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Check your printing13 different Arceus printings exist — is this your card? Arceus #AR3
Arceus Arceus #AR3 Pokémon card
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Rare

ArceusAR3/AR99 · Arceus Price & Value

2009 · Illustrated by Wataru Kawahara
80 HPFirePokémonBasic

Market value · Near Mint

$22.88
  • PSA 8$686 sold · 90d · pop 177
  • PSA 9$3708 sold · 90d · pop 168
  • PSA 10$4,000pop 38
LiquiditySells often
Confidence65 · medium144 raw sales in 90 days, prices spread across conditions, last sale 2 days ago.
Sales · 90 days184
Range$23$37
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. Near Mint estimate from 195 completed sales of this exact card, each adjusted for the condition it sold in. A typical copy fetches about $17 because most that trade are played, not mint. Updated 12 September 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

Why prices differ

TCGplayer market asking prices$36.66+60%
Recent sold median 144 completed sales$15.90−31%

TCGplayer's figure is what sellers are asking on their marketplace, not what copies sold for — an asking price sits above a completed sale because it is the start of a negotiation, not the end of one. Our price comes from those same completed sales, adjusted to Near Mint — the median below mixes every condition together, and most copies that change hands are played rather than mint. How we weigh them →

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Every price on this page is for Arceus #AR3/AR99, 2009. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.

Holofoilpriced on this page
The illustration window

The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.

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Arceus is a Rare Pokémon card from Arceus (#AR3, released 2009), illustrated by Wataru Kawahara. It's a Basic Fire-type Pokémon with 80 HP, weak to Water ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 12 September 2026.

Arceus price history & recent sales

Graded a PSA 10? See its cert-verified sales and price history — individual sales PSA tied to a specific slab, each with a cert number you can check.

Price history · Raw

15 Jun 202612 Sept 2026
Latest
$22.88
Period high
$37.43
Period low
$22.88
Change
30.2% · 90d
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Verified sales history

Medium confidence

144 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Very liquidSells often

Range$3.00$180Rawlowest to highest sale
Sales61 / 186last 30d / 90d, every grade
Sales rate42.8/mo260 recorded, every grade
Latest sale2d agoRaw144 in 90 days
Momentum-4%Raw30d vs 90d median
Where it sells100% eBayRawlast 90 days
Demand75/100sales rate, trend & buzz
DateSold viaGradeCertPrice
2026-08-27eBay · auctionPSA 6#166043335$30.00
2026-08-24eBay · auctionPSA 7#155907233$44.99
2026-08-23eBayPSA 6#59298286$45.00
2026-08-23eBay · auctionPSA 7#155610370$85.00
2026-08-18eBay · auctionPSA 7#162704123$39.74
2026-08-14Fanatics Collect · offerPSA 8#92529475$35.00
2026-08-13eBay · auctionPSA 3#157448951$18.50
2026-08-13eBay · auctionPSA 9#70736564$304.00
2026-08-10eBay · auctionPSA 9#147014265$370.00
2026-08-08eBay · offerPSA 9#89893435$400.00

Click a cert number to verify the exact card, grade and serial on psacard.com.

7 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 2 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).

Last sold
$17
Raw · 11 Sep 2026
Typical Raw
$16
Sales · last 90 days
179
How often it sells
Sells often
daily · 57 in last 30 days
Worn-condition sales — shown for context, not price-forming
These listings claimed play wear in the title (LP/MP/played/damaged), so they sell below the Near Mint price above and are excluded from it.

Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.

Last sold price
$4,680
PSA 10 · 31 Aug 2026
Typical PSA 10
$4,380
Sales · last 90 days
5
How often it sells
Occasional sales
2 in last 30 days

Real completed sale prices from Fanatics Collect — weekly and premier auctions plus marketplace Buy It Now sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Recent Raw sales

From 260 completed sales recorded between May 12, 2023 and Sep 11, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted. The range is wide because these sales span different printings and conditions — 1st Edition, Shadowless and Unlimited copies all carry this card's name, and they trade at very different levels. Each sale above is labelled with what its listing claimed, so you can see which ones describe the same object. Treat the median as the typical copy, not the range.

By grade

  • Raw$15.89196 sales · 144 in 90d, sells often
  • PSA 9$42310 sales · 8 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 8$13910 sales · 6 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 7$67.999 sales · 6 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 6$45.009 sales · 8 in 90d, occasional
  • CGC 9$64.278 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
  • CGC 8$34.993 sales
  • PSA 10$3,6502 sales

Is Arceus worth grading?

+$3,568

Raw $22.88 → graded PSA 10$4,000.00, after ~$409 grading fee → 174.8× the raw value.

Compare graders, and the live market

The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.

  • PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually pays for.
  • Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
  • Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
  • Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
  • Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
  • Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.
Trader plan and above

The odds

Arceus is a Rare in Arceus — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 67% of the time, split across 32 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 48 packs.

Rare67%32 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)6%38 of 631
PSA 926.6%168 of 631
PSA graded so far631
Gem Mint 1038
Total graded631

Estimates only. Pack odds come from CardTrack's pack model (the same one behind the pack simulator) — not an official rate. Grading odds are the real cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies, so it overstates the true first-submission gem rate. Full grade-by-grade breakdown below.

Grade-by-grade ROI & risk-adjusted outcomesNet vs raw per target grade, plus the probability-weighted distribution
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$4,000.00$409+$3,568174.8×
PSA 9$370.00$74+$27316.2×
PSA 8$68.00$71$263.0×

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.

Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates

38 of the 631 PSA-graded Arceus copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 6.0%. The rest graded lower.

PSA631 gradedPSA 10 · 38 · 6.0% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 631.

10386.0%
916827%
8.540.63%
817728%
711218%
67011%
5365.7%
4193.0%
360.95%
210.16%
140.63%
CGC268 gradedCGC 10 · 4 · 1.5% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 268.

1041.5%
9.520.75%
94818%
8.55420%
85320%
7.53714%
7145.2%
6.5103.7%
6217.8%
5.593.4%
520.75%
4.562.2%
410.37%
3.510.37%
320.75%
BGS25 gradedBGS 10 · 0 · 0% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 25.

9.514.0%
9624%
8.5936%
8416%
7.514.0%
7312%
614.0%
TAG8 gradedTAG 10 · 0 · 0% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 8.

9113%
8.5113%
8113%
7.5113%
7113%
6.5113%
6113%
1113%

Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Arceus 10 is harder to pull.

Copies for sale right now

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$22.88
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 38✓ 13 cert-verified$4,000
PSA 9pop 168✓ 28 cert-verified$370$302$408
PSA 8pop 177✓ 23 cert-verified$68$68$207
PSA 7pop 112✓ 15 cert-verified$50$50$79
PSA 6pop 70✓ 16 cert-verified$40$33$45
PSA 5pop 36✓ 6 cert-verified$20$15$27
PSA 4pop 19modelled$14$14$14
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). “Modelled” = no verified graded sale behind the figure; it is derived from the raw price and reference guides, so treat it as a ceiling to check, not a price to quote. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Raw price by condition
Holofoil · NM = our estimate, lower conditions use TCGplayer condition ratios · how we price played copies
NMNear Mint$22.88
LPLightly Played$11.82real sales: $17 n39
MPModerately Played$8.32real sales: $14 n22
HPHeavily Played$4.86real sales: $11 n8
DMGDamaged$4.04real sales: $8 n7
7-dayflat
30-day 1.0%
90-day 11.8%
All-time high$23
All-time low$10
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost

For context: a graded PSA 6 slab of this card sells for about $45 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.

Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

52% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$24
TCGplayer · dearest$37

Currently 52% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Volatility · 90dStable ±4%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 52% gap
90d low $33near its high$37 high

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🔥 Trending in the community

#65 on the radar
Mentions this week2

Arceus is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →

What people are saying: What moved in August: biggest gainers and losers by price bracket, from daily TCGplayer closes · 35↑

Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Bright Flame80
Fire · Colorless · Colorless

Flip a coin. If tails, discard 2 Energy attached to Arceus.

Weakness Water ×2Retreat 1

You may have as many of this card in your deck as you like.

It is described in mythology as the Pokémon that shaped the universe with its 1,000 arms.

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Alpha PokémonGEN IVMythical

It is said to have emerged from an egg in a place where there was nothing, then shaped the world.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#AR3
RarityRare
Released2009
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeFire
HP80
WeaknessWater ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#493
Card IDpl4-AR3
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Arceus cards

There are 13 different Arceus printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Arceus #AR3 (Rare). The most valuable 7 are below.

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Arceus (Arceus #AR3) worth?

As of 12 September 2026, Arceus from Arceus is worth approximately $22.88 ungraded (near-mint), and around $4,000 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

What is the PSA 10 price for Arceus?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Arceus from Arceus is worth around $4,000 — roughly 175× the raw ungraded value of $22.88.

Should I grade my Arceus?

Grading is worth it when the PSA 10 premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10 — the "Should you grade it?" estimate above works that out per grade, net of the current fee.

Is Arceus rare?

Arceus is a Rare card from Arceus (card #AR3).

How do I know if my Arceus is Holofoil?

The illustration window: The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.

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