Pokémon · XY
Yveltal
Steam Siege · #65 · Rare Holo · 2016
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Market reference
$0.52
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 65 / 116
- Release year
- 2016
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Hajime Kusajima
- Pokédex #
- 717
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Energy Acceleration
- Damage efficiency
- 100 damage
- 33.33 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.
- Not a main attacker — its job is energy acceleration. 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.
- 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 10% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Yveltal
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 10% of decks
- 1.11 copies on average · 5691 decks
- Match win rate
- 48.5%
- +1.3 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.
More by Hajime Kusajima
This card was illustrated by Hajime Kusajima.
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."
DOblivion Wing — 30
Attach a Darkness Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
DDCDarkness Blade — 100
Flip a coin. If tails, this Pokémon can't attack during your next turn.
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Yveltal was legal.
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 2,575 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 2026/07/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.11 | $0.54 | $19.74 | $0.52 | $0.75 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.39 | $0.75 | $19.98 | $0.74 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €3.95 |
| 7-day average | €3.50 |
| 30-day average | €3.25 |
| Trend price | €4.03 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.49 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.49 |
| averageSellPrice | €4.48 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.49 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.49 |
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 $0.52; 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 "Steam Siege" in the XY series, released in 2016.
What rarity is Yveltal?
Yveltal is a Rare Holo card in the Steam Siege set.
Other Yveltal printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
