Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Dialga
Lost Thunder · #127 · Rare Holo · 2018
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$1.55
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 127 / 240
- Release year
- 2018
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- nagimiso
- Pokédex #
- 483
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Disruption
- Damage efficiency
- 130 damage
- 32.5 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 (Power Blast) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 130 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- 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.
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
- 1.03 copies on average · 205 decks
- Match win rate
- 45.6%
- -1.5 pts vs the 47.1% 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.
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in 72% of decks · 147 seen
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Steven's Metagross ex
in 72% of decks · 147 seen
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in 19% of decks · 39 seen
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in 51% of decks · 104 seen
Empoleon ex
in 51% of decks · 104 seen
Mega Skarmory ex
in 81% of decks · 165 seen
Mega Mawile ex
in 53% of decks · 109 seen
More by nagimiso
This card was illustrated by nagimiso.
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."
MCCTurn Back Time — 60
If your opponent's Active Pokémon is an evolved Pokémon, devolve it by putting the highest Stage Evolution card on it into your opponent's hand.
MMCCPower Blast — 130
Discard an Energy from this Pokémon.
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:P-20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 62 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 2026/07/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.96 | $1.54 | $18.00 | $1.55 | $2.97 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.86 | $1.46 | $4,321.00 | $1.36 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €3.50 |
| 7-day average | €2.09 |
| 30-day average | €1.57 |
| Low | €0.50 |
| Trend price | €2.04 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.75 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.80 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.78 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.59 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.07 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.74 |
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 $1.55; 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 "Lost Thunder" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2018.
What rarity is Dialga?
Dialga is a Rare Holo card in the Lost Thunder set.
Other Dialga printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
