Great Encounters (TCG)

Witness Legendary Battles... Experience Great Encounters

Dialga. Palkia. Darkrai. Who will stand victorious? In the Pokémon TCG: Diamond & Pearl—Great Encounters expansion, these three incredible legends come together to battle one another in an epic confrontation that will be a triumph for Trainers everywhere! With more brand-new Pokémon, more Pokémon LV.X, and a titanic clash of some of the most powerful Pokémon ever, Great Encounters is your chance to encounter greatness!

Great Encounters is the name given to the fourth main expansion of the Diamond & Pearl Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It is based on Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, featuring Generation IV Pokémon. It was released on February 13, 2008.

Due to the six-month gap between the release of the fourth expansion block (Moonlit Pursuit and Dawn Dash) and the fifth expansion block (Cry from the Mysterious and Temple of Anger), Moonlit Pursuit and Dawn Dash were separated into two English expansions. Great Encounters mostly contained cards from the Moonlit Pursuit expansion.

Additional cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion 6/106 Porygon-Z [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Non Holo Eternal Time Theme Deck exclusive 15/106 Claydol [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Pokémon League Cynthia Season (December 2009) 16/106 Dialga [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Cosmos Holo Eternal Time Theme Deck exclusive 16/106 Dialga [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Reverse Holo "Platinum" stamp Burger King Collection 2009 26/106 Palkia [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Cosmos Holo Infinite Space Theme Deck exclusive 26/106 Palkia [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Reverse Holo "Platinum" stamp Burger King Collection 2009 37/106 Floatzel [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Gold snowflake stamp Pokémon Countdown Calendar exclusive 49/106 Porygon2 [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] "Prerelease" stamp Prerelease promo 49/106 Porygon2 [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Staff "Prerelease" stamp Prerelease promo 61/106 Buizel [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Gold snowflake stamp Pokémon Countdown Calendar exclusive 98/106 Felicity's Drawing Su [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Pokémon League Thorton Season (March 2010)

The Moonlit Pursuit set is only released in Japanese, in both 1st and unlimited edition. The Great Encounters set is released in English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. Cards in the English, German, French, and Italian sets were also available as Reverse Holos. The Spanish version of this set lacked any Reverse Holos.