We Held A CURSED One Piece Tournament - One Piece TCG

Hundreds of you casted your votes for the worst leaders in the game and now 8 players will be battling it out to see who’s your best of the worst in a VERY cursed OPTCG tournament like nothing else!
Poll final breakdown:
(every poll responder has 8 votes to cast)
Purple Shanks 67%
purple king 58.5%
Red Uta 54.8%
blue green sanji 51.1%
black saka 51.1%
Purple Iceburg 42%
green Oden 38.8%
Green Black Issho 33.5%
Purple Black Zephyr 31.4%
red black garp 28.2%
green kuro 26.6%
black Luffy 25%
Red Purple Uta 24.5%
Yellow yamato 23.4%
red purple kid 23.3%
Red green Luffy 21.8%
Red Blue Vivi 21.3%
hody Jones 19.7%
black smoker 19.1%
Blue Green Rosinante 12.8
Blue Ivankov 11.8%
Green Kin'emon 11.2%
Blue Purple Croc 10.1%
Red Black Sabo 9.6%
blue purple kaido 7.4%
purple magellan 6.9%
Black Yellow Big Mom 6.9%
Green Blue Sanji 5.9%
Red Luffy 4.3%
Green Yellow Arlong 3.7%
black lucci 3.7%
blue black Rebecca 3.7%
Blue Crocodile 3.7%
Red Ace 2.7%
Blue Yellow Queen 2.7%
purple kaido 2.7%
Yellow Big Mom 2.7%
blue yellow ace 2.3%
red yellow bell betty 2.1%
Red purple law 2.1%
blue nami 2%
red yellow Sabo 1.7%
Red Zoro 1.6%
yellow katakuri 1.6%
Blue Doffy 1.1%
green purple doffy 1.1%
purple yellow crocodile 1.1%
blue black saka 1.1%
Blue Luffy 1.1%
green uta 1%
Red Whitebeard 0.5%
green yellow yamato 0.5%
Green Black Perona 0.5%
green kid 0.5%
red purple luffy 0.5%
black yellow Luffy 0.5%
Yellow Enel 0%
purple luffy 0%
Blue Purple Reiju 0%
black gecko moria 0%
Special thanks to all our players who came out!
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Or
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Joel
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Austin
Alex
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[@piratekingcodex]

This was a blast to be a part of and I'm really grateful for the opportunity to participate (though I still have nightmares about 9 drop Zoro). I know a lot of work went into making this so I'm really happy to see the final results! Looking forward to what you guys come up with next!

[@JoyBoysTCG]

would'nt have been the same without you Joel! Thanks for being a part of it and congrats on the run!

[@camisanerd]

​@@JoyBoysTCGomg i know you meant wouldn't but this is so funny

[@JoyBoysTCG]

@@camisanerd you didn't see anything......

[@josuhaalvarenga172]

I love that this was shot like a reality tv show

[@JoyBoysTCG]

thats a compliment right 😅

[@josuhaalvarenga172]

@@JoyBoysTCG Absolutely!

[@MrJevans05]

This was incredible! SO fun to watch and the commentary mid match type cuts were so good. Please do more like this :D

[@JoyBoysTCG]

@@MrJevans05 tysm! With this response how could we not?!?

[@GetchaGoodyOn]

This is incredibly fun to watch. The intercut commentary and cuts to the peanut gallery takes it to a whole new level of presentation. Top notch stuff keep it up

[@ryvngarcia]

Awesome production value on this video you guys, would love to see more

[@JoyBoysTCG]

@@ryvngarcia tysm! Please continue to watch and support, we hope to entertain and help you your game more 🙏

[@KuePidd]

Being a Red uta player I am proud to say that this is the first time I have seen her be mentioned in the past year.

[@JoyBoysTCG]

@@KuePidd ✊

[@zelji7222]

i am working on a r/p uta build and am super interested in your r uta list. Would you mind sharing?

[@TheGreatPewpyOne]

Imagine playing red Uta when literally every other Uta leader is infinitely better than that trash lmao

[@KuePidd]

@@zelji7222Sure, would you like the Sim code thing, or a ss over disc?

[@TheOne11111]

That is so so much fun to watch. I hope you guys do it often.

[@loyotatd]

This was an awesome watch. Just for the sake of seeing what various low tier leaders can do and the explanations behind the plays, decks. Good stuff

[@averagejoe9229]

The Iceburg game was a perfect example of how horrible having a leader that can't attack is. They were ahead the whole game putting them to no life until the board was cleared and there was no way to finish the game without a rush character like Kaido.

[@N.L.P]

the music at 1:02:10 the music had me so invested in the video and what was happening while vibing 😄 great vid guys 👍

[@AlamarEnjoyer]

The game knights of optcg, awesome vid can’t wait for more fun tournaments

[@JoyBoysTCG]

Us on Game Knights WHEN?!?!

[@MickFoley299]

I just finished the video. It was fun. Once I saw that Sakazuki was in the tournament, I already knew he would win. While he likely got voted because he is the worst black leader, the generic black cards are just too good that they override his ability. We had a local tournament last year that had a similar concept, all Meta decks were banned. Sakazuki just dominated it so they decided to switch it up and ban black as well from the non-Meta tournaments.

[@JoyBoysTCG]

yeah 100% knew it was almost a lock for it the second the results came in, but knowing we wanted to publish the data i couldnt do anything about it. that's why we revealed it last in quarter finals xD

[@EvilTreeSock]

I think this is the best gameplay video that ive watched to help me actually underdtand what is going on and learn the game

[@i.scooptcg]

MORE OF THESE VIDEOS!! LOVE IT!!🔥🔥

[@EagleDanger]

The production value is insane, this was SO FUN!

[@zachary9701]

This is so good! How are you guys not bigger omg. This seems like so much fun I may suggest this with my locals lot

[@JoyBoysTCG]

@@zachary9701 tysm! Hopefully we can grow something more stuff like this is sustainable, this was 70 hours of work AFTER the event 😬 If you do this at your locals let us know how it goes! And hope you subscribe for more great content or if you want to help us fund more big stuff like this consider becoming a member 🙏

[@zachary9701]

​@JoyBoysTCG yeah you got a subscribe from me, keep up this high effort stuff dudes. You can really feel the love that you guys put into this :)

[@RaggerBagger]

This was a fantastic video to watch and great quality. I'd love to see something like this again!

[@JoyBoysTCG]

tysm! hope to meet your expectations

[@RaggerBagger]

I think doing this again but without meta staples would be a super fun idea. But keeping it competitive also made the video nice. Shows how woke cards can warp things despite the Leader being bonkers. Could also do a trash leader round 2 with ones that weren't selected for this video.

[@archangelspence]

this was so cool to watch, i dont even play One piece but makes me wanna start! please do more!

[@JoyBoysTCG]

we certainly will! and we have plenty of guides on how to get started with decks if you're looking to get into it!

[@brianmonterrosa1262]

"Kalifa is my yonkou now!" 🤣

[@macaulysims]

this is such a great concept. i wanna do this with my friends

[@JoyBoysTCG]

You totally should! Let us know how it goes if you do!!

[@kisotah]

Thanks for the great content! So fun to watch these games and everyone was so nice playing it. That showed also how black cards are overwhelming... But Alex deserved the crown!

[@JoyBoysTCG]

would you believe top comment on our reddit post for this poll was that it would be impossible for Saka to do well.... and it had the most upvote 💀

[@kisotah]

@@JoyBoysTCG Hahaha I can understand, if you just look at him effect, it sounds really bad, but the black package is too powerful, don't need to rely on leader effects...

[@jacques4824]

Hey, guys! I was wondering when this tournament was filmed, since some decks could've added new support cards. Either way, great video!

[@JoyBoysTCG]

Filled in mid May EB01 pre ban list

[@MaakuFTW]

Brilliant video, easy sub, looking forward to more that was sick

[@JoyBoysTCG]

@@MaakuFTW tysm for the support 🙏💜

[@Kimch87]

This was really great! More of these¡

[@wolfwood0000]

My local does this sort of thing every now and then to mix it up. They do a 'quiz' night, were in-between rounds you get 2 questions. if you get to answer right you get a positive (start with and extra don) or a negative (you have to flip to use you leader ability). It was a strange but fun night

[@TheGreatPewpyOne]

Sounds incredibly unbalanced and unfun

[@wolfwood0000]

@@TheGreatPewpyOne oh definitely, but was a laugh

[@alexmoco9108]

Love this idea for content!

[@JoyBoysTCG]

thanks!

[@Meeplebops]

For the Oden list, I can think of a couple of excellent combos that could have been done with it. Okiku swinging 4 times at 9K is 👌👌👌 But this is a great watch, definitely want to do stuff like this locally as well

[@JoyBoysTCG]

@@Meeplebops how would okiku swing 4 times?

[@gavilantern5963]

this is very high quality. More videos like this would be stellar!!

[@JoyBoysTCG]

@@gavilantern5963 we will do our best 🫡

[@haydendecker9473]

This is actually so sick

[@adammucha1710]

Im trying to run these off-meta leaders, just for fun and i feel like they can see some play, but you have to master them out to be good :p pls do another video liek that, it was so much fun watching it lol

[@JoyBoysTCG]

@@adammucha1710 we hope to do more!

[@TheGreatPewpyOne]

Nah some leaders are actually just unplayable

[@tsunderehusbando3668]

cards in the black colour pool are so nuts they make ass leaders like mono black saka look cracked

[@Jothulu]

Oh hey, question! I may have missed it in the video. In game 4, the Black Sakazuki player uses Great Eruption, but that card is currently banned at the time of video upload. Were you playing with no bans and I just missed that? (I've been watching here and there over a few days.) This is such a fun idea though and the editing with the B-roll makes it super entertaining. Maybe some captions next time for people in the 'green room'? A lot of fast talkers (or PIZZA EATIN') and sometimes it's hard to discern what's being said.

[@JoyBoysTCG]

yes! So we took the survey as EB01 was coming out and the event was filmed late May, released about a month later.

[@smooth122]

I love this concept!

[@JoyBoysTCG]

tysm!

[@Vankata94]

does the tournament have no banlist or this clip is before the ban of GE also great idea for a tournament keep up the good work

[@JoyBoysTCG]

was filmed before banlist was in effect

[@nikatcg]

this is insane high quality content

[@JoyBoysTCG]

@@nikatcg tysm! We hope this hits hard enough where we can do more regularly 🫡

[@reyprens2104]

This was good… more videos like this !

[@JoyBoysTCG]

@@reyprens2104 we will do our best 🫡 Please support our other content to help us build up towards these bigger projects

[@seddyplaysgames]

any advice for first time tcg buyers/ wanting to play? been having trouble finding one piece cards in my local shops and stores

[@JoyBoysTCG]

i would check the optcg reddit to get access to the simulator and play there a bit! once you get a feel for what deck you want to play, use the website tcgplayer to purchase the cards you need. if you need help learning how some leaders work, we have leader guides from leaders from OP06, EB01 and rolling out OP07 leaders right now which may help

[@Ayjaycee]

The quality of this video is incredible between the commentary and even a judge?! lol. This was awesome

[@JoyBoysTCG]

lol well I am one of the channel owners xD but not like judge judge, just serving as a judge.

[@ericv5435]

I want to do something like this at locals one time. Everyone playing a deck that's nowhere near meta

[@tyleranderson6861]

Great video

[@whatsunkthetitanic]

Just showing how crazy good black is lol

[@JoyBoysTCG]

@@whatsunkthetitanic would you believe a reddit comment on our survey post there had the most votes saying "I don't think any leader could be worse than black sakazuki. Effect is too expensive to do anything" as if it doesn't have one of the best card pools in the game 💀

[@b00mcake]

im glad you appreciate garp enough to not put him in this tournament ;)

[@JoyBoysTCG]

Haha if you check our poll results in the description he was ranked #10 worst (and honestly given iceberg and Saka SOMEHOW made it in, should've been played imo 🤣)

[@leonmarzian9676]

Whill you do it with other leaders too? ( which aren't in the meta )

[@JoyBoysTCG]

maybe!!

[@ricardopalmer93]

This was incredible to watch while delivering mail

[@JoyBoysTCG]

thank you for your service o7

[@ricardopalmer93]

@@JoyBoysTCG thank you for the content 🫡

[@kylemcclellan413]

Do another of these 🙏

[@JoyBoysTCG]

working on it!

[@vic32civ60]

I have to know where I can get my hand on that croc and robin mat

[@JoyBoysTCG]

Haha it was custom made in OP01 by the player

[@SnowFootprints96]

Saying this before the final, go Oar!!!

[@SmallHatCrew]

Is it cool with you if I watch this on stream? If not that’s cool, just lmk👌🏾

[@JoyBoysTCG]

of course! let me know when I'd love to drop by. Please just drop the original/our channel in your chat and vod description plz and ty

[@SmallHatCrew]

@@JoyBoysTCG No worries, will most definitely give credit where credit is due. Plan on going live again in a few minutes.

[@njtpro]

great fun! happy 4th! op#1

[@JoyBoysTCG]

🦅🦅🦅

[@Belakus]

Now make a tournament of what the community thinks the most "Mid" decks

[@KumaGorath]

If you kept taking our suggestions back in the day you would have played this.

[@JoyBoysTCG]

?

[@KumaGorath]

somehow this comment is on a different video than the one i was watching.

[@JoyBoysTCG]

lmao no problem man i was like "dog is this man commenting his discord messages here by accident"

[@KumaGorath]

@@JoyBoysTCG there have been times on desktop when I watch the next vid the comments from the last vid I watched were there I guess that happened sorry. I watched this vid to learn more about the op game lol

[@poacherboy]

rules question on the last match - when Rob ko'd Ryuma, couldn't the on ko effect pop the Rob?

[@JoyBoysTCG]

no because sabo effect was preventing characters from being KO'd by card effects

[@poacherboy]

@@JoyBoysTCG aaah thank you

[@jellypeen7984]

Just goes to show how broken black is

[@NiteWingZ]

Everyone has to read everything lmao

[@JoyBoysTCG]

Not me 😤 *He read every card*

[@Itsmikeyabish]

What Don is the iceburg player using?

[@JoyBoysTCG]

theyre custom, its the manga panel of Black Beard and Luffy/Zoro/Nami parting ways in the street and he shouts about how dreams don't die

[@Itsmikeyabish]

@@JoyBoysTCG ooo sick!

[@elaygaming]

Soon as I saw the uta vs shanks I lost my shit xD

[@J-roll1]

Wish my locals did this

[@JoyBoysTCG]

I wish any locals did this xD

[@potatopower9449]

this awesome

[@swantcggaming]

Enjoyed the video but if you really wanted to do the worst leader video you should have had all the leaders who lost move on in the tourney and the champ would have been the deck with no wins.

[@JoyBoysTCG]

That's because it's not a worst leaders tournament, it's literally framed as being the best of the worst. It's a "cursed" tournament where we're subjecting players to playing bad leaders

[@meno4187]

half way into the video and already predict saka will win.... gecko too strong

[@brianlin4580]

BRING BACK THE BURG

[@JoyBoysTCG]

Iceburg will return in.... Avengers 7

[@whatsunkthetitanic]

Don’t worry.

[@Antartica1342]

...... I run half these decks 😂

[@JoyBoysTCG]

@@Antartica1342 👀

[@POKEBATTIS]

Did I just watch x drake k.o a 5 cost franky? What?

[@JoyBoysTCG]

because the Issho leader had a don on it reducing the cost of franky (and all characters his opp controlled) by 1. meaning franky was a legal 4 cost target

[@januelaraujo9159]

The x drake shouldn’t have Ko’d the franky drake only does 4 cost

[@JoyBoysTCG]

@@januelaraujo9159 the Issho has a Don on it reducing the Franky by 1

[@123kevinngu]

cant ryuma ko lucci when he died?

[@JoyBoysTCG]

No because Sabo effect is in place

[@123kevinngu]

@@JoyBoysTCG ahhh didn't realised it

[@TemBear]

1:12:00 unfortunately missed ryouma on ko Edit: I'm dumb

[@TemBear]

Nvm I'm stupid forgot the sabo

[@JoyBoysTCG]

@@TemBear hahaha IT WAS A GOOD PLAY

[@TemBear]

@@JoyBoysTCG yeah you right I'm so used to ppl playing blockers after swings that I misremembered hence my initial comment. But then after it I thought "no way no one caught that with 6 ppl on the couch including a judge" and so I saw the sabo on the rewatch

[@JoyBoysTCG]

@@TemBear hahaha all good man

[@federicoapollaro7949]

1.13,20 ryuma can kill lucci after he dies!!

[@JoyBoysTCG]

Lucci is being protected by Sabo effect

[@DoobieSquadorDie]

misplay not using ryuma to KO lucci

[@JoyBoysTCG]

couldn't be KO'd under the sabo

[@live_light]

Hi I'm the Oden player, if you are talking about the final round you are probably right. I probably should have ko'd the brook with ryuma, rest the lucci and attack into it with lead. But if he countered out of the brook swing he probably would have countered that too. Then Sabo next turn denied KO.. 🤦‍♂️

[@DoobieSquadorDie]

​@@live_light Yes that is what i meant It might have not mattered but it might have. I also play oden as a pure wano deck at locals and dont think hes bad lol . I liked your idea tho

[@6CornDawg9]

BAN HIM AGAIN

[@JoyBoysTCG]

@@6CornDawg9 on it 🫡

[@januelaraujo9159]

Hey I’m #1,000 🎉🎉🎉

[@Lugosi49]

Reason Moria needs to be banned

[@JoyBoysTCG]

Ez

[@vrojonathan6670]

No 5c denjiro in oden is crazy

[@johhnyt3293]

zzzzzz black decks

[@JoyBoysTCG]

🤷‍♂ we didnt cast any votes

[@johhnyt3293]

@@JoyBoysTCG free me

[@Chemyst69]

Get a better camera for the viewing location to see better responses

[@JoyBoysTCG]

@Chemyst69 we were supposed to have another 4k camera but it fell through day of unfortunately and prioritized ours for the game cam

[@Chemyst69]

@@JoyBoysTCG LULZ

[@JoyBoysTCG]

I'm sorry what's so funny?

[@Chemyst69]

The fact that it fell made it impossible for 4K.