Yveltal 54/73 · Shining Legends

Shining Legends is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on October 6, 2017. The printed size is 73. This checklist is longer, at 81 cards. Yveltal is 54/73, in position 55 of 81 on this checklist. Before it is 53 Zoroark-GX, and after it is 55 Hoopa. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Yveltal is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Yveltal (#717), generation 6 (Kalos).

Shin Nagasawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 303 other cards in the catalog.

Yveltal (#717) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2013 to 2026. The earliest other card is Yveltal XY06/211 in XY Black Star Promos (2013). That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Yveltal list a different HP.

The attack Strafe lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. You may switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Oblivion Wing is another attack lists 90 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Attach a Darkness Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "When this legendary Pokémon's wings and tail feathers spread wide and glow red, it absorbs the life force of living creatures."

I keep a set binder for Shining Legends, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Shining Legends set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Yveltal can fill a slot in Generation 6 binder (Kalos). I still need this card.