So recently I decided to collect one of new favorite Pokémon, Dialga. The master of time, 1/3 of the Creation trio, box legend of Pokémon Diamond version. I love Dialga’s design and power and color palette and so much more so I’m excited to collect his cards.
Cool thing about Dialga is that he’s got a variety of rarities, holos, and rare cards/cameos. I will be collecting Japanese predominately and will applying my collection towards the PSA Dialga Master set! I may go for the English cards later but we will see.
Anyways, without further ado, here are the entries so far.
That half deck holo pattern with the crescent moons looks sweet! I haven’t played any the 4th generation games, so I don’t know too much of the lore, but Dialga has had some pretty cool cards gameplay-wise, centering around his time theme and allowing the player to take two turns in a row.
For sure! Such a cool Pokémon. I have grown to really love Origin Forme Dialga lately! Sleek angular design, looks no t menacing but also more omniscient looking in a sense? It took me a minute but I’ve come around on the design
Pokémon Diamond was my first Pokémon game that I got right at launch, so dialga is always one of my favourites and I was always excited to pull one as a kid.
This is by far my favourite dialga card though and was one of my favourite arts before I ever had appreciation for the art within Pokémon cards
Thanks so much! I agree, I love all 4 of his lv.x cards and the ADP appearances. I also really like the Himeno one you showed here. That’s a tough one, I’d have to say currently that my favorite is my Play Promo Dialga, but I also really love this Lv.X right here:
I’ve put the Miracle Diamond out of my mind because it’s WAY too expensive haha but I would say the JP Championship Arena from 2006 Autumn Battle Road. It’s very rare and has a cool release story and some great 3D art to boot. They run about $1000+ though which is difficult to reach
It was awarded at the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Battle Festa 2006.
It was 3 stages of competition.
1st Stage - Players who win two consecutive battles advances to the next 2nd stage.
2nd Stage - The stipulation for this one is that players have to win three games in a row. Players who have won 3 consecutive matches can advance to the last final stage.
3rd and final stage - For the final stage, players have to battle PCLs (researchers at the Pokemon Card Research Institute)! If you win the match against PCL in the final stage, you will clear the final stage and will be awarded with the card.
Besides the Miracle Diamond, there is also the 2007 Champions League elite 4 promo prize card which is extremely rare as well and features both Palkia and Dialga. The championship arena should be possible to acquire even though they are pricey. But the former 2 cards barely surface. I personally have never seen the 2007 Champions League card for sale.
I like Dialga’s design better than Palkia’s Origin Form, but I still need to warm up to it a bit. The Origin Form Dialga V alternate art is a beauty though!
Great choice for a collection, there really is an endless amount of good Dialga (and Palkia) art - is that half deck art Japanese exclusive? I’ve never seen that before, it’s gorgeous!
