I'm really looking forward to seeing how the upcoming Black Maria works in this deck. Ha ing an optio to immediately catch up to your opponents don level in a deck with a lot of -1s feels like it's going to be really strong.
It's a good list and great games. For my build I use the blocker Kid over the Queens, and instead Gina I use the 1 cost Vinsmoke Sanji. He is a good early game play and, with his ability paired with Reiju leader, you can draw 2 cards for only -1 Don!!.
@ComicKathy I was having the discussion last night about lil' Sanji. draw 2 for 1 resource is a really powerful ability, which in other games would really help to improve the consistency of a deck, I'm still on the fence regarding his inclusion here though, because of how tight the deck list is. Would he be better being replaced with a kaya, who can do what Sanji does but also let's you trash two, for e.g.? Given the stage effect, leader ability and big Raiju's ability do we even actually need the card draw versus other tech options and/or bodies.
Not really a fan of the standard Reiju build with Judge and Niji. Playing for Judge feels too slow and he only gets value in this deck if you're running at least 3/4 vinsmoke family members, and in this case that means Niji. Niji, imo, is mostly useless in this format. His removal is pretty weak into most matchups and so that's 8 card slots that are pretty much dead to me. The list I'm running drops them and the Germa event and runs no Queens. Pudding is bumped up to 3, chopper is cut to 3, added 4x 1c Vinsmoke Sanji, 4x OP06 2K Sanji, 2x P068 Sanji and 2x Black Bugs as my key removal pieces. It's a full out build that leans into the swarm aspect of Porche and Ichiji and aims for wins by turn 5 if I'm high rolling. The BY Luffy matchup is pretty cursed regardless of the build you run, but with my build there's a very small window of opportunity where it can win by turn 4.
yeah unfortunately the niji value has drastically decreased, not as useless as Yonji but overall I rarely ever find myself wanting to play him over reiju or ichiji.
I appreciate this comment. Reiju is the leader I’ve been working with the most as it has seemed to be able to only build off every new set released. - A recent experiment I tried was 2 Queen blocker / 2 OP07 2k Sanji blocker / 2 Black Bug (This card goes hard in a pinch) / and then replaced the 2 Judge specifically with 2 of the 7C Captain Kid characters from the 3 Captains deck. The boosting Leader power for -1 Don has flipped some tight spots into advantages, especially late game as you’re getting the Don back every turn. Replacing Niji might be a good line of thinking, though, I like that. Reiju (character), as long as her effect comes into play, is too good imo to replace with her Draw 2. This deck does feel like it struggles with counters the more Vinsmoke family members you are running, aside from her character card.
If your opponent doesnt have removal, you can basically cheese two attacks with Ichi. Attach 1 to baby Ichi, swing 5, summon big Ichi, return attached don, swing 7
@undeadunluck I'm not actually that impressed with Porche. It was probably just bad luck/pilot error, and I am goingg to give her more of a chance, but every time I played her in 3 matches last night, her draw effect fizzled, and conversely, because of the foxy pirates, my germa66 fizzled more than once too!
@@DrRockso9ahh I get you. Make him take life then drop the pudding. I was thinking since he had 6 swings to just math him out by putting him down to 5 before swinging for game.
Everyone so hyped on this deck but it's still only a solid Tier 2 deck at best. I've been playing the deck for a while now, and I absolutely love it. But it really can't compete consistently with most meta decks because it has no protection, no control, and no boss cards to push for lethal. It's basically a weaker version of combining RP Law and BY Luffy. At least Law had control, and Luffy has protection and boss cards. You can win a fair number of games, but there are a large number of ways to lose with this deck, and adding in cards to use as searchable generic 2k counters doesn't solve the overwhelming problems the deck has.
Foxy is very annoying to play as Reiju, but Reiju wins that matchup more than Foxy because Reiju can flood the board with bodies more than Foxy can stall the game. Most times, Foxy or Kaido don't even come out because Foxy never has the DON for either trying to stay behind in DON to deny effects. Also, Black Maria in OP08 fixes a ton of issues with purple mirrors.
Not even close. Reiju will be a great Tier 2 deck, but it still struggles against too many other decks and if anything goes wrong, the game is over for Reiju.
☝🏻This guy knows. I've been playing Reiju since OP06, and facing Law wasn't the issue with the deck. It's that the deck is incomplete. It needs an entire second engine that's meant for a different leader just to run this deck, and still, it bricks plenty. Your only boss card is now even harder to pull off because there's even more minusing and zero ramping. Whiffing searches and/or not finding stage or Porche kills this deck instantly. Running less blockers and more generic searchable 2k counters doesn't fix any of the issues the deck had with or without Law around. My biggest issue is that this is a blue and purple deck with only purple support. P Sanji doesn't even count because he's cut instantly or not even included because of price. Even when you do have him, he's basically just another searchable generic 2k counter. Pudding is the only blue card in the deck, and she's only there to keep large hand sizes in check, but when you don't find her against the matchups she'sin the deck for, you can't keep up with the opponent's counter. This deck needs some major love to be in the talks for Tier 1, but unfortunately, we won't see it any time soon.
personally i don't like gina here, your searchers are x3 cards so having 2 arquetypes makes you fail a lot, I'd go with the new blue sanji there. Also I prefer blocker sanji to queen since more often than not is a 6k body for 3 don
While I agree the 6c Sanji is good, it's rarely ever brought out as a Blocker. 9/10 times, it's just another 2k counter. At least Queen can get you a bigger hand while being a Blocker. Even with 6 blockers in the deck, though, you rarely ever call one out unless you have no other options for the end of Porche's effect other than to bring out Tony Chopper.
@@GR8NE55 normally when I play it (as you say is a 2k most of the time) is to have another attacker next turn for a cheap cost. When I tried Queen it was always awkward when to play it, the 5 cost made it difficult to play without a better play in hand
@@patriciocarrasco7641 Honestly, with Law gone, Yonji might come back in the deck. Removal decks are gonna remove blockers anyway. Why not fuel the engine that we already have and make more things in the deck searchable and useful? Just a thought I had.
@@GR8NE55 I'm actually testing out a version with yonji and without porche, is slower but still really strong. I'll probably test out a full germa team with porche too. I love that this is an unexplored meta
I'm really looking forward to seeing how the upcoming Black Maria works in this deck. Ha ing an optio to immediately catch up to your opponents don level in a deck with a lot of -1s feels like it's going to be really strong.
hi man where did you found the art of the alternative cards ? it looks really high quality and perfect !
It's a good list and great games. For my build I use the blocker Kid over the Queens, and instead Gina I use the 1 cost Vinsmoke Sanji. He is a good early game play and, with his ability paired with Reiju leader, you can draw 2 cards for only -1 Don!!.
so youre play a dead kid and 4 2k?
@ComicKathy I was having the discussion last night about lil' Sanji. draw 2 for 1 resource is a really powerful ability, which in other games would really help to improve the consistency of a deck, I'm still on the fence regarding his inclusion here though, because of how tight the deck list is. Would he be better being replaced with a kaya, who can do what Sanji does but also let's you trash two, for e.g.? Given the stage effect, leader ability and big Raiju's ability do we even actually need the card draw versus other tech options and/or bodies.
Not really a fan of the standard Reiju build with Judge and Niji. Playing for Judge feels too slow and he only gets value in this deck if you're running at least 3/4 vinsmoke family members, and in this case that means Niji. Niji, imo, is mostly useless in this format. His removal is pretty weak into most matchups and so that's 8 card slots that are pretty much dead to me. The list I'm running drops them and the Germa event and runs no Queens. Pudding is bumped up to 3, chopper is cut to 3, added 4x 1c Vinsmoke Sanji, 4x OP06 2K Sanji, 2x P068 Sanji and 2x Black Bugs as my key removal pieces. It's a full out build that leans into the swarm aspect of Porche and Ichiji and aims for wins by turn 5 if I'm high rolling. The BY Luffy matchup is pretty cursed regardless of the build you run, but with my build there's a very small window of opportunity where it can win by turn 4.
Very much agree with this been running a build with no niji nor judge and it’s been working well!
This sounds super bricky.
yeah unfortunately the niji value has drastically decreased, not as useless as Yonji but overall I rarely ever find myself wanting to play him over reiju or ichiji.
You mean OP07 2K Sanji?
I appreciate this comment. Reiju is the leader I’ve been working with the most as it has seemed to be able to only build off every new set released. - A recent experiment I tried was 2 Queen blocker / 2 OP07 2k Sanji blocker / 2 Black Bug (This card goes hard in a pinch) / and then replaced the 2 Judge specifically with 2 of the 7C Captain Kid characters from the 3 Captains deck. The boosting Leader power for -1 Don has flipped some tight spots into advantages, especially late game as you’re getting the Don back every turn.
Replacing Niji might be a good line of thinking, though, I like that. Reiju (character), as long as her effect comes into play, is too good imo to replace with her Draw 2. This deck does feel like it struggles with counters the more Vinsmoke family members you are running, aside from her character card.
I love that nats is taking place on the heels of the bans. It’s forcing players to come up with their own spice to deal with the new meta leaders
Before r/p law she was meta contending. She is just coming back to her old self post ban
The deck is so good !!!
I'm bringing back Vinsmoke Reiju once Set 8 drops next month. How did you get the AAs in the Sim?
:)
ive been looking to try the niji-less judge-less build with only porche. have you seen it?
If your opponent doesnt have removal, you can basically cheese two attacks with Ichi. Attach 1 to baby Ichi, swing 5, summon big Ichi, return attached don, swing 7
I actually won a game at my locals last week by doing that exact thing.
Crossing my fingers for an OP08 Enel list
My play style was all brakes no gas but now 🔥🔥🔥
I only have 1 Porsche 😭 gonna have to go with Vegapunk for my first ever local tourney
@undeadunluck I'm not actually that impressed with Porche. It was probably just bad luck/pilot error, and I am goingg to give her more of a chance, but every time I played her in 3 matches last night, her draw effect fizzled, and conversely, because of the foxy pirates, my germa66 fizzled more than once too!
@paultapping9510 interesting that is some good insight. I still only have 1 and have yet to draw her even once still LMAO I appreciate ya
Is slotting in Gina a mistake? She doesnt proc with this leader??
Searchable 2k with Porche
@@artresstcg ohh. Feels bit rough to have it only for 2k counter.
What about slotting in the new Black Maria in its place? Not searchable, but it helps with Don recovery and still 2k
You replace Gina with Maria in 08
@@artresstcg Makes sense! Any other changes in 08? Thanks for the tips btw man
On turn 7 against enel, why not throw down pudding before swinging? (Not hating just learning)
You want them to take the life first for value, but if they counter out you just do another 4 don play
@@DrRockso9ahh I get you. Make him take life then drop the pudding. I was thinking since he had 6 swings to just math him out by putting him down to 5 before swinging for game.
Everyone so hyped on this deck but it's still only a solid Tier 2 deck at best. I've been playing the deck for a while now, and I absolutely love it. But it really can't compete consistently with most meta decks because it has no protection, no control, and no boss cards to push for lethal. It's basically a weaker version of combining RP Law and BY Luffy. At least Law had control, and Luffy has protection and boss cards. You can win a fair number of games, but there are a large number of ways to lose with this deck, and adding in cards to use as searchable generic 2k counters doesn't solve the overwhelming problems the deck has.
Just hype. Foxy say hi to Reiju
Foxy is very annoying to play as Reiju, but Reiju wins that matchup more than Foxy because Reiju can flood the board with bodies more than Foxy can stall the game. Most times, Foxy or Kaido don't even come out because Foxy never has the DON for either trying to stay behind in DON to deny effects. Also, Black Maria in OP08 fixes a ton of issues with purple mirrors.
I still smoke fools with ivankov
Everyone is gonna hate that Reiju is now playable with Law gone now. And once she gets Black Maria man it’ll be worse. Possibly even worse than Law 😂
Not even close. Reiju will be a great Tier 2 deck, but it still struggles against too many other decks and if anything goes wrong, the game is over for Reiju.
Enel misplayed, not sure why he didnt 2x 9k first, also starving Reiju rarely ever worth.
I had this deck alted out but it's inconsistent. You have to high roll to win. When you don't see ichigi at all , it's rough.
inconsistent? playing it wrong I suppose super consistent deck because you cycle alot by drawing
@musherally no you can def brick. No search, no stage, no, no bigs or babies. Had it happen twice, both against enel. Maddening
☝🏻This guy knows.
I've been playing Reiju since OP06, and facing Law wasn't the issue with the deck. It's that the deck is incomplete. It needs an entire second engine that's meant for a different leader just to run this deck, and still, it bricks plenty. Your only boss card is now even harder to pull off because there's even more minusing and zero ramping. Whiffing searches and/or not finding stage or Porche kills this deck instantly. Running less blockers and more generic searchable 2k counters doesn't fix any of the issues the deck had with or without Law around. My biggest issue is that this is a blue and purple deck with only purple support. P Sanji doesn't even count because he's cut instantly or not even included because of price. Even when you do have him, he's basically just another searchable generic 2k counter. Pudding is the only blue card in the deck, and she's only there to keep large hand sizes in check, but when you don't find her against the matchups she'sin the deck for, you can't keep up with the opponent's counter. This deck needs some major love to be in the talks for Tier 1, but unfortunately, we won't see it any time soon.
personally i don't like gina here, your searchers are x3 cards so having 2 arquetypes makes you fail a lot, I'd go with the new blue sanji there. Also I prefer blocker sanji to queen since more often than not is a 6k body for 3 don
While I agree the 6c Sanji is good, it's rarely ever brought out as a Blocker. 9/10 times, it's just another 2k counter. At least Queen can get you a bigger hand while being a Blocker. Even with 6 blockers in the deck, though, you rarely ever call one out unless you have no other options for the end of Porche's effect other than to bring out Tony Chopper.
@@GR8NE55 normally when I play it (as you say is a 2k most of the time) is to have another attacker next turn for a cheap cost. When I tried Queen it was always awkward when to play it, the 5 cost made it difficult to play without a better play in hand
@@patriciocarrasco7641 Honestly, with Law gone, Yonji might come back in the deck. Removal decks are gonna remove blockers anyway. Why not fuel the engine that we already have and make more things in the deck searchable and useful? Just a thought I had.
@@GR8NE55 I'm actually testing out a version with yonji and without porche, is slower but still really strong. I'll probably test out a full germa team with porche too. I love that this is an unexplored meta
I like yonji more
please keep hyping reiju, i love to get free wins as BY Luffy at locals
At locals?? Crazy
Umm...say hi to Pudding. I've won more than I've lost to BY Luffy with Reiju with or without Pudding.
Porsche deserves to be restricted or banned from reiju