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Most of the Bonney complaining is about the Miracle version of RG Luffy the Strawhat build plays her as a midgame reload Miracle mulligans for her and Law keeps replaying her

Miracle Luffy matchup cheatsheet mirror: win the board, don't race Rocks: attack Kyo first, then Decken yellow Big Mom: Shanks the small guys, Decken Mom Enel: chain Bonney turns til they run out Elbaph Sabo: Decken the rested Loki RG Luffy Ace: Bonney makes their leader 5k

RG Luffy doesn't need to protect every life if ur next turn puts the defense back up and removes what made this turn expensive, taking 2 is fine. thats 2 cards I start giving hand counter more around 1 life or when the engine isn't coming back

Black Luffy mistake: grabbing Luffy off a search when ur hand can't do anything before 8 DON u need a useful play every turn. if ur short, use Gerd to get the next one back

RG Luffy into Enel: don't poke their life every turn every life card is another shot at finding removal for ur board build, attack their board, wait til 3ish bodies stick, then take a bunch of life in one turn so they don't have time to use the cards

I can’t wait til this crocodile deck it’s like if Sanji didn’t suck

10 cost Luffy tip for RP Luffy swing with the board ur about to lose first, then play Luffy. everything else goes to the bottom also the leader activation is once per turn. if u used it to reach 10 u don't get it again after the reset

RG Luffy players pls stop attacking with Usopp one 5k swing isn't worth the guy giving u DON for defense every turn Sanji can swing once the rest of ur engine covers the defense. Usopp stays home til its safe or its part of the finish

Kaido matchup cheatsheet Luffy/Ace: hardest one. still take 1st, still want King on 6 Sabo: favorable. blocker Kaido first Robin: one of the easier ones Black Luffy: more even Enel: fine going long. negate and KO Kaido answers their Enel mirror: still want 1st

RP Luffy into Buggy: take first away from them when u can Zoro making ur leader 8k means their 7k bodies need DON before they matter, and thats DON they wanted for setting up

Red Purple Luffy mulligan: no Yamato or Bon.Kurei in hand = mulligan Garp can find them. Nami and Sunny can't so a hand full of straw hat searches still doesn't fix missing ramp

This Naruto game is so fun I can’t wait to get my hands on cards that are not just the demo decks lol

Luffy/Ace first/second cheatsheet Rocks: 1st, more reliable 5 DON combo Black Luffy: 2nd. very favored Sabo: 2nd. they punish our lack of 2k counters Robin: 1st. favored either way Kaido: 1st, mess up their ramp Enel: 1st for now mirror: 2nd, slightly

I can’t play the bougey French RG Luffy leader in English territories right?

Rocks into Luffy/Ace: Gloriosa is the priority, not "just hit Xebec on 10" take 1st, mulligan for her, and remember Linlin on 5 is fine — Gloriosa just does more against that combo

hot take: Bonney isn't the reason RG Luffy is good Sunny Usopp Sanji Zoro already works without her. she's the reload that keeps it going when they break through ur engine

Sabo mulligan keep/ship keep: early characters + a Giant that makes them useful (2-cost into Saul or Loki) mulligan: Giant with no buildup, or a pile of small guys praying to draw a Giant Ain/Ground Death don't rescue a slow opening — find them while playing

GY Robin: u can let one guy die for the heal. after that stop and count spending counter on every character when another attacker already covers the restand is just throwing cards away

Luffy Ace mulligan: look for the combo every matchup prefer OP12 Luffy or Sanji with enough searches to finish the hand full combo + two events = automatic keep three searchers with neither engine piece = mulligan. four searches + a payoff can be the exception

RG Luffy mulligan Sunny in hand is almost always a keep, even with no Usopp or Sanji Usopp or Sanji + search can keep without Sunny searchers alone with no Sunny = mulligan Bonney + Nami by itself isn't a keep. she's the midgame reload not the opener