Quick answer
Set OP-18, The Dominance of God, releases in English on 2026-11-20. Its themes are Water Seven and the Holy Knights of God, and it brings three firsts: Franky’s first Leader, the first printed cards for Gunko and Shamrock, and the first Comic Parallel for Nico Robin. Its guest artwork comes from Yoshitaka Amano, who draws two Secret Rare parallels. Two figures are disputed — the card count and the Japanese release date — and this page records both rather than choosing between them.
One Leader is confirmed. Five more names are circulating without a publisher’s statement behind them.
Because the set has not released at the time of writing, this page is a record of what has been announced. Where a name comes from a single listing, it is labelled as reported rather than confirmed, and the difference is kept visible throughout.
The date, and why there is more than one
| Market | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| English | 2026-11-20 | Publisher |
| Japan | Late November | Publisher |
| Japan (alternative figures) | 2026-11-22 and 2026-11-28 | Publisher’s own account and retail listings respectively; both recorded here |
Two Japanese dates circulating at once is not unusual this far ahead of a release, and the pattern is worth knowing rather than resolving: the date a publisher states for its own market and the date a retailer lists can differ by a week or so, and the difference is normally resolved as the date approaches. What can be stated now is the English date, which is fixed, and the fact that the Japanese release precedes it.
The themes
The set is built on Water Seven and on the Holy Knights of God, which is why the characters who appear in it skew towards the Water Seven arc and towards the more recent material the Holy Knights belong to. For a reader following the set, the practical consequence is that the character roster is narrower than a set built on a whole arc: the two themes between them account for most of the cast.
The one Leader that is confirmed
Bandai has confirmed Franky as an OP-18 Leader at card OP18-021, in green and purple. It is the first Leader for that character, and at the time of writing it is the only OP-18 Leader the publisher has announced.
Five further names have circulated: Carue, Monkey.D.Luffy, Miss All Sunday, Gunko and Spandam. They come from a single Japanese card listing and a single outlet rather than from the publisher, so this page records them as reported and unconfirmed. That classification matters more than it usually would, because a set’s Leader list determines which colours the set can build around, and a reader planning ahead is better served by knowing that four of six names rest on one source than by a list that reads as settled.
The guest artwork
The set’s guest artwork is by Yoshitaka Amano, and it is applied to two Secret Rare parallels: Loki and Saint Shamrock. Both are recorded under OP18-119, a black Secret Rare, with a standard printing and a gold-foil parallel. The arrangement is the one this game normally uses for guest work: it sits on a parallel of an existing card rather than creating a card of its own.
For a reader who follows illustrators rather than characters, this is the set’s clearest entry point, because a guest credit is easier to attach to a printing than to a character. The two cards are the ones to look for, and what makes them distinguishable is the finish rather than the card number, since both are listed under the same number.
The firsts in this set
| First | Detail |
|---|---|
| Franky’s first Leader | OP18-021, green and purple — the only Leader the publisher has confirmed for the set |
| Gunko’s first printed card | The character has not appeared in the game before this set |
| Shamrock’s first printed card | The character has not appeared in the game before this set |
| Nico Robin’s first Comic Parallel | OP18-031 — the treatment reaches a character it had not previously been applied to |
These matter because each of them extends the index rather than redistributing it. A new Leader adds a colour combination to the game; a first printed card adds a character to the catalogue; a first Comic Parallel adds an entry to the treated layer. None of the three changes how any existing card plays.
How many cards it holds
The second disputed figure is the set’s size, and here the disagreement is between two of the publisher’s own artefacts. The official product page gives 127 types plus 1. The pack mock-up reads 126 plus 1. This page records both, because neither can be preferred on the evidence available and the discrepancy is usually settled only when a full card list is published. What is common to both figures is the trailing single card, which in this game normally denotes a card outside the numbered run.
When the cards can be played
Cards from the set become tournament legal seven days after the regional release. The gap is worth stating because it separates the moment a set can be opened from the moment it can be used, and for those seven days a collector and a player are looking at different things in the same product.
What is not confirmed
The Leader list beyond Franky, the rarity assigned to individual cards, the number of distinct artworks, and the set’s final card count all remain unconfirmed at the time of writing. This page states them as open rather than filling them in, because a name assembled from a single listing reads exactly like a confirmed one once it is written without a label, and the label is the whole value of a page written before release.
Frequently asked questions
When does OP-18 release?
The English release is 2026-11-20, which is fixed. The Japanese release is late November; the publisher’s own account has given 11-22 and retail listings have given 11-28, and this page records both rather than choosing between them.
How many cards are in OP-18?
Two figures are circulating. The official product page gives 127 types plus 1, and the pack mock-up reads 126 plus 1. Both are recorded here rather than resolved, since the discrepancy is normally settled only when a full card list is published.
Who drew the guest artwork in OP-18?
Yoshitaka Amano, whose work appears on two Secret Rare parallels: Loki and Saint Shamrock. Both are recorded under the card number OP18-119, a black Secret Rare, with a standard printing and a gold-foil parallel.
Which Leader is confirmed for OP-18?
Franky, at card OP18-021, in green and purple. It is that character’s first Leader, and at the time of writing it is the only OP-18 Leader the publisher has announced. Five further names are circulating from a single listing and are recorded as reported rather than confirmed.
Can OP-18 cards be played as soon as they release?
Cards from the set become tournament legal seven days after the regional release. That separates the moment a set can be opened from the moment it can be used, and during the interval a collector and a player are looking at different things in the same product.
Sources
Sources and scope
- Bandai, One Piece Card Game official product page and release announcements for the set, its card count and its release dates.
- Bandai’s own account, used for the alternative Japanese release date recorded on this page.
- Retail listings and third-party set coverage, used for the five reported Leader names, the alternative card count and the alternative Japanese dates, and identified as such wherever they are not confirmed by the publisher.
- Scope note: this page records what is confirmed before release and marks everything else as reported. It quotes no price and no pull rate.
Prices quoted are secondary-market observations at the date cited and move quickly; nothing here is a valuation or an investment recommendation.
Related reading
- One Piece Card Illustrators: How Credits Work
- OP-17 Checklist: The Cards We Track
- OP-17 The World’s Strongest Warriors: Every Confirmed Detail
- OP-16 The Time of Battle: The Set, Explained
- Every One Piece Set, in Order
- What Is the One Piece Card Game?
- One Piece Card Set Codes: The Full List
- The One Piece Card Game Index
Where to go next
- The CardSpicy card index — every card we track, with its PSA 10 population and market history (195 cards).
- The illustrator index — every artist behind those cards, card by card (110 artists).
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