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Arceus Pokémon cards — how many are there and what are they worth?

There are 111 Arceus cards on file, 111 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $6.09.

Set · 111 cards · 111 with a price · $0.40 to $448.95 · read August 14, 2026

How much is a Arceus Pokémon card worth?

The typical Arceus card costs $6.09. Across the 111 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $0.40 and the dearest is $448.95 — Gengar LV.X 97, at $448.95. That spread is why the group price is a starting point and not a valuation of any one card.

Card facts are read from openly published card files; prices are read once a day from public marketplace listings into this site's own archive. Figures on this page were read on August 14, 2026.

All setsRarityPrint variantPokédex numberRegulation markEnergy typeArtistEvolution stageCard mechanicAttack costAttack damageRetreat cost

Arceus 111 cardsSet

Arceus price summary

111 with a price · $0.40 to $448.95 · No. 55 of 145 sets by typical price · +129.8% in 11 months · 80 HP on average · weak to Fire

Typical price, last 11 months$6.09+129.8% from $2.65
Card price ladder$448.95$6.98 to $448.95
Place among setsNo. 55CheapestMiddleDearestTypical price $6.09 · No. 55 of 145
90 sets cost less than this one
Cards on file111111 carry a priceMost expensive card$448.95Gengar LV.X 97Cheapest on record$0.40across all 111 priced cardsPrice rose+129.8%over the last 11 monthsPlace by priceNo. 55of 145 sets

What stands out about Arceus cards

  • Scale 111 cards carry this set — 0.5% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
  • Price Half of the priced cards cost under $6.09, but the dearest reaches $448.95 — a gap of 74×.
  • Place By typical price this is No. 55 of 145 sets; 90 of them cost less.
  • Record 111 of the 111 cards have a price on file. The rest are counted but left out of every price figure rather than guessed at.

How 20,444 English cards narrow down to these 111

Full bar = that step's denominator · filled = what carries over
  • English cards on file 20,44420,033 cardsonly cards that record a set remain · 98.0% of 20,444
  • Cards with a set 20,033111 cardsonly Arceus remain · 0.6% of 20,033
  • The 111 cards on this page111 cards0.5% of every English card on file

The middle step counts every card that records a set, including sets too small to have a page of their own. That is why its figure is larger than the totals on the set list, which only counts the groups it can open.

Arceus Pokémon cards at a glance

  • What this group is. 111 cards share the set pl4. A set is the expansion a card was printed in, and every card in the card files this site reads names exactly one. Sorting by set puts each release back together the way it was sold, so a card can be read next to the cards it shared a pack with.
  • What they cost. The typical card is $6.09. Across the 111 priced cards the range runs $0.40 to $448.95.
  • Where it stands. No. 55 of 145 sets by typical price, with 90 of them cheaper.
  • What the cards are like. They average 80 HP and 40 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Fire.
  • What is listed below. The 50 most expensive of the 111 cards that carry a price, each with its own price page. Cards without a price are counted in the total but are not listed.
  • When it was read. Every figure on this page comes from the archive as it stood on August 14, 2026.
Source: Counted from 111 cards on file, 111 of them with a price

Every Arceus card with a price on file

The 50 dearest Arceus cards, each one opening its own price page.
1Gengar LV.X 97 — ArceusMarket $448.95Gengar LV.X [97]2Ponyta SH11 — ArceusMarket $194.77Ponyta [SH11]3Gengar 16 — ArceusMarket $182.65Gengar [16]4Shinx SH12 — ArceusMarket $163.37Shinx [SH12]5Gengar 17 — ArceusMarket $108.49Gengar [17]6Salamence LV.XRare Holo LV.XNo imageArceus98Market $103.95Salamence LV.X [98]7Bagon SH10 — ArceusMarket $100.14Bagon [SH10]8Charizard 1 — ArceusMarket $87.65Charizard [1]9Charmander 59 — ArceusMarket $80.59Charmander [59]10Arceus LV.XRare Holo LV.XNo imageArceus95Market $70.41Arceus LV.X [95]11Arceus AR1 — ArceusMarket $65.06Arceus [AR1]12Arceus AR4 — ArceusMarket $52.17Arceus [AR4]13Arceus LV.XRare Holo LV.XNo imageArceus94Market $49.79Arceus LV.X [94]14Arceus AR5 — ArceusMarket $49.70Arceus [AR5]15Arceus AR7 — ArceusMarket $42.66Arceus [AR7]16Arceus LV.XRare Holo LV.XNo imageArceus96Market $40.34Arceus LV.X [96]17Arceus AR9 — ArceusMarket $39.68Arceus [AR9]18Tangrowth LV.XRare Holo LV.XNo imageArceus99Market $38.29Tangrowth LV.X [99]19Arceus AR3 — ArceusMarket $37.01Arceus [AR3]20Arceus AR8 — ArceusMarket $36.51Arceus [AR8]21Arceus AR2 — ArceusMarket $35.32Arceus [AR2]22Arceus AR6 — ArceusMarket $31.27Arceus [AR6]23Zapdos G 12 — ArceusMarket $31.14Zapdos G [12]24Pikachu 71 — ArceusMarket $29.06Pikachu [71]25Pichu 25 — ArceusMarket $26.57Pichu [25]26Raichu 27 — ArceusMarket $26.10Raichu [27]27Gastly 64 — ArceusMarket $21.98Gastly [64]28Ponyta 46 — ArceusMarket $21.24Ponyta [46]29Treecko 78 — ArceusMarket $21.18Treecko [78]30Haunter 41 — ArceusMarket $20.53Haunter [41]31Kabutops 4 — ArceusMarket $18.38Kabutops [4]32Haunter 42 — ArceusMarket $16.63Haunter [42]33Salamence 8 — ArceusMarket $15.80Salamence [8]34Sceptile 31 — ArceusMarket $15.79Sceptile [31]35Charmeleon 35 — ArceusMarket $14.28Charmeleon [35]36Cherubi 60 — ArceusMarket $13.90Cherubi [60]37Burmy Sandy Cloak 57 — ArceusMarket $12.49Burmy Sandy Cloak [57]38Treecko 79 — ArceusMarket $12.43Treecko [79]39Froslass 2 — ArceusMarket $12.09Froslass [2]40Gastly 36 — ArceusMarket $10.96Gastly [36]41Bagon 52 — ArceusMarket $10.91Bagon [52]42Professor Oak's Visit 90 — ArceusMarket $9.20Professor Oak's Visit [90]43Spiritomb 32 — ArceusMarket $8.90Spiritomb [32]44Porygon-Z G 26 — ArceusMarket $8.07Porygon-Z G [26]45Lopunny 21 — ArceusMarket $7.87Lopunny [21]46Tangela 76 — ArceusMarket $7.79Tangela [76]47Sceptile 30 — ArceusMarket $7.75Sceptile [30]48Electrike 62 — ArceusMarket $7.63Electrike [62]49Cherrim 15 — ArceusMarket $7.36Cherrim [15]50Makuhita 68 — ArceusMarket $6.98Makuhita [68]

The 50 most expensive Arceus cards on file, dearest first. The badge on each card is its market price.

0 of the 111 cards on file carry no published price, so they are counted in every total on this page but are not drawn here rather than shown with a guessed figure.

The grid above runs dearest first. This list runs in printing order — by card number inside the set — so a card can be found the way it sits in a binder rather than by what it costs.

Each row opens that card's own price page.

The same 50 cards in printing orderCard number · name · rarity · market price
Charizard 1 — Arceus price page1Charizard#1 · Rare Holo$87.65FireArceus AR1 — Arceus price page2Arceus#AR1 · Rare$65.06DarknessFroslass 2 — Arceus price page3Froslass#2 · Rare Holo$12.09WaterArceus AR2 — Arceus price page4Arceus#AR2 · Rare$35.32GrassArceus AR3 — Arceus price page5Arceus#AR3 · Rare$37.01FireKabutops 4 — Arceus price page6Kabutops#4 · Rare Holo$18.38FightingArceus AR4 — Arceus price page7Arceus#AR4 · Rare$52.17WaterArceus AR5 — Arceus price page8Arceus#AR5 · Rare$49.70ColorlessArceus AR6 — Arceus price page9Arceus#AR6 · Rare$31.27LightningArceus AR7 — Arceus price page10Arceus#AR7 · Rare$42.66Psychic
Show the rest of the list40 more cards in printing order+40
Salamence 8 — Arceus price page11Salamence#8 · Rare Holo$15.80ColorlessArceus AR8 — Arceus price page12Arceus#AR8 · Rare$36.51FightingArceus AR9 — Arceus price page13Arceus#AR9 · Rare$39.68MetalBagon SH10 — Arceus price page14Bagon#SH10 · Rare$100.14ColorlessPonyta SH11 — Arceus price page15Ponyta#SH11 · Rare$194.77FireZapdos G 12 — Arceus price page16Zapdos G#12 · Rare Holo$31.14LightningShinx SH12 — Arceus price page17Shinx#SH12 · Rare$163.37LightningCherrim 15 — Arceus price page18Cherrim#15 · Rare$7.36GrassGengar 16 — Arceus price page19Gengar#16 · Rare$182.65PsychicGengar 17 — Arceus price page20Gengar#17 · Rare$108.49PsychicLopunny 21 — Arceus price page21Lopunny#21 · Rare$7.87ColorlessPichu 25 — Arceus price page22Pichu#25 · Rare$26.57LightningPorygon-Z G 26 — Arceus price page23Porygon-Z G#26 · Rare$8.07ColorlessRaichu 27 — Arceus price page24Raichu#27 · Rare$26.10LightningSceptile 30 — Arceus price page25Sceptile#30 · Rare$7.75GrassSceptile 31 — Arceus price page26Sceptile#31 · Rare$15.79GrassSpiritomb 32 — Arceus price page27Spiritomb#32 · Rare$8.90DarknessCharmeleon 35 — Arceus price page28Charmeleon#35 · Uncommon$14.28FireGastly 36 — Arceus price page29Gastly#36 · Uncommon$10.96PsychicHaunter 41 — Arceus price page30Haunter#41 · Uncommon$20.53PsychicHaunter 42 — Arceus price page31Haunter#42 · Uncommon$16.63PsychicPonyta 46 — Arceus price page32Ponyta#46 · Uncommon$21.24FireBagon 52 — Arceus price page33Bagon#52 · Common$10.91ColorlessBurmy Sandy Cloak 57 — Arceus price page34Burmy Sandy Cloak#57 · Common$12.49GrassCharmander 59 — Arceus price page35Charmander#59 · Common$80.59FireCherubi 60 — Arceus price page36Cherubi#60 · Common$13.90GrassElectrike 62 — Arceus price page37Electrike#62 · Common$7.63LightningGastly 64 — Arceus price page38Gastly#64 · Common$21.98PsychicMakuhita 68 — Arceus price page39Makuhita#68 · Common$6.98FightingPikachu 71 — Arceus price page40Pikachu#71 · Common$29.06LightningTangela 76 — Arceus price page41Tangela#76 · Common$7.79GrassTreecko 78 — Arceus price page42Treecko#78 · Common$21.18GrassTreecko 79 — Arceus price page43Treecko#79 · Common$12.43GrassProfessor Oak's Visit 90 — Arceus price page44Professor Oak's Visit#90 · Uncommon$9.2045Arceus LV.X#94 · Rare Holo LV.X$49.79Colorless46Arceus LV.X#95 · Rare Holo LV.X$70.41Colorless47Arceus LV.X#96 · Rare Holo LV.X$40.34ColorlessGengar LV.X 97 — Arceus price page48Gengar LV.X#97 · Rare Holo LV.X$448.95Psychic49Salamence LV.X#98 · Rare Holo LV.X$103.95Colorless50Tangrowth LV.X#99 · Rare Holo LV.X$38.29Grass
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Which Arceus cards share a name across several printings?

24 of the 50 cards listed above are reprints of just 8 names. Buying by name alone is how people end up with the wrong printing, because these share a name but not a set, a rarity or a price.

Arceus9 printings · 1 set

Arceus [AR1]Rare · ArceusMarket $65.06Arceus [AR4]Rare · ArceusMarket $52.17Arceus [AR5]Rare · ArceusMarket $49.70Arceus [AR7]Rare · ArceusMarket $42.66Arceus [AR9]Rare · ArceusMarket $39.68Arceus [AR3]Rare · ArceusMarket $37.01Arceus [AR8]Rare · ArceusMarket $36.51Arceus [AR2]Rare · ArceusMarket $35.32Arceus [AR6]Rare · ArceusMarket $31.27

Arceus LV.X3 printings · 1 set

Arceus LV.XRare Holo LV.XNo imageArceus95Arceus LV.X [95]Rare Holo LV.X · ArceusMarket $70.41Arceus LV.XRare Holo LV.XNo imageArceus94Arceus LV.X [94]Rare Holo LV.X · ArceusMarket $49.79Arceus LV.XRare Holo LV.XNo imageArceus96Arceus LV.X [96]Rare Holo LV.X · ArceusMarket $40.34

Ponyta2 printings · 1 set

Ponyta [SH11]Rare · ArceusMarket $194.77Ponyta [46]Uncommon · ArceusMarket $21.24

Gengar2 printings · 1 set

Gengar [16]Rare · ArceusMarket $182.65Gengar [17]Rare · ArceusMarket $108.49

Bagon2 printings · 1 set

Bagon [SH10]Rare · ArceusMarket $100.14Bagon [52]Common · ArceusMarket $10.91

Gastly2 printings · 1 set

Gastly [64]Common · ArceusMarket $21.98Gastly [36]Uncommon · ArceusMarket $10.96

Treecko2 printings · 1 set

Treecko [78]Common · ArceusMarket $21.18Treecko [79]Common · ArceusMarket $12.43

Haunter2 printings · 1 set

Haunter [41]Uncommon · ArceusMarket $20.53Haunter [42]Uncommon · ArceusMarket $16.63
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Are Arceus Pokémon cards going up in value?

This is the middle price of the whole set on each reading day, so it answers the question for Arceus as a set rather than for one card.

What one Arceus card cost over the readings on file

Middle price of one card · 13 readings · latest $6.09
Sep 12, 2025Middle price of one card$2.65Aug 14, 2026Middle price of one card$6.09From start+129.8%From previous+7.6%
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Every point is a reading taken on that date, joined without smoothing. Cards that carry no price are left out of every point rather than counted as zero.
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How Arceus Pokémon card prices are spread

One number cannot describe a set whose cards run from pocket change to several hundred dollars. These points and the two ends below show the shape of it.

An average hides the shape of a set. These points say where the money actually sits among Arceus cards.

A typical Arceus card$6.09medianThat is 1.4% of the dearest single card at $448.95. "Arceus cards are expensive" is a story about one card.
The cheapest Arceus card$0.40Arceus #72That is 6.6% of the typical price, so this set has cards you can buy for pocket change.
One in four costs less than this$2.96lower quarterA quarter of the priced cards sit under $2.96.
One in ten costs more than this$52.17upper tenthThat is 8.6× the typical price. This bar is the longest one here, and the tiles above are measured against it.

The two ends of that spread are both Arceus cards. Put side by side, they show what you are actually paying for.

Dearest on fileGengar LV.XArceus #97One card carries the reputation of the whole set at $448.95.
1,122 times apartBoth were opened out of the same packs.
A quarter of the set costs under $2.96.
111 of the 111 cards carry a price at all.
Cheapest on filePonytaArceus #72The same set, in print, for $0.40.
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What Arceus Pokémon cards are made of, and which of them hold the value

Arceus prints 5 rarities across its 111 cards, and the biggest of them is Common with 33 cards.
5rarities printed
Common33 · 29.7%Rare32 · 28.8%Uncommon28 · 25.2%Rare Holo12 · 10.8%Rare Holo LV.X6 · 5.4%

The rarities printed in Arceus, counted across all 111 cards on file.

Every rarity in Arceus, most printed first
Common29.7%$4.71 typical33 cards
Rare28.8%$20.95 typical32 cards
Uncommon25.2%$2.32 typical28 cards
Rare Holo10.8%$6.04 typical12 cards
Rare Holo LV.X5.4%$60.10 typical6 cards

Each bar is measured against the biggest rarity, Common with 33 cards, so the bars compare the rarities with one another. The percentage on each row is that rarity's share of all 111 cards.

The price on each row is the middle price inside that rarity, not the price of any single card.

Every rarity in Arceus, most printed first
GroupShareValue
Common29.7%33 cards
Rare28.8%32 cards
Uncommon25.2%28 cards
Rare Holo10.8%12 cards
Rare Holo LV.X5.4%6 cards
9energy types
Grass19 · 17.1%Colorless14 · 12.6%Fighting13 · 11.7%Lightning13 · 11.7%Psychic11 · 9.9%Fire10 · 9.0%The rest31 · 27.9%

The energy types printed in Arceus. 99 of the 111 cards carry a type; the rest are cards with no energy type printed on them.

Every energy type in Arceus, most printed first
Grass17.1%$7.36 typical19 cards
Colorless12.6%$13.36 typical14 cards
Fighting11.7%$5.64 typical13 cards
Lightning11.7%$7.63 typical13 cards
Psychic9.9%$20.53 typical11 cards
Fire9.0%$17.76 typical10 cards
Water9.0%$4.14 typical10 cards
Metal6.3%$2.62 typical7 cards
Darkness1.8%2 cards

Bars are measured against the most printed type. Adding the rows gives 99 cards; the other 12 carry no energy type, which is why the rows do not add up to 111.

A wide spread of types means a set can supply the start of almost any deck. A set that leans on two or three types only helps those decks.

Every energy type in Arceus, most printed first
GroupShareValue
Grass17.1%19 cards
Colorless12.6%14 cards
Fighting11.7%13 cards
Lightning11.7%13 cards
Psychic9.9%11 cards
Fire9.0%10 cards
Water9.0%10 cards
Metal6.3%7 cards
Darkness1.8%2 cards
27rule box cards
Rule box cards27 · 24.3%The rest84 · 75.7%
Rule box
27cards
24.3% · gives up an extra prize
The rest
84cards
75.7% · one prize when knocked out
Basic Pokémon
49cards
playable straight from hand
Highest HP
160
the real reason to run one

A rule box card carries a printed rule that hands the opponent an extra prize card when it is knocked out. 27 of the 111 cards in Arceus carry one.

The count is read from the printed rule on the card face, so it covers ex, V, GX and every other rule box wording without needing a list of names.

What kinds of card Arceus prints
Item4.5%$1.25 typical5 cards
Pokémon Tool3.6%$1.45 typical4 cards
SP2.7%$8.07 typical3 cards
Supporter1.8%2 cards
Stadium0.9%1 cards

Card kinds read from the card face. A card can carry more than one of these, so the rows are read one at a time against the 111 cards on file rather than as slices of one whole.

What kinds of card Arceus prints
GroupShareValue
Item4.5%5 cards
Pokémon Tool3.6%4 cards
SP2.7%3 cards
Supporter1.8%2 cards
Stadium0.9%1 cards
Holo, reverse holo or plain — how Arceus cards were printed
Normal73.0%$4.46 typical81 cards
Holofoil24.3%$36.51 typical27 cards
Reverse Holofoil2.7%$163.37 typical3 cards

The printing finish of each card, with the middle price inside each finish beside it.

Holo, reverse holo or plain — how Arceus cards were printed
GroupShareValue
Normal73.0%81 cards
Holofoil24.3%27 cards
Reverse Holofoil2.7%3 cards
How far up the evolution line Arceus cards sit
Basic44.1%$8.90 typical49 cards
Stage 130.6%$3.94 typical34 cards
Stage 29.0%$15.80 typical10 cards
Level-Up5.4%$60.10 typical6 cards

Basic cards can be played straight from hand; Stage 1 and Stage 2 need the card below them on the board first.

How far up the evolution line Arceus cards sit
GroupShareValue
Basic44.1%49 cards
Stage 130.6%34 cards
Stage 29.0%10 cards
Level-Up5.4%6 cards
An evolution line printed inside Arceus4 steps · every one of them in this set
GastlyBasic · Arceus #64 · $21.98
HaunterStage 1 · Arceus #41 · $20.53
GengarStage 2 · Arceus #16 · $182.65
Gengar LV.XLevel-Up · Arceus #97 · $448.95
Gastly → Haunter → Gengar → Gengar LV.X
  • Every card in this line was printed in Arceus itself, so the whole line can be put together out of the same set.
  • The card at the end of the line costs $448.95, against $21.98 for the one it starts from — a gap of 20.4×.
  • 20 of the 50 cards listed on this page name an earlier Pokémon they evolve from.
What Arceus cards are played on top of6 named earlier Pokémon · most cards first
3 cardsArceus2.7% of the set
2 cardsBronzor1.8% of the set
2 cardsElectrike1.8% of the set
2 cardsGastly1.8% of the set
2 cardsGrovyle1.8% of the set
2 cardsHaunter1.8% of the set
Who drew the Arceus cards
Ryo Ueda9.0%$2.58 typical10 cards
Kouki Saitou6.3%$5.64 typical7 cards
Masakazu Fukuda5.4%$3.69 typical6 cards
Midori Harada5.4%$4.74 typical6 cards
Mitsuhiro Arita4.5%$21.98 typical5 cards
Wataru Kawahara4.5%$4.07 typical5 cards
sui4.5%$6.98 typical5 cards
Kagemaru Himeno3.6%$24.58 typical4 cards

The 8 illustrators with the most cards in this set, out of 10 credited in total.

Who drew the Arceus cards
GroupShareValue
Ryo Ueda9.0%10 cards
Kouki Saitou6.3%7 cards
Masakazu Fukuda5.4%6 cards
Midori Harada5.4%6 cards
Mitsuhiro Arita4.5%5 cards
Wataru Kawahara4.5%5 cards
sui4.5%5 cards
Kagemaru Himeno3.6%4 cards
Arceus Pokémon cards by rarity
RarityCardsShare of the setTypical price
Common33 29.7%$4.71
Rare32 28.8%$20.95
Uncommon28 25.2%$2.32
Rare Holo12 10.8%$6.04
Rare Holo LV.X6 5.4%$60.10

Counted across all 111 Arceus cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row.

The most common rarity alone covers 29.7% of the set. The thicker that layer is, the less it costs to put a first deck together — the frame gets built out of cards that fall out of packs, and the scarce ones are kept for the slots that decide a game.

Arceus prints 5 rarities, and the top three fill 83.8% of the set between them. The other 2 split the remaining 18 cards, which is the usual shape: the scarcer the tier, the more tiers there are and the fewer cards sit in each.

By energy type the set leans on Grass with 19 cards, and the thinnest type on file is Darkness with 2. A gap of 17 cards between the widest and the narrowest type is what decides whether this set can start a deck of any colour or only feeds two of them.

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How much HP and damage Arceus Pokémon cards print

An average hides the shape of a group: it reads the same whether every Arceus card prints the same number or they run from one end of the scale to the other. These five points show which of the two is happening.
Arceus Pokémon cards — how far apart the numbers on the cards sit
MeasureLowestLower quarterTypicalUpper quarterHighestCards counted
HP30608090160102
Biggest attack1020305310092

Trainer and energy cards carry no HP or attack, so they are left out of these counts rather than entered as zero. "Biggest attack" is the largest printed damage number on the card, before any condition the attack text adds.

The five points that describe Arceus card HP
Lowest18.8% of the highest30 HP
Lower quarter37.5% of the highest60 HP
Typical50.0% of the highest80 HP
Upper quarter56.3% of the highest90 HP
Highest100.0% of the highest160 HP

HP printed on the 102 Arceus cards that carry one. The typical card is 80 HP. Bar length is that HP against the highest in the group.

Half of these cards sit between 60 and 90 HP. The distance between the two ends is what a single average would have hidden.

The five points that describe Arceus card HP
GroupShareValue
Lowest18.8% of the highest30 HP
Lower quarter37.5% of the highest60 HP
Typical50.0% of the highest80 HP
Upper quarter56.3% of the highest90 HP
Highest100.0% of the highest160 HP
The five points that describe the biggest attack on a Arceus card
Lowest10.0% of the highest10 damage
Lower quarter20.0% of the highest20 damage
Typical30.0% of the highest30 damage
Upper quarter53.0% of the highest53 damage
Highest100.0% of the highest100 damage

The largest printed damage number on each of the 92 Arceus cards that print one. The typical card hits for 30. Bar length is that number against the hardest hitter in the group.

Half of these cards hit between 20 and 53. Attack text that adds a condition is not counted here — only the printed number.

The five points that describe the biggest attack on a Arceus card
GroupShareValue
Lowest10.0% of the highest10 damage
Lower quarter20.0% of the highest20 damage
Typical30.0% of the highest30 damage
Upper quarter53.0% of the highest53 damage
Highest100.0% of the highest100 damage
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What are Arceus Pokémon cards weak to?

Weakness is the one printed number that doubles incoming damage, so it decides more matches than HP does. Across the 92 Arceus cards that print one, the most common is Fire on 27 of them.
What Arceus Pokémon cards are weak to
Fire29.3%27 cards
Fighting20.7%19 cards
Water13.0%12 cards
Psychic8.7%8 cards
Darkness7.6%7 cards
Grass7.6%7 cards
Lightning7.6%7 cards
Colorless5.4%5 cards

What Arceus Pokémon cards are weak to — 92 cards counted. Each track is the whole of that count, so a short bar means most of the group sits elsewhere.

An attack of this type does double damage to the card. Counted across the 92 Arceus cards that print a weakness.

What Arceus Pokémon cards are weak to
GroupShareValue
Fire29.3%27 cards
Fighting20.7%19 cards
Water13.0%12 cards
Psychic8.7%8 cards
Darkness7.6%7 cards
Grass7.6%7 cards
Lightning7.6%7 cards
Colorless5.4%5 cards
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Which Arceus Pokémon cards print a resistance?

Resistance is the rarer of the two printed match-ups: only 56 of the 111 Arceus cards on file carry one at all, and the rest simply leave the box empty.
What Arceus Pokémon cards resist
Water23.2%13 cards
Metal21.4%12 cards
Fighting17.9%10 cards
Colorless14.3%8 cards
Psychic14.3%8 cards
Lightning8.9%5 cards

What Arceus Pokémon cards resist — 56 cards counted. Each track is the whole of that count, so a short bar means most of the group sits elsewhere.

Resistance cuts incoming damage from that type. Only some Arceus cards print one, which is why this count is smaller than the card total.

What Arceus Pokémon cards resist
GroupShareValue
Water23.2%13 cards
Metal21.4%12 cards
Fighting17.9%10 cards
Colorless14.3%8 cards
Psychic14.3%8 cards
Lightning8.9%5 cards
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How do Arceus Pokémon cards evolve?

Evolution stage decides how many turns a card costs you before it can attack. These are the 99 Arceus cards that print a stage.

How Arceus Pokémon cards evolve

How Arceus Pokémon cards evolve — 99 cards counted.
Share across 4 items. The largest is Basic at 49%.49%Basic
  • Basic49%
  • Stage 134%
  • Stage 210%
  • Level-Up6%

Basic cards are played straight from the hand; the later stages have to evolve from the card before them.

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Can you still play Arceus Pokémon cards, and what do they cost to retreat?

Retreat cost is the energy discarded to move a Pokémon back to the bench, and 11 of the 111 Arceus cards cost three or more.
What it costs to retreat a Arceus card
Retreat cost 09.9%discards nothing11 cards
Retreat cost 154.1%60 cards
Retreat cost 215.3%17 cards
Retreat cost 38.1%9 cards
Retreat cost 41.8%2 cards

Retreat cost is the number of energy cards discarded to move a Pokémon back to the bench. Counted across the 99 Arceus cards that print one.

What it costs to retreat a Arceus card
GroupShareValue
Retreat cost 09.9%11 cards
Retreat cost 154.1%60 cards
Retreat cost 215.3%17 cards
Retreat cost 38.1%9 cards
Retreat cost 41.8%2 cards
9.9%effectively stuck
Retreat cost 011 · 9.9%Retreat cost 160 · 54.1%Retreat cost 217 · 15.3%Retreat cost 39 · 8.1%Retreat cost 42 · 1.8%The rest12 · 10.8%

11 of the 111 cards on file cost three energy or more to retreat, which is where a Pokémon starts to be stuck in the active spot.

Cards that print no retreat cost at all are not Pokémon, so they never retreat and are counted in "the rest".

Can you still play Arceus Pokémon cards in a tournament?
QuestionCardsShare of the group
Legal in Standard today00.0%
Legal in Expanded today10.9%
Cards with an Ability2926.1%
Cards with a special rule2724.3%

Standard and Expanded are the two tournament formats. A card leaves Standard when its set rotates out, so this share moves each year while the card itself does not change.

How much of the group each answer covers, out of 111 cards
Legal in Standard today0.0%0 cards
Legal in Expanded today0.9%1 cards
Cards with an Ability26.1%29 cards
Cards with a special rule24.3%27 cards

Each track is the whole of the 111 Arceus cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share the answer does not cover.

These rows are not slices of one whole — a card can be legal in Standard and carry an Ability at the same time, so each bar is read on its own.

How much of the group each answer covers, out of 111 cards
GroupShareValue
Legal in Standard today0.0%0 cards
Legal in Expanded today0.9%1 cards
Cards with an Ability26.1%29 cards
Cards with a special rule24.3%27 cards

A card that costs three energy or more to retreat is stuck in practice: paying it empties the board of the energy that was meant to attack. 11 of the 111 cards here sit at that level, which is the argument for packing switch cards alongside them.

At the other end, 11 cards retreat for free. Those are the ones that open a game, because moving them out costs nothing that was going to be spent on an attack.

The rows above add up to 99 cards. The remaining 12 print no retreat cost at all — they never stand in the active spot, so they never retreat.

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Which Arceus Pokémon cards moved most this year

The set line is made of single cards, and they do not all move together. These are the two ends of that spread over the last twelve months.

Biggest risers over 12 months

Biggest fallers over 12 months

Counted on the 89 cards that carried a price on both the first and the last reading, so a card that only appeared recently is not in here.

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The cheapest Arceus Pokémon cards you can buy

The opposite end of the list above — the 6 Arceus cards with the lowest price on file.
PonytaCommon · ArceusMarket $0.40Buffer PieceUncommon · ArceusMarket $0.58CroagunkCommon · ArceusMarket $0.73Old AmberCommon · ArceusMarket $0.75Wormadam Plant CloakUncommon · ArceusMarket $1.00Energy RestoreUncommon · ArceusMarket $1.00

Read on the same day as every other figure on this page. A cheap card is not a broken card — most of a set sits down here, which is what makes a set collectable at all.

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How Arceus compares with the other sets

Where Arceus sits among the 145 sets on file, measured by what an ordinary card in each one costs.

"Which set is the most expensive" has more than one answer depending on what you measure, so this ladder keeps to one: what an ordinary card in each set costs.

Ranked by what an ordinary card costs, Arceus is number 55 of 145 sets, with 90 of them cheaper.

Ranked by what an ordinary card costs, Arceus is number 55

Every bar is measured against No. 1 Legendary Collection at $80.30
  • Legendary CollectionNo. 1 by price · 110 cardsbaseline$80.30
  • Nintendo Black Star PromosNo. 2 by price · 40 cards$57.33
  • Team Rocket ReturnsNo. 3 by price · 111 cards$54.85
  • ArceusNo. 55 by price · 111 cardsYou are here$6.09
  • PlatinumNo. 56 by price · 133 cards$6.00
  • Great EncountersNo. 57 by price · 106 cards$5.75

These are the sets that sit next to Arceus on that ladder.

Legendary Collection — 110 cards110 with a pricetypical $80.30Nintendo Black Star Promos — 40 cards26 with a pricetypical $57.33Team Rocket Returns — 111 cards92 with a pricetypical $54.85Platinum — 133 cards133 with a pricetypical $6.00Great Encounters — 106 cards106 with a pricetypical $5.75
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The three dearest Arceus cards, side by side

The cards that carry this set's reputation, with the plain facts of the set beside them.
The 3 dearest Arceus cards on file — hover to draw one out
Middle · Ponyta Arceus #SH11Most drawn by Ryo Ueda
Arceus cards
111on file
111 of them carry a price
Rarities printed
5
Most often Common
Illustrators
10
Most often Ryo Ueda
Typical card
$6.09median
One in ten costs over $52.17
Typical HP80Typical attack30Weak toFireMost printed typeGrass

Arceus Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions

How many Arceus Pokémon cards are there?

There are 111 Arceus cards in this archive, and 111 of them carry a price. A set is the expansion a card was printed in, and every card in the card files this site reads names exactly one. Sorting by set puts each release back together the way it was sold, so a card can be read next to the cards it shared a pack with.

How much is a Arceus Pokémon card worth?

The typical one costs $6.09. Across the 111 priced cards the range runs from $0.40 to $448.95, so the group price is a starting point rather than a valuation of any one card.

What is the most expensive Arceus Pokémon card?

Gengar LV.X 97 from Arceus, at $448.95. It is 74× the typical price of the group.

Are Arceus Pokémon cards rare?

By price they rank No. 55 of 145 sets, with 90 cheaper than this one. By size the group holds 111 of the 20,444 English cards on file, or 0.5%. Those two together are what "rare" usually means in practice — few of them, and dear because of it.

Do all Arceus Pokémon cards have a price?

No. 111 of the 111 carry a price on file. The rest have never been listed at a price this archive could read, so they are counted in the card total but left out of every price figure rather than guessed at.

Where can I see every Arceus Pokémon card?

The list on this page holds the 50 most expensive of them, dearest first, and each card opens its own price page. The remaining 61 carry no published price, which is why they are not drawn.

How often are Arceus Pokémon card prices updated?

Prices are read once a day from public marketplace listings. The figures on this page were read on August 14, 2026. Which cards belong to this group comes from openly published card files and changes only when a new set is added.

Are Arceus Pokémon cards going up in value?

Over the last 11 months the typical Arceus card rose from $2.65 to $6.09, a change of +129.8%. That is the middle of the whole group, so it describes an ordinary card of this kind rather than the headline one at the top.

How much does a cheap Arceus Pokémon card cost?

One in four Arceus cards costs $2.96 or less and the cheapest on file is $0.40. Three in four cost $21.21 or less, so the cards past that point are the exception rather than the rule for this group.

Which Arceus Pokémon cards are worth the most?

Sorted by rarity, Rare Holo LV.X is the dearest kind of Arceus card: 6 of them are on file and the middle one costs $60.10. The table on this page lists every rarity in the group beside its own typical price.

What is the highest HP on a Arceus Pokémon card?

The highest printed HP among Arceus cards is 160, and the lowest is 30. The typical one is 80 HP, with half of them between 60 and 90 — figures counted from the 102 cards in this group that print an HP value.

Are Arceus Pokémon cards legal in tournaments?

0 of the 111 Arceus cards are legal in Standard today and 1 in Expanded — 0.0% and 0.9% of the group. A card leaves Standard when its set rotates out, so this share moves each year even though the cards do not change.

What are Arceus Pokémon cards weak to?

Most often Fire — 27 of the 92 Arceus cards that print a weakness take double damage from it, with Fighting next at 19 cards. Weakness is printed per card, so the group tendency is a guide and the card itself is the answer.

Which Arceus Pokémon card rose the most this year?

Professor Oak's Visit 90 from Arceus, which went from $1.26 to $9.20 — a change of +630.2% between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026. It is one of 89 Arceus cards that carried a price on both days.

How these Arceus figures are collected, and where you can check them

Every figure on this page is counted from the 111 Arceus cards this site holds on file — 111 of them with a price read once a day from public marketplace listings into this site's own archive. Nothing here is estimated: a card with no price is left out of the price columns rather than filled in. The places below are where the same card information can be checked.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

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The Pokémon Company International — official tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

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Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, rarity, types, regulation mark, illustrator credits) github.com
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TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set listings and printed names) github.com

Before you rely on these figures

Note: Prices on this page are asking and market prices for ungraded English Arceus cards, taken from a daily snapshot of public marketplace listings read on August 14, 2026. They are not offers, they exclude shipping, duty and marketplace fees, and they move. Counts cover only the English cards this site holds on file. Graded prices, population counts, sealed product values and pack odds are not published on this site because no free commercial source provides them.

Last updated: 2026-08-14