Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 160 HP and a Lightning weakness.
Water/Metal · LEGEND · HS—Triumphant · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102 do in a game?
Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102 is a Water/Metal Pokémon card with 160 HP, printed as LEGEND.
Because of the Lightning weakness, any Lightning attack printed at 80 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102HS—Triumphant
Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102 performance summary
160 HP · Water/Metal · LEGEND · retreat 3 · Lightning weakness ×2
Strongest on Hit points — top 18.3% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 16.8%.
Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.
| Measure | Percentile | Printed value |
|---|---|---|
| Hit points | 81.7% | 160 HP |
| Retreat lightness | 16.8% | 3 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 17.4% | 3 Energy |
2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.
Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 2,895 at 160 HP.
Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102160 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 220 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102
- Hit points 160 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Weakness A Lightning attack printed at 80 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102 at a glance
- What it is. A Water/Metal Pokémon card with 160 HP printed as LEGEND, printed in HS—Triumphant.
- What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 0 damage for 0 Energy.
- What it fears. A Lightning weakness at ×2, which means 80 printed damage is enough to remove it.
- What it costs to move. 3 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
- Where it can be played. Unlimited only.
- What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.
What do the attacks on Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102 cost, and what do they hit for?
Every attack printed on the card, with the Energy it asks for.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sudden Delete | 1 Water + 2 Colorless | 3 | — | — | Choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. Put that Pokémon and all cards attached to it back to your opponent's hand. |
| Time Control | 2 Metal + 1 Colorless | 3 | — | — | Discard all Metal Energy attached to Palkia & Dialga LEGEND. Add the top 2 cards of your opponent's deck to his or her Prize cards. |
Retreating costs a further 3 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.
What each attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.
One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.
Back to summaryHow does Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102 compare with every other card?
Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.
This card prints 160 HP, which is 42% of that ceiling.
Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.
17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 160 HP.
Cards in the 130~180 band typically print 104 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~70 | 38.6% | 6,669 cards |
| 80~120 | 33.1% | 5,725 cards |
| 130~180 — this card | 15.5% | 2,679 cards |
| 190~230 | 6.6% | 1,148 cards |
| 240~280 | 3.3% | 567 cards |
| 290~330 | 2.4% | 412 cards |
| 340+ | 0.5% | 90 cards |
17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 3 Energy.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically have 153 HP and print 104 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1.8% | 304 cards |
| 1 | 54.4% | 9,392 cards |
| 2 | 26.4% | 4,565 cards |
| 3 — this card | 14.7% | 2,533 cards |
| 4 | 2.4% | 421 cards |
| 5 | 0.3% | 47 cards |
17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 3 Energy to retreat.
Cards with a retreat cost of 3 typically have 150 HP and print 99 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5.3% | 914 cards |
| 1 | 49.3% | 8,503 cards |
| 2 | 28.6% | 4,926 cards |
| 3 — this card | 12.6% | 2,168 cards |
| 4 | 4.2% | 729 cards |
That is where Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102 stands highest on HP — number 1 of 18 cards in LEGEND cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 160 HP
middle half 60–130 HP
- Lowest to highest printed in the archive
- Middle half of the archive
- This card
Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.
Open the group this card falls into
Back to summaryWhat does being a Water card do for Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102?
Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.
17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Psychic | 13.5% | 2,335 cards |
| Water — this card | 14.1% | 2,435 cards |
| Colorless | 12.6% | 2,173 cards |
| Fire | 9.1% | 1,574 cards |
| Fighting | 10.9% | 1,884 cards |
| Lightning | 8.8% | 1,520 cards |
| Grass | 13.8% | 2,387 cards |
| Metal | 5.4% | 925 cards |
| Darkness | 7.2% | 1,249 cards |
| Dragon | 3.1% | 530 cards |
| Fairy | 1.4% | 237 cards |
Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Water weakness.
What being a Water card is worth
Groups that most often print a Water weakness: Fire (1,574 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Water cards are themselves most exposed to Lightning.
What knocks out Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102 in one hit, and what does it knock out?
Weakness doubles the damage a Lightning attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 80 printed damage rather than 160.
80 damage becomes 160 against this card
Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102160 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 1,080 cards in the archive that can remove Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 80 printed damage against a bar of 80. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.
Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.
| Card | Set | HP | Printed damage | After weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charizard ex (183) | 151 | 330 | 330 | 660 |
| Charizard ex (199) | 151 | 330 | 330 | 660 |
| Charizard ex (161) | Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos | 330 | 330 | 660 |
| Mega Emboar ex (31) | Ascended Heroes | 380 | 320 | 640 |
| Mega Emboar ex (273) | Ascended Heroes | 380 | 320 | 640 |
| Charizard VSTAR (19) | Crown Zenith | 280 | 320 | 640 |
160 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness means any Lightning attack printed at 80 damage or more is enough. 1,088 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Back to summaryWhat can you use instead of Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102?
Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.
| Card | Set | HP | Top damage | Retreat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palkia & Dialga LEGEND | HS—Triumphant | 160 | 0 | 3 |
This card itself is 160 HP, 0 top damage and 3 retreat, and every card here is Water/Metal like it.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102?
Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.
What was printed next to Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102 in HS—Triumphant?
A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.
These are the cards numbered either side of #102 in HS—Triumphant. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
Which rules apply to Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102, and where can it be played?
Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.
The rule printed on this card
“Put this card from your hand onto your Bench only with the other half of Palkia & Dialga LEGEND. When this Pokémon has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.”
Prize cards your opponent takes when it is knocked out
Every knockout carries the opponent 2 steps closer to winning, and that is the cost of putting this card on the field whatever it cost to buy.
| Clause | What the rulebook says | Cards it applies to | Share of the archive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card. | 16,744 cards | 81.9% |
| Retreat | Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn). | 17,244 cards | 84.3% |
| Energy per turn | You can attach Energy just once each turn! | 17,180 cards | 84.0% |
Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.
| Format | Status | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | Not listed | This card is not listed for this format |
| Expanded | Not listed | This card is not listed for this format |
| Unlimited | Legal | Can be played in this format |
Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.
Where this card can be played
This card is legal in Unlimited play. It was released on November 3, 2010.
Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102 in depth — what these figures add up to
Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- A Lightning attack printed at 80 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 160 HP.
- 1,088 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102 card record
| Hit points | 160 HP | Type | Water/Metal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Lightning ×2 | Retreat cost | 3 Energy |
| Card type | LEGEND | Pokédex number | #483 |
| Set | HS—Triumphant | Card number | 102 of 102 |
| Series | HeartGold & SoulSilver | Released | November 3, 2010 |
| Rarity | LEGEND | Illustrator | Shinji Higuchi + Sachiko Eba |
| Tournament legality | Unlimited only | ||
| Printed rule | Put this card from your hand onto your Bench only with the other half of Palkia & Dialga LEGEND. When this Pokémon has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102 — frequently asked questions
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Can Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102 be played in a tournament?
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Where these card facts come from
Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.
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