Majestic Dawn cover card
Majestic Dawn symbol

Majestic Dawn

Diamond & Pearl · 2008/05/01 · 100/100 cards
A bright, playful set with predominantly simple, balanced compositions and a vibrant palette, structured around a large Pokémon count and a restrained LV.X presence.
Cards100
Pokémon82
Trainers13
Energy5
Illustrators17
Unique Pokémon74
Avg art score66.24
Median art score68.00
Priced cards100
Avg market price$13.42
Median market price$1.09
Collector note
With most cards concentrated in Common through Rare, Majestic Dawn offers wide room for set-building, while the small LV.X tier creates a natural point of focus. Glaceon LV.X is the set’s primary value outlier, contrasting with a generally accessible price spread.
Visual identity
The set’s visual language favors vibrant color, clean readability, and character-forward framing: simple, balanced, and focused compositions dominate, with frequent dynamic accents. Moods skew playful and lighthearted, supported by whimsical, cartoonish rendering and occasional softer or pastel treatments that keep the overall tone bright rather than heavy.

About Majestic Dawn

Majestic Dawn presents a tightly scoped 100-card collection with a clear structural balance: 82 Pokémon cards supported by 13 Trainers and 5 Energy. The rarity spread is broad—Commons and Uncommons form the backbone, with a measured run of Rares, Rare Holos, and a small group of Rare Holo LV.X cards. Across the set, the dominant look is vibrant and approachable, with simple, balanced compositions that keep subjects readable and centered.

Art direction trends toward cartoonish, whimsical, and playful illustration, often paired with lighthearted moods and crisp, focused staging. Among the set’s visual highlights, Manaphy stands out for its overall presentation, with Cresselia and Dialga also registering as top-scoring artworks. The illustrator roster is led by Daisuke Ito and Ryo Ueda, with strong volume contributions from Kent Kanetsuna and Masakazu Fukuda, giving the set a consistent, contemporary finish across many card frames.

Illustrators

Daisuke Ito and Ryo Ueda are the most represented names in Majestic Dawn, shaping much of its baseline look through repeated appearances. Kent Kanetsuna and Masakazu Fukuda also contribute heavily, reinforcing the set’s consistent, polished illustration approach across a wide range of Pokémon.

Format

Printed total100
Set total100
SeriesDiamond & Pearl
Release2008/05/01

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Suwama Chiaki
Mitsuhiro Arita
Ryo Ueda
Mitsuhiro Arita
Masakazu Fukuda
Atsuko Nishida
Masakazu Fukuda
Masakazu Fukuda
Ryo Ueda
Kouki Saitou
Masakazu Fukuda
Tomokazu Komiya
Kagemaru Himeno
Kagemaru Himeno
Mitsuhiro Arita
Suwama Chiaki
Kouki Saitou
Kent Kanetsuna
Naoyo Kimura
Mitsuhiro Arita
Kent Kanetsuna
Masakazu Fukuda
Midori Harada
Masakazu Fukuda
Ryo Ueda
Kouki Saitou
Suwama Chiaki
Takumi Akabane
Ken Sugimori
Kouki Saitou
Daisuke Ito
Ryo Ueda
Kent Kanetsuna
Ryo Ueda
Daisuke Ito
Kent Kanetsuna
Kagemaru Himeno
Shizurow
Ryo Ueda
Naoyo Kimura
Ryo Ueda
Masakazu Fukuda
Kouki Saitou
Atsuko Nishida
Daisuke Ito
Kent Kanetsuna
Takumi Akabane
Kent Kanetsuna