Shining Legends Card Values & Price Guide

Name: Shining Legends card values & price data
Creator: CardLedger

Released in 2017 as part of the Sun & Moon series, Shining Legends spans 73 cards — 19 of them priced from TCGplayer and Cardmarket.

Released 2017/10/0673 printed cards

Cards tracked

Cards priced

Median value

$29.12

Tracked total

$1,576.05

Cost to complete

$1,141.34

cheapest printings

Top card

$823.04

Mewtwo GX

By CardLedger Research · Market data updated October 26, 2026 · Prices from TCGplayer & Cardmarket

Overview

About the Shining Legends set

Shining Legends launched 2017/10/06 and contains 73 printed cards in the Sun & Moon series. The most valuable card is Mewtwo GX #78, worth $823.04 (Secret Rare).

This report prices 19 of the 19 tracked cards from live TCGplayer (USD) and Cardmarket (EUR) data, with a median card value of $29.12 and an average of $82.95.

Market

Shining Legends value distribution

How market value is spread across the set's tracked cards.

Set value index

4 days tracked · -0.2%

2026-10-15 · $1,579.65▼ 0.2% since 2026-10-152026-10-26 · $1,576.05

Index change

-0.2%

over 4 days

Off recorded high

-0.2%

Max drawdown

-0.2%

Daily volatility

0.1%

The index sums the live market value of every priced card in the set, built from our own daily snapshots.

The set's value is concentrated at the top: Mewtwo GX alone is worth $823.04, and the five most valuable cards — Mewtwo GX #78 ($823.04), Shining Mew #40 ($202.54), Shining Rayquaza #56 ($156.58), Mewtwo GX #76 ($95.56), Raichu GX #75 ($44.21) — carry the bulk of the $1,576.05 tracked total.

The median card value is $29.12 versus an average of $82.95 — a right-skewed distribution where a few chase cards pull the average up.

For collectors, the 5 cards above $44.21 are the ones worth sleeving; the rest of the set is affordable to complete raw.

Checklist

Rarity & price distribution

The tracked checklist breaks down by rarity as: 11 Ultra Rare, 5 Secret Rare, 3 Common. Rarer tiers carry the highest values.

By price band, the set has 0 cards Under $1, 0 cards $1–$5, 9 cards $5–$20, 7 cards $20–$100, 3 cards $100+. 3 cards trade above $100.

Mewtwo GX is the standout chase at $823.04; the next tier down (Shining Mew, Shining Rayquaza) forms the mid-set value layer.

Price bands

Under $10 cards · 0%

$1–$50 cards · 0%

$5–$209 cards · 47%

$20–$1007 cards · 37%

$100+3 cards · 16%

Cost to complete

What it costs to complete Shining Legends

Cheapest-printing cost to gather every tracked Shining Legends card, broken down by rarity tier.

Rarity	Cards	Cost to complete	Share	Median
Secret Rare	5	$786.50	69%	$44.21
Ultra Rare	11	$353.10	31%	$13.84
Common	3	$1.74	0%	$11.13

Affordable core vs tail

Cheapest 90% of cards$516.34

Priciest 10% (the tail)$625.00

Total to complete raw$1,141.34

Most of a set is cheap to collect — the last few chase cards carry most of the cost. The priciest 10% alone are 55% of the total.

Top cards

Most valuable Shining Legends cards

Ranked by live market value from TCGplayer (USD).

#	Card	Rarity	Variant	Market value	You'd net
1	Mewtwo GX #78	Secret Rare	Holofoil	$823.04	$823.04
2	Shining Mew #40	Ultra Rare	Holofoil	$202.54	$202.54
3	Shining Rayquaza #56	Ultra Rare	Holofoil	$156.58	$156.58
4	Mewtwo GX #76	Secret Rare	Holofoil	$95.56	$95.56
5	Raichu GX #75	Secret Rare	Holofoil	$44.21	$44.21
6	Shining Jirachi #42	Ultra Rare	Holofoil	$38.22	$38.22
7	Shining Arceus #57	Ultra Rare	Holofoil	$34.59	$34.59
8	Entei GX #74	Secret Rare	Holofoil	$32.97	$32.97
9	Mewtwo GX #72	Ultra Rare	Holofoil	$30.48	$30.48
10	Zoroark GX #77	Secret Rare	Holofoil	$29.12	$29.12
11	Mewtwo GX #39	Ultra Rare	Holofoil	$13.84	$13.84
12	Shining Genesect #9	Ultra Rare	Holofoil	$12.93	$12.93

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Your value in set

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Still to collect

$1,576.05

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Price movement

Heating up in Shining Legends

Cards in this set trading furthest above their 30-day average (7-day momentum).

Pikachu #28$11.81▲ 109.9%
Shining Jirachi #42$38.22▲ 99.4%
Shining Genesect #9$12.93▲ 96.8%
Shining Volcanion #27$6.12▲ 35.2%
Shining Mew #40$202.54▲ 23.9%
Totodile #18$6.60▲ 12.5%

Buy the dip

Cooling off in Shining Legends

Cards in this set trading furthest below their 30-day average — potential value windows.

Entei GX #71$9.49▼ 37.5%
Shining Arceus #57$34.59▼ 36.9%
Zoroark GX #77$29.12▼ 27.1%
Plusle #33$11.13▼ 16.1%
Mewtwo GX #72$30.48▼ 13.3%
Mewtwo GX #76$95.56▼ 5.6%

FAQ

Shining Legends questions

What is the most valuable card in Shining Legends?

Mewtwo GX #78 is the set's top card, valued at $823.04 (Secret Rare). It ranks #1 of 19 priced Shining Legends cards.

How many cards are in Shining Legends?

Shining Legends contains 73 printed cards in the Sun & Moon series, released 2017/10/06. This report tracks 19 of them, 19 with live prices.

What is the average Shining Legends card worth?

The median tracked value is $29.12 and the average is $82.95. The gap reflects the set's chase cards, which pull the average above the typical card.

Should I collect Shining Legends?

As a modern-era Sun & Moon-series set, Shining Legends remains in active demand driven by playability and collector interest. Completing it raw is affordable at a $29.12 median, while the top chase cards carry the investment case.

Shining Volcanion

$6.12

Shining Legends

Net ≈ $6.12▲ 35.2%

Ultra RareSun & Moon

Raichu GX

$5.31

Shining Legends

Net ≈ $5.31▼ 1.5%

Ultra RareSun & Moon

Complete Shining Legends checklist (19)

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