Yveltal (M17)
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Yveltal (Japanese: イベルタル Yveltal) is a major character in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.
In the movies
Hundreds of years prior to the movie's events, Yveltal almost destroyed all life in Allearth Forest. Xerneas saved Dace and many other Pokémon from the destruction, and later reversed all of the damage that Yveltal inflicted. After these events, Yveltal turned into a giant cocoon and slumbered until the present day.
During that time, Argus and Millis Steel, Merilyn, and Riot were fighting over who should catch Diancie. They eventually took their fighting to an underground pool where Yveltal slept in its cocoon form. The fighting eventually awakened Yveltal, and it immediately activated its Dark Aura and used Oblivion Wing to petrify large areas of the forest, as well as Team Rocket, Merilyn, Riot, the Carbink servants (save for Dace), and the Steels, who tried to stop it with missiles from their ship. Ash and Pikachu tried to battle Yveltal as well, but almost fell off a cliff, with Pikachu being petrified in the process. Diancie Mega Evolved and created a large diamond, which she used to protect Ash, Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie from another Oblivion Wing. Yveltal used Oblivion Wing once again to finish them off, but the attack was intercepted by Xerneas' Aurora Beam. Yveltal, still in its Dark Aura state, used Shadow Ball, which Xerneas intercepted with another Aurora Beam before using its Fairy Aura to successfully calm Yveltal. With nothing more to do, it flew away peacefully.
Yveltal was last seen flying through a mountainous area at night during the ending credits.
Personality and characteristics
Yveltal appears to be a very destructive Pokémon, destroying the Allearth Forest with its Oblivion Wing, particularly seeking to destroy those who disturbed its sleep in the form of a cocoon as payment for disturbing it. This is also seen when it destroyed all life in the Allearth Forest years prior to the events of the movie. However, Yveltal is not always openly destructive, as it left in peace once Xerneas calmed it with its Fairy Aura.
Moves used
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In the manga
Movie adaptations
Yveltal appeared in the manga adaptation of the seventeenth movie.
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In the TCG
Yveltal is featured in the TCG. The following is a list of cards featuring Yveltal.
| Yveltal Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | |||||||
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XY Black Star Promos | XY32 | XY-P Promotional cards | 052/XY-P | ||
Merchandise
Yveltal Movie Commemoration Set
The second of 4 packs to be released on July 19, 2014 was the Yveltal Movie Commemoration Set (Japanese: 映画公開記念 イベルタルセット), which includes a Cracked Ice Reverse Holofoil promotional card of the Destruction Pokémon Yveltal. A similar selection of booster packs to the Xerneas Set are packaged with it, including 2 from Collection Y, 2 from Wild Blaze, and 2 from Rising Fist. An application postcard for the prize lottery to be run in September 2014 was also included.
Promotional card:
- Yveltal (XY-P Promo 52)
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Theater Diancie Movie Commemoration Set
The third pack released on July 19, 2014 was the Theater Diancie Movie Commemoration Set (Japanese: 映画公開記念 ディアンシーセット＜劇場・ポケモンセンター限定＞ Movie Commemoration Diancie Set <Theater•Pokémon Center Limited>), 1 of 2 products to feature the Jewel Pokémon Diancie in its Japanese TCG debut. The set contains the titular Diancie promotional card, as well as 1 booster pack from Collection X, 1 from Collection Y, 1 from Wild Blaze, and 1 from Rising Fist. A prize lottery application postcard is also included. Unlike the Xerneas and Yveltal sets, this one could only be purchased at Pokémon Centers or at participating cinemas showing Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.
Promotional card:
- Diancie (XY-P Promo 53)
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Seven & I Diancie Movie Commemoration Set
Another Diancie-related product was the final pack first made available on July 19, 2014. The Seven & I Diancie Movie Commemoration Set (Japanese: 映画公開記念 ディアンシーセット＜セブン&アイ・ポケモンセンター限定＞ Movie Commemoration Diancie Set <Seven & I•Pokémon Center Limited>) contains the same assortment of booster packs as the previous version, as well as the same Diancie promotional card albeit with different artwork. This set was exclusive to Pokémon Centers and store chains owned by Seven & I Holdings, such as 7-Eleven and Ito-Yokado. As with the other sets, an application postcard for the prize lottery to be run in September 2014 was also included.
Promotional card:
- Diancie (XY-P Promo 54)
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Trivia
- Yveltal played a similar role to the Meta Groudon from Jirachi: Wish Maker, also released on July 19. Both are the generation's red game mascots, started a rampage in which they absorbed life energy from plants, people and Pokémon, including Team Rocket and the film's antagonist or antagonists, and were stopped by another of the featured Pokémon in the movie (Xerneas or Jirachi), who revived everyone and everything they absorbed energy from before going to sleep.
Related articles
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Yveltal.
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