Dialga 23/127 · Platinum

Dialga is Pokédex #483, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Dialga is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 100 HP. The card lists level 73.

Dialga sits at 23/127 in Platinum, position 23 of 133. Before it is 22 Blissey, and after it is 24 Dugtrio. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on 11 February 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Energy Stream lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, search your discard pile for a basic Energy card and attach it to Dialga. Diamond Blow is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Metal, Colorless. Dialga can't attack during your next turn. Weakness is Fire +30. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "A legendary Pokémon of Sinnoh. It is said that time flows when Dialga's heart beats."

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 Rare. Nakaoka illustrated that card, and Kent Kanetsuna illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 39 other cards of Dialga list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kent Kanetsuna. I count 74 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Platinum set binder is where a full Platinum 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.