Dialga DP26/56 · DP Black Star Promos

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

Dialga sits at DP26/56 in DP Black Star Promos, position 26 of 56. Before it is DP25 Tropical Wind, and after it is DP27 Palkia. The set belongs to the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on May 1, 2007. The printed size is 56, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Promo.

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."

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 Promo. Nakaoka illustrated that card, and Kazuyuki Kano illustrated this one. 44 other cards of Dialga list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kazuyuki Kano. I count 26 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

DP Black Star Promos set binder is where a full DP Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Dialga can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.