OP-16 Double Pack: Character Cards Guide

The OP-16 (OP16) double pack is not a separate product: the official OP-16 The Time of Battle page lists no double pack and no double cards. “Double” in OP-16 means repeats, since a 6-card pack can contain more than one copy of the same card.

Updated November 8, 2026

What are the key facts about OP-16 before looking at doubles?

OP-16 is the 16th ONE PIECE CARD GAME booster set, named The Time of Battle in English and themed on the Paramount War. The table below gives the exact names and numbers so the set is unambiguous.

Our own listing for the OP-16 The Time of Battle Japanese One Piece Booster Box (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) is the product this guide is written around. The box image below is the one used on that listing.

Is there an official OP-16 double pack?

No, there is no official OP-16 double pack. The official Japanese, Asia English and English edition pages describe one booster pack product, and the Asia English and Japanese pages do not list any cards as “double”.

The set is sold as a standard booster pack: 6 cards per pack, 126 card types plus 1 DON!! card. The Japanese booster page gives the same count and a price of 220 yen per pack. The rarity breakdown on the official pages is the full structure of the set:

• Special Cards: 6
• Treasure Rare: 1
• Leader Cards: 6
• Secret Rare: 2
• Super Rare: 10
• Rare: 26
• Uncommon: 30
• Common: 45
• DON!! Card: 1

Those figures add up to 127, which matches the 126 + 1 card types. None of the rarity lines is called “double”. The official Japanese booster page does not state a box configuration, and the English edition page does not state cards per pack or packs per box. If you want a pack-level or box-level overview, the OP-16 Complete Guide covers the whole set instead of this one angle.

What does “double” mean when you open OP-16 packs?

“Double” here means the same card appearing twice, and the official notes say this can happen. Both the Asia English page and the booster page state that multiples of one card may appear and that a full set may be difficult to assemble.

That official note is the closest thing to a double rule. It tells you three things in plain terms:

1. Multiples of one card may appear, so two copies of one card is covered by the official wording.
2. A full set may be difficult to assemble, so completing all 127 card types should not be assumed.
3. Illustrations and details may differ from the final product, so the official previews are not a final checklist.

Our product page adds the same kind of note for the box: it is a sealed, randomized product, the specific cards in each box are randomly packed at the factory, and the listing makes no promise about individual card pulls. This guide does not give pull rates or odds, because none of the official pages publish them.

The official page for OP-16 describes only the standard pack. If you see a listing sold as a double pack, check what it actually contains before you pay, because no Bandai double pack appears on the official pages.

How many repeats can one OP-16 booster box contain?

A 24-pack box holds 144 cards, and the set has 127 card types, so a box must contain at least 17 repeats. This follows from simple arithmetic on the numbers in the sources.

The last line is a minimum. Even if a box contained every card type once, 17 cards would still be extra copies. This is a counting fact about the format, not a statement about what any particular box holds.

The 24-pack figure here comes from our listing for the booster box, not from the official pages. Do not assume the Japanese box layout applies to the English edition.

For a closer look at the box product itself, the Japanese Box Guide and the Booster Box Buying Guide go through the sealed product in more detail.

Which OP-16 characters have more than one card, a double in the character sense?

Portgas D. Ace, Marshall D. Teach, Monkey D. Luffy, Buggy and Yamato each have more than one OP-16 card named on the official pages. These are two different cards of the same person, which is different from two copies of one card.

The official pages name the cards below by number. The table groups them by character so you can see which characters appear twice.

Rarity is stated by the official pages only for the Leaders, the two Secret Rare debuts and the Three Admirals. The other cards are listed as “other cards” without a stated rarity, so this guide does not assign one. The Leader and Secret Rare cards are covered one by one in the next sections, and the full set is in the OP-16 Complete Card List.

What are the Portgas D. Ace cards in the OP-16 double pack set?

Ace has two named cards: the Leader OP16-001 and the Secret Rare debut OP16-118. Both are listed on the official page, and together they show one character holding a Leader slot and a Secret Rare slot in the set.

The official English page lists OP16-001 Portgas.D.Ace among the new Leaders and OP16-118 Portgas.D.Ace as an SEC debut. The related product on the same page is STARTER DECK EX -Luffy & Ace- [ST-30]. The images below show both cards.

Because both cards carry the same character name, the card number is what tells them apart: 001 is the Leader and 118 is the Secret Rare. Our product page lists Portgas D. Ace among the main early collector watch points for the set. For more on the cards the page highlights, see OP-16 Hits: Most Valuable Cards Collectors Watch.

What are the Marshall D. Teach cards in OP-16?

Teach also has two named cards: the Leader OP16-080 and the Secret Rare debut OP16-119. That makes him the second character with a Leader plus a Secret Rare in the set.

The Japanese page lists OP16-080 as Marshall D. Teach among the six Leaders and OP16-119 as the second SEC. The image set provided for OP16-119 is shown here.

The rarity breakdown shows only two Secret Rares in the whole set, 2 out of 127 card types. Ace (OP16-118) and Teach (OP16-119) are the two Secret Rare names on the official lists. Shiryu OP16-108 is also named on the official page as another card, though its rarity is not stated.

The English edition page also names OP16-118 Portgas.D.Ace and OP16-119 Marshall.D.Teach as SEC debuts, so the Secret Rare line-up is the same in both languages.

What are the Three Admirals cards in the OP-16 Super Alt-Art line?

The Three Admirals are OP16-073 Borsalino, OP16-065 Sakazuki and OP16-063 Kuzan, and the official pages call them Super Alt-Art cards. The Japanese page uses the term super parallel for the same three.

They are three different characters, not doubles of one character. The images follow in the order Borsalino, Sakazuki, Kuzan.

Use the number rather than the order the names are usually spoken in when you sort a stack: 063 is Kuzan, 065 is Sakazuki and 073 is Borsalino. If you want the parallel, SP and Secret Rare line-up on its own, the Parallel, SP and Secret Rare List is the matching article.

Which other characters appear in the OP-16 double pack set?

Beyond Ace, Teach and the Admirals, the official pages name Edward Newgate, Boa Hancock, Emporio Ivankov, Garp, Kin’emon, Shiryu and the Prisoner of Impel Down. Edward Newgate, OP16-003, is the one with a card image in this guide.

The six Leaders in the set are Ace (OP16-001), Luffy (OP16-022), Buggy (OP16-041), Sengoku (OP16-060), Yamato (OP16-079) and Teach (OP16-080). The English edition page lists five of them, without Sengoku, in its Leader line. Luffy, Buggy and Yamato each also have a second named card (OP16-015, OP16-048 and OP16-098), so building a set for any of those three means finding at least two card numbers.

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When did OP-16 release, and did the English edition change the picture?

The Japanese edition released May 30, 2026 and the English edition released June 12, 2026, so the English edition came 13 days later. The two editions share the 126 + 1 card types.

The English page also says the set is tournament legal 7 days after release, and legal from the pre-release date at a local game store. The official news post of April 10, 2026 adds that the Japanese release event ran May 30 to June 14, 2026 at official shops nationwide, that only leader cards themed on the Marineford Summit War could be used, that the entry period was April 17 to April 26, and that lottery results were announced on May 1. The Japanese booster page adds a Premium Bandai lottery sale with applications from June 25 to July 2, 2026.

For the dates in one place, the OP-16 Release Date guide is the matching article. The English edition is a separate product from the Japanese one we ship, and this guide is about the Japanese edition.

How do you check your OP-16 packs for doubles?

Sort your cards by the card number printed on them. Two cards with the same number are doubles; two cards of the same character with different numbers are not.

A simple routine works for a box of 144 cards:

1. Lay out the cards and group them by card number, from OP16-001 upward.
2. Put each group with two or more cards into a “doubles” pile and keep the rest as singles.
3. Check the numbers named on the official pages first. Leaders are OP16-001, 022, 041, 060, 079 and 080, and the Secret Rares are OP16-118 and 119.
4. Set the DON!! card aside, since the set counts it as the +1 in 126 + 1.
5. Keep the Leader and the Secret Rare of the same character as a character pair, as in Ace (001 and 118) and Teach (080 and 119).

The Three Admirals are Super Alt-Art cards with their own entries on the official pages, so compare the card number and rarity mark before you call two cards identical. Remember too that the official page says illustrations and details may differ from the final product.

Where can you buy a Japanese OP-16 booster box, and what do the box options mean?

Our shop lists four OP-16 box products: the single booster box, the carton, a damaged box and a damaged carton. Each page states what the unit is, and the damaged listings are sold as-is.

A carton contains 12 booster boxes, so it holds 12 x 144 = 1,728 cards on the numbers above. The listing describes the purchase unit as one carton of 12 boxes, not 12 individual boxes.

The damaged box listing says the box is unopened and the cards inside are unaffected; the discount is for damage to the outer box. The page states the photos are samples and the box you receive may differ. It also says the item is sold as-is, inquiries about it are not answered, and returns and refunds are not accepted. If outer condition matters to you, the regular box is the right choice; if only the cards matter, the damaged box is the option the listing describes with unaffected cards. The photo below is the sample image from the damaged box listing.

The Regular Box vs Damaged Box Guide compares the two in detail. Check each product page for current availability, as it is shown there.

How does shipping and payment work for an OP-16 order?

Orders ship from Tokyo by FedEx with a tracking number, and all payments are made in Japanese yen. These points come from our shipping policy and payment methods pages.

Customs and delivery after dispatch are controlled by the carrier and destination-country authorities, according to the shipping policy. Customs inspections, remote-area handling, peak season congestion and weather may delay delivery, and such transit delays do not by themselves create a right to cancel or refund after dispatch. Delivery estimates do not include our handling time. The full wording is on the shipping policy and payment methods pages.

What should you know about changing an address or paying by Wise?

You can change the shipping address yourself only while the order is paid and its shipment has not yet been scheduled. The shipping policy says to do this from My Account > Orders > the order, and that the destination country cannot be changed.

If shipping to the new address costs more, you are asked to pay the difference before dispatch and the order is held until it is settled. If it costs less, the shipping charge is not recalculated and no refund is made. Once the shipment is scheduled, the self-service change is closed.

For Wise bank transfers, the payment methods page sets deadlines that depend on your checkout choice:

What is the bottom line on the OP-16 double pack?

There is no OP-16 double pack product: the official pages list one 6-card pack with 126 + 1 card types, and they note that multiples of one card may appear. The useful character facts are that Ace and Teach each hold a Leader and a Secret Rare, that Luffy, Buggy and Yamato each have a second named card, and that the Three Admirals are OP16-063, 065 and 073.

If you want sealed product, start with the OP-16 booster box (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) page and read its listed terms, or read the OP-16 Chase Cards guide before deciding what you want from the set.

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