No card in the One Piece Card Game is actually named “Blackbeard.” Every single printing of the character — from his first starter-deck appearance to his newest Secret Rare — is printed under his real name, Marshall.D.Teach. If you’ve been searching card lists for “Blackbeard” and coming up short, that’s why.
This guide sorts through the seven Marshall.D.Teach printings covered here: his one confirmed Leader card, the Secret Rare that outranks it in rarity, the Super Rare with three documented parallel prints, and the dedicated starter deck built entirely around him. We also cover where his cards fit into the current OP-16 and OP-17 sets. We source Japanese One Piece Card Game product directly out of Tokyo, so every card here ties back to a set we can point to.
Teach’s card pool traces a fairly clean arc through his own story — a Whitebeard Pirates division member, a Seven Warlords of the Sea era, and finally an Emperor of the Sea leading the Blackbeard Pirates — and the Type field on each card documents which era it belongs to. That arc is one of the more legible character stories in the game’s card pool, and it’s the throughline for this guide.
Every Marshall.D.Teach card uses his real name, not “Blackbeard.” He has one confirmed Leader card (OP09-081) and one confirmed Secret Rare (OP16-119) — the SEC lives in OP-16, not OP-09. His Super Rare OP09-093 has three documented parallel prints, and his dedicated starter deck card ST27-005 is reprinted inside the OP-17 The World’s Strongest Warriors booster box, currently listed at ¥28,000 as a pre-order shipping on or after August 24.
Card data and effect text are drawn from the LimitlessTCG card database. This guide does not list individual singles in our own inventory — for Marshall.D.Teach singles, our Quick Order page is the way to request sourcing.
Every Marshall.D.Teach Card at a Glance
The seven printings covered in this guide span starter decks, mainline booster sets, and one promo — all under the same card name:
| Code | Rarity | Set | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST03-014 | Common | ST03 The Seven Warlords of the Sea | Blue Character, On Play bounce effect |
| OP03-012 | Rare | OP03 Pillars of Strength | Red Character, Type: Whitebeard Pirates |
| OP09-081 | Leader | OP09 Emperors in the New World | Black Leader, his only confirmed Leader card |
| OP09-093 | Super Rare | OP09 Emperors in the New World | Black Character, three documented parallels |
| P-100 | Promo | Event Pack Vol.8 | Black Character |
| ST27-005 | Super Rare | ST27 BLACK Marshall.D.Teach | Black Character; reprinted inside OP-17 |
| OP16-119 | SEC | OP16 The Time of Battle | Yellow Character, his only confirmed Secret Rare |
One correction worth stating up front: his Secret Rare is OP16-119, from OP-16 The Time of Battle — not an OP-09 card, even though OP-09 is where his Leader card and his most-paralleled Super Rare both live. It’s an easy mix-up given how much of the character’s card pool centers on OP-09.
The sections below go through each printing in more detail, starting with the Leader card that anchors any Teach deck.
His Only Leader Card: OP09-081
Marshall.D.Teach has one confirmed Leader card: OP09-081, Black, 5 Life, 5000 Power, from OP09 Emperors in the New World. It’s a distinctive Leader ability — it shuts down its own side’s On Play triggers while simultaneously locking out the opponent’s On Play abilities too, a two-way seal rather than a one-sided buff. The card’s Type field reads Four Emperors / Blackbeard Pirates, placing it firmly in his post-Marineford era. An alternate art parallel is also documented for this printing.
OP09-081 isn’t a one-off, either. The same Leader card is reprinted in ST27 BLACK Marshall.D.Teach, the character’s own dedicated starter deck — covered in more detail further down this guide. If you’re building around this Leader, both the original OP-09 pull and the ST27 starter deck get you the same card, so there’s no practical difference between the two routes beyond which product you’d rather open.
Because it’s his only confirmed Leader card, there’s no version-matching question to sort out here the way there sometimes is with characters who get multiple Leader printings across different sets. Any Teach Leader deck is built around this exact card, whichever product it came out of.
The Secret Rare: OP16-119
The character’s only confirmed Secret Rare is OP16-119, Yellow, 8 cost, 10000 Power, from OP16 The Time of Battle — the most recently released mainline set at the time of writing. Its On Play ability looks at the top three cards of the deck and adds a Life card from among them; its Trigger effect negates an opposing effect and K.O.’s an opposing Character with a cost of 5 or less. The Type field reads The Seven Warlords of the Sea / Blackbeard Pirates, which places this printing at the specific moment in his story where both eras overlap. An alternate art parallel is documented for this card as well.
For the rest of what OP-16 shipped alongside this SEC, our OP-16 best cards guide covers the set’s full rarity spread.
The Parallel Chase: OP09-093
OP09-093 is a Black, 10-cost, 12000-power Super Rare, also from OP09 Emperors in the New World. It carries a Blocker ability alongside an effect that negates an opposing Leader or Character’s effect — a heavy defensive stat line to match its cost. It’s also the most-paralleled Teach card documented: the Limitless print listing shows three additional variants beyond the standard printing, including an alternate art version and a manga-panel comic parallel. Which specific image file corresponds to which named variant isn’t documented in the print listing, so we’re not attaching a “this one is the manga parallel” label to a specific scan here — only noting that three parallels exist for collectors chasing the full set.
For how comic-panel parallels work as a category across the wider card pool, our One Piece manga rare cards guide covers the format in more depth.
Early Prints: Whitebeard Pirates to Seven Warlords
The earliest Teach printing by Type field is OP03-012, a Red, 4-cost, 6000-power Rare from OP03 Pillars of Strength. Its Type reads Whitebeard Pirates, documenting the period before he defected from the crew. Its When Attacking ability trashes a red card with 4000 power or more from hand to draw a card and give itself +1000 power.
ST03-014 is a Blue, 4-cost, 4000-power Common from ST03 The Seven Warlords of the Sea, a starter deck built around a different Leader. Its On Play ability returns an opposing Character with a cost of 3 or less to its owner’s hand. This is a supporting Character slot in that starter deck rather than a Leader appearance — ST03’s own Leader is a separate card.
There’s also a promo printing worth noting outside the mainline sets: P-100, a Black, 10-cost, 12000-power Character distributed through Event Pack Vol.8. Its When Attacking ability negates the effects of both the opposing Leader and every opposing Character — the widest single-card effect footprint in this lineup. Promo cards like this one are distributed outside the standard booster and starter cycle, which typically means a narrower print run than a mainline set card, though this guide doesn’t have secondary-market data to quantify that for P-100 specifically.
The Dedicated Starter: ST27 BLACK Marshall.D.Teach
Marshall.D.Teach is one of a handful of One Piece characters to get his own dedicated starter deck: ST27 BLACK Marshall.D.Teach, built around his OP09-081 Leader card. The deck’s namesake Super Rare, ST27-005, is a Black, 7-cost, 8000-power Character with an Activate: Main ability — rest the card to K.O. an opposing Character with a cost of 3 or less.
What connects ST27-005 to the current lineup: the Limitless print listing documents this card as reprinted inside OP-17 The World’s Strongest Warriors. That’s the direct link between Teach’s dedicated starter deck and the newest booster set currently available to pre-order.
For the set that houses Teach’s Leader card and OP09-093, see our OP-09 best cards guide.
Where to Buy Marshall.D.Teach Cards and OP-17 Boxes
We ship Japanese One Piece Card Game sealed product and singles worldwide from Tokyo with tracked delivery. For Teach specifically, the most direct route to a confirmed card right now is sealed OP-17 product — it contains the ST27-005 reprint discussed above, with pre-orders shipping on or after August 24.
Browse the wider lineup of Japanese One Piece booster boxes in our One Piece booster box collection. Specific Teach singles — including the OP09-081 Leader, the OP16-119 Secret Rare, or the ST27-005 starter-deck Super Rare — aren’t standing catalog items, so the fastest way to request one is through our Quick Order page, where we source individual cards on request.
For how grading affects value across the wider One Piece card pool, our PSA 10 One Piece cards buying guide covers the graded side of the market in detail.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a One Piece card actually named “Blackbeard”?
No. Every printing of the character uses his real name, Marshall.D.Teach. “Blackbeard” is the common nickname used to refer to him, but it doesn’t appear as a card name in the official card list.
What is Marshall.D.Teach’s Leader card?
OP09-081, from OP09 Emperors in the New World — a Black, 5 Life, 5000 Power Leader whose ability negates both his own side’s and the opponent’s On Play triggers. It’s his only confirmed Leader card, and it’s reprinted in the ST27 BLACK Marshall.D.Teach starter deck.
Which Marshall.D.Teach card is the Secret Rare?
OP16-119, from OP16 The Time of Battle — not an OP-09 card, even though OP-09 houses his Leader and his most-paralleled Super Rare. It’s a Yellow, 8-cost, 10000-power Character with an On Play life-gain ability and a Trigger effect.
Is there a comic parallel Marshall.D.Teach card?
OP09-093, a Black Super Rare from OP09 Emperors in the New World, has a manga-panel comic parallel documented among its three total parallel prints. Which specific print corresponds to the manga version isn’t specified in the source listing.
Is Marshall.D.Teach in the OP-17 set?
His ST27-005 starter-deck Super Rare is documented as reprinted inside OP-17 The World’s Strongest Warriors. No newly designed OP-17 Teach card is confirmed as of this guide.
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