How to identify the exact version of a One Piece card
The short answer
Check, in order: the language, the small box before the card number, the ★ above the rarity, the background, any gold, then the card's right-hand edge. Each step rules versions in or out; the last is to match the picture on Bandai's official card list, which names the product. Number and rarity alone often can't separate a ¥160 card from a ¥798,000 one.
Our post on how to tell a reprint from the original covered the block icon; this is the checklist for everything else. For what each rarity letter means, see the rarity guide.
Step 1: is it a Japanese print at all?
Japanese and English cards share numbers, but Bandai keeps a card list per language, and the versions don't line up. Take the Starter Deck Luffy, ST01-012: Bandai's English list files a version as ST01-012_p2, with Eiichiro Oda's artwork and English text. The Japanese list has no _p2: it runs from _p1 to _p7 plus a reprint, _r1, and files the Oda artwork under _p3 and _p4.
So a suffix such as "_p2" means nothing until you know its language list. CardMochi's yen prices are for Japanese prints; a version only on the English list is labelled "EN only", with no yen price.
Step 2: the box in front of the card number
Most cards have nothing just left of the card number, bottom right. Two kinds carry a small boxed label:
- SP: special cards (スペシャルカード). Altema says SPs first appeared in OP-03 as earlier cards reprinted with new art, keeping the original card's rarity after the number; Torecamap says the same of the wanted-poster SPs. Bandai's image of the OP-03 SP of ST01-012 shows a wanted poster and still reads SR.
- TR: the treasure rare (トレジャーレア). Bandai's OP-16 product page lists one, filed on its card list as the TR version of OP16-042 (Prisoner of Impel Down, インペルダウンの囚人). The image shows a boxed "TR" before the number, a ★ and the card's own rarity, R.
Box colour matters too. Bandai's images of the two OP-13 SP versions of the OP-09 Shanks share the artwork; one has a gold box and gold lettering, the other silver. SNKRDUNK identifies the gold one as a "3rd anniversary special card" (3周年スペシャルカード), and Bandai's OP-13 page lists two such cards in the set.
Step 3: the ★ above the rarity
From OP-04, the fourth booster, parallels carry a small ★ above the rarity letter, Altema says. Before that, Altema says, go by the art: a parallel is illustrated across the whole card where the regular SR or SEC has a silver or gold frame.
A missing ★ doesn't prove a regular card. On Bandai's images, the two OP-05 versions of ST01-012 have no star, and neither has the OP-09 Shanks from the English 2nd Anniversary Set (ONE PIECE カードゲーム English 2nd ANNIVERSARY SET), a Japanese-text card filed on Bandai's Japanese list under OP09-004. The artwork gives them away.
Step 4: the background
Altema warns that a super parallel (スーパーパラレル), which collectors call the comic parallel (コミパラ), looks like any other parallel in the corner. The tell is the background: manga panels, or in the words of Bandai's OP-13 product page, a design "filled entirely" with artwork from the original manga.
Two sets add a colour variant. Torecamap says OP-09 had a gold super parallel, given only to Gol.D.Roger (OP09-118), and OP-13 a red one for Luffy, Ace and Sabo. Bandai's OP-13 page confirms the red one is exclusive to the set. On the official images of OP13-118, the comic parallel has black-and-white manga panels; the red one has them in red, with a gold name.
Step 5: gold on the art
For the game's first anniversary, Bandai's OP-05 page announced a card drawn by Eiichiro Oda: ST01-012 again. The Japanese list has it twice, both from OP-05: _p3 carries a gold "Eiichiro Oda" signature and gold lettering, while _p4 has the same artwork on a black background, unsigned. On that card, check the signature first.
Step 6: the right-hand edge
Altema says cards handed out at official events read "NOT FOR SALE" on the right-hand edge, and that many promos can't be told apart by rarity alone. Bandai's image of the OP-05 Rebecca prize, OP05-091_p3, shows this: a Championship 2024 logo, a gold frame and "NOT FOR SALE" beside the copyright line. Its corner still reads SR, like the ¥120 regular card.
Step 7: confirm on Bandai's card list
Search the card number on Bandai's Japanese card list and match the picture. Under each version, "入手情報" (where to get it) names the product: booster, starter deck, tournament prize or magazine offer. The picture's file name ends in the suffix (_p1, _p2 or _r1) that CardMochi uses to tell versions apart.
How our labels map to versions
CardMochi shows each Japanese version as product · label · finish, such as "OP-05 · Parallel 3 · parallel foil", with the rarity beside it. "Parallel 3" is Bandai's _p3, "Reprint" is _r1, and the product is Bandai's ("P" for promos). SP and TR versions show "SP CARD" and "TR" as the rarity. We don't yet name comic, red or gold-signature versions, so read the label with the picture.
The suffix is a filing number, not a ranking. Parallel 1 of OP13-118 asks ¥12,800; Parallel 3 was last listed at ¥1,280,000.
| Card | Version (product on Bandai's list) | Our label (rarity if SP or TR) | Shop ask |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monkey.D.Luffy ST01-012 | regular SR (ST-01) | ST-01 | ¥160 (Suruga-ya, 25 Sep) |
| reprint (Family Deck Set) | ST-01 · Reprint | ¥160 (shares the ST-01 card's listing) | |
| SP, wanted poster (OP-03) | OP-03 · Parallel 1 · SP CARD | ¥39,800 (out of stock) | |
| Oda art, no signature (OP-05) | OP-05 · Parallel 4 | ¥9,980 | |
| Oda art, gold signature (OP-05) | OP-05 · Parallel 3 | ¥798,000 (out of stock) | |
| Weekly Shōnen Jump mail-in | P · Parallel 7 | ¥29,800 | |
| Oda art, English list only | ST-01 · Parallel 2 · EN only | none | |
| Shanks OP09-004 | regular SR (OP-09) | OP-09 | ¥120 (Yuyu-tei, 26 Sep) |
| parallel (OP-09) | OP-09 · Parallel 1 | ¥980 | |
| comic parallel (OP-09) | OP-09 · Parallel 2 | ¥148,000 (out of stock) | |
| SP, gold box (OP-13) | OP-13 · Parallel 5 · SP CARD | ¥99,800 (Card Rush) | |
| English 2nd Anniversary Set | OP-09 · Parallel 7 | ¥2,980 (out of stock) | |
| Monkey.D.Luffy OP13-118 | regular SEC (OP-13) | OP-13 | ¥640 (Card Rush) |
| parallel (OP-13) | OP-13 · Parallel 1 | ¥12,800 | |
| SP, wanted poster (OP-13) | OP-13 · Parallel 4 · SP CARD | ¥29,800 | |
| comic parallel (OP-13) | OP-13 · Parallel 2 | ¥178,000 (out of stock) | |
| red super parallel (OP-13) | OP-13 · Parallel 3 | ¥1,280,000 (out of stock) | |
| Rebecca OP05-091 | regular SR (OP-05) | OP-05 | ¥120 (Yuyu-tei, 26 Sep) |
| Championship 2024 Wave 2 finals top-32 prize | P · Parallel 3 | ¥698,000 (Card Rush) | |
| Prisoner of Impel Down OP16-042 | regular R (OP-16) | OP-16 | ¥170 (Suruga-ya, 27 Sep) |
| treasure rare (OP-16) | OP-16 · Parallel 1 · TR | ¥3,480 |
CardMochi data: the lowest Japanese shop ask we hold for each exact version. Undated asks are from 3 Oct 2026, and unnamed shops are Yuyu-tei; "out of stock" means the shop's last listed price. Product per version from Bandai's Japanese card list, read 27 Sep and 3 Oct 2026.
The gold-signature and unsigned Oda cards share the artwork and the product, yet the signed one's last listed ask is 80 times the unsigned one's. The treasure rare, the only one Bandai lists for OP-16, asks ¥3,480. Scarcity doesn't guarantee a high price; demand for the character sets it.
What this means for you
- If you buy singles: run the checklist on the seller's photos, then ask for the product name. "ST01-012 SR" covers asks from ¥160 to ¥798,000.
- If you sell: name the version as Bandai's list does, with the product, and photograph the corner, background and edge.
- If you collect: record each card by its suffix, as on our tiles and Bandai's file names, in the collection tracker.
- On any price: these are asks. Across the 164 One Piece cards we match to Yahoo! Auctions sales, the median card sold for 0.8 times its shop ask over the last 30 days.
Browse Carrying on His Will and Emperors in the New World, or the One Piece guide for rarity-level prices.
Method and limits
- Prices are Japanese shop asks from CardMochi's scans of 25 Sep to 3 Oct 2026, matched to the exact version, not sales.
- We left out versions whose price isn't matched to that exact version, such as the silver-box Shanks SP and the OP13-118 prize card. The exception is the ST-01 reprint, which shops list with the original.
- We did not handle physical cards. Every design detail comes from Bandai's official images (which Bandai says may differ from the product) or the cited guides.
- Our labels follow Bandai's file suffixes. See how we price.
Sources
- CardMochi data: Japanese shop asks per exact version (Yuyu-tei, Card Rush, Suruga-ya; scans of 25 Sep to 3 Oct 2026) and the onepiece-market-2026-10-03 file (Yahoo! Auctions sold medians against asks for 164 cards).
- Bandai, official Japanese card list (product per version, rarity, card images): onepiece-cardgame.com/cardlist; OP-13: series 550113; OP-16: series 550116; English card list: en.onepiece-cardgame.com/cardlist
- Bandai, Carrying On His Will [OP-13] product page (super parallel, red super parallel, 3rd anniversary special cards): onepiece-cardgame.com
- Bandai, Awakening of the New Era [OP-05] product page (card drawn by Eiichiro Oda): onepiece-cardgame.com
- Bandai, OP-16 product page (one treasure rare): onepiece-cardgame.com
- Altema (ワンピカチ), rarity, parallel and promo guide (read in the Internet Archive copy of 10 May 2026): altema.jp
- Torecamap, One Piece card rarities, including gold and red super parallels: torecamap.co.jp
- SNKRDUNK, Shanks SR-SPC (gold), 3rd anniversary special card: snkrdunk.com
Researched with AI tools, checked and edited by the CardMochi team. Prices are Japanese shop asking prices on the date shown. About CardMochi · How we price