Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Yveltal
Paradox Rift · #205 · Illustration Rare · 2023
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Market reference
$29.39
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 205 / 266
- Release year
- 2023
- Rarity
- Illustration Rare
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- G
- Illustrator
- Masako Tomii
- Pokédex #
- 717
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 120 damage
- 40 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
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 (Dark Edge) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 120 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- 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.
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 · 4375 decks
- Match win rate
- 49.2%
- +1.9 pts vs the 47.3% 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.
More by Masako Tomii
This card was illustrated by Masako Tomii.
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."
CCCross-Cut — 30+
If your opponent's Active Pokémon is an Evolution Pokémon, this attack does 60 more damage.
DDCDark Edge — 120
Discard an Energy from this Pokémon.
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-30
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Yveltal or Paradox Rift.
PokeMagee Weekly #12 (36 codes winner)
Jul 29, 2026
Zard-Pokénight #011
Jul 29, 2026
REFINE Summer Series Session 5: Pika Cinco
Jul 29, 2026
SEASAC League Challenge #5 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
Jul 30, 2026
🏆Moujii's Dojo🏆 (Late Registration Available!)
Jul 30, 2026
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Winner Takes All - 50 Codes
Jul 30, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Yveltal was legal.
SEASAC League Challenge #4 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
today
Torneo Relámpago ⚡ #63 PTCG Live
today
Pudding Weekly #6 | Funky Ehh
today
Pitch Black Tourney - Last Prize Series #10
today
🇧🇷 Hit Challenge #15 • TCG Live | Booster Box
today
👑 CrownOfSpain 👑 #3 (10€ paypal)
today
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 2,137 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 2026/07/11| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $25.00 | $34.97 | $59.99 | $29.39 | $33.59 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €12.85 |
| 7-day average | €15.63 |
| 30-day average | €15.66 |
| Low | €7.50 |
| Trend price | €15.43 |
| Low (excellent+) | €11.90 |
| averageSellPrice | €15.87 |
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 $29.39; 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 "Paradox Rift" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2023.
What rarity is Yveltal?
Yveltal is a Illustration Rare card in the Paradox Rift set.
Other Yveltal printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
