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The Pokémon TCG: Diamond & Pearl Great Encounters expansion was released on February 13th, 2008. Press release pictures from this set have been added to an Imageboard thread.

Press Release - Latest Card Release Reveals Powerful Diamond & Pearl Pokémon to Seek, Find, and Catch

In Great Encounters, many incredible Pokémon come together to battle in an epic confrontation that will be a triumph for Trainers everywhere. Who will stand victorious? Dialga? Palkia? Or is it Darkrai, a new Legendary Pokémon who rises up from the darkness? With more brand-new Pokémon cards, more Pokémon LV. X, and a titanic clash of some of the most powerful Pokémon ever, Great Encounters is every player’s chance to encounter greatness.

The Pokémon TCG: Diamond & Pearl - Great Encounters expansion will be available in three 60-card theme decks - Eternal Time, Endless Night, and Infinite Space - as well as in booster packs. Theme decks, priced at $11.99, include a unique coin, an updated rulebook, card list, one-player playmat, and damage counters. Each booster pack, priced at $3.79, features 10 randomly inserted game cards.

Meet Darkrai (Great Encounters, 4/106), a pitch-black Pokémon known to lull people to sleep and make them dream during nights of the new moon. Making its grand debut in Diamond & Pearl - Great Encounters, Darkrai is a Darkness-type Basic Pokémon with great attacks and high HP. Its powerful Sleep Hole attack delivers 40 damage to the Defending Pokémon, plus 40 more damage if the Defending Pokémon is Asleep. If the Defending Pokémon is not Asleep, the attack causes it to be Asleep. Either way, your opponent won't be pleased with the outcome. Darkrai's entry into the Pokémon universe will definitely shake things up with a surplus of shadowy new strategies to explore.

Source: http://www.go-pokemon.com/tcg/news/articles/68.html

Diamond & Pearl Great Encounters

Check out the release of Great Encounters to find your new favorite Pokémon!

Darkrai Unleashed!
The moment you’ve been waiting for has arrived! Darkrai makes its first appearance in the Pokémon TCG. Darkrai (4/106) and Darkrai LV.X (104/106) both use powerful attacks that inflict the Asleep Special Condition on the Defending Pokémon. Darkrai LV.X not only has a possible Knock Out option because of that, but its Dark Shadow Poké-Body powers up your basic Darkness Energy cards to be just like Darkness Special Energy cards—10 more damage for each one!

More Cards for LV.X!
Not only does this set feature 4 powerful Pokémon LV.X, it also includes cards that interact with them as well. Milotic (25/106) has the Marvel Scale Poké-Body that protects Milotic from attacks by your opponent’s Pokémon LV.X, while the Trainer card Premier Ball (101/106) always finds a Pokémon LV.X, whether it’s in your deck or in your discard pile. Cresselia LV.X (103/106) adds an extra threat for your opponent to consider—if it Knocks Out a Pokémon with its Moon Skip attack, you draw an extra Prize card.

Get Your Own Energy Boost
There are some Pokémon abilities that just scream to be used in the next deck that you build. Togekiss (11/106) offers a one-shot use of Serene Grace as it comes into play; you can look at the top 10 cards of your deck and then attach the basic Energy cards you find to any of your Pokémon. Maybe you would like a different kind of Energy assist—Sceptile’s (8/106) Wild Growth Poké-Body doubles the effectiveness of Grass Energy attached to your Grass Pokémon. Porygon-Z (6/106) offers a trick for Energy cards instead—discard a basic Energy card for its Conversion Poké-Power, and Porygon-Z changes its type to match... a great tactic for beating the Defending Pokémon’s Weakness.

The Right Tools for the Job
Pokémon Tools appear for the first time in the Diamond & Pearl Series, raising the standard for cards that boost your Pokémon. Amulet Coin (97/106) allows you to draw a card at the end of your turn, if the Pokémon it’s attached to is your Active Pokémon. Maybe you don’t need the extra cards; try out Leftovers (99/106) instead! Leftovers will slowly remove damage counters, giving that Pokémon more time to Knock Out your opponent’s defenders!

Source: https://www.Pokémon.com/us/Pokémon-tcg/majestic-dawn

Eternal Time / Infinite Space / Endless Night Theme Decks

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Eternal Time Theme Deck
Tick... Tick... Tick... BOOM! Set the timer to go when you behold the energy inside an Eternal Time theme deck! As Dialga races onto the scene, your opponents will bow before the pressure of its Flash Cannon attack as it forces them to devolve their Pokémon! And lurking in reserve, Primeape is all the backup you could want with its Anger Point Poké-Body: when it has any damage, it powers up with a strength that never ends!

Infinite Space Theme Deck
Prepare to blast through the atmosphere! When you play with an Infinite Space theme deck, the fantastic powers of the cosmos are at your command! Palkia's Transback attack knocks an opponent's forces off the battlefield—making it almost impossible to put together an offensive against you! And, once you've silenced your opposition, Exploud will rip space apart with its Ambient Noise attack that blasts them out into nothingness!

Endless Night Theme Deck
Get ready for the next Pokémon breakthrough—with Darkrai on your team, the opposition will fear the dark! Slipping from the shadows, Darkrai's Sleep Hole attack lulls your enemies to sleep, then hits them with a powerful impact where they lie! Loaded with Darkness, Fire, and Grass Pokémon at the ready, the Endless Night theme deck will make sure you have victory at hand against any opponent!
Diamond & Pearl Great Encounters Cards
#1: Blaziken
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
130
Weakness:
Type
+30
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#2: Cresselia
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#3: Darkrai
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
70
Weakness:
Type
+20
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#4: Darkrai
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#5: Pachirisu
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
70
Weakness:
Type
+20
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#6: Porygon-Z
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
110
Weakness:
Type
+30
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#7: Rotom
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
70
Weakness:
Type
+20
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#8: Sceptile
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
100
Weakness:
Type
+30
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy Energy
#9: Swampert
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
130
Weakness:
Type
+30
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#10: Tangrowth
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
110
Weakness:
Type
+30
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#11: Togekiss
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
120
Weakness:
Type
+30
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#12: Altaria
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#13: Beedrill
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
110
Weakness:
Type
+30
#14: Butterfree
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
120
Weakness:
Type
+30
#15: Claydol
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#16: Dialga
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
90
Weakness:
Type
+20
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#17: Exploud
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
130
Weakness:
Type
+30
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy Energy
#18: Houndoom
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
90
Weakness:
Type
+20
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#19: Hypno
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#20: Kingler
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
90
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy Energy
#21: Lapras
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#22: Latias
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#23: Latios
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
90
Weakness:
Type
+20
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#24: Mawile
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
70
Weakness:
Type
+10
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#25: Milotic
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
90
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#26: Palkia
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
90
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#27: Primeape
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
90
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#28: Slowking
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#29: Unown H
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
60
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#30: Wailord
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
200
Weakness:
Type
x2
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy Energy Energy
#31: Weezing
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#32: Wigglytuff
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
Type
HP:
90
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#33: Arbok
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#34: Cacturne
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#35: Combusken
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#36: Delibird
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
70
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#37: Floatzel
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#38: Gorebyss
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
#39: Granbull
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
90
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#40: Grovyle
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#41: Hariyama
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
100
Weakness:
Type
+30
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy Energy
#42: Huntail
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
90
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#43: Linoone
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
#44: Loudred
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#45: Magcargo
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
90
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy Energy
#46: Marshtomp
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
90
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#47: Metapod
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
70
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#48: Pelipper
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#49: Porygon2
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
70
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#50: Purugly
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
90
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#51: Relicanth
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
70
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#52: Seviper
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#53: Skarmory
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
70
Weakness:
Type
+20
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#54: Slowbro
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#55: Togetic
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
70
Weakness:
Type
+20
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#56: Unown F
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
50
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#57: Unown G
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
50
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#58: Wailmer
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
90
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy Energy
#59: Zangoose
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
Type
HP:
70
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#60: Baltoy
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
50
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#61: Buizel
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
60
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#62: Cacnea
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
50
Weakness:
Type
+10
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#63: Caterpie
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
40
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#64: Clamperl
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
40
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#65: Drowzee
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
60
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#66: Ekans
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
60
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#67: Feebas
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
30
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#68: Glameow
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
50
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#69: Houndour
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
50
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#70: Igglybuff
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
50
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#71: Illumise
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
70
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#72: Jigglypuff
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
60
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#73: Kakuna
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
80
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#74: Koffing
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
60
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#75: Krabby
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
60
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#76: Lunatone
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
60
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#77: Luvdisc
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
60
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#78: Makuhita
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
60
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#79: Mankey
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
50
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#80: Mudkip
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
60
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#81: Porygon
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
50
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#82: Slowpoke
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
60
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#83: Slugma
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
60
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#84: Snubbull
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
60
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#85: Solrock
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
70
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#86: Swablu
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
40
Weakness:
Type
+10
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#87: Tangela
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
70
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#88: Togepi
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
50
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#89: Torchic
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
50
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#90: Treecko
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
50
Weakness:
Type
+10
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#91: Unown L
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
50
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#92: Volbeat
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
70
Weakness:
Type
+20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#93: Weedle
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
50
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#94: Whismur
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
50
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#95: Wingull
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
50
Weakness:
Type
+10
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#96: Zigzagoon
Rarity:
Common
Type:
Type
HP:
50
Weakness:
Type
+10
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#97: Amulet Coin
Rarity:
Uncommon
#99: Leftovers
Rarity:
Uncommon
#101: Premier Ball
Rarity:
Uncommon
#102: Rare Candy
Rarity:
Uncommon
#103: Cresselia Lv.X
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
Type
HP:
100
Weakness:
Type
x2
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#104: Darkrai Lv.X
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
Type
HP:
100
Weakness:
Type
x2
Retreat Cost:
Energy
#105: Dialga Lv.X
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
Type
HP:
110
Weakness:
Type
x2
Resistance:
Type
-20
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy
#106: Palkia Lv.X
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
Type
HP:
120
Weakness:
Type
x2
Retreat Cost:
Energy Energy Energy