Yamask 51/108 · Dark Explorers

Yamask is Pokédex #562, generation 5 (Unova). Yamask is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Cofagrigus, Cofagrigus (#563) under evolves to.

Yamask sits at 51/108 in Dark Explorers, position 51 of 111. Before it is 50 Woobat, and after it is 52 Cofagrigus. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on May 9, 2012. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Astonish lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. 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 is Darkness ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Each of them carries a mask that used to be its face when it was human. Sometimes they look at it and cry."

Yamask (#562) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Yamask 44/101 in Noble Victories (2011). Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Aya Kusube illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Yamask list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Aya Kusube. I count 127 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Dark Explorers set binder is where a full Dark Explorers set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Yamask can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.