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Sabo sits at 5 life / 5000 power. If you have 4 or more life cards, he is −1000 power — a 4000 Leader until you take the first life. With DON!! x1, if you have a Character that costs 8 or more, the Leader and all of your Characters get +1000.

Loki (OP17-119) is printed at 6 cost and gains +12 cost, so he counts as 18. Jaguar D. Saul (OP17-089) is printed at 4 cost and also gains +12 cost, so he counts as 16. Either one turns the aura on and also turns on the Elbaph Straw Hats that read “if there is a Character with a cost of 12 or more.” Until Saul or Loki hits, the 2-cost Robin / Zoro / Usopp / Sanji pile is a pile of 2000s.

Six cards are 4-ofs: Nico Robin (OP17-087), Roronoa Zoro (OP17-095), Usopp (OP17-080), Jaguar D. Saul (OP17-089), Loki (OP17-119), and Monkey D. Luffy (OP17-093). The 3-ofs are Nami (OP17-086 and OP01-016), Tony Tony Chopper (OP17-084), Brook (ST01-011), Sanji (OP17-082), and Pirates Docking Six (OP15-088). Jinbe, Bad Manners Kick Course, Gum-Gum Kong Gun, and I’m Luffy!! The Man Who Will Be King of the Pirates!! sit at 2.

That is an Elbaph midrange list with a leftover Docking Six 3-of. OPDeckGuide’s Sabo writeup is a Sanji + Docking Six combo list from OP16. Docking Six is still here; the rest of that curve is not what 124 OP17 lists are registering.

Going second is the cleaner seat. You want a 2-cost searcher, then Saul on 4 DON!!, then Loki or Luffy once the 12-cost switch is on.

DON!! 1–2. Both Namis are 1-cost: OP01-016 looks at 5 for a Straw Hat; OP17-086 trashes an Elbaph card to draw 2. Usopp is the 2-cost that looks at 3 for Elbaph. Robin, Zoro, and Sanji are the 2-cost bodies that become 5000s after Saul. Chopper (OP17-084) is a 1-cost that gives Unblockable once a 12-cost is in play. Brook (ST01-011) is a 2-cost that attaches two rested DON!! — that is how a 4000 Leader swings bigger on the play, not a blocker. Jinbe (OP17-083) becomes a Blocker and 5000 after the 12-cost switch.

DON!! 4. Saul. He is the 4-of 4-cost that gains +12 cost. Play him before you flood 2-costs you cannot pump.

DON!! 5–6. Docking Six plays a 2-cost Straw Hat from trash after you mill 3. Loki K.O.s opposing Characters with a total cost of 4 or less and is the second +12-cost body.

DON!! 8. Luffy gains Rush if a 12-cost Character is already in play, draws 1, and replays a 2-cost from trash. Attach 1 DON!! to the Leader so every body is +1000. Kong Gun (rest 6 DON!!, K.O. two cost-6-or-less if a 12-cost is in play) is the event that converts that board.

Going first, keep Usopp or Nami plus Saul and accept that Loki is a turn later. Do not keep a hand of only Luffy, Kong Gun, and I’m Luffy.

Keep at least one searcher (Usopp or either Nami) and Saul. Loki in the same hand is a keep if the cheap cards are there. Brook is a keep on the play so the 4000 Leader can attach DON!! and swing. A 2-cost Straw Hat plus Saul is acceptable if the searcher missed.

Ship a hand of only Loki / Luffy / Kong Gun. Ship a hand with no 2-cost and no Saul — Sabo at 4000 cannot defend an empty board, and the Straw Hats stay at 2000. Ship double Docking Six with no Straw Hats to replay; the 3-of is a payoff, not an opener.

The older OPDeckGuide mulligan (searchers into Sanji + Docking Six) still applies if your specific list is that combo build. The 124-list average is not.

Gum-Gum Kong Gun (2). The closer once a 12-cost body is in play. Cut before you cut searchers. I’m Luffy!! (2). +4000 Counter if a 12-cost is in play. Swap for a third Kong Gun if the room is racing. Bad Manners Kick Course (2). +3000 Counter, or −3000 on the Trigger. Keep in the Mihawk and Black Luffy seats. Pirates Docking Six (3). Leftover combo tech. If your locals are all midrange, this is the first 3-of to shave. Brook (3). The 2-cost that attaches two DON!!. Do not cut him to fit a fourth event.

OPDeckGuide still names OP10-011 Chopper, EB04-007 Zoro, OP13-016 Garp, and ST14-016 I Have My Crew as format techs. Those IDs are not in the 124-list average. Host them only if your 50-card file actually plays them.

Limitless constructed pairings from 28 August 2026, 16 events, 832 games, 8-game cutoff — same sample as the Mihawk pairing table:

Sabo vs Mihawk — 52.1% · 165 games. The most common pairing in the sample. Slightly favored, not a bye. Plan for it as the default: Bad Manners plus an on-time Saul into Loki.

New Realm’s 1 September 2026 OP17 report has Sabo in Tier 1 with Mihawk and Rocks. A public Top 32 Utrecht Finals graphic on r/OnePieceTCG counted 6 Sabo next to 10 Mihawk and 7 Robin.

OPDeckGuide’s older strip (60%+ Green Kid, 40% Enel / Bonney / Imu) is a different format. Do not use it as an OP17 win-rate table. Rocks is the other Tier 1 midrange — you need the 12-cost switch on before their Shiki / Xebec turn. Ace is the Rush deck that punishes a slow Saul; keep Brook and the 2-cost searchers in that seat.

The hub’s latest public dumps are OP17 Elbaph lists: DragonStar Flagship Battle winner, Flame-Flame Utrecht rows, and east-shop OPDeckGuide files. They keep the 4-of Robin / Zoro / Usopp / Saul / Loki / Luffy core and fight over Docking Six, Brook, and the events. None of those pages invent cards from art — they are 50-card ID dumps.

• Sabo decklists

  OP13-004 hub · 124 OP17 lists
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• Which decks beat OP17 Mihawk

  Sabo 52.1% in 165 pairings
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• Rocks D. Xebec strategy

  The other Tier 1 midrange
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• Portgas D. Ace strategy

  Rush that punishes a slow Saul
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• Nico Robin strategy

  The volume hawk hunter in this sample
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• OP17 meta guide

  Every hosted leader in the current format
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