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Release date, card count, chase cards, value and how it compares with the Platinum era.
Moltres, Electivire FB LV.X and Zapdos are the headline cards of Pt3: Beat of the Frontier, a Japanese Pokémon TCG expansion from the Platinum era that was released on March 6, 2009 under the set code Pt3. The card list holds 100 printings, and the set gives several names more than one version, with Milotic, Relicanth and Yanma each printed twice. Moltres and Zapdos are the set's Super Rare cards, while Electivire FB LV.X, Garchomp and Venusaur make up much of the holo rare line that sits just behind them.
Pt3: Beat of the Frontier was released March 6, 2009.
Pt3: Beat of the Frontier has 100 cards.
Pt3: Beat of the Frontier is part of the Platinum era.
The pull ladder in Pt3: Beat of the Frontier runs from commons and uncommons through rares and 19 holo rares to a small top tier of 3 Super Rare cards. Moltres leads the most valuable cards in the set, followed by the holo rare Electivire FB LV.X, then the Super Rare Zapdos, with Garchomp and Venusaur close behind. The top five cards hold 40 percent of the set's total card value, which is a moderate concentration: the headline cards matter, but the value is spread over more of the holo rares than in many sets of its age.
As of October 2026, Pt3: Beat of the Frontier ranks 4th of the 4 comparable Platinum sets by total card value, at about 0.9 times the era median, and 73rd across the whole game. Its Moltres ranks 1st among the era's single most valuable cards, and the set ranks 2nd in trading activity. It follows Pt2: Bonds to the End of Time and came before Pt4: Advent of Arceus, and both of those hold more total value. Its cards reached English players in Supreme Victors, released on August 19, 2009, 5 months after the Japanese release, with 88 cards shared between the two.
Written from market data as of October 29, 2026; the tables update live.
| Measure | This setPt3: Beat of the Frontier | Median of 4 setsPlatinum median | Previous setPt2: Bonds to the End of Time | Next setPt4: Advent of Arceus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Mar 6, 2009 | — | Dec 26, 2008 | Jul 8, 2009 |
| Cards | 100 | 93 | 90 | 90 |
| Master set value | ≥ $1,451.21 | $1,308.66 | ≥ $1,216.35 | ≥ $1,400.96 |
| Most valuable card price | $280.07 | $171.75 | $100.00 | $243.50 |
| Priced cards | 98 of 100 | 91 | 89 of 90 | 84 of 90 |
A full Pt3: Beat of the Frontier run is 100 printings, and 85 of them carry a price today, so the card list is mostly but not entirely priced. Because the top five cards hold 40 percent of the set's value, the cost of a complete set is shaped by Moltres, Zapdos and a few holo rares, while the commons, uncommons and rares that fill most of the card list contribute comparatively little.