
Platinum series
ARArceus is a Pokémon TCG expansion from the Platinum series. It was released on November 4, 2009. Its set code is AR. The numbered set contains 99 cards. A master set contains 204 cards when every printed variant is counted. The two most valuable cards are Gengar LV. X at about $448.95 and Ponyta at about $195.24. Buying one of each card in the numbered set currently costs about $2,025.92. The current estimate for a master set is $3,252.05. The median card costs $1.24, so the more expensive cards account for most of the set's value.
Gengar LV. X#97 · $448.95
Energy Restore#86 · $0.21Prices from TCGplayer · updated yesterday
The historical TCGplayer market cost of completing the numbered base set.
Market-price estimate, methodology v1. Base selects the cheapest priced collectible finish for each non-secret card; Master sums each exact collectible finish. Marketplace listing lows are not used.
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Gengar LV. XRare Holo LV.X·#97/99$448.95
PonytaRare·#SH11$195.24
ShinxRare·#SH12$157.37
Arceus LV. XRare Holo LV.X·#95/99$116.98
Salamence LV. XRare Holo LV.X·#98/99$101.95
BagonRare·#SH10$100.14
ArceusRare·#AR1$63.83
GengarRare·#17/99$63.47
Arceus LV. XRare Holo LV.X·#94/99$61.53
CharizardRare Holo·#1/99$54.79Sealed products are priced separately and are not included in the set value.
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The complete Arceus card list contains 111 cards. The first 99 use the regular set numbering (#1–#99). This page shows the cards in collector order. You can open any card for its variants and current price, or sort the list by price.
Arceus has 99 cards in the base set and 111 cards in total once secret rares are included. 96 cards also exist as reverse holo variants, which is why a full master set is larger than the printed set number.
A Arceus master set contains every card and every printed variant. This includes the normal, holo and reverse holo versions that exist for each card. The total for Arceus is 204 cards. Completing it currently costs around $3,252.05 in singles, compared with about $2,025.92 for the base set alone.
The biggest chase cards in Arceus are Gengar LV. X (#97, ~$448.95), Ponyta (#SH11, ~$195.24) and Shinx (#SH12, ~$157.37). Most of the set's value sits in its 6 Rare Holo LV.X cards, which average $134.97 each. The ten most valuable cards are listed on this page with prices updated daily.
Gengar LV. X (#97) is currently the most expensive card in Arceus, at around $448.95. The next most valuable is Ponyta at about $195.24. Prices refresh daily from TCGplayer and Cardmarket.
Arceus was released on November 4, 2009, as part of the Platinum series, under the set code AR.
Completing the Arceus base set costs around $2,025.92 in singles at current market prices, and a master set with every secret rare and variant runs about $3,252.05. The median card costs $1.24, which means the most expensive cards account for most of the total.
Current market prices include Arceus Booster Pack at about $447.29. The latest price snapshot is dated September 1, 2026, and prices can change.