Pokémon · XY
Yveltal
Generations · #RC16 · Uncommon · 2016
Listings
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Market reference
$5.06
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- RC16 / 117
- Release year
- 2016
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Saya Tsuruta
- Pokédex #
- 717
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Energy Acceleration
- Damage efficiency
- 100 damage
- 33.33 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Yveltal plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is energy acceleration. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Darkness type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥65 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 10% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Yveltal
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 10% of decks
- 1.11 copies on average · 5512 decks
- Match win rate
- 48.5%
- +1.4 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Building around Yveltal?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Hidden away in its jet-black wings is a red passion."
DOblivion Wing — 30
Attach a Darkness Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
DDCDarkness Blade — 100
Flip a coin. If tails, this Pokémon can't attack during your next turn.
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Yveltal was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Yveltal has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Yveltal — Mega Evolution
Played in 2,461 recent decks
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 2026/07/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $2.46 | $4.91 | $4,321.00 | $5.06 | $3.99 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.16 |
| 7-day average | €1.54 |
| 30-day average | €1.39 |
| Low | €0.08 |
| Trend price | €1.82 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.20 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.05 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.26 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.54 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.44 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.90 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Yveltal is real?
Yveltal 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 Yveltal worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Yveltal is $5.06; 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 Yveltal from?
Yveltal is from the Pokémon set "Generations" in the XY series, released in 2016.
What rarity is Yveltal?
Yveltal is a Uncommon card in the Generations set.
Other Yveltal printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
