OP-16 Impel Down Luffy Deck Guide: Full 50-Card List

How we checked this: on October 21, 2026 we read Bandai's official feature deck page and card list for every card below, then compared Bandai's counts with the 326 Limitless Play decklists from the OP-16 format that our Green Blue Luffy tournament guide collected, and worked out the opening-hand odds for both versions.

Updated October 21, 2026: We now compare Bandai's list with real tournament lists, added the post-OP-17 results and opening-hand odds, and fixed the matchup notes. Sengoku was listed as a hard matchup, but Luffy went 18-7 against it in tournament games.

The leader in one rule

OP16-022OP16-022Shop on TCGplayer Monkey.D.Luffy has 5000 power and 4 life. His only ability: "[Activate: Main] [Once Per Turn] If the only Characters on your field are {Impel Down} type Characters, set up to 2 of your DON!! cards as active."

Read that literally. You pay for a Character, then turn two of the spent DON!! back on and pay for another one. Every Impel Down two-drop is effectively free once per turn. The catch is the word "only." One Character without the Impel Down type on your side and the ability is off until it leaves.

Image: Bandai, One Piece Card Game official card list (OP16-022, OP16-054, OP16-055). Bandai's own guide names Mr.1 and Mr.2 as the best early plays.

Bandai's full 50-card list

Bandai published this list on June 12, 2026, built from OP-16 and the ST-30 Luffy & Ace starter deck.

That's 48 Characters and 2 Events. Bandai's write-up gives the game plan in three steps: Mr.1, Mr.2 and the small Luffy early; Buggy and Ivankov to put two bodies down per turn in the middle; Boa Hancock and Mr.3 to close.

What tournament players changed

From May 25 to August 19, players registered 326 Impel Down Luffy decklists on Limitless Play. Here's how the average one compares with Bandai's:

Image: ShonenTCG chart. Bandai feature deck (June 12, 2026) against 326 Limitless Play decklists, May 25 to August 19, 2026.

The core stayed. Luffy OP16-034, Mr.1, Mr.2, Buggy and Mr.3 OP16-056 sit at four copies in virtually every list. Players agreed with Bandai on the engine.

Prisoner came down to about eight. Ten is a lot of vanilla 6-costs. Most lists kept eight and spent the slots on Crocodile and the ST-30 Mr.3.

Three cards were cut almost everywhere. Inazuma showed up in just 5 of the 326 lists. Jinbe made fewer than half, usually as a two-of. The ST30 Luffy made about a third.

Three cards Bandai didn't run became staples. OP16-045OP16-045Shop on TCGplayer Crocodile, a 4-cost Blocker that bounces one of your own Characters to replay an Impel Down two-drop, was in 95% of lists. The ST-30 Mr.3, which hands two rested DON!! each to up to two 6000-power Characters (read: Prisoners), was in 96%. Brook OP15-032 was in 88%.

Our main Green Blue Luffy guide prints the Treasure Cup Sofia winning list card by card if you want a finished tournament version.

Why Bandai's list is still a good teacher

Bandai's version is greedier about the early game, and the numbers show it. One Piece deals a 5-card opening hand with one full redraw. Bandai's list has 18 Characters that cost 1 or 2. You'll see at least one in your first five cards 90.5% of the time, and 99.1% with the redraw. The tournament core (just the small Luffy, Mr.1 and Mr.2) gets there 76.3% of the time, or 94.4% after a redraw.

So Bandai's list almost always starts the engine on time. What it gives up is the middle: no Crocodile to block and replay a two-drop, no ST-30 Mr.3 to turn Prisoners into 8000-power attackers. If you're new to the deck, play Bandai's list for a few games to learn the "play two, refund two" rhythm, then make the swaps.

Matchups, by the numbers

These are game records from Limitless Play round pairings in the OP-16 format, mirrors excluded:

Blackbeard and Sengoku were good matchups, which our Sengoku guide explains from the other side. Nami and Enel were the problems; our Purple Enel guide covers the second of those two. The player who wrote the r/OnePieceTCG Blue Green Luffy cheatsheet said they usually lose to Nami "if (1) they have early triggers or (2) if i have a bad hand." Bandai's list, with more cheap openers, at least helps with the second half of that.

Car D. Kaizoku's deck guide and gameplay video, recorded a few days before Bandai's list went up, shows the play-two-refund-two turns in real games:

Our take

Impel Down Luffy was the deck of the OP-16 format, and Bandai's list gets the engine right. It just overbuilds the opening and skips the three mid-game cards that made tournament versions work. Use it to learn, not to register. And know what you're buying into: after OP-17 arrived, Limitless Play shows only nine Luffy entries with a 9-17 record from August 20 to October 17. For a Luffy deck in the current format, look at OP-17 Black Luffy instead.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Impel Down Luffy leader do?

OP16-022 Monkey.D.Luffy is a Green/Blue leader with 5000 power and 4 life. Once per turn in your Main Phase, if the only Characters on your field are Impel Down type, you set up to 2 of your DON!! cards as active.

Can I play non-Impel Down Characters?

You can, but while one is on your field the leader does nothing. That's why both Bandai's list and tournament lists are almost all Impel Down Characters.

Why does the deck run so many Prisoner of Impel Down?

Its text says you may have any number of it in your deck. Bandai's list runs 10; tournament lists averaged about 8.

Is Impel Down Luffy still good after OP-17?

Not really. It was the most-played OP-16 leader on Limitless Play, but from August 20 to October 17 it shows only nine entries with a 9-17 record.