FEATURE
RECOMMENDED DECKS(Blue/Black) Sakazuki
Concept
Bust out high-cost finishers that remove your opponent's Characters, and use your Leader's card-swap and cost-subtraction effects to deal one blow after another.
This deck merges the stability of blue's card draw with black's pressure to stifle the opponent with removal.
Card List
Products Used in This Deck
Deck Breakdown
Early Game
The Leader effect of "OP05-041 Sakazuki" allows you to cycle one card every turn. If you've drawn too many high-cost cards with no Counters, this effect can help fix up your hand.
Out of the gate, you'll want to fish for high-cost finishers. From there, shore up your hand with low- and medium-cost search cards, alongside your Leader effect.
If you're going second and you have "OP05-093 Rob Lucci" in your hand, it's critical to use your Leader effect from your first turn.
If you cycle cards during your first and second turns and then use a Counter during your opponent's first attack, you'll already satisfy the [On Play] condition of having 3 cards in your trash.
Mid Game
Your objective during the mid game will be to hunt for a solid opportunity to drop "OP05-051 Borsalino".
Combine it with your Leader's cost −1 effect to return Characters of up to cost 5 back to the owner's hand. You can also expand your removal options even further if "OP02-096 Kuzan" or "ST06-005 Sengoku" is on the field.
A little later on, you'll be playing a series of Characters with removal, so you'll want to save some cost-reducing cards.
If your opponent has a deck that will hit you later with high-cost finishers, consider whether it's safe to attack with "OP02-096 Kuzan" and "ST06-005 Sengoku", which would leave them rested.
End Game
From here, you'll play one powerful finisher after another.
"OP04-044 Kaido" normally returns one major and one minor Character to their owner's hand, but with this deck, you can unleash a combo that sends two huge threats back at once!
Once you've suppressed the board, go on the offensive while protecting your own Life.
Use your Leader effect to fish for +2000 Counters, and bring out your Blockers, "OP05-086 Nefeltari Vivi" and "OP04-083 Sabo", and it'll be game over. Your opponent will have an almost impossible time breaking through.