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Release date, card count, chase cards, value and how it compares with the Sword & Shield era.
S9: Star Birth is a Japanese Pokémon TCG expansion from the Sword & Shield era, with the set code S9. The Star Birth card list runs to 127 printings, spread across commons, uncommons and a sizeable chase tier. The release date was January 14, 2022. The set is defined by cards that appear in several versions: Arceus V, Arceus VSTAR, Charizard V, Cheren's Care and Cynthia's Ambition each carry three printings, and Charizard V leads the headline cards.
S9: Star Birth was released January 14, 2022.
S9: Star Birth has 127 cards.
S9: Star Birth is part of the Sword & Shield era.
Star Birth's rarity ladder climbs from Common and Uncommon through Rare to Double Rare, Triple Rare, Super Rare, Ultra Rare and Hyper Rare, with 39 chase-tier cards in all. Charizard V in Super Rare is the most valuable card, followed by the Hyper Rare Charizard VSTAR, Ultra Ball in Ultra Rare and Cynthia's Ambition in Super Rare. Value is heavily concentrated, since the top five cards hold 65 percent of the set's total card value, so a complete Star Birth set is mostly the price of a handful of pulls.
As of October 2026, S9: Star Birth holds the 9th highest total card value of the 30 comparable Sword & Shield sets, about 1.3 times the era median, and its top card ranks 7th among the era's most valuable single cards. It sits 13th for trading activity in the era and 101st for total value across the whole Japanese game. It followed S8b: VMAX Climax, which holds more total value, and came before S9a: Battle Region, which holds less. English collectors received 80 of these cards in Brilliant Stars on February 25, 2022, 6 weeks after Japan.
Written from market data as of October 22, 2026; the tables update live.
| Measure | This setS9: Star Birth | Median of 30 setsSword & Shield median | Previous setS8b: VMAX Climax | Next setS9a: Battle Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Jan 14, 2022 | — | Dec 3, 2021 | Feb 25, 2022 |
| Cards | 127 | 95 | 293 | 93 |
| Master set value | ≥ $505.03 | $401.56 | $1,497.81 | $304.86 |
| Most valuable card price | $198.17 | $102.96 | $109.25 | $116.65 |
| Priced cards | 126 of 127 | 93 | 293 of 293 | 93 of 93 |
Completing Star Birth means chasing 127 printings, of which 126 are priced, so the picture of the full run is close to complete. Because the top five cards carry 65 percent of the value, the cost of a full set depends on landing the Charizard V and Charizard VSTAR printings rather than on the long tail of commons and uncommons. The sealed line is small, made up of a booster box and a booster pack. Several cards come in three printings each, so a master set means tracking every treatment of Arceus and Cynthia's Ambition.
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