The Eevee Heroes [S6a] expansion set, released during the Pokémon TCG’s eighth generation, was intended to spotlight an array of cards featuring Eevee and its evolutions—Pokémon that have been fan favorites ever since their respective introductions. Of all the cards in this subset, one ended up standing alone as by far the most valuable and biggest pull—this Umbreon VMAX card.

Depicting Umbreon in its Dynamax form, the Full Art illustration on this Hyper Rare (HR) card shows the giant-sized Moonlight Pokémon with its tail wrapped around a building’s spire as it looks out towards the horizon with a full moon in view.

Umbreon VMAX is positioned as though it’s reaching out towards the night sky, and being in its Dynamax form, this effect is amplified because it almost looks like it could put its massive paws on a cloud. The magenta glow around Umbreon VMAX represents the Dynamax energy it’s emitting.

There are many factors which combine to make this card one of the most sought-after cards not only of its time, but of at least the past decade. Its remarkable rarity of HR, striking Full Art illustration, portrayal of a highly popular Pokémon, gameplay viability, and representation of one of the eighth generation of Pokémon’s definitive features via the Dynamax mechanic combine to make this card one for the ages.

This card’s English version is card 215/203 from the Evolving Skies set.

An Umbreon VMAX (Eevee Heroes [S6a] 095/069) card of HR rarity is among the priciest on the market right now—one copy sells for an incredible ¥259,999 (~US$1,733)!

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