ST-15 Red Edward.Newgate

Overview

ST-15 is a mono-red Whitebeard Pirates deck with the OP02-001 Edward.Newgate Leader. The Leader has 6000 power and 6 Life, and at the end of each of your turns it adds the top card of your Life to your hand. You start with more Life than most Leaders and spend it as card draw.

The box reprints ten cards from OP02 and OP03 and adds five new ST15 cards. All ten reprints, the Leader included, are block 1 cards that left Standard on April 1, 2026. The five ST15 cards (Atmos, Edward.Newgate, Kingdew, Thatch and Portgas.D.Ace) are still legal, so the box is still useful as a source of Whitebeard Pirates Characters.

As sold, ST-15 is a deck for kitchen-table games and Bandai's Extra Regulation, where every card is legal except the ban list. If you want to play Standard, the closest successor is the OP17-001 Edward.Newgate Leader, a red Four Emperors/Whitebeard Pirates Leader that can trash a card from your hand to give +4000 power during your opponent's attack.

Edward.Newgate

OP02-001

OP02-001, 6000 power, 6 Life: adds a Life card to your hand at the end of each turn

The Edward.Newgate Leader (OP02-001) and nine other cards (OP02-008, OP02-018, OP02-019, OP02-023, OP03-003, OP03-006, OP03-007, OP03-009 and OP03-010) are block 1 cards that left Standard on April 1, 2026; only the five ST15 cards are still Standard-legal.

Ratings

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How it plays

The deck attacks early with efficient red bodies and uses the Leader's extra cards to keep attacking. Izo searches for a Whitebeard Pirates card, Namule and Speed Jil are plain 5000 and 6000 bodies at 3 and 4 cost, and Rakuyo gives your Whitebeard Pirates Characters +1000 power on your turn with a DON!! attached.

Because the Leader takes a Life card into your hand every turn, you reach low Life quickly, and several cards reward that. Jozu gains Rush at 2 or less Life, Marco comes back from the trash rested at 2 or less Life if you trash a Whitebeard Pirates card from hand, and the SR Portgas.D.Ace has Rush any time your Leader is a Whitebeard Pirates Leader.

When your Life gets too low to keep drawing, Atmos (when it attacks) and You May Be a Fool...but I Still Love You stop you from adding Life cards to your hand that turn, which turns off the Leader's drain. The SR Edward.Newgate closes games: it gives a rested DON!! on play and can rest itself to K.O. a Character with 5000 power or less.

Tips for your first games

• Play Atmos or You May Be a Fool...but I Still Love You on the turn your Life reaches 2, before your Leader's end-of-turn effect takes the next card.
• Thatch's -2000 power can bring a 7000-power Character into range of the SR Edward.Newgate's 5000-or-less K.O., but Thatch also takes a Life card, so count first.
• Keep a Whitebeard Pirates card in hand once you are at 2 or less Life so Marco can come back after it is K.O.'d.
• In Standard, the five ST15 cards still work under the OP17-001 Leader, and Portgas.D.Ace and Kingdew are the ones worth keeping.

Key cards in the box

Edward.Newgate

ST15-002

Standard-legal SR that rests itself to K.O. a 5000-power-or-less Character

Portgas.D.Ace

ST15-005

Standard-legal; Rush with a Whitebeard Pirates Leader and resists removal once per turn

Izo

OP03-003

A 1-cost searcher for any Whitebeard Pirates card

Marco

OP02-018

A Blocker that returns from the trash at 2 or less Life

Jozu

OP02-008

2000 counter, and Rush at 2 or less Life with a DON!! attached

Atmos

ST15-001

Stops your Leader from taking Life into your hand on the turn it attacks

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.

Budget: a Standard Whitebeard Pirates core for the OP17-001 Leader

To play Standard, you need the OP17-001 Edward.Newgate Leader and Standard-legal replacements for the ten rotated cards. These budget cards cover the search, the mid-cost bodies and the Leader support. Three of them (Jozu, Izo and Kouzuki Oden) name an [Edward.Newgate] Leader, and Jozu's effect also works with the old OP02-001 Leader in casual games.

I Don't Have Time to Chat with Snot-Nosed Brats

OP17-019

Replaces Izo: looks at 5 for any Whitebeard Pirates card

Jozu

OP17-008

Sets your Edward.Newgate Leader's base power to 8000 through your opponent's turn

Izo

OP17-003

Can attack Characters the turn it is played; gives a rested Character -6000

Kouzuki Oden

OP17-007

Plays a Whitebeard Pirates Character with 6000 power or less from hand

Marco

ST30-008

A Blocker that comes back rested if you trash a 6000-power Character

Jozu

ST30-005

A 6000-power 5-cost with a 2000 counter

OP17-001 Leader: the 8000-power package

Many OP16 Whitebeard Pirates cards check for a Character card with 8000 power in your hand or on your field. Running enough 8000-power Characters turns on draw, removal and a big Leader attack from OP16-003 Edward.Newgate. The cost is a heavier curve, so you lean on the OP17-001 Leader's +4000 to survive the early turns.

Edward.Newgate

OP16-003

Gives your Leader Double Attack and +2000 on your turn

Vista

OP16-011

8000 power; reveals an 8000 to draw, and K.O.s two 2000-base-power Characters on attack

Jozu

OP16-007

An 8000-power Blocker that can shrink a Character by 1000 on play

Kingdew

OP17-006

An 8000-power 7-cost that still has a 2000 counter

Izo

OP16-002

A 1-cost that reveals an 8000-power Character to draw a card

Let's Show 'Em What We're Made Of!!

OP16-019

Plays two 8000-power Whitebeard Pirates Characters from your hand

OP17-001 Leader: removal suite

The box's only real removal is the SR Edward.Newgate. These OP17 cards add K.O. effects for small Characters and power cuts that set up bigger K.O.s. Haruta, Rakuyo and Portgas.D.Ace cost more than the rest of this guide, so add Blamenco first.

Blamenco

OP17-011

With two DON!!, gives a Character -4000 each time it attacks

Haruta

OP17-009

K.O.s a 2000-base-power-or-less Character on play; +3000 on your opponent's turn

Rakuyo

OP17-016

K.O.s up to two Characters with 2000 base power or less

Portgas.D.Ace

OP17-013

Gives a rested Character -6000 with an Edward.Newgate Leader

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.

Fossa

OP03-010

A 2000-power Blocker with no other text; the first slot to open

Haruta

OP03-009

A 3000-power 2-cost whose one-DON!! move matters less than a body or a counter

You May Be a Fool...but I Still Love You

OP02-023

Spends a card on what Atmos does while attacking

Every card in ST-15

Bandai's card list for ST-15 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