Arceus LV.X DP53 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 120 HP.
Colorless · Level-Up · DP Black Star Promos · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Arceus LV.X DP53 do in a game?
Arceus LV.X DP53 is a Colorless Pokémon card with 120 HP, printed as Level-Up.
Arceus LV.X DP53DP Black Star Promos
Arceus LV.X DP53 performance summary
120 HP · Colorless · Level-Up · retreat 1
Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 4,897 at 120 HP.
Arceus LV.X DP53120 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 260 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Arceus LV.X DP53
- Hit points 120 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Arceus LV.X DP53 at a glance
- What it is. A Colorless Pokémon card with 120 HP printed as Level-Up, printed in DP Black Star Promos.
- What it costs to move. 1 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
- Where it can be played. Unlimited only.
- What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.
How does Arceus LV.X DP53 compare with every other card?
Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.
The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.
This card prints 120 HP, which is 32% of that ceiling.
Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.
17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 120 HP.
Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~70 | 38.6% | 6,669 cards |
| 80~120 — this card | 33.1% | 5,725 cards |
| 130~180 | 15.5% | 2,679 cards |
| 190~230 | 6.6% | 1,148 cards |
| 240~280 | 3.3% | 567 cards |
| 290~330 | 2.4% | 412 cards |
| 340+ | 0.5% | 90 cards |
17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 1 Energy to retreat.
Cards with a retreat cost of 1 typically have 81 HP and print 40 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5.3% | 914 cards |
| 1 — this card | 49.3% | 8,503 cards |
| 2 | 28.6% | 4,926 cards |
| 3 | 12.6% | 2,168 cards |
| 4 | 4.2% | 729 cards |
That is where Arceus LV.X DP53 stands highest on HP — number 9 of 51 cards in DP Black Star Promos. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 120 HP
middle half 60–130 HP
- Lowest to highest printed in the archive
- Middle half of the archive
- This card
Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.
Open the group this card falls into
Back to summaryWhat Arceus LV.X DP53 does without attacking
Arceus LV.X DP53 carries 2 printed effects that work outside the attack step, so they can matter on a turn the card never attacks.
Why this sits apart from the attacks
An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.
What does being a Colorless card do for Arceus LV.X DP53?
Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.
17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Psychic | 13.5% | 2,335 cards |
| Water | 14.1% | 2,435 cards |
| Colorless — this card | 12.6% | 2,173 cards |
| Fire | 9.1% | 1,574 cards |
| Fighting | 10.9% | 1,884 cards |
| Lightning | 8.8% | 1,520 cards |
| Grass | 13.8% | 2,387 cards |
| Metal | 5.4% | 925 cards |
| Darkness | 7.2% | 1,249 cards |
| Dragon | 3.1% | 530 cards |
| Fairy | 1.4% | 237 cards |
What being a Colorless card is worth
No group in the archive most often prints a Colorless weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.
Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Arceus LV.X DP53?
Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.
280
Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX [221]
280
Arceus VSTAR [GG70]
280
Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX [258]
120
Arceus [XY83]
120
Arceus LV.X [DP56]
70
Arceus [AR1]
220
Arceus V [166]
130
Arceus [XY116]
280
Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX [220]
90
Arceus [AR4]
80
Arceus [AR5]
80
Arceus [AR7]
90
Arceus [AR9]
80
Arceus [AR3]
80
Arceus [AR8]
130
Shining Arceus [57]
90
Arceus [AR2]
70
Arceus [AR6]
280
Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX [156]
220
Arceus V [SWSH204]
130
Arceus [XY197]
280
Arceus VSTAR [184]
160
Arceus ◇ [96]
280
Arceus VSTAR [176]
220
Arceus V [165]
280
Arceus VSTAR [SWSH307]
280
Arceus VSTAR [123]
220
Arceus V [SWSH306]
220
Arceus V [122]
32 cards in the archive share this Pokédex number (#493). The badge on each card is its printed HP, the figure under the name is its hardest printed attack, and the name sits under the picture. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
What was printed next to Arceus LV.X DP53 in DP Black Star Promos?
A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.
120
Rayquaza C LV.X [DP47]
Tropical Wind [DP48]
100
Dialga [DP49]
90
Arceus [DP50]
90
Cresselia [DP51]
90
Darkrai [DP52]
Beginning Door [DP54]
Ultimate Zone [DP55]
120
Arceus LV.X [DP56]
These are the cards numbered either side of #DP53 in DP Black Star Promos. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
Which rules apply to Arceus LV.X DP53, and where can it be played?
Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.
The rule printed on this card
“You may have as many of this card in your deck as you like. Put this card onto your Active Arceus. Arceus LV.X can use any attack, Poké-Power, or Poké-Body from its previous level.”
| Clause | What the rulebook says | Cards it applies to | Share of the archive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retreat | Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn). | 17,244 cards | 84.3% |
Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.
| Format | Status | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | Not listed | This card is not listed for this format |
| Expanded | Not listed | This card is not listed for this format |
| Unlimited | Legal | Can be played in this format |
Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.
Where this card can be played
This card is legal in Unlimited play. It was released on May 1, 2007.
Arceus LV.X DP53 in depth — what these figures add up to
Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.
What it asks a deck for
- Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
- It cannot start the game in play — Arceus has to be on the field first.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
Arceus LV.X DP53 card record
| Hit points | 120 HP | Type | Colorless |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retreat cost | 1 Energy | Evolves from | Arceus |
| Card type | Level-Up | Pokédex number | #493 |
| Set | DP Black Star Promos | Card number | DP53 of 56 |
| Series | Diamond & Pearl | Released | May 1, 2007 |
| Rarity | Promo | Illustrator | Shizurow |
| Tournament legality | Unlimited only | ||
| Printed rule | You may have as many of this card in your deck as you like. Put this card onto your Active Arceus. Arceus LV.X can use any attack, Poké-Power, or Poké-Body from its previous level. | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Arceus LV.X DP53 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Arceus LV.X DP53 — frequently asked questions
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Where these card facts come from
Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.
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