Highlights

• Crown Zenith features higher odds for opening rarer cards, including fancy full art cards and secret rares.
• The Galarian Gallery versions of Glaceon VSTAR and Leafeon VSTAR have high collectability due to their beautiful art.
• Giratina VSTAR is the most valuable card in Crown Zenith, thanks to its eldritch-inspired art and playability in a powerful Lost Zone-based deck.

As more expansions keep dropping for the Pokemon TCG, more collectors are jumping on board, cracking packs, and hunting for their favorite Pokemon cards. Crown Zenith is a special set, a sort of celebration for everyone to enjoy. Featuring cards with new artwork, special versions, and powerful reprints, there’s tons of fun for you to enjoy.

One of the best parts of Crown Zenith is that it features higher odds for opening rarer cards. With all sorts of fancy full art cards, secret rares, and more in Crown Zenith, let’s take a look at some of the most valuable cards in the set.

These prices all come from TCGplayer’s Market Value and are subject to change.

Updated December 12, 2023, by Ryan Hay: There are plenty of cool cards to find, collect, and play with in the Pokemon TCG's Crown Zenith expansion. Between the Galarian Gallery and the main set, there are tons of cards that have held their value since the set's release back in January 2023. Since its release, players have had plenty of time to crack packs to hunt for their favorite Pokemon cards, with prices rising and falling based on each card's collectability and playability. Now that prices have had time to settle a bit, we're taking a look at the top cards from the set. Make sure to check your binder and take apart your older decks to make the most of your collection.

10 Entei V - Galarian Gallery

$17.18

If there's one thing you can say about Entei V is that they're explosive, both in terms of value this Pokemon provides and the amount of damage it can do. With a healthy amount of HP, Entei can stick around in your Active Spot to help draw you cards with its Fleet-Footed ability, letting you draw a card once per turn.

Then, much like its other elemental counterparts, Entei V can make use of its Burning Rondo attack, dealing twenty damage at its base, and then an extra 20 for each Benched Pokemon in play.

9 Raikou V - Galarian Gallery

$17.44

Look at how fast this Pokemon can go! Everything about Raikou V is about speed. Its ability, Fleet-Footed, lets you draw a card once per turn when it is in the active spot, which encourages to you either actively be swapping it in and out of the active spot, or to power it up to be your main attacker.

And it's a solid attacker too, with its Lighting Rondo attack only requiring two Energies to use, and deals more damage based on the total number of Benchend Pokemon. If you can fill your bench up quickly, you'll be dealing at least 120 damage with each attack.

8 Glaceon VSTAR - Galarian Gallery

$19.07

The Ice evolutionary line of Eevee has always been a popular one, and in Crown Zenith, the Galarian Gallery version of the card has plenty of collectability among fans. While Glaceon VSTAR doesn’t see much play competitively, it is a frigidly beautiful card that shows off a Glaceon in its natural environment.

7 Leafeon VSTAR - Galarian Gallery

$20.99

The second Eevee evolution on this list, Leafeon VSTAR, is another card that fetches a high value because of its positively lovely art. Casually lounging in a greenhouse or some type of apothecary, the beautiful art by Jiro Sasumo truly captures the daily life of this Leafeon. The card itself doesn’t see much play, but if you want to show off your favorite Eeveeloution, there’s no better card to pick.

6 Elesa's Sparkle (Full Art)

$21.31

A powerful card in any deck based on the Fusion Strike mechanic, Elesa's Sparkle takes two of your Fusion Strike Pokemon and gives them a bit of a boost. When you play this Supporter card you get to pick two of your Fusion Strike and then go grab a Fusion Strike Energy card from your deck and attach those Energies to them.

The artwork for the full art Elesa's Sparkle shows her hanging out in what appears to be an arcade or theme park of some kind, with a big ol' Pikachu, Charizard, and Jigglypull in the background.

5 Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR (Secret) - Galarian Gallery

$80.76

The anthesis of Palkia in nature but also united in cause, the Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR secret rare from Crown Zenith not only features similarly awe-inspiring art but an obscene amount of power. Its VSTAR Power, Star Chronos, grants you the extremely powerful ability to take an extra turn after your current one ends while also dealing a significant amount of damage.

4 Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR (Secret) - Galarian Gallery

$67.41

The secret rare version of Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR should surprise no one as being among the most valuable cards from Crown Zenith. Its only attack, Subspace Swell, can deal upwards of 260 damage if both players are maxed out on their Bench.

While the damage output will often be lower, you can easily achieve at least 160 damage by filling out your own Bench. When this secret rare is placed alongside the Origin Forme Dialga, Arceus, and Giratina VSTAR cards from Crown Zenith, it creates an almost cataclysmic union of art.

3 Mewtwo VSTAR

$45.51

Depicting the original legendary Pokemon for many players, Mewtwo VSTAR sits above almost all other cards in Crown Zenith in terms of value. This full art card shows an intense fight between Mewtwo and a Charizard, tearing up the very earth beneath them as they battle in the skies. There’s a possibility that Mewtwo VSTAR’s price could be getting a boost from the tendency of cards with Charizard on it being of higher value, it's still safe to say that Mewtwo VSTAR will maintain a high price.

2 Arceus VSTAR (Secret) - Galarian Gallery

$52.73

Among Pokemon lore, it is said that Arceus created not only the Sinnoh region but possibly the whole world, and with the art on this secret rare from the Galarian Gallery, it's hard to doubt its power. Arceus VSTAR is already a powerhouse in the trading card game; between its VSTAR Power to get any two cards from your deck and a powerful ability that accelerates your other V Pokemon, you can expect collectors and players alike to be after this card.

1 Giratina VSTAR (Secret) - Galarian Gallery

$69.82

The most valuable card from Crown Zenith is Giratina VSTAR by a wide margin. Giratina, in its Origin Forme at its home in the Distortion World, can be seen parting the chaos of the world around it. Giratina’s high price comes from its eldritch-inspired art, rarity, and playability, headlining a powerful Lost Zone-based deck.