The One Piece TCG counter mechanic guide explains how to use counter cards from hand during your opponent's attacks, and the One Piece TCG mulligan guide covers how to evaluate your opening five cards before a game begins

Recommended cards[edit] Recommended cards Hieratic Dragon of Asar Hieratic Dragon of Eset Hieratic Dragon of Gebeb Hieratic Dragon of Nebthet Hieratic Dragon of Nuit Hieratic Dragon of Su Hieratic Dragon of Sutekh Hieratic Dragon of Tefnuit Artillery Catapult Turtle Dragolithia Kunzite Dracotail Faimena Dragard Honest Ilios the Black Sun Dragon Kaiser Glider - Golden Burst Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands (with Ritual Monsters) Omni Dragon Brotaur Primite Dragon Ether Beryl Primite Imperial Dragon Red-Eyes Black Fullmetal Dragon Red-Eyes Black Meteor Dragon Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon Galaxy Serpent Flamvell Guard Labradorite Dragon Dragon Core Hexer Ringowurm, the Dragon Guarding the Hundred Apples Hieratic Seal of Convocation Hieratic Seal of Creation Hieratic Seal of Supremacy A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon Ancient Secrets Celestial Observatory Draconnection Incoming Machine

And to be honest, I just found it quite enjoyable to expand my collection continuously, and don't consider it to be monetised in an overly blatant way, nor disturbing in the way it's structured
Trust me, a little organization goes a long way
If you had two Rotpriests in play, its eight poison counters
Boros takes the best traits of red and white and puts them into overdrive