Arceus AR1/99 · Arceus

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

Arceus sits at AR1/99 in Arceus, position 100 of 111. Before it is 99 Tangrowth LV.X, and after it is AR2 Arceus. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on 4 November 2009. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Prize Count lists 20+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. If you have more Prize cards left than your opponent, this attack does 20 damage plus 60 more damage. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -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 told in mythology that this Pokémon was born before the universe even existed."

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 kawayoo illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 33 other cards of Arceus list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads kawayoo. I count 209 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Arceus set binder is where a full Arceus 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.