Palkia EX Team Plasma 100 Full Art
Quick take
- One of the Team Plasma EX Full Arts that make up the harder tier of a Plasma Blast master set
- Dragon-type Basic EX, illustrated by 5ban Graphics
- Mid-tier value, above bulk but not the set headliner
- Demand comes from set completists and Palkia collectors, not competitive play
Collector's readWhat it means for your master set
Set landscapeWhere this card sits in Plasma Blast
VariantsCard variants
Holofoil 100/101 · $555.13 — the only variant this card was printed in (no reverse holo or special pattern), so a master set needs just this one copy.
The storyA Team Plasma EX Full Art near the top of a Plasma Blast master set
Palkia-EX (100/101) is one of the Full Art Ultra Rares in Plasma Blast, the August 2013 set that closed out the Plasma trilogy. It carries the Team Plasma badge, so it sits in the run of villain-team EX cards that stretched across Plasma Storm, Plasma Freeze, and Plasma Blast. For a Plasma Blast master set, the Full Art EX subset is the part that takes real effort to finish, and Palkia is one of the names that keeps drawing collectors back to the set.
“One of the Team Plasma EX Full Arts that make up the harder tier of a Plasma Blast master set”
Mechanically it was a role player rather than a format-defining attacker, so almost all of its pull today is collector demand rather than competitive nostalgia. The card reads as a Dragon-type Basic EX.
Because it's a popular Legendary on a clean Full Art template from a well-liked era, Palkia gets cross-shopped by two crowds. Master set builders working the Plasma block need the slot. Palkia fans want a strong Full Art of the Pokemon regardless of which set it came from. That overlap keeps demand firmer than a Full Art of a less famous Pokemon.
By the numbersMarket analysis
This sits in the mid-tier of Plasma Blast Full Arts. It's not the headline card of the set, but it's well above bulk. Condition and grade do most of the heavy lifting on what a copy commands.
Like most Black & White era Full Arts, raw copies have drifted up slowly over the long run as the set ages out of circulation and clean copies thin out. There's no sharp spike here, just steady vintage-adjacent appreciation.
A reasonable hold for a set or Palkia collector, less so as a pure flip. The upside is the slow BW-era grind, not a single catalyst. A high-grade copy is the version most likely to hold and build value over time.
Graded gem-mint copies carry a clear premium over raw, which is typical for BW Full Arts where centering and edge whitening commonly knock cards down a grade. The gap widens at the top grade.
Plasma Blast predates the Scarlet & Violet rarity system, so there's no official per-rarity odds sheet to quote, and the modern rarity ladder doesn't map onto a Black & White set. In practice, the Full Art Ultra Rares were the top hits of Plasma Blast and showed up roughly once across a stretch of packs rather than within any single one. With several Full Art EX cards in the set, the odds of pulling this specific Palkia from sealed product run much longer than the odds of pulling any Full Art at all. For a master set, buying the single is far more reliable than chasing it from packs, especially now that sealed Plasma Blast is itself a collectible.
Sits alongside the other Team Plasma EX Full Arts as the harder-to-finish tier of a Plasma Blast master set. It's a step above the standard-border EX printings and well above the holo and reverse commons.
ArtworkWhy the art matters
5ban Graphics is a Japanese design studio, not a single painter. Through the Black & White and XY eras it handled a large share of the Full Art and textured rare cards, building the digital, rendered look that defined Pokemon's premium cards in the early 2010s. If you owned Full Art EX cards from that stretch, you owned 5ban work whether you knew the name or not.
A Full Art treatment of Palkia that extends the Pokemon across the whole card face, breaking past the usual art box. It uses the digitally rendered finish 5ban was known for in this era rather than a hand-painted scene, with the Team Plasma framing and EX rule text worked into the layout.
Full Art holofoil with the art running edge to edge and the holo pattern laid over the whole surface. The Team Plasma cards in this block use the distinct dark Plasma frame rather than the standard energy-colored borders.
The full-bleed layout and the all-over holo are the draw. It's a clean, modern-looking card for its age, and the Team Plasma styling sets it apart from the standard-border EX printings.
BackgroundAbout Palkia EX Team Plasma 100 Full Art
Palkia is the cover Legendary of Pokemon Pearl, the Spatial Pokemon that rules over space, paired with Dialga's control of time. That status keeps it in steady demand across every product it appears in. On this card it shows up under the Team Plasma banner, tying it to the storyline that ran through the Plasma block.
- ›Box-art Legendary status from the Diamond and Pearl generation
- ›The long-running Dialga and Palkia pairing that fans collect together
- ›A strong Dragon-type identity that travels well across sets
- ›Recurring appearances that keep the Pokemon in front of new collectors
- ›Cover Legendary of Pokemon Pearl
- ›Featured throughout Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum media and films
- ›Recurring EX and ex card releases across multiple TCG eras
This Full Art is a collector card. Palkia-EX saw some play as a role player when Plasma Blast was current, but it was never a format-defining attacker, and today it's bought for the binder rather than the table.
Own it wellCollector guide
Check centering first, then the edges. BW-era Full Arts are prone to edge whitening that shows fast against the dark Plasma border, and the full-bleed holo surface picks up scratches and print lines under angled light. Look at the corners closely, since the dark frame hides nothing.
Worth grading if you have a clean copy with good centering and sharp corners. The graded premium on BW Full Arts rewards true gem-mint examples, and a slab protects against the surface wear these cards collect over time. Marginal raw copies are usually better left raw. Read the grading guide →
Penny sleeve plus a toploader at minimum, or a one-touch for a nicer copy. Keep it out of direct light and away from humidity. The all-over holo surface scratches easily, so don't shuffle it loose with other cards. See the storage guide →
For a master set, buy the single rather than ripping sealed Plasma Blast for it. Ask for clear photos of the corners and surface under light before buying raw. For anything beyond a placeholder copy, a graded card removes the condition guesswork and is usually worth the premium. See the singles buying guide →
Reprints and fakes of popular BW EX cards exist. Compare the holo behavior, the front texture, and the back swirl gradient against a known-genuine card, and confirm the Team Plasma framing and font weight look right. A light test can expose a missing black core layer in cheap counterfeits. For serious money, buy a copy already graded by a reputable company.
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Collectors treat this as a solid, attractive Full Art rather than a grail. It comes up mostly in the context of completing Plasma Blast or collecting Palkia specifically, and the consensus is that it's a fair-value mid-tier hit from a liked era.
There's no major hype cycle around this card. Most of the chatter is set-completion and Palkia-collector talk rather than speculation, which tends to mean steadier, less volatile pricing.
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