Eevee Spotlight: Every Card, Set and Rarity Explained

For anyone looking to start a Pokemon TCG collection, there’s no Pokemon quite as unique, popular and adorable as Eevee. He has the cutest card designs, a variety of evolutions to expand your collection with, and most of his cards are common, so collecting them shouldn’t be as expensive and difficult as other popular Pokemon like Pikachu or Charizard. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for the cards of Eevee’s many ‘Eeveelutions’!

This Spotlight article will serve as your ultimate guide for building an Eevee card collection. Whether you want to know the history of Eevee throughout the different TCG eras or discover which one is the rarest and most valuable, this guide will let you know all the different Eevee cards that exist and where you can buy Eevees in the UK.

Who is Eevee?

Eevee (Pokedex number 133) is one of the original 151 Kanto Pokemon, debuting in Pocket Monsters Red and Green in 1996. Designed by Motofumi Fukiwara to look like a blend of a cat, a dog and a fox, Eevee has the potential to become eight different Eeveelutions – something that has resonated with fans and led to this Pokemon’s extreme popularity.

Originally, there were only three Pokemon you could evolve Eevee into: Vaporeon by using the Water Stone, Jolteon with the Thunder Stone, and Flareon with the Fire Stone. When Pokemon Gold and Silver launched in 2000, along with the day and night and friendship mechanics, two more Eeveelutions were added. Levelling Eevee up with high friendship during the day would evolve him into Espeon, and doing the same at night would give you Umbreon.

The next Eeveelutions weren’t introduced until Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, 7 years later, and were a little more complex to obtain. To evolve Eevee into Leafeon, you needed to level it up near the Moss Rock, or the Ice Rock for Glaceon. In later games, this was simplified to just using a Leaf Stone or Ice Stone.

Finally, the latest Eeveelution, Sylveon, was released in Pokemon X and Y in 2013 to commemorate the addition of the new fairy type. To evolve Eevee into Sylveon, you need to raise Eevee’s friendship level, make sure it knows at least one fairy move (like ‘Baby-Doll Eyes’) and level it up.

Eevee was also given a Gigantimax form in Pokemon Sword and Shield, which sees the fur around his neck get extra fluffy.

The History of Eevee in the Pokemon TCG

What Was the First Eevee Card?

The first Eevee card in both the Japanese and English sets was the common Eevee from Jungle. This card was released in 1996 in Japan and 1999 in the UK, and features adorable artwork of Eevee chasing butterflies by Kagemaru Himeno. The first versions of these English Eevee cards would have had a first edition symbol by the bottom of the art.

Eevee Cards During the Vintage and Mid Eras

With plenty of powerful Eeveelutions to evolve into that span four different generations of Pokemon, it’s no surprise that Eevee appears in plenty of TCG sets. Starting out in the Jungle set in the Wizards of the Coast (WoTC) era, Eevee went on to appear in Team Rocket, Gym Challenge, Neo Discovery, Aquapolis and Skyridge. In any set that contained a Vaporen, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon or Umbreon, there would need to be a basic Eevee card for them to evolve from.

Eevee’s promo cards really shone during the early days of the TCG. Wizards of the Coast released a promo with a stunning holo background, and in Japan, the rarest Eevee card of all was released to the Pokemon Card Fan Club. Throughout all his artworks, Eevee remained smiling and playful. The shade of brown used in his design may have varied, but his cuteness didn’t.

As more Eeveelutions were added, and Eevee’s popularity continued to grow, he was used more and more in promo cards to make products sell. Many of these promos remained Japanese exclusive, such as the Poncho Wearing Eevee set in 2017, the Breath promo in 2018, and the Munch promo in 2018.

The shiny vault in 2018’s Hidden Fates set gave us our first shiny Eevee card, and Team Up in 2019 gave Eevee its first rare cards in sets, which also happened to be Tag Team cards.

Tag Team cards were an iconic staple of the Sun and Moon TCG era. They introduced a unique new mechanic: including multiple Pokemon on one card and giving them powerful GX attacks that were only allowed to be used once per game. Eevee paired up with fellow Kanto Pokemon and normal type Snorlax, making for some adorable artwork due to their size difference. But as beloved as these cards were, they were nothing compared to the madness awaiting the Eeveelutions in the Sword and Shield era.

The Modern ‘Eeveelution Sets’

Sword and Shield brought a new mechanic to the game: VMAX – the TCG’s equivalent of Dynamaxing from the video games. Seeing these Pokemon as giants made for some fun and creative card art. Although Eevee received a special Gigantimax form, the only card that was made for it was the promo from the Shining Fates ETB, which wasn’t an alternate art card. The Eeveelutions, on the other hand, got alt arts for their V and VMAX cards, leading to a set whose popularity hasn’t been matched since.

Evolving Skies was released in 2021, and is considered by many fans to be one of Pokemon’s most popular and sought after sets. Packed with plenty of stunning alt arts of beloved Pokemon, Glaceon, Leafeon, Sylveon and Umbreon all had alt art V and VMAX cards in this set. The Umbreon VMAX, in particular (dubbed the ‘Moonbreon’), has become the most expensive card of the modern era. Unfortunately, Eevee’s only presence in the set was as a basic common card. However, come the next Eeveelution set, it would finally be included in the line up of rare cards.

Many fans like to say that Prismatic Evolutions, released in 2025, is the spiritual successor to Evolving Skies. Being released in the Scarlet & Violet Era, Prismatic Evolutions replaces VMAX cards with EX cards featuring the Pokemon wearing Tera crowns, and instead of alt art cards, we now get Special Illustration Rares (SIR). Like the previous Eeveelution set, the Eeveelutions are the chases with stunning SIR cards, and this time, Eevee got an SIR too. There’s even a chance to pull a ‘god’ pack, which includes every Eeveelution SIR in one pack!

Eevee and the Eeveelutions are a powerhouse of popularity, but seeing as the TCG has entered its Mega Evolution era, and none of them have Mega Evolutions, it’s unclear when we’ll see the next rare cards for these Pokemon. Stunning Espeon and Umbreon promo cards have been teased for the upcoming 30th anniversary set, and Eevee has been revealed to be included in the set as well, but after that, who knows!

Whether or not a new Eeveelution gets introduced in the next games, Pokemon Wind and Waves, at least we know that, thanks to his popularity, it’s only a matter of time before we see Eevee and the Eeveelutions appearing in sets again in the future.

All Eevee Cards by Set

Eevee has over 100 unique cards if you include all the sets, secret rares and promo cards. Below is a list of all the different Eevee cards that have been released as of June 2026.

Eevee Cards from Vintage to Modern Sets

Eevee Promo Cards

Top 5 Rarest and Most Iconic Eevee Cards

1. Pokemon Card Fan Club Eevee

The rarest Eevee card is the Pokemon Card Fan Club card. This Japanese-exclusive card was awarded to members of the Pokemon Fan Club who accumulated 500 GET points between April 2000 and December 2002 by battling in Pokemon TCG leagues, participating in tournaments or completing Fan Club activities.

Illustrated by Toshinao Aoki, the background of this card has stained glass windows depicting Eevee’s original evolutions: Vaporeon, Jolteon and Flareon. Seeing as this card was only available for a limited time, and very specific criteria had to be met to get it, it’s no wonder that it’s the rarest of all the Eevee cards out there.

2. Eevee Black & White Promo 94

Released in 2013 in the Sylveon Collection Box – which we can now recognise as one of the greatest collection boxes of all time – this stunning promo card is part of an eight-card set that features all the Eeveelutions except Sylveon.

While the Eeveelutions pose in front of patterns related to their typing, Eevee is lying down in front of various colourful ovals within ovals. If you look closely, you’ll see that each cluster of ovals contains the main colours for the different Eeveelutions. Little touches like this are what make a great card iconic.

3. Eevee Munch Promo

Everyone went mad for the Pikachu promo card released as part of the collaboration between Pokemon and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Seeing Pikachu painted in the style of Van Gogh’s self portrait was incredible. But before that collaboration in 2023, there was another Pokemon collaboration with another art institution, with a variety of even better promos released as part of it.

In 2018, the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum launched an exhibition titled ‘Munch: A Retrospective’. Thanks to this, customers at the Pokemon Center could choose one of five different promo cards designed to look like Edvard Munch’s famous painting, ‘The Scream’. Eevee was one of these promos. With his paws raised to his little mouth and Psyduck lurking in the background, this card is an iconic piece of Pokemon and art history.

4. Eevee & Snorlax GX Promo

What’s better than an Eevee card? A card where Eevee teams up with another beloved Kanto Pokemon! Snorlax and Eevee make an excellent duo, with Snorlax’s bulk making Eevee seem even smaller and cuter by comparison.

Of all the Tag Team cards featuring them, the promo released in 2019 inside of Tag Team GX Tins is the best. The artwork by Tomokazu Komiya is incredibly stylised and unique, and shows Eevee and Snorlax relaxing and feasting on berries together. It’s the closest we’ll get to a Sun and Moon era Special Illustration Rare!

5. Eevee EX SIR

Prismatic Evolutions has been one of the most popular modern sets, thanks to it featuring all of the Eeveelutions as beautiful SIR cards. This includes Eevee. Not only is Eevee the mascot Pokemon for the set – featured on the Elite Trainer Box in a Tera crown – he also has a stunning, rainbow-edged SIR card with white flowers in the background.

While not considered the chase card of the set, it’s still a beautiful, rare card, and one of a rare few times when Eevee hasn’t been just a common or promo card. Many collectors believe the set will one day achieve the same price levels and popularity as sets like Skyridge and Evolving Skies. If so, this Eevee card will be one that every Eevee fan needs for their collection.

Is Eevee Good in the Current TCG Meta?

While there are certainly uses for Eevee within the current TCG meta, it is not considered to be a top card. The best chance is for Twilight Masquerade’s Eevee (135/167), whose attack ‘Ascension’ can be used to search your deck for a card that evolves from Eevee and then put it on the card to evolve it. In theory, you could put multiple Eeveelutions in your deck to cover your opponent’s weakness, and play them this way.

Alternatively, Eevee EX (075/131) can be used to evolve into other Eeveelutions from Prismatic Evolutions, like Flareon ex (014/131) and Leafeon ex (006/131). Like before, these Pokemon can be used to exploit the weakness of your opponent’s Pokemon. Their attacks require a range of different energy types, which trainer card Crispin can help with.

Unfortunately, these strategies are clunky and very dependent on getting the right cards. They’re unlikely to hold their own against decks that are easier to use and quicker to get going, even with the potential weakness advantage.

Where to Buy Eevee Cards in the UK

While most Eevee cards are common, the fact that its been in sets regularly since 1996 means that some cards from older sets may be harder to find, and a little more expensive than other common cards because of it.

If you want to find your own Eevee cards from opening packs, then there are plenty of modern sets you can open: Obsidian Flames, 151, Shrouded Fable, Stellar Crown, Surging Sparks. Twilight Masquerade and Prismatic Evolutions also come with a chance to pull rarer Eevee cards, like the Illustration Rare, regular EX, and Special Illustration Rare.  

Whether you want to open sealed Pokemon TCG products or buy the common cards for a low price, you should make sure you’re buying from a trusted supplier like Magic Madhouse. Prismatic Evolutions, especially, has a chance of coming re-sealed if you buy it from sellers without a trusted platform. With Magic Madhouse, you won’t need to worry about that, and their selection of single cards is always changing, so you may have a chance of finding some mid-era Eevee cards on their site too. Magic Madhouse also uses random allocation to sell new sealed products fairly. Make sure you’re signed up to their newsletter to be included.

Recap of Frequently Asked Questions about Eevee Cards

How many Eevee cards are there in total?

Around 100 if you’re only counting unique artwork.

What was the first Eevee card ever released?

The common from Jungle, released in 1996 in Japan and 1999 in the UK.

What is the rarest Eevee card?

The Pokemon Card Fan Club card, only available in Japan between 2000 and 2002.

How can I tell if my Eevee card is real?

Thanks to being a mostly common card, it’s unlikely that Eevee cards will be faked. However, rarer cards like the Prismatic Evolution SIR might be, and as vintage Eevee cards rise in price, they run the risk of it too. When buying cards, ensure you always check its texture, colour and font. If the card is an SIR, it should have texture lines shaped to the artwork. Take a look at the back border to make sure it’s the right shade of dark blue, and examine the font of the card for irregularities and spelling errors too.

And, most of all, consider the price you’re paying for the card and who you’re buying it from. If the price seems too good to be true, it probably is! Try to buy expensive cards from reputable sellers with good reputations online and within the Pokemon community, like Magic Madhouse.

Are there any Eevee promo cards?

Yes, around 40 of them. Take a look at the table above for a list of Eevee promo cards.

What’s the difference between Eevee EX, V and VMAX cards?

These variations usually reflect the mechanic introduced in the most recent videogames, which are then incorporated into the TCG. V and VMAX were the TCG’s version of Dynamaxing from Sword and Shield, with Eevee V taking on a new, fluffy VMAX form. EX is not linked directly to a mechanic, but usually indicates that a card is rarer and more powerful within the TCG. None of the vintage or mid-era Eevee cards were EXs. Eevee’s first EX cards came from the modern set Prismatic Evolutions.

Just as you can choose which Eeveelution to evolve Eevee into, it’s up to you how you go about collecting Eevee cards. Will you stick to the English versions or add some Japanese exclusive promos? Will you branch out into your favourite Eeveelution or go for the whole family? Will you seek out cameo cards containing Eevee as well? There’s no wrong way to collect!

However you choose to do it, we hope this article has given you some helpful guidance for your collecting goals. Remember to always do your research before buying expensive cards, and don’t push yourself beyond your means. If you want to keep up to date with the latest Pokemon TCG sets and news, Magic Madhouse is here to support you!

Take a look at our other Pokemon Spotlight guides for more information about other Pokemon cards, such as Pikachu and Charizard.