One Piece Card Game OP-17 Is Here: What to Know About The World's Strongest Warriors

One Piece Card Game OP-17: The World's Strongest Warriors releases today, August 28, 2026. The set brings the Straw Hat Crew to Elbaph, introduces a full Rocks Pirates strategy, gives every color a new Leader, and celebrates the game's 4th anniversary with several premium card treatments.

For players, the immediate question is which new Leader and deck core to build. For collectors and sellers, the priority is different: identify premium versions correctly, keep archetype cards together, and avoid judging long-term value from release-day prices alone.

What makes OP-17 different?

OP-17 arrived on August 28 after a week of pre-release events. As the One Piece Card Game's 4th-anniversary booster, it brings together three major themes: the Straw Hat Crew in Elbaph, the arrival of the Rocks Pirates, and new cards for the Four Emperors. Every color receives a new Leader, so the set offers six distinct deck-building directions instead of centering everything on one strategy.

The numbered main checklist contains 119 cards, including six Leaders, 10 Super Rares, and two Secret Rares: Rocks.D.Xebec and Loki. The biggest collector headline is the long-awaited OP17-079 Monkey.D.Luffy Super Leader Alt-Art, commonly called "Manga Luffy" by collectors because it uses original manga artwork. Bandai classifies it as a Super Leader Alt-Art, not a Manga Rare.

Bandai lists the wider product as 131+4 card types because the booster also contains premium treatments and cards beyond the main numbered run. Alongside Manga Luffy, collectors can find Super Alt-Art and Pirate Crew designs, Special Cards, a Treasure Rare, and the Color of the Supreme King Haki SP treatment.

For collectors, that distinction matters. Completing the 119-card gameplay checklist is a different goal from collecting every parallel and anniversary version.

Booster boxes, Double Packs, and launch promotions

Bandai also released Double Pack Set Vol.12 alongside OP-17 on August 28. It contains two OP-17 boosters and one DON!! card from a two-design pool, with packaging that can be reused as a card case.

Collectors buying a full box from a participating physical store should also ask about the OP-17 Dash Pack campaign. A qualifying in-store box purchase receives one three-card Dash Pack from a seven-card pool while supplies last. Bandai specifically excludes online purchases, so availability should be confirmed with the store before buying.

The official 4th Anniversary Event and OP-17 Release Event runs at participating local game stores from August 21 through September 13, 2026. Stores can hold Constructed or Sealed events, with anniversary participation items and a special winner version of the P-110 Monkey.D.Luffy Leader available through the event. Registration and prize availability depend on the individual store.

Six Leaders, six different starting points

OP-17 does not push one single deck. Each color receives a new Leader with a distinct plan, which makes the set relevant even if only one or two of its headline characters interest you.

Red Edward.Newgate protects a key battle

The red Edward.Newgate Leader can trash a card once per turn when the opponent attacks to give a Leader or Character +4000 power for that battle. It is a direct defensive tool that trades hand size for survival.

The matching 10-cost Edward.Newgate can become cheaper when the opponent controls a 10000-power Character. On play, it can raise a monocolored Leader's base power to 8000 until the end of the opponent's next End Phase. This gives the deck a powerful late-game defensive swing, but careful hand management will be essential because both protection and countering consume resources.

Green Shanks keeps opposing Characters rested

Green Shanks can trash a card or rest a DON!! card to stop one rested opposing Character from becoming active during the opponent's next Refresh Phase. That creates a control plan built around resting threats, attacking into them, and denying their next use.

The 10-cost Shanks Character adds a major finishing turn. It has Rush, sets up to two DON!! cards as active when played, and rests all opposing Characters. Yasopp supports the same strategy by drawing a card, resting an opposing Character with a cost of 8 or less, and setting a Red-Haired Pirates Character as active at the end of the turn.

Blue Rocks.D.Xebec turns the Rocks Pirates into a real deck

Rocks.D.Xebec is the central new Leader for one of OP-17's biggest themes. When attacking, the Leader can trash a card to reveal the top card of the deck. If that card has the Rocks Pirates type, the player draws two cards.

That effect rewards a tightly focused deck rather than a loose collection of individually strong blue cards. The Secret Rare Rocks.D.Xebec reinforces the plan by drawing a card on play, then playing up to two differently named Rocks Pirates cards from hand with a combined cost of 9 or less. Shiki supplies pressure and power reduction, while Gloriosa offers both a Blocker and bottom-deck removal for a Character costing 5 or less.

If you open Rocks Pirates cards at lower rarities, keep them together until deck lists settle. The Leader's type requirement means Commons, Uncommons, and Rares can matter to consistency even when they are not the cards receiving the most attention on release day.

Purple Kaido turns DON!! reduction into control

Purple Kaido can return one DON!! card to the DON!! deck when attacking or when the opponent attacks, then give an opposing Character -2000 power for the turn. This creates value on both players' turns and gives other effects a lower power target to work with.

OP-17 includes two Super Rare Kaido Characters. One is a 10-cost Blocker that can recover active DON!! when DON!! is returned to the deck. The other makes Character cards without Counter in your hand gain +1000 Counter and can spend one DON!! to negate and K.O. an opposing Character with a cost of 6 or less on the turn it is played.

Together, these cards suggest a deck that wants to use DON!! reduction deliberately, not merely accept it as a cost.

Black Monkey.D.Luffy builds around 12-cost Characters

The black Monkey.D.Luffy Leader gives Blocker to all of your Characters with a cost of 12 or more. That sounds narrow until Loki enters the picture.

Loki, one of the set's two Secret Rares, costs 6 but gains an additional 12 cost while in play. During the opponent's turn it also gains +3000 power. Its on-play effect can K.O. opposing Characters with a combined cost of 4 or less. In the Luffy deck, Loki therefore becomes a large defensive body without needing to pay 12 DON!! to play it.

The support cards make the threshold matter elsewhere too. OP17-093 Monkey.D.Luffy gains Rush when a 12-cost or higher Character is present, while Usopp gains power and searches the top three cards for an Elbaph card. This is the set's clearest bridge between the current Elbaph story and a new gameplay identity.

Yellow Charlotte Linlin forces difficult choices

Yellow Charlotte Linlin can trash a card when attacking and make the opponent choose between two uncomfortable outcomes. They can discard from their hand and allow Linlin's player to add a card from the deck to Life, or they can discard a card from the Linlin player's hand.

The 10-cost Super Rare Charlotte Linlin continues the pressure. It draws a card, then either adds a card to the player's Life or moves the top card of the opponent's Life to their hand. It also raises the base power of the player's 4000-power Characters with Trigger to 8000 during that player's turn.

This makes Trigger cards part of the deck's offensive plan, not only effects that may appear from Life.

The collector cards to identify carefully

OP-17 is also the One Piece Card Game's 4th-anniversary booster, and Bandai has given it a wider collector treatment than a normal set overview.

The headline version is the long-awaited Super Leader Alt-Art of OP17-079 Monkey.D.Luffy, commonly known as Manga Luffy. It features original manga artwork, but it should not be confused with a Manga Rare. The set also introduces a Super Alt-Art treatment and includes the Color of the Supreme King Haki SP treatment. Pirate Crew Alt-Art cards celebrate both the Straw Hat Crew and the Rocks Pirates, while Special Cards focus on the new generation of Four Emperors.

More anniversary variants to watch

The anniversary lineup goes deeper than the headline Manga Luffy. OP-17 contains a playful six-card Pandaman alternate-art cycle, with one card in each color: Kingdew, Building Snake, Kyo, Scratchmen Apoo, Hajrudin, and Charlotte Daifuku. There are also four special DON!! designs, including a distinctive Rocks-themed version.

Four Super Alt-Art cards celebrate the original Four Emperors through Edward.Newgate, Shanks, Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin. The Special Card lineup shifts the focus to the new generation of Emperors, while six Color of the Supreme King Haki SP cards share a coordinated black, white, and red visual style. Two Pirate Crew Alt-Art cards represent the Straw Hat Crew and Rocks Pirates.

Two individual variants are especially easy to remember: OP17-037 Are You That Afraid of the New Era?!! receives a manga-styled Event parallel, and OP17-062 Kaido has additional artwork by Baki the Grappler creator Keisuke Itagaki.

There is also a Treasure Rare version of OP17-040 Edward.Newgate. Unlike Treasure Rares that revisit an older card, this treatment belongs to a new card from OP-17 itself. The set's two regular Secret Rare card numbers are:

• OP17-118 Rocks.D.Xebec
• OP17-119 Loki

The important detail is that card number and artwork are separate identifiers. Two copies can share the same card number and rules text while belonging to very different collector categories. When cataloguing or listing a card, record the card number, rarity or treatment, and artwork version. A photo check is safer than relying on the character name alone.

How to sort an OP-17 opening

A simple three-pass system keeps the exciting pulls protected without losing useful deck cards in the bulk pile.

Pass 1: Separate premium treatments

Pull out Secret Rares, the Treasure Rare, Leader parallels, Super Leader Alt-Art, Super Alt-Art, Special Cards, Pirate Crew Alt-Art cards, the Haki SP treatment, and other alternate-art versions. Sleeve them before repeated handling.

Do not assume every premium-looking card has the same category. Check the card number and the visual treatment against the official checklist.

Pass 2: Build six color and archetype groups

Sort the remaining cards by color, then keep the main deck families together:

• Whitebeard Pirates
• Red-Haired Pirates
• Rocks Pirates
• Animal Kingdom Pirates
• Elbaph and Straw Hat Crew
• Big Mom Pirates and Trigger support

This makes it easier to assemble Leader cores, compare playsets, and identify missing pieces. It also prevents a low-rarity searcher, counter card, or type-specific enabler from disappearing into a general Common and Uncommon box.

Pass 3: Count playable duplicates

For cards you may use in decks, keep up to four copies together before moving extras into your normal bulk system. A release-day price is not the only signal that matters. Searchers, 2000 Counter cards, Blockers, and archetype requirements often create demand after players test the full deck.

Condition still matters. Use clean hands, avoid bending packs or cards during opening, and separate damaged copies before listing or submitting them.

What to watch after release

The official card list tells us what the cards do. It does not tell us which decks will become tournament staples or which collector versions will hold their opening prices.

Over the next few weeks, watch three things:

1. Conversion from Japanese results to the English environment. The card pool, release timing, and tournament field can produce different outcomes.
2. Which Leader cores need full playsets. Rocks Pirates and Elbaph are especially type-focused, so support cards may move together rather than individually.
3. The gap between first listings and completed sales. Asking prices are not proof of market value, especially for scarce-looking anniversary treatments on launch weekend.

OP-17 has enough depth to interest several kinds of One Piece Card Game fans. Elbaph gives the Straw Hat Crew a new visual and mechanical identity, Rocks.D.Xebec finally leads the Rocks Pirates, and all six colors receive a clear deck direction. The anniversary treatments add another layer for collectors, but the best first step is still careful identification and sorting.

Once OP-17 cards are available in the TCG Bulk card library, you can use it to identify what you opened. If you decide to move duplicates or higher-value pulls, TCG Bulk can help you compare active buyer offers instead of relying on a single release-day listing.