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Great Encounterscard list & price guide

Released Feb 1, 2008 · Diamond & Pearl era · 106 cards

Set, ungraded
$1,321
Set, PSA 10
–
Cards priced
106 of 106
Typical card
$1.35
Top card
Palkia LV.X 106/106 $250
Prices as of Nov 12, 2026

Great Encounters checklist

106 of 106 Great Encounters cards shown

Cost to complete

Base set 106 cards
$1,321
Reverse holos 102 cards
$1,534
Complete set
$1,321
Master set
$2,855

Ungraded near mint at today’s prices, as of Nov 12, 2026; a card without a price counts as missing, not free. Master set, card by card.

106 of 106 cards priced · PSA 10 priced on 87. Each total adds up the cards that have a price. It is not the cost of a complete set unless every card is priced, and buying a set card by card usually costs more. Prices updated Nov 12, 2026.

Released
Feb 1, 2008All 2008 sets
Cards
106
Set code
GE
Series
Diamond & Pearl
Set symbol
Great Encounters set symbolAll symbols

Great Encounters is an English Pokémon TCG set of 106 cards, released in February 2008 as part of the Diamond & Pearl era. As of Nov 12, 2026, a complete set is worth about $1,321 ungraded, and a typical card sells for $1.35.

The most valuable cards are Palkia LV.X 106/106 ($250), Dialga LV.X 105/106 ($240) and Darkrai LV.X 104/106 ($190). See the most valuable Great Encounters cards for the full top 50, or the Great Encounters chase cards for the pulls collectors open packs for.

Pokémon collectors look for here include Darkrai, Palkia, Dialga, Cresselia and Swampert. The set before it was Secret Wonders; the next was Majestic Dawn.

Ungraded prices are UltraBall’s current value for a near-mint copy, read from recorded sales; PSA 10 values come from sales of graded copies. How we price cards.

Great Encounters

Most valuable cards

Full ranking
  1. Palkia LV.X 106/106
    Rank #1Palkia LV.X106/106$250ungraded
  2. Dialga LV.X 105/106
    Rank #2Dialga LV.X105/106$240ungraded
  3. Darkrai LV.X 104/106
    Rank #3Darkrai LV.X104/106$190ungraded
  4. Cresselia LV.X 103/106
    Rank #4Cresselia LV.X103/106$66.20ungraded
  5. Darkrai 3/106
    Rank #5Darkrai3/106$53.10ungraded
  6. Swampert 9/106
    Rank #6Swampert9/106$49.99ungraded

Last 90 days

Great Encounters sales

Set statistics

Cards by rarity

Great Encounters: number of cards, combined ungraded value and top card per rarity
RarityCardsShareTop card
Rare Holo1110%Darkrai $53.10
Rare2120%Lapras $17.26
Uncommon3230%Unown [G] $7.79
Common3836%Mudkip $10.00
LV.X44%Palkia LV.X $250

Market prices

Great Encounters sealed products

All sealed

In this set

Key Pokémon

Graded

Top PSA 10 values

Great Encounters graded

Population

Hardest to gem

The lowest share of PSA-graded copies that came back a 10, among cards graded 100 times or more. A history of what was submitted, not the odds for a copy.

  1. 1
    Darkrai LV.X104/106 · 1,289 graded
    3.2%
  2. 2
    Palkia LV.X106/106 · 390 graded
    3.3%
  3. 3
    Dialga LV.X105/106 · 421 graded
    3.6%
  4. 4
    Cresselia LV.X103/106 · 891 graded
    4.3%
  5. 5
    Togekiss11/106 · 226 graded
    15%
  6. 6
    Cresselia2/106 · 264 graded
    18%
  7. 7
    Darkrai4/106 · 444 graded
    20%
  8. 8
    Pachirisu5/106 · 214 graded
    22%
  9. 9
    Blaziken1/106 · 334 graded
    23%
  10. 10
    Porygon-Z6/106 · 197 graded
    23%

Fastest growing

The biggest rise in PSA graded copies over 90 days (2026-08-10 to 2026-11-09), among cards with 100 or more graded at the start.

  1. 1
    Cresselia2/106 · +25 to 264
    +10%
  2. 2
    Dialga LV.X105/106 · +37 to 419
    +9.7%
  3. 3
    Darkrai4/106 · +34 to 443
    +8.3%
  4. 4
    Swampert9/106 · +23 to 317
    +7.8%
  5. 5
    Palkia LV.X106/106 · +25 to 384
    +7.0%
  6. 6
    Darkrai LV.X104/106 · +82 to 1,289
    +6.8%
  7. 7
    Sceptile8/106 · +21 to 332
    +6.8%
  8. 8
    Darkrai3/106 · +19 to 343
    +5.9%
  9. 9
    Togekiss11/106 · +12 to 226
    +5.6%
  10. 10
    Blaziken1/106 · +17 to 332
    +5.4%

From PSA’s population report, as on each card page; growth from PSA’s weekly report through CardTrack. PSA counts the cards it has graded, not every copy that exists. More on graded supply.

Diamond & Pearl

Related sets

All sets in this era

Common questions

How much is a complete Great Encounters set worth?

As of Nov 12, 2026, a complete Great Encounters set is worth about $1,321 ungraded, adding up each card’s ungraded value. Buying card by card usually costs more.

What is the most valuable card in Great Encounters?

Palkia LV.X 106/106 is the most valuable Great Encounters card, worth about $250 ungraded and $156,000 in PSA 10. Next is Dialga LV.X 105/106 at $240.

How many cards are in Great Encounters?

Great Encounters has 106 cards. The full checklist above lists every card with its price.

When was Great Encounters released?

Great Encounters was released in English on Feb 1, 2008, in the Diamond & Pearl era.

Which Great Encounters cards are worth money?

18 of the 106 priced Great Encounters cards are worth $10 or more ungraded, and 3 are worth $100 or more. The rest are commons, uncommons and non-holo rares that sell for a few dollars at most. The checklist sorts by price so the valuable ones sit at the top.

What are the chase cards in Great Encounters?

The cards collectors open Great Encounters packs for are Palkia LV.X 106/106 ($250), Dialga LV.X 105/106 ($240) and Darkrai LV.X 104/106 ($190). The full list is on the Great Encounters chase cards page.

Which Great Encounters card gains the most from a PSA 10?

Porygon-Z 6/106: $9.51 ungraded against $8,700 as a PSA 10, 914.8 times more. Whether grading pays depends on the odds of a 10 and the grading fee: is it worth grading Pokémon cards?

Which Great Encounters card is hardest to get a PSA 10 on?

Darkrai LV.X 104/106: of 1,289 copies PSA has graded, 41 came back a 10 (3%), the lowest gem rate of the set’s cards worth $20 or more.