One Piece cards pre-grade high: across 312 One Piece TCG cards checked on TCGAI.PRO between December 2025 and October 2026, the average TCGAI Score was 9.29 and 36.5% scored a perfect 10. Pokémon cards checked in the same period averaged 8.22, with 17.1% at 10. The gap between One Piece sets is large too: from 63.3% of 10s in A Fist of Divine Speed to 34.4% in Two Legends. Here is the data, what it does and does not tell you, and what to check on your own cards before paying a grading fee.
One Piece scores by set
Every One Piece set with at least 30 cards pre-graded on TCGAI.PRO, ordered by the share of cards that scored a 10. Each set name links to its own page with the best-scoring cards.
| Set | Cards | Average | Scored 10 | Below 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Fist of Divine Speed | 30 | 9.58 | 63.3% | 0.0% |
| Awakening of the New Era | 71 | 9.51 | 54.9% | 2.8% |
| 500 Years in the Future | 36 | 9.39 | 47.2% | 0.0% |
| Emperors in the New World | 55 | 9.48 | 45.5% | 0.0% |
| Carrying on His Will | 48 | 9.18 | 43.8% | 4.2% |
| The Azure Sea's Seven | 35 | 9.39 | 37.1% | 0.0% |
| Two Legends | 32 | 9.22 | 34.4% | 0.0% |
Two things stand out. First, almost no One Piece card in these sets scored below 7: serious damage is rare, so the question for most One Piece cards is not "is it damaged?" but "is it a 10 or a 9?". Second, even in the best set, more than a third of the cards did not reach a 10. A small centering shift or one soft corner is enough to drop a card a full point, and that point is usually where most of the graded value sits.
One Piece compared with Pokémon
The same AI and the same rules were applied to both games. One Piece cards averaged 9.29 against 8.22 for Pokémon, and scored a 10 about twice as often (36.5% against 17.1%). The difference is not only vintage Pokémon pulling the average down: some recent Pokémon sets also score far below One Piece, such as Ascended Heroes (4.8% of 10s from 83 cards) and Perfect Order (2.7% from 37 cards). For comparison, not one of the 76 Pokémon Base Set cards scored a 10 (see the Card Grading Trap Index).
We cannot say from this data why One Piece scores higher. Card stock and print quality may play a part, but so do the cards people choose to check: collectors tend to upload their best pulls, often straight from the pack. Treat these figures as a picture of the cards checked on TCGAI.PRO, not as a statement about every One Piece card printed.
What to check on a One Piece card before grading
- Centering, front and back. On a card that is otherwise clean, centering is often the only thing between a 9 and a 10. Look at the border widths on opposite sides: if one side is clearly wider than the other, a 10 is unlikely however sharp the corners are.
- Corners and edges. Small white specks on the corners or along the edges show most on dark borders and dark backs. One soft corner is enough to cap the grade.
- Surface on foil and textured cards. Alternate art, manga and Special Art cards have printed textures that can look like scratches in a photo. A real scratch catches the light differently from the print around it and crosses the printed pattern. TCGAI.PRO gives surface marks a second, focused check to tell the two apart before they count against the score.
- Print lines. Faint lines across the foil come from printing, not handling, but graders still count them. Tilt the card under a light to see them.
Photos make a difference: take the card out of the sleeve, use soft light without glare and keep the whole card in the frame, straight on. Our guide on how to photograph cards for grading covers the details.
Is it worth grading a One Piece card?
Grading pays when the graded value of the grade you can realistically get is well above the raw value plus the fee and shipping. For most One Piece commons and uncommons it does not. For Leaders and Characters in alternate art, manga or Special Art versions, a top grade can be worth several times the raw price, which is exactly where a 9 instead of a 10 matters most. Compare recent sold prices for the raw card and for each grade before you decide; every TCGAI.PRO result shows raw and graded price references with their sources.
A practical approach: pre-grade your best pulls, send only the ones with a TCGAI Score of 9.5 or more and a clean centering reading, and keep the rest raw. The One Piece pre-grading page explains what the AI checks on One Piece cards.
About these figures
The TCGAI Score is an AI estimate made from photos, not an official grade, and third-party grades may differ. TCGAI.PRO is not affiliated with any grading company. The figures include every non-test grading of a One Piece card from December 2025 to October 2026; sets with fewer than 30 cards are left out of the table. Older gradings that were filed without a game name are counted by set name, so the game total may still undercount One Piece slightly. How each score is built is set out in our methodology.