Series: Sword & Shield
Crown Zenith Release Date: January 20, 2023
Set Abbreviation: CRZ
Crown Zenith is one of the most popular sets in Pokémon's recent history. Every card in this top 10 comes from the 70-card Galarian Gallery, this Sword & Shield send-off subset has quietly become one of the most beloved in the last few eras. Here they are, ranked by current market value as of August 2026.
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10. Mew - $64.90
Set: Sword & Shield: Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery
Card Number: GG10/GG70
Collectors call this one Sleepy Mew, and it is the only card here that is not a V, VSTAR, or VMAX. Ryota Murayama tucked Mew asleep in a bed of flowers with a dozen Pokémon watching over it, and the whole thing looks like a warm memory. Only 28% of graded copies come back PSA 10, the worst gem rate in the Gallery, which is why PSA 10 copies clear over $600.
9. Deoxys VMAX - $65.52
Set: Sword & Shield: Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery
Card Number: GG45/GG70
Deoxys VMAX is the strangest looking card in the Gallery and that is exactly why it works. Orbeetle's Dynamax form hovers overhead like a red saucer, beaming Deoxys down through a column of light while planets and comets streak past in a deep purple sky. Up nearly 70% in a year, and it still sits within a dollar of Sleepy Mew at the bottom of the list.
8. Glaceon VSTAR - $70.62
Set: Sword & Shield: Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery
Card Number: GG40/GG70
This was Gemi's very first Pokémon card, which is a wild place to start a career. Glaceon stands alert in the middle of a snowfall, pale blue against bare branches, and the snow does most of the work. Gemi has 25 cards to their name now, and collectors who follow the artist keep coming back to this one.
7. Leafeon VSTAR - $86.98
Set: Sword & Shield: Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery
Card Number: GG35/GG70
Our second Sinnoh Eeveelution on the list, and the cozier of the pair by a mile. Leafeon is stretched out on a wooden table in a greenhouse packed with lavender, glass jars, and hanging plants, and the light coming through the window behind it makes the whole card glow.
6. Darkrai VSTAR - $100.22
Set: Sword & Shield: Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery
Card Number: GG50/GG70
Darkrai is the biggest mover here, up 172% and climbing from #10 all the way to #6 since our last update. The art floats Darkrai over a moonlit shoreline, all black and gray against pastel water, with a tinge of red at its collar in a sea of soft blues. Star Abyss pulled two Item cards out of the discard every turn, which kept Darkrai in Lost Box builds long after the set left shelves.
5. Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR - $129.04
Set: Sword & Shield: Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery
Card Number: GG67/GG70
The first of four golds on this list, and the one that unsettles people. Palkia's Origin Forme is all pink plating and trailing fins, and the gold behind it burns like an open furnace. Bleeding Cool called it Lovecraftian, and honestly that is fair. Up nearly 80% in a year, and the only one of the four golds still sitting under $130.
4. Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR - $138.10
Set: Sword & Shield: Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery
Card Number: GG68/GG70
Dialga gets the better half of the pair. Where Palkia is swallowed by all that gold, Dialga's cold blue and steel plating cuts straight through it, and that contrast is what makes it special. The two were made to sit side by side in a binder and they are priced within nine dollars of each other, which almost never happens with a legendary pair this closely linked.
3. Arceus VSTAR - $224.30
Set: Sword & Shield: Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery
Card Number: GG70/GG70
Arceus is the last card in the Galarian Gallery, GG70 of GG70, and it earns the slot. The gold opens into a spiral tunnel with Arceus suspended dead center, and the light looks like it is coming from behind the card rather than sitting on top of it.
2. Mewtwo VSTAR - $284.00
Set: Sword & Shield: Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery
Card Number: GG44/GG70
Rarity: Rare Holo VSTAR
The only non-gold card in the top five, and it does not need the prestige. GOSSAN caught Mewtwo mid-attack with a sphere of psychic energy in one hand and yellow lines cracking outward across the whole card, with Charizard taking the brunt of it in the background. Look closer and Tangrowth, Geodude, and Diglett are in there too. Anyone who grew up on the first movie knows exactly what scene this is.
1. Giratina VSTAR - $356.65
Set: Sword & Shield: Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery
Card Number: GG69/GG70
Rarity: Rare Secret
Giratina VSTAR is the undisputed chase of Crown Zenith and has been since launch day. Akira Egawa illustrated all four golds in the Gallery and is the only artist to draw this treatment. His background is 3D modeling, and it shows: the gold does not sit behind Giratina so much as twist into it, tendrils and dripping shapes dragging the card down into the Distortion World. Fitting, since Lost Impact runs on the Lost Zone.
Final Thoughts
Ten out of ten cards here come from the same 70-card subset, and four of the top five are gold. Crown Zenith was the send-off for Sword & Shield, and collectors are treating the Galarian Gallery as its closing chapter. With no reprint coming and the average card on this list up 100% in twelve months, the golds and Sleepy Mew look like the ones with staying power.
