Taro Sakamoto strategy

Yellow Taro Sakamoto in Sakamoto Days is the raid face this page is about. TCG Contender files it as an aggro list, Standard tier 2. This site is hosting 170 public 50-card lists, including 12 recent top 8s. The tier list has Taro Sakamoto in A.

How the raid face works

UE19BT/SMD-1-026 · cost 4 · 4000 BP · Yellow

The printed trigger on Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-026) 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: Heisuke Mashimo (UE19BT/SMD-1-008), Shin Asakura (UE19BT/SMD-1-017), Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-026), and Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-025). 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 highest raw power/tempo/consistency numbers of any Sakamoto Days build. The same snapshot flags that meta share (2.7%, declining) lags far behind its raw power scores, indicating execution difficulty.

The current 50-card core

From 170 lists on this site

Four-ofs: Heisuke Mashimo (UE19BT/SMD-1-008), Shin Asakura (UE19BT/SMD-1-014), Shin Asakura (UE19BT/SMD-1-017), Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-024), Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-026), and The Legendary Man (UE19BT/SMD-1-038). Three-ofs: Heisuke Mashimo (UE19BT/SMD-1-004), Heisuke Mashimo (UE19BT/SMD-1-006), Shin Asakura (UE19BT/SMD-1-013), Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-023), Lu Shaotang (UE19BT/SMD-1-030), and An Ordinary Everyday Life (UE19BT/SMD-1-039). Common two-ofs: Shin Asakura (UE19BT/SMD-1-015), Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-021), and Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-022). That average is taken from the featured list on Sakamoto Days - Taro Sakamoto, then checked against the 170 hosted files.

The curve

Energy line · hosted 50

Energy 0-2. Heisuke Mashimo (UE19BT/SMD-1-004), Shin Asakura (UE19BT/SMD-1-013), Shin Asakura (UE19BT/SMD-1-014), Aoi Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-019), Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-021), and Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-022) keep the early turns honest. Energy 3-4. Heisuke Mashimo (UE19BT/SMD-1-006), Shin Asakura (UE19BT/SMD-1-015), Shin Asakura (UE19BT/SMD-1-017), Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-023), Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-025), and Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-026) are the mid-curve bodies. Energy 5-6. Heisuke Mashimo (UE19BT/SMD-1-008). 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 Taro Sakamoto, at least one 0-2 cost setup card, and one Heisuke Mashimo (006) 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

Shin Asakura (UE19BT/SMD-1-015), Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-021), and Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-022) are the first slots to shave if your room is all one matchup. An Ordinary Everyday Life (UE19BT/SMD-1-039) is the 3-of most lists will argue about.