Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl

Cresselia

Diamond & Pearl

DP Black Star Promos · #DP51 · Promo · 2007

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Card facts

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Set position: DP51 / 56
Release year: 2007
Rarity: Promo
HP: 90
Subtype: Basic
Retreat cost: 2 energy
Illustrator: Wataru Kawahara
Pokédex #: 488
Series: Diamond & Pearl

Card analysis

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Primary role: Attacker
Damage efficiency: 80 damage; 26.67 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 Cresselia 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 (Lunar Flight) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥45 effectively one-shots it.
A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.

How to beat Cresselia

Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥45 damage one-shots it.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 0% of decks; 1.6 copies on average · 5 decks

Budget alternatives

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About this card

HP: 90Type:PPsychicSubtype: Basic

"On nights around the quarter moon, the aurora from its tail extends and undulates beautifully."

Poké-Body: Lunar Aura

If you have Darkrai in play, remove 1 damage counter from Cresselia between turns.

PPCLunar Flight — 80-

Does 80 damage minus 10 damage for each damage counter on Cresselia.

Weakness:P×2

Retreat cost:CC

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

unlimitedLegal

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.

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Updated 2026/07/04

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Holofoil	$4.58	$19.00	$72.00	$12.78	—

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Cresselia is real?

Cresselia 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 Cresselia worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Cresselia is $12.78; 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 Cresselia from?

Cresselia is from the Pokémon set "DP Black Star Promos" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2007.

What rarity is Cresselia?

Cresselia is a Promo card in the DP Black Star Promos set.