Pokémon TCG · 2009 Set Guide
Platinum Set Guide
The first Platinum set: Team Galactic's Pokémon SP, the Lost Zone, six Pokémon LV.X and three more SH shiny Pokémon.
Overview
Platinum came out on February 11, 2009, with 133 cards: 115 Pokémon, 17 Trainers and 1 Energy. It introduced Pokémon SP, special Pokémon owned by a group: here 13 Team Galactic Pokémon marked G, such as Dialga G. It also brought in the Lost Zone, where cards go out of the game for good, used by Giratina LV.X and Dialga G LV.X.
Its six Pokémon LV.X are Dialga G, Drapion, Giratina, Palkia G and two Shaymin. The printed total is 127. Above it sit three secret rares, Electabuzz, Hitmonchan and Scyther, and three shiny Pokémon numbered SH4 to SH6.
Cards and rarities
Platinum has 133 cards. Every card shows its number over the printed total along the bottom, as in "4/127". The cards print a set symbol, not a set code; the code here is the short one the catalog and TurnZero HQ file the set under.
The printed total is 127. Above it are three secret rares, 128 to 130, and three SH shiny Pokémon that the catalog lists as Rare. Set completion in TurnZero HQ counts a set against its printed total and keeps the secret rares apart, so finishing the main set and chasing the cards above it read as two separate goals. How set completion works →
Headline Pokémon
Two LV.X and a shiny Pokémon:
Dialga G LV.X
Platinum #122
A Pokémon SP. Time Crystal stops every Pokémon that isn't a Pokémon SP from using Poké-Bodies; Remove Lost sends Energy to the Lost Zone.
Giratina LV.X
Platinum #124
Invisible Tentacles makes your opponent discard a card each time they attack; Darkness Lost does 30 to each of their Pokémon.
Vulpix
Platinum #SH6
Find Wildfire takes up to 2 Fire Energy from your deck.
Trainers worth knowing
A Supporter and an Item:
The chase card: Dialga G LV.X
Platinum's chase card is Dialga G LV.X, 122/127, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, at $306.36 on October 22, 2026.
The shiny Vulpix, SH6, is second at $227.56, priced in Reverse Holofoil only, ahead of the Giratina holo ($146.23).
Dialga appears five times in the set: three regular Dialga, Dialga G and Dialga G LV.X.
Only the exact version is worth its price. The number at the bottom of the card and the rarity symbol beside it tell you which one you pulled. Reading the number and rarity symbol →
Chase cards and prices
LV.X, the Giratina holo and two shiny Pokémon, priced as holofoil copies where they have one.
| Card | Rarity | Market price, October 22, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Dialga G LV.X | Rare Holo LV.X | $306.36 |
| Vulpix | Rare, Reverse Holofoil | $227.56 |
| Giratina | Rare Holo | $146.23 |
| Lotad | Rare, Reverse Holofoil | $141.33 |
| Giratina LV.X | Rare Holo LV.X | $133.50 |
| Shaymin LV.X | Rare Holo LV.X | $114.99 |
These are each card's headline TCGplayer market price on October 22, 2026. Prices can move a long way, most of all in a set's first months, so treat them as a snapshot. Each card's page shows today's price for every variant and its 90-day chart. How Pokémon card prices work →
What a complete set costs
One copy of every card in Platinum, bought as singles, cost $2,097.20 on October 22, 2026. That is the least expensive of the four sets in the Platinum series.
The three most valuable cards, Dialga G LV.X, Vulpix and Giratina, come to $675.33, or 32% of the total. Without them the set costs $1,421.87. Of the 133 cards, 69 were under $2.00, together $51.14; the other 64 add up to $2,046.06.
Each card is counted at its cheapest priced variant, usually a Normal copy rather than a Reverse Holofoil, or a stamped promo copy where the catalog prices one lower, at its TCGplayer market price. This is what it costs to buy the set as singles. It is not what opening packs returns, and not what a complete set would sell for, which after fees and the many cards worth cents would be noticeably less.
Playing it
Platinum is not legal in Standard or Expanded as a set: Expanded starts with the Black & White series in 2011. The catalog marks four of its 133 cards as legal anyway, one of them in Standard too.
They are Poké Ball, legal in both formats; and Life Herb, PlusPower and Rainbow Energy, legal in Expanded only.
Each shares its name and text with a later, legal printing, which is what makes an older copy playable. Every other card in the set is legal in neither format.
Frequently Asked Questions
When did Platinum release?
February 11, 2009. It was the first set of the Platinum series.
How many cards are in Platinum?
133. The printed total is 127; above it are three secret rares (128 to 130) and three shiny Pokémon, SH4 to SH6.
What is the most valuable Platinum card?
Dialga G LV.X (122/127), at $306.36 on October 22, 2026, ahead of the shiny Vulpix at $227.56. Prices move daily, so check each card's page.
What is a Pokémon SP?
A special Pokémon that belongs to a group, marked after its name: G for Team Galactic in Platinum, and later GL, E4, C and FB. Trainers like Cyrus's Conspiracy support them.
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