One card says you made it to the finals. The other says you were one of the best players once you got there. Same One Piece Card Game season, same OP-09 set, two different messages built into a parallel illustration.
Both cards come from the Championship 25-26 Season 1 Area Tournament, an official Bandai One Piece Card Game event tier — one level of the wider Championship 25-26 ladder, run across multiple regional venues in Japan rather than as a single fixed date. Bandai’s own event page confirms both card codes directly, and it places them on two different prize rungs rather than one.
This guide covers what each prize actually represents, how the two differ, and where our own PSA10-graded examples of both are currently listed. We source and grade Japanese One Piece Card Game product out of Tokyo, and both cards below are from our own stock.
Two Area Tournament parallels from OP-09 —Emperors in the New World—, both Red-Haired Pirates Character cards, but two different prize tiers per Bandai’s own event page: Benn Beckman SR (OP09-009), the Finals Tournament Top-Placement Commemorative Gift, currently listed at ¥350,224 (~$2,203) PSA10; and Yasopp R (OP09-013), the Season 1 Area Finals Advancement Right, currently listed at ¥188,800 (~$1,187) PSA10. Neither parallel was sold at retail — both were awarded through tournament results.
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What Was the Season 1 Area Tournament?
The Championship 25-26 Season 1 Area Tournament (チャンピオンシップ25-26 Season 1 エリア大会) is an official tournament tier inside Bandai’s One Piece Card Game Championship 25-26 event ladder. It’s a nationwide, multi-venue series rather than a single tournament — regional Area Tournaments were held at different locations across Japan through 2025, each feeding into the same season structure.
One confirmed leg: the Aichi Tournament, held Saturday, 24 May 2025, at Aichi Sky Expo Exhibition Hall D. Bandai’s official event page also references a separate venue address at Yume Messe Miyagi’s Main Building Exhibition Hall A in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, though the exact date for that specific stop isn’t confirmed in the material we’ve checked. Treat these as two example stops within a season that ran at multiple venues, not as “the” date the Area Tournament happened.
Bandai’s event page lists both of this guide’s cards by their exact card codes, and — importantly — it does not list them under the same heading:
| Card | Official prize heading | What it’s awarded for |
|---|---|---|
| Yasopp R (OP09-013, parallel) | Season 1 Area Finals Advancement Right | Advancing to / qualifying for the Area finals tournament |
| Benn Beckman SR (OP09-009, parallel) | Finals Tournament Top-Placement Commemorative Gift | Placing highly once inside the finals tournament |
It’s easy to assume both cards are simply “the Area Tournament prize,” but Bandai’s own event page separates them. Yasopp’s parallel sits under a finals-advancement heading — a reward for qualifying into the Area finals stage. Benn Beckman’s parallel sits under a top-placement heading — a reward for how a player actually finished once there. They’re both genuine Area Tournament prizes, but not necessarily the same achievement.
Benn Beckman OP09-009: The Top-Placement Prize
Benn Beckman is a Character card from OP-09 —Emperors in the New World—, base rarity SR, and a member of the Red-Haired Pirates crew led by Shanks. The Area Tournament version is marked on Bandai’s event page as a parallel-illustration print (※パラレルイラスト版) listed directly under the Finals Tournament Top-Placement Commemorative Gift heading — a prize for players who placed highly once they reached the finals stage of a given Area Tournament leg.
Our graded copy is currently listed at ¥350,224 (~$2,203), PSA10.
Yasopp OP09-013: The Finals-Advancement Prize
Yasopp is also a Character card from OP-09, base rarity R, and part of the same Red-Haired Pirates crew as Benn Beckman. His base OP09-013 print is Red, cost 5, 6000 power, with an On Play effect that gives one of the player’s Leaders +1000 power. Bandai’s event page marks the Area Tournament version as a parallel-illustration print as well, but lists it under a different heading than Benn Beckman’s: Season 1 Area Finals Advancement Right — a prize for reaching the Area finals tournament, rather than for a specific placement inside it.
Our graded copy is currently listed at ¥188,800 (~$1,187), PSA10.
Our own Yasopp One Piece Cards Guide covers every officially listed printing of the character, and confirms that Bandai’s own card list does not currently document any parallel or alt-art version of OP09-013 beyond this base R print. That makes the Area Tournament parallel a tournament-exclusive treatment layered onto the same card number — distinct from any retail parallel the standard card list documents. That article is the full printing-history reference for Yasopp; this one stays focused on the Area Tournament prize specifically.
How the Prizes Were Distributed
Neither card entered retail distribution. Both were awarded directly through the Season 1 Area Tournament’s competitive structure — Yasopp’s parallel to players who advanced to a given Area finals tournament, and Benn Beckman’s parallel to players who placed highly once inside that finals stage. That’s a tournament-prize distribution model, not a booster-pull or storefront one, which is why neither print shows up as a standard set listing.
Area Tournament sits alongside other tournament-tier prize categories in the One Piece Card Game’s competitive calendar, and it’s worth keeping the tiers separate. Our One Piece Flagship Battle Promo Cards Guide covers a different event tier entirely — Flagship Battle runs at authorized shops with its own Victory and Top 8 souvenir structure, separate from the Area Tournament’s advancement and top-placement prizes covered here.
Two other prize and special-print categories worth distinguishing from Area Tournament parallels: our One Piece Serial-Numbered Cards Guide covers cards individually numbered on the print itself, which is a different mechanic from the tournament-tier parallels here; and our One Piece 3rd Anniversary Special Cards (SPC) Guide covers a milestone-anniversary print category, awarded on a different basis again. For the wider landscape of Japanese promo categories in general, our One Piece Promo Cards Japan hub and our broader One Piece Promo Cards Guide both cover the categories more generally.
Grading and What PSA10 Means for These Promos
PSA10 is the top grade on PSA’s 10-point scale, reserved for cards that meet a gem-mint standard across centering, edges, corners and surface. For tournament-prize cards specifically, that standard matters more than it might for a fresh booster pull: these parallels passed through a live event and a player’s hands before ever reaching a grading submission, rather than coming straight from a sealed pack. A PSA10 label gives buyers a third-party, verifiable condition standard for a card whose history already involves more handling than a box-fresh pull.
For a wider look at what SR and R mean inside the One Piece Card Game’s Japanese rarity structure, see our One Piece Card Rarity Explained guide.
Where to Buy Area Tournament Cards from Tokyo
Both Area Tournament parallels covered here are graded PSA10 examples from our own stock, shipped from Tokyo with tracked delivery: Benn Beckman SR (OP09-009) currently listed at ¥350,224 (~$2,203), and Yasopp R (OP09-013) currently listed at ¥188,800 (~$1,187).
Both base prints come from the same set, OP-09 —Emperors in the New World—. Sealed OP-09 —The New Emperor— (Damaged Box) is currently listed at ¥20,900 (~$131) if you’d rather open the set the base cards come from — note this gets you the standard booster prints, not the tournament parallels, which were never packed in boosters. For the rest of our Japanese One Piece stack, browse the One Piece booster box collection, and for specific singles or sourcing requests not currently listed, our Quick Order page is the fastest way to build a mixed order.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the One Piece Area Tournament?
It’s an official Bandai One Piece Card Game tournament tier, part of the Championship 25-26 Season 1 event ladder, run at multiple regional venues across Japan during 2025 rather than as a single fixed-date event.
Are Benn Beckman and Yasopp’s Area Tournament cards the same prize tier?
No. Bandai’s official event page lists Yasopp’s parallel (OP09-013) under a Season 1 Area Finals Advancement Right heading, awarded for reaching the Area finals tournament. Benn Beckman’s parallel (OP09-009) sits under a separate Finals Tournament Top-Placement Commemorative Gift heading, awarded for placing highly once inside that finals stage.
Do these Area Tournament parallels have a standard retail print too?
Both characters have standard OP-09 booster prints — Benn Beckman SR and Yasopp R — but the Area Tournament versions are separate parallel-illustration prints awarded through tournament results, not sold in boosters. Our Yasopp guide confirms Bandai’s own card list does not currently document any other parallel of OP09-013 beyond the base R print.
When and where was the Season 1 Area Tournament held?
It ran across multiple regional venues in Japan during 2025. One confirmed leg is the Aichi Tournament, held Saturday, 24 May 2025 at Aichi Sky Expo Exhibition Hall D; Bandai’s event page also references a Yume Messe Miyagi venue in Sendai, though we haven’t confirmed an exact date for that specific stop.
Where can I buy PSA10 Benn Beckman and Yasopp Area Tournament cards from Tokyo?
Both are currently listed on our site as graded PSA10 singles, shipped from Tokyo with tracked delivery: Benn Beckman SR (OP09-009) at ¥350,224 (~$2,203) and Yasopp R (OP09-013) at ¥188,800 (~$1,187). Sourcing requests for other Area Tournament or One Piece promo cards go through our Quick Order page.
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