Dialga-EX 65/101 · Plasma Blast

Plasma Blast is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on August 14, 2013. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 105 cards. Dialga-EX is 65/101, in position 65 of 105 on this checklist. Before it is 64 Salamence, and after it is 66 Palkia-EX. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Dialga-EX is a Basic EX Team Plasma Dragon Pokémon with 180 HP. In the Pokédex this is Dialga (#483), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Eske Yoshinob illustrated this card. The same name is on 177 other cards in the catalog.

Dialga (#483) has 46 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Dialga 1/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card is named Dialga, while this one is Dialga-EX. That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Nakaoka illustrated that card, and Eske Yoshinob illustrated this one. 37 other cards of Dialga list a different HP.

The attack Reverse Edge lists 50 damage. The cost is Psychic, Metal, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, put a card from your discard pile into your hand. Fast Forward is another attack lists 90 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. For each Plasma Energy attached to this Pokémon, discard the top card of your opponent's deck. Weakness is Dragon ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for Plasma Blast, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Plasma Blast set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Dialga can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.