Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Palkia
Great Encounters · #26 · Rare · 2008
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$2.16
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 26 / 106
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 90
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Daisuke Ito
- Pokédex #
- 484
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 13.33 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 Palkia 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 Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning 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 Palkia
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥45 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Building around Palkia?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It has the ability to distort space. It is described as a deity in Sinnoh-region mythology."
WSpacial Rend — 10
Search your deck for a Stadium card, show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. If there is any Stadium card in play, discard it.
WWCTransback — 40
You may flip a coin. If heads, discard all Energy attached to Palkia and put the Defending Pokémon and all cards attached to it on top of your opponent's deck. Your opponent shuffles his or her deck afterward.
Weakness:L+20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
1
ran Palkia
Tournaments scanned
304
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
1 top-cut deck · best finish 2nd
Top decks running Palkia
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 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.89 | $13.07 | $38.20 | $2.16 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $7.41 | $11.00 | $100.63 | $9.84 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/27| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.00 |
| 7-day average | €1.03 |
| 30-day average | €1.32 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €1.40 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.99 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €16.75 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €6.35 |
| reverseHoloSell | €7.29 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.35 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €4.31 |
| Reverse holo trend | €5.88 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Palkia is real?
Palkia 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 Palkia worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Palkia is $2.16; 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 Palkia from?
Palkia is from the Pokémon set "Great Encounters" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Palkia?
Palkia is a Rare card in the Great Encounters set.
Other Palkia printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
