As of this writing, Imu has exactly one confirmed Japanese card number in the One Piece Card Game.
As of this writing, Limitless TCG’s database lists a single card number for Imu — the Leader card from Carrying on His Will (OP-13) — plus its alternate-art parallel. That’s it. No secret rare, no manga parallel, no starter-deck reprint. This guide covers both versions in detail: what the card does, how its deckbuilding restriction actually works, and where to find sealed Japanese product if you’re building around it.
For anyone new to Japanese One Piece Card Game singles, that kind of one-card footprint is worth flagging up front: it means there is no « which printing should I buy » spreadsheet to work through, no rarity ladder to climb, and no risk of accidentally picking up an outdated errata’d version. What you do need to get right is which of the two art treatments — base or AA — you’re actually looking at, and that’s exactly what the next two sections cover.
Imu currently has one confirmed card number — OP13-079 — from Carrying on His Will (OP-13), available as a base Leader print and an alternate-art (AA) parallel. Both are Black colour, 4 Life, 5000 Power, and lock the deck out of any Event card costing 2 or more.
Card data verified against Limitless TCG’s individual card pages as of August 2026. Prices, where shown, reflect our own listings converted at ¥159/USD.
Every Imu Printing in the One Piece TCG
Searching Limitless TCG for « Imu » returns two results, but they resolve to a single underlying card number with two visual treatments:
| Carte | Série | Type | Life / Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imu — OP13-079 (base) | Carrying on His Will (OP-13) | Leader, Black | 4 Life / 5000 Power |
| Imu — OP13-079 AA (alternate art) | Carrying on His Will (OP-13) | Leader, Black | 4 Life / 5000 Power |
Both versions carry the same stat line and the same ability — the AA is a purely cosmetic alternate-art parallel of the same Leader, not a separate print with new text. There is no non-Leader Character version of Imu, no Super Rare or Secret Rare chase print, and no starter-deck reprint on record as of this writing.
That two-row table is the entire checklist. If you’re comparing this guide against a listing, an auction, or a binder page, everything you need to identify what you’re looking at is right there: the card number (OP13-079), the set (Carrying on His Will / OP-13), and whether the copy in front of you shows the base artwork or the AA treatment.
OP13-079: The Base Leader Printing
Imu debuted as a Leader card in Carrying on His Will (OP-13), illustrated by Takashi Kojima. As a Leader, the card carries no rarity letter — Limitless TCG doesn’t assign rarity symbols to Leader slots, so « Leader » is effectively its own tier. Looking for this printing or the OP-13 set generally? Our Quick Order page is the fastest way to flag a request.
The stat line is straightforward for a 4-Life Leader: 5000 Power, Black colour, no listed sub-type restrictions on the body of the card. What sets Imu apart is the ability text, which combines a deckbuilding restriction with a card-advantage engine tied to the Celestial Dragons type. We break that down in full in the next two sections.
Card text (paraphrased from the Japanese release, since no official English erratum has been catalogued for this printing): your deck cannot include Event cards that cost 2 or more; at the start of the game, you may put a Celestial Dragons-type Stage card from your deck into play; and once per turn, you may trash a Celestial Dragons-type Character card from your hand to draw a card.
OP13-079 AA: The Alternate Art Parallel
The AA parallel — catalogued on Limitless as the ?v=1 variant of OP13-079 — is the same Leader with different artwork and foiling. It plays identically to the base version in every game-relevant respect: same colour, same Life, same Power, same ability text. The only difference collectors need to track is the art treatment itself.
Because Imu has just one card number to begin with, the base-versus-AA distinction is effectively the entire collecting decision tree for this character right now. There’s no set of secret rares or manga parallels to chase — just the two treatments of the same printing.
For players rather than collectors, this also simplifies deckbuilding: whichever version you play — base or AA — the card functions identically at the table. There’s no version-dependent errata or timing difference to account for, which isn’t always true across a game with as many parallel print types as this one.
Reading the Card: Leader, Life, and Colour Explained
For collectors coming from other trading card games, three terms on Imu’s card are worth defining plainly, since they drive everything about how the card is played and collected.
Leader is a card slot every One Piece Card Game deck needs exactly one of. It sits face-up throughout the game, sets the deck’s colour identity, and usually carries an ongoing or activatable ability — in Imu’s case, both the deckbuilding restriction and the Celestial Dragons draw engine live on the Leader itself, not on a separate support card. That’s why there’s no « non-Leader » version of Imu to chase: the character was printed directly into this slot.
Life is the Leader’s starting life total, tracked as face-down cards rather than a number counter — Imu’s 4 Life is a mid-range total for the format. Colour (Black, in Imu’s case) determines which cards can legally go in the deck alongside the Leader; most cards are restricted to their Leader’s colour or colours, with limited exceptions.
The Celestial Dragons tag referenced throughout Imu’s ability text is a card type, printed on qualifying Character and Stage cards, that the Leader’s abilities key off of. A deck built around Imu needs enough Celestial Dragons-type cards on hand for the Leader’s engine to function — without them, the once-per-turn draw ability has nothing to trash.
How Imu’s Leader Ability Changes Deckbuilding
Most One Piece Leaders shape a deck through what they enable. Imu also shapes a deck through what it forbids.
The restriction — no Events costing 2 or more — immediately rules out a large chunk of the game’s higher-impact Event cards for any deck built around this Leader. In exchange, the card front-loads a bit of board presence: at the start of the game, you may put a Celestial Dragons-type Stage card from your deck straight into play without spending a turn or resources on it.
The ongoing engine is the [Activate: Main][Once Per Turn] ability: trash a Celestial Dragons-type Character card from hand to draw a card. That’s a repeatable way to convert an otherwise-dead card in hand into fresh options, provided the deck is built with enough Celestial Dragons-type Characters to feed it. In practice, that means an Imu deck’s build-around question isn’t « which Events do I run » — it’s « how many Celestial Dragons-type Characters can I fit, and which of them are worth trashing for a card. »
Taken together, the three pieces of text on this card form a single coherent design: give up flexible, high-cost Events in exchange for a free board piece at game start and a repeatable, hand-fixing draw loop for the rest of the game. Whether that trade is worth it depends entirely on how many playable Celestial Dragons-type cards a builder can find — a question this guide can’t answer on its own, since it falls outside what’s verified in our card database.
The Event-cost lock applies to the whole deck, not just cards drawn into hand — it’s a deckbuilding-stage restriction, so it’s worth checking every Event’s printed cost before adding it to an Imu list.
Why Imu Has Only One Card Number (For Now)
As of this writing, Limitless TCG lists a single printing of Imu, plus its AA parallel — no additional Character-type prints, no reprints in later sets, and no promo-only versions on record.
Two things are true about that gap. First, Imu debuted relatively late in the game’s print history, in Carrying on His Will (OP-13). Second, later sets — including the current release, The World’s Strongest Warriors (OP-17) — have continued the broader World Government/Celestial Dragons storyline without adding a new Imu card number. That set does introduce new Secret Rares tied to its own cast — see our Loki guide for one example — but none of them are additional Imu printings. Whether a second Imu card number appears in a future set is outside what we can verify here; for now, the single OP-13 Leader print (plus its AA) is the complete picture.
For collectors, a one-card footprint cuts both ways. On one hand, completing an « Imu collection » is a realistic, finite goal — own the base print and the AA parallel, and there’s nothing left to chase. On the other hand, with only two treatments of one card number in circulation, availability of either version can be inconsistent set to set, since neither one gets refreshed through later reprints the way heavily-recurring characters do.
How to Collect Imu and Related World Government Cards
Because Imu’s only printing comes out of Carrying on His Will (OP-13) singles rather than a currently-listed box, the most direct way to add this Leader to a collection is a restock request through our Quick Order page — tell us the version (base or AA) and we’ll follow up when it’s available.
If you’d rather build out the surrounding Celestial Dragons and World Government theme with sealed product, the newest Japanese release still in print is The World’s Strongest Warriors (OP-17), currently listed at ¥18,000 (~$113) per booster box. It’s the same set that introduced the new Secret Rares covered in our Rocks D. Xebec and Loki guides, if you’re tracking the current chase cards alongside older Leaders like Imu.
When a hard-to-find single like OP13-079 does come up for sale, it’s worth confirming the same basics you’d check on any Japanese TCG single before paying: card number printed on the card matches OP13-079, the set stamp matches Carrying on His Will, and the listing clearly states base versus AA. None of that requires special tools — just matching what’s printed on the card against the Limitless TCG database entry.
Prefer graded copies once older OP-13 stock resurfaces? PSA independently determines authenticity and grade — our full PSA 10 card list is a useful reference for how graded One Piece cards are catalogued on our site.
Where to Buy Japanese One Piece Cards from Tokyo
We ship Japanese sealed product and singles worldwide out of Tokyo with tracked delivery. For a single, hard-to-find Leader like Imu, the fastest path is usually a direct request rather than browsing listed inventory — our Quick Order page lets you flag exactly which card, set, and version you’re after, and we’ll follow up on availability.
For related sealed product from the current World Government-adjacent storyline, see the OP-17 booster box above, or browse our full PSA 10 card list for graded singles across product lines. Whichever route you take, the same rule applies: check the card number and set stamp against this guide before you buy.
Foire aux questions
How many Imu cards exist in the One Piece Card Game?
As of this writing, Limitless TCG lists a single card number for Imu — OP13-079 from Carrying on His Will (OP-13) — available as a base Leader print and an alternate-art (AA) parallel.
What set is Imu’s card from?
Imu’s only confirmed printing, OP13-079, is from Carrying on His Will (OP-13). No later set has added a new Imu card number as of this writing.
What does Imu’s Leader ability do?
Imu’s deck cannot include Event cards costing 2 or more. At the start of the game, you may put a Celestial Dragons-type Stage card from your deck into play, and once per turn you may trash a Celestial Dragons-type Character card from hand to draw a card.
Is the base OP13-079 or the AA parallel more collectible?
Both are the same underlying card with identical stats and ability text — the difference is purely the art treatment. Since Imu has only one card number, the base-versus-AA choice is the main collecting decision for this Leader right now.
Can I buy an Imu card from Samurai Sword Tokyo right now?
Imu singles aren’t currently listed in our inventory. Submit a restock request via our Quick Order page and we’ll follow up on availability, or explore related Japanese One Piece sealed product like the OP-17 booster box in the meantime.
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