Dialga 16/106 · Great Encounters

Great Encounters is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on February 1, 2008. The printed size is 106, and the checklist is the same length. Dialga is 16/106, in position 16 of 106 on this checklist. Before it is 15 Claydol, and after it is 17 Exploud. The listed rarity is Rare.

Dialga is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 68. In the Pokédex this is Dialga (#483), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Daisuke Ito illustrated this card. The same name is on 47 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). Both list 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Nakaoka illustrated that card, and Daisuke Ito illustrated this one. 44 other cards of Dialga list a different HP.

The attack Time Bellow lists 10 damage. The cost is Metal. Draw a card. Flash Cannon is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Colorless. You may return all Energy cards attached to Dialga to your hand. If you do, remove the highest Stage Evolution card from the Defending Pokémon and shuffle that card into your opponent's deck. Weakness is Fire +20. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It has the power to control time. It appears in Sinnoh-region myths as an ancient deity."

I keep a set binder for Great Encounters, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Great Encounters 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.