OP-13 Carrying on His Will: The Three Brothers Set Guide

Every card game has its manifesto set — the one that explains why people fall in love with the game. For the One Piece Card Game it's hard to find a better fit than OP-13 Carrying on His Will: the third-anniversary set, built on the manga's most powerful theme — the will that gets inherited — and on the three brothers Luffy, Ace and Sabo. Inside are some of the most hunted cards in the entire game. In this guide: the theme, the Leaders, the brothers' Secrets, the celebratory Specials and how to buy well today, between Japanese boxes and singles.

Key Takeaways

1. The Anniversary Set (and the Will)

OP-13 arrived as the game turned three, and Bandai chose to celebrate with the theme that holds the entire manga together: the will that passes on — from Roger to Luffy, from Ace to his brothers, from past to future. Released in Japan in mid-2025 and in English on November 7, 2025, the set brings 133+1 cards crossed by the flame motif: the graphic element that ties the celebratory cards together and defined the aesthetics of its most prized parallels.

Among the Leaders, two names alone tell the set's scale: Gol D. Roger, the origin of everything, and Imu — the power that crosses history from the shadows. Alpha and omega in the same booster.

2. The Three Brothers: The Secrets That Made the Set

The heart of OP-13 is three numbers every collector of this game knows: OP13-118 Monkey D. Luffy, OP13-119 Portgas D. Ace and OP13-120 Sabo — the three brothers' Secrets, available in base version and in special parallels, up to the ultra-rare "flame" versions (the Red Super Parallels) that embody the anniversary theme. The perfect triptych: three cards, one story.

On Japanese marketplaces the trio's rarest versions sit stably in modern One Piece's top tier, with the Luffy at the summit — and for certified high-grade copies the premium doubles and beyond. If Ace is your character, the full picture of his versions is in our Ace cards guide.

Did You Know?

Inside OP-13 there aren't only cards from the set: among the third-anniversary celebratory Specials there's also the Shanks OP09-004 in gold and silver dress — one of the game's most beloved cards, reprinted for the occasion. A set that celebrates itself by reprinting its own legends.

3. The Celebratory Specials: Gold and Silver Shanks

As an anniversary set, OP-13 includes a selection of dedicated Special Cards: the most iconic is the Shanks OP09-004 reissued in double dress — gold background and silver background — flanked by the Special WANTED Edition and Special Character Edition series. These are the cards that give the set its festive character: outsized treatments, symbol characters, chase-grade print runs.

One honest collecting note: celebratory Specials live on emotional demand — extremely strong on characters like Shanks — and the gold/silver double version creates an internal hierarchy the market prices decisively. Before buying, always verify which of the two you're looking at.

4. The Five Elders

OP-13 is also the set that gave space to the Gorosei: the alt-arts dedicated to the Five Elders — above all Jaygarcia Saturn (OP13-083) and Marcus Mars (OP13-091) — built a small cult following, helped by the five's growing role in the manga's recent story. They're "second tier" rares behaving like chases: contained parallel print runs and demand growing as the final saga advances.

It's the classic corner of a set that rewards manga readers: when a character explodes in the story, their best cards have already been printed — and those who saw them early are grateful.

5. English or Japanese Box?

On OP-13 the question has a sharper answer than usual: it's a set collectors hunt mostly in Japanese — the queries and requests we see in the shop every week are clear — for the combination of first print, production quality and closeness to the celebratory theme. English remains the most liquid choice for the Western market and European tournament play.

The comparison's general criteria — populations, first prints, price dynamics — are in our One Piece English vs Japanese guide: they apply here more than ever.

6. Buying OP-13 Today

A year after release, OP-13 has entered its collection phase: sealed moves on growing scarcity and top singles have consolidated quotes. The usual three roads: sealed box for opening or a long-term position, singles to go straight for the target, certified slabs for the important pieces — on the brothers trio in particular, certification is now the standard of serious trades, as we explain in the graded One Piece cards guide.

Our OP-13 collection gathers what passes through the shop — and for Japanese sealed keep an eye on our Japanese One Piece products, where celebratory-set boxes reappear in waves.

7. Where It Sits in the Game's Line

OP-13 ideally closes the game's first great celebratory era and opens the season that led to OP-16 The Hour of the Decisive Battle and OP-17 The World's Strongest Warriors. Every set's exact place — and which one to start from — is in our complete map of One Piece sets, with the game's foundations in the complete One Piece Card Game guide.

Over the medium term, anniversary sets have a trait the market recognizes: they remain "dates" in the game's history. OP-13 is the third birthday — and birthdays, in collecting, don't get reprinted.

Conclusion

OP-13 Carrying on His Will is the set where the One Piece Card Game celebrated itself with the right theme: inherited will, three brothers in Secret, gold and silver Specials and the Five Elders lying in wait. You now have the collector's picture: what to hunt, in which language, with which checks.

At GS Gameon we've been on OP-13 since day one: ENG and JAP sealed, singles verified card by card, certified slabs of the brothers trio when they pass — and honest advice on when it's worth waiting. The will to collect — that part is yours.

Note: dates, contents and quotes cited reflect information available at publication and may change. Card values depend on condition, demand and the market; past performance does not guarantee future results.