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  1. 0:00Hello and welcome to OnePiece of
  2. 0:02Insight. In today's video, I will be
  3. 0:04looking at the question of whether
  4. 0:05leader cards are undervalued relative to
  5. 0:07SPs and alt arts. I'll also be going
  6. 0:10through and doing a top 25 tier list of
  7. 0:12my favorite leaders that you can pull in
  8. 0:14a box. And if you stay tuned to the end,
  9. 0:16I'll even be providing a few picks that
  10. 0:18I think are undervalued at their current
  11. 0:19price. So with that, let's jump right
  12. 0:21in. So why are we even asking this
  13. 0:22question? Well, I've been working on an
  14. 0:24analysis for a future video where I look
  15. 0:26at the most popular characters in
  16. 0:28OnePiece and their impact on card
  17. 0:30prices. And I noticed something
  18. 0:31interesting about the leader cards that
  19. 0:33I was looking at that suggested that
  20. 0:35they might be undervalued. So I wanted
  21. 0:36to walk you through that. So first, if
  22. 0:38we look at the average price of an SP
  23. 0:40for what I consider to be the top 12
  24. 0:42characters in OnePiece, the average
  25. 0:43price was $391.
  26. 0:46And the average leader price was $155.
  27. 0:48So now SPs are generally about twice as
  28. 0:51rare as leader cards. And so that
  29. 0:53brought us a 2.5x
  30. 0:55multiplier for SP. So SPs were two and a
  31. 0:58half times more expensive than the
  32. 0:59average leader card. That totally tracks
  33. 1:01with rarity. And you know, given the
  34. 1:03fact that SPs are typically better art,
  35. 1:05you know, slightly more popular styles,
  36. 1:08that made a total sense to me.
  37. 1:10But what I realized is that if you
  38. 1:12actually compared apples to apples
  39. 1:15and you took out the leader cards that
  40. 1:17were in sets where there were no SPs and
  41. 1:19just looked at the leader cards that it
  42. 1:21were printed in sets where there were
  43. 1:23also SPs, you saw a gigantic difference
  44. 1:26in price. And so
  45. 1:28in the sets where there are no SPs, the
  46. 1:30average leader price was $460
  47. 1:33because that ends up being one of the
  48. 1:34biggest chases because there are no SPs
  49. 1:36to chase. Whereas in the sets that have
  50. 1:38SPs, the average leader price was only
  51. 1:40$58, which I thought was really
  52. 1:42interesting. So if we compare the $58
  53. 1:46price to the average price of an SP,
  54. 1:48what does that look like? So now we
  55. 1:51again have SPs that have a rarity that's
  56. 1:53about 2x typically
  57. 1:56what a leader is. It varies from set to
  58. 1:57set depending on the number. But now we
  59. 1:59have a price that's 7x.
  60. 2:02Which
  61. 2:03I'm not
  62. 2:04sure is justified. I'm not sure that it
  63. 2:07isn't justified, but I think it's worth
  64. 2:08exploring whether or not particularly
  65. 2:10the leader cards that are in the sets
  66. 2:13where SPs have been printed are
  67. 2:15undervalued because they're no longer
  68. 2:16considered top chases in those sets. To
  69. 2:19better understand the dynamic here, I
  70. 2:20also wanted to look at all sorts. So
  71. 2:22when we look at that, the average price
  72. 2:23of an alt art is $42
  73. 2:26for these 12 top characters.
  74. 2:29Leaders are about 1.4 times more rare
  75. 2:31than the alt arts, and the price was 1.4
  76. 2:33times more than the alt art. So that
  77. 2:36actually seems to be exactly right from
  78. 2:38what you would expect based on rarity.
  79. 2:40So what's my takeaway from this? So I
  80. 2:43think that we as collectors probably put
  81. 2:46disproportionate value on what is seen
  82. 2:49as the top chase. Essentially that when
  83. 2:52cards are worth more money, they become
  84. 2:55more desirable to us as collectors. And
  85. 2:58so I do think that some of these leader
  86. 2:59cards have sort of fallen to the side as
  87. 3:02like second-tier cards and are no longer
  88. 3:04commanding a premium.
  89. 3:06Should that hold or not?
  90. 3:08I think it's really an open question. I
  91. 3:10tend to think that some of the leader
  92. 3:12cards that we're going to talk about are
  93. 3:13undervalued, whereas other ones I think
  94. 3:16are more fairly valued. Now obviously
  95. 3:18another possible explanation here is
  96. 3:19that SPs are overrated or overpriced. I
  97. 3:22think there's probably some of that
  98. 3:23going on, too. So let's jump into the
  99. 3:25tier list. So for today's tier list,
  100. 3:26we're going to be doing a top 25
  101. 3:28ranking. So instead of doing like S
  102. 3:29tier, A tier, the bars are going to
  103. 3:32indicate what numbers they fall in from
  104. 3:331 to 25.
  105. 3:35Okay, so let's start off with an easy
  106. 3:36one. The OP01 Luffy leader has to be in
  107. 3:40the top five leaders of all time that
  108. 3:42you can pull out of a box. It's OP01.
  109. 3:45It's one of the most iconic images of
  110. 3:46Luffy. This one did not require a second
  111. 3:48thought. Same thing with the Zoro here.
  112. 3:51I think that we've actually been under
  113. 3:52rating this Zoro art a little bit. This
  114. 3:54is such an iconic Zoro grumpy face that
  115. 3:58I'm kind of surprised that it isn't
  116. 4:00more. You know, I'm not prepared to call
  117. 4:02it under valued per se, but I'm a little
  118. 4:04bit surprised that it doesn't have more
  119. 4:06hype associated with it. So, we're going
  120. 4:08to go ahead and also put that one in the
  121. 4:10top five.
  122. 4:11Okay, Doflamingo here is a little bit
  123. 4:13more complicated because, you know, OP01
  124. 4:16leaders are currently worth a lot. Part
  125. 4:18of the reason that I think those cards
  126. 4:19are worth a lot is because there weren't
  127. 4:21other chases really in the set except
  128. 4:23for the manga. And so, that raised all
  129. 4:26of their values even if they're not as
  130. 4:27popular characters. I do think that
  131. 4:29Doflamingo is probably the most popular
  132. 4:31villain of the OP01 leaders. And so, for
  133. 4:33that reason, uh he deserves some respect
  134. 4:36there, but I don't like him as much as
  135. 4:37some other cards. So, I think we're
  136. 4:38going to put him in the 11 to 15 range.
  137. 4:41Crocodile is another one where, you
  138. 4:43know, if you're a long-time fan of One
  139. 4:45Piece, he's probably not your favorite
  140. 4:47villain. But what I will say for
  141. 4:49Crocodile is we know he's going to be a
  142. 4:51central part of live action season 3
  143. 4:54when it comes out next year and he
  144. 4:55already made an appearance in live
  145. 4:57action season 2. This is a character
  146. 4:59that I think that if you've been
  147. 5:00introduced to One Piece primarily
  148. 5:02through the live action, that you may
  149. 5:04see as being more prominent than he is
  150. 5:06if you're introduced to him through the
  151. 5:08anime or through the manga. And so, for
  152. 5:10that reason, I like him better than I
  153. 5:12like a lot of the other um
  154. 5:14OP01 leaders. So, we're going to put him
  155. 5:16in the 16 through 20 range.
  156. 5:19The Law here is interesting. And while I
  157. 5:22really, really like Law, um I am
  158. 5:24surprised that he's like only $100
  159. 5:27cheaper than the Zoro. So, again, I
  160. 5:30don't know if that means that the Law is
  161. 5:31overpriced or the Zoro is under priced.
  162. 5:34I tend to lean more on the side that the
  163. 5:36Zoro is under priced. Um but I do think
  164. 5:38that this is a a really cool card. One
  165. 5:40of the things that's interesting about
  166. 5:42these leader cards is that how playable
  167. 5:44the leaders were do seem to have some
  168. 5:46effect uh on the value of the cards even
  169. 5:49when people aren't necessarily playing
  170. 5:51them anymore. Like this law card was
  171. 5:53very playable for a time. The Zoro was
  172. 5:55also playable for a time. And so for all
  173. 5:58of those reasons, I wonder, you know, if
  174. 6:00some of that value is sort of stuck to
  175. 6:02the card because it's part of the
  176. 6:04historical pricing. Not sure there, but
  177. 6:06because the leaders are so play-focused,
  178. 6:08I think it probably has more of an
  179. 6:09effect than some of the other chase
  180. 6:11cards. Let's talk about Odin. So I like
  181. 6:15Odin.
  182. 6:16I don't think most people know who Odin
  183. 6:17is. I don't think most people are going
  184. 6:18to care. He's in the top 25 for me
  185. 6:21because he is an OP01 leader and so that
  186. 6:23makes him more desirable than a lot of
  187. 6:24other leader categories, but we're going
  188. 6:26to put him in 21 through 25.
  189. 6:29Same thing with Kaido here. Odin
  190. 6:30deserves to be next to Kaido given their
  191. 6:32place in the story arc. I don't think
  192. 6:34that the average consumer is
  193. 6:35particularly aware of either of them, so
  194. 6:37we'll just go ahead and stick them
  195. 6:39together in the 21 through 25 range.
  196. 6:41Next up, we have OP02 and we have the
  197. 6:44Whitebeard from OP02. I actually think
  198. 6:46this image is pretty iconic. I think the
  199. 6:49mustache is just really memorable. Like
  200. 6:51it's just a really cool piece of art in
  201. 6:53my opinion. It's from an older set.
  202. 6:56Whitebeard is reasonably popular. So I'm
  203. 6:59going to put it in the 6 through 10
  204. 7:01range along with law at least for now.
  205. 7:03We may rearrange some of these at the
  206. 7:04end if it doesn't feel right, but for me
  207. 7:07he feels kind of right with law in that
  208. 7:10category. Next up after that, we have
  209. 7:12Garp
  210. 7:13who I think is a reasonably popular
  211. 7:15character and again, if your exposure is
  212. 7:17primarily through the live action,
  213. 7:20we're going to see more of him. It's
  214. 7:22OP02, so it's not as iconic, but again,
  215. 7:24OP02 didn't have any SPs. So this is
  216. 7:27another set where the leader prices are
  217. 7:28propped up by the lack of other chase
  218. 7:30cards beyond the manga.
  219. 7:32Given all that, I'm still going to put
  220. 7:33it behind the OP01 Crocodile just
  221. 7:35because I think OP01 is more iconic.
  222. 7:38Next up, we have the Smoker from OP02.
  223. 7:40Now as I've talked about before, Smoker
  224. 7:42featured prominently in season 2 of the
  225. 7:43live action. He's going to be reasonably
  226. 7:46prominent in season 3 of the live
  227. 7:47action. And so, for that reason, I like
  228. 7:49him better than some of the other
  229. 7:51smaller characters uh that we are going
  230. 7:53to get
  231. 7:54um or that we typically get with these
  232. 7:56cards. And so, I'm going to put him just
  233. 7:57behind Garp here
  234. 8:00uh
  235. 8:00in the 16 through 20 range. The OP03
  236. 8:03Nami is one of three entries from OP03,
  237. 8:06which I think had a really interesting
  238. 8:08and distinctive art style for their
  239. 8:10leaders.
  240. 8:11These are some of the leaders that the
  241. 8:13images do the least justice to. So, if
  242. 8:15you haven't seen these in person, I
  243. 8:16definitely recommend you try to find one
  244. 8:18because they are really cool the way
  245. 8:19they do the foiling and the contrast
  246. 8:21between the white and the colors. I'm a
  247. 8:23huge fan of this Nami. Um this is
  248. 8:26actually the most expensive leader card
  249. 8:28that was printed in a set where there
  250. 8:30were also SPs, which I think is really,
  251. 8:32really interesting. So, for all those
  252. 8:34reasons, I'm going to go ahead and put
  253. 8:35this in the top five behind the Zoro.
  254. 8:38Next up from OP03, we have the Ace. Um
  255. 8:41again, you know, I think the the
  256. 8:42contrast of the fire and the white here
  257. 8:44is really good. I think Ace is a
  258. 8:45somewhat popular character. He's going
  259. 8:47to be in live action season 3, so I see
  260. 8:49his stars being on the rise. And for all
  261. 8:51those reasons, I think we're going to go
  262. 8:53ahead and put him in the 11 to 15
  263. 8:55category. Next up, we have Katakuri from
  264. 8:57OP03. The art on this card is really,
  265. 9:00really fun. But, Katakuri is not that
  266. 9:02popular of a character. I would be kind
  267. 9:04of surprised if he becomes a super
  268. 9:05popular character from folks who are
  269. 9:07more casual or new to One Piece. You
  270. 9:09know, part of my logic with some of
  271. 9:11these cards is that if you're just
  272. 9:13getting into One Piece now,
  273. 9:15how long is it going to take you to get
  274. 9:17to some of the later arcs of the story,
  275. 9:19even if you stick with it? So, I think
  276. 9:20that there's way less upside for
  277. 9:22characters that are really interesting,
  278. 9:24but are introduced way later in the show
  279. 9:26than characters that we see earlier in
  280. 9:29the anime or the manga or the live
  281. 9:31action. And so, for that reason,
  282. 9:32Katakuri is going to get knocked down a
  283. 9:34peg, you know, the same with Oden and
  284. 9:36Kaido.
  285. 9:37Uh they come in very late as well.
  286. 9:39But given their place in OP01, I'm going
  287. 9:41to put them ahead of Katakuri. Next up,
  288. 9:43we have a card that I really really
  289. 9:45like, and this is the Vivi from OP04.
  290. 9:48Vivi got some introduction in the live
  291. 9:50action. She's going to be a huge feature
  292. 9:52in live action season 3. I think this
  293. 9:54scene is like one of the most iconic
  294. 9:57scenes in One Piece,
  295. 9:59and it's captured very well on the card.
  296. 10:00I think it's going to be really awesome
  297. 10:02when they make it in live action. So,
  298. 10:04this is the type of card that I think
  299. 10:06that as soon as you see this, it reminds
  300. 10:07you of that scene, and that makes it
  301. 10:09more desirable, even if it's not
  302. 10:11necessarily like Vivi is the most
  303. 10:14popular character. But again, given how
  304. 10:16much she's been featured, like I think
  305. 10:17she is going to be seen by a lot of
  306. 10:19people who've been newly introduced to
  307. 10:20the IP as being sort of a central
  308. 10:22character
  309. 10:23in the story. And so, for that reason,
  310. 10:25I'm going to put her pretty high up
  311. 10:26here. I'm going to put her in the six
  312. 10:29through 10, below the Whitebeard. I
  313. 10:32could even honestly see an argument for
  314. 10:34her being above the Whitebeard. Um, hmm.
  315. 10:37Yeah, maybe let's do that for now.
  316. 10:39Next up, we have the Luffy leader from
  317. 10:41OP05. I don't think that this is the
  318. 10:43most desirable of the Luffy art, but I
  319. 10:46do like the style from OP05. It is OP05,
  320. 10:49which is incredibly popular and very
  321. 10:51expensive, so I don't expect too many
  322. 10:53more of these to be opened. So, for all
  323. 10:54those reasons, I think it belongs on the
  324. 10:56list, but it's not going to be, you
  325. 10:57know, one of our top Luffy's. And so,
  326. 11:00for that reason, I'm going to go ahead
  327. 11:01and put it in the 11 through 15
  328. 11:03category. I'm probably going to put it
  329. 11:05behind the Ace, just because I think the
  330. 11:07Ace is, you know, a little bit more
  331. 11:09unique cuz it's our only Ace card on the
  332. 11:11list. Next up, we have OP06, which I
  333. 11:13actually really like the style of the
  334. 11:15leaders from OP06. This Yamato really
  335. 11:18stands out to me a lot as being a really
  336. 11:20interesting card. I don't know how much
  337. 11:23people are going to care about Yamato.
  338. 11:24You know, we just talked about
  339. 11:25characters who are introduced into the
  340. 11:28property late having less upside for
  341. 11:30popularity with new people who are now
  342. 11:33getting into One Piece. Um, but I just
  343. 11:35think the aesthetic of this card is
  344. 11:36really, really awesome. When I first saw
  345. 11:38it, I did not know who Yamato was, but I
  346. 11:40did resonate with like the more
  347. 11:43traditional Japanese print making style
  348. 11:45of it. And so, for all those reasons, I
  349. 11:47do think it belongs on this list. I am
  350. 11:49going to put it, I think, in the 16
  351. 11:53through 20 range, just behind Smoker.
  352. 11:56Next up, we have Boa from OP07. Now,
  353. 11:59this is kind of interesting because,
  354. 12:01I'll tell you now, that Boa had one of
  355. 12:04the widest gaps between the cost of her
  356. 12:06SP cards and her leader cards.
  357. 12:10And I think part of that is that we
  358. 12:11haven't really seen a Boa leader card
  359. 12:13that has like incredibly desirable art.
  360. 12:15I do think this card is cool, but it is
  361. 12:18less epic than a lot of the Boa SPs,
  362. 12:20which I do think holds it back. So, I do
  363. 12:22like this card, but I'm not sure that
  364. 12:24this is like going to be the Boa leader.
  365. 12:26I think we are going to get a really
  366. 12:27good one at some point that's really
  367. 12:29going to resonate with people. And so,
  368. 12:31for that reason, I think I'm going to
  369. 12:32put this in the 11 through 15.
  370. 12:35Given that it's Boa, I think I'm
  371. 12:36probably going to put it above the Ace.
  372. 12:39Next up, we have Chopper from OP08. Um,
  373. 12:42I also like this style of leader. As you
  374. 12:43can tell, I like the close-up images of
  375. 12:46the characters. I like them because they
  376. 12:48stand out as being different from the
  377. 12:49SPs and the alt arts. I think some of
  378. 12:51these other leaders that look more like
  379. 12:53an SP or look more like an alt art feel
  380. 12:56a little less distinctive. So, I really
  381. 12:58do like this style. I also think that
  382. 13:00the gag about Chopper not knowing how to
  383. 13:01hide is absolutely hilarious. You know,
  384. 13:03they introduced that in the season 2 of
  385. 13:05the live action, so I think other people
  386. 13:06will get the reference. Chopper also,
  387. 13:09while he's gotten some good promo cards,
  388. 13:11he has just not gotten good cards in
  389. 13:15boxes. He got the manga, which is
  390. 13:17awesome, but Chopper has never had an
  391. 13:19SP. I mean, probably the most ridiculous
  392. 13:21thing is that we have four Kid SPs, and
  393. 13:25we have no Chopper SPs. That makes
  394. 13:26absolutely no sense to me. We're
  395. 13:28eventually going to get them, but for
  396. 13:29now, this is like
  397. 13:31one of, if not the best Chopper card
  398. 13:33that you can pull in a box, uh, other
  399. 13:35than like the gold SSP from EB02 and the
  400. 13:37manga Chopper.
  401. 13:39So, for all of those reasons, I'm going
  402. 13:40to rank this pretty highly.
  403. 13:42Uh, I think
  404. 13:46I think I'm going to put it
  405. 13:49in front of the Boa just because I think
  406. 13:51there are so many more interesting Boa
  407. 13:52cards, uh, out there than there are
  408. 13:54Chopper cards currently in boxes. Next
  409. 13:56up, we have the OP09 Luffy. Um, I've
  410. 14:00said before that I think the art on this
  411. 14:02is really iconic. I think that if it was
  412. 14:03an SP, it would be worth a a whole lot
  413. 14:05more money than the $90 it's currently
  414. 14:07going for. And so, for all of those
  415. 14:09reasons, I expect this one to stand the
  416. 14:10test of time, and this one's going to go
  417. 14:12into my top five. Next up, we have
  418. 14:14Robin, and after Chopper, Robin is
  419. 14:16probably the one who the game has done
  420. 14:17the most disservice to in terms of not
  421. 14:19actually giving good cards. And so, for
  422. 14:21that reason, I think this is one of the
  423. 14:23best Robin cards that we've had. I do
  424. 14:25think this pose of her with her hat is
  425. 14:27pretty iconic. Uh, and so, for that
  426. 14:29reason, I'm going to rank this one
  427. 14:30pretty highly. I'm actually going to put
  428. 14:32this one,
  429. 14:33I think, in 6 through 10, behind the
  430. 14:35Law. Um, just because Robin does have a
  431. 14:37big fan base, and there hasn't been a
  432. 14:39lot to feed that fan base. I also think
  433. 14:42that OP09 is going to be an iconic set,
  434. 14:44so I like it for all of those reasons.
  435. 14:46Moving on to OP11, we have the Nami
  436. 14:48leader from OP11. So, I'll be honest,
  437. 14:50this is not my favorite of the Nami
  438. 14:52cards. I strongly prefer the OP03 Nami
  439. 14:54leader to this one, but it is a Nami
  440. 14:57leader, and we only have two, so it's
  441. 14:58probably got to be somewhere on this
  442. 15:00list. So, I'm going to go ahead and slot
  443. 15:01this in behind the Yamato. I just think
  444. 15:03the Yamato is a far more interesting
  445. 15:04looking card than this Nami, even though
  446. 15:06Nami is obviously way more popular than
  447. 15:08Yamato is as a character. Next up, we
  448. 15:10have our actually most expensive leader
  449. 15:13card, and this is the Luffy leader from
  450. 15:15EB02. This one is more expensive because
  451. 15:18it's rarer, but I also think it's a
  452. 15:19really, really awesome pose of Luffy. He
  453. 15:21looks really, really cool in this card.
  454. 15:23And so, for that reason, it's going to
  455. 15:25go in the top five. The question is
  456. 15:26where in the top five does it go?
  457. 15:28I think the OP01 Luffy is the most
  458. 15:31iconic of the leader cards. I think it's
  459. 15:33going to stay the most iconic of the
  460. 15:34leader cards, even the errata'd version.
  461. 15:37I also think that the Zoro leader is
  462. 15:39slightly more iconic. If I think of a
  463. 15:41leader, that's like the number two one
  464. 15:43that I think of. And so, while I really
  465. 15:45like this Luffy card, and I understand
  466. 15:47that it is more expensive, probably
  467. 15:49based on its rarity, I'm going to go
  468. 15:51ahead and slot it in at the number three
  469. 15:52spot.
  470. 15:54Next up, we have the OP03 Luffy. I think
  471. 15:57this is a somewhat generic Luffy leader
  472. 15:59card. I think it's kind of fun. This is
  473. 16:01probably the Luffy that I would rank the
  474. 16:03lowest of any of the cards on this list.
  475. 16:04So, I am going to put this in the 21
  476. 16:07through 25 category. OP03 is a pretty
  477. 16:10iconic set. So, I could see this card
  478. 16:12gaining popularity over time as it
  479. 16:14becomes new, but there's also a lot of
  480. 16:16these out there. So, I think I'm
  481. 16:17probably going to slot this
  482. 16:20>> [snorts]
  483. 16:21>> right in front of the Katakuri. I think
  484. 16:24that the OP01 leaders are probably just
  485. 16:26going to be their own thing, and they're
  486. 16:28going to be desirable just because
  487. 16:29they're OP01, even if the characters
  488. 16:30themselves are not necessarily that
  489. 16:32desirable. Next up, we have the Boa
  490. 16:35leader from OP04. I do think that this
  491. 16:39leader is okay. As I said before, I
  492. 16:42don't think that any of the Boa leaders
  493. 16:43are like amazing, and I think especially
  494. 16:45compared to her SPs, they don't stand
  495. 16:47out very much. Obviously, the price of
  496. 16:49this leader card is affected by, you
  497. 16:51know, its playability. It was high for a
  498. 16:53while because this was like the top meta
  499. 16:55deck. I think this probably goes next to
  500. 16:57the Nami because I think it's probably
  501. 16:59about the same quality of card. I think
  502. 17:01in general, Nami cards are a little bit
  503. 17:02more expensive than Boa cards. So, for
  504. 17:05that reason, I think I'm probably going
  505. 17:06to slot it in here at the 21 spot,
  506. 17:10uh rather than putting it ahead of the
  507. 17:11Nami. But, you know, don't skewer me for
  508. 17:14it. Obviously, if you disagree with it,
  509. 17:15hit me up in the comments, and let me
  510. 17:17know what you think. And our last card
  511. 17:19here is actually the OP 15 Luffy. And
  512. 17:22this is sort of my sleeper card of all
  513. 17:25the leaders that we've seen so far. This
  514. 17:26card's not very expensive at only $60,
  515. 17:29but this is actually I think the only
  516. 17:31Luffy card that we have seen printed in
  517. 17:33a box that contains all of the Straw
  518. 17:36Hats on it. We have the second
  519. 17:37anniversary Luffy leader that has all
  520. 17:39the Straw Hats and we also have the PSA
  521. 17:42promo that has all the Straw Hats. Both
  522. 17:44of those cards are like three to $400
  523. 17:47and this one's only 60.
  524. 17:49Obviously, this is a probably a more
  525. 17:50common card than that, but I do think
  526. 17:52that anything that has all the Straw
  527. 17:53Hats on it is going to do well long term
  528. 17:55and is going to be desirable.
  529. 17:57So, for all of those reasons, this may
  530. 17:59be extremely controversial, but I'm
  531. 18:00going to go ahead and slot this in at
  532. 18:02the number 10 slot. All right, so there
  533. 18:04you have it, your top 25 leader cards,
  534. 18:06at least in my opinion. Let's talk about
  535. 18:08a couple undervalued cards real quick.
  536. 18:10So, first up, I want to talk about the
  537. 18:11Rebecca from OP 15. Rebecca had another
  538. 18:14card in it was OP 04. That card was like
  539. 18:1875, $80 for a while. I think it's down
  540. 18:21to about $50, but you know, at only $19,
  541. 18:24I think the art on this is at least as
  542. 18:26good as the art on that one. Rebecca's
  543. 18:28not the most popular character, but she
  544. 18:30does have her fans. And so, I'm a little
  545. 18:32bit surprised that this card is only
  546. 18:33$19. I don't think it's wildly
  547. 18:36undervalued or going to go to the moon
  548. 18:38or anything, but you know, I think if
  549. 18:39you're looking for a nice card for less
  550. 18:40than 20 bucks, I think this one's pretty
  551. 18:42sweet. Next up, we have the Law from OP
  552. 18:4414. So, you know, Law is a reasonably
  553. 18:47popular character, so only $18 for a
  554. 18:50leader card of his is pretty good.
  555. 18:52Obviously, it's not the most exciting
  556. 18:54art of Law, but it is a pretty
  557. 18:56descriptive piece of artwork. It
  558. 18:58captures him doing what he does. For
  559. 19:00that reason, the fact that it's only
  560. 19:01$18, I feel like it's a little bit
  561. 19:02surprising. You know, again, I don't
  562. 19:04think there's like massive potential for
  563. 19:06this, but I would have expected it to be
  564. 19:07more in like a $30 range probably based
  565. 19:10on where his other cards are. Next up,
  566. 19:12we have a card that I did include on the
  567. 19:13slides because this was actually the
  568. 19:16average priced card for the leader
  569. 19:18cards, but this Zoro from OP12 is
  570. 19:21currently in the, you know, $55 to $58
  571. 19:25range. I know this is not the best Zoro
  572. 19:28card, but I actually think there's a lot
  573. 19:29of things to like about this, right?
  574. 19:31It's Zoro, he's in motion, you have a
  575. 19:33huge Mihawk in the background. I think
  576. 19:35the relationship between Zoro and Mihawk
  577. 19:37is pretty significant. I wouldn't be
  578. 19:38surprised if we get more sort of like
  579. 19:40Zoro Mihawk cards in the future that
  580. 19:43cause people to come back and look at
  581. 19:44this. So,
  582. 19:46basically, for the average price of a
  583. 19:48leader, the fact that it's Zoro and the
  584. 19:50fact that the art is pretty decent, I
  585. 19:52was surprised that this was average as
  586. 19:54opposed to being above average. So, as
  587. 19:56with all the other ones, I don't think
  588. 19:57this is ever going to be a wildly
  589. 19:59expensive card, but Zoro only has two
  590. 20:02leader cards that have currently been
  591. 20:04printed in boxes and one is $550 from
  592. 20:07OP01 and then you have this one for like
  593. 20:09$55 from OP12. Would I be surprised if
  594. 20:11this was like a $75 or an $80 card? That
  595. 20:14would make more sense to me, frankly.
  596. 20:16Next up, we have the Sabo from OP05. So,
  597. 20:19I know Sabo is not like the most popular
  598. 20:21character, but I'm frankly surprised
  599. 20:23that he isn't a little bit more popular
  600. 20:24given that he is a significant
  601. 20:26character, his relationship with Luffy,
  602. 20:28like he's probably only going to become
  603. 20:30more significant. They lightly
  604. 20:32introduced him in the live-action, so we
  605. 20:34may see him earlier than we have in the
  606. 20:36anime or the manga.
  607. 20:38And so, for all those reasons, the fact
  608. 20:39that this card is $15 and it's from
  609. 20:42OP05, one of the most iconic sets, I
  610. 20:45think it captures him really well. I
  611. 20:46think the art is really good. So, you
  612. 20:48know, for 15 bucks, I just feel like
  613. 20:50this is a cool binder card and I'm kind
  614. 20:52of surprised it's not more. And the last
  615. 20:53card I want to talk about is the Odin
  616. 20:55card from EB01.
  617. 20:57Um so, for those who don't know, EB01
  618. 20:59was an incredibly scarce set. I think we
  619. 21:01estimated that there were less than
  620. 21:028,000 cases that were opened. There
  621. 21:05There only, I believe, three leaders in
  622. 21:08that set. So, this card does appear more
  623. 21:11frequently in those boxes than other
  624. 21:13leader cards do appear in boxes for
  625. 21:15their sets. But, because of such a small
  626. 21:17print run, I actually think there's not
  627. 21:18that many of these out there. Unlike the
  628. 21:20other leaders in this set, which are
  629. 21:22kind of underwhelming characters and
  630. 21:23underwhelming art, I actually think the
  631. 21:25art in this one is fantastic. You have a
  632. 21:27bunch of different characters. You have
  633. 21:28like the whole Akazaya Nine crew in
  634. 21:30there.
  635. 21:31Um it's like a ton of motion, it's
  636. 21:33really interesting color. So, I just
  637. 21:34like this card a lot, and I think that
  638. 21:37given how rare it is, likely compared to
  639. 21:40some of the other leaders that we've
  640. 21:41talked about, the fact that it's only
  641. 21:42$40 is a little bit surprising. Again,
  642. 21:45this is not like something that's going
  643. 21:46to go to the moon, but like I wouldn't
  644. 21:48be shocked if it was like a $60 card.
  645. 21:49Obviously, if you enjoyed any of the
  646. 21:51cards that you saw either here or in the
  647. 21:53tier list, I am going to be including
  648. 21:55them in my eBay storefront, so you'll be
  649. 21:57able to quickly find them if you're
  650. 21:59looking for them. Obviously, no pressure
  651. 22:01to buy anything, but I want to keep a
  652. 22:02running list of the cards that I talk
  653. 22:04about so that it's easy for people to
  654. 22:06find even if they end up buying it
  655. 22:07somewhere else. Of course, always do
  656. 22:09your due diligence, not a guarantee that
  657. 22:11eBay has the best price or that the
  658. 22:12listing I posted is going to be the best
  659. 22:14one for you. So, you know, if you buy
  660. 22:17through that, we'll get a commission,
  661. 22:18which is awesome, but if not, I want you
  662. 22:20to get the best deal possible. That's
  663. 22:21all I have for today. As always, I hope
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