The Most Valuable Cards In The Lost Origin Expansion For Pokemon TCG

Highlights

• The Lost Origin expansion brings back the Lost Zone mechanic, cutting players off from their cards and adding new ways to indirectly interact with it.
• The most valuable cards in the set are often related to the Lost Zone, such as Hisuian Zoroark VSTAR and Kyurem VMAX.
• The set includes powerful and valuable cards like Dark Patch and Giratina VSTAR, with prices that have continued to climb since the set’s release in September 2022.

Throughout the years, the Pokemon TCG has introduced and forgotten about plenty of mechanics that at one time dominated the game. The Lost Origin expansion brings back one of these older mechanics, the Lost Zone. As a more permanent version of the Discard Pile, the Lost Zone does not allow anyone to interact with their cards at all — completely cutting players off from whatever winning strategy may be locked away.

However, the Lost Origin expansion brings all new and powerful ways to indirectly interact with the Lost Zone, meaning many of the most expensive cards in the set are going to be those that are concerned with the Lost Zone. As with most Pokemon TCG sets, the extremely rare Alternate Full Art versions top the charts for value, but a few regular versions of cards make it through.

These prices are determined by the average market price from cards listed on TCGplayer, and are subject to fluctuations as time passes and the competitive meta evolves. Prices may not be the same as at the time of writing.

Updated December 12, 2023, by Ryan Hay: You can’t deny the fact that the Lost Origin expansion has had some powerful and valuable cards in the set. Since the set was released back in September of 2022, there’s been plenty of time for prices to settle, only for the most valuable cards to continue to climb in value. Now that collectors and players have had time to open as many products as they like, the prices of these valuable chase cards are likely pretty well established. Some might have risen a bit, while others have fallen off, but between the main set and the Trainer’s Gallery, these are the most valuable cards from the Lost Origin set.

15 Hisuian Zoroark VSTAR (Secret)

$6.17

Climbing steadily over the past few months is the Hisuian Zoroark VSTAR Secret Rare from Lost Origin. This beautiful take on the Hisuian regional Zoroark card takes the normally Dark-Type Pokemon and highlights its new Normal-Typing by making it a colorless card.

With its Phantom Star VSTAR Power, you can pitch your hand and draw a whole new grip of seven cards like a built-in Professor Supporter card when you’re in a pinch, making it a valuable, versatile, and beautiful addition to your deck.

14 Kyurem VMAX (Secret)

$6.57

The rainbow design of the secret rare Kyurem VMAX highlights every detail of the massive Dynamaxed Pokemon, even down to the swirling clouds that circle Kyurem’s head. With Kyurem VMAX in play, you can accelerate it up to its attack with the Glaciated World ability, discarding through the top card of your library unless it is a Water Energy. If it is, you can attach it to any one of your Pokemon in play.

Once you hit three Water Energies on Kyurem VMAX you can unleash its Max Frost attack. This attack deals 120 damage as the base number, going up by 50 for each Water Energy you choose to discard from it. This scaling attack rewards you for adding extra energies to it, letting you take down your opponent’s higher HP active Pokemon if you’re struggling to push through.

13 Mew VMAX (Secret)

$6.65

From the Trainer Gallery comes this stunning Mew VMAX Secret rare card. Even though much of the card is covered in all black, Mew itself is outlined in shades of pink and yellow, with more black in the negative space to give Mew some shading.

If you’re looking to pick up this incredibly cool card for your collection you’re in luck, this Fusion Strike Mew is pretty easy to pick up and would make a great addition to any deck or binder.

12 Collapsed Stadium (Secret)

$7.78

A fascinating Stadium card, Collapsed Stadium is a great control card for players looking to keep their opponents in check. With this Stadium out, both you and your opponents can’t have more than four benched Pokemon out. If either player does, they have to discard until they’re at four.

While this doesn’t count as knocking out a Pokemon, it can mess up plenty of strategies and make your opponents make some difficult decisions. If you’re playing a deck

11 Dark Patch (Secret)

$8.88

Anytime there’s a powerful Dark-Type based Meta, Dark Patch makes an appearance. This strong Item card takes a basic Darkness Energy from your discard pile and lets you attach it to a Darkness Pokemon on your bench. If you have a Pokemon in your active spot, you’re out of luck a bit.

For players looking to make their Darkness decks the coolest in the room, a playset of these all gold Secret rares are the way to go.

10 Lost Vacuum (Secret)

$9.15

A very balanced card to disrupt your opponent’s gameplan, Lost Vacuum is a strong way to deal with Pokemon Tools and Stadiums that might be giving you trouble. When you play Lost Vacuum, you get to take a Pokemon Tool or Stadium in play and put it into the Lost Zone, all but permanently removing it from the game.

To keep the card balanced, you also have to take a card from your hand and put it into the Lost Zone as well, but that’s a low price to pay to ditch a Collapsed Stadium that is giving you problems.

9 Aerodactyl VSTAR (Secret)

$9.84

It’s no secret that this Aerodactyl VSTAR secret rare is on this list, given the fantastic rainbow artwork and unique abilities that the card has. Aerodactyl VSTAR’s VSTAR Power attack, Ancient Star, gives it an ability when activated. This ability removes all abilities from your opponent’s Pokemon V in play, both their active Pokemon and benched ones.

You can use Aerodactyl VSTAR’s Ancient Star attack and then switch out another Pokemon to the active spot, since Aerodactyl VSTAR keeps the ability active even if it’s not your active Pokemon. Since it only costs one colorless energy you can wait a few turns until you build up a few more energies to attack with the Lost Dive attack.

8 Giratina VSTAR (212) (Secret)

$10.86

Giratina is dominating many of the highest-cost card lists in Lost Origin, and for good reason. Not only is Giratina VSTAR extremely powerful, but the Gold Secret Rare version looks positively stunning.

Showing off Giratina in all its golden glory, any player looking to flex their deck at the next tournament will need this card. Giratina VSTAR has a powerful attack with Lost Impact, dealing 280 damage for three energy. It does have a steep cost to using it though, requiring you to put two of the energies attached to Giratina VSTAR into your Lost Zone, but if you can close a game with an attack or two, it will be well worth it.

7 Giratina VSTAR (201) (Secret)

$14.64

Giratina VSTAR’s fancier Rainbow Rare version is worth only a little bit more than the plain version, but the design certainly makes the card pop. Giratina’s VSTAR Power can only be activated if you have ten or more cards in your Lost Zone, but in exchange you can automatically Knock Out your opponent’s Active Pokemon, no matter how much HP it has.

While this Secret Rare has the same stats as the regular version, there’s no denying that the colorful rainbow effect does wonder for players looking to upgrade their deck. You’ll rarely find a prettier card to absolutely demolish an opponent with this Giratina’s VSTAR Power!

6 Galarian Perrserker V (Alternate Full Art)

$37.85

Just look at how happy this funny little fellow is! The Alternate Full Art Galarian Perrserker V is an absolute treat of a card, and shows off how creative and fun the artists can be.

Galarian Perrserker is no pushover either, with a one-two punch combo that both help put you ahead on card value and can deal a devastating amount of damage. You’ll be Feelin’ Fine when you knock out an opponent with this adorable Full Art Pokemon.

5 Pikachu V

$20.26

Featuring the trainer Red from the Pokemon games, the art for Pikachu V is a great homage for fans who have been playing the games for a long time. The two might be a little lost but they’ve got each other and thats all that matters.

Pikachu V comes from the Lost Origin: Trainers Gallery and is one of the most expensive cards from the set. With two attacks, Pikachu V sets up for a 1-2 punch, searching up to two Lightning Energies and attaching them to Pikachu V, and then using all that energy to unleash a powerful Thunderbolt, dealing 200 damage to your opponent’s active Pokemon.

4 Rotom V (Alternate Full Art) – $41.43

The artwork on the Alternate Full Art version of Rotom V is an absolute pleasure to behold, with a bunch of fun little easter eggs for fans to find. Scattered about the messy room are appliances that the little Ghost-type Plasma Pokemon can possess to help Rotom take on different forms.

There’s a lawnmower for Mow Rotom, a microwave oven for Heat Rotom, a washing machine for Wash Rotom, a refrigerator for Fridge Rotom, and finally, an electric fan for Fan Rotom. Staying in theme, Rotom can also fill up your Lost Zone with its Scrap Short attack, removing Pokemon Tools from your discard pile and dealing extra damage.

3 Pikachu VMAX

$32.67

The Gigantamax version of Pikachu V is an impressive upgrade on just about every account. At an impressive 310 HP, Pikachu VMAX has some of the highest hit points in the set. For just three Electric Energy, you can use its G-Max Volt Tackle attack, dealing a respectable 120 damage, or an electrifying 270 damage if you discard all Energy from it.

Stats aside, the art for Pikachu VMAX is extremely cool and nostalgic, featuring the trainer Red standing before the Gigantamaxed Pikachu, electricity and smoke swirls around the two but the keep their cool.

2 Aerodactyl V (Alternate Full Art)

$84.77

This Alternate Full Art version of Aerodactyl V takes you back to the prehistoric days of the world of Pokemon. Joining Aerodactyl in its pre-Pokemon Trainer days are a flock of Archeops, some Bastiodon and Shieldon enjoying a day at the beach, and many more.

Rarely does The Pokemon Company give players a look into the distant past like this, so it is a treat to get such a colorful and fun card. You can use Areodactyl V as a good control piece, keeping your opponent’s active Pokemon in check by discarding the energies from them.

1 Giratina V (Alternate Full Art)

$234.36

Not only does Lost Origin give players a glimpse into the past, but with the Alternate Full Art version of Giratina V, we get a look at nightmares.

The terrifying Renegade Pokemon is shown in the Distortion World, an alternate dimension that Giratina calls home. In its stronger Origin Forme, Giratina drifts through a seemingly unending world of terror and despair. This Giratina V will set you back almost $250, but owning a piece of Shinji Kando’s look into the abyss will be worth it.