One Piece Card Game

One Piece Card Game is a collectible card game based on the manga One Piece and is released by Bandai in Japan on July 8, 2022,^[1][2] and globally on December 2, 2022.^[3][4]

One Piece Card Game

Backside of a One Piece Card Game card.
Publisher	Bandai
Release date	July 8, 2022 (2022-07-08) (Japan); December 2, 2022 (2022-12-02) (Global)
Type	Trading card game
Players	2
Age range	8+
Playing time	35 to 60 minutes
Website	en.onepiece-cardgame.com

The One Piece Card Game most resembles the Dragon Ball Super and Hearthstone card games.^[5]

Bandai has created an official free tutorial app that teaches the basics of gameplay.^[6]

Development

Manga creator Eiichiro Oda confirms the use of manga art in the card game.^[2]

Gameplay

The game involves each player selecting a Leader and assembling a team (or "crew") to battle against an opponent.^[7]

Compared to the other big three trading card games (Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, and Yu-Gi-Oh), One Piece Card Game separates the resource cards from the rest of the cards to prevent a draw of cards with no playable moves.^[7]

There are five types of cards split between the main deck or used elsewhere:^[7]

• Main deck cards:
  • Character – represent your crew and have the color blue on the backs of the card
  • Event – one-time effects that are played from the hand
  • Stage – represent the location where the crew is played, often providing a benefit to your Leader of Character cards; each player can only play one Stage card at a time
• Other:
  • Leader – they have the color red on the backs of the card and spend the entire time in the Leader area of the play area
  • DON!! – resource cards that have a white back and are put into a separate deck from the main deck

A player can only use other non-Leader cards that match the color of their Leader card.^[7]

Reception

TheGamer comments that "less experienced players will find the streamlined rules to be beginner-friendly and easy to learn".^[7] First impressions by Dicebreaker comments the game "offers a solid gameplay foundation" with "remarkable consistency and quality of its art design" that "certainly has an exciting future ahead".^[6]