Shining Arceus 57/73 · Shining Legends

Arceus is Pokédex #493, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Shining Arceus is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 130 HP.

Shining Arceus sits at 57/73 in Shining Legends, position 58 of 81. Before it is 56 Shining Rayquaza, and after it is 58 Damage Mover. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on October 6, 2017. The printed size is 73. This checklist is longer, at 81 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Shining.

Fabled Defense is listed as Ability. As long as this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon, prevent all damage done to your Benched Pokémon by your opponent's attacks. The attack Ultimate Arrow lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 30 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "According to the legends of Sinnoh, this Pokémon emerged from an egg and shaped all there is in this world."

Arceus (#493) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 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 is named Arceus, while this one is Shining Arceus. That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Shining. Kunihiko Yuyama illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 32 other cards of Arceus list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kouki Saitou. I count 652 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Shining Legends set binder is where a full Shining Legends set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Arceus can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.