ST-11 Uta

Overview

ST-11 is Bandai's Uta starter deck from February 2024, built on the FILM type from One Piece Film: Red. Its 15 different cards are the Uta Leader, four new Uta support cards, and ten FILM Straw Hat Crew cards reprinted from OP02.

The Leader is a 5000 power Uta with 5 Life. With 1 DON!! attached, once per turn when she attacks, you reveal the top card of your deck and add it to your hand if it is a FILM card; otherwise it goes to the bottom. Every card in the box has the FILM type, so in the original list every reveal hits. The four new cards are an Uta Character (a Blocker that can trash an event to stand a FILM Character) and three events that only work with an Uta Leader: Backlight, New Genesis and I'm invincible.

The problem in 2026 is rotation. The Leader is legal, but the ten OP02 reprints are block 1 cards, so a Standard Uta deck has to replace most of the box. Later sets, mainly OP13 and the ST-16 Uta deck, added the green FILM cards to do that.

Uta

ST11-001

ST11-001, 5000 power, 5 Life: with a DON!!, reveals the top card on attack and keeps it if FILM

The Uta Leader and the five ST11 cards are Standard-legal, but the ten OP02 reprints (Usopp, Jinbe, Tony Tony.Chopper, Trafalgar Law, Nico Robin, Franky, Brook, Monkey.D.Luffy, Roronoa Zoro and Three Sword Style Oni Giri) rotated out on April 1, 2026.

Ratings

These are TurnZero HQ's own read of the cards, not tournament results or an official Bandai rating. How we rate starter decks →

How it plays

Uta's plan is steady value and control. Attack with the Leader every turn with a DON!! attached for a chance at an extra card, and use Backlight to rest an opponent's Character costing 5 or less, or to K.O. one that is already rested.

The middle turns are about tempo. In the original list, Nico Robin, Brook and the 7-cost Monkey.D.Luffy each play a cheaper FILM or Straw Hat Crew Character from your hand, so one card puts two bodies on the field. In a Standard build, OP13 cards like Roronoa Zoro, Sanji and Brook set DON!! as active instead, which lets you play a second card in the same turn.

Late in the game, I'm invincible sets your Uta Leader as active so she can attack a second time. Her reveal is once per turn, so that second attack is for damage only. The Uta Character can trash an event from your hand at the end of your turn to set a FILM Character that attacked back to active, ready to block.

Tips for your first games

• Always give Uta at least 1 DON!! before she attacks. Without it her reveal does not happen.
• Use Backlight's rest mode on a Character you plan to attack, or pair it with a second Backlight to rest and then K.O. the same Character in one turn.
• New Genesis sets 1 DON!! as active after it resolves, so it refunds its own 1 cost.
• When you rebuild for Standard, keep every Character and event FILM so the Leader's reveal does not miss.

Key cards in the box

Backlight

ST11-003

Rests a cost 5 or less Character, or K.O.s a rested one, with an Uta Leader

New Genesis

ST11-004

Finds a FILM card from the top 3 and sets 1 DON!! active

I'm invincible

ST11-005

Sets your Uta Leader active for a second attack

Uta

ST11-002

Blocker that trashes an event at end of turn to stand a FILM Character

Monkey.D.Luffy

OP02-041

Blocker that plays a FILM or Straw Hat Crew Character costing 4 or less (rotated)

Upgrade guide

Every upgrade below is legal in Standard and shares a color with the Leader. Prices are each card's base printing on TCGplayer on October 10, 2026; open a card for today's price.

Replace the rotated OP02 cards with OP13 and ST-16 FILM

This is the first thing to do, since the deck is not Standard-legal without it. Each of these is a green FILM Character, so the Leader's reveal still hits, and all of them are budget cards. Several set DON!! as active when played, which replaces the free Characters the OP02 cards used to give you with extra DON!! to spend in the same turn. You lose the chain plays from Nico Robin, Brook and the OP02 Luffy.

Roronoa Zoro

OP13-037

Sets 2 DON!! active on play with a FILM Leader, and stands itself at end of turn

Brook

OP13-034

Sets 1 DON!! active on play with a FILM Leader

Sanji

OP13-027

7000 power, sets 2 DON!! active on play and 1 more at end of turn

Uta

OP13-023

Sets 2 DON!! active, and plays a 5-cost or less Character from hand on K.O.

Monkey.D.Luffy

ST16-005

2-cost with a 2000 Counter; +1000 while you have a rested Uta

Koby

OP13-025

5-cost Blocker that sets a DON!! active with a FILM Leader

Lean into Uta's rest-then-K.O. control

Backlight shows the deck's best plan: rest an opponent's Character, then remove it. These cards add more of that. Fleeting Lullaby keeps two rested Characters from standing, Tot Musica rests DON!!, and Shanks and the 7-cost Uta finish rested Characters off or rest them in the first place. The Music and FILM events are budget cards; Shanks and the 7-cost Uta cost more. The tradeoff is defense: none of these events can be used as a Counter on your opponent's turn.

Fleeting Lullaby

P-057

With an Uta Leader, two rested cost 4 or less Characters stay rested

Tot Musica

P-060

Rests one of your Uta cards to rest 2 of your opponent's DON!!

Where the Wind Blows

P-058

With an Uta Leader, sets all your FILM Characters active at end of turn

Uta

EB03-061

Once per turn, sets a DON!! active and rests a cost 4 or less Character or DON!!

Shanks

ST16-004

9-cost 11000 that K.O.s a rested Character on play

What to cut first

Bandai's list doesn't say how many copies of each card the deck has, so cut by card: take out every copy of these before anything else, and keep the deck at exactly 50.

Franky

OP02-039

Rotated, and a 5-cost 7000 Character with no effect

Roronoa Zoro

OP02-043

Rotated, and a 4-cost 6000 Character with no effect

Jinbe

OP02-033

Rotated, and a 2-cost 4000 Character with no effect

Usopp

OP02-028

Rotated, and a 3-cost 5000 Character with no effect

Every card in ST-11

Bandai's card list for ST-11 has 15 different cards. 10 of them carry a block 1 icon or are banned, so they can't be played in Standard; they are still legal in Extra Regulation unless banned. Legality follows Bandai's block icons and its banned list effective October 12, 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions