On August 5, 2026, we measured asking prices for One Piece card singles on SNKRDUNK, Japan’s largest TCG marketplace, and found a reprint sitting inside the most-valuable ranking that most buyers never see coming. Two of the top five asks in that list are not cards pulled from their original booster sets at all — they are copies pulled from a later reprint product called ONE PIECE CARD THE BEST, carrying the exact same card number as the original, and asking four to six times more.
The Shanks SEC-SP Comic Parallel numbered OP01-120 exists in two prints. Pulled from Romance Dawn, the set that launched the game, it was asking ¥138,000 (~$850) on the day we measured. Pulled from ONE PIECE CARD THE BEST — same character, same card number, same manga panel — it was asking ¥860,000 (~$5,280). One card lower in the same ranking, Portgas.D.Ace SR-SP Comic Parallel OP02-013 shows the identical pattern: ¥140,000 (~$860) as a 頂上決戦 (Paramount War, OP-02) print, ¥650,000 (~$3,990) as a THE BEST print.
Both premium booster products behind these reprint chase cards — PRB-01 and PRB-02 — are currently out of stock in our store. If you want a copy sourced when it comes back, browse our One Piece collection to see what’s live right now, or send a restock request through Quick Order and we’ll flag you when Japanese stock reopens.
This guide explains what PRB-01 and PRB-02 actually are, walks through the measured price gap on both the Shanks and Ace comparisons, covers the broader Nami THE BEST listing at the bottom of the ranking, and lays out the one identification habit that separates a ¥140,000 card from a ¥650,000 card on paper that otherwise looks identical.
In our August 5, 2026 measurement, THE BEST reprint prints of comic parallel chase cards asked substantially more than their original-set counterparts on the same card number — Shanks OP01-120 at ¥860,000 versus ¥138,000, and Ace OP02-013 at ¥650,000 versus ¥140,000. A third THE BEST print, Nami R-SP OP01-016, asked ¥98,000 across four-plus listings, with PSA 10 copies asking ¥230,000–¥250,000. Set of origin, not just the card number, is what separates these prices — and it is checkable before you buy.
All prices in this article are asking prices on SNKRDUNK, Japan’s marketplace, as of August 5, 2026, converted at ¥163/USD. Asking prices are what sellers are currently listing at — not confirmed sale prices. Where a card had a small number of listings, we say so; single-listing figures are labeled as such.
How These Prices Were Measured
Every figure in this article comes from a single, dated pass over SNKRDUNK — Japan’s largest TCG marketplace — run on August 5, 2026. What you’re reading is what sellers were actually asking for these specific cards, on that specific day, not a blended or averaged estimate.
To sanity-check the measurement, we ran a control: the SNKRDUNK asking price for an OP-08 Two Legends booster box was ¥12,900 against our own store price of ¥11,025 for the same box — a consistent ballpark, which tells us the marketplace’s asks track real Japanese retail rather than inflated outlier pricing. For the comparisons below, “print” and “set of origin” mean the same thing: the specific product a card was physically pulled from, identified by the set stamp on the card itself, not just the card number.
We export Japanese sealed product out of Tokyo every week, which is why we measure the Japanese market directly rather than quoting recycled Western estimates — the reprint premium in this article is invisible in most English-language pricing tools, since they rarely distinguish a card’s original print from its THE BEST reprint.
What Is ONE PIECE CARD THE BEST (PRB-01 & PRB-02)?
ONE PIECE CARD THE BEST is a premium booster reprint line — a product built to reissue some of the game’s most sought-after chase cards in a new print run, rather than to introduce new characters or new game content. PRB-01 was the first volume; PRB-02 followed as a second volume in the same premium booster format. Both currently sit out of stock in our store, most recently priced at ¥23,100 (~$142) for PRB-01 and ¥11,655 (~$72) for PRB-02.
What our measurement can confirm is the effect this reprinting has on price: cards that already existed as chase-tier comic parallels in their original sets — Shanks OP01-120, Ace OP02-013, Nami OP01-016 — were reprinted inside THE BEST carrying the same card number, and those reprint copies now trade as distinct market entries from the originals. We won’t guess at pack configuration, print run size, or full card list here since we haven’t measured those. What we can tell you, because we measured it directly, is what buyers are actually paying for the cards that came out of it — and if you’re comparing two listings of “the same card,” the set stamp on the back can be the entire difference in what you should expect to pay.
Nami’s THE BEST Print: A Broader Base of Listings
The Shanks and Ace numbers above are dramatic, but each is drawn from a comparison between two specific listings. Nami R-SP Comic Parallel, card number OP01-016, gives us a THE BEST print with more listing depth to lean on: ¥98,000 (~$600) across four or more separate listings on the day we measured.
That broader base matters for how much weight you put on the number. A single listing tells you what one seller believes; four-plus independent listings converging in the same range tells you something closer to where the market has actually settled. At ¥98,000, the Nami THE BEST print sits well below the Shanks and Ace THE BEST prints — a reminder that “reprinted in THE BEST” is not on its own a guarantee of six-figure pricing. Character, original rarity tier, and demand still set the floor; the reprint print just adds its own premium on top of whatever that floor already was.
In the same measurement, PSA 10 copies of this Nami THE BEST print were asking ¥230,000–¥250,000 (~$1,410–$1,530) — roughly 2.3–2.6x over the ¥98,000 raw ask. It’s the one card in this guide where we have graded pricing on the THE BEST print itself, not just the original.
Why Print-of-Origin Identification Matters
If you take one habit away from this article, make it this: before you buy or sell a One Piece comic parallel that carries a card number you recognize from a famous chase-card list, confirm which product it was actually pulled from. The card number alone does not tell you that. On the two comparisons above, the gap between prints was ¥500,000–¥700,000 — enough to turn a fair purchase into an overpay, or a fair sale into a real loss, over a detail that’s easy to skip past.
- Check the set stamp on the card, not just the number. OP01-120 and OP02-013 both appear on cards from two different products; the small set code on the card face tells you which one you’re looking at.
- Ask sellers directly if a listing doesn’t specify. A listing that only shows the card number, not the set it came from, is missing the single most important variable in its own price.
- Treat single-listing asks as a ceiling, not a benchmark. Figures drawn from one observed listing are a data point, not a certified valuation.
Confirm the set of origin every time — card numbers carry over between original booster sets and premium reprint products like PRB-01, and on Shanks OP01-120 and Ace OP02-013 the gap between prints runs into the hundreds of thousands of yen.
Why THE BEST Reprinted Comic Parallels, Not Standard Art
It’s not a coincidence that the cards THE BEST chose to reprint — Shanks, Ace, Nami — were already comic parallels (コミパラ) in their original prints. The comic parallel treatment reproduces an actual panel from Eiichiro Oda’s manga, screentone and speed lines included, rather than standalone character art. It occupies the rarest pull slots across almost every One Piece set, and it’s also the treatment that consistently produces the highest asks in the wider market — every one of the 17 cards in our most-valuable ranking is a comic parallel of some kind.
A premium booster reprint product built around this treatment is, in effect, a curated highlight reel of the game’s most recognizable chase cards, printed again for buyers who missed the originals or want a specific alternate print to chase. That’s a different value proposition than a random secondary print run of an arbitrary card — it’s a deliberate selection of the cards the manga-parallel category had already proven itself on.
The same manga-panel category is what OP-17 is currently building around, too — the set carries four officially revealed comic-style treatments in the style that produced every card on our most-valuable list. Our OP-17 chase cards guide profiles each of the four, and it’s worth reading alongside this article if you’re trying to understand which treatments tend to hold value over time — and which ones later become reprint candidates.
Does Grading Add the Same Premium to THE BEST Prints?
Our August 5 measurement also captured graded prices on the original Romance Dawn print of Shanks OP01-120: raw asks of ¥138,000 against a PSA 10 ask of ¥700,000, roughly a 5x premium. We did not capture a graded THE BEST Shanks listing, so we can’t confirm the same multiple applies to the reprint — different print runs can carry different grading pass rates and population sizes, which affect the premium independently of the raw price.
Nami is the one card here where we have graded data on the THE BEST print itself: raw ¥98,000 against PSA 10 asks of ¥230,000–¥250,000, roughly a 2.3–2.6x premium. If that ratio holds elsewhere, a graded THE BEST Shanks or Ace would sit above the raw ¥860,000 and ¥650,000 figures above — but until we measure an actual listing, that’s an inference, not a measured fact.
The Collecting Angle: Why Buyers Chase a Reprint at All
It’s worth asking why a reprint product commands prices like these instead of trading as a discount alternative to the original. Two things line up. First, the cards THE BEST selected were already among the most in-demand comic parallels in the game — reprinting redirects existing demand toward a new supply of a card that was already hard to find, rather than creating demand from nothing. Second, a reprint from a later, smaller-run premium product can be scarcer on the secondary market than a card from a mainline booster set that sold in far higher volume — scarcity doesn’t automatically favor “original” just because it came first. For collectors building out a specific character — every Shanks parallel, every Ace parallel — owning both prints of the same card number is its own collecting goal, and that dual-print structure is what creates a market for both sides of the comparison.
That’s also why identification matters so much here. A seller who can correctly identify a THE BEST print, instead of listing it as a generic “OP01-120,” is the one who captures the premium this article measured rather than leaving it on the table.
How to Source PRB-01 and PRB-02 from Japan
A straightforward disclosure: PRB-01 and PRB-02 are both currently out of stock. What we can offer is a restock path — and a live alternative if you want Japanese One Piece product moving today.
If you’d rather not wait, our OP-16 booster box is worth a look — check its current availability on the product page rather than taking our word for a stock status that can change by the time you read this.
Check Live Availability → (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order)
Three routes, depending on what you’re after:
- Waiting on PRB-01 or PRB-02 specifically — the fastest way to be first in line is a restock request through Quick Order; tell us which volume and how many, and we’ll follow up when Japanese stock reopens.
- Buying for a shop — we supply card stores internationally with Japanese sealed product; our Japanese TCG wholesale guide covers how sourcing at case volume works.
- First import from Japan — if you haven’t ordered Japanese cards internationally before, our guide to buying One Piece cards from Japan walks through payment, shipping, and customs end to end.
For the wider context on where these reprint cards land against everything else in the One Piece secondary market, our manga rare cards guide covers the comic parallel treatment across every set, and browsing the full One Piece collection is the fastest way to see everything currently in stock in one place.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ONE PIECE CARD THE BEST (PRB-01 and PRB-02)?
ONE PIECE CARD THE BEST is a premium booster reprint line that reissues some of the game’s most sought-after chase cards, including comic parallels, in a new print run under a new set stamp. PRB-01 was the first volume and PRB-02 the second, most recently priced at ¥23,100 (~$142) and ¥11,655 (~$72) respectively in our store; both are currently out of stock.
Why is the THE BEST print of Shanks OP01-120 worth so much more than the original?
In our August 5, 2026 measurement, the original Romance Dawn print of Shanks SEC-SP Comic Parallel [OP01-120] was asking ¥138,000 while the same card number pulled from the THE BEST reprint was asking ¥860,000 — a roughly 6.2x spread on SNKRDUNK asking prices measured the same day. We report the direction and the observed gap; the underlying causes (scarcer print run, curated demand) are discussed in this guide but not independently measured.
How can I tell if a card is from THE BEST or from its original set?
Check the set stamp printed on the card face, not just the card number — the same number (like OP01-120 or OP02-013) can appear on cards from two different products. If a listing doesn’t specify the set of origin, ask the seller directly before buying or valuing the card.
Is Ace OP02-013 from THE BEST the same card as the Paramount War print?
Same card number and artwork, different set of origin. In our measurement, the original 頂上決戦 (Paramount War, OP-02) print asked ¥140,000 while the THE BEST reprint asked ¥650,000 — roughly a 4.6x spread on the same day.
Does grading add the same premium to THE BEST reprint cards as it does to originals?
We only captured graded pricing on one THE BEST print directly — Nami R-SP [OP01-016], where raw asks of ¥98,000 sat against PSA 10 asks of ¥230,000–¥250,000, roughly a 2.3–2.6x premium. We did not measure a graded THE BEST Shanks or Ace listing, so we can’t confirm the same multiple applies to those cards; we only have graded data on their original-set prints.
Can I buy PRB-01 or PRB-02 from samuraiswordtokyo.com right now?
Both are currently out of stock. You can send a restock request through our Quick Order page and we’ll follow up when Japanese stock reopens, or browse our full One Piece collection for what’s currently available.
What’s the safest way to buy specific THE BEST singles from Japan?
Confirm the set of origin before you buy — not just the card number — since the price gap between an original print and a THE BEST print can run into the hundreds of thousands of yen on the same card. For sourcing help, our Quick Order page is the fastest route for specific requests, and our guide to buying One Piece cards from Japan covers the full import process.
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