OP16-015 Monkey.D.Luffy SR: Card Guide and Parallel Art

OP16-015 Monkey.D.Luffy is a red Super Rare Character card with cost 4 and 6000 power from ONE PIECE CARD GAME Booster Pack “THE TIME OF BATTLE” [OP-16] (OP16). The Japanese edition released on May 30, 2026, and this card number appears twice on the official list: a regular SR print and a parallel art SR print.

Updated November 12, 2026

What Is OP16-015 Monkey.D.Luffy in OP-16 The Time of Battle?

OP16-015 is the Super Rare Monkey.D.Luffy Character in OP-16 The Time of Battle, numbered 015 in the set. The set is themed around the “summit battle” (頂上決戦) according to the official Japanese booster page, and Bandai’s Asia page says Portgas D. Ace and Marshall D. Teach debut as SEC cards, with the Super Alt-Art cards featuring the “Three Admirals.”

Within that set, 015 is the red Luffy. It sits between Marco (014, Rare) and Ramba (016, Common) on the official Japanese list, and its Type line is Impel Down/Straw Hat Crew. If you want the whole set rather than this one card, our OP-16 card list page shows every card, and our OP-16 Leaders, SR and Secret Rares overview covers the headline cards. For all the Luffy cards in the set, see our Luffy OP16 character cards guide.

What Are the Exact Stats and Effect of OP16-015?

OP16-015 is a cost 4, 6000 power red Character with the Strike attribute and no counter value. The official Asia English list also shows block icon 5 for this card.

The printed effect text, as shown on the official list, has two parts:

• If your Leader’s card name includes “Ace” and you have 6 or more DON!! cards on your field, give this card in your hand −2 cost.
• [On Your Opponent’s Attack] You may trash 1 Character card with 8000 power from your hand: Your Leader and this Character’s base power becomes 7000 during this turn.

The first part works while the card is in your hand, so it changes what you pay to play it. The second part is a defensive trigger that costs you a card from your hand. It needs a Character card with 8000 power to discard, so it only comes online in decks that carry such Characters.

The counter line reads “-“, which means the card has no counter value printed. Compare that with OP16-034, OP16-052 and OP16-095 in the same set, which print counter values of 1000, 1000 and 2000. So OP16-015 is a body you play onto the field, not a card you keep in hand as a counter. The Type line carries two traits, Impel Down and Straw Hat Crew, and the {Impel Down} trait is the one that other OP-16 cards such as OP16-022 and OP16-034 look for in their effects.

How Does the OP16-015 Luffy Effect Work With an Ace Leader?

With a Leader whose card name includes “Ace” and 6 or more DON!! cards on your field, OP16-015 costs 2 instead of 4 to play from your hand.

OP-16 includes OP16-001 Portgas.D.Ace as a Leader, so that card’s name meets the condition. The set also has Portgas.D.Ace as OP16-118, a SEC. That is a separate card number, and the condition in 015 refers to your Leader specifically. Our Ace OP16 character cards guide covers the Ace cards in the set, including the OP16-001 Leader.

The discount needs both conditions at once: an Ace-named Leader and 6 or more DON!! cards on your field. The effect text does not mention any other Leader condition, so with a non-Ace Leader the card is simply a cost 4, 6000 power Character with the attack trigger.

The attack trigger is worth reading carefully. It sets the Leader’s and this Character’s base power to 7000 for the turn. That is a fixed number, not a bonus. For this Character, printed at 6000, it works out as +1000 during that turn. The cost is discarding a Character with 8000 power, which is a real card from your hand, so it is a trade rather than free value.

What Is the Difference Between the Two OP16-015 SR Prints?

The two OP16-015 SR prints differ in artwork: one is the regular print and the other is the parallel art version of the same card number. The official Asia English list shows the two entries with identical rarity, cost, power, color, type and effect text, and the official English card list notes that OP16-015 appears twice, with two SR entries.

For play, the two are interchangeable: the rules text is the same, so a deck can use either. For collecting, the choice is about which illustration you prefer. The sources used for this guide give card data and do not describe the artwork of either print, so look at the official card list images when you compare them.

The same pattern holds for the other Luffy cards. OP16-022 and OP16-034 each list a parallel art version beside the regular print on the official Asia English list, just as OP16-015 does. The Asia English list page shows 155 results in total.

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How Does OP16-015 Compare With the Other Luffy Cards in OP-16?

OP-16 has five Monkey.D.Luffy cards on the official Asia English list, and OP16-015 is the Super Rare among them. The others are a Leader, two lower rarities and a black Character.

Within this table, OP16-015 has the highest printed power and the only Character cost above 2. That follows directly from the numbers. It is also the one of the five with a conditional cost reduction. The others do different jobs:

• OP16-022 (Leader): a Green/Blue Leader with Life 4 and 5000 power. Its [Activate: Main] [Once Per Turn] effect sets up to 2 of your DON!! cards as active if the only Characters on your field are {Impel Down} type Characters.
• OP16-034 (R): a green cost 1 Character that gains +1000 power for each of your Characters with a different card name while you have DON!! x1 on your turn, and its [On Play] looks at 3 cards for an {Impel Down} type card.
• OP16-052 (UC): a blue cost 2 Character whose [Activate: Main] [Once Per Turn] gives up to 1 rested DON!! card to your Leader or a Character.
• OP16-095 (R): a black cost 2 Character of type Land of Wano/Straw Hat Crew whose [On Play] gives a black {Land of Wano} type Character [Unblockable] for the turn.

The Impel Down type ties 015, 022, 034 and 052 together, which makes OP16-015 relevant to decks built around that type, although the 015 effect itself checks for “Ace” in the Leader name rather than the Impel Down type. Our OP-16 Leaders guide covers the Leaders, including OP16-022 and OP16-001.

Where Does OP16-015 Sit in the OP-16 Card List and Rarity Breakdown?

OP16-015 is one of 10 Super Rare types in a set of 126 card types plus 1 DON!! card. The official rarity breakdown on the Bandai product pages is below, and it adds up to the 127 total.

The Super Rares on the official Japanese list excerpt include 003 Edward.Newgate, 026 Emporio.Ivankov, 032 Boa Hancock, 048 Buggy, 056 Mr.3 (Galdino), 065 Sakazuki, 082 Kin’emon, 098 Yamato and 108 Shiryu, alongside 015 Luffy. Those ten names make up the ten Super Rare types in the table. The two Secret Rares are 118 Portgas.D.Ace and 119 Marshall.D.Teach.

The six Leaders on the same list are 001 Portgas.D.Ace, 022 Monkey.D.Luffy, 041 Buggy, 060 Sengoku, 079 Yamato and 080 Marshall.D.Teach. Card 042 Prisoner of Impel Down is listed as R / TR, which is how the Treasure Rare appears on the list. Event and Stage examples include 019 Let’s Show ‘Em What We’re Made Of!!, 021 Moby Dick, 076 The Three Admirals!! and 078 Marineford. Seen against these, OP16-015 is a Super Rare Character slot in the lower-numbered part of the set, close to the Marco and Ramba cards around it.

The official English product page notes that multiples of one card may appear and a full set may be hard to assemble, and that cards are tournament legal 7 days after the release date in your region. Our OP-16 chase cards guide looks at the higher-profile cards in the set, and the Yamato OP-16 guide covers another Super Rare in the set.

How Can You Buy OP-16 Japanese Boxes for a Chance at OP16-015?

The way to open packs that can contain OP16-015 is to buy sealed OP-16 Japanese boxes, which hold 24 booster packs of 6 cards each. This is a randomized product: the cards are randomly inserted into packs, and no particular pull is guaranteed.

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