One Piece TCG Rarities Explained: Every Rarity in Order

Last updated: 25 October 2026 · covers up to OP17

Quick answer: The One Piece TCG rarities, from common to rarest, are:

1. C, Common: the bulk of every set.
2. UC, Uncommon: one step up, still easy to find.
3. R, Rare: the first step past the bulk.
4. SR, Super Rare: the shiny hits.
5. SEC, Secret Rare: two per set in most boosters.

L (Leader) has its own slot next to that ladder. On top of a rarity come the special versions: parallels (alt arts), Manga Rares (Bandai calls them Super Alt-Art), SP cards and TR Treasure Rares. P is for promos, which don't come from normal packs. And rarer is not the same as pricier.

You open a pack, there's "SEC" in the corner of a card, and your mate's copy of the same card looks completely different. This guide walks through every rarity and where to spot it. Want every set in order first? That's on our One Piece TCG sets page.

How do I know the rarity of a One Piece card?

Look at the bottom right. Next to the card number (like OP01-120) sits a small box with the rarity code. There are nine of them on English cards: C, UC, R, SR, SEC, L, SP, TR and P. That's the whole list Bandai uses.

On most parallels from OP04 on you'll see a small star above the rarity box. The parallels in OP01 to OP03 don't have it, and a few later ones skip it too. The circled number close by is not part of the rarity either. That's the Block Number, which tournament rotation uses.

SP cards get an extra "SP" label next to or above the code. SP and TR cards show their label instead of a star. Every other special version (alt arts, Manga Rares, gold and red versions) keeps the code of the base card. So beyond the star, you tell those apart by the art.

What are the One Piece TCG rarities in order?

Bandai has never published an official ranking. Its product pages only list what's in the box. Collectors agree on the base ladder though, and it's the order Bandai's early product pages use as well. Every step of it was already in the first set, OP01 Romance Dawn, back in December 2022.

Common (C). The bulk of every set, and the cards you'll have doubles of by your second pack. OP01 has 45 different commons, like Caribou OP01-007.

Uncommon (UC). One step up. OP01 has 30, Otama OP01-006 among them.

Rare (R). 26 different ones in OP01. Usopp OP01-004 is one.

Super Rare (SR). Ten in OP01. Monkey.D.Luffy OP01-024 is one of them.

Secret Rare (SEC). The top of the base ladder. OP01 has two: Shanks OP01-120 and Yamato OP01-121.

Above SEC there's no fixed ladder any more. That's where the versions on top of a rarity come in.

What is a Leader (L) card, and what is an alt-art Leader?

Leader is a card type with its own code, L. It's the card you build your deck around. It isn't a step on the ladder: an L is not rarer than an SEC or more common than a C. OP01 has eight Leaders, and every starter deck comes with exactly one.

Roronoa Zoro OP01-001 is one of those eight. He also has an alt-art Leader in OP01, which is the parallel version of the Leader card: same number, same L, different art.

Since OP17 The World's Strongest Warriors there's also a Super Leader Alt Art, with manga art over the whole card: Luffy OP17-079.

What is a parallel, and is it the same as an alternate art?

Yes, same thing. Bandai's older product pages say "parallel", newer ones say "Alt-Art". Bandai describes it as a card with a special design that differs from the standard card. The art can run over the whole card, some versions shine, some have a textured finish. PRB02 added the Pirate Foil: the same art as the base card in a foil pattern, so you tell it apart by the shine.

The key part: a parallel keeps the card number and the rarity code of the base card. Luffy OP01-024 is an SR, and his alt art is an SR too. From OP04 on, most parallels add a small star above the rarity box; those in OP01 to OP03 don't. On Bandai's online card list the alt art shows up as OP01-024_p1, and a second or third version gets _p2 or _p3. That suffix is only in the database, not on the card.

So a parallel is not a rarity of its own. It's a version on top of one, and it can sit on a Leader, an R, an SR or an SEC.

What does SEC mean?

SEC is Secret Rare, the highest of the base rarities. Every normal booster from OP01 to OP12 has two of them, going by Bandai's product pages. The newer pages don't give counts any more.

Shanks OP01-120 is one of the two in OP01, and he shows the whole idea of this guide in one card. There's the base SEC, an alt art and a Manga Rare. Three versions, three very different looks, and all three say SEC in the corner.

What is an SP card?

SP stands for Special Card ("SP CARD" on Bandai's card list). You spot it by the "SP" label next to or above the rarity code, so the card reads SP plus its original rarity.

An SP often keeps an older card number. It's a new print of a card from an earlier set or a starter deck, pulled from a new box. The first English SPs came in OP03 Pillars of Strength: four of them, all drawn as WANTED posters. Eustass"Captain"Kid OP01-051 is one, an OP01 number you pull from an OP03 pack. OP09 and OP13 brought more WANTED poster SPs later.

A newer one: Boa Hancock OP14-112 from OP14 The Azure Sea's Seven, SP over SR.

OP17 brought ten SPs at once, all on older numbers: four New Four Emperors SPs and six Haki SPs in black ink with red lightning.

Extra boosters get them too. We went through every SP in EB05 Heroines Edition Vol. 2.

What is a Manga Rare?

Manga Rare is the collectors' name. Bandai calls it a Super Alt-Art: an alt art where the whole card is covered with designs from the One Piece manga. Some older Bandai pages say "Super Parallel" for the same card. OP17 took it to Leaders too: Monkey.D.Luffy OP17-079 is the first Super Leader Alt Art.

A Manga Rare has no code of its own. It sits on an SEC or an SR (now and then an R) and shows that rarity in the corner. You won't find the words "Manga Rare" printed anywhere on the card.

The first one was Shanks OP01-120 in OP01. Most sets have one. Anniversary sets get more: three in OP05, four in OP09, three in OP13 and four in OP17 (one for each Emperor: Newgate, Shanks, Kaido and Big Mom). OP16 had three as well, one per Admiral. Two recent ones are Dracule Mihawk OP14-119 from OP14 and Enel OP15-118 from OP15 Adventure on Kami's Island.

What is a Treasure Rare (TR)?

TR is a code of its own. Since OP06 Wings of the Captain, every English booster set has one Treasure Rare, usually a reprint of an older card number. There were none in OP01 to OP05, none in EB01 to EB03, and none in PRB01 or PRB02.

Where the TR sits differs per card. On Nami ST01-007 a TR label stands in front of the number and the box still says C; on Roronoa Zoro OP13-037 the TR is in the box itself. Nami was the first English TR, a card that started out in a starter deck. Zoro is the TR in OP15.

In OP17 the TR depends on the language of your box. English boxes have a young Edward.Newgate OP17-040. Japanese boxes have Lucky Roux OP17-033.

What is the P rarity?

P is Promo. Promo cards have their own numbers that start with P, like P-001. They don't come from normal boosters but from event packs, tournaments, pre-releases and other products. The very first was Monkey.D.Luffy P-001 from the Promotion Pack 2022.

One exception to "not in boosters": PRB01 One Piece Card The Best put four promo cards inside its packs.

What are the anniversary rarities?

Every anniversary set added a version you couldn't get anywhere else.

OP05 Awakening of the New Era (1st anniversary). Monkey.D.Luffy ST01-012 with a new illustration by Eiichiro Oda himself, plus a version with Oda's gold signature on it. Both are filed under SR.

OP09 Emperors in the New World (2nd anniversary). A gold version of the Gol.D.Roger OP09-118 Super Alt-Art.

OP13 Carrying On His Will (3rd anniversary). The Red Super Alt-Art, made around the anniversary theme "The Flame" and only in this box. Monkey.D.Luffy OP13-118 has one.

OP17 The World's Strongest Warriors (4th anniversary). The Pirate Crew Alt Art pair, as collectors call it. Rocks.D.Xebec OP17-118 has the Rocks Pirates behind him and Monkey.D.Luffy EB04-061 has the Straw Hats, each crew drawn in manga ink over the whole card. Luffy keeps his EB04 number, but you pull him from OP17 packs.

Signed or gold-stamped cards handed out as event prizes are a different thing: those are promos, not pack cards.

What about DON!! cards?

DON!! cards have no card number and no rarity code, so they sit outside the ladder. Bandai counts them as a "+1" in a box's contents. The first DON!! card in an English booster came with OP04. Every starter deck has ten DON!! cards in the standard design.

Premium boosters go further. PRB01 has 30 different DON!! designs. PRB02 One Piece Card The Best Vol. 2 also has 30, each in a Normal, Alt-Art and Super Alt-Art version. That gold-foil Super Alt-Art DON!! is often called a "gold DON!!". It's a collectors' name, Bandai doesn't print it. There are event DON!! cards as well, and those are promo-only.

Which rarities are in which product?

Product	What you can find
Booster (OP)	L, C, UC, R, SR, SEC and parallels. SP cards from OP03, a DON!! card from OP04, one Treasure Rare from OP06.
Extra booster (EB)	The usual rarity codes. No Treasure Rare in EB01 to EB03. EB05 has SP cards.
Premium booster (PRB)	No Treasure Rare. PRB01: four promo cards in the packs and 30 DON!! designs. PRB02: 30 DON!! designs in three versions, Pirate Foils of the reprints, and Bandai promises at least one SR or better in every pack.
Starter deck (ST)	A fixed list: one Leader, the rest of the deck and ten DON!! cards. Nothing to hunt.

A starter deck like ST32 Green Roronoa Zoro is the one product where you know every card before you open it. And some deck cards come back years later as an SP or a TR, like Nami ST01-007.

What is the rarest rarity in One Piece TCG?

SEC is the highest rarity code a card can carry. But the code doesn't tell you how hard a card is to pull. Since OP17, the hardest cards to get out of a pack are the Pirate Crew Alt Arts: Rocks.D.Xebec OP17-118 and Monkey.D.Luffy EB04-061.

Before OP17, most collectors named the Manga Rare as the hardest pull in a set, with SP close behind. Bandai doesn't publish pull rates, so there's no official order. Outside the packs you have event prizes and promos, which you can't pull at all.

Rarer is not pricier, either. A Rare of a character everyone loves can cost more than an SEC nobody is chasing. Price follows the character, the art and the demand.

Are English and Japanese rarities the same?

The codes are the same. The Japanese card list just writes SP as SPカード. There are two real differences:

• Treasure Rare. English boosters have had one since OP06. Japanese boosters only got their first with OP-16, and even then it's a different card: the English OP16 TR is Vista OP16-011, the Japanese one is OP16-042. OP17 splits the same way: Edward.Newgate OP17-040 in English, Lucky Roux OP17-033 in Japanese.
• EB04 Egghead Crisis. In English it came inside the OP14 and OP15 boxes. In Japan it was its own extra booster. That's why the English OP14 and OP15 card lists are bigger.

FAQ

What are the One Piece TCG rarities in order?

From common to rarest: C (Common), UC (Uncommon), R (Rare), SR (Super Rare) and SEC (Secret Rare). L (Leader) has its own slot. Parallels, Manga Rares, SP cards and Treasure Rares are versions on top of a rarity, with no official order between them.

What does SEC mean on a One Piece card?

Secret Rare, the highest base rarity. Normal boosters from OP01 to OP12 have two per set.

What is the difference between a parallel and an alternate art?

There is none. Bandai used to say "parallel" and now says "Alt-Art". Both mean a card with a special design, with the same number and rarity code as the base card.

What is an SP card in One Piece TCG?

A Special Card: a new print of a card, often with an older card number, pulled from a newer box. It has an "SP" label next to or above the rarity code. The first English SPs came in OP03.

What is a Manga Rare?

The collectors' name for what Bandai calls a Super Alt-Art: an alt art covered with designs from the One Piece manga. It has no code of its own and shows the rarity of the base card, usually SEC or SR.

What does the P rarity mean?

Promo. Promo cards have P numbers (like P-001) and come from events, tournaments, pre-releases and products, not from normal boosters.

How do I tell a parallel from the normal card?

Look for the small star above the rarity box: most parallels from OP04 on have one, those in OP01 to OP03 don't. After that it's the art. The card number and rarity code stay the same as on the normal card.

What is the rarest rarity in One Piece TCG?

SEC is the highest rarity code. The hardest cards to pull from a pack, since OP17, are the Pirate Crew Alt Arts: Rocks.D.Xebec OP17-118 and Monkey.D.Luffy EB04-061. Before that, most collectors named the Manga Rare.

Last updated: 25 October 2026 · covers up to OP17