OP-16 Hits: Most Valuable Cards Collectors Watch

The OP-16 (OP16) hits are the two Secret Rares, Portgas D. Ace (OP16-118) and Marshall D. Teach (OP16-119), the Super Alt-Art Three Admirals (Borsalino, Sakazuki, Kuzan) and the six new Leaders from the Japanese ONE PIECE CARD GAME booster The Time of Battle, released May 30, 2026.

Updated November 7, 2026

What are the OP-16 hits collectors chase?

The OP-16 hits are the cards the official pages put in front: the two Secret Rares, the three Super Alt-Art admirals, and the six new Leaders. Our own OP-16 booster box page (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) names the same group as the main early collector watch points: Portgas D. Ace, Marshall D. Teach, the Admirals, and Marineford-era leaders.

This is a set built around one story. Bandai’s catalog entry calls OP-16 the 16th booster pack with the summit-war theme, and the official Asia English page calls the theme Paramount War. The headline cards reflect that theme: Ace, Teach, the three admirals, and Sengoku all appear in the official card lists.

It helps to be precise about what « hit » means here. A hit is a card that collectors single out. It is not a card that is guaranteed in any box. The Japanese set is randomly packed, and our box page says so directly: the cards in each box are randomly packed at the factory and individual pulls are not guaranteed. This article gives no odds and no pull-rate numbers, because none appear in the official sources.

The rest of this guide goes in order of weight. It starts with the set’s structure, then the six Leaders, the two Secret Rares, the Three Admirals, and a handful of other featured cards. It then covers the Japanese and English editions, the box, carton and damaged-box listings, and shipping. For a full card-by-card view, use our OP-16 complete card list. For parallels in detail, see the parallel, SP and Secret Rare list.

What is inside OP-16 The Time of Battle?

OP-16 contains 127 card types in total: 126 regular types plus 1 DON!! card, packed 6 cards to a pack. The official Japanese product page and the Asia English page give the same rarity split, which is shown below.

The table shows where the hits sit. The top of the ladder is tiny: 1 Treasure Rare, 2 Secret Rares and 6 Special Cards, which is 9 card types out of 127. Add the 6 Leaders and 10 Super Rares and the set has 25 card types above Rare. Everything else, 102 types, is Rare, Uncommon, Common or the DON!! card.

Two cautions from the official pages matter for anyone chasing a full set. Both the Asia English and English pages note that multiples of one card may appear in a pack and that a full set may be hard to assemble. The official Japanese pages also state that the product images may differ from the actual product because the product was still in development when the page was written, and that specifications may change. We use the card numbers and rarity counts as published and treat any image as an illustration.

The price per pack in Japan is 220 yen, tax included, on the official Japanese booster page. That figure is Bandai’s list price for one pack in Japan. It is not a market value and says nothing about what any single card trades for.

Which new Leaders does OP-16 add?

OP-16 adds six new Leaders: Portgas D. Ace, Monkey D. Luffy, Buggy, Sengoku, Yamato and Marshall D. Teach. The official page lists their card numbers, and the Asia English booster page adds a recommended deck color for each.

Ace leads the number order at OP16-001, and Ace is also the red recommended deck. Ace appears twice in the set’s headline cards: once as Leader and once as Secret Rare at OP16-118. That is a useful detail when you read card lists, because the same character has different card numbers for different jobs. Number OP16-001 is the playable Leader. Number OP16-118 is the Secret Rare.

The official Japanese news post dated April 10, 2026 states an event rule for the release meetups. The meetups at official shops, held from May 30 to June 14, 2026, allowed only Leader cards tied to the Marineford summit war. The rule is quoted from the official ONE PIECE news page. Entries ran April 17 to April 26, lottery results were announced May 1, and walk-ins were possible if spots remained.

A related product matters for Ace and Luffy fans. Starter Deck EX Luffy & Ace [ST-30] released April 11, 2026 at 1,980 yen, tax included, per the same news page. It shipped before OP-16 and is listed as a related product on the OP-16 page. It is a separate product, and nothing in the sources says its cards are part of the OP-16 rarity table.

The English OP-16 page lists five new Leaders, with Sengoku (OP16-060) not among those named there. We note this only so you do not mistake the shorter list for a different set. The Japanese and Asia English pages both list six.

Which Secret Rare cards are in OP-16?

The two Secret Rares are OP16-118 Portgas D. Ace and OP16-119 Marshall D. Teach. The Japanese, Asia English and English product pages agree on those two numbers and those two characters, and the English page describes them as SEC debuts.

The set has only 2 Secret Rares among 127 card types. That is a plain structural fact about the set, and our box page lists Ace and Teach among its main early collector watch points.

Both Ace and Teach also have Leader cards in this set. Teach’s Leader is OP16-080, in Black/Yellow. So a Teach collector has two numbers to track: OP16-080 for the Leader and OP16-119 for the Secret Rare. An Ace collector tracks OP16-001 and OP16-118.

When you search for a hit by number, match the full number to the right print.

The Premium Bandai lottery sale gives one more sign of how the set was handled in Japan. Per the official Japanese booster page, lottery applications were accepted from June 25 to July 2, 2026. That is a sale channel for the product, not a statement about any card.

What are the Three Admirals Super Alt-Art cards?

The Three Admirals Super Alt-Art cards are OP16-073 Borsalino, OP16-065 Sakazuki and OP16-063 Kuzan. The Japanese page calls them super parallel cards, while the English pages call them Super Alt-Art, and all of them name the same three numbers.

Borsalino is OP16-073. The numbers are not in admiral order, so a list sorted by number puts Kuzan (063) first, then Sakazuki (065), then Borsalino (073). Keep that in mind when you buy single cards by number, because a quick glance at a list can make you mix up which admiral you are looking at.

Sakazuki is OP16-065. Our box page lists the Admirals among the main early collector watch points, together with Ace, Teach and the Marineford leaders. No official page says how many Super Alt-Art cards appear per box, and no page ranks them against the Secret Rares, so any ranking between the admirals and the Secret Rares is a collector’s opinion rather than a published fact.

Kuzan is OP16-063. The three admirals are a set within the set: three characters, three numbers, one shared alternate-art treatment.

Which other OP-16 cards are worth knowing?

Beyond the Secret Rares and admirals, the official pages feature four more cards by number: OP16-003 Edward Newgate, OP16-015 Monkey D. Luffy, OP16-048 Buggy and OP16-032 Boa Hancock. The official Japanese product page lists them as other featured cards.

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Newgate sits at OP16-003, right behind the Ace Leader in the number order. Luffy at OP16-015 is a separate card from the Leader OP16-022, and Buggy at OP16-048 is a different number from the Leader OP16-041. Boa Hancock at OP16-032 rounds out the featured list.

Two further groups have no named cards in the official sources. The set has 1 Treasure Rare and 6 Special Cards, and the pages publish those counts without naming the cards. This guide will not invent names for them. If you need a number-by-number view, our complete card list is the place to look.

The set also has 10 Super Rares and 26 Rares, and the official pages publish those counts. The Asia English page recommends a deck for each of the six Leaders across six color combinations, listed in the Leader table above.

How do you rank OP-16 hits without a price list?

Rank OP-16 hits by scarcity and by card number, because the official sources publish no prices for individual cards. That is the one gap in the record, and it is why this guide does not put a value on any card.

Here is a simple method you can apply yourself.

1. Start with rarity count. Secret Rare has 2 types and Treasure Rare has 1, so those are the narrowest groups in the set.
2. Add the alternate-art cards. The three admirals at OP16-063, 065 and 073 are the featured alternate-art group.
3. Note the character. Ace and Teach each have both a Leader and a Secret Rare, so each has two card numbers to track.
4. Check the print and number. Always confirm the full card number before you buy, because Leaders and Secret Rares of the same character have different numbers.
5. Look at live listings on the day. A price reading is true only on the day you take it, so use a current listing rather than an article.

This approach avoids the two usual mistakes. The first is treating a Japanese list price of 220 yen per pack as a card value. The second is trusting a chase-card claim that has no source. If you read a pull-rate number for OP-16 elsewhere, check where it came from: the official product pages give rarity counts per set, not odds per pack.

One more point applies to any set with parallels. The official English pages say multiples of one card may appear and a full set may be hard to assemble. For a collector who wants every hit, that means buying singles is a different job from opening boxes. Opening boxes is for people who enjoy the opening itself. Singles are for people who know exactly which number they need.

Do the OP-16 hits differ between the Japanese and English editions?

The Secret Rare and Three Admirals card numbers are the same, but the edition, release date and price differ. The Japanese edition released May 30, 2026, and the English edition on the official English page was listed as available June 12, 2026.

Our shop ships the Japanese edition. If you want the Japanese print language, the cards on this page are the ones you are looking at. For dates and edition differences in more detail, read our OP-16 release date guide, and for the whole set see the OP-16 complete guide.

Which OP-16 product should you buy to chase the hits?

Buy the regular sealed booster box if you want the full box as released, and choose the damaged-box listing only if the outer packaging does not matter to you. All of these are Japanese-edition products shipped from Tokyo by FedEx with a tracking number.

Our shop has four OP-16 listings. Availability changes, so check each page for the current state.

• OP-16 The Time of Battle Japanese One Piece Booster Box (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order): the regular sealed box. The page lists 24 booster packs per box with 6 cartes par pack, and 126+1 card types. The official pages do not state packs per box, so the 24 figure comes from our product page.
• OP-16 Booster Box – Carton: one full carton (case) of 12 booster boxes, shipped as the carton itself rather than as 12 separate boxes.
• OP-16 Booster Box – Damaged Box: an unopened booster box discounted for damage to the outer box and wrap. The page says the cards inside are unaffected.
• OP-16 Booster Box – Carton – Damaged Carton: one carton of 12 booster boxes with cosmetic damage to the outer packaging.

The damaged listings come with fixed terms. The product pages say the photos are samples, that the type and extent of damage vary by item, that the item is sold as-is, that the shop does not respond to inquiries about it, and that returns and refunds are not accepted. If those terms suit you, the damaged listings are the lower-priced route to the same sealed product. If they do not, take the regular box. Our regular vs damaged box guide goes through the trade-off, and our OP-16 booster box buying guide covers the purchase step by step.

One honest limit applies to every option. The box page states that this is a sealed, randomized product, that cards are randomly packed at the factory, and that individual pulls are not guaranteed. A box gives you 24 packs of 6 cards, which is 144 cards. It does not give you a Secret Rare, an admiral, or any named card.

How do shipping and payment work for an OP-16 order?

Orders ship from Tokyo by FedEx with a tracking number, and you pay in Japanese yen by Wise, PayPal or card through PayPal. The details below come from our shipping policy and payment methods page.

Customs and carrier delays are outside the shop’s control once FedEx has the parcel. The shipping policy says customs inspections, import procedures, weather and carrier events may delay delivery, and that such transit delays do not by themselves create a right to cancel or refund after dispatch. Check the delivery schedule shown for your order and plan for those delays when you time an order around a tournament or a set deadline.

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