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Five One Piece Leaders You Can Build for Under $60 and Still Win Locals
Complete 50 card lists priced at the base printing of every card, from MugiPocket market data. None of them costs more than a booster box, and all of them are built to win.


Mihawk OP14-020: The Deck a Quarter of the Room Is Playing, and How It Wins
Dracule Mihawk took 25.1% of OP17 online tournament decks. Here is the core list, the two turns that carry it, and the three cards that beat it.


Blocker or Counter? The Decision That Decides Most Games at 2 Life
Both stop an attack. Only one of them costs you a card, and only one of them is still there next turn. The rule for choosing, and the two exceptions that lose games.


Why Your Turn 2 Decides the Match: DON!! Curves Every Player Should Know
You get two DON!! a turn and ten by turn five. What you do with the first four is the difference between a deck that starts and a deck that stalls.


The Best 2000 Counter Cards in Every Color, and What They Cost
There are 302 cards with a 2000 Counter in the current card pool. The best ones are the ones that are also worth playing, and almost all of them cost under a dollar.


Rush, Double Attack, Banish: Keywords That Win Games and How to Play Around Them
The current card pool has 93 Rush cards, 32 Double Attack cards and 24 Banish cards. Each one changes the math of a turn, and each has a counter play.


From Practice to Podium: How to Test a Deck Against an Expert Bot Before a Tournament
Ten games against a bot that blocks, counters and redirects correctly tells you more about a list than a week of goldfishing. The five things to test, in order.


The Life Cards Question: When Taking Damage Is the Right Play
Life cards are cards. Every hit you take at 4 or 5 Life is a draw you did not have to spend a turn on. The math of when to take it, and when the draw is a trap.


Rotation and Ban List Explained: What Is Still Legal and Which Staples Just Died
Standard format now starts at Block 2, 5 cards are banned outright, and 20 older cards stay legal by exception. The complete rules, from the official list MugiPocket enforces.


Doflamingo OP14-060: The Redirect Trick Most Players Use Wrong
The Heavenly Demon's leader ability turns your opponent's attack into a choice you control. Here is the decision tree that wins at 3 Life, and the full list we run in Practice Arena.
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