A new variant of the Red/Blue Marco deck which has recently emerged makes use of three new cards which are mainly used in the early game; this new variant has already begun to register impressive ONE PIECE Card Game tournament results. Of these three cards, the most important is the Emporio Ivankov card from the Zoro & Sanji Starter Deck [ST-12].

About Emporio Ivankov (Zoro & Sanji [ST-12] ST12-010)

Whenever the player attacks with Ivankov, the player will also gain the opportunity to draw a card from the deck if the player has 6 or fewer cards in hand. That makes this Ivankov card one of the deck’s primary early-game draw engines. Furthermore, when its on-play effect of enabling the player to play a Character card with a cost of 2 or less after revealing the deck’s top card is combined with the effect of the deck’s titular Leader card from Two Legends [OP-08], the player is able to essentially play any 2-cost Character card for free as soon as Ivankov enters play, thus improving the player’s board presence.

Despite its rarity of Super Rare (SR), this card’s value and collectability don’t quite live up to its rarity. That being said, the card does have a striking illustration of the Kamabakka Kingdom’s leader; the card will also appeal to those who are LGBTQ+ as Ivankov, as well as the rest of the okama of Momoiro Island, are among the most obvious examples of LGBTQ+ representation in One Piece (albeit in a somehat over-the-top way).

Release Details

This card has already been released in English.

A copy of an Emporio Ivankov (Zoro & Sanji [ST-12] ST12-010) card isn’t expensive, selling for just 250 JPY (~US$1.62).

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