The Best-Selling One Piece TCG Cards of 2024

It's been an incredible year for the One Piece TCG. After all, I play it now.

All jokes aside, the second year of any trading card game is arguably the most important one. You've successfully braved the storm and released your game all across the world, but now you're tasked with making sure people still care enough to actually spend money on it. That's no easy feat when everybody is kinda broke.

Thankfully, One Piece appears have stuck the landing when it counts. 2024 has featured a selection of revolutionary banlists, exciting play patterns and a world of new collectibles that offer something fresh and exciting for new faces and franchise players alike. With Wings of the Captain and Emperors in the New World bookending the year and Royal Blood lurking on the horizon, it wasn't hard to find something worth being excited about.

But ultimately, we're all hunting for the grandest treasures — just like our beloved Straw Hats. As the metagame shifted and new products were released, players found themselves searching the high seas for the next hot tech time and time again. Mostly, they got it right. Sometimes, they really didn't. If only there was some type of record we could look at...

From the coolest cards to the most intuitive investments, lets deep dive into some of TCGplayer's bestselling One Piece cards throughout 2024:

Honorable Mention: Sabo - OP04 083

Sabo has the distinct honor of being the only card to make the list that didn't release this year, which is a huge testament to not only how good the card is but also how dominant black has been throughout 2024 as a whole.  While he ultimately fell just short of the top 10, eleventh is still a heck of an achievement for an early set super rare.

Sabo may not feature in quite as many banlist discussions as Gecko Moria (OP06-86), he's the solid bread and butter that allowed leaders like Rob Lucci (OP07-079) and Monkey.D.Luffy (ST13-003) to steal so much of the limelight this year. A potent blocker with an even better effect, this brother sure isn't going anywhere in 2025.

#10 Sanji - OP07 064

500 Years in the Future proved to be an instrumental set for many a color, but Sanji stands out as the premium addition for purple enjoyers. The card is a mandatory inclusion for popular leaders like Monkey.D.Luffy (OP05-060) and Vinsmoke Reiju (OP06-042), offering an absurdly large blocker with a make-believe cost to enable it.

With Purple Luffy gaining so much support in OP09 and ST18, I don't expect the allure of Sanji to slow down any time soon. That's to say nothing of how potent the card may be in other upcoming purple leaders. Either way, you can't deny that this chef is cooking up quite the storm.

#9 Jinbe - OP07 045

The release of ST17 revitalized Donquixote Doflamingo (OP01-060) in a way we've never seen before, singlehandedly breathing new life into a bunch of forgotten Seven Warlords of the Sea characters along the way. The biggest beneficiary of this was no doubt Jinbe, who quickly became the most dreaded card in the entire deck.

Doflamingo has both climbed to the top of the ranks in the wake of his structure deck and exerted a stranglehold at the top of the metagame in Japan throughout OP10. If that trend stays true over here in the West, I expect Jinbe to see another successful year on the next go around.

#8 Finger Pistol - EB01 051

The first "Extra Booster" has aged like a fine wine, bringing a wealth of powerful new options to leaders that'd previously fallen below the curve. Amongst the chaos was Finger Pistol, a rather unassuming event card that would slot perfectly into the prominent black leaders to solve niche problems.

Removal effects are all about flexibility, and Finger Pistol manages to fill up your trash, take care of more expensive threats and catch an opponent off-guard at the same time. When that's all rolled together, we find ourselves in a common inclusion that's been slowly drifting upward in price since it was released.

#7 Roronoa Zoro - OP06 118

The endgame juggernaut of many a green leader, Roronoa Zoro wasn't subtle about his power level upon arriving in Wings of the Captain. The secret rare version of our future strongest swordsman caused waves with his unique effect and unmatched closing power. The early hype proved to be very real, and Zoro quickly skyrocketed to over $60 per copy!

Thankfully, the price on this must-have has calmed significantly as green leaders have fallen from popularity — and players are jumping at the chance to buy in while the getting is good. As a result, Zoro has been averaging roughly 25 sales a day for the entire year of 2024, which is incredibly impressive for such a high rarity card.

#6 Shirahoshi - EB01 057

An inclusion that caught me slightly off-guard, Shirahoshi is less of an all-year bestseller and more of a target for a huge influx of purchases as of late. The card helped to revolutionize Enel (OP05-098) when it released in Extra Booster - Memorial Collection and is finally sporting a price tag to match.

Shirahoshi is the kind of card I can see becoming a mainstay of the format at some point in the future. It offers a unique blender of +1000, the Blocker keyword and a powerful ability I actively want to play. It even managed to sneak into the odd Black Yellow Luffy list over the course of the year — I'll be keeping my eyes on this one.

#5 Laboon - EB01 048

Talk about an underdog story. On release, Laboon was close to worthless. It wasn't uncommon to pick them up for under $1 a copy — a number that quickly became a relic of the past when whispers of a breakthrough with Monkey.D.Luffy (ST14-001) came to light. Laboon was a central part of the newfound strategy, and suddenly you couldn't find copies anywhere.

Now, the card comfortably sits at roughly $30 a copy, an eyewatering 3,200 percent increase on where it started the year. It's unclear if ST14 Luffy will continue to find success as we move into OP09, but nobody will ever look at Laboon the same way again.

#4 Monkey.D.Luffy - OP09 119

While Luffy hasn't had the same amount of runway as cards released earlier in the year, it's storming out to an early lead as we look forward to 2025. The card is quickly making a name for itself as the preferred finisher in Purple Luffy, a deck that stands to continue gaining ground in the new year.

Luffy has sold at an astonishing rate since being released less than a month ago, with over 2,500 copies finding a new owner of TCGplayer. That's helped the king of pirates become the king of the marketplace throughout December; a trend I expect to continue for some time yet.

#3 Gecko Moria - OP06 086

The ultimate top-end finisher for a black non-Teach leader, Gecko Moria has been nothing short of a game-defining card throughout 2024. Regardless of if you love it or hate it, Moria forced you to arrive at a tournament with a dedicated plan in mind. It's no big surprise that such a format-warping card also commanded a large number of sales across the year — after all, all the best decks needed them.

Thankfully, a reprint in Premium Booster - The Best helped to bring this goliath down to a manageable $5 each; a far cry from the $30 lorded at the start of the year. If anything, the sparkly new price tag has only accelerated sales, with the former warlord of the sea averaging a whopping 76 sales per day over the last month.

#2 Mr.2.Bon.Kurei (Bentham) - EB01 061

25 copies per day on a $50 card for the better part of nine months straight is an absurd statistic, but they're the numbers carried by Mr.2.Bon.Kurei (Bentham). Unquestionably the highlight of Extra Booster - Memorial Collection, the card became the most important play overnight for Trafalgar Law (ST10-001) - the leader that became such a format-warping menace that they were banned in both the east and west simultaneously.

Since then, Mr.2.Bon.Kurei (Bentham) has settled nicely into most purple leaders. He just does something fundamentally powerful, and is sure to slot into whatever new leaders may appear on the horizon. If you're ever hoping to play something purple, I'd highly encourage you to join the thousands of people who have bought Mr.2.Bon.Kurei (Bentham) this year.  

#1 Silvers Rayleigh - OP08 118

Our top spot is reserved for a heavy hitter that has continued to fly out of the door regardless of their hefty price tag. Silvers Rayleigh matches that description in every way, selling over 1300 copies in December despite jumping to over $40 each.

The recent surge comes off the back of a double-barreled success; a win at the Treasure Cup in Melbourne in Marco (OP08-002) and another first place finish at an online Treasure Cup inside of Shanks (OP09-001). Together, these victories have created overwhelming demand on a card with no frame of reference for where it may go - and that's a surefire recipe for a best seller.

Closing Thoughts

It's been very fun to watch the highs and lows of the One Piece metagame this year, and our bestsellers were packed out with both expected juggernauts and surprising underdogs. Hopefully next year is more of the same? I can't wait to find out.

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