The One Piece hype is alive and well. Not only has the series existed for well over 20 years now, but it’s also managed to spawn a fairly popular and influential trading card game too. Fans poured in and leaped at the chance to collect cards featuring some of their favorite characters from the series.

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From characters like Roronoa Zoro to non-canon movie antagonists like Douglas Bullet, the card game features tons of individuals from the franchise in spectacular fashion. It’s no wonder why the TCG gained so much traction over the years and boasts some rather high-value cards. Here are the most valuable cards in its third set, Pillars of Strength.

This list aggregates prices across various marketplaces.

10 Marco (Parallel) - Alternate Art (Near Mint: $50)

Marco OP03-013 Alternate Art

As far as character cards go, Marco the Pheonix’s card is quite possibly the most viable card in the entire set. Despite the moderately high cost to play it, you get your effort rewarded with the efffects this piece carries.

You’ll significantly nerf your opponent’s defense while playing this card. Even after you end up losing this card, you can revive it from the trash and use it on your next turn once it’s rested. With so much going for it, this card might just get banned as some do in other TCGS.

9 Pudding Charlotte (Parallel) - Alternate Art (Near Mint: $50-60)

Charlotte Pudding OP03-112 Alternate Art

Despite not being able to marry and assassinate Sanji Vinsmoke, Pudding had her fair share of responsibilities and roles she upheld during the Whole Cake Island arc. Since she’s somewhat relevant to the story yet again, and her Character card’s effect makes her kind of viable in-game too, she's currently popular enough to warrant her card’s value.

After all, conjuring up a Sanji Character card or someone from the Big Mom Pirates sounds like you’d be able to build up a solid attack. The card’s cost is super low too, so playing it barely slows you down.

8 Rob Lucci (Parallel) - Leader Alternate Art (Near Mint: $60-70)

Rob Lucci OP03-076 Leader Alternate Art

CP-0 member Rob Lucci was once one of Straw Hat Luffy’s biggest adversaries. Thus, his popularity speaks for itself. The suave character design and interesting Zoan powers certainly turned a few heads during the Water Seven and Enies Lobby arc.

Although this Black Leader card is nothing special in terms of how valuable it’d be to keep in your deck, it’s still an arguably aesthetic card that highlights one of One Piece’s best villains.

7 Katakuri Charlotte (Parallel) - Leader Alternate Art (Near Mint: $60-100)

Charlotte Katakuri OP03-099 Leader Alternate Art

The second son of the Charlotte family is not only one of the most popular characters in One Piece but was also a formidable foe for Luffy during the Whole Cake Island Arc. With his Mochi Mochi fruit, he was able to go toe-to-toe with the future pirate king and still managed to almost fight to a draw despite being a Yonkou commander.

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This leader card’s effects aren’t anything special since all it lets you do is partake in Life card rearranging shenanigans with it, but at least you get a 1000 damage buff from that interaction.

6 Katakuri Charlotte (Parallel) - Alternate Art (Near Mint: $60-100)

Charlotte Katakuri OP03-099 Alternate Art

With exceptionally high cost and impressive damage stats, this Character card features a still of the sweet commander during his iconic bout against Straw Hat Luffy in Charlotte Brulee’s mirror dimension.

His performance during that fight was nothing short of impressive, and his ability to mimic and amplify Luffy’s gattling attack made him neigh unstoppable. Hence, it makes sense why his card is so strong. Although the effect this card carries serves to annoy and slow down you or your opponent’s initiative, if anything.

5 Portgas D. Ace (Parallel) - Championship Promo Leader Alternate Art (Near Mint: $80-100)

Portgas D. Ace OP-03-001 Championship Promo Alternate Art

With the Ace championship set, you get a promo Leader card with alternate art for Portgas D. Ace, former captain of the Spade Pirates and Second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates. As the son of the former Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, Ace had a legacy to live up to but suffered a premature death despite his popularity with the fans.

It’s a pretty cool card, with his Mera Mera No Mi on full display and an iconic pose. The card’s rather viable in-game too, since you get a buff for every event or stage card you end up trashing.

4 Nami (Parallel) - Leader Alternate Art (Near Mint: $60-130)

Nami OP03-040 Leader Alternate Art

The Straw Hat’s navigator got herself one of the most broken effects in the game with her Leader card. Instead of losing the game once you run out of cards for your deck, with this card you get to win, much to the chagrin of your opponents.

Not only that, every attack lets you get rid of any annoying or useless cards you spot occupying space at the top of your deck. That opens up chances for you to draw something better in order to dish out some punishment. It's one of those cards that feel unfair to play with against your opponents, like some famous Yu Gi Oh! cards.

3 Monkey D. Luffy - Wanted Alternate Art (Near Mint: $100-130)

Monkey D. Luffy ST-01-012 Wanted Alternate Art

The main character perhaps most responsible for giving the Worst Generation most of its infamy, Monkey D. Luffy is one of the most important characters in the story. He’s also one of the most recognizable characters in all of anime, so it’s no wonder any cool card featuring him would inflate in value.

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This Character card lets you dish out some quick pain the second you play it, even though it may take you a while to gather the Don! cards required to play it. The Rush effect combined with the damage output makes it immensely viable to keep in your deck.

2 Portgas D. Ace (Parallel) - Leader Alternate Art (Near Mint: $130-150)

Portgas D. Ace OP-03-001 Leader Alternate Art

Owing to his popularity prior to this set, Portgas D. Ace gets another high value card in Pillars Of Strength that truly reflects his longevity and likability as a character. This beautiful alternate art card isn’t just aesthetic, but also rather useful in-game.

As a Leader card, the Power and Life stats are fairly balanced coupled with the effect it carries. If you’re looking to unleash a devastating attack, Firefist demands an adequate sacrifice of your Event or Stage cards in exchange for a +1000 damage buff per card.

1 Sogeking (Super Parallel) - Manga Background Alternate Art (Near Mint: $250-300)

Sogeking OP03-122 Manga Alternate Art

God Usopp or Sogeking made a name for himself when he pulled through in Dressrosa, and fans of the series have been riding that hype train ever since. Finally, we have a card that truly represents his true power and capabilities in-game.

This character card has a high Cost but high damage to boot as well. The card’s Effect lets you draw a couple of cards to replace the ones in your hands and returns one of your enemy's characters back to your opponent’s hands. A total game-changer if you’re up against a formidable ensemble.

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