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ROOKIE LESSON

DON!! explained for complete beginners

Your resource, your buff, and your tempo clock — all in one deck of ten cards.

First Mate TCG · Published 2 Jun 2026 · 5 min read

DON!! is the One Piece Card Game's only resource, and it does two jobs. That is the whole lesson, but it took me a dozen games to feel it.

Job one: paying costs

At the start of your turn you add DON!! cards from your DON!! deck to your cost area (two per turn after the first). Rest them to pay for Characters and Events.

Job two: attaching for power

In your Main Phase you may attach active DON!! to your Leader or a Character. Each attached DON!! gives +1000 power for that turn. This is how a 5000 Leader suddenly threatens a 7000 board.