Michael Riley
Deck efficiency and card valuation
Michael Riley is the byline for number-heavy deck pieces: curve and DON!! efficiency, copy counts and what a card is worth against what it does. The working is shown so readers can check it.
- Lists averaged from public tournament results, sample size stated
- Card text quoted from Bandai's official card list
- Opinions marked as ours, with the reason
7 articles by Michael Riley
Lorcana Curator's Collection Beauty and the Beast Edition
Lorcana Curator's Collection Beauty and the Beast Edition is six stained-glass cards arriving October 2026. What Ravensburger confirmed, and what's missing.
· 4 min read
FB10 Gohan Deck Guide: Master's Teachings in Cross Force
FB10 Gohan deck guide for Dragon Ball Fusion World Cross Force. Ki-based Awakening engine, cost timing, 50-card list, and current matchup caveats.
· 16 min read
One Piece TCG Black Deck Guide: Removal and Trash Mastery
One Piece TCG Black deck guide: how removal and trash recursion work, top Black leaders 2026 (Yamato, Blackbeard), and which archetype to play.
· 11 min read
One Piece TCG Purple Deck Guide: DON Ramp and Control
One Piece TCG Purple deck guide for 2026: how DON ramp works, best Purple leaders in OP-16, and what makes this color the strongest mid-game color.
· 12 min read
One Piece TCG Blue Yellow Guide: Pairing and Nami Strategy
One Piece TCG Blue Yellow guide: learn Blue tempo, Yellow Triggers, Nami's Life draw, Zeus timing, deck ratios, and current OP-17 context today.
· 14 min read
One Piece TCG OP-16 meta report: July 2026 snapshot
One Piece TCG OP-16 meta report preserved as a July 2026 snapshot: Nami, Luffy, Enel, Rosinante, and Blackbeard before OP-17 changed Standard.
· 9 min read
Dragon Ball Fusion World FB10 Tier List: 5 Leaders Ranked
Dragon Ball Fusion World FB10 tier list: a dated five-leader snapshot. Vegito led early FB10, but ST01 results later changed the wider Standard field.
· 12 min read