Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Sableye
Stormfront · #48 · Uncommon · 2008
Listings
No active listings
From
—
Market reference
$6.51
TCGPlayer
Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 48 / 106
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kyoko Umemoto
- Pokédex #
- 302
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 10 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 Sableye plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. 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.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Sableye
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.33 copies on average · 3 decks
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Building around Sableye?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Body: Overeager
If Sableye is your Active Pokémon at the beginning of the game, you go first. (If each player's Active Pokémon has the Overeager Poké-Body, this power does nothing.)
Impersonate
Search your deck for a Supporter card and discard it. Shuffle your deck afterward. Then, use the effect of that card as the effect of this attack.
DOverconfident — 10
If the Defending Pokémon has fewer remaining HP than Sableye, this attack's base damage is 40.
Resistance:C-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
5
ran Sableye
Tournaments scanned
312
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
3 top-cut decks · best finish 1st
Top decks running Sableye
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 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $3.50 | $5.75 | $54.44 | $6.51 | $7.99 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $6.44 | $9.99 | $75.90 | $11.43 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.50 |
| 7-day average | €0.91 |
| 30-day average | €0.65 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.81 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €9.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.43 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.55 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.12 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.25 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.29 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Sableye is real?
Sableye 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 Sableye worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Sableye is $6.51; 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 Sableye from?
Sableye is from the Pokémon set "Stormfront" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Sableye?
Sableye is a Uncommon card in the Stormfront set.
Other Sableye printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
