Luffy OP01-024 Is Moving: What the OP-16 Meta Means for Romance Dawn

The Card Moving Right Now

Monkey D. Luffy — Romance Dawn, OP01-024 — is one of those cards that never really goes quiet, but right now it is seeing renewed attention that is worth understanding clearly before acting on it.

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Monkey D. Luffy (Romance Dawn OP01-024)

OP01-024 is the Leader card from the very first English One Piece TCG set, Romance Dawn (set code OP-01), released in 2022. As the face of the entire card game's launch — and Luffy being the franchise's protagonist — this card has always carried symbolic weight beyond its raw tournament utility. But symbolic weight and market value are two different things, and right now a real catalyst is shaping both.

The Catalyst: OP-16 Puts Luffy Back on Top Tables

OP-16 The Time of Battle launched in Japan on May 30, 2026, and hit English markets on June 12. The set introduced six new Leaders, and one of them — Green/Blue Monkey D. Luffy — landed as an S-tier leader in the current OP-16 meta.

That matters for OP01-024 because competitive demand for Luffy-branded product tends to lift the entire Luffy card pool in the short term. When a new Luffy leader becomes the talk of tournaments, players and collectors alike go back and look at where the character's most iconic prints live — and OP01-024, as the original English Luffy Leader, is the natural reference point.

The meta snapshot for OP-16 in June 2026 shows Green/Blue Monkey D. Luffy as one of just three S-tier leaders alongside Black/Yellow Marshall D. Teach and Purple Enel. That is a tight, competitive field, and Luffy sitting at the very top of it is driving player interest back into the first-generation card.

What the Price Data Actually Tells You

Here is where the story gets genuinely interesting. The current market on OP01-024 presents a dynamic you do not see every day:

Version	Current Price (Cardbrd)
Ungraded (raw)	$13.19
PSA 10	$4.82

Read that twice. The PSA 10 copy is selling for less than an ungraded copy.

This is not a data error — it is a market reality that tells you something important. PSA 10 populations on OP01-024 have grown substantially as more collectors submitted early English One Piece cards over the past two years. When PSA 10 supply is plentiful relative to demand, the graded premium collapses. In this case, it has not just collapsed — it has inverted. A raw copy commands a premium over a slabbed one because raw copies circulate freely at retail-adjacent prices and buyers who want the card for its collector appeal are often indifferent to whether it is graded.

The practical implication: if you are holding a PSA 10 of this card, you are not sitting on a premium asset right now. If you are buying raw copies to submit for grading, the math on that trade is very unfavorable — you would be spending grading fees to arrive at a lower-value product than what you started with. The play here, if any, is in the raw card itself, which at $13.19 on Cardbrd sits at a level that reflects genuine demand from players running Luffy leaders.

Where OP01-024 Has Been, and What to Watch

Romance Dawn was reprinted in various formats across 2024 and into 2025, including inclusion in the Premium Card Collection Best Selection Vol. 1 product. That product brought OP-01 cards back into circulation at defined price points, which is a key reason the raw price on OP01-024 sits where it does today rather than at the elevated levels seen in 2022–2023 when supply was tighter.

The ceiling for movement here is tied directly to competitive momentum. If Green/Blue Luffy sustains its S-tier position through the OP-16 season — and the early data from two weeks of ranked play suggests it is holding — then the raw price on OP01-024 could see steady support. If a future set introduces a stronger Luffy variant that pulls players away from the OP-01 archetype, that floor softens.

The PSA 10 picture is worth watching separately. A high population does not stay high forever if new submissions slow. If graders and collectors shift attention to newer Luffy cards and the OP01-024 submission rate drops, the PSA 10 population stabilizes and any uptick in collector demand could close that inversion. It is not a near-term thesis, but it is worth flagging for anyone building a long position.

The OP-16 Context: A Set That Just Landed

OP-16 The Time of Battle released in English on June 12, 2026. The set is fully legal in the current Standard format (OP-09 through OP-16) and packs contain 12 cards with 24 packs per booster box. The chase cards in the set are manga rare versions of Kuzan (OP16-063), Sakazuki (OP16-065), and Borsalino (OP16-073), each carrying that iconic Paramount War aesthetic. Those are the cards driving box-opening activity right now, and that box demand keeps new players entering the game — players who will eventually look back at Romance Dawn's landmark prints.

For anyone who wants to value their collection across both old and new One Piece sets, the contrast between OP-01 and OP-16 pricing right now is a useful exercise. The game has matured, supply is better managed, and the PSA 10 inversion on OP01-024 is a real-world reminder that grading is not always the value-add it appears to be.

The Bottom Line

OP01-024 Luffy is a card to watch right now for one specific reason: it is the oldest, most iconic Luffy Leader print, and the character is currently running one of the game's top S-tier decks in OP-16. At $13.19 raw on Cardbrd, it is accessible. The PSA 10 at $4.82 tells you the graded market is oversupplied — do not grade this card expecting a return, and do not overpay for slabs. The raw card is the version with actual market logic behind it at this moment.

Watch the OP-16 meta results over the next four to six weeks. If Green/Blue Luffy keeps topping events, raw OP01-024 has room to climb. If it fades, so does the catalyst.

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