This article is about the trading card game expansion set. For other uses, see Diamond and Pearl.

Diamond & Pearl (Japanese: ポケモンカードゲームDP Pokémon Card Game DP) is the name given to the first expansion of cards of the Diamond & Pearl era of the Trading Card Game, introducing both new and returning game mechanics.

Information

• Diamond & Pearl was the first set to introduce Generation IV Pokémon to the TCG from the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl games, introducing 58 new Pokémon.
• The first cards from the set were released in Japan on October 27, 2006, as the 2006 Entry Packs.
• Flavor text, such as level, height, weight and Pokédex entry information make a welcome return to the cards after a five year absence since they were last included on cards in Neo Destiny.
• With every new generation comes a new card layout. Changes include: -
  • The circle pattern and attack text area box first used in the Generation III sets is no longer present. This now allows the attack text to be placed further to the left and free up more space for the Pokédex entry.
  • The Pokédex entry itself uses a new font.
  • The evolution window graphic has moved back up to the top left of the character window. Similarly, the Illustrator name has now moved to just above the retreat cost and has a line graphic of its own.
  • While the Japanese cards reverted back to using no set numbering system (instead using a collection number modified from the National Dex), the English cards feature both a set numbering system and the new collection number system, placed on the bottom right and bottom left of the card respectively.
  • The level of the Pokémon is displayed next to the name, wheras in previous releases it was in the Pokédex entry box.
  • The letters “HP” are now much smaller and are in front of the HP value (as the Japanese cards have always featured), as opposed to appearing after the value.
  • In the English release, Energy symbols displayed in attack text are black (as the Japanese cards have always featured), as opposed to a small version of the graphics used for attack cost, type, etc.
• Pokémon that are Template:Type2 in the games are now represented by Psychic-type cards, instead of Grass.
• Pokémon-ex and Pokémon no longer appear in the game, but are replaced by Pokémon LV.X.
• As well as featuring old game mechanics, many improvisations were made with the release of the set:
  • Several Basic Pokémon (and a few Stage 1 Pokémon) now have "Free" attack costs; i.e. they require no energy to use.
  • Darkness and Metal Energy now have Basic versions, without their special effects and now free of the 4-per-deck rule. Card effects that allow a search for a Darkness or Metal Energy card allow the player to draw either version.
  • Ther term "Basic Pokémon or Evolution card" was replaced with "Pokémon", allowing players to select any Pokémon card, including Pokémon ex and Pokémon Lv. X.
  • Weakness and Resistance are now unique to each Pokémon, with additions or subtractions (multiplications with higher level Pokémon). Older cards still use the old system for calculating damage.
  • All Unown are now named according to their letter, and are treated as a different card (e.g. a legal deck can now have 4 Unown A and 4 Unown B from this set on, but Unown from previous releases are still tethered by their rule).
  • Supporters and Stadiums are now treated separately from Trainers (while all remain classed as "Trainer Cards") and have color schemes to reflect this. Trainers remain silver, Supporters now have an orange hue and Stadiums have a green hue. For the purposes of this and other future checklists, Trainers remain marked "T", with Supporters now marked "Su" and Stadiums "St".
• Along with improvements to the game mechanics, major changes to the rules have also been made:
  • A rule change in 2003 meant that the player taking the first turn could not draw a card; however, that rule change has been withdrawn, and a card must be drawn at the start of every round.
  • With the debut of Supporter cards in 2003, these cards could not be played on the first turn. Now that Supporter card is a separate type of Trainer card, this rule has been extended to include all categories and types of Trainer cards (including Fossils).
  • Also, Fossil cards can now be played during the setup phase before the first initial turn, but only if a Basic Pokémon can be played as well. Also, knocking out a Fossil card no longer counts as a free KO, and the player must draw a Prize card for knocking one out. This does not apply if a player chooses to withdraw their Fossil card.
  • In a 30-card deck, only two copies of a card (except basic Energy) are allowed instead of the previous four. 60-card decks are still allowed up to four copies of a card.
• The English Expansion saw the increase in pack size from 9 to 10, a welcome change for players and collectors alike. The contents of the pack became:
  • 5 Common cards
  • 3 Uncommon cards
  • 1 Reverse-holographic card
  • 1 Non-holographic or holographic rare card
• In Japan, certain cards could only be obtained in certain Booster Packs, in a similar way to how certain Pokémon can only be obtained in a certain version of the games. These Booster specific cards are identified in blue (for the Diamond/Dialga Booster) and pink (for the Pearl/Palkia Booster) in the checklist. The English Expansion did not feature this innovation.
• The Japanese type-ordering system was also slightly modified, with the last three types ordered Darkness, Metal, Colorless instead of Colorless, Darkness, Metal. This further reflects the additions of Basic Darkness and Metal Energy cards.
• The reverse-holographic design for this set is a "pixel" holographic foil. Reverse-holographic versions of holographic rares do not have foil additions unlike recent previous releases.
• Prereleases were held on the weekends of 12th/13th and 19th/20th May 2007. The prerelease card for this set was Luxio and, for the first time, a "STAFF" stamped version of the card was available for prerelease event organizers.

Theme decks

English Theme Decks

• Terra Firma
• Inferno Zone
• Royal Frost

Japanese Half Decks

• Entry Pack

Card lists

English expansion No. Collection No. Card Name Type Level Rarity 1 DPBP#522 Dialga 68 H 2 DPBP#413 Dusknoir 42 H 3 DPBP#147 Electivire 46 H 4 DPBP#456 Empoleon 42 H 5 DPBP#453 Infernape 40 H 6 DPBP#506 Lucario 30 H 7 DPBP#466 Luxray 48 H 8 DPBP#090 Magnezone 48 H 9 DPBP#529 Manaphy 20 H 10 DPBP#228 Mismagius 37 H 11 DPBP#523 Palkia 67 H 12 DPBP#125 Rhyperior 61 H 13 DPBP#368 Roserade 33 H 14 DPBP#325 Shiftry 48 H 15 DPBP#497 Skuntank 36 H 16 DPBP#459 Staraptor 54 H 17 DPBP#450 Torterra 45 H 18 DPBP#212 Azumarill 35 19 DPBP#317 Beautifly 29 20 DPBP#461 Bibarel 26 21 DPBP#513 Carnivine 32 22 DPBP#038 Clefable 37 23 DPBP#510 Drapion 41 24 DPBP#491 Drifblim 40 25 DPBP#319 Dustox 34 26 DPBP#482 Floatzel 29 27 DPBP#102 Gengar 39 28 DPBP#269 Heracross 29 29 DPBP#508 Hippowdon 45 30 DPBP#493 Lopunny 33 31 DPBP#074 Machamp 59 32 DPBP#359 Medicham 42 33 DPBP#173 Munchlax 8 34 DPBP#195 Noctowl 40 35 DPBP#480 Pachirisu 23 36 DPBP#495 Purugly 44 37 DPBP#174 Snorlax 35 38 DPBP#104 Steelix 50 39 DPBP#479 Vespiquen 40 40 DPBP#271 Weavile 37 41 DPBP#258 Wobbuffet 25 42 DPBP#257 Wynaut 6 43 DPBP#366 Budew 6 44 DPBP#318 Cascoon 8 45 DPBP#484 Cherrim 26 46 DPBP#490 Drifloon 17 47 DPBP#412 Dusclops 38 48 DPBP#145 Elekid 6 49 DPBP#449 Grotle 21 50 DPBP#101 Haunter 32 51 DPBP#507 Hippopotas 23 52 DPBP#465 Luxio 19 53 DPBP#073 Machoke 39 54 DPBP#089 Magneton 35 55 DPBP#283 Mantyke 6 56 DPBP#452 Monferno 18 57 DPBP#324 Nuzleaf 28 58 DPBP#455 Prinplup 20 59 DPBP#084 Rapidash 34 60 DPBP#124 Rhydon 43 61 DPBP#505 Riolu 7 62 DPBP#136 Seaking 14 63 DPBP#316 Silcoon 8 64 DPBP#458 Staravia 21 65 DPBP#229 Unown A 15 66 DPBP#230 Unown B 12 67 DPBP#231 Unown C 18 68 DPBP#232 Unown D 14 69 DPBP#210 Azurill 6 70 DPBP#460 Bidoof 10 71 DPBP#213 Bonsly 6 72 DPBP#481 Buizel 10 73 DPBP#492 Buneary 11 74 DPBP#500 Chatot 27 75 DPBP#483 Cherubi 7 76 DPBP#451 Chimchar 8 77 DPBP#037 Clefairy 18 78 DPBP#036 Cleffa 5 79 DPBP#478 Combee 8 80 DPBP#411 Duskull 15 81 DPBP#146 Electabuzz 29 82 DPBP#100 Gastly 12 83 DPBP#494 Glameow 12 84 DPBP#135 Goldeen 14 85 DPBP#194 Hoothoot 7 86 DPBP#072 Machop 20 87 DPBP#088 Magnemite 10 88 DPBP#211 Marill 12 89 DPBP#358 Meditite 19 90 DPBP#139 Mime Jr. 5 91 DPBP#227 Misdreavus 16 92 DPBP#103 Onix 22 93 DPBP#454 Piplup 9 94 DPBP#083 Ponyta 12 95 DPBP#123 Rhyhorn 19 96 DPBP#367 Roselia 31 97 DPBP#323 Seedot 9 98 DPBP#464 Shinx 7 99 DPBP#509 Skorupi 9 100 DPBP#270 Sneasel 21 101 DPBP#457 Starly 8 102 DPBP#496 Stunky 17 103 DPBP#448 Turtwig 10 104 DPBP#315 Wurmple 7 105 - Double Full Heal T - 106 - Energy Restore T - 107 - Energy Switch T - 108 - Night Pokémon Center T - 109 - PlusPower T - 110 - Poké Ball T - 111 - Pokédex HANDY910is T - 112 - Professor Rowan Su - 113 - Rival Su - 114 - Speed Stadium St - 115 - Super Scoop Up T - 116 - Warp Point T - 117 - Energy Search T - 118 - Potion T - 119 - Switch T - 120 - Empoleon LV.X X H 121 - Infernape LV.X X H 122 - Torterra LV.X X H 123 - Grass Energy E - 124 - Fire Energy E - 125 - Water Energy E - 126 - Lightning Energy E - 127 - Psychic Energy E - 128 - Fighting Energy E - 129 - Darkness Energy E - 130 - Metal Energy E -

Japanese expansion Collection No. Card Name Type Level Rarity DPBP#269 Heracross 29 DPBP#315 Wurmple 7 DPBP#316 Silcoon 8 DPBP#317 Beautifly 29 DPBP#318 Cascoon 8 DPBP#319 Dustox 34 DPBP#323 Seedot 9 DPBP#366 Budew 6 DPBP#367 Roselia 31 DPBP#368 Roserade 33 H DPBP#448 Turtwig 10 DPBP#449 Grotle 21 DPBP#450 Torterra 45 H DPBP#478 Combee 8 DPBP#479 Vespiquen 40 DPBP#483 Cherubi 7 DPBP#484 Cherrim 26 DPBP#513 Carnivine 32 - Torterra Lv.X X H DPBP#083 Ponyta 12 DPBP#084 Rapidash 34 DPBP#451 Chimchar 8 DPBP#452 Monferno 18 DPBP#453 Infernape 40 H - Infernape Lv.X X H DPBP#135 Goldeen 14 DPBP#136 Seaking 14 DPBP#211 Marill 12 DPBP#212 Azumarill 35 DPBP#283 Mantyke 6 DPBP#454 Piplup 9 DPBP#455 Prinplup 20 DPBP#456 Empoleon 42 H DPBP#481 Buizel 10 DPBP#482 Floatzel 29 DPBP#523 Palkia 67 H DPBP#529 Manaphy 20 H - Empoleon Lv.X X H DPBP#145 Elekid 6 DPBP#146 Electabuzz 29 DPBP#147 Electivire 46 H DPBP#464 Shinx 7 DPBP#465 Luxio 19 DPBP#466 Luxray 48 H DPBP#480 Pachirisu 23 DPBP#100 Gastly 12 DPBP#101 Haunter 32 DPBP#102 Gengar 39 DPBP#139 Mime Jr. 5 DPBP#227 Misdreavus 16 DPBP#228 Mismagius 37 H DPBP#229 Unown A 15 DPBP#230 Unown B 12 DPBP#231 Unown C 18 DPBP#232 Unown D 14 DPBP#257 Wynaut 6 DPBP#258 Wobbuffet 25 DPBP#411 Duskull 15 DPBP#412 Dusclops 38 DPBP#413 Dusknoir 42 H DPBP#490 Drifloon 17 DPBP#491 Drifblim 40 DPBP#509 Skorupi 9 DPBP#510 Drapion 41 DPBP#072 Machop 20 DPBP#073 Machoke 39 DPBP#074 Machamp 59 DPBP#103 Onix 22 DPBP#123 Rhyhorn 19 DPBP#124 Rhydon 43 DPBP#125 Rhyperior 61 H DPBP#213 Bonsly 6 DPBP#358 Meditite 19 DPBP#359 Medicham 42 DPBP#505 Riolu 7 DPBP#506 Lucario 30 H DPBP#507 Hippopotas 23 DPBP#508 Hippowdon 45 DPBP#270 Sneasel 21 DPBP#271 Weavile 37 DPBP#324 Nuzleaf 28 DPBP#325 Shiftry 48 H DPBP#496 Stunky 17 DPBP#497 Skuntank 36 H DPBP#088 Magnemite 10 DPBP#089 Magneton 35 DPBP#090 Magnezone 48 H DPBP#104 Steelix 50 DPBP#522 Dialga 68 H DPBP#036 Cleffa 5 DPBP#037 Clefairy 18 DPBP#038 Clefable 37 DPBP#173 Munchlax 8 DPBP#174 Snorlax 35 DPBP#194 Hoothoot 7 DPBP#195 Noctowl 40 DPBP#210 Azurill 6 DPBP#457 Starly 8 DPBP#458 Staravia 21 DPBP#459 Staraptor 54 H DPBP#460 Bidoof 10 DPBP#461 Bibarel 26 DPBP#492 Buneary 11 DPBP#493 Lopunny 33 DPBP#494 Glameow 12 DPBP#495 Purugly 44 DPBP#500 Chatot 27 - Energy Restore T - - Energy Switch T - - Energy Search T - - Potion T - - Super Scoop Up T - - Double Full Heal T - - PlusPower T - - Switch T - - Pokédex HANDY910is T - - Poké Ball T - - Night Pokémon Center T - - Warp Point T - - Professor Rowan Su - - Rival Su - - Speed Stadium St - - Grass Energy E - - - Fire Energy E - - - Water Energy E - - - Lightning Energy E - - - Psychic Energy E - - - Fighting Energy E - - - Darkness Energy E - - - Metal Energy E - -

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