Pokémon · XY
Yveltal
BREAKthrough · #94 · Rare Holo · 2015
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.87
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 94 / 165
- Release year
- 2015
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- TOKIYA
- Pokédex #
- 717
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 20 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.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Pitch-Black Spear) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- 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 9% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Yveltal
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 9% of decks
- 1.11 copies on average · 4436 decks
- Match win rate
- 49.0%
- +1.9 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.
Building around Yveltal?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"When its life comes to an end, it absorbs the life energy of every living thing and turns into a cocoon once more."
Ability: Fright Night
As long as this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon, each Pokémon Tool card in play has no effect.
DCCPitch-Black Spear — 60
This attack does 60 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon-EX. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Yveltal or BREAKthrough.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Yveltal was legal.
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
1
ran Yveltal
Tournaments scanned
288
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
1 top-cut deck · best finish 5th
Top decks running Yveltal
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 2026/07/19| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.39 | $0.86 | $39.99 | $0.87 | $0.56 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.55 | $1.00 | $18.38 | $1.14 | $4.99 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.30 |
| 7-day average | €1.03 |
| 30-day average | €1.54 |
| Low | €0.44 |
| Trend price | €1.09 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.70 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.80 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.88 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.81 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.93 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.32 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.02 |
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 $0.87; 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 "BREAKthrough" in the XY series, released in 2015.
What rarity is Yveltal?
Yveltal is a Rare Holo card in the BREAKthrough set.
Other Yveltal printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
