The ten most valuable Arceus cards on TCGplayer run from $61.12 to $566.16, led by Cosmic Eclipse's Arceus & Dialga & Palkia GX alternate full art, and half of them come from the 2009 Platinum: Arceus set or the Diamond and Pearl promo line.
The most valuable Arceus card by current market price is the Arceus & Dialga & Palkia GX alternate full art from Cosmic Eclipse, numbered 221/236. It carried a TCGplayer market price of $566.16 as of September 26, 2026, about 2.75 times the next Arceus card on the list.
That next card is Crown Zenith's Galarian Gallery Arceus VSTAR at $205.76. Below it, the top ten is dominated by older prints: five of the ten come from the 2009 Platinum: Arceus set or the Diamond and Pearl Black Star promo line.
This ranking starts from every English product TCGplayer's catalog returned for an "Arceus" search on September 26, 2026, which was 148 results. Products that are not Arceus cards, such as other Pokemon from the Platinum: Arceus set and code cards, were set aside, and the remaining Arceus cards were ranked by raw, ungraded market price.
Rarity labels below are TCGplayer's own, so they can differ from the names collectors use in conversation.
Rank
Card
Set
Number
TCGplayer rarity
Market price
1
Arceus & Dialga & Palkia GX (Alternate Full Art)
Cosmic Eclipse
221/236
Ultra Rare
$566.16
2
Arceus VSTAR (Secret)
Crown Zenith: Galarian Gallery
GG70/GG70
Secret Rare
$205.76
3
Arceus LV.X
Platinum: Arceus
95/99
Ultra Rare
$177.50
4
Arceus LV.X
Diamond and Pearl Promos
DP56
Promo
$162.44
5
Arceus LV.X
Diamond and Pearl Promos
DP53
Promo
$142.50
6
Arceus & Dialga & Palkia GX (Secret)
Cosmic Eclipse
258/236
Rainbow Rare
$100.09
7
Arceus
XY Promos
XY83
Promo
$77.81
8
Arceus LV.X
Platinum: Arceus
94/99
Ultra Rare
$71.56
9
Arceus (AR1)
Platinum: Arceus
AR1
Holo Rare
$63.24
10
Arceus V (Alternate Full Art)
Brilliant Stars
166/172
Ultra Rare
$61.12
The ten most valuable Arceus cards
ADP GX Alt Full Art 221566.16USD
VSTAR Secret GG70205.76USD
LV.X 95/99177.5USD
LV.X DP56162.44USD
LV.X DP53142.5USD
ADP GX Secret 258100.09USD
Arceus XY8377.81USD
LV.X 94/9971.56USD
Arceus AR163.24USD
Arceus V Alt Art 16661.12USD
TCGplayer market price, raw and ungraded, read September 26, 2026.
The gap between first and second place is the largest step in the table, at $360.40. From second place down, no single step exceeds $43, and ranks nine and ten sit just $2.12 apart.
Cosmic Eclipse's alternate full art leads
Arceus & Dialga & Palkia GX is a single card that features three Pokemon, and Cosmic Eclipse printed it in more than one version. Two of those versions made this top ten.
Alternate Full Art, 221/236: $566.16, first place on the list.
Secret, 258/236: $100.09, sixth place, listed by TCGplayer as a Rainbow Rare.
The alternate full art carried about 5.7 times the market price of the same card's Rainbow Rare version on the same read. For this card, the higher secret-style numbering did not carry the higher price.
TCGplayer's listed median for the 221/236 copy was $699.99 on September 26, 2026, well above its $566.16 market price. With the median listing above the market price, at least half of the listed copies on that date were priced higher than the number in this table.
Crown Zenith's Galarian Gallery VSTAR
The Arceus VSTAR numbered GG70/GG70 sits in Crown Zenith's Galarian Gallery, which carries its own GG-prefixed numbering separate from the main Crown Zenith set. TCGplayer lists it as a Secret Rare.
It carried a market price of $205.76 as of September 26, 2026, second on this list. Released in January 2023, it is also the newest card in the top ten.
TCGplayer market price $205.76 as of September 26, 2026, second among Arceus cards.
Three LV.X prints from Platinum: Arceus
Platinum: Arceus, released in November 2009, carries three Arceus LV.X cards numbered 94, 95 and 96. TCGplayer gives all three the same Ultra Rare label, yet their prices on the same read were far apart.
Card
Number
TCGplayer rarity
Market price
Arceus LV.X
95/99
Ultra Rare
$177.50
Arceus LV.X
94/99
Ultra Rare
$71.56
Arceus LV.X
96/99
Ultra Rare
$38.99
Number 95 carried about 4.6 times the market price of number 96. Among these three cards, the rarity label alone does not set the price order.
This guide does not have a sourced explanation for the spread, so none is offered here. What the data does show is that a collector pricing "an Arceus LV.X" needs the card number before the price means anything.
Number 94 also shows a wide gap between market price and asking price. Its TCGplayer listed median was $162.50 on September 26, 2026, more than double its $71.56 market price.
TCGplayer market price $177.50 as of September 26, 2026, the highest-priced Arceus LV.X from the set.
The Diamond and Pearl LV.X promos
Two more Arceus LV.X cards come from TCGplayer's Diamond and Pearl Promos set rather than a main expansion.
Arceus LV.X DP56: $162.44, fourth place.
Arceus LV.X DP53: $142.50, fifth place.
Both promos outpriced the 94 and 96 LV.X prints from Platinum: Arceus on the same read. Only LV.X 95 from the main set priced above them.
The nine AR prints
Platinum: Arceus also carries nine AR-numbered Arceus cards, AR1 through AR9, which TCGplayer labels Holo Rare. Only one of them made the top ten.
AR1 was the highest-priced of the nine at $63.24 as of September 26, 2026, ninth on the overall list. AR6 was the lowest of the nine at $33.61 on the same read.
A complete AR1 through AR9 run is therefore not one price point. The most expensive card in the run carried nearly double the price of the least expensive one.
XY83 and Brilliant Stars round out the list
Two more Arceus cards complete the top ten.
Arceus XY83: a promo from TCGplayer's XY Promos set, $77.81, seventh place.
Arceus V Alternate Full Art, Brilliant Stars 166/172: an Ultra Rare, $61.12, tenth place.
Outside the top ten, Shining Legends' Shining Arceus (57/73), listed by TCGplayer as a Shiny Holo Rare, carried a market price of $34.49 on the same read. That placed it below every card in the top ten and below LV.X 96.
The top ten by era
Grouping the table by era shows where Arceus value sits on this read. The count is taken straight from the ten ranked cards above.
Diamond and Pearl era, five cards: LV.X 95, LV.X DP56, LV.X DP53, LV.X 94 and AR1, ranks three, four, five, eight and nine.
Sun and Moon era, two cards: both Cosmic Eclipse versions of Arceus & Dialga & Palkia GX, ranks one and six.
Sword and Shield era, two cards: Crown Zenith's GG70 and Brilliant Stars' 166/172, ranks two and ten.
XY era, one card: the XY83 promo, rank seven.
The single most valuable card is a 2019 print, but the older prints hold the most places. Four of the five Diamond and Pearl era cards are LV.X prints, which makes LV.X the most represented card type in the top ten.
What this guide does not price
Every figure above is a raw, ungraded TCGplayer market price. PSA and CGC population counts and graded sale prices are not tracked here, so no graded premium or population figure appears in this guide.
Auction-house realized prices are also absent. This guide prices the current TCGplayer market only, not historical realized sales, and a graded copy of any card here trades on a separate supply from the raw copies priced.
This ranking covers English-language cards in TCGplayer's catalog only. Japanese Arceus cards, jumbo cards and code cards are outside it, and prices move daily, so the order can change after September 26, 2026.
Collectors comparing this list against how gem-mint odds differ by set will find that grading difficulty varies by set, a dynamic raw prices do not capture on their own. Cardboard Alpha's cross-sectional screener covers the market side of the same cards, the best cards hub collects related card rankings, and the grading economics guide covers what a PSA or CGC grade does to a card like these once one exists.
Frequently asked questions
What is the most valuable Arceus card by current market price?
The Arceus & Dialga & Palkia GX alternate full art from Cosmic Eclipse, numbered 221/236, carried a TCGplayer market price of $566.16 as of September 26, 2026. The next Arceus card, Crown Zenith's Galarian Gallery Arceus VSTAR (GG70/GG70), was $205.76 on the same read.
Does this price guide include PSA or CGC graded prices?
No. Every price in this guide is a raw, ungraded TCGplayer market price. PSA and CGC population counts and graded sale prices are not tracked here, so no graded premium or population figure appears in this guide.
Which Platinum: Arceus AR card is worth the most?
AR1 was the highest-priced of the nine AR-numbered Arceus cards at $63.24 as of September 26, 2026, and the only one to make the top ten. AR6 was the lowest at $33.61 on the same read.
Why are the three Arceus LV.X cards from the same set priced so differently?
TCGplayer lists LV.X 94, 95 and 96 under the same Ultra Rare label, yet their market prices were $71.56, $177.50 and $38.99 as of September 26, 2026. This guide reports the spread but does not have a sourced explanation for it, so no cause is claimed here.
Are auction-house realized sale prices included in these rankings?
No. Every figure in this guide is a current TCGplayer market price, not a historical realized auction price. A graded copy of any card here can trade at a very different price than the raw market price shown.
Sources
Pokemon SM Cosmic Eclipse, Arceus & Dialga & Palkia GX (Alternate Full Art), TCGplayer Official / primary source · accessed September 26, 2026
Pokemon SWSH Crown Zenith: Galarian Gallery, Arceus VSTAR (Secret), TCGplayer Official / primary source · accessed September 26, 2026
Pokemon Arceus, Arceus LV.X (95), TCGplayer Official / primary source · accessed September 26, 2026
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Promos, Arceus LV.X DP56, TCGplayer Official / primary source · accessed September 26, 2026
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Promos, Arceus LV.X DP53, TCGplayer Official / primary source · accessed September 26, 2026
Pokemon SM Cosmic Eclipse, Arceus & Dialga & Palkia GX (Secret), TCGplayer Official / primary source · accessed September 26, 2026
Pokemon XY Promos, Arceus XY83, TCGplayer Official / primary source · accessed September 26, 2026
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