Pokémon · Black & White
Sableye
Dark Explorers · #62 · Uncommon · 2012
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$2.14
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
- 62 / 111
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- kawayoo
- Pokédex #
- 302
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Recovery
- 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.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- 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
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 5 decks
More by kawayoo
This card was illustrated by kawayoo.
Building around Sableye?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It hides in the darkness of caves. Its diet of gems has transformed its eyes into gemstones."
CConfuse Ray — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
DJunk Hunt
Put 2 Item cards from your discard pile into your hand.
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
3
ran Sableye
Tournaments scanned
296
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
3 top-cut decks · best finish 5th
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 2026/06/30| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $1.00 | $1.99 | $28.88 | $2.14 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $25.50 | $33.00 | $409.90 | $19.32 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/04| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.35 |
| 7-day average | €0.35 |
| 30-day average | €0.30 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.37 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.20 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.43 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.26 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.32 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.07 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.65 |
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 $2.14; 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 "Dark Explorers" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Sableye?
Sableye is a Uncommon card in the Dark Explorers set.
Other Sableye printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
