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 9 May 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.