Pokémon · Black & White
Yamask
Dark Explorers · #51 · Uncommon · 2012
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.38
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 51 / 111
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Cofagrigus
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Aya Kusube
- Pokédex #
- 562
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Disruption
- 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 Yamask 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.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Psychic type, weak to Darkness ×2 — a Darkness attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Yamask
- Exploit its Darkness weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.76 copies on average · 21 decks
- Match win rate
- 37.3%
- -9.9 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.
Cofagrigus
in 100% of decks · 13 seen
Cofagrigus
in 91% of decks · 20 seen
Mystery Garden
in 45% of decks · 10 seen
Smoochum
in 50% of decks · 11 seen
Wondrous Patch
in 95% of decks · 21 seen
Hero's Cape
in 73% of decks · 16 seen
Colress's Tenacity
in 45% of decks · 10 seen
Telepathic Psychic Energy
in 86% of decks · 19 seen
More by Aya Kusube
This card was illustrated by Aya Kusube.
Building around Yamask?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Each of them carries a mask that used to be its face when it was human. Sometimes they look at it and cry."
CAstonish — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, choose a card at random from your opponent's hand. Your opponent reveals that card and shuffles it into his or her deck.
Weakness:D×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Yamask was legal.
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 2026/08/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.19 | $0.38 | $19.98 | $0.38 | $0.19 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $3.36 | $46.40 | $58.72 | $2.47 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.31 |
| 7-day average | €0.27 |
| 30-day average | €0.18 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.27 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.25 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €3.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.59 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.60 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.23 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.03 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.59 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Yamask is real?
Yamask 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 Yamask worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Yamask is $0.38; 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 Yamask from?
Yamask is from the Pokémon set "Dark Explorers" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Yamask?
Yamask is a Uncommon card in the Dark Explorers set.
Other Yamask printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
