Today’s post includes a spotlight on Trunks’ Slam, a glance at decks that are trending, and a gift bag giveaway! Click below for more info:
1. Decks on the Rise
- Orange Retribution Wheelo
- Red Ascension Trunks
- Namekian Radiant Gohan*
- Blue Tag Team Goku (Ev0)
- Namekian Restored Cell (Awakening)
*or Gohan Anything, really.
2. Slammin’
Trunks has made great strides since the release of Awakening, and his presence in the environment continues to increase. Trunks has a wide variety of Named cards, including the recently printed Trunks’ Knee Bash.
While Knee Bash offers versatile board removal, Trunks’ most powerful tool is arguably Trunks’ Slam. At worst, it serves as a high tempo AT +3 with +1 immediate anger (and is considered Styled for the effects of Ruthless, Rampaging, et al).

In the current environment, the ability to end combat is a powerful tactic against many top-performing decks!
However, it also carries the tremendous upside of forcing your opponent to pass. For aggressive decks, this effect is a huge boon – often acting as a free “super skip” to sequence around anti-anger effects, or a simple path out of combat (after having unloaded multiple cards from your hand). Meanwhile, more controlling decks can utilize Trunks’ slam with consistent block effects like Orange Steady Drill and Trunks – Frenzied in order to end combat at will.
3. DBZ TCG Holiday Sweepstakes

This holiday season, we’ll be giving out DBZ TCG World Championship bags to three lucky winners – and each bag will include the exclusive World Championship Qualifier mat!

You can enter to win by simply replying with a comment below! The winners will be chosen at random and announced next Tuesday – make sure to enter before then! (One entry per person, winners will be contacted via WordPress account e-mail addresses).
Enter me in the sweeps!
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I love you guys!
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goody goody gumdrops, give me your goody bag.
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What a great contest! I want to win one!
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Must get…DBZ…swag…
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This is my entry for the giveaway.
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I use an angel Goku figure as a tree topper. Does anyone else get festive with DBZ decorations? Painted stars on an orange bulb, perhaps?
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Love the Xmas gif! The Xmas Z fighters are now my wallpaper 🙂
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Merry Christmas to me?
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I’m just here waiting on Tapkar
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Commenting to win. Also hope we get some info about the next set soon.
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Merry X-mas all! Have a safe holiday. To the Panini team, thank you for an amazing OP season. I look forward to another year of fun and competition. Maybe even some Street Figther =P.
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pick me pick me lol
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Happy holidays, keep up the great work guys!
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i love team DBZ Rizz and Aik i love you guys! 😀
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Dbz for life!
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Orange Retribution Krillin Is going to be a thing soon.
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Obligatory comment for the prize.
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Yes please!
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sweet swag!!!
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Comment for the giveaway and what not 🙂
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Love seeing Trunks in the spotlight, he has always been my favorite Z Warrior!
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I would absolutely LOVE to win a mat. You guys are amazing with ignoring all the negative comments/post on the Retro page. Ty for continuing to make such a great game.
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So glad to hear that Trunks has been getting some love. I built a Red Ascension Trunks and have been demolishing my local scene with it. Hope I win that sweet playmat!
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Awesome! I would really like the World Championship Bag!
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Did no one realize you’re meant to post in the wordpress comment section, not on the facebook post?
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Holiday Cheer!
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Mandatory entry comment. Get that bag at me
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That would be a cool Christmas present!
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Yay holiday free stuff! 🙂
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Thanks for such a great OP season. Happy Holidiays! Excited to see what new and fun decks everyone brews up in the near future.
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i would like to win. pick me pick me
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Would love to win a playmat! ;D
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I like free things.
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Shweet. Random comment.
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Trunks’ Slam is a super powerful card. Glad to see it’s finally getting some recognition!
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Trunks slam is a very good card. and it’s I’m very glad to see this have spotlight.
The next booster box I get I hope I get Trunks’ slam so I could add it
to my red ascension Trunks deck.
Thank you panini very much.
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I love that my boy Trunks is getting some love! Trunks’ Slam is a great card!
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I need to get some trunks slam card is op, also winning stuff would be sick
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for the worlds bag
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Awesome bag and mat!
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Red Ascension Trunks sounds super stronk. I think with Trunks Slam, Blinding Energy Move, and Red Retreat he can get in get some anger and get out before the heat comes. I also think Red Ascension Yamcha has some merit as well. Having access to Red Retreat and Blinding Energy Move to end combat, but ALSO having access to almost 15 cards worth of Omni-Blocks is Super Good! Or Orange Retribution Yamcha.
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Sign me up!
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commenting for give away 🙂
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Winner winner chicken dinner!!!!
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I love my Orange Wheelo deck. So much so that I had proxy MP stack of Brain from “Pinky and the Brain.”
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Commenting for the betterment of mankind
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Looking forward to seeing the CRD update!
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Hook me up! 🙂
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Looking forward to the holidays!
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