Dialga DP49/56 · DP Black Star Promos

DP Black Star Promos is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on May 1, 2007. The printed size is 56, and the checklist is the same length. Dialga is DP49/56, in position 49 of 56 on this checklist. Before it is DP48 Tropical Wind, and after it is DP50 Arceus. The listed rarity is Promo.

Dialga is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 100 HP. The card lists level 69. In the Pokédex this is Dialga (#483), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 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 lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Nakaoka illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 39 other cards of Dialga list a different HP.

The attack Time Call lists no damage number. The cost is Metal. Search your deck for a card that evolves from 1 of your Pokémon and put it onto that Pokémon. (This counts as evolving that Pokémon.) Shuffle your deck afterward. Time Wager is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. If either of them is tails, this attack's base damage is 50 instead of 100. Weakness is Fire ×2. 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 DP Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the DP Black Star Promos 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.