One Piece Romance Dawn (OP-01 ) Booster Pack [English]

Romance Dawn was the very first One Piece TCG booster set, releasing on December 2, 2022. The set’s name comes from the first chapter of One Piece, and its cards span the iconic early arcs. 

Thematic focus: Romance Dawn introduces the Straw Hat crew and their East Blue adventures. It’s a broad introductory set that features many fan-favorite chatracters from the straw hat crew, Shanks and Yamato. It established the game’s four starting colors – Red, Green, Blue, and Purple. Designed to power up the first Starter Decks, it includes cards with artwork from the manga, anime, and original illustrations.

Notable Cards: As the debut set, OP01 included 8 Leader cards, such as Monkey D. Luffy (Red/Green), Roronoa Zoro (Red), Donquixote Doflamingo (Blue), Trafalgar Law (Red/Green), Crocodile (Blue/Purple), Donquixote Doflamingo (Blue), Kaido (Blue/Purple), and King (Purple). These Leaders defined the initial meta. For example, Zoro’s Leader ability gave all your characters +1000 power, making “Red Rush” decks a fast favorite.

Chase Cards: Romance Dawn is famous for its extremely rare “Manga Shanks” card – an alternate-art Secret Rare featuring manga panel artwork of Red-Haired Shanks. This was the game’s first Manga Rare chase card, and at one point copies sold for over $1,000 due to its scarcity and collector demand. Other valuable pulls from OP01 include the Alt-Art Leader cards (especially Luffy and Zoro Leaders, which still fetch high prices as collectibles).

Relevance Today: For competitive play, many OP01 cards remain useful – e.g. Rush Zoro decks still use OP01 Zoro [SR] and Nami [R], and Trafalgar Law Leader decks were meta-defining through the early sets. However, with more print waves and reprints, players can obtain singles without opening pricey boxes. Romance Dawn is great for collectors (being the “base set” with iconic cards and the manga Shanks) and still has some competitive staples, but sealed packs are hard to find. If you’re lucky, grabbing an OP01 pack or box is a thrill, perfect for starting your One Piece TCG journey or hunting that coveted Shanks.

With only one print run initially, Romance Dawn booster boxes have become extremely expensive on the secondary market (often $600+ per box).

Set Composition: 121 card types total (8 Leaders, 45 Commons, 30 Uncommons, 26 Rares, 10 Super Rares, 2 Secrets). Many cards have alternate-art parallel versions for added collectability.

Pack & Box Details: English packs contain 12 cards each, and a booster box has 24 packs. This standard pack/box format applies to all OP-series boosters.