One Piece

1. One Piece Card Game (Bandai)

1. How to play

• Two-player game; you need 1 Leader card, a 50-card deck and 10 DON!! cards. [Source: en.onepiece-cardgame.com/play-guide, geekydomain how-to]
• Deck must match the Leader's colour(s); max 4 copies of any one card number. [geekydomain how-to / skillshotz]
• Win: reduce the opponent's Life to zero (take a hit with no Life left), or opponent's deck runs out. [skillshotz / geekydomain]
• Life: Leader's Life value sets the number of Life cards; each unblocked hit flips a Life card into hand. [geekydomain]
• DON!!: separate 10-card DON!! deck; gain 2 per turn (first player gets 1 on turn 1), up to 10; used to pay costs or attached to Leader/Characters for +power. [geekydomain]
• Card types: Leader, Character, Event, Stage (Stage/DON!! from background knowledge [RECALL]; Leader/Character/DON!! sourced).
• Characters are played by paying DON!!, can attack Leader or rested Characters. [geekydomain]
• Turn structure (Refresh, Draw, DON!!, Main, End) [RECALL, not verified this session].
• Blockers, Counters and Triggers defend against attacks [RECALL].
• Beginner path: buy a Starter Deck (50-card, fixed) and play; sets are numbered OP-01..OP-17, plus EB (extra) and ST (starter) series.

2. Languages available

• Japanese (first release), English (days to months later) per Samurai Sword guide. Asia-English site also exists. Chinese/Korean/other print runs: [NOT VERIFIED this session]; Bandai is believed to run Traditional Chinese and Korean lines [RECALL].
• Source: https://www.samuraiswordtokyo.com/blogs/news/one-piece-booster-box-buying-guide

3. Pricing

• Japanese pack MSRP JPY 220 (OP-13); OP-17 JPY 240/pack; Japanese box JPY 5,280-5,760 (~$32-35); carton (12 boxes) OP-17 JPY 69,120. [OFFICIAL/near-official via Samurai Sword; confidence medium]
• English pack: $4.99 listed on English product page (OP-13). [OFFICIAL per search summary; confidence medium] Bandai does not print a box price; box = 24 packs. English 24x12-card?? Samurai Sword claims EN box is 24 packs x 12 cards = 288 cards, which conflicts with the other source's 6 cards/pack (144). Conflict unresolved; treat card count as NOT VERIFIED for English.
• English box street 2026: ~$80-100 per Samurai Sword [OBSERVED, medium]; OP-13 box listed $189.99-$195.99 at AU/NZ-type retailers [OBSERVED, mixed currency/region, low-medium].
• Starter deck MSRP: [NOT VERIFIED this session]; recall ~$11.99-$14.99 [RECALL, low].
• Japanese buyback floors (JPY): OP-13 19,633; OP-11 27,133; OP-01 29,167; OP-16 12,167; EB-03 17,900. [OBSERVED, Samurai Sword]

4. Rarity tiers and prices

• Rarities: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Super Rare, Secret Rare, Leader, plus Special (SP), Treasure Rare (English equivalent of Manga Rare), Manga Rare (Japanese-only), Super Leader Parallel, alt-art/parallel variants, Promo. (Samurai Sword names Manga, Treasure Rare, Secret Rares, Super Leader Parallels; base tier list [RECALL].)
• Per-tier typical price ranges: [NOT VERIFIED]. Commons/uncommons are bulk (cents) [RECALL].
• Chase cards [OBSERVED, mixed quality]: Luffy EB04-061 SP listed $24,995.95 (Aug 31 2026 marketplace data); OP05-119 Manga Luffy est. ~$1,980 (another source: SGD 26,302 BGS 10); OP-01 Manga Luffy $280-350; OP-01 Parallel Shanks $180-220; OP-07 Manga Luffy $200-260; OP-16 Sakazuki Manga ~JPY 500,000; alt-art Zoro $80-150. Sources are blog/aggregator, treat as low-medium confidence.

5. How players and collectors use it

• Players: constructed tournaments (Standard-legal English), proxy-free deckbuilding, tracking meta. Collectors: box sealing, graded slabs (PSA/BGS), Japanese import. Apps/sites named in this session: SNKRDUNK (JP price guide), TCGTalk, Samurai Sword Tokyo; others (Limitless TCG, Egman event tools, TCGplayer, Cardmarket) [RECALL, not verified].

6. Community behavior

• Japanese boxes treated as investment: OP-13 box JPY 6,000 at launch to ~27,000 by June 2026; OP-01 ~6x MSRP. [Samurai Sword]
• Manga Rare ~1 per several dozen boxes; God Packs ~1 per 15-20 cases (estimates, Samurai Sword). Scalping/allocation issues [RECALL, not verified].

7. Company strategy

• Bandai releases JP first, EN later; set cadence about every 3 months (OP-13 Aug 2025 JP; OP-17 Aug 2026). Anime tie-in (One Piece IP). Organised play details (Treasure Cup, Championship): [NOT VERIFIED this session].

8. Sources

• https://www.samuraiswordtokyo.com/blogs/news/one-piece-booster-box-buying-guide — box prices, buyback, rarities
• https://en.onepiece-cardgame.com/play-guide — official how to play
• https://geekydomain.com/blogs/guides/how-to-play-one-piece-card-game-rules-2026 — rules summary
• https://geekydomain.com/blogs/guides/most-valuable-one-piece-cards-2026 — chase cards (blog)
• https://snkrdunk.com/en/magazine/?p=517270 — JP top-50 price guide (not fetched, search snippet only)

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