OP-17 Best Cards to Pull: Two Different Treasure Rares

OP-17 best cards to pull, ranked with real launch-week data now that Japan has had the set for a week and the English wide release has landed too: the answer is stranger than a normal set's chase list. OP-17's biggest hits aren't its officially labeled Secret Rares. They're barely worth more than bulk. The real money sits somewhere else entirely, and depending on whether you're opening Japanese or English product, you're not even chasing the same Treasure Rare card.

TL;DR: OP-17's actual top pull is the Pirate-Crew Super Parallel Luffy (EB04-061), asking roughly $8,176 on Japan's secondary market as of August 24, more than the game's previous most expensive English single ever sold. The set's base Secret Rares, Loki (OP17-119) and Rocks D. Xebec (OP17-118), are trading near bulk by comparison. And the Treasure Rare itself splits by region: Lucky Roux (OP17-033) in Japanese boxes, Edward Newgate (OP17-040) in English ones.

What are the best OP-17 cards to pull? (quick answer)

Top of the list, by a wide margin: the Pirate-Crew Super Parallel treatment on Luffy (EB04-061), a new 4th-anniversary insert that's currently worth more than any of the set's actual Secret Rares. Below that sit the four manga-art Super Parallels (Newgate, Shanks, Kaido, Linlin) and the Luffy Super Leader Parallel, each worth hundreds of dollars. The base Secret Rares and Treasure Rare, the cards a normal set would headline with, are trading far cheaper than that hierarchy would suggest.

Why OP-17's value structure is unusual

Most sets put their box premium in a wide spread of mid-tier hits: pull any of five or six good cards and you've got something worth real money. OP-17 didn't do that. Its guaranteed Super Rares and even its three Secret Rare slots are worth relatively little on their own. Almost the entire box premium comes down to a single lottery ticket: pulling one of the two cards carrying the new Pirate-Crew Super Parallel treatment.

That's a real design choice, not a soft market. As of August 24, Japanese secondary listings had Loki (OP17-119) asking about ¥1,399 (roughly $9) and Rocks D. Xebec (OP17-118) asking about ¥2,750 (roughly $17), both close to bulk pricing for cards that would normally be a set's headline chase. Meanwhile a box itself was asking ¥15,699 to ¥16,000 (roughly $99 to $101) on the same market, about 2.7 to 2.8 times the official ¥5,760 MSRP. All these figures are launch-weekend snapshots, not confirmed sales, and will keep moving as more product opens.

GODEEPER: Full box price tracking through pre-release and into wide release. OP-17 Box Price Reality Check: Is It Worth Paying Scalper Prices? →

The Pirate-Crew Super Parallel: where the real money is

OP-17 introduces a new insert treatment for its 4th anniversary, applied to exactly two cards: a Monkey D. Luffy (EB04-061) and the Rocks D. Xebec Secret Rare (OP17-118) in its parallel form. Together they function as a third secret-rarity tier layered on top of the standard SEC slots, even though Bandai's own per-box spec doesn't count it that way officially.

The Luffy version is the card actually driving this set's value. As of August 24, it was asking roughly ¥1,300,000 (about $8,176) on Japan's snkrdunk marketplace, with shop listings running even higher, ¥1.48 million to ¥2.2 million on sites like yuyu-tei and torecamap. For comparison, that's more than Gear 5 Luffy (OP05-119), previously the most expensive English single in the game's history at roughly $8,111. A single Luffy pull at these prices is worth something like 80 sealed boxes at current box pricing. The Rocks D. Xebec version trails behind at around ¥540,000 (about $3,396), still well clear of everything else in the set.

Community-sourced opening data, not an official Bandai figure, puts the pull rate for this treatment at roughly 1 in 338 boxes, from a single-site estimate that hasn't been independently confirmed elsewhere. Treat that as a rough scale, not a promise: launch-weekend prices for a set this new are set by a small number of listings, and the real rate could easily land somewhere else once more boxes open.

The manga Super Parallels: the second tier

Below the Pirate-Crew treatment sits a confirmed set of four manga-art Super Parallels, each a specific character rendered in the set's manga-panel art style: Whitebeard/Newgate (OP17-005), Shanks (OP17-022), Kaido (OP17-062), and Charlotte Linlin, also known as Big Mom (OP17-112). As of August 24, Shanks was the strongest of the four at roughly ¥184,000 (about $1,157), with Newgate close behind around ¥120,000 (about $755, higher for graded copies), then Kaido at roughly ¥85,000 (about $535) and Linlin at roughly ¥80,000 (about $503). Shop listings for this tier run higher than the marketplace asking prices above, Shanks in particular has been seen at ¥248,000 to ¥338,000 on secondary shop sites.

A separate Luffy Super Leader Parallel (OP17-079) sits in the middle of this same board, asking around ¥115,000 (about $723), stronger than the Kaido and Linlin manga parallels but behind Shanks and Newgate. Pull-rate estimates for the manga Super Parallel tier as a group land around 1 in 65 to 100 boxes, though two separate community trackers disagree on the exact figure within that range, so treat it as an approximation rather than a fixed number.

The Treasure Rare split: not the same card in every box

Here's the detail most single-region coverage misses entirely: OP-17's Treasure Rare isn't one card, it's two, depending on which version of the set you're opening. Japanese boxes pull Lucky Roux (OP17-033), a Green, cost 4, 5000-power Character built around the Red-Haired Pirates crew, confirmed via high-confidence Japanese secondary reports though its market price is still thin this early. English boxes pull a completely different card: Edward Newgate (OP17-040), a Blue, cost 6, 8000-power Character that slots directly into Rocks D. Xebec decks. Bandai has varied which card gets the Treasure Rare treatment between Japanese and English print runs before, so this isn't unprecedented, but it does mean a JP-box collector and an EN-box collector chasing "the Treasure Rare" are literally not chasing the same card.

Neither Treasure Rare is currently worth close to what the Pirate-Crew Super Parallel or even the manga Super Parallels command. If your goal is maximum chase value rather than a specific card for a specific deck, the Treasure Rare slot isn't actually where OP-17's money is this time.

GODEEPER: The full stat breakdown and deck fit for the English-exclusive Treasure Rare. OP-17 Treasure Rare Revealed: Edward Newgate Is the Card →

What to watch for after the first week

Every price above is a launch-weekend snapshot from a small number of listings, and OP-17's market is going to keep moving as more boxes open on both sides of the Pacific and as English wide-release supply actually settles. The Pirate-Crew Super Parallel's rarity, in particular, is the number most likely to firm up or shift once opening volume increases past this first week. If you're deciding whether to chase a specific card by opening boxes versus just buying the single once real supply exists, waiting a week or two for prices to settle is usually the better math, the same pattern that's played out with past sets' launch-week spikes.

Key Takeaways

• The Pirate-Crew Super Parallel Luffy (EB04-061) is OP-17's real top pull, asking roughly $8,176 as of August 24, more than the previous most expensive English single ever
• The set's base Secret Rares, Loki (OP17-119) and Rocks D. Xebec (OP17-118), are trading near bulk by comparison, around $9 and $17
• OP-17 has two different Treasure Rares depending on region: Lucky Roux (OP17-033) in Japanese boxes, Edward Newgate (OP17-040) in English boxes
• The four manga Super Parallels (Newgate, Shanks, Kaido, Linlin) form a clear second tier, roughly $500 to $1,150 each as of August 24
• Community pull-rate estimates (not official) put the Pirate-Crew treatment around 1 in 338 boxes; treat all figures here as launch-weekend snapshots that will keep moving

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best OP-17 card to pull? It depends which version you're opening. Japanese boxes chase Lucky Roux (OP17-033), the set's Treasure Rare there. English boxes chase a different card entirely, Edward Newgate (OP17-040). Neither is the true top value, though, that's the Pirate-Crew Super Parallel Luffy (EB04-061), asking roughly $8,176 on the Japanese market as of August 24.

Why does OP-17 have two different Treasure Rares? Bandai assigned a different card to the Treasure Rare slot for the Japanese and English print runs, something it has varied before between regional releases. Japanese boxes pull Lucky Roux (OP17-033); English boxes pull Edward Newgate (OP17-040) instead. Collectors chasing one specific card need the matching regional box.

Are OP-17's base Secret Rares worth much? Not really, at least not yet. As of August 24 on the Japanese secondary market, Loki (OP17-119) was asking about $9 and Rocks D. Xebec (OP17-118) about $17, both close to bulk pricing for a Secret Rare. The set moved its real scarcity value into a separate parallel treatment instead.

What is the OP-17 Pirate-Crew Super Parallel? A new 4th-anniversary insert treatment applied to two cards, a Monkey D. Luffy (EB04-061) and the Rocks D. Xebec Secret Rare (OP17-118). It functions as the set's real top-end pull. The Luffy version was asking around $8,176 on Japan's secondary market as of August 24, more than any officially labeled Secret Rare in the set.

How rare is the Pirate-Crew Super Parallel pull? Community estimates, not official Bandai numbers, put it at roughly 1 in 338 boxes based on opening data tracked since Japan's release. Treat that as a rough single-site estimate rather than a confirmed rate; official pull rates for this treatment haven't been published.

Related Reading

• OP-17 World's Strongest Warriors Set Guide: The full set overview, leaders, and mechanics in one place.
• OP-17 JP vs EN Price Gap: Is Importing Worth It Now?: How box prices compared between the two regions before wide release.
• OP-17 Super Parallel and Manga Rare Cards Explained: A deeper look at how the set's premium rarity tiers work.
• OP-17 EN Wide Release Day Is Here: What to Know Now: What's confirmed as English boxes actually hit shelves.

References

• BOOSTER PACK -THE WORLD'S STRONGEST WARRIORS- [OP-17] official product page: official per-box rarity spec and set details
• SamuraiSwordTokyo OP-17 Launch Weekend Price Report: August 24 Japanese secondary market prices for all cards referenced, sourced from Tokyo-based sealed-product sellers
• TCGplayer: Edward Newgate (040) TR product listing: confirms the English-exclusive Treasure Rare print