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Platinum

Platinum · 2009/02/11 · 127/133 cards
A vibrant, character-forward set where playful, cartoonish illustration dominates, anchored by balanced and simple compositions. The structure is broad at lower rarities, with a smaller premium layer of holos, LV.X, and a few secrets.
Cards133
Pokémon115
Trainers17
Energy1
Illustrators23
Unique Pokémon103
Avg art score65.91
Median art score68.00
Priced cards133
Avg market price$7.31
Median market price$1.01
Collector note
With 133 cards and a wide spread across Commons through LV.X and Secret rarities, Platinum offers both depth for set-building and a handful of higher-tier targets. The most valuable card is Vulpix (pl1-SH6), which can concentrate collector attention within the broader, more accessible card pool.
Visual identity
Platinum’s visual language is bright and vibrant, often using contrasting color to separate the subject from clean, uncluttered backgrounds. The prevailing approach is playful and cartoonish, with focused character framing and balanced layouts; when the set turns more mysterious or intense, it tends to do so through dynamic poses, sharper lighting, and occasional cooler or darker accents rather than heavy scene complexity.

About Platinum

Platinum presents a broad 133-card lineup with 115 Pokémon cards supported by 17 Trainers and a single Energy. The rarity structure is weighted toward Commons and Uncommons, then steps up through Rares and Rare Holos, with a compact group of Rare Holo LV.X and a small number of Rare Secret cards. Across the set, the dominant look is cartoonish and colorful, guided by balanced, simple layouts that keep the subject readable and centered.

The mood stays largely playful, cheerful, and lighthearted, but it regularly pivots into more mysterious and intense moments through sharper contrast and dynamic posing. Visual highlights include Dialga (pl1-23) and Giratina LV.X (pl1-124), both showing how the set can shift from straightforward character focus to higher-energy, more dramatic framing. Among the most present illustrators, Mitsuhiro Arita, Kouki Saitou, Kagemaru Himeno, and Ryo Ueda collectively shape much of the set’s visual baseline, spanning clean character depiction, stylized motion, and crisp digital finish.

Illustrators

Mitsuhiro Arita and Kouki Saitou contribute the largest share of illustrations, establishing a consistent, readable character presentation across many cards. Kagemaru Himeno and Ryo Ueda also appear frequently, adding variety through shifts between softer, whimsical rendering and more dynamic, digitally polished action framing.

Format

Printed total127
Set total133
SeriesPlatinum
Release2009/02/11

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Kent Kanetsuna
Kagemaru Himeno
Suwama Chiaki
Atsuko Nishida
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Hajime Kusajima
Kouki Saitou
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Mitsuhiro Arita
Kouki Saitou
Yusuke Ishikawa
Shizurow
Ken Sugimori
Kouki Saitou
Atsuko Nishida
Yusuke Ishikawa
Mitsuhiro Arita
Masakazu Fukuda
Mitsuhiro Arita
Kouki Saitou
Makoto Imai
Mitsuhiro Arita
Ryota Saito
Kagemaru Himeno
Kent Kanetsuna
Kouki Saitou
Mitsuhiro Arita
Mitsuhiro Arita
Kagemaru Himeno
Kent Kanetsuna
Yusuke Ishikawa
Naoyo Kimura
Kouki Saitou
Kouki Saitou
Ryo Ueda
Atsuko Nishida
Atsuko Nishida
Kouki Saitou
Makoto Imai
Mitsuhiro Arita
Kagemaru Himeno
Ken Sugimori
Kagemaru Himeno
Kagemaru Himeno
Hajime Kusajima
Ken Sugimori