Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Dialga
DP Black Star Promos · #DP49 · Promo · 2007
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$14.41
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- DP49 / 56
- Release year
- 2007
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 483
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- Damage efficiency
- 100 damage
- 33.33 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.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- 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.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Dialga
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.03 copies on average · 210 decks
- Match win rate
- 46.2%
- -1.0 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 72% of decks · 159 seen
Steven's Beldum
in 72% of decks · 159 seen
Steven's Metagross ex
in 72% of decks · 159 seen
Empoleon ex
in 54% of decks · 118 seen
Piplup
in 54% of decks · 118 seen
Deoxys
in 19% of decks · 41 seen
N's Sigilyph
in 5% of decks · 12 seen
Mega Skarmory ex
in 82% of decks · 181 seen
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
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."
MTime Call
Search your deck for a card that evolves from 1 of your Pokémon and put it onto that Pokémon. (This counts as evolving that Pokémon.) Shuffle your deck afterward.
MCCTime Wager — 100
Flip 2 coins. If either of them is tails, this attack's base damage is 50 instead of 100.
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:P-20
Retreat cost:CC
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 61 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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $12.00 | $26.24 | $240.00 | $14.41 | — |
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 $14.41; 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 "DP Black Star Promos" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2007.
What rarity is Dialga?
Dialga is a Promo card in the DP Black Star Promos set.
Other Dialga printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
