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I think the Monkey D. Luffy Oda Signature card from OP-05 will be recognized as the most valuable non-promo One Piece TCG card. The thesis is simple and obvious: it’s the main character, in art drawn by the creator of One Piece (Eiichiro Oda), and is the only card out of all the sets that has the creator’s signature stamped on it. There’s nothing else like it in any of the sets that you can pull. This signal from the creator of the franchise is the key. It’s not just another manga card (no disrespect to the manga cards, but there are many), it’s the only card with Oda’s signature and it still has a relatively low pop count. I think it will eventually be treated as the closest to a “First Edition Charizard” equivalent, although admittedly that is not a 1/1 comparison because the Charizard card referred to here is from the Pokemon base set whereas the Oda signature card is from the fifth major release (OP-05) of the modern One Piece TCG by Bandai. The main challenger to the Oda signature card will be the Gol D. Roger gold manga card from OP-09. Until there is a gold pirate king Luffy manga card (which should be years away), I think the Roger gold manga will be the top manga card. Yes, even over the several Luffy manga cards already released. There is so much competition among the top Luffy manga cards (including between the Gear 5 manga card from OP-05 and the red Luffy manga card from OP-13) that I think such competition will help secure Roger as the top manga card. Besides the red Luffy manga (which pop count will continue to rise with reprints later this year), the Roger is the most scarce and difficult manga card to pull. And it’s gold. I think the third most valuable card out of all the released sets is the Luffy Gear 5 manga card. The OG version from OP-05, not the reprinted card in a later OP set (I think in PRB-01). This is the first manga card for Luffy released in any of the sets (that means something from a historical value perspective); it’s his iconic (most famous?) pose in Gear 5; and the Gear 5 art is so beloved and important that Bandai has already made multiple iterations celebrating the Gear 5 Luffy with other card releases (like the gold SP Gear 5 from OP-11). But this is the first, and the best version. I think these factors will ultimately give it an edge over the other Luffy manga cards, including the red Luffy manga from OP-13 which will be subject to reprints later this year. I think there is going to be a repricing between the OG Gear 5 Luffy manga card from OP-05 and the red Luffy manga card from OP-13 over the next six months. The fourth lead challenger to being the most valuable non-promo card is the pre-errata version of the Monkey D. Luffy Alternate Art card (#003) from Romance Dawn. The pre-errata (error) version (be careful you buy this version and NOT the later errata version) is the easiest and most natural comparison to the First Edition Charizard. It’s the first print (or first edition) version of the most popular character in the franchise (Luffy) in the first base set (Romance Dawn). I would not be surprised if this card in a few years becomes regarded way higher than it is now. In fact, it’s not unreasonable to think that years from now it will be regarded as #1 for ease of comparison. Always keep things simple. One key takeaway is that two of the four top non-promo cards are from the same set: OP-05. Which is why I have been publicly encouraging people to buy OP-05 since last September.