The Most Valuable Cards In HGHS: Unleashed

Key Takeaways

• HeartGold and SoulSilver Unleashed set features powerful Prime Pokemon from Johto and Sinnoh regions.
• Cards have unique designs, require deciphering, and unite in two pieces for special effects.
• Valuable cards like Tyranitar Prime, Alph Lithograph, and Raikou Suicune Legend are worth collecting.

Pokemon TCG’s HeartGold and SoulSilver’s Unleashed set focuses on Pokemon from the Johto and Sinnoh region. This includes powerful Prime Pokemon that have unique card designs, cards that need to be deciphered, and others that only work when you have two pieces to unite as one.

Of course, with so many different gimmicks in this set, there are some traits that help increase the value of the cards found within. So whether you’re looking after some neat legendaries to add to your stash or trying to see how much your collection is worth, these are the best pulls from the Unleashed set.

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10 Steelix Prime – $16.50

Crushing Steel

Steelix Prime has a dynamic card design with a card art box that just pops out of the frame. With a menacing grin and a single red eye, this Steelix card borders on nightmare fuel. Steelix Prime has a Poke Body called Perfect Metal, which protects it from status effects.

Energy Stream provides decent energy acceleration while still dishing out 30 damage. This will help you pay the five Energy cost of Gaia Crush. This move does 100 damage and allows you to discard any stadium card in play.

9 Kingdra Prime – $20.53

One Valuable Dragon Of The Sea

The Unleashed set contains one of the more valuable Kingdra prints you can find. This is Kingdra Prime, and like some of the other cards under the Prime banner, it has a twinkling eye and a menacing glare.

Kingdra Prime’s Spray Splash Poke Power lets you distribute one damage counter every single turn to one of your opponent’s Pokemon. Meanwhile, Dragon Steam does 60 damage for only one Energy. The only downside is that if your opponent has any Fire Pokemon in play, the damage goes down to 20.

8 Alph Lithograph – $35.81

Decoding The Secrets Of Alph

Alph Lithograph is one of the most visually interesting cards in the Pokemon TCG. Rather than having the standard English text, this card features the entire alphabet made up of Unown. You can use this graph to decode what the card does on the bottom half.

When translated, this card’s effect is revealed. It allows you to shuffle your deck. While this doesn’t do much, it is an absolute beauty to look at and makes for a unique part of your Pokemon card collection.

7 Tyranitar Prime – $49.96

A Roaring Victory

Tyranitar Prime has three different moves instead of the usual two. For one Energy, Darkness Howl does 20 damage for each Pokemon currently in play that isn’t a Dark-type. Power Claw does 60 damage for three Energy and doesn’t get nerfed other than by resistance.

Megaton Tail is the most expensive Move on this card. It deals 120 damage for four Energy and lets you mill the top three cards of your deck. Besides being powerful for its time, it also has a nice design with the bone white borders looking nice next to the black card design.

6 Suicune And Entei Legend Bottom – $57.24

Fire And Water Combine

Legend cards are some of the most unique printings in the Pokemon TCG. Rather than being one rare card, these Pokemon are comprised of two separate cards that must be played together. This card is the bottom half of Suicune and Entei Legend so all you can see is Entei’s feet.

The bottom half includes the moves Torrent Blade, which does 100 damage to one of your opponent’s Benched Pokemon and returns two Water Energy to your hand. Meanwhile, Bursting Inferno does 80 damage while burning your opponent’s Pokemon.

5 Entei And Raikou Legend Top – $67.90

A Legendary Duo Of Fire And Lightning

Another pair of legendary Pokemon that appear in this set are Entei and Raikou. This is the top half of their Legend printing and does not feature any of the Pokemon’s Moves. Instead, it is purely art with Entei’s face.

Other details on this card include the mixture of red and yellow to symbolize the combined typings of Fire and Electric Pokemon. Unfortunately, this card won’t do much on its own. If you have it in your collection, make sure to sleeve it next to the bottom half.

4 Raikou And Suicune Legend Bottom – $70.76

When Water Conducts Electricity

Raikou and Suicune are an electrifying duo. Raikou dishes out massive damage with its Thunderbolt Spear. For three Energy, this does 150 damage but does 50 to itself as recoil. Meanwhile, Aurora Gain can help you recover from this while also dishing out 50.

While the top part of the card art features Raikou, the bottom half has Suicune. This makes it a neat card to look out on its own since the art for the Pokemon isn’t cut off by being split in two.

3 Entei And Raikou Legend Bottom – $72.99

Completing The Legendary Team Up

The bottom half of Entei and Raikou Legend features Raikou roaring menacingly as the ground beneath it crumbles from its power. This Pokemon harnesses the power of Fire and Electricity to lay waste on your opponent’s board.

Detonation Spin is Entei’s move, and it does 90 damage for two Energy. It also discards one Energy from itself whenever it is used. Thunder Fall is Raikou’s contribution, and it forces you to discard all your Energy. In exchange, you get to do 80 damage to every Pokemon on the field with Poke Powers.

2 Suicune And Entei Legend Top – $74.15

Harness The Power Of Fire And Water

Suicune and Entei Legend’s top half is the more valuable half of the duo. While it doesn’t have any Moves on the card body, the design gives both Pokemon enough space to appear on the card art.

This is one of the few Legend cards where both Pokemon are clearly visible on the art, with one half being a watery Suicine and the other being a flaming hot Entei. Together they make a good-looking pair years before the era of tag team duos.

1 Raikou And Suicune Legend Top – $107.22

The Most Valuable Card In The Unleashed Set

If you’re looking for the most expensive card you can find in HeartGold and SoulSilver Unleashed, then this is the chase card. Raikou and Suicune Legend’s top half may not feature two Pokemon at the same time, but without the Moves getting in the way, it can make Raikou look fierce.

This Raikou stares at the distance as lightning strikes in the background. Its grizzled look and sparking claws get the entirety of the card’s design to show off. This is also one of the more expensive Legend printings of them all.