Perona Leader Card Explained: OP06-021, EB-05 Release and Perona Cards

The Perona Leader card is OP06-021 Perona (OP06 021), the Leader of the official Green/Black removal-focused Recommended Deck for the ONE PIECE Card Game. Its ability rests a low-cost Character each turn and can also give -1 cost. This explainer covers what the card is, what it does, and the two other Perona cards in EB-05 (EB05), released October 31, 2026.

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What is the Perona Leader card?

The Perona Leader card is OP06-021 Perona, the one Leader featured in the official Perona deck on the English ONE PIECE Card Game site. The facts in this section come from the official Recommended Deck page.

The card number OP06-021 and the spaced form OP06 021 point to the same card. OP06 is the prefix, and 021 is the number that follows it.

The name Perona appears on several different cards, so the card number is what identifies the Leader. OP06-021 is the Leader. OP06-093 Perona is a separate card that appears four times in the 50-card list. EB05-043 and OP14-033 are two more Perona cards, covered below. When you look at a card list, check the card number, not just the name.

What does the Perona Leader card do?

The Perona Leader card rests a low-cost Character each turn, and it can also give -1 cost. That is the official summary of the Leader’s ability, and the deck page frames the whole deck around it: “Steal their will to fight with rest effects in this removal deck!”

The page’s early-game plan is to use the Leader to rest low-cost Characters and attack them. Ryuma and X.Drake add K.O. effects for rested Characters, so the Leader’s ability sets up their removal. Brannew can help find X.Drake.

The -1 cost effect appears in the mid-game plan. The official page pairs it with Brook, which trashes a Character instead of K.O.ing it. The page says this avoids triggering the opponent’s [On K.O.] effects.

The page also says the Leader’s rest effect is used in the end game to handle Blockers, alongside finishers such as Gecko Moria and Roronoa Zoro. Across the three stages, the same Leader ability is named in the early, mid and end game plans.

When was the Perona Leader card released, and what is the EB-05 connection?

The Leader OP06-021 comes from the OP-06 series and is shown on an official deck page dated March 1, 2024, while the other Perona cards arrived in EB-05 on October 31, 2026. The official EB-05 product page does not list OP06-021 among the Perona cards it features.

That is the main thing to know if you searched for a new Perona Leader: EB-05’s new Leader is Nico Robin (EB05-010), not Perona. The Perona cards the official EB-05 page features are EB05-043 Perona, in the returning heroines section, and OP14-033 Perona, in the SP cards section. Both are Characters.

Which deck is built around the Perona Leader card?

The Perona Leader card leads a 50-card Green/Black list published on March 1, 2024. The table shows the full list as printed on the official page.

The copy counts add up as follows: nine cards at 4 copies make 36, two cards at 3 copies make 6, and four cards at 2 copies make 8. That is 50 cards, plus the Leader OP06-021 Perona.

OP06-093 Perona is a different card from the Leader. It takes four of the 50 slots, while the Leader sits in its own Leader slot.

How does the Perona Leader deck play?

The deck rests and removes the opponent’s Characters, then closes with finishers such as Gecko Moria and Roronoa Zoro. The official page splits the plan into three stages.

One detail from the page: keep Borsalino, Rosinante, Tsuru and Brannew in the trash for Gecko Moria’s cost. All four of those cards run at four copies in the list.

How do the named cards in the Perona Leader deck work together?

The official page names a specific job for each of the key cards, and the table below lists them in one place. Everything in it comes from the deck page.

The page gives no stated job for the other cards in the list, such as Tashigi, Uta, Vergo, Sengoku or Ice Age, so this guide does not assign one. Read each card’s text on the official card list.

Where does each card in the Perona Leader deck come from?

The deck uses cards from five booster series and two Starter Decks. The official page lists the OP-06, OP-05, OP-03, OP-02 and OP-01 Booster Packs plus the ST-08 and ST-06 Starter Decks as the products used.

The table sorts the 50-card list by the set prefix on each card number. The counts come from adding the copy numbers in the official list; the Leader is not included.

Those groups add up to 50. The OP06 prefix supplies the largest share, 18 of the 50 cards, and it is also the prefix of the Leader itself. OP02 is second with 10 copies. Because the list spans five booster series and two Starter Decks, assembling the deck means collecting from several products rather than one.

How do I read the card numbers on a Perona card?

Read the letters first, then the digits: the letters come before the hyphen and the digits are the number that follows it. The deck page uses OP and ST prefixes, and the EB-05 pages add EB.

Note that OP14-033 carries an OP prefix, yet the official card list shows it under the EB-05 set. The EB-05 product page features it in the SP cards section. When you compare a card to a listing, check the full card number and the set shown on the official card list.

The same habit applies across all four Perona cards in this guide: OP06-021 is the Leader, OP06-093 is the deck card, and EB05-043 and OP14-033 are the two EB-05 cards. The number separates them, and the card type, cost and power on the official card list let you confirm the match.

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Are there other Perona cards besides the Leader?

Yes. Two more Perona cards are listed in Extra Booster: One Piece Heroines Edition vol.2 [EB-05] (EB05), and both are Characters. The official card list shows both under that set.

Both cards have the Special attribute. EB05-043 has the Thriller Bark Pirates type, and OP14-033 has Muggy Kingdom/Thriller Bark Pirates. The official EB-05 product page features EB05-043 in the returning heroines section and OP14-033 in the SP cards section.

Here is how all four Perona cards in this guide compare side by side.

The two EB-05 Perona cards differ in color, cost and effect. EB05-043 is a Black Character whose effect triggers when it is K.O.’d, letting you K.O. or rest an opposing Character with a cost of 6 or less. OP14-033 is a Green Character with two effects: a protective effect when played, and a K.O. trigger that lets you rest one of your cards to play a green Character with cost 5 or less from your hand. The official pages list the cards as above and do not say whether either belongs in the Recommended Deck, so this guide does not claim they do.

What is inside EB-05, the set with the other Perona cards?

EB-05 is EXTRA BOOSTER -ONE PIECE Heroines Edition vol.2- [EB-05], released October 31, 2026, with 6 cards per pack. The details below come from the official product page.

The rarity breakdown listed on the page is: Leader Card 7, Common 29, Rare 21, Super Rare 9, Secret Rare 1, Special Cards 8 and DON!! Cards 2. Adding those gives 77, which matches the stated total. EB05-043 Perona has the rarity R, which is the Rare tier in that list.

The page also says an exclusive alt-art card (EB05-055) is illustrated by Kentaro Yabuki, creator of To Love-Ru, and that a normal version also exists. It adds a collector warning in the official wording: “multiples of one card may appear, or it may be difficult to assemble a full set.” An English version is planned, and the page links to the English site for product details.

For Perona fans, the key point is that EB-05’s new Leader is Nico Robin (EB05-010), not Perona. The Perona cards the official pages list for EB-05 are the Character versions EB05-043 and OP14-033.

Which Perona card should I look for?

Look for OP06-021 if you want the Leader, and for EB05-043 or OP14-033 if you want a Perona Character from EB-05. Search by card number first and name second, because four different Perona cards appear in the official sources used here.

Compare cost, power and counter against the official card list before you commit. The stats in the tables above come from that list, so they give you a quick way to catch a mismatch. The Recommended Deck page also uses the name Perona for the deck itself (“(Green/Black) Perona”), so the deck title and the Leader card share a name. That is one more reason to rely on the number.

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