Arceus AR4/99 · Arceus

Arceus is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on November 4, 2009. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Arceus is AR4/99, in position 103 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is AR3 Arceus, and after it is AR5 Arceus. The listed rarity is Rare.

Arceus is a Basic Water Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 100. In the Pokédex this is Arceus (#493), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Arceus (#493) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Arceus DP50/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). Both list 90 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Kunihiko Yuyama illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 31 other cards of Arceus list a different HP.

The attack Fastwave lists 50 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: You may have as many of this card in your deck as you like. The flavor text reads "It is told in mythology that this Pokémon was born before the universe even existed."

I keep a set binder for Arceus, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Arceus set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Arceus can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.