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Yellow in the One Piece TCG
A Yellow deck treats Life as a resource. More than half of Yellow cards mention Life and half have a [Trigger], and nearly every Yellow Leader adds to your Life, flips it face up, trades it for cards or gets stronger as it runs low.
Yellow is a deck led by a one-color Yellow Leader, so every card in it is Yellow. Life cards and Triggers, with Leaders that add to Life, flip it face up or trade it for cards.
As of November 2026, Bandai has printed 11 one-color Yellow Leaders. Eight are legal in Standard, three rotated out with block 1. Of those, 8 have 5 Life, one more than most two-color Leaders; Vegapunk (OP07-097) has 2, Enel (OP05-098) has 4 and Monkey.D.Luffy (ST29-001) has 6.
How Yellow Plays
Every hit on a Yellow Leader is a gamble for the attacker, because the Life card that comes off may have a [Trigger] that plays for free. Yellow decks also put cards back on top of Life, which turns a damaged Leader into a healthy one and resets that gamble.
The Leaders use Life in different ways. Enel (OP05-098) has 4 Life but refills an empty Life area once per opponent's turn, and Monkey.D.Luffy (ST29-001) has 6 Life and draws and trashes when attacking at 2 or fewer. Eustass"Captain"Kid (OP10-099) turns a Life card face up at the end of your turn to set a Supernovas Character active with [Blocker], and Vegapunk (OP07-097) has 2 Life, can't attack, and plays an Egghead card from hand or puts it face up on top of your Life.
Kalgara (OP08-098) plays a Shandian Warrior from hand when attacking and takes a Life card into hand for it. Jewelry Bonney (OP13-100) gives 2 rested DON!! when you play a Character with a [Trigger], Charlotte Linlin (OP17-099) makes your opponent choose between you adding a Life card and them trashing a card, and Monkey.D.Luffy (OP15-098) takes a Life card into hand to keep a big Sky Island Character on the field.
What Yellow does across all of its cards, counted from the card text, is in the Yellow section of the colors lesson.
What It Does Well, and What It Doesn't
Strengths
- [Trigger] cards make attacking a Yellow Leader risky, so opponents attack less freely.
- Life added mid-game extends the game in a way no other color can.
- Many effects get stronger at 2 or fewer Life, so being behind on Life is part of the plan.
Weaknesses
- Trading Life for cards or effects leaves less room for error against a fast deck.
- Triggers are random, and a game where they miss plays like a Leader with no defense.
- Not the easiest first color: its Standard-legal one-color starter decks are rated 3 and 4 out of 5 for difficulty in our guide.
Yellow Leaders
A one-color Leader gives up the second color's cards, and most get an extra Life for it: a typical one-color Leader has 5 Life where a typical two-color Leader has 4. Cards that check for a multicolored Leader do nothing extra here. These are the Yellow Leaders legal in Standard as of November 2026, with what each one asks of the deck.
Charlotte Linlin
OP17-099
Trash 1 when attacking; your opponent picks a Life gain or a discard
Monkey.D.Luffy
OP15-098
Takes a Life card to save a 6000-power Sky Island Character
Jewelry Bonney
OP13-100
2 rested DON!! when you play a [Trigger] Character
Eustass"Captain"Kid
OP10-099
Flips a Life card to ready a Supernovas Character with [Blocker]
Kalgara
OP08-098
Plays a Shandian Warrior when attacking, for a Life card
Vegapunk
OP07-097
2 Life; cannot attack; plays Egghead cards or adds them to Life
Enel
OP05-098
Refills an empty Life area on your opponent's turn
Monkey.D.Luffy
ST29-001
6 Life; draws and trashes when attacking at 2 or fewer
Rotated out of Standard with block 1 on April 1, 2026, and still playable in casual games: Charlotte Katakuri (OP03-099), Charlotte Linlin (ST07-001), Yamato (ST09-001).
How Leaders work, and the ones that change deckbuilding rules, is in One Piece Leader cards. Every printing of every Leader, by character, is in One Piece Leaders.
Cards Worth Knowing
These show what Yellow cards do; they are examples from Standard-legal sets, not a list of the best cards.
Where to Start
The fastest start is a one-color Yellow starter deck: ST-29 Egghead (Standard legal, difficulty 3 out of 5); ST-36 YELLOW Eustass"Captain"Kid (Standard legal, difficulty 4 out of 5). Each guide covers the deck as sold and the upgrades worth buying first.
Older Yellow boxes whose Leader has rotated out of Standard: ST-07 Big Mom Pirates, ST-09 Yamato, ST-20 Yellow Charlotte Katakuri. They still work for casual games and as a source of cards.
To build one, pick the Leader first and fill the 50 cards in Yellow; the steps are in how to build a One Piece deck. TurnZero HQ's One Piece Deck Lab flags any card that doesn't share a color with your Leader, and decks players have published are at One Piece decks, searchable by deck name or by a card in the deck.
Yellow in Two-Color Decks
A two-color Leader adds a second color's cards to Yellow's. All five Yellow pairs have at least one Leader as of October 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a [Trigger] in the One Piece TCG?
An effect on a card that can activate when damage moves it from your Life to your hand: you may reveal it and activate the [Trigger] instead of adding it to your hand. Half of all Yellow cards have one, which is why attacking a Yellow Leader is riskier than attacking any other color.
What are the Yellow Leaders in the One Piece TCG?
As of November 2026, 8 one-color Yellow Leaders are legal in Standard: Charlotte Linlin (OP17-099), Monkey.D.Luffy (OP15-098), Jewelry Bonney (OP13-100), Eustass"Captain"Kid (OP10-099), Kalgara (OP08-098), Vegapunk (OP07-097), Enel (OP05-098) and Monkey.D.Luffy (ST29-001). Charlotte Katakuri (OP03-099), Charlotte Linlin (ST07-001) and Yamato (ST09-001) rotated out with block 1 on April 1, 2026.
Is there a Yellow starter deck in the One Piece TCG?
Yes. The one-color Yellow starter decks still playable in Standard are ST-29 Egghead (difficulty 3 out of 5, Standard legal) and ST-36 YELLOW Eustass"Captain"Kid (difficulty 4 out of 5, Standard legal). Our starter deck guide rates each one for strength as well as difficulty, with the upgrades worth buying first.
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