The 13 Most Expensive NIKKE UNION ARENA Cards
The GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE set is one of the biggest from UNION ARENA to date. Apart from unique mechanics and solid decks, one of the biggest reasons to invest in this blockbuster set is because of its sheer number of collectible cards.
And there really are a lot, ranging from the English exclusive Action Point cards, to the equally exclusive alternate art box toppers.
However, even these relatively valuable pulls have nothing on the set’s biggest draw: the SR** and above cards.
With that in mind, I’ll be ranking each of the NIKKE UNION ARENA cards based on their actual market data.
#1 Modernia SR***
Market price: $586
This gorgeous card isn’t only the single most valuable card in the NIKKE set – it also is one of the most valuable UNION ARENA cards of all time. Modernia has everything an ultimate chase card should have: beauty, rarity, a signature, a competitively viable card, and beloved character.
#2 Anis SR**
Market price: $311.21
Another popular character, Anis gets bonus points for being a solid choice for any Yellow NIKKE deck. She’s a very strong card competitively, while also doubling as a highly popular character as well, and her market price reflects this.
#3 Snow White SR**
Market price: $299
Snow White may be one of the few character’s whose regular SR I prefer over the alternate SR** look. Her SR features her in full sniper mode, and she’s a very strong card in more limited formats – I used her to win the NIKKE Release event. However, you can’t argue with the market value of her parallel rare – an incredibly impressive feat for a card of this rarity in UNION ARENA.
#4 Scarlet SR**
Listing price: $285
Scarlet gets double points as a card. First of all, she’s one of the strongest NIKKE cards on her own, boosting to a powerful Double Attack character with 5000 BP while letting you draw a card. Secondly, Scarlet consistently ranks highly as one of the most popular NIKKE characters. We expected her to command a powerful market value at the onset and she should retain that value over time as well.
#5 Dorothy SR**
Market price: $274
Dorothy’s SR** only helps validate her waifu status among fans. Fan following aside, Dorothy does benefit as being the main attacker in the strong purple NIKKE deck, helping shoot this card’s value up, as well as ranking high in popularity polls among players, making her one of the more desirable chase cards in the set.
#6 Rapunzel SR**
Market price: $252
Rapunzel surprised me for ranking as high as she does on this list. Initially I assumed she would be further down. But her market value shows she is clearly among the more popular NIKKEs in the set. Competitively speaking, Rapunzel won’t have a huge impact, although she is a vital character in the interesting Pilgrim/Pioneer strategy.
#7 Modernia SR**
Listing price: $180
Modernia’s SR*** is so gorgeous I guess this SR** pales slightly in comparison. It’s still a valuable card by UNION ARENA standard, but falls somewhat flat compared to the other chase cards on the list.
#8 Laplace – SR**
Listing price: $162
While Laplace isn’t the most expensive of the SR** signature card lineup, this card actually adds a ton of personality to this character in the game, showing her chilling in what looks like a domestic setting. This contrasts with Laplace’s appealing devil-may-care persona the card portrays. She also makes up one of the stronger NIKKE decks – being the primary attacker in the Green Missilis deck.
#9 Rapi – SR**
Listing price: $144
Despite being one of the more recognizeable NIKKE on this list, Rapi’s SR** is quite affordable right now. I would have thought it would be the other way around, with her ranking much higher up. However, perhaps her popularity works against her, with enough people actually being worth buying her that the market data for this particular chase is more reliable? It’s the only thing I can think of as to why this particular character would rank as lowly as it does.
#10 Liter SR**
Market price: $136
Look carefully into this card and you’ll see Laplace looking back. That’s a pretty cool effect that ties Liter to Laplace, making them a must-have for die-hard NIKKE collectors.
#11 Rupee SR**
Market price: $134
Rupee’s pairing with Alice works here as the two go together strategy-wise in the Tetra Line deck.
#12 Alice SR**
Listing price: $130
Despite ranking consistently high in the Doki Doki popularity poll as one of the most popular characters in NIKKE, Alice takes a low spot on this list. Again, being worth her current price would normally make her reasonably valuable by UNION ARENA standards, she’s almost at the very bottom for this hot set.
#13 Neon SR**
Market price: $111
Despite Neon being arguably one of the strongest attackers in the whole set, Neon is clearly less popular than some of the others, and winds up at the very bottom worth a comparatively paltry $111. Still, mega Rapi fans might want to pocket this SR** for its tie-in with Rapi who you can see standing in the back.