Palkia 26/106 · Great Encounters

Palkia is Pokédex #484, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Palkia is a Basic Water Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 67.

Palkia sits at 26/106 in Great Encounters, position 26 of 106. Before it is 25 Milotic, and after it is 27 Primeape. The set belongs to the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on 1 February 2008. The printed size is 106, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Spacial Rend lists 10 damage. The cost is Water. Search your deck for a Stadium card, show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. If there is any Stadium card in play, discard it. Transback is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. You may flip a coin. If heads, discard all Energy attached to Palkia and put the Defending Pokémon and all cards attached to it on top of your opponent's deck. Your opponent shuffles his or her deck afterward. Weakness is Lightning +20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It has the ability to distort space. It is described as a deity in Sinnoh-region mythology."

Palkia (#484) has 39 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Palkia 11/130 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. 37 other cards of Palkia list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Daisuke Ito. I count 47 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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