OP14-022: also set DON!! back to active. They are what let you attack and defend in the same round.
• Thousand Sunny ST31-005: when you play it you look at 5 cards and keep a Straw Hat Crew card. Afterwards, by resting it, you give a rested DON!! to your Leader.
• Monkey.D.Luffy OP13-118: Double Attack and, with a multicolour Leader, sets up to 4 DON!! back to active on play. That turn you can't play Characters with a base cost of 5 or more.
• Roronoa Zoro EB04-007: gives your Leader +2000 until the end of your opponent's next turn and can attack Characters the turn it is played if your opponent has one with 8000 power or more.
• Brook OP15-032: rests an opposing card on play. Later you can trash it to set one of your Characters with a base cost of 8 or less back to active.
• Electrical Luna OP08-036: your opponent's rested Characters with a cost of 7 or less don't untap in their next Refresh Phase. With Nami or Brook, you leave them with no Blockers and no attackers.
• Laboon OP15-035: if your opponent is about to remove one of your Characters with 7000 base power or less via an effect, you can rest 2 of your cards instead.

Flex slots and options

• Jewelry Bonney EB04-002: a cost 1 searcher that many lists run at 3 or 4 in place of some Nami.
• Shanks OP17-022: 2 copies in the format's average list and in the list that finished 4th at Aegean Pirate Cup #6 (22 October).
• I Know You're Strong... So I'll Go All Out from the Very Start!!! OP13-040: a +3000 Counter for the Leader, or on your turn, for 2 DON!!, stops up to two rested Characters with a cost of 7 or less from untapping.
• Nami OP17-023 and Rakuyo OP17-016: run by the list that won the Asia Flagship on 3 October, before the ban.
• Monkey.D.Garp OP13-016, Vander Decken IX OP06-033 and Jinbe OP13-029: snorlax1cynda's EB-05 version (7th and 6-1 at ChinoizeCup #125, on 20 October) ran 4 Garp, 4 Vander Decken IX and 3 Jinbe, and cut Laboon, Electrical Luna and the cost 1 Nami.

Be careful when copying lists online: some tournaments use other formats and include cards like Round Table OP01-027, which is not legal in Standard. We explain how to adjust a list in how to build a One Piece TCG deck.

Mulligan

• Always keep a hand with Thousand Sunny. It searches and meets the Leader's condition.
• Without Sunny, keep with two or more cost 1 Nami: they get you to the engine.
• Mulligan hands with no cheap plays that are full of cost 6+ cards.

Matchups against the top decks

Win rates in best-of-one ranked games on an online simulator, updated on 30 October 2026. They are the same figures as in our meta guide.

Against Luffy & Ace you win because Nami and Electrical Luna lock down their Characters and your active DON!! soak up their attacks. Against Rocks, the matchup is close to 50 % in ranked, but in online tournaments with EB-05 (19 October to 2 November) Luffy went 34-21: it is clearly better than it looks. You can see it from the other side in the Rocks OP17-039 deck guide. Against yellow Enel and Kaido you struggle: those decks drag the game out or pick off your engine pieces turn after turn.

What EB-05 and OP-18 change

• EB-05 brings nothing clear yet. Sugar EB05-034 shows up in a few lists, but it hasn't caught on. EB-05 is legal at Store Championships and regionals from 6 November 2026.
• Its share is rising. In Japanese tournaments from 30 October to 1 November, red/green Luffy was the second most played deck, at 19.3 %.
• OP-18 (20 November in English): no card is confirmed for this deck. A green Monkey.D.Luffy OP18-022 Leader has been leaked that could draw players away, but its text has not been confirmed by Bandai.

More detail in the OP-18 and EB-05 meta.

Budget: which cards are expensive

Monkey.D.Luffy (SEC) OP13-118One Piece Carrying On His Will · ENView in storeRoronoa Zoro EB04-007One Piece Egghead Crisis · ENView in store

It is the most expensive of the three tier 1 decks. The lists that topped online tournaments on 2 and 3 November came to around 275–360 dollars on the US market. The biggest costs:

• Nami EB02-017, from Extra Booster Anime 25th Collection.
• Monkey.D.Luffy OP13-118, an OP-13 Secret Rare.
• Roronoa Zoro EB04-007: the regular version is affordable, but the OP-17 reprint costs several hundred dollars. For playing, either one works.

Brook, Electrical Luna, Thousand Sunny and Charlestone are cheap. With a deck this pricey, it pays to test it for free before you buy the expensive pieces.

Try it on ARENA

This deck punishes DON!! miscalculations hard, so it is worth practising before you spend money. On our free ARENA simulator you load this decklist in one tap and play from your browser.

1. Against the AI: start on the lowest level and work up to the fourth while you learn to end every turn with active DON!!.
2. Against a friend: create a private 1v1 room with a code and practise against Rocks or yellow Enel.
3. Competitively: climb ranked or play an online Swiss tournament with top cut.

If you can't decide between simulators, the comparison is in the best One Piece TCG simulators. And before you buy the Nami EB02-017, try the deck on ARENA.

FAQ

Is Luffy OP13-001 or Luffy & Ace better?

In ranked, Luffy OP13-001 wins 74 % of games against Luffy & Ace. Luffy & Ace is cheaper and easier to play. Its guide is in Luffy & Ace ST30-001 deck guide.

Why do I need active DON!! on my opponent's turn?

Because the Leader only gives power by resting active DON!! when your opponent attacks. If you spend them all on your turn and no card sets them back to active, you are left with no defence.

Are any cards in this list banned or restricted?

No, all of them are legal in Standard as of 5 November 2026. Check for changes in One Piece TCG banned cards.

Keep reading

• Rocks OP17-039 deck: the most played deck in the format.
• Luffy & Ace ST30-001 deck: the red/green deck that comes out of a starter deck.
• Best One Piece TCG decks: the current meta tier list.
• The meta with OP-18 and EB-05: which decks rise and which fall.

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