Collecting Sableye: The Complete Card Guide for Aesthetic Binders
The ultimate Sableye card collector guide for 🎃 Halloween binders — top cards, rare pulls, display tips, and evolution spreads.
2024-06-30
Popularity Rank: #51
Fan survey data
Blended rank from two r/pokemon "favourite Pokémon" surveys, weighted 60/40 toward the 2025 results (u/Jawnysparklez; u/mamamia1001 2019).
2025 survey: #42
2019 survey: #59
#51 / 1025
Pokédex details
Height
0.5 m
Weight
11.0 kg
Base EXP
0
Capture rate
45 / 255
Generation
Gen III
Base happiness
35
Growth rate
Medium Slow
Color
Purple
Habitat
Cave
Shape
Humanoid
Egg groups
Humanshape
Sableye — the quick "why it's beloved" list
The elevator pitch for Sableye: cute, recognizable, and worth a binder slot.
- A staple in our 🎃 Halloween crowd — Sableye is one of those picks collectors nod at immediately.
- Sableye has that "favourite since childhood" energy — you don't need lore to explain the appeal.
- Honestly? Some Pokémon are just plain likeable. They don't need a sales pitch.
Pokémon TCG cards
Recent cards featuring Sableye from the Trading Card Game, newest first.
Phantasmal Flames
Common
Mega Rising
One Diamond
Eevee Grove
One Diamond
Celestial Guardians
Two Diamond
Temporal Forces
Uncommon
Paldean Fates
Shiny rare
Paldea Evolved
Rare
Lost Origin
Holo Rare
Evolving Skies
Common
Vivid Voltage
Uncommon
Sword & Shield
Ultra Rare
Sword & Shield
Holo Rare V
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Binder plan: Sableye edition
Spread layout for Sableye, TCG picks to anchor the page, and open artwork you can print for Michi-style scene pockets.
Cards to anchor your spread
TCG picks for collectors — pair these with a printed scene below.
Sableye #184 (Paldean Fates) is a top priority for collectors — the shiny treatment adds a sparkly centrepiece to any Sableye page.
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar GX #126 (Unified Minds) is a promo worth chasing — alternate art that stands out on any Sableye binder page.
Sableye #61 (Legendary Treasures) is a fun addition for collectors — affordable and perfect for filling out a Sableye page.
Sableye #62 (Dark Explorers) is a sleeper hit — not expensive, but a favorite for themed collections.
Species art references
Character renders for colour matching, pose ideas, and silhouette checks.
Official artwork
Match card holo colours and keep the species silhouette consistent across pockets.
HOME render
Modern pose reference when you want a cleaner, upright character layout.
Dream World vector
Simple line-and-fill shape — handy for tracing pocket placement before you print.
Shiny palette
Alternate colourway for accent pockets or shiny-themed spreads.
Art via PokéAPI/sprites (open source).
Sableye mini binder spread
A seeded two-page 3×3 binder mockup using Sableye chase cards and Michi Method scene art for display planning.
Left page
Paldean Fates
Shiny rare
Unified Minds
Ultra Rare
Legendary Treasures
Uncommon
Dark Explorers
Uncommon
Phantasmal Flames
Common
Mega Rising
One Diamond
Eevee Grove
One Diamond
Right page
Celestial Guardians
Two Diamond
Temporal Forces
Uncommon
Paldea Evolved
Rare
Lost Origin
Holo Rare
Evolving Skies
Common
Vivid Voltage
Uncommon
Sword & Shield
Ultra Rare
The Michi Method treats your binder like a small gallery: print one scene that spans multiple pockets, then nest your favourite Sableye cards around it. The picks and reference art below are meant for collectors building display spreads — not competitive lists.
Michi Method scene examples
Illustration picks when dedicated scene art is not cached yet — card frames may still show.
Scene wallpaper — Sableye
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Sableye
Scene wallpaper — Sableye
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Sableye
Find more scene art
Curated galleries and search links — we do not hotlink Pinterest or ArtStation results.
Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Additional tips
- National Dex #302 is a quiet flex on dividers or handwritten indices — collectors who sort by number will thank you.
- Label one pocket "海外" / overseas and one domestic — pairing Sableye (ヤミラミ) with English prints reads like a travel diary spread.
- If you're building for 🎃 Halloween, repeat one motif (floral border, café table, neon sign) across three cards so the theme feels authored.
- Sableye's slow growth curve mirrors a "long-term grail" collecting style — pace upgrades across years instead of impulse-buying every reprint.
Sableye: competitive snapshot
For players and duel-minded collectors — abilities, hallmark moves, and tier shorthand in one place.
Base stats
In-game numbers for Sableye — useful context beside abilities and moves.
HP
50
Attack
75
Defense
75
Sp. Atk
65
Sp. Def
65
Speed
50
Total: 380
Players file Sableye around tier "ZU" while Ability Keen Eye (Prevents accuracy from being lowered.) shapes the fantasy — chase art that stages that payoff, not just the highest number on the slab.
- Hidden Ability Prankster is the deep-cut hunt — call it out when you sell or trade so buyers know you are curating, not flipping random holos.
- Zen Headbutt — 20% chance to make the target flinch. — Illustration Rares that stage that motion tend to outperform static portraits.
3D battle sprites
Animated Showdown-style models for Sableye — normal and shiny.
Sprites via Project Pokémon. Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Backstory & Lore
A short write-up on Sableye, weaving together Pokédex notes, species lore, and evolution context.
SABLEYE lead quiet lives deep inside caverns. They are feared, however, because these POKéMON are thought to steal the spirits of people when their eyes burn with a sinister glow in the darkness.
SABLEYE digs the ground with sharpened claws to find rocks that it eats. Substances in the eaten rocks crystallize and rise up to the POKéMON’s body surface.
It digs branching holes in caves using its sharp claws in search of food--raw gems. A SABLEYE lurks in darkness and is seen only rarely.
Canon tags Sableye as the Darkness Pokémon, a creature of cave habitats, and known for purple colouration — backgrounds that echo those cues (studio, habitat, or abstract) usually photograph better than random neon gradients.
A second dex beat (White) frames Sableye as one that hides in the darkness of caves.. Rotating that line on a sticky note beside the page keeps the spread feeling lived-in.
Name in other languages
Common localized names collectors may search for.
German
Zobiris
Spanish
Sableye
French
Ténéfix
Italian
Sableye
Japanese
ヤミラミ
Japanese (Romaji)
Yamirami
Korean
깜까미
Chinese (Simplified)
勾魂眼
Chinese (Traditional)
勾魂眼
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