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Terastal Festival ex

SV8A · Dec 2024
English

Prismatic Evolutions

SV8.5 · Jan 2025

The Eeveelution set that broke the internet. Prismatic Evolutions arrived with Umbreon ex SIR priced above everything in the SV era — and it has stayed there.

Terastal Festival ex (SV8A) is a compact special set — just 131 cards — built entirely around the eight Eeveelutions. Its Japanese debut came on 6 December 2024, framed as a holiday treat. What nobody quite anticipated was the scale of demand it would generate in the West. Prismatic Evolutions launched in English on 17 January 2025 and immediately caused store shelves to empty within hours of opening. Umbreon ex SIR was the primary driver: its deep-forest, bioluminescent illustration became the most-shared Pokémon card image of 2025 and pushed prices above £1,000 EN within days. The secondary market for this set has been unusually sustained — many Eeveelution fans are not casual buyers, and demand has not followed the typical post-peak collapse. Sylveon ex and Eevee ex both hold significantly above the standard SIR floor. As a special set it does not have the same depth as a main-line release, but its chase tier is among the strongest in the entire SV era.

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Japan release6 December 2024SV8A
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English release17 January 2025SV8.5

Chase Pulls

Umbreon ex SIR
Umbreon exSIR
JP 128/131·EN 161/131
Illustrated byRyota Murayama

This card is the most sought-after SIR in the Scarlet & Violet era. Ryota Murayama places Umbreon in a dense, moonlit forest — the yellow ring markings glowing against absolute dark, a fog of bioluminescent particles drifting through the undergrowth. The atmosphere is closer to a Studio Ghibli still than a trading card. The holographic layer uses a scatter-prism effect that responds to light in a way that changes the colour temperature entirely. Its price north of £700 JP and £1,200 EN is not speculative — it is consistent, sustained demand from a fanbase that simply will not move on.

🇯🇵£762🇬🇧£1,212
Eevee ex SIR
Eevee exSIR
JP 131/131·EN 167/131
Illustrated byAkira Egawa

Eevee's SIR is the set's emotional anchor — impossibly soft, warm amber tones, the little fox mid-leap with an expression of unguarded joy. Akira Egawa's linework is loose and sketchy in the background, growing more precise at Eevee itself, creating a focal depth that makes the card feel hand-painted. As the last card in the set (131/131) it carries a completionist significance too. Its price holds comfortably above standard SIR floor, driven by Eevee's position as arguably the franchise's most beloved non-legendary Pokémon.

🇯🇵£92🇬🇧£146
Sylveon ex SIR
Sylveon exSIR
JP 129/131·EN 156/131
Illustrated byNaoki Saito

Naoki Saito renders Sylveon in a candy-pink dreamscape — ribbon feelers drifting outward in a spiral that frames the entire card, pastel hearts scattered across the background. It is deliberately maximalist and entirely in character for a Fairy-type Eeveelution. Sylveon SIR is the second most valuable card in the set; its price is backed by a different demographic than Umbreon — younger collectors and fans of the Fairy aesthetic who are indifferent to Umbreon's brooding forest aesthetic.

🇯🇵£214🇬🇧£341
Leafeon ex SIR
Leafeon exSIR
JP 117/131·EN 144/131
Illustrated byAtsushi Furusawa

Leafeon ex gets a sun-dappled meadow setting — pale green light filtering through canopy, the Grass-type Eeveelution mid-stretch on a mossy log. Atsushi Furusawa's attention to botanical detail in the background foliage is characteristic; no two leaves are quite the same shade. A pleasant pull whose price is still establishing.

Price TBA
Espeon ex SIR
Espeon exSIR
JP 127/131·EN 155/131
Illustrated byAkira Komayama

Espeon's SIR is the Psychic counterpart to Umbreon's Dark — a dawn-light setting, pale lilac and gold, the forked tail curled around its body with proprietary grace. Akira Komayama gives Espeon's gem a particularly convincing luminosity. As the Psychic Eeveelution it occupies a different emotional register from Umbreon while maintaining the same visual care.

Price TBA
Vaporeon ex SIR
Vaporeon exSIR
JP 121/131·EN 149/131
Illustrated bySanosuke Sakuma

Vaporeon in its natural habitat — a shallow-water cove, the fins trailing behind it through clear blue water, bioluminescent markings faintly lit. Sanosuke Sakuma's ocean work has appeared across several SV sets and is consistently strong; the Vaporeon illustration uses a perspective from underwater looking up at the sunlit surface, which creates a distinctive composition.

Price TBA
Glaceon ex SIR
Glaceon exSIR
JP 122/131·EN 150/131
Illustrated byNarumi Sato

Glaceon occupies a frozen tundra setting rendered with precise geometric snowflake patterns in the background — Narumi Sato's signature approach to Ice-type artwork. The colour palette is icier than Espeon but just as carefully calibrated. A quieter pull in this set, its value reflects the Ice-type's narrower collector demographic compared to the higher-profile Eeveelutions.

Price TBA

Edition Notes

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Terastal Festival ex
SV8A · Dec 2024

Terastal Festival ex (SV8A) is a 131-card special set — compact compared to main-line SV releases. JP printing was holiday-season allocated and sold out rapidly. The JP holo finish on Umbreon ex SIR is considered by some collectors to be marginally superior to EN for this specific card — the near-black palette of the illustration is rendered with more precise contrast on JP card stock, giving the yellow ring markings a sharper glow. JP copies established the initial price hierarchy in December 2024 before EN release amplified demand globally.

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Prismatic Evolutions
SV8.5 · Jan 2025

Prismatic Evolutions (SV8.5) maintains the same 131-card count as JP — unusual parity for an EN Pokémon set. The EN expansion did not add new secret rare slots; instead, EN numbering and pull rates were adjusted for the larger EN distribution network. EN release on 17 January 2025 triggered unprecedented demand: major retailers reported selling out within hours. EN Umbreon ex SIR briefly traded above £1,200, and while pricing has partially corrected, it remains the highest-valued SV era SIR outside of the Mega sets.

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