One Piece ST-18 Purple Monkey D. Luffy: DON!! Acceleration and Reaching Your Big Turn
Getting resources sooner can feel like taking a shortcut. ST-18 is more interesting when you calculate what that shortcut costs in the match happening right now.
What this product is
ST-18 is Purple Monkey D. Luffy, released in English on October 25, 2024. A constructed 51-card deck, ten DON!! cards, a playsheet, and one PRB-01 premium booster pack.
The 51-card deck count includes its Leader and fifty main-deck cards. The DON!! cards are separate. One complete starter supplies one player’s deck; a two-person learning match needs another complete setup. Random bonus cards, where included, are separate from the fixed learning deck.
How to approach the deck
Bandai describes a Straw Hat deck that accelerates DON!! and develops high-cost Characters. Separate your resource-building cards from the cards that justify that investment. A hand full of payoffs can stall before the payoff turn; a hand full of development can reach resources without a meaningful threat. Plan the next two turns together and check whether the opponent can punish the turn when you invest in development.
A useful teaching exercise
Practice five opening hands. For each, name your earliest useful threat and the resource line that reaches it. Then add an opposing early attacker and reconsider the plan. Keep the hands where development and defense work together; identify which apparently strong hands depend on drawing exactly the missing card.
Who should compare it?
Consider it for Luffy fans who like preparing a large turn. Compare it with ST-26 by color and Leader text; they are not the same starter.
One mistake to avoid
More developed DON!! does not automatically mean more usable resources after paying costs and activating effects.
Before buying or upgrading
Match the exact product code and English language in the selected offer. Compare a sealed package with any deck-only resale by the contents actually included. If you want a particular upgrade, price the eligible singles before opening boosters in pursuit of it. Use the current event rules and restriction list for organized play; an old release-date legality note is not a current eligibility guarantee.
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Sources: Bandai English product details and card-list links · Current rules and restrictions. Checked October 23, 2026. B3’s practice exercise and buying assessment are editorial guidance, without a claim of firsthand playtesting.
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