The Best Budget Decks for the One Piece Card Game (September 2026)

A lot has happened since our last One Piece budget decks article dropped back in June. New starter decks arrived, an anniversary set landed, and most importantly, the field of cheap decks has gotten even wider, making this one of the cheapest times to get into One Piece in the game's history.

The decks we featured last time have fallen further in price, and we've picked up a few sub-$100 Leaders along the way. To give you a sense of how inexpensive this month's crop is: if you were to buy all of the following lists together, the cards would still add up to under $150.

Whether you're a newcomer looking for something low-commitment or a veteran looking for something new, here are four decks that won't break the bank and are almost all capable of deep tournament runs.

Red Whitebeard Deck

(Typical sim list via Car D. Kaizoku)

The new Edward Newgate deck is a board-controlling monster with the ability to trash any card for +4000 Counter power, which essentially amounts to a free Radical Beam every turn. In the early game, he searches for his pieces with the powerful Moby Dick Stage and a 1-cost searcher Event.

In the midgame, he can start becoming an 8000-power Leader via his Character Jozu, or play multiple bodies at the same time with Oden. In the late game, he can play massive drops including the 8-cost and 10-cost Newgates, then respond to the opponent's rested board with Izo, a 4-cost Character with the Rush:Character attribute and the ability to give any opponent Character -6000 power. 

The deck has lots of options for a Red deck, and since not many people are playing it, it shouldn't be too difficult to catch opponents off guard. Not bad for less than 50 bucks.

Black Teach Deck

(ChinoizeCup Winner list by Ninjatrain)

Here's a throwback: Marshall D. Teach, and no, we don't mean Black Yellow Teach—this is Mono Black Teach, the menace of OP-09. It's made a comeback recently thanks to its ability to disable all On-Play effects with its Leader ability, which is extremely powerful when the top deck in the format, Green Mihawk, relies on them for most of his potency.

Believe it or not, this is close to the same list it's been running for several sets now. The newest additions are the Blocker Kuzan from Starter Deck 27 and the +2000-Counter Caribou, both of which came out in June… of 2025.

The plan's the same as it's always been: lock out your opponent's On Play effects, remove their board, and finish the game with your massive 12-cost Blocker Teaches. At around 20 bucks, this might be the time to finally give it a shot.

Black Yamato

(Top 8 Auckland Regional decklist by FuTabby)

Good news for the Yamato believers out there: OP-16 Yamato is likely better than it's ever been, and it's actually gotten even cheaper—down to around $35 from its previous market price of $65. Even better, it has a favored matchup into Mihawk, the strongest deck in the game now.

As always, the deck's game plan is simple: using powerful searchers like Nami and Kin'emon, you stack up your trash in the early game, then in the mid game play your 6-cost Yamato, whose Activate:Main effect can summon an 8-cost Yamato from the trash. Pair that with the Leader effect, which gives Rush to every Wano card summoned from the Trash, and you've got a deck that can swing multiple times in a given turn and isn't weak to freeze effects like Electrical Luna.

Most lists run a couple of copies of Ground Death, a 1-cost Event that either negates an opposing Character's ability or counters for +4000. That would have pushed the old list out of budget range, but the price has come down enough that we can keep it here.

Red Green Krieg

(Top 32 Orlando Regionals Decklist by WhiteBeard TCG)

Don Krieg is still an unbelievably cheap deck, and now there's better news: it took Top 32 at the Orlando Regional, meaning it's actually capable of a deep run.

That list ran two copies of Electrical Luna, which is easily the most expensive card in the deck and brought its price up to a whopping $25. But if you switched those out for I Know You're Strong... So I'll Go All Out from the Very Start!!!, which fills a very similar function, it's a 12-dollar deck.

Also, keep in mind that the topping list is still from the OP-16.5 format, so it may be worth cutting the Mihawk for the new green OP-17 +2000-Counter Nami.

For those not familiar, the deck manipulates your opponent's rested DON!! to interact with their Characters, resting them or otherwise debuffing them in order to gain board control. Then, by attaching a DON!! to your Leader, you can automatically give the opponent's entire board -2000 power during your turn, enabling favorable board trades that are strong enough to turn unsuspecting locals upside-down.

The best part about this deck is that it's both great for beginners and a fun side deck. Since it encourages board trades and methodical value attacks, it helps teach the basics of swing math. And since the discount version is only about 12 bucks, it's easy to throw together last-minute just to switch things up every once in a while.