OP-16 Secret Rare and Special Cards Explained: Ace, Teach, SP and Admirals

The OP-16 (OP16) The Time of Battle rare slots are two Secret Rares, Portgas D. Ace (OP16-118) and Marshall D. Teach (OP16-119), plus six Special cards, one Treasure Rare and three Admiral parallels. This guide explains how each slot works in the Japanese edition released May 30, 2026.

Updated November 10, 2026

What Are the Key Facts About OP-16 The Time of Battle?

OP-16 (OP16) is the sixteenth ONE PIECE CARD GAME booster set, and the table below gives the exact names, dates and contents from the official pages.

The official pages give no box configuration, so the 24-pack figure comes from our own product page. The rest of this guide stays on the rare slots: who the Secret Rares are, what the Special cards are, how the Treasure Rare is labelled and how the Admiral parallels fit in. For a number-by-number list of the whole set, use our OP-16 leaders, SR and Secret Rares overview instead.

What Are the OP-16 Secret Rare Cards?

The two OP-16 Secret Rare cards are OP16-118 Portgas D. Ace and OP16-119 Marshall D. Teach, and both official sites list exactly two. The Japanese page counts “Secret Rare x 2”, and the Asia English card list uses the rarity code SEC for them (Asia English card list).

Both characters also have a Leader card in the same set: OP16-001 is a Portgas D. Ace Leader, and OP16-080 is a Marshall D. Teach Leader. That means each of them has a Leader and a Secret Rare version in OP-16. The Japanese card list shows both Secret Rares under the Secret Rare heading (Japanese card list). Our box page names Portgas D. Ace, Marshall D. Teach, the Admirals and the Marineford-era leaders as the main early collector watch points for the set.

The English page lists the same two as “SEC: Portgas.D.Ace (OP16-118), Marshall.D.Teach (OP16-119)” (official English page). The official English spelling puts a period between “Portgas” and “D”, while Japanese pages use a middle dot. Both spellings point to the same card numbers, so search by number when a listing spells the name differently.

If you are looking for a Secret Rare by number, the official sources list exactly two: OP16-118 and OP16-119. Our OP-16 chase cards guide covers how collectors rank these cards.

How Do the Rare Slots Work Across the Whole OP-16 Set?

OP-16 has 126 card types plus one DON!! card, and the official rarity breakdown puts 6 Special cards, 1 Treasure Rare and 2 Secret Rares at the top of that list. The Asia English page and the Japanese page print the same counts (Asia English page, Japanese page).

Add the rows and you get 127: 126 card types plus the single DON!! card. That matches the official “126+1” total. These numbers count card types, not how often a rarity appears in a pack. “Secret Rare x 2” means two different Secret Rare cards exist in the set; it says nothing about how many packs contain one.

The Japanese card list shows 155 hits for OP-16, which is a different figure from the 127 card types in the product spec (Japanese card list). Use 127 when you are counting card types in the set, and treat the card list hit count as the number of entries that search returns.

Both official sites also state that cards are packed at random. The English page adds that multiples of one card may appear and that a full set can be hard to assemble. For that reason, the counts above describe what exists in the set, not what any one box contains.

Which Cards Are the Six Special Cards in OP-16?

The six Special (SP) cards in OP-16 are Bartholomew Kuma, Cavendish, Charlotte Katakuri, Tashigi, Miss All Sunday and Portgas D. Ace, and all six carry card numbers from other sets. The Japanese set page lists them under “SP cards” with those numbers (Japanese set page).

This is the main thing to understand about the OP-16 Special slot: the six SP cards are listed with numbers from EB-04, OP-10, OP-11, OP-14 and ST-15, not with new OP16- numbers. When you compare an SP card with another print of the same character, always match the full card number including the prefix. Cavendish carries OP10-045 and Katakuri carries OP11-067, not OP16- numbers.

One of the six is Portgas D. Ace again, listed as ST15-005. Ace therefore appears in OP-16 in three roles: a Leader (OP16-001), a Secret Rare (OP16-118) and an SP card (ST15-005). Of the six SP characters, two share a set prefix (Tashigi and Miss All Sunday, both OP14), while the other four each come from a different set.

What Is the Treasure Rare in OP-16?

The OP-16 Treasure Rare is OP16-042 Prisoner of Impel Down, which the official card lists show as both R and TR. The Japanese card list names it as the single TR entry (Japanese card list), and the Asia English list shows “OP16-042 Prisoner of Impel Down listed as R / TR” (Asia English card list).

The English card list also shows OP16-011 Vista as R / TR (English card list). The product spec counts one Treasure Rare, and the Rare row of 26 is a separate count. When a card carries an R / TR label, check the exact number and the rarity marking on the card in your hand before you compare it with a listing.

The English card list uses these rarity codes for OP-16: L, SR, R, UC, C and TR. The Asia English list adds SEC. For a Secret Rare search, SEC is the code that matters.

Which OP-16 Cards Are the Admiral Parallels?

The three Admiral parallels are OP16-073 Borsalino, OP16-065 Sakazuki and OP16-063 Kuzan, which the Japanese page calls super parallels of the three Admirals and the English page calls Super Alt-Art. Both official pages name the same three numbers (Japanese page, English page).

The English card list shows Sakazuki as a Super Rare and Borsalino and Kuzan as Rares (English card list). So the Admirals sit across rarity tiers: their base cards are a Rare or a Super Rare, and the parallel versions are the Super Alt-Art prints. A Secret Rare is a rarity; a Super Alt-Art is an alternate illustration of a card that already has a base number. Keep the two terms apart when you compare listings.

The same card list shows OP16-076 The Three Admirals!! as an Uncommon. It is a separate card from the three character cards and is not one of the parallels.

For the full parallel and alt-art picture, see our OP-16 parallel, SP and Secret Rare list.

Which Characters Appear in More Than One Rare Slot?

Portgas D. Ace appears in the most roles, with a Leader, a Secret Rare and an SP card, while Teach, Luffy, Buggy and Yamato each appear twice among the Leader, Secret Rare and Super Rare slots. The table below lists only cards that the official pages name by number.

The Japanese page lists six Leaders: OP16-001 Portgas D. Ace, OP16-022 Monkey D. Luffy, OP16-041 Buggy, OP16-060 Sengoku, OP16-079 Yamato and OP16-080 Marshall D. Teach (Japanese page). Sengoku is the only Leader in that group without a second card named in the sources used here.

The Japanese card list names ten Super Rares by character: Edward Newgate, Monkey D. Luffy (OP16-015), Emporio Ivankov, Boa Hancock, Buggy (OP16-048), Mr.3 (Galdino) (OP16-056), Sakazuki, Kin’emon, Yamato (OP16-098) and Shiryu (Japanese card list). The English card list adds numbers for several: OP16-003 Edward Newgate, OP16-026 Emporio Ivankov, OP16-032 Boa Hancock, OP16-065 Sakazuki, OP16-082 Kin’emon and OP16-108 Shiryu (English card list).

The ten Super Rares in that table match the official count of ten. If your goal is a Secret Rare, those two cards are fixed. If your goal is a character, check the Leader and Super Rare rows too.

Our OP-16 Leaders guide covers all six Leaders, and the Galdino OP-16 guide covers the Mr.3 cards, including the Super Rare OP16-056.

How Do You Read an OP-16 Card Number and Rarity Code?

An OP-16 card number is the OP16 prefix, a hyphen and a three-digit number, and the rarity code after it tells you the tier. For example, OP16-118 is the Secret Rare Portgas D. Ace, and OP16-001 is the Leader Portgas D. Ace.

The rarity codes seen on the official OP-16 card lists are L (Leader), SR (Super Rare), R (Rare), UC (Uncommon), C (Common), TR (Treasure Rare) and SEC (Secret Rare, on the Asia English list). The Japanese pages use the full names listed in the table earlier in this guide, and the set page lists the Special cards separately as SP cards.

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Two practical rules follow. First, match the whole number, not just the character name, because Ace, Teach, Luffy, Buggy and Yamato each have more than one card in the set. Second, check the set prefix on any SP card, because it will not start with OP16.

How Do the Japanese and English OP-16 Pages Differ?

The Japanese and English OP-16 pages agree on the card contents but differ on release date, pack price and some terminology. The Japanese edition released May 30, 2026, while the English edition released June 12, 2026 (Japanese page, English page).

The Asia English page also gives May 30, 2026 as its release date and “1 pack: 6 cards (total 126+1 types)” (Asia English page). Which release date applies to you depends on your region. Bandai notes that the planned release date may differ by region and by store (Bandai catalog).

Tournament legality follows its own rule on the English page: cards are tournament legal starting 7 days after the release date in your region, and legal from the pre-release date at your local game store. The pages also say the cards are packed at random and that product details and illustrations may differ from the final product.

The Japanese site also lists a Premium Bandai lottery sale with an application period from June 25 to July 2, 2026. For the release dates in more detail, read our OP-16 release date guide.

What Should You Know Before Buying OP-16 Boxes From Japan?

If you want the Japanese edition, buy sealed OP-16 product from a Tokyo shop and read the shipping and payment rules first, because the Secret Rares are randomly packed and no listing can promise a specific card. Our OP-16 The Time of Battle Japanese booster box (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) page states that individual card pulls are not guaranteed.

We list OP-16 in four formats, and each one is a different purchase unit:

For the damaged formats, the listing says the photos are samples, the actual item may differ from them, and the item is sold as-is with no returns or refunds. Pick a regular box if you want an undamaged outer box; pick a damaged box only if you accept that condition risk. Our regular vs damaged box guide compares them in more detail.

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Orders ship from Tokyo by FedEx with a tracking number, and the shipping policy gives two services (shipping policy).

These transit times are estimates only. Most orders are processed and shipped within 5 business days after PayPal or Wise payment has cleared, and that handling window is also an estimate. Business days exclude weekends and Japanese national holidays. After handoff to FedEx, customs processing and carrier conditions are outside our control. FedEx cannot deliver to P.O. Boxes, so enter a physical address. There is no minimum order amount or quantity.

If you need to change the shipping address, you can do it yourself from My Account, then Orders, while the order is paid and the shipment is not yet scheduled. The destination country cannot be changed, and the shipping method stays as selected at checkout.

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All payments are made in Japanese yen, and the payment methods page lists Wise bank transfer, PayPal, credit and debit cards through PayPal, and PayPal Pay Later where PayPal offers it. Wise bank transfer is the only method without the 5% payment processing fee; PayPal and card payments carry that fee. Card brands accepted are Visa, Mastercard, American Express and JCB, with availability decided by PayPal based on your country and card.

For Wise, an order without an uploaded screenshot is cancelled automatically if payment has not been received within 12 hours, or 3 hours if it contains a pre-order item. With a screenshot, upload it within 5 days of placing the order; the order price is then held for 10 days in total. Payments by SWIFT incur a receiving fee of JPY 611, so add that amount to your order total.

How Should You Choose Between a Box and a Carton for the Secret Rares?

Choose a single box if you want a defined number of packs, and a carton only if you want 12 boxes in one purchase; neither format promises an Ace or Teach Secret Rare. The Secret Rare slot has only two card numbers, and the official pages say cards are packed at random.

The arithmetic from the official and product facts is simple. A box holds 24 packs of 6 cards each, which is 144 cards. A carton holds 12 boxes, which is 288 packs and 1,728 cards. These are the contents of sealed product, not predictions about what is inside. If you only need one specific Secret Rare, buying the single card is a different route from opening boxes; this article covers sealed product only.

For a plain reading of the set, our Japanese box guide and the OP-16 complete guide cover the rest of the set from release to contents.

More OP-16 Guides

• OP-16 leaders, SR and Secret Rares overview
• OP-16 hits collectors watch
• OP-16 booster box buying guide
• OP-16 double pack character cards guide

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