OP09-118 Roger & OP09-119 Luffy Manga Rares: What Every Variant Is Worth

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OP09 Manga Rares — Roger & Luffy, every variant priced

Roger Manga (OP09-118)

raw ~$4,000 · PSA10 ~$6,900

Luffy Manga (OP09-119)

raw ~$1,400 · PSA10 ~$5,000

OP09-118 WANTED poster

raw ~$190

Base / alt-arts

~$11–95

Verdict — OP09-118 and OP09-119 are each several cards under one number — from ~$11 base prints up to the ~$4,000 Roger Manga Rare. Match the exact treatment before you buy or sell; the number alone tells you nothing.

tcgintel.appeBay last-sold, per variant · not financial advice

The short answer: the two headline cards of OP09 Emperors in the New World — Gol D. Roger (OP09-118) and Monkey D. Luffy (OP09-119) — each exist in four to five distinct printings under one serial. The comic-panel Manga Rares are the crown-jewel chase cards (Roger ~$4,000 raw / ~$6,900 PSA 10, Luffy ~$1,400 raw / ~$5,000 PSA 10), while the base prints trade for ~$11–30 and the alt-arts and the "WANTED" poster sit in between. Anyone pricing "OP09-118" or "OP09-119" off a single number is almost certainly wrong. Here's every variant, priced on real eBay sold comps.

This is independent analysis of physical collectibles — not financial advice. Prices are variant-matched eBay last-sold estimates, not live quotes.

Gol D. Roger (OP09-118) — every variant

The Roger Manga Rare is one of the most valuable cards in the game — a comic-panel parallel of the Pirate King, on a very low pull rate from an out-of-print set. Note the wide raw range ($2,460–$5,500) and beware $20,000+ outlier listings that don't reflect the real market.

Monkey D. Luffy (OP09-119) — every variant

The Luffy Manga Rare is the most liquid manga rare in the game — a genuinely deep sold history, unusual at four figures. On the game's most-collected character, from a landmark set.

Why these could keep appreciating — and what would prove us wrong

The bull case is not "they're scarce, so they go up." Scarcity alone doesn't set a price — liquidity and collector preference matter just as much. Here's the grounded version:

• Fixed, scarce supply. Manga rares have very low pull rates, and OP09 Emperors in the New World is out of print. Low pack counts create natural scarcity that has historically protected these cards from sharp drops. Effective supply can't meaningfully grow — unless grading expands it (see risks).
• Genuine liquidity, not a thin market. This is the part most guides miss. A four-figure card is only "worth" its last sale if buyers keep showing up. Both of these clear a real volume — we counted roughly 20 raw Luffy sales and ~19 raw Roger sales in a recent window on eBay alone. Deep sold history at four figures is unusual and is itself a bullish signal.
• Flagship-character demand. These are the Pirate King and the protagonist — the top of the collector hierarchy. The thesis is really that they're competing to become permanent grail pieces in the ecosystem, which iconic characters do and side characters don't.

So, framed honestly and falsifiably: continued appreciation depends on four conditions staying true — (1) no meaningful increase in effective supply, (2) sustained collector demand for these flagship characters, (3) continued health of the One Piece TCG ecosystem, and (4) liquidity remaining sufficient at current price levels. If any of the four breaks, the thesis breaks.

The honest risks:

• A One Piece "bubble." Speculative money (the flippers who cycled through Pokémon and MTG) is in this market; sentiment-driven rallies correct fast, and thin four-figure markets exaggerate both rallies and crashes.
• PSA 10 population expansion. If the print quality is good, the graded-10 supply can grow for years as people submit old raw copies — which quietly lifts effective supply and can cap the ceiling even while the card stays "scarce."
• The grading gamble. A PSA 9 trades far below a 10, so the raw→PSA 10 premium only pays on a gem.
• Momentum is not a thesis. Recent sold prices trend up, but one stretch of momentum says little about the long run — always anchor to whether the four conditions above still hold, not to the last hot sale.

(This section was pressure-tested against multiple market sources and a second AI review to keep it grounded rather than hype — the four-condition frame is deliberately falsifiable.)

Why the number is meaningless on its own

Both serials span from ~$11 to four (and, graded, five) figures entirely on treatment — same character, same base pose. A listing that just says "OP09-119 Luffy" could be an $11 base card or a $5,000 graded manga rare. The disambiguators:

• Comic panels in the art = the Manga Rare (four figures). This is the one that matters.
• A "WANTED / DEAD OR ALIVE" poster = the OP09-118 special print (~$190).
• An anniversary logo = the OP09-119 Anniversary print.
• Grade = the manga rares' value concentrates in PSA 10; a PSA 9 trades far lower, so grading is a real gamble.

How to tell them apart before you buy

1. Look for comic/manga panels. That's the Manga Rare — Roger ~$4,000, Luffy ~$1,400 raw. Everything else on the number is a fraction of that.
2. Check for a wanted poster or anniversary logo — those are the special OP09-118 and OP09-119 prints, priced separately.
3. Match the grade. Raw vs PSA 10 roughly triples-to-doubles the manga rares; only a gem grade pays the premium.
4. Screen the comps. Both cards show wild outliers ($20k+ "PSA 10" listings, sub-$1,000 mislabelled 9s) — anchor to the real cluster, not the extremes.

Every price here is matched to a specific variant and grade — the only way to price OP09-118 or OP09-119 correctly.