The Best OP05 Cards to Invest In (2026): Every Awakening of the New Era Chase Variant, in PSA 10
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The best OP05 card to invest in is the Monkey D. Luffy Manga Rare #OP05-119 — the Gear 5 "Nika" card, the most expensive card in the One Piece TCG, with verified PSA 10 sales at $17,400 in June 2026 after starting the year around $9,600. Behind it, Awakening of the New Era (2023) is the deepest chase set the game has printed: 32 tracked variants across Manga Rares, SEC secret rares, SP cards, and alternate arts, every one priced below from real PSA-graded sold comps.
One Piece pricing has a rule Pokémon collectors need a minute to absorb: the variant is the card. OP05-119 exists as a base SEC ($780), an alternate art ($552), and the Manga Rare ($16,200) — same number, three different assets separated by 20x. This guide tracks every variant separately, the way the market actually trades them. It is one chapter of the One Piece investing guide.
What Is the Most Expensive OP05 Card?
The Gear 5 Luffy Manga Rare, and it isn't close.The comic-panel art of Luffy's awakening is the One Piece TCG's reference asset — the card that repriced from $2,070 in September 2025 to a $17,400 print in June 2026 as graded One Piece went mainstream. Every sale in the archive, live:
Real sold comps from CardboardSniper's pricing engine · 13 sales(eBay & Fanatics).
That tape is the whole One Piece market in one chart — which cuts both ways. The full history and the case for (and against) chasing it lives in the Luffy investing guide.
What Is Every OP05 Chase Card Worth?
The full tracker: every English OP05 variant with a verified PSA-graded comp, sorted by card number. A dash means no verified PSA 10 sale yet; for those cards the PSA 9 column is the only live market, and a 10 always prices above the 9 of the same card.
| # | Card | PSA 10 | 10s tracked | PSA 9 | Last 10 sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OP05-001 | Sabo — Alt Art | $49 | 1 | — | 2025-10-19 |
| OP05-002 | Belo Betty — Alt Art | $55 | 6 | — | 2026-06-01 |
| OP05-006 | Koala — Alt Art | $28 | 1 | — | 2025-05-18 |
| OP05-007 | Sabo — Alt Art | $25 | 1 | — | 2026-03-22 |
| OP05-022 | Donquixote Rosinante — Alt Art | $37 | 4 | — | 2025-06-15 |
| OP05-022 | Donquixote Rosinante | $40 | 2 | — | 2025-04-08 |
| OP05-032 | Pica | $12 | 1 | — | 2025-05-18 |
| OP05-044 | Kaido — Alt Art | $330 | 2 | — | 2026-03-15 |
| OP05-051 | Borsalino — Alt Art | $20 | 1 | — | 2025-03-23 |
| OP05-055 | X Drake — Alt Art | $30 | 1 | — | 2026-03-01 |
| OP05-060 | Monkey D. Luffy — Alt Art | $288 | 8 | — | 2026-06-18 |
| OP05-060 | Monkey D. Luffy | $84 | 1 | — | 2025-07-27 |
| OP05-067 | Zoro-Juurou — SP | $1,069 | 1 | — | 2026-03-18 |
| OP05-067 | Zoro-Juurou — Alt Art | $470 | 2 | — | 2026-06-25 |
| OP05-069 | Trafalgar Law — Manga Rare | $1,785 | 2 | — | 2026-03-15 |
| OP05-069 | Trafalgar Law — Alt Art | $77 | 1 | — | 2026-02-15 |
| OP05-074 | Eustass "Captain" Kid — Manga Rare | $1,110 | 8 | $630 | 2026-05-24 |
| OP05-074 | Eustass "Captain" Kid — Alt Art | $49 | 3 | — | 2026-02-15 |
| OP05-074 | Eustass "Captain" Kid | $25 | 1 | — | 2025-03-23 |
| OP05-088 | Mansherry — Alt Art | $39 | 2 | — | 2026-03-04 |
| OP05-091 | SR Rebecca — SP | $186 | 1 | — | 2026-05-10 |
| OP05-091 | Rebecca — Alt Art | $150 | 7 | $27 | 2026-03-22 |
| OP05-092 | Rob Lucci — Alt Art | $165 | 2 | — | 2026-03-15 |
| OP05-093 | Rob Lucci — SP | $216 | 1 | — | 2026-03-15 |
| OP05-093 | Rob Lucci — Alt Art | $47 | 3 | — | 2026-03-29 |
| OP05-098 | Enel — Alt Art | $99 | 3 | — | 2026-02-15 |
| OP05-100 | SR Enel — SP | $360 | 1 | — | 2026-05-10 |
| OP05-100 | Enel — Alt Art | $60 | 6 | — | 2026-03-19 |
| OP05-119 | Monkey D. Luffy — Manga Rare | $16,200 | 2 | — | 2026-06-07 |
| OP05-119 | Monkey D. Luffy — SEC | $780 | 13 | — | 2026-06-21 |
| OP05-119 | Monkey D. Luffy — Alt Art | $552 | 10 | — | 2026-06-07 |
| OP05-119 | Monkey D. Luffy | $37 | 6 | $13 | 2026-05-24 |
What Are OP05 Manga Rares, SECs, and Alt Arts Worth?
The class hierarchy is the market's skeleton: Manga Rare > SEC > SP > Alt Art > base, with the gap between classes doing most of the pricing work. OP05's three Manga Rares — Luffy, Trafalgar Law ($1,785), and Eustass Kid ($1,110) — own the top of the ladder:
Real sold comps from CardboardSniper's pricing engine · 2 sales(eBay & Fanatics).
Real sold comps from CardboardSniper's pricing engine · 8 sales(eBay & Fanatics).
Are English or Japanese OP05 Cards Worth More?
English — typically 2x to 4x more on the same variant, which surprises collectors coming from Pokémon, where Japanese vintage carries the premium. One Piece is a Japanese-first game: JP print runs were far larger, so Japanese supply is deep while English chase supply is thin. We track the English market — every price on this page is an English printing.
Is OP05 a Good Investment?
Here is the honest framing this market deserves. The One Piece TCG is four years old and has never traded through a bear market.The Gear 5 Manga's 8x year is real, verified, and exactly the kind of move young markets produce in both directions. What the bulls have: the biggest anime IP on earth, PSA submission volume compounding, and structural chase scarcity (Manga Rares are roughly one per case). What the bears have: no downturn survival data, reprint risk in special products (the Gear 5 art already reappeared in the "The Best" premium booster at $7,200— a separate, cheaper asset), and thin order books above four figures. Size positions like it's venture, not bonds. Nothing here is financial advice.
OP05 FAQ
What is the most expensive OP05 card?
The Monkey D. Luffy (Gear 5) Manga Rare #OP05-119 — $16,200 at its last verified PSA 10 sale, with a $17,400 print in June 2026. The base SEC of the same number is $780.
What is a Manga Rare?
The One Piece TCG's top chase class: comic-panel alternate arts drawn from the manga, printed at roughly one per case. OP05 has three — Luffy, Law, and Kid — and they hold the set's three highest prices.
Are Japanese OP05 cards worth less than English?
Yes — typically 2x to 4x less on the same variant, because Japanese print runs are far larger. We track the English market only; every price in this guide is an English printing.
How many OP05 chase cards are there?
We track 32 English variants with verified graded comps — Manga Rares, SECs, SPs, and alternate arts. The complete PSA 10 chase run totals about $24,474.
Keep going: the One Piece investing pillar ranks the game's top ten across all sets, the Luffy, Zoro, and Shanks guides go deep on the characters, the live One Piece index re-prices the chase class daily, and the live deal feed is where underpriced slabs surface. Weighing a raw submission? The PSA 10 value calculator prices the gem premium.
