Kotaro Amon strategy

Red Kotaro Amon in Tokyo Ghoul is the raid face this page is about. TCG Contender files it as a midrange list, Standard tier 3. This site is hosting 49 public 50-card lists, including 10 recent top 8s. The tier list has Kotaro Amon in B.

How the raid face works

UE18BT/TKG-1-083 · cost 4 · 4000 BP · Red

The printed trigger on Kotaro Amon (UE18BT/TKG-1-083) is: [Raid] Add this card to your hand, or if you have the required energy, perform Raid with it. Raid printings in the current 50: Kotaro Amon (UE18BT/TKG-1-083) and Juzo Suzuya (UE18BT/TKG-1-089). In Union Arena, [Raid] lets you add the card to your hand or perform Raid if the energy is there. The expensive copy is the ceiling. The cheaper copies with the same name are the steps. Contender's snapshot calls out that deep redundancy on the identity piece: all four Kotaro Amon printings (080/081/082/083) mean the deck reliably finds its raid targets across multiple games. The same snapshot flags that the deck's recent sample size is tiny (4 top finishes, 1.7% recency-weighted share), so its true matchup performance against Tier 1 decks like Sakamoto Days - Shin Asakura or Rurouni Kenshin - Hajime Saito is largely unverified.

The current 50-card core

From 49 lists on this site

Four-ofs: Kotaro Amon (UE18BT/TKG-1-080), Kotaro Amon (UE18BT/TKG-1-081), Kotaro Amon (UE18BT/TKG-1-082), Kotaro Amon (UE18BT/TKG-1-083), Juzo Suzuya (087) (C*) (UE18BT/TKG-1-087), Juzo Suzuya (UE18BT/TKG-1-089), Hideyoshi Nagachika (UE18BT/TKG-1-091), Akira Mado (UE18BT/TKG-1-094), Amon's Pushups (UE18BT/TKG-1-096), and Owl Extermination Operation (UE18BT/TKG-1-100). Three-ofs: Kisho Arima (UE18BT/TKG-1-084) and Juzo Suzuya (UE18ST/TKG-1-113). Common two-ofs: Iwao Kuroiwa (UE18BT/TKG-1-085). That average is taken from the featured list on Tokyo Ghoul - Kotaro Amon, then checked against the 49 hosted files.

The curve

Energy line · hosted 50

Energy 0-2. Kotaro Amon (UE18BT/TKG-1-080), Kotaro Amon (UE18BT/TKG-1-081), Juzo Suzuya (087) (C*) (UE18BT/TKG-1-087), Juzo Suzuya (UE18BT/TKG-1-088), and Juzo Suzuya (UE18ST/TKG-1-113) keep the early turns honest. Energy 3-4. Kotaro Amon (UE18BT/TKG-1-082), Kotaro Amon (UE18BT/TKG-1-083), Juzo Suzuya (UE18BT/TKG-1-089), and Akira Mado (UE18BT/TKG-1-094) are the mid-curve bodies. Energy 7+. Kisho Arima (UE18BT/TKG-1-084) wait on the line. Do not keep a hand of only these. This is read off the hosted 50, not a hidden playbook. If your locals file plays a different 3-of, trust that file.

Mulligan

What the 50 implies

Keep a Raid Kotaro Amon, at least one 0-2 cost setup card, and one Kotaro Amon (082) if the cheap card missed. Ship a hand of only 7+ cost finishers. That is inferred from costs in the hosted list, not a coach sheet from a hidden room.

Tech and flex

First cards to argue about

Iwao Kuroiwa (UE18BT/TKG-1-085) are the first slots to shave if your room is all one matchup.