Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Diancie
Vivid Voltage · #79 · Rare Holo · 2020
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From
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Market reference
$0.14
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 79 / 203
- Release year
- 2020
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 90
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- D
- Illustrator
- Sanosuke Sakuma
- Pokédex #
- 719
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 16.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Diancie plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Sensitive Ray) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Metal ×2 — a Metal attacker doing ≥45 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Diancie
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥45 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 54 decks
- Match win rate
- 44.5%
- -2.7 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
More by Sanosuke Sakuma
This card was illustrated by Sanosuke Sakuma.
Building around Diancie?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It can instantly create many diamonds by compressing the carbon in the air between its hands."
Ability: Sparkle Veil
As long as this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon, any damage done to your Pokémon by an opponent's attack is reduced by 30 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
PCCSensitive Ray — 50+
If you played a Supporter card from your hand during this turn, this attack does 70 more damage.
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Diancie was legal.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/16| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.05 | $0.30 | $999.99 | $0.14 | $0.20 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.05 | $0.40 | $999.99 | $0.41 | $0.28 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.08 |
| 7-day average | €0.45 |
| 30-day average | €0.37 |
| Low | €0.05 |
| Trend price | €0.45 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.49 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.50 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.55 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.35 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.42 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.53 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Diancie is real?
Diancie is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Diancie worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Diancie is $0.14; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Diancie from?
Diancie is from the Pokémon set "Vivid Voltage" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2020.
What rarity is Diancie?
Diancie is a Rare Holo card in the Vivid Voltage set.
Diancie in the news
Recent posts from card communities and trading-card press mentioning Diancie.
Other Diancie printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
