Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Dialga
Celebrations · #20 · Rare · 2021
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Market reference
$0.24
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 20 / 25
- Release year
- 2021
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- E
- Illustrator
- 5ban Graphics
- Pokédex #
- 483
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Recovery
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
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 (Metal Blast) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 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 ≥65 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Dialga
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.04 copies on average · 177 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 · 126 seen
Steven's Beldum
in 71% of decks · 126 seen
Steven's Metagross ex
in 71% of decks · 126 seen
Deoxys
in 19% of decks · 33 seen
Piplup
in 53% of decks · 94 seen
Empoleon ex
in 53% of decks · 94 seen
Mega Skarmory ex
in 80% of decks · 143 seen
Mega Mawile ex
in 56% of decks · 100 seen
More by 5ban Graphics
This card was illustrated by 5ban Graphics.
Building around Dialga?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It has the power to control time. It appears in Sinnoh-region myths as an ancient deity."
MTemporal Backflow
Put a card from your discard pile into your hand.
CCCMetal Blast — 60+
This attack does 20 more damage for each Metal Energy attached to this Pokémon.
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:G-30
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Dialga or Celebrations.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Dialga was legal.
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 2026/07/16| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.30 | $58.00 | $0.24 | $0.20 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.22 |
| 7-day average | €0.27 |
| 30-day average | €0.22 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.15 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.22 |
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 $0.24; 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 "Celebrations" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2021.
What rarity is Dialga?
Dialga is a Rare card in the Celebrations set.
Other Dialga printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
