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Release date, card count, chase cards, value and how it compares with the Diamond & Pearl era.
Mew, Lugia and Charizard lead the card list of DP3: Shining Darkness, a Japanese Pokémon TCG expansion from the Diamond & Pearl era. Its release date was July 5, 2007, and the set code is DP3. The catalog holds 119 printings, built on commons and uncommons with a smaller layer of rares and holo rares. The headline cards are well-known Pokémon, with Raikou, Entei and Suicune alongside Darkrai and Ho-Oh, so the set reads as a roll call of recognizable creatures rather than a single-theme release.
DP3: Shining Darkness was released July 5, 2007.
DP3: Shining Darkness has 119 cards.
DP3: Shining Darkness is part of the Diamond & Pearl era.
The pull ladder in DP3: Shining Darkness is short: 43 commons, 34 uncommons, 20 rares and 22 holo rares, with no separate secret tier above the printed run. Every one of the most valuable cards is a holo rare. Mew sits first, followed by Lugia, Charizard and Raikou, with Entei, Darkrai, Ho-Oh and Suicune close behind in value order. Value is spread more evenly than in many sets, since the top five cards hold 43 percent of the total card value, so the chase cards matter without swallowing the whole set.
As of October 2026, DP3: Shining Darkness holds the 2nd highest total card value among the 8 comparable Diamond & Pearl sets, about 1.7 times the era median, and 44th across the whole Japanese game. Its top card ranks 3rd in the era and its trading activity also ranks 3rd. It followed DP2: Secret of the Lakes, which holds less total value, and came before DP4: Dawn Dash, which also holds less. English collectors will find 114 of its cards in Secret Wonders, which arrived 3 months later, with this Japanese release coming first.
Written from market data as of October 22, 2026; the tables update live.
| Measure | This setDP3: Shining Darkness | Median of 8 setsDiamond & Pearl median | Previous setDP2: Secret of the Lakes | Next setDP4: Dawn Dash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Jul 5, 2007 | — | Mar 2, 2007 | Oct 26, 2007 |
| Cards | 119 | 81 | 123 | 65 |
| Master set value | ≥ $1,075.95 | $644.73 | ≥ $702.12 | ≥ $605.04 |
| Most valuable card price | $163.80 | $114.33 | $50.00 | $200.00 |
| Priced cards | 113 of 119 | 77 | 110 of 123 | 60 of 65 |
The complete run of DP3: Shining Darkness is 119 printings, and 111 of them are priced, so nearly the whole card list carries market data. Value is moderately concentrated, with the top five cards holding 43 percent of the total, so a complete set is shaped by the holo rare Pokémon at the top while the commons and uncommons, which make up most of the run, add comparatively little. The 22 holo rares are the cards that separate a partial set from a finished one.