Evolving Skies card list, prices and set guide

Evolving Skies set overview

Evolving Skies is the seventh main set of the Sword & Shield series. It went on sale on 27 August 2021, seven weeks after Skyscraping Perfection and Blue Sky Stream. The set has 237 cards: 203 numbered cards, the last 38 of them full arts, and 34 secret rares numbered 204/203 to 237/203.

The set has two themes. The first is the return of Dragon-type Pokémon, missing from the card game since Cosmic Eclipse in 2019. Rayquaza VMAX and Gigantamax Duraludon VMAX lead them, with Dragonite V, Noivern V and Regidrago. Dragon types have no Weakness, and their attacks can need two different types of Energy. The second theme is Eevee. All eight Eeveelutions appear as Pokémon V and all eight as Pokémon VMAX, and five of them have alternate-art cards. The set also carries on the Single Strike and Rapid Strike styles from Battle Styles.

The English list combines the Japanese twin sets Skyscraping Perfection and Blue Sky Stream with most of the Japanese Eevee Heroes subset and a few cards left over from earlier Japanese sets. Some Japanese cards were held back for Fusion Strike or moved to promos. The changes are listed below.

• 237Cards
• 34Secret rares
• 193Pokémon
• 40Trainers
• 4Energy
• 82Illustrators

Set facts

Release date

27 August 2021 (Japan: 9 July 2021)

Cards

237: 203 numbered cards, including 38 full arts, and 34 secret rares (204/203 to 237/203)

Alternate arts

17: eleven Pokémon V (167 to 198) and six Pokémon VMAX (205 to 220)

Booster pack

10 cards from the set, a basic Energy and a Pokémon TCG Online code card

Printings

Commons, uncommons and rares in regular (or holo) and reverse holo; Pokémon V, VMAX, full arts and secret rares in holo only

Booster box

36 packs

Set code

SWSH07; EVS on Pokémon TCG Online

Japanese sources

Skyscraping Perfection and Blue Sky Stream (9 July 2021), Eevee Heroes (28 May 2021) and a few earlier cards

Regulation mark

E, except Turffield Stadium (234/203, D) and the three gold Energy (none). E cards left Standard on 5 April 2024; the set is Expanded-legal

Pack art

Four wrappers by Akira Egawa: Umbreon, Rayquaza, Sylveon and Gigantamax Duraludon

What changed from the Japanese sets

• Added from Eevee Heroes: the Eeveelution cards, including Leafeon V (007/203), Glaceon VMAX (041/203), Sylveon VMAX (075/203) and Umbreon VMAX (095/203), the Supporters Aroma Lady (141/203) and Gordie (149/203), and the gold Inteleon (227/203) and Turffield Stadium (234/203). The Umbreon VMAX alternate art (215/203) is Eevee Heroes 095/069.
• Added from separate Japanese products: Flareon VMAX (018/203), Vaporeon VMAX (030/203), Jolteon VMAX (051/203) and Espeon VMAX (065/203). Japan sold these outside the Eevee Heroes packs.
• Added from earlier Japanese sets: cards Chilling Reign did not use, such as Dracozolt V (058/203) from Peerless Fighters and Arctovish V (048/203) from Jet-Black Spirit.
• Moved to promos: the regular-art Flareon V, Vaporeon V and Jolteon V became SWSH149 to SWSH151 in the Eevee Evolutions Tins and Premium Collection, and the regular Dragonite V became SWSH154 in the Dragonite V Box. In the set those cards appear only as full arts, such as Flareon V (169/203) and Dragonite V (191/203).
• Left out: the alternate-art Flareon V, Vaporeon V and Jolteon V from Eevee Heroes. The Supporters Shauna, Schoolboy and Schoolgirl, and most of the twin-set Pokémon not used here, went into Fusion Strike instead.
• Numbering: 203 numbered cards and 34 secret rares, against 67 + 23 in each Japanese twin set and 69 + 32 in Eevee Heroes.

Evolving Skies chase cards

The six cards below are the most expensive singles in the set by market price on 9 October 2026. The most expensive of all on that date was Umbreon VMAX (Alternate Art Secret) (215/203, Secret Rare). The hero card at the top of this page is the Umbreon VMAX alternate art (215/203) by Keiichiro Ito, known to collectors as "Moonbreon". There are 17 alternate arts in all. Six are rainbow-bordered VMAX secret rares: Leafeon VMAX (205/203), Glaceon VMAX (209/203), Sylveon VMAX (212/203), Umbreon VMAX (215/203), Rayquaza VMAX (218/203) and Duraludon VMAX (220/203). The other eleven are Pokémon V in the full-art run, among them Umbreon V (189/203), Dragonite V (192/203) and Rayquaza V (194/203). Tap a card to jump to it in the list.

1Umbreon VMAX (Alternate Art Secret)215/203 · SRKeiichiro Ito$2,351.42£1,778.892Rayquaza VMAX (Alternate Art Secret)218/203 · SRAnesaki Dynamic$1,268.52£959.663Dragonite V (Alternate Full Art)192/203 · URAtsushi Furusawa$497.16£376.114Rayquaza V (Alternate Full Art)194/203 · URRyuta Fuse$483.57£365.835Leafeon VMAX (Alternate Art Secret)205/203 · SRHYOGONOSUKE$395.99£299.576Sylveon VMAX (Alternate Art Secret)212/203 · SRTaira Akitsu$384.06£290.55

Evolving Skies card list

Every card in the set is below in set-number order, with its rarity, illustrator and market price. The headline price is TCGplayer's main listing for the card. Commons, uncommons and rares also come in reverse holo, so a line under those cards splits the price into regular (or holo) and reverse holo, and the Prices by printing table totals each printing. Pokémon V, VMAX, full arts and secret rares come in holo only. The full arts sit inside the numbered list, from 166/203 to 203/203: 33 Pokémon V, eleven of them alternate arts, and five Supporters. The 34 secret rares follow: 17 rainbow Pokémon VMAX, six of them alternate arts, five rainbow Supporters and 12 gold cards, ending with Lightning, Darkness and Metal Energy. Search by name, number, artist or rarity, or narrow the list with the type, rarity and price chips. The Own button marks a card as collected and saves the mark in your browser only.

Evolving Skies card prices

Market prices in US dollars, collected on 9 October 2026, with pounds at that day's rate (1 USD = 0.757 GBP). They are a snapshot, not live quotes. The bars show each card's price against the most expensive card in the set. The buy links are affiliate links and Bill's Archive earns a commission on qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you.

• $8,149.73£6,165.40One of every card
• 65%Of that value in the 34 secret rares
• 44%In the top two cards alone
• 45Cards at $10 or more
• 100Cards at $1 or more
• 137Bulk cards under $1

The last 90 days

• Top 20 cards combined$7,356.30−2% since 14 July 2026 ($7,500.15)
• Biggest riserLeafeon VMAX (Secret)204/203 · $39.11 → $42.91 (+10%)
• Biggest fallerUmbreon V (Full Art)188/203 · $71.94 → $56.80 (−21%)
• Most sales recordedNoivern V (Alternate Full Art)196/203 · 24 sales on TCGplayer

TCGplayer market prices for the set's 20 most valuable cards, every three days from 14 July 2026 to 9 October 2026. Risers and fallers need 3+ recorded sales and a $3+ price.

Prices by printing

TCGplayer market prices in US dollars by printing, from tcgcsv.com, collected on 9 October 2026. The headline price on each card is TCGplayer’s main listing for that card; the line under the card name splits it by printing. Holo and non-holo prints have their own rows. Rare vintage holos sell infrequently, so their market prices can lag behind recent sales.

The 15 most expensive singles

1. 1Umbreon VMAX (Alternate Art Secret)215/203 · SR · Keiichiro Ito$2,351.42£1,778.89TCGplayer
2. 2Rayquaza VMAX (Alternate Art Secret)218/203 · SR · Anesaki Dynamic$1,268.52£959.66TCGplayer
3. 3Dragonite V (Alternate Full Art)192/203 · UR · Atsushi Furusawa$497.16£376.11TCGplayer
4. 4Rayquaza V (Alternate Full Art)194/203 · UR · Ryuta Fuse$483.57£365.83TCGplayer
5. 5Leafeon VMAX (Alternate Art Secret)205/203 · SR · HYOGONOSUKE$395.99£299.57TCGplayer
6. 6Sylveon VMAX (Alternate Art Secret)212/203 · SR · Taira Akitsu$384.06£290.55TCGplayer
7. 7Umbreon V (Alternate Full Art)189/203 · UR · Teeziro$381.59£288.68TCGplayer
8. 8Glaceon VMAX (Alternate Art Secret)209/203 · SR · kirisAki$307.86£232.90TCGplayer
9. 9Espeon V (Alternate Full Art)180/203 · UR · sowsow$239.71£181.34TCGplayer
10. 10Sylveon V (Alternate Full Art)184/203 · UR · Yuu Nishida$198.08£149.85TCGplayer
11. 11Glaceon V (Alternate Full Art)175/203 · UR · Narumi Sato$154.00£116.50TCGplayer
12. 12Leafeon V (Alternate Full Art)167/203 · UR · You Iribi$145.51£110.08TCGplayer
13. 13Rayquaza VMAX (Secret)217/203 · SR · PLANETA Mochizuki$108.54£82.11TCGplayer
14. 14Umbreon VMAX (Secret)214/203 · SR · Akira Egawa$83.26£62.99TCGplayer
15. 15Noivern V (Alternate Full Art)196/203 · UR · Mitsuhiro Arita$76.81£58.11TCGplayer

Evolving Skies illustrators

82 illustrators are credited in the set, and 5ban Graphics has the most credits. The alternate-art VMAX are by Keiichiro Ito (Umbreon), Anesaki Dynamic (Rayquaza), HYOGONOSUKE (Leafeon), kirisAki (Glaceon), Taira Akitsu (Sylveon) and Saki Hayashiro (Duraludon). The alternate-art V are by Teeziro (Umbreon), Atsushi Furusawa (Dragonite), Ryuta Fuse (Rayquaza), Mitsuhiro Arita (Noivern), Naoki Saito (Duraludon), You Iribi (Leafeon), Narumi Sato (Glaceon), sowsow (Espeon), Yuu Nishida (Sylveon), Oswaldo KATO (Golurk) and KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA (Medicham). Akira Egawa drew the rainbow Umbreon VMAX (214/203) and all four booster pack wrappers. Each tile leads with the artist's highest-value card in the set; the name links to their entry in the illustrator database.

5ban Graphics21 cards in the setUmbreon V (Full Art) · 188/203 · UR · $56.75

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PLANETA Mochizuki9 cards in the setRayquaza VMAX (Secret) · 217/203 · SR · $108.54

PLANETA Tsuji8 cards in the setLeafeon VMAX (Secret) · 204/203 · SR · $42.83

Toyste Beach7 cards in the setCresselia (Secret) · 228/203 · SR · $12.92

kirisAki6 cards in the setGlaceon VMAX (Alternate Art Secret) · 209/203 · SR · $307.86

Mitsuhiro Arita5 cards in the setNoivern V (Alternate Full Art) · 196/203 · UR · $76.81

Shin Nagasawa5 cards in the setGyarados VMAX (Secret) · 207/203 · SR · $46.98

Studio Bora Inc.5 cards in the setFroslass (Secret) · 226/203 · SR · $9.89

Eske Yoshinob5 cards in the setVolcarona V (Full Art) · 170/203 · UR · $6.43

Kagemaru Himeno5 cards in the setGalarian Articuno · 063/203 · H · $0.44

Taira Akitsu4 cards in the setSylveon VMAX (Alternate Art Secret) · 212/203 · SR · $384.06

Teeziro4 cards in the setUmbreon V (Alternate Full Art) · 189/203 · UR · $381.59

Japanese source: Eevee Heroes + Skyscraping Perfection +1

Japanese source setEevee Heroes (イーブイヒーローズ)Released 28 May 2021 · 101 cards · One of three Japanese sets behind Evolving Skies.

Japanese source setSkyscraping Perfection (摩天パーフェクト)Released 9 July 2021 · 90 cards · One of three Japanese sets behind Evolving Skies.

Japanese source setBlue Sky Stream (蒼空ストリーム)Released 9 July 2021 · 90 cards · One of three Japanese sets behind Evolving Skies.

Skyscraping Perfection (摩天パーフェクト) and Blue Sky Stream (蒼空ストリーム) released together in Japan on 9 July 2021, with 90 cards each (67 + 23 secret rares) in five-card packs. Skyscraping Perfection carries Duraludon VMAX and has no Grass, Fire or Lightning Pokémon; Blue Sky Stream carries Rayquaza VMAX and has no Psychic, Darkness or Metal Pokémon. Eevee Heroes (イーブイヒーローズ), a 101-card subset, came out on 28 May 2021. Its pre-orders sold out quickly, and The Pokémon Company apologised and moved further pre-orders on Pokémon Center Online to a lottery. Evolving Skies takes most of Eevee Heroes and most of each twin set. Most of the twin-set cards it leaves out went into Fusion Strike; a few Trainer and Energy cards were not used. Japanese secret rares use the SR, HR and UR labels, where the English set has full arts, rainbow rares and gold secret rares.

Evolving Skies products and sealed prices

The Elite Trainer Box came in two designs, one with Flareon, Jolteon, Umbreon and Leafeon and the other with Vaporeon, Espeon, Glaceon and Sylveon. Each holds eight packs; the Pokémon Center versions hold ten and add a pin. The Build & Battle Box has one of four promos, Flaaffy (SWSH122), Galarian Articuno (SWSH123), Galarian Zapdos (SWSH124) and Galarian Moltres (SWSH125), and Evolving Skies was the first set with a Build & Battle Stadium, which packs two of those boxes with four extra booster packs. The blisters carry Eevee (SWSH127), Galarian Slowpoke (SWSH126), Umbreon (SWSH129) and Eiscue (SWSH128) promos. Sealed prices are market prices from the same snapshot as the singles.

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Booster Box

36 booster packs

$2,268.87£1,716.44TCGplayer

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Elite Trainer Box (Flareon, Jolteon, Umbreon, Leafeon)

8 booster packs, 65 sleeves, 45 Energy, dice and a player's guide

$568.72£430.25TCGplayer

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Elite Trainer Box (Vaporeon, Espeon, Glaceon, Sylveon)

8 booster packs, 65 sleeves, 45 Energy, dice and a player's guide

$481.17£364.01TCGplayer

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Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box (Flareon, Jolteon, Umbreon, Leafeon)

10 booster packs, a pin, a coin and the standard accessories

$1,075.42£813.57TCGplayer

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Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box (Vaporeon, Espeon, Glaceon, Sylveon)

10 booster packs, a pin, a coin and the standard accessories

$1,059.90£801.83TCGplayer

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Build & Battle Box

4 booster packs, a 23-card Evolution pack and 1 of 4 promos (SWSH122 to 125)

$331.33£250.66TCGplayer

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Build & Battle Stadium

2 Build & Battle Boxes, 4 more booster packs and 121 basic Energy

$657.85£497.67TCGplayer

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Half Booster Box

18 booster packs

$1,595.00£1,206.64TCGplayer

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Booster Pack

One booster pack

$44.27£33.49TCGplayer

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Sleeved Booster Pack

1 booster pack in a hanging sleeve

$58.09£43.95TCGplayer

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3-Pack Blister

3 booster packs and an Umbreon or Eiscue promo (SWSH129 or 128); this price is the Umbreon version

$261.42£197.77TCGplayer

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Single Pack Blister

1 booster pack and an Eevee or Galarian Slowpoke promo (SWSH127 or 126); this price is the Eevee version

$81.10£61.35TCGplayer

Collector's notes

A few things worth knowing before you chase a master set or buy singles from this set.

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