The problem with yellow is that not only you have to be careful of when to hit life but also you have to run against the clock cause you don’t want to get 10mom 3 times in a row, or have them use Yamato . So the problem is you have to most of the time leave enel and katakuri at 2 life so they can’t use Yamato, Cracker , Amaru or things like that while also having to keep your own life low but also they will manage to build board and heal every turn while also having to play against triggers and expect the worst when hitting life. It’s becoming a chore and there’s yellow players that will literally only play blockers until they can heal and try to get you trash your life with big moms only.

The main problem is something mentioned briefly at ~7 mins in - If you play too safe, you lose automatically due to board development and/or pressure that you cannot handle but yellow can. If you play aggressively, you lose to a bunch of triggers as well, the balance is extremely fine and skill doesn't really factor much here honestly, most of the time. Does skill play a role? Sure. Is it detrimental and aboslutely the decider of the game? No, it's not, due to how your decisions and plays might be 100% correct in 1 set of triggers and completely wrong in another, all of which you HAVE to risk and go for regardless of the result, most of the time lacking the knowledge to actually make a skill-based descision and weighed odds - This is bad game design for a cardgame that's inherently random, as all cardgames are - this is what I personally despise about Hearthstone and clones of that nature - skill is basically a non-factor, as it's mostly luck-based once you have the basics down. Current yellow is the embodiment of that. I firmly believe cards like LEnel, Bege and Sanji simply shouldn't exist in their current form (with Sanji being the least of those "evils" as you can atleast interact with it, but it still shouldn't be a 5k blocker). Crackers, Brules, Satoris, etc. are fine as a gimmick, but things with no real counterplay that can completely sack a game (like Bege and LEnel) are a problem. I've had games where I have 6 attacks (4 of which were 10k+) and I still couldn't kill an Enel with 4 cards in hand (2 known bricks) and 1 life, no initial blocks - You can imagine what happened, I'm sure you've experienced similar extreme highrolls. That should simply not be possible, at all. Obviously, he won the next turn, completely undeserved by any stretch of the imagination. I think Kata is much less of a problem than Enel, as with Kata you simply have to go for it most of the time, there's no real playing safe since mom into mom is game over if you take your sweet time and you're not passively Beged if you aggro early like against Enel. Enel is the definition of terrible card design and it would've all been avoided if he simply wasn't yellow - any other color would still be good, but not ridiculously random and frustrating to play against and with. He's really only problematic in yellow if you think about it. Also, I completely disagree with the "there are definitely ways to play around your opponent getting lucky" - That is true only sometimes, most of the times you simply risk it and it either pays off or it doesn't - NEITHER of which feel good for either player. Enel has 3 Beges and 3 Sanjis in trash yet gets both in last life cycle - Play around that when you're 100% losing next turn. The scenarios where you're helpless when they get lucky and you HAD TO ACT are faar too many and going for the "outplay" will lose you the game against smart opponents who realize it's time for them to go for it instead. And ofcourse, the complete poopshow current yellow vs yellow matches and mirrors are is also terrible. EDIT: All this could be much less of a problem if half-way decent banish cards were present in the color pools instead of being like what, 5 cards in total?

@monalumamonanana

6 ай бұрын

Yup, this is it exactly. You get put into a damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario. Every yellow match is just a prayer that they don't get too many useful triggers and if you try to play safe and not attack life, you just get out pressured with Big Moms, Katas, Yamatos etc. Even if you survive the big bodies, you still have to attack life at some point to actually win, so there's not really an outplay there.

@moonbreon

5 ай бұрын

Luck is part of the game play (knowing when to defend, to manipulate life or take it) as saka needs also luck to draw the right card at the right moment (leader recycling, great eruption , kuzan, sabo and 10 drop kaido ->to get the right cards)... if you do not, it might be a struggle. So luck is part of the saka play, but you don't lose a life for that... So saka in op05 has been given already all the tools. Kata in op06 will get them.. and you see already in op6+, saka slowly disappearing (replaced by gecko) and Kata still strive. Anyway, maybe they should have introduced rebecca in op06 instead of op5 to make saka at the same level playing field as others (Ban rebecca 😂). Also base on your hate of yellow (really wonder why?), you must struggle against it i guess. Also try to play Yellow and see how you fare and will soon notice that you can't rely solely on your trigger to win. But hey, always happy to see yellow (mono, or multi colors) winning against Saka in op05 as probably it will be a common thing in op6+

@Lessonius

5 ай бұрын

@@moonbreon The things you described for Saka apply to literally every deck, no exeptions - Every deck lives or dies by drawing mulling and searching for the right cards in whatever way is available/optimal/desired. That's part of the default game setup and if you're comparing this to yellow trigger shananigans and toxic card design of the particular cards mentioned, you've completely missed what the discussion and problematic at hand is about. The only difference is that Saka cycles faster due to his ability, there's nothing inherently unfair about it and the deck actually takes skill to pilot with decent results. Is Rebecca a card that should've been Dressrossa locked or return 3-5 back to deck'? Yes, still not nearly as dumb as losing games to random triggers consistently, both of which had nothing to do with me or my opponent, just random luck, which as you also mentioned, is already enough in a cardgame environment, there's no need to shift the balance of skill vs luck in the direction of luck - that's my problem with yellow and Enel in particular and it's a problem for everyone who isn't abusing this. I'd rather play against Saka 100% of the time, as we're actually going to play a game of skill that is not going to be, in 90% of cases, decided purely by luck, as most Enel games are currently. There's a reason people don't like yellow and it's exactly this - some games, you're completely destroying your opponent, but he still ends up winning for absolutely no reason, see example in original comment - that shouldn't be possible and is inherently unfair, as you get punished FOR NO REASON. I don't struggle against yellow, Kata is a fair and balanced deck that's reasonably strong and I have great records against it and when I lose, I don't feel that it was undeserved in 90% of games. Cannot say the same about Enel though, winning and losing feels bad 90% of the time, especially when terrible pilots win for no reason whatsoever, which can never happen with a bad Saka player, to use your example. The arguments I' making are from a gameplay and card design perspective, not "bruh I get wrecked everytime vs yellow mimimimi", because that's simply not the case and even if it was, it doesn't invalidate the points made.

@dennykurniawan4545

5 ай бұрын

​@moonbreon saka is still top deck for op06

@Sehon13Ultd

5 ай бұрын

What’s LEnel?

I think the luck just got out of hand with Enel, specially with the recovery, you leave them at zero they recover and its like they healed 2 plus the new triggers. I wished we got more green cards with banish

Might need more cards with banishing effects to deal with yellow decks

@chocolatebear505

5 ай бұрын

Agree. I am playing PR luffy at nats, and I wanted to add the promo zoro so bad but I cant because he wont be out until after the tournament. I was testing with the 8 drop banish and it was terrible because it had no counter

@geezas2804

5 ай бұрын

@@chocolatebear505 ikr and from the looks of it, yellow is going to be getting even more degenerate cards in OP-06. How are most decks supposed to compete with all this life manipulation bs? Smh

@chocolatebear505

5 ай бұрын

@@geezas2804 yeah It is just crazy. Yellow has the most banish cards in the game lol.They will need to make banish more to help combat yellow. Shocking they havent done much yet

Thankyou for this guide . wishing you can make more guides for more other matchups.

I thought this was really useful and hope you do more like this

This was awesome!🎉

Definitely studying this aggressively

Thank you for this. I need to practice more vs enel

i enjoyed it !thanks bro

Thanks for the video

lol thanks for the video Egman! I still haven’t beat Kat but feel better prepared now than ever !

I have been needing to hear a video like this. As a sakazuki player, I feel like I have the most trouble with yellow decks. It’s good to hear out a game plan and variables to look for when playing against yellow decks. 😊

One piece needs a card similar to kongo, your opponent cant add cards to life until the end of your opponents turn.

The biggest issue is that trigger cards got power crept to hell when yellow came out. When you look at earlier sets, Triggers were reserved for events as a trade-off for not keeping the event, or for very niche cards that were like 4c for 2k power with effects or 2c for 3k power characters. That made it balanced because you could run 4 in a deck in hopes of a trigger, but also risking it being a dead card in your hand. The new yellow cards are all so useful that there's no reason and no risk to running a full playset. Cards like Shirahoshi make sense because if you don't pull it as a trigger it's probably just gunna be a 1k counter. But things like Bege or any 5k swinger/blocker, those are great cards in your hand or in your life, there's no trade-off. Unfortunately, because so much luck is involved in beating yellow, I'm not sure how you would balance it. The decks themselves are still beatable so any type of card restrictions could make yellow just unplayable.

@camerondavis5039

6 ай бұрын

there needs to be a rule of having only a certain amount of trigger

@LightningFromHeaven

5 ай бұрын

@@camerondavis5039only being able to have 1 trigger per turn makes the deck much better. Makes it so they actually lose to what they’re supposed to

Please more of these types of videos

Yellow's playstyle with each set is becoming more of a chore. Judging by OP-06 meta so far in JP, its only going to get worse. I hope Bandai will realize that "luck" shouldn't decide high-level tournaments, even if this is a card game with inherent variance

@TheEgman

6 ай бұрын

Yeah I agree and I understand we are get closer to a “50 trigger” deck with every set. Unfortunately, there is no “easy” fix for these kind of things since it’s an identity for an entire color.

@smesu7436

6 ай бұрын

What would you call a situation when you get a perfect hand and your opponent gets a bad one? Luck or skill? Or what if the purple one gets an additional don from the trigger, which will allow him to strengthen even faster? Many other decks also have good triggers (I know that yellow has the most of them), but yellow lacks other advantages. Yellow without triggers and its lack of good cards that clear the board or blocking cards would be a dead deck.

@zthizz13

6 ай бұрын

I’m just hoping they make banish a more common trait for quality characters like how blocker or rush is currently, would definitely make for good tech cards to use against yellow

@Sweet_Cheeks

6 ай бұрын

This mindset that yellow only relies on luck will hold you back. You have to be good to be lucky, and lucky to be good. This goes for any deck at a fundamental level, all the way down to the cards you draw in your opening hand, and throughout the game.

@SunnGenie

6 ай бұрын

​@@TheEgman​ I don't really agree, I think bandai could design playing with life a lot better. The issue is so many cards that gain life by putting a random card from your deck into your life, leaving both players hoping that it decides the match in their favor. 7c 10c mom, yamato, enel all have this really unfun play pattern. I really want to see more cards like Big mom leader, 8c katakuri, more cards that have a higher cost but let you have more control over player's life cards. The 3 brothers leaders look a lot better design-wise than enel

Yellow can definitely be tricky to deal with, now with newer cards coming out that allow switching life it’s definitely not going to be so heavy on luck. RP law has been so helpful in yellow from the games Ive played that removal plus aggro is nice. Enel has still been a problem though, still trying to learn that match up.

@moonbreon

5 ай бұрын

OP06 brings yellow to the same level playing field as Saka or Enel. Yellow has , set after set, matured but still in op05 is more about probability and delicate gameplay. Saka do arithmetic to clean the board, Kata does probability in letting is life go ...

Bro uploaded this video and destroyed me with yellow in the sim after hahahah , gg again man ❤

@TheEgman

5 ай бұрын

Haha that was like the 1 yellow match I played all day 🤣🤣🤣

@kyotoo3112

5 ай бұрын

@@TheEgman its alwas an honor to play against you fr 😃

Would like one of these for saka

Nice video now please VS sakazuki

They don’t make banish cards that are effective. But they push out trigger cards that just turn the whole game around. While every other color has to play off the don curve.

This is great content. As a player that started 3 weeks ago, this really helps me jump in and hit the ground running at locals. More videos of this nature would greatly be appreciated. Thanks!

Enel should either be banned or decent cards that have banish need to be released for all colors.

@richardshiflett5181

5 ай бұрын

Red needs a Rush Strawhat with Banish.

Play Iceburg and spam kaku banish

@TheEgman

6 ай бұрын

The real answer, I’m just not bold enough to make the video 🤣

@PattysCards

5 ай бұрын

I play doflamingo and I’ve been pondering using the green 5 cost Yamato that has double attack banish

I know RG law is not meta anymore, but I had always had a tough time with that leader against katakuri. But most Law players said katakuri is free for them... what's going on there? Is there any videos highlighting the strategy for this?

Play red purple Luffy, have an 8k leader all game

Thanks, I play saka in this season and Enel with always the perfect trigger or Amaru in the end game, "stole" my perfect game 😅 I play the best I could but something yellow is too mush even for saka I guess....... Any advice for the matchup saka VS Enel? Or a good deck list saka for Vs yellow? Thanks 3000

Yellow was a mistake with no good banish cards

&when a guide on how to stop losing to Sakazuki?

I come from yugioh, my mind set is always “if you got it, you got it “ and usually they have it if not I just start swinging for the fences

@TheEgman

6 ай бұрын

Based on my shallow experiences with Yugioh that does seem like the case. The core differences are: Yugioh is generally Bo3 where OP is Bo1 Yugioh is more explosive, meaning you generally know who is in a winning position by turn 2.

I understand, still dislike yellow. Just a walk in the park for them at times.

Is there anyway a can easily ubderstand some abilities in cards, im already the cards but some of condition is i dont understand how it works, im newbie is there any site that they can explain how ability works, like - 2don, trash 1 card to you life then some thing like that, specailly navy leader where you can put your cards due to removal of your cards.

Playing against yellow is not skill, but who is luckier

Not only do I think most people dont recognize the advantage they give people off of life with yellow triggers, I dont think they recognize it in general. Giving Sakazuki cards in hand is also not a good feeling if he can use them for removal next turn, especially if you've already grinded him down to almost nothing in hand, and you could present lethal by waiting a turn and being patient.

@TheEgman

6 ай бұрын

It is definitely an intermediate step in this card game to recognize when it’s a good idea to NOT attack. Whenever I do it on stream I get a lot of “did you forget to attack” responses 🤣🤣🤣

I feel like yellow could be easily balanced by better cards with Banish, but most banish cards aren't too viable rn

@TheHolyDishwater

4 ай бұрын

If you make banish viable it will hurt every deck too.

@sonicbelt

4 ай бұрын

@@TheHolyDishwater Depends on how they balance it. I don't think it's that inherently strong a mechanic that you can't play around it depending on how they do it.

Can you do this video but for sakasuki?

Conversely, only lose to yellow when I'm playing it

If ppl are fed up with Yellow just play Nami and cook yellow up and benefit from your triggers like they do. Sakazuki needs something to keep it somewhat in check so I think yellows playstyle is needed in the meta

@TheHolyDishwater

4 ай бұрын

They can stall untill they have enough Big Moms used and go for game.

I'll save you guys 20 minutes. Just hope your opponent doesn't get lucky. 😂 much love, egman

@TheEgman

6 ай бұрын

That saves them 5 minutes top 🤣 There are definitely ways to play around your opponent being lucky

@fetchshockthoughtseize8657

6 ай бұрын

@TheEgman another tip you should have given is * Hey guys, just play Nami. You don't need to worry about life

Just play nami, yellow cowers in fear of nami 😂

@shaunfernandes8995

6 ай бұрын

Fr 🤣

U can't change them hitting triggers and getting free 5k bodies on board or even drawing 3cards for free to cycle their deck. Just one free 5k body nets them a 5don advantage over u already. Another cash grab game with no balance involved.

Limit 1 trigger per turn, everything is solved

@TheHolyDishwater

4 ай бұрын

No, just make a limit how many characters with triggers you can use in your deck.

there just needs to be a limit on triggers in a deck

BRO NOT EVEN BLACK HAS SO MANY TRIGGERS THAT DESTROY CHARACTERS FFS. Green doesn’t even have KO if they are not rested, you have now 2 good rushers, you also REST stuff, you stop people from attacking AND YOU HEAL. Come on. You TRASH life without removing don like Kaido + you develop a 10K body without consequences, and this is not counting 7C mom. You jump over the “don limit” by been able to put 5K characters on turn 2.

tudo mentira

Yellow is dumb lets be honest they completely bypass the don resources of the game with triggers even when they hit a 5k body from life on the clap back it feels horrible 😂

Isn't complaining about life cards for yellow akin to complaining about reds rush cards, or blues bounces, or blacks removal potential?

do a video of how to win with yellow

Been Katakuri since the start of 03 and the hate is amazing lol. Big Mom 10 drop goated 🤣🤣🤣

@losthermit6005

6 ай бұрын

Used to it by now. I started on yellow since my other friends grabbed up the other colors. Whitebeard, Zoro and Law were rough when Pack 3 was just coming out. No matter Enel or Katakuri. If you play either, it’s never skill and you only win if lucky. But what skill is there in playing down searchers for your searchers, amassing a wide board of weenies and being able to buff them easily? Oh, well, I guess you have to decide which order you want to search, huh? 🤔 Normal response I get? Play around Red, if you don’t you’re bad. By nature of playing yellow, we’re not allowed to say that. Right? People whined about Red, people are whining about yellow. People will whine about black in pack 6 probably.

@Flo_Cards

6 ай бұрын

@@losthermit6005 I feel this lol. The whining gets crazy after people thought they were super skillful with WB. Card game at the end of the day and luck has to be everywhere, starting with you draw. People go too overboard at times on yellow and I get a good chuckle sometimes from their anger.

@18gabriel18

5 ай бұрын

BRO NOT EVEN BLACK HAS SO MANY TRIGGERS THAT DESTROY CHARACTERS FFS. Green doesn’t even have KO if they are not rested, you have now 2 good rushers, you also REST stuff, you stop people from attacking AND YOU HEAL. Come on. You TRASH life without removing don like Kaido + you develop a 10K body and not counting 7C mom. You jump over the “don limit” by been able to put 5K characters on turn 2.

@Flo_Cards

5 ай бұрын

@@18gabriel18 Haha it's all good. Just get better. You're comparison to Black is interesting as that color is about cost removal plus trash manipulation where yellow is ALL about triggers and Life manipulation. Green sucks unless using it right with Doffy or Rosinate where you aren't even removing. Purple is based around don removal so obv its largest cards remove don. Play wide and and pay attention to life manipulation. You will get the random trigger that gets you but hey that's yellow. It for sure isn't going anywhere into next set so just have to play into it better

@18gabriel18

5 ай бұрын

of course you would say that@@Flo_Cards . If you cannot see the unbalance in card/effect distribution no counting that no other color can heal, no wonder you chose yellow as your color. But all good, of course we have to get better, you just have to continue adding triggers to your deck and that is all.

Imma keep it real, most players lose to yellow because they're too aggro brained to think through a play. Some players lose to yellow because of high roll, but that goes for any good deck, you're gonna high roll sometimes.

stop LOSING to yellow? I can't even WIN as yellow.