What Is OP18 The Dominance of God?
OP18, officially titled The Dominance of God, is the next main booster set for the One Piece Card Game, releasing November 20, 2026 alongside a companion Gift Collection. Bandai unveiled it on an official stream that doubled as a roadmap reveal — covering not just OP18 but the full product lineup for roughly the next six months (see our release date and products guide for the full schedule).
The set brings new alt leader art treatments that reviewers on the reveal stream called the best series of alt leader arts the game has produced — rivaling the original art-face leaders for some fans — plus new mechanics on Franky's cards and a fresh wave of support for the Holy Knights of God / Celestial Dragons archetype via a card called Abyss Pentagram, which discounts playing those types from hand.
The France Leak
OP18's card list circulated online before Bandai's official reveal aired, after someone in France got early access to product and leaked images. Set-review coverage that followed the leak was blunt about the ethics — "they're going to get nuked by Bandai or whatever store sold to them" and "pretty sure they're going to be blacklisted" were typical reactions — while still using the leaked images to get first-impressions coverage out faster than waiting for the official stream.
Practically, this means OP18 had two independent, largely overlapping waves of reveal coverage: the official Bandai stream (cards shown in a curated, hype-building order) and leak-based spoiler coverage (the full list, card-by-card, with less context). Where this page cites a card as hyped or confirmed, it is corroborated across both.
The Best Cards Revealed
Ranked on the consensus across official reveal commentary, independent box-opening reactions, and leak-based set reviews — before anyone has played a competitive event with these cards.
| # | Card | Why It's Here |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Robin | Called "objectively the best card" in the set across multiple independent pieces of coverage — official reveal, box-opening reactions, and leak-based reviews all converge on her as the chase pull. |
| 2 | Shamrock | Strong art and a reputation for being genuinely broken gameplay-wise. One reviewer admitted liking the deck purely for the artwork despite expecting it to be among the set's strongest. |
| 3 | Gunko (Go) | The set's flagship leader by promotional weight — leader alt art, event, crew parallel, Super alt leader art, and SPs. See the section below. |
| 4 | T-Bone Nozzing Ham | An uncommon with a stun-and-draw effect strong enough that reviewers said they didn't understand how it was printed at that rarity. |
| 5 | Spandam | Gets a leader alt art reviewers called undeserved-but-excellent, plus a one-cost card that reveals and activates another CP-type card's trigger from hand — rated as doing "literally everything" for its cost. |
| 6 | The Sleep Tids (trio) | One card across three separate artworks, each taking its own pull slot. Collecting the full set of three from a single box was a notable moment in early box-opening footage. |
| 7 | Zoro (new printing) | A 2-cost, 2,000-power counter card that scales to +3,000 power against big threats and gains rush with a full trash — generated significant discussion the moment it was first revealed. |
| 8 | Franky | New mechanics across the Franky family cards that reviewers on the official stream specifically called out as a highlight, alongside a full set of new leader alt arts. |
Gunko: The Flagship Leader
If there's one leader Bandai is building OP18's metagame around, it's Gunko. Official reveal commentary put it plainly: "she's getting literally everything in the world" — an event, a crew parallel, a Super alt leader art, and SPs on top of the standard leader alt art. That is the full promotional treatment normally reserved for a set's tier-one leader.
Early gameplay testing backs up the hype. Testers running Gunko in the days after reveal rated her deck as competitive straight out of the gate — generally a stronger early signal than usual, since the combination of promotional support and a genuinely strong early read suggests Bandai is deliberately pushing her as a format centerpiece rather than this just being a coincidence of good design.
Other Notable Reveals
- Franky — new mechanics across his family of cards, called out specifically on the reveal stream as a highlight of the set.
- Holy Knights of God / Celestial Dragons support — Abyss Pentagram discounts playing Holy Knights of God or Five Elders-type characters from hand by one cost when your leader is a Celestial Dragon, plus draws a card and trashes two from the top of your deck on play.
- Tom — a 9-cost, 10k-power Water Seven character that sets up to three Dawn as active and locks down an opponent's character, singled out in box-opening footage as "a crazy card."
- Miss All Sunday (Mr. 0) — not a new reveal, but worth flagging alongside Gunko: her leader ability turns KO'd characters into a card-cycling resource, encouraging a go-wide swarm plan rather than protecting individual characters.
Early Deck Impressions
From gameplay testing circulating in the days after reveal, two leaders are drawing the most attention — Miss All Sunday for her swarm plan and card-cycling on KO, and Gunko for both her power level and her promotional weight. Treat both as early reads rather than a settled tier list: OP18 hasn't had a public competitive event yet, and testers themselves have noted that whichever leader feels strongest in the first few days of testing often ends up getting toned down once the format matures.
The honest bottom line: OP18 is unusually well-documented before release thanks to the France leak running alongside the official reveal, and the two sources agree on almost everything — Nico Robin as the chase pull, Gunko as the flagship leader, and Shamrock, Spandam and the Sleep Tids as the set's other headline cards. For release logistics and the six-month roadmap Bandai revealed alongside OP18, see our release date and products guide; for early pull data from the first documented box opening, see our OP18 box opening page.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best card in OP18 The Dominance of God?
Nico Robin is the consensus pick across the official Bandai reveal stream and independent box-opening and set-review coverage — multiple separate sources call it "objectively the best card" in the set. Shamrock and Gunko are the other two cards drawing the loudest reaction.
When does OP18 release?
November 20, 2026, worldwide, alongside a companion Gift Collection. The same date opens the window for local release events, which run through December 17, 2026. Full details in our release date and products guide.
Which leader is getting the most support in OP18?
Gunko (Go). She gets a leader alt art, an event, a crew parallel, a Super alt leader art, and SPs — effectively the full promotional treatment reserved for a set's flagship leader. Early gameplay testers have also rated her deck as competitive out of the gate.
What are the Sleep Tids in OP18?
A single card printed across three separate artworks, each taking up its own pull slot — meaning you are three times as likely to pull a Sleep Tids card than any other specific card at that rarity, just not necessarily the exact art you want. Pulling all three from one box was a notable moment in early box-opening footage.
Was OP18 leaked before the official reveal?
Yes. The set was unofficially leaked by someone in France ahead of Bandai's official stream, and spoiler-tracking coverage had the card list essentially complete before the reveal aired. Several content creators publicly said they didn't condone the leak while still using the leaked images for faster coverage.
Disclaimer: OP18 was unreleased at the time of writing. Card names and effects on this page come from the official Bandai reveal stream, leak-based spoiler coverage, and early box-opening footage, and may be adjusted before general release on November 20, 2026. Rankings reflect pre-release community and creator consensus, not tournament results. This is not financial advice.