Dialga 20/25 · Celebrations

Celebrations is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 8 October 2021. The printed size is 25, and the checklist is the same length. Dialga is 20/25, in position 20 of 25 on this checklist. Before it is 19 Yveltal, and after it is 21 Solgaleo. The listed rarity is Rare.

Dialga is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Dialga (#483), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.

Dialga (#483) has 46 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 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 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Nakaoka illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 41 other cards of Dialga list a different HP.

The attack Temporal Backflow lists no damage number. The cost is Metal. Put a card from your discard pile into your hand. Metal Blast is another attack lists 60+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 20 more damage for each Metal Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. 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." The regulation mark is E.

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