OP-16 "The Time of Battle" hit shelves in Japan on May 30. The set is built around the Paramount War at Marineford, the arc that ended Whitebeard and put Ace in the ground.
English collectors don't have to wait long. Bandai confirmed an English release of June 12, 2026. Pre-release events run June 5 through 11.
The chase is the three original Marine Admirals as Manga Rares. Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru. Japan-side prices are already moving, and the sources don't agree on how far.
What's in the Box
OP-16 runs 24 packs per box, 12 cards per pack, plus one DON!! card per pack.
The card breakdown: 6 Leaders, 45 Commons, 30 Uncommons, 26 Rares, 10 Super Rares, 2 Secret Rares, 6 Special Cards, and 1 Treasure Rare.
Six new Leaders anchor the set, each with an alternate art. Red Portgas D. Ace. Blue/Green Monkey D. Luffy in his Impel Down form. Blue Buggy. Purple Sengoku. Black Yamato. And Black/Yellow Marshall D. Teach, better known as Blackbeard.
That's a roster pulled straight from Impel Down and Marineford. Bandai is leaning hard into the cast that defined the war.
The Admiral Chase
The money cards are the three original Marine Admirals, printed as Manga Rares in the Comic Parallel style. Sakazuki/Akainu. Kuzan/Aokiji. Borsalino/Kizaru.
Early Japan-side raw prices ran wide. As of June 1, SNKRDUNK listed Akainu/Sakazuki around 390,000 yen with the market reading "500,000 yen and up," and had Kuzan/Aokiji past 400,000 yen. Those are Japan raw, pre-English numbers in the first days after the May 30 launch.
Other projections sit far lower. Buyee pegged each Admiral closer to 100,000 to 150,000 yen, roughly $650 to $1,000. Japan raw, pre-English, same week-one window.
Put plainly: early Japan raw prices ranged from roughly 100,000 yen to 500,000 yen and up, depending on the source, in the first days after launch. That's a huge spread. Treat all of it as volatile, pre-English week-one data, not a settled market.
The Leaders and an Early Meta Read
The set is days old. There are no tournament results yet. This is an early read, not a verdict.
Blue/Green Luffy in his Impel Down form is drawing attention for DON!! acceleration. Purple Sengoku looks like a ramp deck that rushes to 8 DON!! and summons all three Admirals. Both could shape the early format if the lists hold up.
Red Ace gives Rush to Whitebeard Pirates and Luffy at 8000-plus power. Black Yamato gives Rush to cards pulled from the trash. Blackbeard plays a defensive redirection game, and Blue Buggy rounds out the six.
Whether any of this survives contact with real events is the open question. Days-old hype is not a meta.
Why English Preorders Are Hot
Marineford is one of the most popular arcs in the series. Pairing that with a chase trio of Admirals is exactly the kind of set that front-loads demand.
The timing adds pressure. OP-16 is the convergence point where Bandai's simultaneous global release model kicks in, so English buyers aren't waiting the old two-to-three months. Japanese boxes dried up fast in the first days, and English collectors are watching the same Admiral prices everyone else is.
Bandai has not confirmed an English MSRP for OP-16. Don't read a dollar figure as fact. For historical context only, recent One Piece English booster boxes have launched around $120, and where they go from there has varied set to set.
The Bottom Line
English OP-16 drops June 12. The three Admirals are the chase, and their Japan-side prices are all over the map a week into the Japanese launch.
Pull rates will tell the real story once English boxes open at scale. Until then, every yen figure floating around is week-one Japan raw, pre-English, and likely to move. Watch the pulls before you chase the price.
