Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Dialga
Call of Legends · #3 · Rare Holo · 2011
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$37.17
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 3 / 106
- Release year
- 2011
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Ayaka Yoshida
- Pokédex #
- 483
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 70 damage
- 17.5 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Dialga plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Time Rewind) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Metal Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Metal type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥50 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
How to beat Dialga
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.03 copies on average · 183 decks
- Match win rate
- 47.1%
- -0.1 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Steven's Metang
in 71% of decks · 129 seen
Steven's Beldum
in 71% of decks · 129 seen
Steven's Metagross ex
in 71% of decks · 129 seen
Piplup
in 57% of decks · 103 seen
Empoleon ex
in 57% of decks · 103 seen
Deoxys
in 19% of decks · 34 seen
Mega Skarmory ex
in 82% of decks · 148 seen
Mega Mawile ex
in 57% of decks · 103 seen
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Building around Dialga?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"This Pokémon completely controls the flow of time. It uses its power to travel at will through the past and future."
MMMMTime Rewind — 70
Shuffle your hand into your deck.
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:P-20
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Dialga has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Dialga — Mega Evolution
Played in 76 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $8.99 | $15.00 | $163.10 | $37.17 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $7.66 | $31.19 | $309.80 | $11.75 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €7.95 |
| 7-day average | €10.31 |
| 30-day average | €7.29 |
| Low | €0.80 |
| Trend price | €8.30 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.98 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.80 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €10.25 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €14.10 |
| reverseHoloSell | €20.97 |
| averageSellPrice | €10.31 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €13.36 |
| Reverse holo trend | €11.75 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Dialga is real?
Dialga is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Dialga worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Dialga is $37.17; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Dialga from?
Dialga is from the Pokémon set "Call of Legends" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2011.
What rarity is Dialga?
Dialga is a Rare Holo card in the Call of Legends set.
Other Dialga printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
