Ariados · Lost Origin, what to know.
About the Ariados card
Ariados is card 113 of 217 in Lost Origin, released in September 2022, a Rare. It is a Stage 1 Darkness-type with 90 HP.
As a Stage 1, it evolves from Spinarak, which places Ariados deeper in its line and means most collectors hold it alongside the cards it evolves from.
Illustrated by Shinji Kanda.
The card's flavor text gives Ariados a line of lore: "It spews threads from its mouth to catch its prey. When night falls, it leaves its web to go hunt aggressively."
What is Ariados worth?
Ariados is a non-holo Rare. In Lost Origin, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Ariados trades modestly, though a clean, well-centered 1st Edition copy in PSA 10 is scarcer than the print run suggests and carries a real premium. Check the live price above for the figure by grade.
Print variants and how to spot them
Confirm the print and finish on Ariados before pricing it, since variant and rarity set the market more than the card name alone.
Grading and condition
Non-holo Rares like Ariados are easier on surface but no kinder on centering. These cards were less protected than the holos, so high-grade Ariados survivors can be scarcer than expected, with edge whitening the usual cap.
If you are collecting Ariados
For Ariados, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Submission math on Ariados rarely works unless the card has independent demand.
