The Top 10 Trading Card Games in Japan! One Piece is Taking Over! (Top 10 TCGs)

[@venenders170]

For those wondering the list is #1:Pokemon #2:Yugioh #3:Duel Masters #4:One Piece #5:Weiss Schwartz #6:MTG #7:Battle Spirits #8:Shadowverse Evolve #9:Union Arena #10:Yugioh Rush Duels #11:Cardfight Vanguard #12:Digimon #13:Wixoss #14:Build Divide #15:Rebirthforyou

[@RicePho]

Holy I thought Duel master died YEARS ago cause for the west where I live at it died when the anime was finished.

[@walkersikorski]

Digimon is actually doing much better outside of JP. To the point that they’ve expanded into making a dedicated Chinese version and a dedicated Korean version. They’ve been giving exclusive artwork outside of Japan that they haven’t released in Japan at all. They’re also catching up the non-JP format to a worldwide release format. Tomorrow is the start of their new web novel about the card game (that they’re releasing translated worldwide). There’s a lot to be excited about if you’re a player outside of Japan. The Digimon issues in JP were that Bandai keeps giving them some horrible formats with tier 0 decks that made a lot of people stop playing (and then moving to other Bandai games). Everywhere else gets the ban list that fixes the competitive side. Couple that with Bandai getting very popular IPs for their other games at the same time and players just transition away there. It feels like it’s headed the way Dragon Ball did with Super continuing only outside of Japan and Bandai trying different reboots and formats in Japan.

[@ccggenius]

How much of that exclusive artwork is just censorship? I don't know much, but I do know Sistermon Ciel only exists because Christians got their panties in a twist about Sistermon Noir.

[@walkersikorski]

@@ccggenius None of the specific English Exclusives I'm thinking of are Sistermon related. But they have edited artwork with her and also effects on Gundramon cards

[@twelveolympus]

100%, the game is great and fun, just needs to be well managed

[@B-Man-69]

I hope Digimon gets back to its feet soon. With the intorduction to Ace cards, i do think there are some chance they can spring back to top 10

[@Mattzere]

Praying that Digimon hangs in there. I love it.

[@KozmicPlays]

Union Arena is seeing a big swing up because Bandai listened to community feedback and figured out how to make the boxes worth something with the serial cards and adding signatures (which we are getting from Day 1 in NA). UA is by far one of the biggest comeback stories, if not the biggest, in the last 10 years of the TCG industry. Game is pretty fun once you get past the learning curve of the rules, so curious to see how it will do here. I'm buying a case of every set 😅

[@monkey39128]

Makes me worried about my Weiss collection. 😅 Mind you I'm sure I'll end up collecting both. It's only a matter of time. Every time I think I am out, they pull me back in!!!

[@ccggenius]

Huh... neat. Last I'd heard it was dying on the vine, nice to see they managed a course correction.

[@AniSculpts]

which set are you looking at. from what i see i dont see any sig or numbered for NA sets coming out. another reason is because signed cards are 1 per case in japanese.

[@KozmicPlays]

@@AniSculpts This was confirmed at BCG Fest NA as well as on the distributor pages. If you ask your LGS they will be able to confirm as well

[@ShadowEclipex]

The only thing I see Digimon having over One Piece is potential longevity. Digimon offers it self to have more potential content to be adapted into the TCG than One Piece does. Since one day One Piece's story will end one day and the TCG will start running dry on what they can adapt into TCG sets. Digimon is set up to where it can keep getting spinnoffs as long as Bandai keeps supporting the franchise.

[@jdx478]

If one piece ends, shonen jump will habe enough spin offs also Netflix wants to adapt multiple spinoffs. I cant imagine shonen jump gibe up on One Piece that esrly since there aint any successor yet. Trust in Oda haha

[@ShadowEclipex]

@@jdx478 I do trust in Oda, and Oda has said that he has started the last story ark. So we only have a couple years before One Piece ends.

[@thechangelingdm]

@@ShadowEclipex Read somewhere that it's slated to end roughly around 2028 (can't confirm if Oda himself said this) but it does make sense. It may be the last arc but we still have so much to cover: Egghead (ongoing) Elbaf Marineford 2: Brother Boogaloo Return to Skypeia Mary Geoise God Valley Laughtale And that's just a guesstimate on what places we go to next, we might even have a return to WCI to put down Big Mom or recruit Katakuri. Each of these locations can stretch to half a year if needed. So don't worry about longevity, this is the biggest shonen anime ever made. Even when it ends, spin-offs will be milked until Oda's nipples turn purple.

[@ShadowEclipex]

@@thechangelingdm Dunno about the crew going to New Marineford, WCI, or Skypia agian since Oda doesn't like to repeat locations/plot lines also both of those locations would require the Straw Hats to go backwards to go any of those places. Would be massive and unnessecary detours. And I doubt Katakuri will join the Strawhats sadly (would be cool) but if he did he could pull a Jinbei and just show up to join the crew instead of having to get picked up. What ever the case we probably do have a couple years left of One Piece and lots of content for the TCG to pull from, but the TCG is already kinda catching up.

[@thechangelingdm]

@@ShadowEclipex Doesn't matter if the TCG is catching up, if the Big 3 TCGs can rehash the same planes (MTG), regions (Pokémon) and solitaire mechanics (YGO), then OPTCG can do the same. It doesn't have to strictly follow the timeline. Furthermore, out of all the TCG's Bandai has out right now, the one getting the most support , the best treatment, and the widest event coverage is One Piece. They fumbled DBS so bad they had to turn it into a Final Fantasy XIV situation and rebirth it. And no offense to Digimon (which I prefer over Pokémon) but there have been no locals in any nearby cities where I live here in the Philippines, and most game stores don't even carry the product. They could have an eon's worth of content waiting to be converted into a TCG, but if Bandai mishandles the game or maintains priority with OPTCG, then it'll unfortunately just be a pipe dream. Objectively speaking, I don't see how Digimon can outlast One Piece when both nostalgia and hype combined couldn't even bring it to even half of Pokémon's height in any form of media.

[@legendofphil]

I'm not surprised at the One Piece jump in revenue. The previous year you had OP-01, 02, 03 and ST-01 through to ST-09. In the last financial year that was up to 5 booster sets (04-07 plus EB-01) which had a more than 20% price increase and whilst only 4 starter decks, 2 of them were premium at 3 times the price of a normal set, a budget deck and a normal deck which had a more than 30% price increase. Not to mention the increase in side products like boxes, playmats, sleeves and premium sets. Then you factor in an increase in unit sales. With Union Arena it was out for about a week for the previous year with only three sets, with both of these it'll be the first and second full years that really set the tone.

[@w1-w2-w3]

They are selling OPTCG with lottery system. That is crazy. LOL. It feels like the premium product. If they have a lot of stocks for One Piece, that would be amazing.

[@PdiddytTube]

Wow that seems low for Digimon but I do see it being played less in the US. It is the only game I play. I do hope it doesn't complete stop.

[@regnsloja]

OP might overtake DM temporarily at it's peak, but DM has proven staying power (20+ years). I'm not sure OP will have that same long lasting appeal.

[@TawanSajja9]

How can I buy these cards in a good price? I live in Thailand.

[@ashiqulislam1204]

here's to hoping one piece gets bigger!!

[@Estervanwerven]

So happy to see more Union Arena in one of your video's. I cant wait to give that TCG a shot in English!

[@mrwhite2039]

Does anyone know if Heroes is on the list?

[@guilty_neco]

I really wish duel masters came back but not as a terrible spin off show

[@Momo-ek1xy]

There's a reason there's a there's a truckload of Pokemon cards sitting on every retail stores shelves (USA at least). They over produced mass amounts of cards post Logan Paul era vintage openings thinking they would see similar results with modern cards. The most expensive card of the current set is $70. Yugioh is at a spot where the the rules have gotten so convoluted that even commentators stumble trying to keep track of games. I haven't even seen one piece but I always loved the art. Then I became obsessed with learning the meta. I love it. There's a reason it's sold out everywhere

[@kazuthesamurai7346]

Union Arena is THE trading card game you should be talking about!!

[@WeebInvestments69]

My guess regarding the One Piece/Digimon situation is that there must be a big overlap of players who where playing Digimon earlier and switched to One Piece when it released 🤔 at least that's what I see in Germany

[@theweebsidetv]

Union Arena is so fun just got the english demo decks ordered off ebay

[@davidbelmonte9658]

Hi Wossy one quick question where is Dragon ball card game and fusion world? xd

[@monkey39128]

From what I've heard Japan largely moved on from Dragonball. A lot of it's continued popularity comes from the west. Source: Joey "TheAnimeMan" Bizinger.

[@KozmicPlays]

DBS masters wasn’t launched in Japan and Fusion World isnt included here because its last years sales data. FW will be on the report next year

[@tyktktuk]

can you write me the top ten pls

[@luapual]

I tried finding NIKKE Union arena cards in Japan.. SOLD OUT in the entire country. Impossible to find even for resale lol

[@ericv5435]

One piece and union arena are the best tcgs on this list.

[@akojulius3777]

Japanese CG like Duel Masters and Battle Spirits had an audience and came to the west but companies like wotc took care of them and destroyed them. They where afraid that Duel Master will get more popular than their M:TG.

[@AniSculpts]

the only reason union arena got so big is because they started doing signed and numbered cards which makes people want to collect them. before they didnt have signed or number cards and it was just for the game. now they just copy weiss lol. also they havent reprint any of their previous sets so high demand and low supply. on top of that a bunch of streamers and rip and shippers hopped onto the train.

[@pattiimeltzz]

Honestly if Bandai would print one piece like Pokémon It would deff compete with it, it would destroy the collector part for one piece but deff would hit top 2 if not top 1.

[@monkey39128]

I doubt it. Pokémon is a behemoth. Taking them down would take decades of gradual change.

[@pattiimeltzz]

@@monkey39128 true it might take a little bit but the card game for one piece is way easier to play and understand/ art works are extremely better than Pokémon no comparison. One piece has a better story that ties into the card game to give it more meaning. I feel like Pokémon just on top cause of the younger group that follows on top of it just being known as “Pokémon”. I’m not a big player tho so just opinion. But the numbers could show they only reason one piece is capped at those numbers is because there isn’t any product to sell more off. Hence why I say if they printed like Pokémon they could reach it. Possibly

[@w1-w2-w3]

@@monkey39128 He said Top 2. Pokemon is just way too big in the collector market. And Pokemon has been for the long time, so I don't see One Piece will compete with Pokemon anytime soon. Maybe need to wait for next 5 or 10 years. Bandai also need to increase the stocks for One Piece because it is out of stock all the time 🥲.

[@Shadowcr3st]

I’m a collector first and player second and I say print them to oblivion. Everyone should have access to the cards they need in their collection and decks without needing to take out a second mortgage. The only people that will be hurt by printing to demand are scalpers and those who treats card games as stocks.

[@njtpro]

op #1 ❤

[@nathanho6790]

oda better be rolling in cash bandai better have cut him a good deal

[@DGsynchroman]

Duel masters did get a reboot... it was still a flop called Kaijudo

[@magnainsomnia]

FF TCG should be on the list 😢

[@garethpowell9665]

Final fantasy?

[@Trujones]

Thats still a thing?

[@Truth78954]

Duel Masters is so good

[@r_valkyrie7635]

Why do people still play Yugioh?

[@calebross8174]

I know right!!! Like back in the day it was simple and awesome! Now a days it’s so complicated and so many words on a single card.

[@imtrippedout]

Combos and support cards.

[@monkey39128]

It's mentally challenging.

[@RaveDX]

That's like asking why do people still play Magic. The game is solid, and doesn't need an IP to carry it like One Piece a and its bland gameplay, imo.

[@AvianTCG]

@@calebross8174plus a 1000 dollar investment in order to have a competitive chance in the TCG.

[@gigiizzy5651]

To be honest, i'm not a big fan of the One Piece IP . But even for those who are, there's just a limit to how many same looking characters a game can have. Pokemon has an unlimitee amount of creatures. While one oiece repritns luffy for the millionth time.

[@Pokepanther15]

What are you talking about? Theres like 500 cards of every pokemon? How many charizards are there?

[@JD_YANG]

@@Pokepanther15 One Piece is ongoing. Pokémon is really unrelevent right now. Ever since Ash is no longer, OG peeps don’t even watch no more.

[@monkey39128]

@@JD_YANG That's absolute nonsense. 😂😂

[@monkey39128]

To be fair there's a lot of OP characters. It'll be a while before it gets stale.

[@pickelsmagge]

How many Pikachu's are there? Sure Pokemon has a million characters but only the really popular ones are on the top xDD no one is shilling out for a rare copy of a Weedle card lol. Meanwhile Op has waifu cards. Very collectable

[@RaveDX]

I believe OPtcg is being carried by it's IP completely, especially in Japan. Imo, the actual gameplay is a bit too straightforward and a little bland, from my experience and what some OnePiece players say. But maybe that'll change in later sets.

[@rockpaperchainsaw5274]

You should play the game more. It really is not as linear as you think, due to all of the resource management you need to do regarding Don and counters you need to be aware of in your hand. It's a good game -- not my favorite, but there's a reason why it is selling extremely well. If IP alone was the reason a game would sell well, then Union Arena and Dragonball would be right next to OP. But they are not.

[@D_Zolbie]

Union Arena not just "back from the death". It increase it's marketing budget and get more people aware of it existence and their world championship earlier this year solidify that Bandai takes this game seriously, especially it already have it ban and restrict list. The hard part is it's not as profitable as One Piece as Flagship card can be sell around while Union Arena Struggle Battle Card only priced 1/10 of the Flagship top 5. Lack of care of the community also burn people up, especially community in my country, Indonesia. We had to support ourselves to make sure the community not dead as more "enticing" titles comes to the game. Don't forget the Booster Pack price for One Piece and Union Arena basically the same in my country due to currency. Why play non profitable game then ? But personally speaking, ya i also love Union Arena and i wish Madoka Magica comes ASAP. But, they need to take special care for this title if they want to keep the sales high / people keep coming to play which actually they already plan one event to revitalize it

[@teflondon5619]

One piece>Pokemon>Dragonball FW>Yugioh

[@rumanpal5634]

Keep dreaming Pokemon always>>>>>one piece at every aspect

[@teflondon5619]

@@rumanpal5634 Opinionated, not set in stone lol don’t get hyped now😂

[@rumanpal5634]

@@teflondon5619 aslo sometimes people should know their limits and don't compare something with uncomparable

[@rumanpal5634]

@@teflondon5619 op has only net worth of 21 billion dollar comparing with the biggest anime franchise of all time 😂😂😂😂

[@teflondon5619]

@@rumanpal5634 I like the One Piece card game better. Not saying it IS better but that I like it better

[@FaytTheXpert]

Dont Know What all peolple have with one piece the game is just boring Its only the one piece art Work

[@pickelsmagge]

Artwork is very important. Most of the mtg cards and Pokemon cards look bland. One piece art styles are really carrying the game. Makes it super collectable.

[@FaytTheXpert]

@@pickelsmagge Yeah but the game Play is garbage thats why i dont Like IT

[@fkjfkrmrk]

who cares no one here is from japan