Clefable

Clefable in the games: from Normal to Fairy, then Mega

Clefable is the last stage of the Cleffa line: Cleffa evolves into Clefairy with high friendship, and Clefairy becomes Clefable when exposed to a Moon Stone. It was a pure Normal type for its first five generations; Pokémon X and Y (2013) introduced the Fairy type and moved Cleffa, Clefairy and Clefable into it. Its abilities are Cute Charm and Magic Guard, which means it only takes damage from direct attacks, and its hidden ability is Unaware. It stands 1.3 meters tall and weighs 40 kilograms.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A introduced Mega Clefable, reached with the Clefablite. It becomes a Fairy and Flying type with large butterfly-like wings, though it floats by bending gravity with moonlight rather than flying on them. In that game, Jacinthe's partner is a Clefable that Mega Evolves at the first opportunity.

Clefable in the anime: Mt. Moon and Lusamine's caretaker

The species debuted in the original series episode Clefairy and the Moon Stone, when fragments of a giant Moon Stone evolve some of the Clefairy that had just sent Team Rocket flying. In Sun and Moon, Lusamine's Clefable debuts physically in Faba's Revenge! and becomes a regular as the caretaker of the Ultra Guardians base.

Clefable on cards: from a Jungle holo to Mega Clefable ex

Clefable's first cards are in Jungle (1999): a holo (#1) and a non-holo (#17), both by Mitsuhiro Arita, and Base Set 2 reprinted the holo. Gym Heroes (2000) added Erika's Clefable, a holo by Atsuko Nishida, and Expedition (2002) printed another holo and non-holo pair by Kagemaru Himeno. FireRed & LeafGreen (2004) gave it Clefable ex, again by Arita.

Its modern ex cards are Clefable ex in Obsidian Flames (2023) and Mega Clefable ex in Perfect Order (2026), which comes as a Double Rare (#031), an Ultra Rare (#103) and a special illustration rare (#119) by Cona Nitanda. Our catalog lists 32 Clefable cards across 27 sets, six of them from the Wizards of the Coast era.

Cards to know

• Clefable (Jungle #1)

  Clefable's first holo, from 1999's Jungle, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.

• Erika's Clefable (Gym Heroes #3)

  A Gym Heroes holo tied to Celadon Gym Leader Erika, illustrated by Atsuko Nishida.

• Clefable ex (FireRed & LeafGreen #106)

  Clefable's first Pokémon-ex card, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.

• Mega Clefable ex (Perfect Order #119)

  The special illustration rare Mega Clefable ex, illustrated by Cona Nitanda.