ST-22 Ace & Newgate

Overview

ST-22 Ace & Newgate is a mono-blue starter built on the Whitebeard Pirates. Its Leader, ST22-001, has 5000 power and 5 Life. Once per turn in your Main Phase, you may reveal a card with a type including "Whitebeard Pirates" from your hand, draw 1 card, and place the revealed card on top of your deck.

That ability does not gain you a card, but it tells you exactly what is on top of your deck. Many cards in the box reveal the top card and reward you if its type includes "Whitebeard Pirates": Edward.Newgate and Jozu draw 2, Squard moves a DON!!, Marco gains power, and Take That Back!! Take Back What You Said!! becomes a +4000 counter. The Allies, such as Elmy and A.O., also count, because their type includes "Whitebeard Pirates".

The box has 17 different cards. It suits a player who likes planning a turn ahead and wants a deck where the Leader sets up the rest of the cards.

Ace & Newgate

ST22-001

ST22-001, 5000 power, 5 Life: reveal a Whitebeard Pirates card, draw 1, put it on top

Every card in ST-22 is legal in Standard, including the ST22-001 Ace & Newgate Leader.

Ratings

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How it plays

The deck wins with large Whitebeard Pirates Characters backed by card draw. In the early turns, play Izo to find another Whitebeard Pirates card, and use the Leader ability to swap a card you do not need yet for a fresh draw while setting up the top of your deck.

In the middle turns, use the Leader before a reveal effect so it always hits. Jozu at 7 cost then draws 2 cards, Marco gains +1000 until the end of your opponent's next turn when he attacks, and Squard gives a rested DON!! to an attacker. Fire Fist, after revealing 2 Whitebeard Pirates cards, draws 1 and puts a Character with a cost of 5 or less on the bottom of its owner's deck.

Late, Edward.Newgate is a 10000-power [Double Attack] Character. I Am Whitebeard!! plays him from your hand for 8 DON!!, and if you then add a Life card to your hand, gives your Leader +2000 until the end of your opponent's next turn. Kouzuki Oden stays on the field by trashing 2 cards from your hand when your opponent's effect would remove him.

Tips for your first games

• Use the Leader ability before Jozu, Edward.Newgate, Squard or a Marco attack so the top card is a known Whitebeard Pirates card.
• Hold Take That Back!! Take Back What You Said!! until the top card is set; with a Whitebeard Pirates card on top it is +4000 for 1 DON!!.
• Izo can be trashed on your opponent's attack to draw 1 card and put a card from your hand on the bottom, which fixes a hand with no counters.
• Keep enough cards in hand to pay for Kouzuki Oden's protection, which trashes 2 cards instead of losing him.
• Count Whitebeard Pirates cards before casting Fire Fist or Whitey Bay, since both need you to reveal 2 from your hand.

Key cards in the box

Edward.Newgate

ST22-003

10000-power [Double Attack] that draws 2 if the top card is Whitebeard Pirates

Jozu

ST22-006

8000 power that draws 2 and trashes 1 off a Whitebeard Pirates reveal

Izo

ST22-002

1 cost: finds a Whitebeard Pirates card, then cycles a card on defense

Take That Back!! Take Back What You Said!!

ST22-016

1-cost counter worth +4000 when the Leader has set the top card

Fire Fist

ST22-017

The box's only removal: draws 1 and bottom-decks a cost 5 or less Character

Marco

ST22-012

Hard to K.O. with effects, and gains lasting power on a Whitebeard Pirates reveal

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.

Payoffs for the card on top

This is the budget upgrade and the one that matters most. Each of these cards looks at or plays from the top of your deck, which the Leader controls. Portgas.D.Ace (OP08-052) plays a Whitebeard Pirates Character costing 4 or less from the top, the 3-cost counter event does the same for a 3-cost or less Character, and I Will Make Whitebeard the King of the Pirates plays a Whitebeard Pirates Character costing 9 or less from the top with [Rush]. With the Leader you can put Edward.Newgate there first. These replace Vista, Decalvan Brothers and Elmy, so the deck gives up some cheap counters for card advantage.

Portgas.D.Ace

OP08-052

Plays a Whitebeard Pirates Character costing 4 or less from the top of your deck

You Can't Take Our King This Early in the Game.

OP08-054

+3000 counter that also plays a 3-cost or less Whitebeard Pirates from the top

I Will Make Whitebeard the King of the Pirates

OP12-058

Plays the top card if it is a Whitebeard Pirates Character, with [Rush]

Edward.Newgate

OP14-044

8-cost [Blocker] that draws 2 and trashes 1 off a Whitebeard Pirates reveal

Speed Jil

OP08-049

Gains [Rush] when the revealed top card is Whitebeard Pirates

Bounce, bottom-deck removal and blockers

ST-22 has one removal card, Fire Fist, and only Vista as a [Blocker]. These fix that with blue's usual tools: returning Characters to hand or placing them on the bottom of the deck. Atmos and Phoenix Brand use the same reveal-2-Whitebeard-Pirates cost the box already asks for, and Marco (OP10-055) and Vista (OP14-053) are cheap [Blocker]s. Atmos is the priciest card here; the rest are inexpensive. They replace LittleOars Jr. and Whitey Bay.

Atmos

OP08-040

Reveal 2 Whitebeard Pirates: return an opposing cost 4 or less Character to hand

Phoenix Brand

OP08-055

Reveal 2 Whitebeard Pirates: bottom-deck a Character with a cost of 6 or less

Brilliant Punk

OP13-059

Return one of yours to bounce a Character costing 6 or less, with a draw [Trigger]

Marco

OP10-055

3-cost 5000 [Blocker] that bounces a cost 4 or less Character when K.O.'d

Vista

OP14-053

[Blocker] whose base power matches your Leader on your opponent's turn

More card flow for the reveal costs

Fire Fist, Whitey Bay and the Atmos and Phoenix Brand upgrades all ask you to reveal 2 Whitebeard Pirates cards, so the deck wants a full hand. These cards draw or search and keep the hand stocked. Namule and Izo (OP09-044) also let you place cards on top or pick a card, which fits the Leader's top-deck plan. Izo (OP13-041) is the cheapest, and the 10-cost Edward.Newgate (OP13-042) is a [Blocker] that draws and hands out DON!!.

Namule

OP08-050

[Blocker] that draws 2, then puts 2 back on the top or bottom of your deck

Izo

OP09-044

When attacking, finds a Whitebeard Pirates card from the top 5, then trashes 1

Izo

OP13-041

6-cost body that draws 2 cards when played

Edward.Newgate

OP13-042

12000 [Blocker]: draws 2, trashes 1, gives Leader and a Character 2 rested DON!! each

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.

Vista

ST22-009

A 1000-power [Blocker] with no counter that loses to almost any attack

Decalvan Brothers

ST22-008

A 2-cost vanilla; it only matters as a Whitebeard Pirates card to reveal

Elmy

ST22-004

A 3-cost vanilla with no effect, the easiest body to replace

Every card in ST-22

Bandai's card list for ST-22 has 17 different cards. Every one of them is legal in Standard. Legality follows Bandai's block icons and its banned list effective October 12, 2026.

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