Pokémon TCG · 2007 Set Guide
Diamond & Pearl Set Guide
The first set of the Diamond & Pearl series. It replaced Pokémon-ex with Pokémon LV.X, starting with the three Sinnoh starters.
Overview
Diamond & Pearl came out on May 1, 2007, with 130 cards: 107 Pokémon, 15 Trainers and 8 Energy. It brought in the Sinnoh Pokémon of the Diamond and Pearl games, with Dialga, Palkia and Lucario among its holos.
Its top rarity is the Pokémon LV.X. A LV.X goes onto your Active Pokémon of the same name, like an evolution, and keeps every attack and power of the Pokémon below it. This set has three: Infernape LV.X, Torterra LV.X and Empoleon LV.X. It has no secret rares.
Cards and rarities
Diamond & Pearl has 130 cards. Every card shows its number over the printed total along the bottom, as in "4/130". The cards print a set symbol, not a set code; the code here is the short one the catalog and TurnZero HQ file the set under.
The printed total is 130 and nothing is numbered above it. The three Pokémon LV.X are 120 to 122. Set completion in TurnZero HQ counts a set against its printed total and keeps the secret rares apart, so finishing the main set and chasing the cards above it read as two separate goals. How set completion works →
Headline Pokémon
Two LV.X and a holo:
Infernape LV.X
Diamond & Pearl #121
Put onto your Active Infernape. Burning Head takes 1 of your top 3 cards; Flare Up does 150 if you can shuffle 8 Fire Energy from your discard pile back in.
Torterra LV.X
Diamond & Pearl #122
Put onto your Active Torterra. Forest Murmurs drags up a Benched Pokémon when you are behind; Vigorous Dash does 100 and 30 to a Benched Pokémon.
Lucario
Diamond & Pearl #6
Feint ignores Resistance; Aura Sphere does 40 and 20 to a Benched Pokémon.
Trainers worth knowing
Two Supporters:
The chase card: Infernape LV.X
Diamond & Pearl's chase card is Infernape LV.X, 121/130, illustrated by Shizurow, at $167.99 on October 22, 2026.
Torterra LV.X ($123.57) is next. The non-holo Gengar Rare, at $98.23, is worth more than Empoleon LV.X ($89.99), and its Reverse Holofoil copy was $199.99.
Infernape is printed twice in the set: the holo Infernape, 5/130, at $30.10, and the LV.X.
Only the exact version is worth its price. The number at the bottom of the card and the rarity symbol beside it tell you which one you pulled. Reading the number and rarity symbol →
Chase cards and prices
LV.X, holos and the Gengar Rare, priced as holofoil or Normal copies rather than Reverse Holofoil.
| Card | Rarity | Market price, October 22, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Infernape LV.X | Rare Holo LV.X | $167.99 |
| Torterra LV.X | Rare Holo LV.X | $123.57 |
| Gengar | Rare | $98.23 |
| Empoleon LV.X | Rare Holo LV.X | $89.99 |
| Lucario | Rare Holo | $64.57 |
| Dialga | Rare Holo | $44.41 |
These are each card's headline TCGplayer market price on October 22, 2026. Prices can move a long way, most of all in a set's first months, so treat them as a snapshot. Each card's page shows today's price for every variant and its 90-day chart. How Pokémon card prices work →
What a complete set costs
One copy of every card in Diamond & Pearl, bought as singles, cost $987.32 on October 22, 2026. That is the least expensive of the seven sets in the Diamond & Pearl series.
The three most valuable cards, Infernape LV.X, Torterra LV.X and Gengar, come to $389.79, or 39% of the total. Without them the set costs $597.53. Of the 129 cards, 80 were under $2.00, together $58.51; the other 49 add up to $928.81.
One card had no TCGplayer price on file and isn't counted: Pokédex HANDY910is.
Each card is counted at its cheapest priced variant, usually a Normal copy rather than a Reverse Holofoil, or a stamped promo copy where the catalog prices one lower, at its TCGplayer market price. This is what it costs to buy the set as singles. It is not what opening packs returns, and not what a complete set would sell for, which after fees and the many cards worth cents would be noticeably less.
Playing it
Diamond & Pearl is not legal in Standard or Expanded as a set: Expanded starts with the Black & White series in 2011. The catalog marks 15 of its 130 cards as legal anyway, 13 of them in Standard too.
They are the eight basic Energy, which are always legal; Energy Search, Energy Switch, Poké Ball, Potion and Switch, legal in both formats; and PlusPower and Super Scoop Up, legal in Expanded only.
Each card other than basic Energy shares its name and text with a later, legal printing, which is what makes an older copy playable. Every other card in the set is legal in neither format.
Frequently Asked Questions
When did Diamond & Pearl release?
May 1, 2007. It was the first set of the Diamond & Pearl series.
How many cards are in Diamond & Pearl?
130, numbered 1 to 130: 107 Pokémon, 15 Trainers and 8 Energy.
What is the most valuable Diamond & Pearl card?
Infernape LV.X (121/130), at $167.99 on October 22, 2026, ahead of Torterra LV.X at $123.57. Prices move daily, so check each card's page.
What is a Pokémon LV.X?
A card you put onto your Active Pokémon of the same name, the way you evolve. It keeps every attack, Poké-Power and Poké-Body of the Pokémon under it. Diamond & Pearl printed the first three.
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