Arceus AR6/99 · 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 AR6/99, in position 105 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is AR5 Arceus, and after it is AR7 Arceus. The listed rarity is Rare.

Arceus is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 100. In the Pokédex this is Arceus (#493), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Wataru Kawahara illustrated this card. The same name is on 35 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). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Kunihiko Yuyama illustrated that card, and Wataru Kawahara illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 33 other cards of Arceus list a different HP.

The attack Lightning Turn lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Switch Arceus with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: You may have as many of this card in your deck as you like. The flavor text reads "It is described in mythology as the Pokémon that shaped the universe with its 1,000 arms."

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.